an:/Meh, I hope the fights are somewhat interesting...I don't want to make it seem too unoriginal but at the same time, I don't want to deviate too far from the original fights. Rest assured, the finals and the invasion will be...a lot different.

The two kunoichi jumped out of the balcony, landing gracefully next to Naruto. Temari looked at the blond skeptically. It was the same guy that stopped Kankuro before the test. Her eyes narrowed at the boy but she quickly looked back at Tenten. Naruto looked at both girls and then looked back to the front.

"Tenten, Temari. Ready? Go!"

Both kunoichi jump back several feet and got into stance. Temari took out her fan and spread it out behind her. Tenten took out a scroll and unsealed a large scythe. Temari rooted her fan into the floor and started weaving through hand seals.

Fuuton: Furyokuhatsuden burēdo...

Several sharp blades of wind headed towards Tenten. Tenten bit her thumb and smeared blood on the blade of the scythe. The scythe started glowing white with chakra. Tenten spun the blade around, cutting through the wind blades. One blade, however, managed to nick Tenten's pants. Tenten flinched and jumped back. She unraveled another scroll.

Buki kata: Tekketsu no ame

The scroll unsealed hundreds of weapons which fell from above, each lodging itself in the ground around the two kunoichi. Tenten got into a stance.

"Kata one."

Tenten dashed forward, pulling out a pair of sais from the ground. Temari pulled her fan out of the ground and deflected the strike. The clash of the two weapons created ephemeral sparks, lasting as long as the blows delivered from both sides. The speed was incredible in which Tenten would create new combinations, striking blow after blow. Temari was able to keep up with her incredibly large fan.

Temari's fan had a few scratches while Tenten's sais were blunted and bent. Tenten shot them out of the area, lodging them into the walls.

"Kata two."

Tenten flipped back and pulled out a bo staff. She flipped it around for good measure before jumping in. Temari spread her fan and whipped it across, creating a gust of wind. The wind blew Tenten off her course, making her skid away. Her bo started to splinter and Tenten hid behind one of the bigger axes that laid on the field. The wind died off and Tenten ran past the ax, reaching for a tanto.

"Kata three".

She quickly pivoted and turned, ready to swipe. When she felt the tanto connect, she watched as blade meet large metal fan. Her blade cracked under the pressure, then suddenly her tanto was cut in half.

Tenten went wide eyed and temari smirked, driving through the broken blade to hit the weapon's mistress. Tenten quickly ducked and jumped back. She launched some of the kunai and shuriken scattered around, but Temari sent another gust of wind, knocking them off path. Tenten gritted her teeth. She figured the remainder of her weapons would have the same results, thus she decided to go straight to the last kata.

Kesshou Kata- Saigo no Ame.

Tenten reached behind her back for the large body scroll. With a flick of her wrist, the scroll unraveled, revealing a large kanji for Poison. Temari frowned.

Kai!

Purple fluids sprayed out of the scroll, raining on the arena. Temari smirked and lifted her fan up over her head, like an umbrella. Temari was shielded from all the 'poison', watching as the 'rain' continued to fall. Temari could barely see where Tenten was due to the rain so she kept on the lookout. Her focus was cut short when she heard a sizzling sound. She looked around to see where the sizzling sound was coming from. The rain stopped but the sound kept going. When she took down her fan, her jaw loosened and almost dropped open. The rain had burnt away parts of her fan, leaving the metal frame rusting and corroding away and the paper cloth burnt through. She looked back at Tenten who was now in the middle with another scroll.

"Didja like my 'rain'? I wouldn't say it was poison, per say, rather a really corrosive acid. How's your fan? Doesn't look like it will last long..."

Temari gritted her teeth. She flinched back when the weapons mistress summoned another weapon. It was a long sword that had a purple hilt. The end was curved up a little with a green ribbon flowing down. The blade held a purplish tint which did not go unnoticed by Temari. She got into stance.

Naruto was getting excited. This was the match he wanted to see. No family feuds, no bickering, just pure combat. When he saw the four katas the weapon mistress displayed, he was least to say impressed. Being a swordsman himself, he was excited to see the girl use her katana. Naruto noticed it was probably laced with poison. Maybe I should do that to mine too...Naruto chuckled a bit.

Tenten dashed forward swiping her blade. Temari instinctively brought out her fan to block. Tenten smirked and let the blade cross through the corroded metal. The fan let out a large snap as the katana cut it cleanly in half. Temari was shocked and she quickly dodged the second swipe. If she didn't do anything now, it would be too late.

Fuuton: Tatsumaki no dangan

Temari let in a deep breath before spitting out a large burst of wind. Tenten quickly dodged the consecutive blows but was caught in the last one. The bullet hit Tenten straight in the chest, launching her back across the arena and into the wall. She was instantly knocked out. Lucky shot, thank kami. Temari supported herself on her knees, catching a breath. She also noticed that the sword had nicked her arm. That proctor better call now or I might not make it!

Naruto jumped over to Tenten to check a pulse before straightening up. That was fast...

"The winner of this match is Sunagakure's Temari! Medics"

The same cleanup started again and the rest of the people at the top level were growing restless. I guess they aren't that patient...

Naruto looked up before looking at the screen. The screen rolled through names before landing on another pair.

"Konohagakure's Uchiha Sasuke...and Kabuto..."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed and was about to jump off before Yoki gripped his shoulder. Yoki gave him a look before mouthing something.

"Don't kill him, but take him out of commission...permanently."

Sasuke smirked.

"Ryokai, Taichou"

Sasuke jumped off the baloney as Kabuto walked down the stairs. Kabuto was slightly ticked off. They mentioned earlier that candidates couldn't back out at this point which was totally screwing up the plan. What if he got hurt and couldn't continue? Not to mention he can't hurt Uchiha Sasuke. Fate just seemed to love testing him. He slowly walked forth, looking at Namikaze Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke watch him with calculating eyes.

"Taking your time, Kabuto-kun?"

Kabuto shot a glare at the jounin but it left as fast as it came. Naruto unfortunately caught it and frowned.

"Have a problem, Kabuto-kun?"

"No, Namikaze-san."

"hmmm. Okay, Sasuke, Kabuto. Ready? Go!"

They both jumped back but when Sasuke was in midair, he started weaving through hand seals.

Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!

The large fireball was emitted from Sasuke's mouth and made it's way towards Kabuto. Kabuto inwardly curse. He couldn't maneuver himself in midair and there were no logs to kawarimi with. He started charging up a lot of chakra.

Sasuke reached the ground and watched as the fireball engulfed the silver haired teen. Sasuke felt like he should be smirking in celebration but that was just too easy to be true. He had to be alert. If what Naruto-sensei said was true, this guy was in the league with Orochimaru. Orochimaru wouldn't hire some guy that could be beaten by one jutsu as his assistant. Sasuke's gut feeling was confirmed when Kabuto still landed on the floor unharmed, albeit having a few burns.

Kabuto gritted his teeth. If what Orochimaru said was correct about the seal on Sasuke, the boy shouldn't be able to mould that much chakra. Sasuke should be withering in pain. Kabuto saw that Naruto was smirking at him. Of course! They have two seal masters in Konoha at the moment, so it's only natural that they neutralized the seal! But Kabuto smiled inwardly. Sure you could neutralize the thing, but you can't remove it without sage chakra. That seal was imbedded with Orochimaru's snake sage chakra, so unless you had some of your own sage chakra, you couldn't remove it. And so far, the only sage recorded in Konoha is Jiraiya. His contacts have said the white haired man had been spotted in Kiri. Kabuto smiled.

Sasuke watched as the teen got up and smiled. It was a bit unnerving but Sasuke remained steeled. He took out a kunai and got into stance. As Kabuto got up, his hands started to glow green. Sasuke watched skeptically as Naruto's eyes widened. The guy was a medic! That technique was something that Rei knew. She mentioned something about chakra scalpels. If what he was remembering was true, Sasuke could have a run for his money. Kabuto's smile broke out into a malicious grin. Kabuto sprang towards the Uchiha.

Naruto frowned. Now would be a good time to activate your damn doujutsu, Sasuke.

As if they had a telepathic link, Sasuke activated his Sharingan at that moment and dodged the strike headed towards his chest. He countered with a kick which was dodged as well. I can't let him touch me with those chakra laced hands. Sasuke's sharingan saw how sharp the chakra was being moulded into. They were like small blades that extended farther than his fingers. It was supposed to confuse the opponent into underestimating the reach of the jutsu.

Kabuto launched an array of attacks but they were all avoided by Sasuke. Kabuto frowned because it seemed that Sasuke was faring quite well with his technique. Unknown to Naruto and Kabuto, Sasuke knew exactly what Kabuto was doing. Sakura had told him about the Chakra scalpel style. It was heavily used by medic nins who had excellent chakra control. The blades could cut through muscle and tendons like cutting butter. That and the fact that one hit to an internal organ could be the end of him. Sasuke inwardly frowned. Not only did he have to think about avoiding the strikes, but he also had to think about ways to inflict the most damage thanks to the 'mission' Naruto-sensei gave him.

Kabuto launched one last attack before Sasuke threw out his hand, veering the strike out of it's original path. Kabuto's balance followed the hand, giving Sasuke the opening he was looking for. Sasuke flung his leg out onto Kabuto's stomach and grabbed the silver teen's collar. Sasuke then leaned back and rolled to the floor. He thrusted his foot out last minute, adding chakra to it, thus launching the boy across the room over him.

Naruto smirked. The chakra enforced sacrifice roll had sent Kabuto crashing into a wall, causing the wall to crack and crumble. Though Naruto was a tad bit concerned as the silver haired boy got up. Sasuke anticipated this and already went through his hand seals.

Raiton: Kaminari Suzume!

The swallow shot at Kabuto, lodging itself into the boy's chest. Kabuto yelled in pain as his whole body pulsed with electricity. Kabuto's breathing was labored as his body continued to crack with sparks of lightning. But Kabuto still wasn't out of the battle yet. Sasuke frowned and went through another set of hand seals to finish the job.

Raiton: Kaminari Shuriken!

Sasuke launched several shuriken which were suddenly encased in lightning chakra. They all made contact, lodging in Kabuto's arms and legs. Kabuto only looked up and smirked.

"I'm a medic, dontcha know? It's gonna take a lot more than that!"

Kabuto charged up his chakra and then let it incase his body. His wounds immediately started to heal and Kabuto flexed a bit, popping a few joints. Sasuke was taken back. Naruto also frowned as he watched Kabuto regenerate.

"Come on, Sasuke-kun. What happened to all the fervor before?"

Sasuke gritted his teeth and got into stance. He made a hand seal.

"Kai!"

"Come on Sasuke-kun, this isn't genjutsu"

"Ha, that's what the ol' snake said too."

Kabuto flinched and looked in shock. Sasuke only grinned as he felt the chakra made its way to his limbs. The reactions of his opponents to his gravity seals were priceless. It never gets old.

Sasuke instantly appeared in front of Kabuto and drove his fist into the teen with a sickening crunch. The uppercut made Kabuto rise up on his toes in the air. Sasuke didn't stop though, adding a second uppercut in the same spot, then adding a knee as he followed the teen in the air. Each hit elicited blood from Kabuto's mouth and the sound of bones cracking. Sasuke then appeared above Kabuto and drove two hammerfists into Kabuto's back, sending the teen crashing into the ground.

Sasuke jumped away from the crater created by Kabuto. He surveyed his hands as he saw how bruised they were. Kabuto had apparently enforced his body with chakra, making his body as hard as rock. Each hit had caused Sasuke to bruise and now Sasuke couldn't stop the shaking in his hands. He looked back up as the dust cleared, revealing Kabuto healing himself again.

"Sasuke-kun, how's your hands? Not feeling so well?"

Sasuke gritted his teeth and launched several kunai with explosion tags at the end of them. Each tag exploded around Kabuto, causing his flesh to burn away. But Kabuto only sent more chakra to his wounds, healing them instantly. Kabuto inwardly frowned. Though he can heal himself instantly, the trick can only happen a few times before the constant regenerating cause problems in his body at the cellular level.

Sasuke used this pause to plan his next course of action. If straight on attacks weren't working, then he would have to just exhaust the teen to the point where he can't use chakra. He launched several more kunai and shuriken but this time, Kabuto actually attempted to dodge them. Sasuke was a little surprised. Why was Kabuto suddenly dodging now? He had taken several explosions, broken bones, electricity, and stab wounds before. What made the difference to dodge now? Then it hit him. That healing trick could only happen so often. Sasuke smirked.

Kabuto dodged the incoming shuriken and kunai and made his way to a cleaner area. He pumped chakra back into his hands and got into his chakra scalpel stance. Sasuke weaved through another series of hand seals and brought his hands to his mouth.

Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!

The fireball was gigantic compared to most and when it made it's way to Kabuto, Kabuto wouldn't be able to dodge to the side. Kabuto jumped upwards, above the fireball. Sasuke only smiled again as he launched several explosion tags above the fire ball right after and saw that Kabuto jumped up. The tags lit up and exploded, sending Kabuto crashing to the ground. Kabuto got up and started to regenerate again but at a much slower pace. Sasuke didn't let the teen catch a breath as he darted forward and landed several more punches and kicks to Kabuto. He sent a last sidekick into Kabuto's chest, sending the boy crashing into the statue next to Naruto, who hadn't flinched.

Sasuke copied Naruto's move and appeared in front of Kabuto and slammed his hand into Kabuto's windpipe. He drove another uppercut to Kabuto's stomach and dropped the boy to the floor. Sasuke jumped back and caught his breath. He realized that his chakra was starting to run low and it would only be a matter of time before he collapsed to exhaustion. Kabuto wasn't faring better, if not he was faring worse. Kabuto's regeneration abilities were too slow to keep up with the barrage of attacks Sasuke had sent him. The explosion tag had gave him several burns that have yet to heal and his lungs were collapsing. Kabuto let his body hit the floor as his knees couldn't hold his weight anymore. Naruto stepped forward.

"Alright, end of match. Winner is Uchiha Sasuke. Medics!"

Sasuke let himself sink to one knee as he caught his breath. Naruto walked up to him and picked Sasuke up by the arm.

"Good job, Sasuke. Get some rest for that chakra exhaustion and your hands. You did your job perfectly."

Naruto said the last part in an undertone, allowing only Sasuke to hear what he said. Sasuke nodded and Naruto smiled. The medics took Sasuke away and Kabuto on a stretcher. Naruto let the cleaning crew do their job since he was too lazy at this point to do a jutsu for the wall. He lazily stood at the center with his hands in his pockets as he waited. When the crew was done he waited for the next two names to be picked. The screens flashed and landed on two names. Naruto let out a small smile and announced the next two names.

"Konohagakure's Yamanaka Ino and...Konohagakure's Haruno Sakura."

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an:/ My deepest condolences to the Hyuuga family...OH MY GOD, NEJIIIIIIII~ COME BACK! I think a piece of me died with Hyuuga Neji. I almost feel bad for antagonising him in the previous chapter. I am so sorry Neji. I just want you to know that everyone loves you. You were one of my favorite characters and I vow to bring honor back to your name in this story!

On another note. I'm going on a cruise tomorrow and we all know how their internet works...pay, pay, and more pay. I'm sorry cruise people...I'M BROKE! So I will leave ya'll with this chapter, feeling satisfied that Kabuto has somehow managed...but don't think this is the end of Kabuto..he'll be back...I think. Sasuke kicked ass here...in a sense. And so did Tenten even though she lost. I love tenten because I, too, love weapons. I love katanas, tantos, sai, nunchaku, tonfa, bo, tambo, and other weapons. Call me weird but they are badass as fucckkk~ Okay. Anyways, back to the internet issue. I'm not sure I can update during the next week. But that doesn't mean I won't be working on it. I just can't update. which means, when I come back, expect a shit ton of chapters updated... Until then.

Aerotyl over and out.

Jutsu translations:

Fuuton: Furyokuhatsuden burēdo- wind release: wind blade

Buki kata: Tekketsu no ame- Weapon kata: Iron blood rain

Fuuton: Tatsumaki no dangan- wind release: Tornado bullet

Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu -fire release: great fireball

Raiton: Kaminari suzume- lightning release: lightning sparrow

Raiton: Kaminari Shuriken- lightning release: lightning shuriken