an:/ Alright, lots of answers for the poll I see. While many of you like to have Naruto as ANBU, those who don't bring up pretty good points...Either way, it won't happen now. Probably after a certain event...in the future. Alright, enough ambiguous stuff going down. Let's get to Kiba vs. Konohamaru!
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Konohamaru whipped out a kunai and got into stance.
"Well, Kiba, it doesn't matter what you say. I'll be winning this match."
"You keep telling yourself that, Sarutobi. Let's go, Akamaru!"
A small little white dog popped out of Kiba's grey hood and barked.
Naruto backed up to the statue again. As much as he was biased for his own genin, he was intrigued as to how far the Inuzuka had improved. He debated with himself whether to root for Konohamaru or Kiba. Well, after teaching the damn monkey a lot of tricks of his, Konohamaru should be the better of the two...he hoped.
Konohamaru leaped forward, meeting Kiba halfway there. The two clashed and Konohamaru dashed back instantly just as Akamaru was about to sink his jaws into Konohamaru's ankle.
"Hey Kiba. Keep your dog on a leash, will ya? He's interfering with our fight."
"Shut up! He's a partner, not a pet!"
"Whatever."
Konohamaru launched several kunais towards Kiba, who dodged and deflected. Akamaru came out from behind Kiba and dashed towards Konohamaru. The puppy jumped in the air and let out a spray of urine towards Konohamaru. Konohamaru blanched and quickly dodged the piss, appearing behind the dog and side kicking it away towards Kiba.
"Akamaru!"
Kiba jumped towards the flying dog to catch it. Konohamaru took this as his chance.
Suiton- Suiryuudan no jutsu!
A lot of the Jounin were impressed by the genin. Not many genin could call out a water jutsu without any water nearby. Konohamaru was drawing the jutsu out with pure chakra. Naruto smirked. Looks like Konohamaru has started to develop a second affinity. Then Kiba dodged, letting the floor flood with water. Konohamaru smirked and weaved through another set of jutsus.
Douton- Deichi no jutsu!
Konohamaru slammed the floor, changing the clear water on the floor to a dense mud pond. Kiba jumped up to keep himself from touching the mud, still carrying his ninken. Konohamaru followed Kiba with his eyes, watching as the Inuzuka ran around him. Konohamaru cursed under his breath when Akamaru suddenly got better. Konohamaru let out another string of curses when the puppy turned red. Konohamaru recognized the Inuzuka's technique, having his sensei brief him on all the clan's techniques.
"Remember, Konohamaru, The Yamanaka specialize in mind techniques, Nara in shadow, Akimichi in expansion and food pills, Uchiha in sharingan, Hyuuga in Byakugan, and Inuzuka with their ninken."
"Nee, Naruto-sensei, should I care more about the doujutsus? Why would I have to care about a little ninken? Aren't they a bit innocuous?"
"Hmm, it's not the little puppy itself that's scary, rather the teamwork displayed by the human and the pup. The Inuzuka in the chuunin exams is Inuzuka Kiba, heir to the clan. He's got a particular ninken. When fed a special chakra pill, this puppy turns red as opposed to maintaining its normal color like the rest of the ninken in the clan. It kinda gives away the fact that he's going to use his ultimate technique."
"Ultimate technique? What is it?"
"It's one to watch out for...the clan's special technique.-"
Konohamaru quickly weaved through his hand seals just as Kiba yelled out his technique.
"Juujin bunshin- GATSUUGA!"
Akamaru had turned into another Kiba on top of the real Kiba. Then the two started spinning towards Konohamaru, who was still weaving through the signs. Kurenai sighed and turned to the other jounin.
"He's finished."
Kurenai felt smug as the jounin murmured. Naruto heard her and only smirked. A little rotation can't beat his genin. He was trained by the great Namikaze Naruto! Naruto had an evil glint in his eye as he caught eye contact with Kurenai. Only to prove his point, Konohamaru finished his hand seals and blew out.
Katon: Karyuudan no jutsu!
Konohamaru breathed out the fire which homed in on the rotating pair. When the flame finally caught up, the pair caught aflame and slowed down. They landed to the floor with charred out clothes and a few burns. Akamaru poofed back into it's dog form and limped to the ground.
"Akamaru!"
The puppy whined and Kiba went to grab the dog, only for Konohamaru to get there first and take the dog hostage. Konohamaru hopped away with the dog.
"Hey! Give Akamaru back!"
Konohamaru grimaced as Kiba winced. Kiba was sporting some serious burns that could infect if not treated. Kiba wasn't faring well in the stamina department either. Konohamaru frowned and put a kunai to Akamaru's throat. Kiba growled and moved forward.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing-"
"-Don't move."
"Wha-"
"I said don't move!"
Konohamaru gritted from his teeth. Kiba frowned and backed down.
"Alright, now tell me, Sarutobi. I won't repeat after this, What the fuck do you think you're doing with my dog?"
"Yield."
"Wha-"
"I said yield, dammit! Kiba, you're sporting major burns and you're not too far from passing out. I don't want to kill you! That katon jutsu wasn't suppose to hurt you this much! I put too much chakra in it! Now yield before I lose control of another jutsu..."
"Get your hands off him, Sarutobi! I'm warning you-"
"Then yield!"
Naruto frowned. It was a slight cowardice to do what he was doing now, but Konohamaru was doing the right thing. Killing a fellow Konoha genin was looked down upon and that previous Katon jutsu was a bit too big for liking, not to mention Kiba got the full blow of it. Naruto started to walk forward and spoke.
"Inuzuka Kiba, are you willing to continue to fight?"
Kiba narrowed his eyes and let a bead of sweat roll down. He didn't like giving up, not like this. Sure, they were right about the burns. They hurt like hell. His chakra was running low along with his stamina. He wouldn't last long but that didn't mean he didn't want to leave with a bang. But if he didn't yield, Akamaru would get the full blow of it and he would never be able to live with himself again. Kiba knew full well that Konohamaru only means well, it wasn't like he was purposefully hurting his pride or anything. Kiba looked at Kurenai and back at Naruto. He clenched his eyes shut, then got out of stance.
"A-alright. I yield."
"Good. The winner of this match is Sarutobi Konohamaru! Medics!"
Konohamaru went up to Kiba and gently gave Akamaru back.
"I'm sorry Kiba. I didn't mean to-"
"It's fine, Konohamaru. It was the right thing to do."
Kiba looked at Akamaru who also sported burns and a broken rib from the kick. He probably did the right thing.
The medics cleared out and Naruto yelled out a douton jutsu to clear out the arena. After the clean up crew went over the smaller messes, Naruto made his way to the center.
"Okay! The next match is..."
"Konohagakure's Hyuuga Hinata...and Konohagakure's Hyuuga Neji."
Naruto turned to the Hokage, skeptically raising his eyebrow. Minato nodded and Naruto looked away to proceed with the match.
"Will the two genin come down."
On both sides of the room, the two Hyuugas took the stairs down. As both made it to the center where Naruto resided, Neji smirked.
"It seems...Hinata-sama, that we have been destined to fight here."
"W-what do you mean by that, Neji-kun"
"Main house member to fight a branch house member. It must be fate to have us finally determine who is better."
"I still don't understand, Neji-kun"
"It doesn't matter..."
"Please, I really don't want to proctor exams with a bunch of bickering genin, can we get on with this, guys?"
The two Hyuugas looked at Naruto who only glared at the two in annoyance.
"Finally. Alright, whenever you two are ready. Go!"
The two Hyuugas spared no time getting into their stance. Naruto watched carefully as the stance shifted strangely. It was one of the few times he would ever see the gentle fist in action considering the clan was very secretive. Not to mention it was a main branch member, the heiress no less. Though, Naruto didn't count the Neji guy out just yet. He looked pretty strong and sure acted like it too considering he was blatantly mocking the girl.
The stance the two took was called "Gentle Fist", a taijutsu style that was learned only by Hyuugas. Naruto laughed a bit. Though the Hyuugas were really strong, in the few times Naruto saw the Gentle Fist, he'd always find some flaw in them. If it wasn't for the eyes of theirs, their fighting style would be completely useless. He guessed that was probably why no one else used the damn style.
The two genins activated their byakugan and sprang forward, meeting halfway with a series of strikes. The strikes were incredibly fast to the point where not many people in the room could keep up with the speeds. Each hit making a sound as they were snapped out at an opponent. The two Hyuugas deflected and countered each hit, making no progress until Hinata slipped a bit. Neji took the opportunity and sent a hit towards her abdomen.
Hinata was shot back, coughing up a bit of blood. She recovered and entered her stance again.
"Give up, Hinata-sama. Even as a Main house member, you can't win. Fate has decided already the moment our names were called up."
"Nonsense! I won't give up!"
"We'll see about that! I've already hit a point on you, causing your internal organs to bleed, can't you see the crimson dripping down your chin?"
"I'm not going to give up with just one hit!"
"Very well, Hinata-sama. I'll show you that being a Main member means nothing!"
Neji sprinted forward and launched another array of attacks at Hinata who, once again, deflected them and countered. However, Hinata's internal wound was catching up to her. She made another slip up, letting a strike get through her defenses. Neji smirked at this and took the second opportunity the moment it arrived. Neji got into a different stance immediately.
Juuken shou: Hakke, Rokujuuyon Shou!
Neji went in for the strikes, yelling out the amount of consecutive strikes he hits. Up to the 16th consecutive strike, Hinata spat out blood, knees shaking. Neji went in for the 32 consecutive strikes, half way through, Naruto appeared between them, crouched from below, delivering a chakra enforced side kick to Neji's side, sending the boy crashing into a wall. Hinata collapsed, splattering blood all over the floor. Naruto got up and started at Neji's slumped over body. His ice cold orbs made the room colder and more tense. Neji groaned.
"Hyuuga Neji. I warned you. Perhaps you were too caught up in your technique to hear me SCREAMING YOUR DAMN NAME, TELLING YOU TO FUCKING STOP!"
Neji flinched, as did the rest of the room.
"Leave your foolish family feuds away from official Konoha business. You have just harmed a Konoha genin to the point where it may be fatal. Do you have anything to say about yourself?"
Neji lifted his head and gave an indifferent look, pissing off Naruto.
"She had what was comin-gah"
Naruto flashed in front of Neji and rammed his hand into Neji's throat, slamming the boy into the wall. Naruto's sharp blue eyes stared into Neji's pale ones. He squeezed harder, eliciting a choke.
"I said, do you have anything to say about yourself?"
Neji's windpipe was severely injured, preventing the Hyuuga from answering. Naruto let out a grunt and loosened his grip. The Hyuuga was dropped unceremoniously on the ground and Naruto turned away.
"Good. Consider yourself lucky this time, Hyuuga Neji, but because Hinata cannot proceed, according to the rules, you are in the next round. Don't fuck up next time. Medics!"
Medics were already on the scene, taking the injured Hyuuga Hinata on a stretcher. Neji was also being tend to in a matter of seconds. The clean up crew cleaned out the blood as Naruto watched disdainfully. He looked up to the balcony and made eye contact with Maito Gai. The green clad man frowned. Naruto shared the frown and looked away, ready to announce the next match. Naruto looked up at the audience and gave them a cold look.
"Anyone else who wants to fuck shit up, will have to go through me. If you have a problem leave."
Sakura looked at Sasuke and murmured.
"Don't you think Sensei is being a bit harsh here?"
Yoki turned to them.
"No. 'I'm' not. I'm sure there are lots of people who agree with me. It is only I, who has the guts and the clearance, can carry out my opinions."
"Wha-"
"You will be chuunin. You can't be a bunch of naive little bitches. Grow a pair or get the hell out."
Sakura and Sasuke nervously gulped. Their sensei was a bit harsh but they guess that's just who he was. They turned back to their real sensei, who was going to call out new names. Naruto looked up at the screen again.
"Next match...Konohagakure's Tenten and Sunagakure's Temari"
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an:/ Thank you for all the reviews and favorites and follows! Surprisingly, my story has reached 50,000 or so views! Y'all are awesome sexy beast readers! Thank you all for reading this story for (it hasn't been that long) all this time! I hope you continue reading "The Namikaze Legend" and follow Naruto as he continues his journey. I love you all. Yay for this small but important milestone in the story!
Alright, Aerotyl out.
Suiton- Suiryuudan no jutsu!-water dragon bullet
Douton- Deichi no jutsu- Earth release- mud pond
Katon- Karyuudan no jutsu- fire dragon bullet
Juujin bunshin- Beast clone
Gatsuuga- fang over fang.
Juuken hou: Hakke, Rokujuuyon Shou- its that 8 tiagrams: 64 palms
Sorry for making the Hyuuga fight less interesting, while I may know martial arts myself (so I can choreograph the other fights) gentle fist is kinda hard to, um, you know, be creative with? At least for me...I can't really relate any martial art to gentle fist other than applying pressure points to the body...