Nightmare: Hey guys welcome too…WTF is this!

Dosu: Oh hey Nightmare…we wasn't expecting you for another year yet.

Nightmare: F*ck off with that already what the hell is going on?

Konoka: We're holding a cosplay convention

Nightmare.:…Why!

Gaara: Cuz they were bored.

Nightmare:…At least book an arena or something why here for?

Dosu: We're very poor.

Nightmare: Leave you guys alone for a while and sh*t hits the fan…oh f*cking joy

Nodoka: Well it's your fault for having a break.

Nightmare: I have other things in my life you know…unfortunately but anyway I'm back now but my fans have disappeared…crap oh well time to start this damn chapter. Christ I'm gonna die after this aren't I?

Intro song: Scream of pain (by Biosphia)

The first match was about to get underway it was Neji vs Naruto and Naruto had a score to settle with Neji. After critically injuring Hinata long term, he was furious at her but Neji didn't care about that. Why should he? Fate will grant him the victory here today and he will take Naruto down a couple of notches to show him he's not special and he's just an insignificant ninja. Nightmare was paying close attention to Neji's personality during this battle as he figured he could use him in his plan.

The announcer began the match and Naruto charged in head first having no thought or some form of strategy in his mind. Naruto was just throwing his punches and kicks in Neji's general direction hoping one would hit but not one did. He just kept dodging and blocking every punch that was thrown at him, it was easy for Neji since he used his Byakugan. Every now and again he would just counter attack by a knee to the stomach but every time Naruto was down he just kept getting back up. Neji didn't understand it, why doesn't he just give up, he was clearly superior and fated to win while Naruto wasn't anything special at all and he was just insignificant. Why can't he just accept his fate and stay down. They repeated this fight process couple of more times before Neji had become seriously annoyed by this and decided to finish him off with his signature move.

'8 trigrams, 64 palms!' shouted Neji as he punched Naruto and at every available chakra stop including his heart. This beating went on for a full minute non-stop Naruto couldn't dodge any of them. Once this massacre was over Naruto stood for about 2 seconds and then immediately fell onto the floor using all his strength to even move his muscles. Neji just scoffed at his stubbornness and questioned his decision.

'Ref I must plead you to stop this match the only result is that he will die.' Neji said trying to be sympathetic the idiot lying in front of him. Meanwhile Naruto's friends such as Sakura and Hinata secretly prayed for him to get up and don't give up. That's what he does best, even though he's an idiot he surprises everyone and gives people genuine hope.

'Not so fast there Neji.' Naruto said as he managed to get onto his knee and of course saying that everyone was shocked would be an understatement. How the hell did he even get onto a knee after that beating he took? Everyone expected him to be of no match and they were by the looks of it, right, but that doesn't stop him from getting up regardless. Nightmare could see that his stubbornness is going to be an issue, an admirable trait but still ignorant.

'Do you want him eliminated quickly before he gets out of hand?' Dosu asked.

'No, remember we need him alive so we can extract the Kyuubi, however that will prove most difficult indeed. Keep an eye on him though he is going to be more trouble than he's worth plus he has increased recovery speed so killing him might not be that much of an issue. Besides the operation comes first and it would be interesting to see what the Kyuubi can do in situations like those.' Nightmare replied while Neji and Naruto are having their conversation.

'What? Seriously just tell me the damn thing already.' Dosu asked getting impatient and annoyed.

'Hmm let's say it'll blow your insides open.'

'…Seriously Nightmare you really need to use better phases than that, besides why can't we just execute it now anyway?'

'Because I want her to suffer that's why and that will happen, besides we can't kill the Kyuubi or the Uchiha. So instead we're going to wait until Sasuke leaves the village as planned then we strike and then they suffer and she will see all the lives she cared about taken away in a blink of an eye.' Nightmare smiled dastardly at his remark.

'Ok but what about that mysterious girl, what do we do with her, should we eliminate her?'

'No…not yet I want to see what she pulls out of her sleeve.'

'You're enjoying playing games aren't you?'

'Well in all fairness you do need to saviour every moment and simply enjoy yourself as you triumph over your enemy. All she is, is just a difficulty modifier and I'm going to enjoy beating her.'

'WHY YOU LITTLE!' Neji interrupted their conversation since he was so angry at what Naruto just said to him. Naruto closed his eyes and had one palm in front of him as hard as that was for him.

'Ok you stupid fox give me some of that chakra.' he ordered. Then all of a sudden Neji tried to charge towards him but Naruto jumped backwards and then punched him straight in his face. Neji stumbled back a bit and was shocked at what just happened. He shouldn't even be standing up never mind punching him in the face. Blood starting trickling down his face, he used Byakugan to see where he is getting his chakra from but all he saw was orange chakra circulating around him no indication where it came from at all. Then suddenly he just disappeared, he followed the trail of destruction that was left in wake when Naruto was running around the dome.

Naruto then jumped down and commenced his Kage bushino jutsu and produced numerous copies of himself and surrounded Neji. Neji tried to use Byakugan to spot the real Naruto, but it was futile as Naruto split his chakra evenly between each of his clones. All the Naruto clones attacked Neji but he dodged and block every attack trying to find the real Naruto in the progress. Naruto's merciless attack went on but Neji found a weakness, there was one Naruto that was hanging back and he was so sure that was the real one. So he charged towards that Naruto and grabbed his collar and punched him in the gut. Causing all the other clones to disappear in smoke one by one, Neji smirked as he thinks he just won but that smirk disappeared when Naruto shown his. Neji didn't understand it then Naruto disappeared in a poof of smoke. Neji looked behind him and saw Naruto jump up and going for him, Neji jumped up though and hook punched him but Naruto gave him an uppercut to the ribs before they both went down.

Both of them looked pretty beaten up Naruto had the worst of it however Neji used all his strength and stamina in this battle and he struggled to get up while Naruto couldn't even move and of course everyone was wondering if he ever got up. Neji got up first though and stood above him, proving his superiority.

'I told you it was futile to fight me Naruto, destiny already made me the victor.' Neji smirked at his handiwork but Naruto smiled back and then suddenly he disappeared. It was impossible, that Naruto was a clone? But where's the real one then? Neji looked all around him and he couldn't find him anyway. Then it dawned upon him but it was too late, Naruto came from below the ground and uppercutted Neji right in his jaw and Neji got knocked down and couldn't get back up. Naruto was up and was declared the winner and Naruto just stood above Neji.

'Tch no wonder you won, you used your clone technique, that's your specialty.'

'Actually that was one of my worst moves and I failed the entrance exams three times before I passed so don't you dare say that people can't change.'

While everyone was cheering Naruto on Nightmare looked on Naruto both with surprise and curiousness.

'Interesting, I wonder why the fox would give him the chakra needed to win the match?' Nightmare asked himself.

'Does it really matter?'

'No I don't suppose so, but still…this could make things problematic when we have to deliver him alive to the Akatsuki.'

'Scared Nightmare? Scared that he's going to disrupt your plans?' Dosu asked him.

'Me scared? Of course not! I was just pointing out how much of a nuisance he can be but it doesn't matter all wild animals can be tamed.' Nightmare was smirking at the thought of taming him with ease. No matter how much strength he gets Nightmare would still put him down with little to no effort… that is if Naruto keeps in his human form. The announcer shouted out the names for the next match which was Temari vs Dosu.

'Looks like it's your turn but please as much as I want her dead, don't do it. Remember we need to maintain this alliance as much as possible.' Nightmare advised him.

'Don't worry Nightmare I'll keep it way down so she at least has a chance to catch me.' Dosu smirked behind his bandages and jumped down to meet Temari on the opposite end of the arena. Temari got her fan out armed and ready while Dosu was just standing there with his back hunched slightly with his arms down and occasionally tilting his neck on his right side. The announcer began the match and Temari was getting ready for an offensive but Dosu just stood there.

'What's wrong bitch, you gonna stand there all day or what?' Dosu taunted her and it succeeded as Temari charged towards him. When she got about 10 feet away she used her fan to create enough wind to blow him away to the wall and created dust as the wind hit the wall. Temari smiled at her work but that smile was wiped off her face about 5 seconds later when the dust settled and found that Dosu was not there.

'Oh I'm sorry was that supposed to hit me.' Temari gasped as she looked behind her to find Dosu there with his usual stature, unharmed. As she turned she used her fan for a physical attack but Dosu disappeared. He then reappeared to her right hand side about 10 feet away. Saying that Temari was shocked was an understatement, he shouldn't have been able to dodge that or move that fast. It was impossible but yet somehow Dosu did dodge it and moved much faster which made things extraordinarily difficult for Temari. She kept persisting though but it was futile. While Dosu was wearing Temari out, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was Nodoka and her 'friend' leaving the arena but it didn't look like Nodoka agreed with him so he decided to check it out. After checking that the coast is clear Nightmare used the darkness to disappear within a wall. He travelled to the place where Nodoka was and kept in the shadows.

'Get off me damnit! Where you taking me?' Nodoka demanded from her friend.

'Oh come on darling, you know you want this.' He said as he slammed her into a wall.

'What! No Get the hell of me!' She demanded but he didn't care.

'I can make you feel so good though.' He said as he licked his lips and started caressing her body and undressing her with his eyes. Nightmare was sick of this bastard so like a knight in black armour he came behind him and snapped his neck. His corpse fell onto the floor and Nodoka just kicked him out of anger.

'Thanks for that Nightmare' Nodoka said after she got back her bearings.

'No problem, but mind filling the gaps why did your friend who is I believe about 13 try to rape you?'

'First of he was my friend but now he's a dead corpse who I wouldn't care about, secondly he was 16 but he looked younger than he was. Guess he was just pretending to be friendly to me to try and get what he wanted. Should've seen it coming, most people just ignore me anyway.' She said sadly. Nightmare just then had a slight ache in his heart, he didn't understand why but it was there. He just ignored it, his heart probably skipped a beat, it happens.

'People just ignore or manipulate you? That must be a bitch to deal with.'

'You have no idea and it's not just me either, there are plenty of people like me who are just socially outcasted just because we're a bit different.' Nodoka began to cry. Nightmare was contemplating this information and he figured out a way that these can benefit his plan and be liberated from this village.

'The people in this village really does hate you doesn't it?'

'Yeah, I don't know why but they do.'

'Do you want to raze it to the ground?'

'What?' Nodoka was confused.

'Do you want the village to burn and the people inside it to die? After all isn't that what they deserve for everything they done to you and the others?' Nightmare asked and this made Nodoka think a bit.

'I mean really, they just instantly judge you and outcast you for no reason at all. You didn't deserve any of that bullying or manipulation at all and yet they give it to you anyway and why? Because you're different from them and they don't like it. Wouldn't it be best if they died for everything they done to you, don't they deserve it?' Nightmare asked while Nodoka thought about this, he did have a point, what did she do to deserve it? Absolutely nothing and yet they act like she was living sin! Anger swelled within her but she couldn't make up her mind as of yet, she was scared of the consequences which is understandable. Nightmare sensed her hesitation and lifted her face up to face him.

'Listen I understand if you're scared, you don't have to make your decision now but you need to get out of here or get ready for battle whichever one suits you.' He warned her.

'What? Why?' Nodoka asked.

'Ok I'm not supposed to tell you this but there is going to be an invasion of the village with a sound-sand alliance and it's going to take place right after the exams if not sooner. Nightmare said to her and as he walked off Nodoka asked him something.

'Hey wait? Why did you tell me about the invasion, why do you care about me?' That was actually a difficult question as Nightmare didn't actually know why he did.

'To be honest I don't really know. I really wished I did but I don't, why don't you try reading my mind or something.'

'I did but didn't find anything about the reason.' She admitted.

'Wait you knew about it before I told you?'

'Yeah pretty much I wasn't sure if you was going to tell me or not.'

'Tch, not bad.' With that Nightmare disappeared in a pool of darkness leaving Nodoka something to think about while preparing for the fight.

Meanwhile at the arena Dosu completely worn out Temari and he was bored anyway so he decided to finish her off. Dosu moved in at Temari and punched her in the gut.

'I'm bored now so I'm going to end this now.' He said as he came in from numerous ways punching her each time he went past her. He was just so fast, it was unbelievable. Dosu was absolutely annihilating her when finally she got on knee and Dosu punched her on top of the head and knocked her down. The announcer, made Dosu the winner and he got down on one knee and came to Temari's level.

'I would've killed you by now but Nightmare wants you alive for his plans and your part of the invasion so consider yourself lucky for now. With that Dosu walked off and went back to his usual spot to find Nightmare just emerging from one of the walls.

'I see you took her down clean.'

'Without actually killing her, yes. Where did you go anyway?'

'Nowhere.' Nightmare looked out the space in the wall.

'Somewhere with that girl I presume?'

'How did you know?' Nightmare asked astonished.

'Call it friendly intuition I know you so well Nightmare.' Dosu smirked from behind his bandages while Nightmare scoffed and looked away and Dosu swore he saw an ever slight blush on his face but he might've imagined it.

The announcer announced the next match would be Gaara vs Sasuke. Which Nightmare was particularly interested in, he needed to keep an eye on him and will enjoy making him an ultimate weapon of destruction. He dastardly smiled at the destruction Gaara would bring when him and Shukaku are back under the control of the darkness.

Credits song: Twilight (By Ganglion)

Nightmare: Yes it's f*cking finally finished after 4 months it's finished. Oh btw guys I am so sorry about the huge wait you had to put up with and I'm so sorry that this chapter is absolutely sh*t but I'll get better…hopefully :'(

Dosu: Fricking hell Nightmare you need more confidence

Nightmare: I might as well die since no one's gonna read it again.

Nodoka: You never know they might.

Nightmare: Yh sure and I'm not lonely and miserable now if you excuse me I need to go to my room

Dosu: Erm not sure that's a good idea.

Nightmare: (opens door)…WTF is this!

Dosu: Surprise?

Nightmare: There's a fricking man eating plant in my room what the hell

Dosu: Well we had a crazy dare one night and that came into play, we won it and erm yh…

Nightmare: That's it I'm getting the weedkiller

Konoka: Oh come on Nightmare-san it's so cute.

Karin: OMG guys check out my facebook status lol its so funny

(Plant eats her)

Nightmare: Ok fair enough you can stay. Also guys so sorry I can't stress that enough I truly apologise if any of you are actually on there. If you'd like to R&R and fav this story that would be awesome shadow babies.

Dosu: what?

Nightmare: Shadow babies, my new way of addressing my audience so bye shadow babies see you next time.