Disclaimer: Unfortunately i do not own Naruto or anything. The rights to Naruto belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I also may use some quotes from characters in a game made by Riot Games.

A/N: Alright a few people got their votes in right before I closed the poll and it ended 8 to 7 for the darker route in the wave arc. By the way I will make the wave arc as bloody as possible.

Shivamandi: Thanks. I hope you like this chapter too.

"Sup br0"- Demons and stuff

'Sup br0'- Demons and stuff thoughts

"Sup br0"- person talking

'Sup br0'- person's thoughts

Sup br0 no Jutsu-a jutsu

'sup br0'- Namikaze Kekkei Genkai

"sup br0"- Naruto talking in a demonic like voice whether affected by kyuubi or the kekkei genkai

Sup br0 - Mysterious voice

Chapter 10: The Competition Pt. 1

Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze

Age:12

Rank: Genin

2 Months Later (Date of Competition)

For the last 2 months each of the teams went through some sort of rigorous training. Each one of the Jonin sensei of the rookies wanted to show they were the best sensei and their students were the best of the rookies. Kakashi decided for once he would actually teach his team how to fight and not just worry about teamwork. He upped their training time from 5 hours to 7 hours. Asuma's team was already taught well so they just increased their time and he also taught them how to fight individually instead of using their ino-shika-cho combo. Chouji was the one who had no problems going 1v1 since he had a lot of strength and his jutsu work well in 1v1 situations too. Shikamaru also didn't have too much trouble since he could just use his Kagemane no Jutsu. Although he could easily win his close quarters combat fights with Kagemane Asuma trained him to be stronger and faster in case his opponent is able to close the gap between them before he can do the hand seals for his family jutsu. Ino although her Shintenshin no Jutsu can control someones mind she cannot directly hurt them with it since it also hurts herself. Asuma decided to teach her some jutsu she could use in 1v1 combat and also trained her to improve her Taijutsu. When Ino asked Asuma if it was possible for her to start elemental manipulation since she heard that team 13 was already starting it he thought it was a great idea, but he would have to run it by her father since he always wanted to know what he was going to teach his daughter. Kurenai's team had members who were fairly strong in 1v1 she just trained them physically and asked their parents or other clan members to help them refine their clan jutsu. Kurenai wished she had a person to teach genjutsu to but none of her students were even close to interested in it. Team 13 on the other hand just went training like they did normally, their sensei told them they were confident that they would wipe the floor with the others.

The day of the competition was finally here and the rookie 12, their sensei, and the Hokage met up in Training ground 13 and lead them to the former ANBU traning area which had seals to prevent people from seeing or hearing what was going on in there. Naruto had memories of training there with Kakashi and Itachi which caused him to smile. Hiruzen walked in front of them and looked like he was going to speak.

"Hello this years rookies, one your guys sensei decided that it would be a good idea if we had a small competition to see how well you guys are doing. If you are planning on not doing your best you will miss out on our prize. The people we deem worthy to receive the prize will never again have to do a D rank mission. You will be able to do them by choice but we will never ask you to take one. You will also be able to be the first in your group of rookies to take a C rank mission."

The genin that heard this got all giddy since they hated D rank missions and they all wanted to go on a C rank mission.

Although the hokage said "how the students were doing" the sensei took it as "how well your sensei have been teaching you".

Suddenly a man wearing sunglasses and his hitai-ate was on his forehead but he wore it like a bandana instead who was wearing what most people would call a black version of the standard jonin attire without the flak jacket appeared.

"Hello my name is Ebisu and I will be the proctor and commentator of this competition."

A group of small kids came in and swarmed Naruto calling him boss. And talked about how their boss would kick everyone's including the pussy looking guy with the black hair. Naruto's choice of language was starting to rub off on his minions. Everyone laughed at the three little kids' name for Sasuke, well not everyone Sakura and Sasuke were pissed that they called him a pussy looking guy. (Konohamaru got to know Naruto basically the same way as in Canon so I didn't bother writing it. I was going to change it up a bit but it was basically the exact same thing.)

"Alright for our first round we will be giving you a paper with a list of items. You will have to find those items, they are scattered all over this training area. There are 40 of those items. Who ever has the most items will get something. Yes only one person will get the prize. We will call you after 2 hours and tally the items to find out who won."

Naruto didn't understand why only one person got the prize, he thought something else is going on here. Naruto created a shit load of clones and told them to look for the items on the said piece of paper. While his clones were looking he was with his other teammates in the search for the Items. By themselves they had found 5 of them. An occasional clone would come and drop off an item but most of the time the clones were dispelled upon finding something by one of the other teams.

"So that's the way it is." said Naruto with a smirk.

Naruto changed his strategy since he didn't know they were allowed to fight another team for the items.

"Alright guys apparently we can fight other teams for the items. Remember if we run into another team they are probably going to fight us, non lethal blows, incapacitate them and maybe tie them up."

Naruto and his team found 3 more items and they had 10 items as a team. That means they have 1/4 of the total amount which probably puts them at least in the top 3. They then heard the sound of metal clanging and saw something light on fire. They ran to the noise and saw Team 7 and Team 8 going at it.

"Naruto-kun what should we do?"

"Um...I'm debating on whether we should wait for them to tire and take them out in one swoop or should we help one side and split the loot. Plus there is also Team 10 who can wreck us with their collaboration jutsu."

"Naruto-Taichou, If we assist team 8 then we can help them fight off Team 10 if they show up."

"Yah but what if Team 8 turns on us?"

"I don't think that Hyuuga girl would even try to hurt you, same with the Inuzuka if you save them that is. The Uchiha is laying the pain on them." said Ami.

"Alright move out team!"

Team 13 began throwing kunai and shuriken at Team 7 causing them to back away from Team 8. Team 8 was surprised that someone wanted to help them. They looked into the direction where the projectiles were coming from and saw Team 13. Kiba was glad his friend came to save them since the Uchiha was quite strong. Hinata looked at her knight in shining armor and blushed, she had a major crush on the dude ever since she knew him. Shino looked stoic but inside he was thankful that they came.

"Sup Kiba we got your back. Want to split the loot afterwards?"

"Sure bro."

"If it isn't the dumb blonde and his crew of misfits."

"Sup, did you ever get that log that you were born with stuck up your ass surgically removed yet?"

"Sasuke-kun doesn't have anything in his butt!" yelled Sakura.

"Lets do this."

As the three teams were getting ready to fight a team was hiding in the bushes watching.

"Hm lets see how strong they are before we decide to ambush them or not. I think it would be unwise to ambush them since Team 13 and Team 8 are allied but their alliance might falter and we might be able to come out on top." said Shikamaru.

"I personally think we shouldn't ambush Team 13. I know for a fact that Naruto-kun could take all 3 of us out by himself."

"So he is Naruto-kun now?" teased Chouji.

"Shut up Chouji I've known him for a long time its only natural I call him that. Besides I like Sasuke."

"Then why do you call me and Shika by our names and even Sasuke by his name."

"Shut up ok. Sasuke-kun is the guy I like so shut it. Naruto-kun is a close friend of mine."

"Ok you 2 shut up before they hear us." said Shikamaru.

Naruto showed some impressive teamwork with a team he had never fought with before. When Kiba did his Gatsūga Naruto would empower it with his Fūton: Reppūshō (Gale palm) which increased Kiba's speed by at least three times the normal amount making the jutsu undodgable and It helped knock out Shinin and cut up Sakura a little. After that Ami took out Sakura with a well placed Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu (water bullet) to the chest. As they were going to go for a 6v1 on Sasuke Naruto spoke up.

"He's mine." Naruto said and the others nodded and respected his order. Kiba who was normally the leader role in Team 8 recognized him as the Alpha and backed down.

"Hmph, attacking other teams to get ahead. How sad. And if you are wondering why I know you attacked them is because no other team was attacking my clones except your team. At least you chose a good team to attack, pick on the tracking team because they are better at finding things than you. What ever lets fight."

Naruto closed the gap quite quickly but Sasuke jumped back and threw shuriken at him. The "Naruto" got peppered by the shuriken before poofing. When Sasuke landed he looked around him since he didn't see the blonde kid anywhere. While he was looking for the blonde a squirrel ran between his legs causing him to turn around and as he turned back around he was met with a fist to the face.

"What? where did you come from?" said Sasuke.

"None of your business." said Naruto before he ran up to him again.

Naruto was relentless in his strikes, Sasuke was trying to dodge as best as he could but he ended up taking a few hits. He jumped back and did a few backflips and began doing hand signs. He was forced to stop since there was around 20 shuriken headed in his position and he was nowhere near complete with his hand seals. Since he was slow to dodge he got cut slightly by a few shuriken. Sasuke was pissed every time he tried to do something the blonde would mess him up and make him look like a fool. Right now Sasuke was looking for the blonde again since he disappeared again.

"Fuck! Where did that shit go?" yelled Sasuke venting his frustration.

With Team 10

"Ha! Sasuke is mad. Serves him right." said Chouji.

"This isn't even a fun fight to watch." said Shikamaru.

"Why does Naruto-kun always toy with Sasuke-kun? He's done this even in the academy, its like he wants to piss him off on purpose."

"Its because I do." said Naruto.

Team 10 turned around so quickly it seemed like they could have hurt their necks.

"N-Naruto-kun, w-what are you doing here?"

"So I'm Naruto-kun now? It's been a while since you called me that."

"Shut up! What are you doing here."

"Um, I wanted to see if you guys were enjoying the show."

"Um, N-Naruto-kun honestly... it's kind of boring."

"Well I'll have to make it more exciting then."

With Team 7, 8, 13

"Ha the dumb blonde must have got scared and scrambled, then again the Uchiha are feared across the Elemental Nations." said Sasuke smugly.

Naruto decided to shunshin right in front of him and give him an uppercut and a knee to the stomach.

"I'm definitely afraid right now. I'm afraid for the sake of our village if trash like you are allowed to become shinobi. You are the shittiest Uchiha ever, Itachi was so much better than you."

Although Sasuke was on the ground he felt very angry when he was called trash and a shit Uchiha. He got even more furious when the guy told him Itachi was better than him. He quickly jumped up and sprinted towards Naruto. He tried to nail him with a left straight into a right hook combo. Naruto moved his head slightly to avoid the left straight blocked the right hook with his left hand and used the said hand to cup the back of Sasuke's head. Naruto then unleashed a barrage of uppercuts with his right hand to Sasuke's face. Sasuke was trying to block the hit but it seemed that he would still take some damage due to the force. Sasuke tried to move his head away from Naruto's left hand but was stopped when Naruto used his right hand to complete the Muay Thai clinch. Sasuke was poorly equipped to deal with the knees that Naruto threw and almost got knocked out. Naruto released him from the clinch and kicked him in the chest knocking him back 10 feet.

"Pitiful excuse of a shinobi. Alright guys lets take their items and split it in half."

Kiba's team took 4 items and Naruto's team took the other 4 items. Naruto's team now had 14 items out of the 40. When team 8 left and they tied up Team 7 with ninja wire a few of Naruto's clones came with items in their hands. There was 3 of them who had found some items. Naruto's team now had 17 out of the 40 items chances were that they were at the top spot.

30 Minutes Later

Naruto looked at the watch on his right wrist and noticed that there was only 25 minutes before time was up. They looked around for more of the items but they were unable to find anymore so they assumed every single item was most likely claimed. They started heading towards where all the jonin sensei were waiting but Naruto heard something.

"Give me all the Items you collected and I won't hurt you."

Naruto swore that was Sasuke's voice. He started walking in that direction.

"Sasuke-kun why are you being like this? Why are you attacking us?" yelled a female voice that Naruto recognized as Ino's.

"Ino-pig just give him the items, I don't want to see my best friend get hurt."

"Although I didn't want it to be this way I recommend you give him the items since I don't think he will back down."

Right before Team 10 was going to give in and give the items over Naruto shunshined in and told them to not give up their items.

"Sasuke, didn't we go over this already?"

"Shut up clan-less shit, you just caught me off guard earlier and got lucky." lied Sasuke.

"Hmm. Maybe i'll get lucky again this time because I'll take you 3 out by myself. Nobody threatens to hurt my friends and gets away with it."

"Sakura I recommend you back out since we used to be friends and I don't want to hurt you. Same with you Shinin I got to know you recently and you are a pretty chill dude."

"Sorry man, If we don't help him he's gunna bitch at us for like forever."

"Sorry Naruto, I know we used to be friends but I choose Sasuke."

"Ok, No hard feelings right?"

The two he was talking to nodded.

Naruto created 3 Kage bunshin and sent them out to fight. Surprisingly when they got into range to fight Naruto dispelled them creating a large area of smoke. The sounds of punching and grunts of pain were heard inside the smoke cloud. After a few seconds a pink haired girl flew out and landed near Ino's feet. More punching and kicking sounds were heard inside the smoke cloud and a badly beaten Shinin crawled out. After the smoke cleared Naruto was standing there looking like he didn't take a single punch and Sasuke looked like he got hit multiple times.

"I hate you." said Sasuke before he formed hand seals.

Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu

A moderately sized fireball was headed towards Naruto and Team 10 looked slightly worried but then remembered the last time this happened.

Naruto performed hand seals and slammed his hands on the ground and began forming hand seals again after.

Doton: Kōtō chikyū-ken (Soaring Earth Fist)

Katon: Kaen kyūshū(Flame absorption)

A giant fist came out of the ground near Sasuke's position and punched him and sent him flying through multiple trees. The fire absorption jutsu allowed Naruto to swallow the fireball Sasuke threw at him. Naruto then held his breath and formed hand seals as he saw Sasuke jump back to where they were with one hand holding his ribs and the other limp.

Katon: Chikyū shakunetsu (Scorching Earth)

Naruto let go of his breath and spit out a shit load of fire which engulfed the ground around Sasuke and never went out. Sasuke wasn't in any condition to try to jump out of his spot so he just stood there waiting for the jutsu to be over. Naruto searched Sasuke's fallen comrades and found one item hidden in Sakura's pocket.

"Pathetic Uchiha do you have any of the Items on you?"

"As if I would tell you!"

Naruto slowly walked across the ground which was on fire and looked Sasuke in the eye. Team 10, his teammates, and Sasuke thought he was crazy when he stepped on the scorching earth.

"What? How are you not burning?" asked Sasuke.

'Hn this must be a genjutsu' thought Sasuke before he tried to take a step before being burned on his foot.

Naruto walked slowly until he was one inch away from Sasuke.

"I'll ask you again, do you have any of the items on you?"

Sasuke was frightened. Naruto just walked over insanely hot fire without taking any damages and looked him in the eye with such ferocity asking if he had any items. He found that he could hardly speak at the moment.

Naruto grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him down almost on top of the fire.

"Yes! Yes! Take it!" screamed Sasuke before handing him one more Item.

Naruto tossed one of the items to Ino.

"Thanks for baiting him, that's your reward. By the way we should head back since we only have 5 minutes."

"T-thanks N-Naruto-kun." said the slightly afraid Ino.

Team 10 and Naruto's teammates just stood there for a while trying to process what happened. First Sasuke initiated the Ninjutsu fight before getting punched by something that came out of the ground then Naruto absorbs all the fire from the fire ball and expels it around Sasuke so he couldn't leave. Not only did he do all that but he walked up to the Uchiha and scared him shitless so he gave up his Item.

Where all the Jonin sensei are waiting

"Alright so right now we have Team 8, 10, and 13. Have you guys seen Team 7?"

"Well I took knocked them out. They should be here shortly."

"Hmm, I see our little scavenger hunt went exactly as planned. How many items have you guys collected so far?"

"Team 13 has collected 18 total. So 6 for the each of us." said Naruto.

"Team 8 has collected 12 total. So 4 for each of us." said Kiba.

"Team 10 has collected 10 total, So 3 for me and Chouji while Ino has 4." said Shikamaru.

After they said how many they had the Hokage noticed that that was all 40 items. Before the Hokage was going to announce the results they saw Team 7 walking. Shinin and Sakura were helping Sasuke walk since he was exhausted.

"Are we late?" asked Sakura.

The hokage nodded before speaking.

"It seems that team 7 has not collected a single item."

"Sorry Hokage-sama we lost them all to people who fought us." said Sakura.

"That was the point of the exam, we knew one team would eventually attack another team to take their items. If I may ask, who was the aggressor and what happened?"

"Team 7 attacked us since they assumed we had the most items due to our team being a tracking team." said Kiba.

"Hmm nice choice Team 7, but what happened?"

"My team and I assisted Team 8 since we knew Team 7 was the aggressor and I know that if we split the loot with Team 8 after we helped them they wouldn't back-stab us because we now the members of Team 8 value honor. We were first hesitant since we knew Team 10 could pop in anytime but we were confident we could win that 2v2 battle."

"Well you thought that out well Naruto. So where was Team 10 during this fight?"

"I found them hiding in a bush watching." said Naruto.

"You did not engage?"

"Didn't need to we had 14/40 of the items and 17/40 a few seconds later, chances were we were already ahead of them. Also around 25 minutes before running here we ran into Team 7 trying to bully Team 10 by threatening to hurt them for their Items. I assisted them and we split the two items evenly."

"Well we said a single person would get a reward but we lied. We were trying to get you guys to turn on your teammates. You all did well but Team 13 wins due to their good strategy and willingness to help others."

Hiruzen then explained the current scores.

1. Team 13: 10 pts.

2. Team 8: 8 pts.

3. Team 10: 6pts.

4. Team 7: 4pts.

"Alright for the second round we will meet here tomorrow. Sasuke you should go to the hospital and everyone else have a good day."

The rest of the rookie 12 minus Sasuke went out to eat together while all the jonin sensei went out to the Jonin Bar. Team 7 was kind of sad that they lost but they did try to attack Team 8 for their items. The rookies had a great time and enjoyed spending time with each other since most of them knew each other since they were like 7. After they finished eating they all went to the park together. Unsurprisingly they eventually split up into two groups, one with the boys or men they called themselves or the girls. The guys talked about how bad ass Naruto was when he kicked Sasuke's ass twice. Naruto being his modest self just said he made Sasuke angry so it helped him win. They also discussed what the second round might be since the first round was a mixture of finding things and being able to defend against another team. While the guys were hanging out in their own group the girls were on the other side of the park talking about normal girl things. They talked about whats new in fashion in Konoha and in other countries, stuff they bought recently, tips on making the perfect matching outfit to attract attention from their male teammates. Although the only two who wanted to attract their male teammates were Sakura and Ami. And the standard Sasuke is so cool talk.

"Sasuke is so cute." said Sakura.

"I admit Sasuke is pretty cute when he isn't getting his ass kicked by Naruto-kun." said Ami.

Upon saying this Ino, Hinata and Ami erupted into laughter.

"Hey, Naruto just got lucky Sasuke-kun didn't unlock his sharingan yet."

"Sorry Forehead you know how much I like Sasuke-kun but Naruto-kun kicked his ass like twice in a row along with yours and Shinin's" said Ino.

When Ino said Naruto-kun all their eyes were on her. Two were glaring and one was confused.

"Naruto-kun eh? When did you get interested in Naruto-kun?" asked Ami.

"Y-yah I-Ino. W-when?" said Hinata.

"What? I-I am n-not interested in N-Naruto-kun. I like Sasuke-kun remember?"

"Is it weird that she stutters when talking about Naruto but not Sasuke-kun?"

"Shut up! Naruto-kun and I have been friends for a long time, its only natural that I call him this."

"I've known Naruto about the same time as you but I only call him Naruto."

"Well you aren't even his friend. You chose a chance of getting Sasuke to like you for not being friends with Naruto over Naruto's friendship."

"She has a p-point. Maybe they are just friends." said Hinata.

'I have a chance.' Thought Hinata while blushing.

"I guess it makes sense she calls him that. Why are you blushing?" said Ami.

"Um...N-nothing."

"Are you sure it has nothing to do with Naruto-kun." said Ino.

"N-N-Na-Naruto-kun? N-no."

"Are you thinking of Naughty thoughts about Naruto-kun?" said Ami.

"NANI? N-n-n-n-no, I-i am n-not l-like that."

"Well, I do sometimes." said Ami.

Ino, Sakura, Hinata fell over when hearing this. Hinata was kind of angry that she would think that about Naruto-kun.

"Honestly Hinata you are really lucky."

"Why? Does N-Naruto l-like me?"

"Oh so you do like him. And I don't know but If I were you I would use that Byakugan of yours to take a peek."

Hinata fainted when hearing about what she could do to see Naruto naked. The idea popped into her mind many times but she didn't want to do it since it was an invasion of privacy. Then she thought if they were sparring she could use her Byakugan without arousing suspicion. She fainted after imagining what she could see. She was out cold with a big smile on her face and blood leaking from her nose.

"Ami! What did you do to her." asked Ino.

"Nothing, I was just saying you know, I bet if you had Byakugan you could look at Sasuke's ya know."

"Why! Why wasn't I born a Hyuuga?!" yelled Sakura and alerted the guys slightly.

"Forehead you perv, I could have had a look at Sasuke naked any time but I wouldn't do that to him. You know he probably has memories of him looking at himself naked."

"Why! Why couldn't I be born a Hyuuga or a Yamanaka!" yelled Sakura. This time it definitely alerted the guys.

"What happened to her?" asked Kiba.

"She was cursing why she couldn't have been born a Hyuuga or a Yamanaka." said Ami.

"Why? Then she wouldn't have that exotic pink hair of hers." Kiba said before whispering something in Naruto's ear which caused Naruto to chuckle.

"I wonder if the drapes match the carpet." Kiba whispered.

"Hey! Are you making fun of me you jerk!" Sakura shouted before punching Kiba and Naruto in the face.

10 Minutes ago (with the guys)

"Hey guy's who do you think is really hot." asked Kiba.

"Neko-chan is pretty hot, she was wearing this tight black clothing the last time I saw her and all I could think about was 'Dat body.'"said Naruto.

"I told you this fucker was into older women. You know my sensei is pretty hot. Her name is Kurenai do you guys know her?"

"You dog, you are into older women too. And no I don't know her." said Naruto.

"I don't think Kurenai sensei appreciates you thinking about her like that. But I would be lying if I didn't say she was attractive." said Shino.

"Can she cook?" asked Chouji.

"Honestly I don't know." said Kiba.

"Hey guys, how about the girls our age, who do you think is hot?. Before you answer we have to promise not to tell them a single thing ok? If someone tells we kick their ass."

"Alright." said all the guys.

"Honestly I think they are all hot in their own way." said Naruto.

"That's cheating man, be more descriptive and we'll let it pass."

"Well except Sakura I don't really like her. Hinata is pretty cute and mysterious since she is always hiding under that huge jacket of hers. Ino is Ino. And Ami is pretty cute."

"Alright who's going next? No one? Alright Ill go." said Kiba.

"I kinda like em all too. Sakura has that weird colored hair and she's pretty. Ino well no need to explain. Hinata is cute. And Ami I kinda like her hair color too, and she seems really horny."

"I don't like any of them, they all seem troublesome except Hinata but I'm not very interested in her." said Shikamaru.

"I would have to taste their cooking first before I decide." said Chouji.

"I have no problem with any of them. They are all pretty girls." said Shino.

"Well they are all 1 year younger than me so not interested." said Kenji.

Shinin didn't know what to say and said "Pass".

They then heard someone screaming "Why!" so they went to go check it out.

Present Time

Sakura was still beating on Kiba because it looked like he was talking shit on her. Naruto decided it was enough and wanted to stop it.

"Stop Sakura he was just complementing your hair and eye color." Kiba sent Naruto a silent thank you.

Sakura was shocked, she thought they were making fun of her since Naruto chuckled.

"But then why did you chuckle?" Sakura asked.

"Well he said your eyes and hair complement each other well and I chuckled because I knew you were going to overreact and I imagined you beating him up."

"Oh, I'm sorry Kiba. You should have just told me you liked my hair and eyes. If you are going to ask me out on a date I will have to decline since Sasuke might think I'm going out with you."

"It's fine, I didn't really plan on asking you. I just was saying your hair and eyes are not very common here in Konoha and they're unique." said Kiba.

Sakura pouted that he never even planned on asking her out but was happy when he said her hair was unique. Sakura secretly is an attention whore but she nobody really gives her attention so she savors every compliment she gets.

"Well shit It's getting late. We still have the second round tomorrow." Naruto said.

As soon as he said that most of the guys just disappeared while the girls were standing there expecting something.

"Um...What the fuck? Where did they go?"

"Ehrrrm!" came from behind Naruto.

"Oh hey you guys are still here. Since all the other guys left would you like me to take you guys home?"

"B-But N-Naruto-kun you are only one person." said Hinata.

"Yah Naruto-kun." said Ami.

"Did you guys forget about my abilities?"

Naruto created 3 shadow clones.

"Just tell us where your house is, I know where Ino-chan and Hinata-chan live but I don't know where Sakura lives."

"What are you going to stalk me? I know I am pretty and all but stalking isn't the way to ask a girl out." said Sakura.

"Um...Is she always like this?" asked Naruto.

The other girls nodded.

"Hmm...Sorry Sakura I have no plans ever on asking or taking you out. Nor will I ever stalk you, because I am not interested in a romantic relationship with you. Sorry if you are disappointed in my rejection but i am only asking where your house is so I can safely escort you there. If you would prefer to walk home in the dark this late at night you are welcome to do so."

Sakura was saddened when she heard this since every guy who complemented her had no intentions of even taking her out. She was losing all her self confidence and was beginning to think that nobody really likes her. She wondered why they wouldn't take her out, she wasn't ugly was she? She began wondering what was wrong with her why the guys who thought she was cute never planned on asking her out. She accepted Naruto's escort because she wanted to talk to him in private.

The real Naruto was escorting Ami back to her house. While the other clones were escorting the other ladies.

With Ami

"Naruto-kun are you the real one?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

Ami was happy that she had the real Naruto.

"Nothing really."

With Sakura

"Naruto can I ask you something?"

"Um...Sure?"

"What is wrong with me?"

"Um...What do you mean?"

"Why do the people who think I am cute or complement me, not want to take me out on a date? Am I ugly or something?"

"Well Sakura, you are definitely not ugly you are actually quite pretty and your exotic look enhances that."

"Then why do you and Kiba have no thoughts on asking me out?"

"Well Kiba and I are probably not looking for a relationship right now and honestly I don't really like your attitude."

"So I'm not ugly but you guys don't really like my attitude?"

"Yes, nobody likes a hardcore fangirl which is what you are. Fangirls are incredibly annoying, think way too good of themselves, and are bitches."

Sakura didn't get angry or anything since she wanted to know why they weren't willing to ask her out. She wanted honesty from him and he gave it to her.

"I see, I'm sorry for the way I have been acting. You are a good friend, I don't remember why we stopped being friends."

"Ah I believe we stopped being friends when me and Sasuke weren't friends anymore and since you were his fangirl you also didn't want to be my friend anymore. It's fine though I don't harbor any grudges towards you or anything, we were hardly friends to begin with."

"Thank you for your honesty. I guess I'll have to work on my attitude, it's just I want Sasuke to notice me, and stuff."

"Honestly I would recommend you get over him. He has never shown any hint of having any feelings for you or anyone. You can still like him but don't be a fangirl or anything It will only hurt you later."

"I respect your opinion since I asked for it. I also was wondering why you seem to dislike Sasuke so much. You guys used to be friends. What happened?"

"I don't know he suddenly started acting like a douche. Do you know about the Uchiha massacre?"

"Yah Itachi Uchiha wiped out the whole Uchiha clan by himself for no reason."

"Yah well I was friends with Itachi Uchiha and I guess he hated me because I was friends with his brother who killed his clan."

"It also doesn't help that you taunt him all the time during fights."

"As Ninja we need to keep our emotions in check, he obviously doesn't that is why he is so easy to beat. He is also really predictable and his trump card which is ninjutsu isn't that spectacular. The only reason he looks good is because nobody else has been taught ninjutsu other than the other clan kids. Also don't worry about me trying to hurt him, I wouldn't go out of my way to hurt him."

"I understand, thank you. I'm sorry I've yelled at you many times when you pick on him. I hope we can become friends again, I don't really have anymore friends other than Ino, Ami, and Hinata."

"Sure why not."

"My house is over there, thanks for talking to me even thought I haven't been very nice to you over the years."

"It's fine, Cya." Naruto said before waiting for her to enter her house before poofing.

With Ino

"I never got to thank you from saving us earlier."

"Really? Didn't you thank me?"

"I thanked you for the free item but I never thanked you for saving us."

"Well no problem Ino-chan, I've saved you before whats the difference between then and now."

"But still, Thank you for saving us Sasuke was really going to attack us to get those items."

"Ya he tried to attack Kiba's team before yours and ended up losing all of his so he probably got desperate."

"Now that I think about it you are kind of like my super hero. I don't have to ask for help and you come running in anyways."

"Well you are my friend and the first friend I made after leaving the orphanage. You saved me too, from being alone."

Ino blushed but she hid it well.

"Honestly if I never became your friend I would have never met the guys or Hinata."

"And you used to make fun of me for not having friends."

"Ah I remember the good ol' days."

"You sound like an old man now." Ino said while laughing.

"Damn young whippersnappers, back in my day..."

Ino lost it at the last line and howled with laughter.

"No respect I tell you, no respect for elders."

Ino was laughing so hard she couldn't wall well so Naruto picked her up and walked toward her house. Ino eventually calmed down and Naruto put her back down.

"Naruto why are you so funny? And thanks for carrying me, It was hard to walk when I was laughing that hard."

"No problem. And if I wasn't funny I would be boring."

"You would still be cute."

"So I'm cute now? I guess I do look good when I'm kicking Sasuke's ass."

Ino laughed.

"Ami said something similar to that earlier, she was like "Sasuke looks kinda cute when he's not getting his ass kicked by Naruto-kun."

"I'm glad you two were able to become close friends after what happened a long ass time ago."

"She's actually a really fun person, when you get to know her."

"I know right, by the way did you know she was like Hinata before I met her."

"No way! That's impossible, she's like a complete 180 of Hinata. Did you know she said she wished she had Byakugan so she could look through peoples clothes, and she said she has naughty thoughts about people."

"Eh she was talking about me then. And when she was being bullied by the girls in the orphanage she would stutter and be shy like Hinata. The girls in the orphanage were pretty bad though they beat her pretty bad and called her ugly and stuff. She wasn't even ugly at all she just had a really weird haircut that made her look really bad. She would sometimes flinch randomly when you talk to her, it was really bad. I'm glad I helped her though, shes a good friend and kind of like a little sister to me."

"Oh wow, that sucks. She really likes you though."

"Yah I know but we are only 12 maybe I'll like her later on but now I'm not even worrying about that stuff."

"You know you are a lot more mature than the others."

"Well I wish I had more of a childhood, mine was taken away from me when I was 7."

"What do you mean? I remember you used to play with us when you were 7."

"Did you know before I hung out with you and Sakura I killed a man the night before. I said I fought a person I didn't tell you I ended up killing him."

"Oh my, how was it for you? How were you able to play with us after that."

"Well I was surrounded by friends when I woke up from my injuries, then I played with you guys, the time it hit me was when I was alone in my home. I didn't sleep at all that night until I talked to my sensei the next day."

"How did it feel? To you know."

"I felt like shit...like a monster...like a cold blooded killer. His face haunted me that night, every time I closed my eyes I saw his face before he died. He was all bug eyed after I almost cut him in half, after I talked to my sensei he told me that we are Ninja and we will all do that some time, He also reassured me that I did the right thing stopping the man from molesting me. He told me that killing is part of our line of work but the moment we begin to enjoy it is the time we truly become evil."

"Naruto w-when I kill someone can I talk to you?"

"Of course! You are like one of my best friends."

"Thanks Naruto, I don't think you'll have to kill anyone until we are able to do C rank missions."

"Well I almost killed someone a few months ago. He is probably dead now though."

"Oh, why?"

"He broke into the Hokage's office and ran off with the scroll of seals until I saw him and chased him down. We fought but he underestimated me and I ended up cutting through his body severing his spine. He got healed and I believe they interrogated him. It was weird fighting him, It helped that I knew him and how he fought. Even if he was a complete asshole to me and even tried to sabotage my genin exam, It made me sad that I had to do that to a person."

"Who was it?"

"Mizuki."

"No way, He betrayed Konoha?"

"Yah, I got payed for an B rank mission. I over heard him say he glad he finally got the stupid scroll for Orochimaru."

"I'm sorry you had to go though all of those stuff Naruto-kun. We are friends so if you ever need someone to talk to you can come to me. Us Yamanaka are actually really good therapists. My mom is a therapist since she got injured in shinobi duty which messed up her chakra coils so she has an unusually small chakra pool, since she couldn't become a kunoichi anymore my Dad told her to try being a therapist and now she is the most famous therapist in Konoha!"

"I'm sorry about your mom's injury."

"It happened before I was born so I never knew she was a kunoichi until she told me."

"Alright that's your house over there right? I'll see you later. Remember you can talk to me about anything."

"Same for you Naruto-kun."

Naruto again waited for her to enter her house before dispelling.

With Hinata

They were heading toward the Hyuuga compound kind of awkwardly. Hinata didn't know what to talk about so as they walked she just looked down and was doing what she does when she is nervous. She was poking her fingers together for a few minutes before Naruto decided to talk.

"Hinata-chan."

"Y-yes Na-Naruto-kun?"

"Why are you so quiet?"

"I-I'm s-sorry N-Na-Naruto-kun."

"Don't be sorry, Do you not like walking with me?" teased Naruto with a fake pout.

"NO! I l-like walking with y-you Naruto-kun. This i-is nice."

"Your voice is so cute. You sound like a little kid."

'He thinks my voice is cute!'

"Y-you are a-also c-c-cute N-Naruto-kun." Hinata said really softly.

"Are you trying to flirt with me Hinata-chan?"

"Uh...Um..." she said surprised he heard her.

"It's Ok Hinata-chan I didn't know you had it in you to flirt. In fact I like it."

"R-Really N-Naruto-kun. I-I think y-you are the most h-handsome boy I-I've met."

"No way, Sasuke is probably more handsome than me. And you are a pretty cute girl, why do you wear such a big jacket?"

"S-Sasuke looks like a p-p-puss-pussy. Y-You look l-like a r-real m-m-man. And I-I don't know, It's cold?"

"I guess I am kind of handsome and Sasuke does look like a pussy. Hinata it's still summer, don't you feel hot? Ill unzip it a little."

Naruto reached for her zipper and began unzipping her jacket a little since It was quite warm outside. And while he was unzipping her jacket she fainted. He decided that he probably shouldn't have done that and carried her as he walked to the Hyuuga compound. Hinata was out cold, It had been 15 minutes since she fainted and they were nearing the Hyuuga compound, Naruto really didn't want to explain the reason that their heiress was out cold. But it couldn't be helped because he was stopped by the guards.

"Halt. What are you doing with Hinata-sama."

"The rookies of this years graduating class decided to hang out for a little bit and I have come to bring her home. She fainted while we were walking here so I carried her."

One of the Hyuuga whispered something to the other Hyuuga and minutes later Hinata's father Hiashi came out of the compound.

"Ah Uzumaki-san, I see my daughter is currently unconscious, can you explain what happened."

"Hyuuga-sama this years academy graduates decided to hang out after our small competition and It was getting late so I offered to escort Ms. Hyuuga here. During our conversation while walking she fainted and I carried her here."

'Minato I hope your son isn't already making the moves on my daughter. I know my daughter already has a thing for your son old friend but they are quite young. I wonder what really made her faint because recently she hasn't been fainting around his presence or when he talks to her.' Hiashi thought.

Naruto didn't want to show that he only used a clone to escort Hinata so he waited for them to go back into the compound before running to a random location before dispelling.

Hospital (With Sasuke)

Sasuke got the medical attention he needed and his ribs were fixed and his arm that was dislocated was snapped back in. He asked the nurse to heal him since he had to be at the competition tomorrow so the nurse called the doctor to perform a slightly dangerous medical procedure which allows them to heal injuries that could take a month in a few hours. The risk was that if something went wrong he could possibly injure himself further than he was now and worst comes to worst he could possibly die. Fortunately the procedure was a success but he needed to get rest so he could be as close to 100% as he could the next day.

'Damn you Naruto, If you didn't interfere we would have gotten first place in that round. Why did that loser ally with team 8? Was it because Kiba and Naruto were close friends? I need to dominate the next two rounds to make up for our horrible loss. My useless teammates didn't do anything except get beat up. Especially that useless excuse of a kunoichi Sakura, she was completely useless and didn't do anything meaningful. How did that band of misfits called Team 13 become so strong, I know Naruto was better than me even in the academy but that Ami girl and that Kenji actually aren't bad. What ever, tomorrow I will succeed and show them the power of the Uchiha.'

A/N: First out of Three rounds of the competition are over. Naruto's team was able to take home first after teaming up with Team 8. What kind of test is the second part of the competition? I was going to have the competition only last one day but I decided that after all that fighting the kids would be a little tired and it wouldn't be fair since Sasuke is injured. Next chapter I will be finishing up the competition before moving on to the wave arc. If you like the story please follow and or favorite. If you would like to leave suggestions or if you caught a mistake you can leave a review telling me. Also if you just like the story and want to tell me you can leave a review that is like "Hey, I've enjoyed your story so far. Keep up the good work!".

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