Darkvizardking: Well my friends, this is the chap most have been waiting for, the epic showdown between Naruto and Neji. I promise you it is worth the wait. Though a good word of warning, this chap will be brutal, and Naruto will act similar to both Justin Law and Father Alexander Anderson. I'm certain you know who they are, and if not, don't hesitate to ask. Well now that the intro is done, LET'S RAISE SOME HELL. LET THE CHAP BEGIN.

Chapter 16: Finals, and Zero Hour, the start of the invasion.

Genma jumped back, to ensure that he would not get hit in the crossfire. Neji slid into his taijutsu stance, as Naruto slid into a stance of his own. His right arm held ninety degrees, the blade pointed out, his left arm held in a similar manner, pointing down, the blade following. Naruto said, in a dark tone, "Reaper taijutsu, Sin stance. I will execute you." Neji scoffed, saying, "How pathetic, fate deemed that I would win this battle, just as I was fated to defeat that loser of the main branch."

(Stands)

Hiashi was no fool, he saw the conviction in Naruto's eyes that night, and he said to his youngest daughter Hanabi, "Hanabi, watch this battle, and see that the arrogance of our clan would do nothing but have us end up in the grave." The Hyuuga elders were shocked, and one asked, "Why say such words Hiashi? Surely that De- I mean boy would not be able to kill Neji as he claims?"

Hiashi turned to the elder and said, "Hold your tongue, before I rip it from you. Naruto is far stronger then you expect, so watch, as like the arrogance our clan, Neji will not see the truth till it is pounded into him."

Haku and the other were amazed at the display, and she said, "Well, Naruto-kun knows how to make an entrance." Kyuubi, minus her fox-like features, said, "He always was one to do something like that, though that Neji kid is toast, Naruto-kun isn't screwing around." Tsubaki added, "Well, he did bring this on himself, seeing as he attacked Hinata-chan the way he did. Fight or not that was beyond cruel." Hinata couldn't help but agree, and while she may not want Neji dead, hurt was another story.

(Kage booth)

Lord death whistled and said, "That was quite an entrance, Naruto-kun is certainly improving at a faster rate then I thought." Sarutobi chuckled, and said, "Well, he certainly likes to remain unpredictable, that's for sure. Though I fear the Hyuuga boy will not leave without injury." The Raikage was seething, as he remembered what happened, and said, "Damn straight he won't, that Naruto kid will really give him an ass-whooping."

Yugito and Kirabi were off to the side, and Yugito said, "Did you hear that song? It was as if he was speaking to us Jinchuuriki directly." Kirabi replied, "Damn kitty I know what you mean, that entrance was one crazy scene." Yugito sweatdropped at his poor rapping, but said, "We need to talk to him after this match is over."

(Arena floor)

Neji scoffed at Naruto's statement and said, "You? Execute me? Don't make me laugh, it is as I told that main branch weakling, I am fated to win this battle." Naruto showed an insane grin, and said, "Is that so? Hate to tell you, but that kind of talk makes you look like a whiny little bitch, who grieves and cries like the little fuck you are. And you wanna know something else? I plan on breaking that heresy you call a belief, as no one but the divine one can determine what our path in life is. To say otherwise is the speaking of a heretic. And do you know what people used to DO to heretics?" Seeing Neji's conviction not breaking, but his head shaking no, Naruto said, insane grin growing, "They would butcher and destroy the heretics and infidels, and curse them to an afterlife in hell. They would set them aflame, or have them hanged, so now the question is, which method shall I use on YOU?"

Neji and the civilians were stunned, they NEVER heard anyone speak that way, and certainly not to a Hyuuga. Neji scoffed and said, "I don't think you get it, you cannot win, no matter what."

Naruto merely started to laugh, it sounding more insane the longer it went, then he said, "Well, that kind of talk may work on someone who is actually WEAK, but I'm not, unlike you, I don't need to break someone's resolve, and try to leave them broken on the ground. I will show you, that fate links us only to death."

Neji activated his Byakugan, Naruto's Kishingan starting to spin rapidly, and before Neji could react, Naruto disappeared. Slashes began to appear near Neji, until he felt a blade slicing him diagonally. Naruto appeared, but in a different stance, both soul eaters held out, in a cross. He said, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. From dust we are created, and to dust we return. You cannot win, just give up."

Neji, his eyes wide, said, "That's what I should tell you, you FREAK." To those who knew Naruto, they were REALLY wishing Neji did not repeat himself. Naruto slammed the handles of both soul eater together, and drew them apart, creating the double sided pole arm, with a handle in the center for it to be turned easier. Both blades then bent downward, creating a twin scythe, each blade pointing in two different directions. Naruto's scarves covered his face, the three eyes on the mask giving a haunting gaze. He said, in a distorted voice, "I will see to it that this place becomes your grave, insolent HEATHEN. And to think, Hinata begged me to spare someone like you, this is one promise I will NOT keep." Taking a leaf from Draven's book, he poured his wavelength into the blade, creating a false witch hunter, and he shouted, "WITCH HUNTER, with this technique, you life is forfeit." Swinging the blade it let loose a shock-wave on the ground, (when Maka used it against Sid, but messed it up) heading straight for Neji. Neji started to spin, and said, "Eight trigrams palm rotation." His chakra created a barrier as he spun, the wave bouncing off, and impacted Naruto in his right arm, slicing it clean off.

Many were shocked at the sight, but Lord death knew that it wasn't over. He said, "Let's see how much of Asura's power you have under control."

Neji laughed and said, "Not so tough without your arm are you? And you said you were gonna beat me? What a delusional fool."

Naruto started to laugh again, it sounding more insane behind the mask, and he said, "It seems you are the one who is delusional, cut off my arm? I can't tell you how many of the fools in this village have TRIED, let alone pulled it off. They never did however. This is nothing." Naruto held his left hand to what remained or his right arm, and with a pained yell, a new arm shot out, looking as fresh as when he arrived. Naruto said, "Now do you see? You cannot win, let alone KILL ME."

Neji was visibly shaking, and he said, "What the hell are you? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? YOU DAMNED MONSTER!"

Naruto's mask opened, his face the definition of pissed off. And he said, "What do you know of monsters? You know NOTHING."

Neji said, "What do you know, you know nothing of having a seal on you, one that damns you forever, a mark you can't ever escape from."

Yugito, Kirabi, and even Matsuri flinched, as if what they suspected about Naruto was true, then Neji had hammered the final nail in his own coffin.

Naruto slammed his blade into the ground, his scarves covering his face again, his hands held in a praying way. And he said, "I know FAR more about seals then you do, BOY, and I will show you what it means to be in TRUE hell." The scarves sprang to life, and two wrapped around his arms, while the another two held his legs, and Naruto slowly moved closer to Neji, scraping the Soul Eaters together like how a butcher would scrape his knives together.

(Stands)

Anko was visibly shaking with glee as she looked at the match. Kurenai and the other jonin could only look on as they saw Naruto basically tear the supposed 'Genius' apart.

(Arena)

Neji looked on in fear as Naruto, no, as this living reaper came closer. Then he felt the same madness encroach his mind as it did before, back at the prelims. He looked up as a shadow was over him, and saw Naruto standing above him, both Soul Eaters raised as if to cleave off his head. He swung down, and Neji flinched. When he reopened his eyes, he saw a large tree filled with vultures. Before he could see them further, a large spike impaled him through the stomach, and the flock of vultures descended from the tree, and began to devour him. He screamed, hoping someone would hear him, but nothing happened. Darkness crawled in from the sides of his eyes, but it was ripped away as a hand grasped at his throat.

He looked at the arm to see that Naruto did it. He looked down to see the spike gone, his wounds healed. And Naruto said, "I should of let you stay like that, but then your mind would break, and you wouldn't have learned your lesson. Understand this, if you EVER try anything to hurt Hinata, and I hear of it, there will be NO MERCY. Do I make myself CLEAR?"

Neji quickly nodded his head, his resolve and ideals broken. Naruto unceremoniously dropped Neji on his ass, as he heard the proctor say, "Winner, Naruto Namikaze."

Naruto walked to the competitors booth, when he felt the wind swirl behind him. He looked to see 'Sasuke' standing back-to-back with Kakashi. Naruto smirked and said, "Go kick some ass."

Sasuke replied, "Shouldn't be that hard." Naruto walked up to the competitor's box, not even caring about the fights.

(They go the same as in canon, just in a different setting)

(Stands)

Hanabi saw that it was the last fight, and was looking around to see if Ryu was going to show. E was also looking around to see, to make sure that the bet was fulfilled. Hanabi then saw a dark robed figure seemingly appear out of nowhere, his hood covering the face down to the mouth. The outfit was mostly black. (Assassin's Creed 2 Altair's armor, minus the Assassin's symbols, and extra weapons)

As the figure walked to the center of the arena, what looked like a tumbleweed rolled behind him, old west style. The figure had a katana on the left side of his waist. The crowd heard a strange music being played as the figure walked, what seemed like heat made it seem like he was a mirage at first. (The music is the theme from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, starred by Clint Eastwood. Still don't own the music used in this, or any of my fics.)

Genma, along with the rest of the crowd, could see he wore a necklace with the kanji for dragon, as well as a necklace that Hanabi recognized immediately. Hanabi thought, 'Ryu-kun, he made it.'

Genma looked up to the competitor's box and said, "Shikamaru Nara, get your ass down here, you have a match." Shikamaru said, "Aw man, what a drag, why do I have to fight now? Maybe i'll just forfeit and get it over with." Before he actually could, Naruto used one of the scarves to grab Shikamaru, and toss him over the side of the railing.

Genma then said, "So glad you could join us." He then turned to the figure and said, "Mind letting the hood down? I'm sure someone wants to see you." The figure let down the hood, showing Ryu, his hair flat because of wearing the hood. Hanabi fainted. Genma then said, "Let the match between Ryu Mizune and Shikamaru Nara, BEGIN.", jumping back as to avoid getting hit.

Shikamaru quickly tossed a few kunai, one having a flash bomb, while Ryu barely moves to dodge them. One of the kunai hit his pouch, leaving a large rip. Shikamaru stood watching, waiting for his tag to go off, when he heard Ryu say, "Were you waiting for this?" He held up the flash bomb between his fingers. He then proceeds to rip it in half seamlessly. Shikamaru tried a different approach, as he saw the shadow on the arena wall begin to stretch, he formed a rat seal and said, "Shadow possession jutsu." His shadow stretched out, attempting to catch Ryu, but before it could, he would move slightly away from it's max distance. The sun kept moving overhead, and so did the shadow of the stadium wall. Shikamaru felt his chakra drain the more he kept using the technique. A smoke bomb fell out of Ryu's pouch through the large opening, detonating as it hit the ground. As the smoke covered the area, a small brown dragon crawled away from Ryu, and using the smoke as cover, entrapped Shikamaru just as he trapped Ryu in the Shadow possession jutsu. When the smoke cleared, Shikamaru noticed the dragon wrapped around him, it's fangs about to bite his neck if he moved. He then looked down to see the shadow fade, and the Ryu he caught turned into a puff of smoke.

He then heard, "Pretty clever Mr. Nara, too bad I knew you would do that. You never bothered to learn new jutsu, being the lazy man you are. Not to mention I made sure no one knew what I was training in, leaving it all a surprise. You have lost, Mr. Nara, because you not only failed to change yourself, but, you also never bother to find out about an opponent, regardless of who they are. Not only that, your jutsu has one very big flaw in it. It can only stretch as far as your own shadow, regardless of how you manipulate it." Ryu walked out from behind Shikamaru, his face calm as ever. Shikamaru asked, "But how? You set it all up didn't you?"

Ryu chuckled, and said, "Unfortunately, I didn't plan on the smoke bomb, that was an accident, but I managed to improvise. The best laid plans don't always work out, so improvising helps."

Shikamaru merely said, "I give, my chakra is drained, and I can barely move. I'm done." Genma said, "Winner, Ryu Mizune."

The 'Kazekage' gave a signal, one of his 'guards' dropped a smoke bomb, which filled the Kage booth. The 'Kazekage' grabbed Sarutobi, and dragged him to the next roof, Lord Death, Spirit, and the two Kages following. One of the ANBU cut the two guards in half, each half turning into one of the four members of the sound four. They stood on a corner as they formed a barrier, trapping the Kage, reaper, and death-scythe. Large three headed snakes appeared at the village gates, followed by squads of sound and sand ninja. In the minds of Naruto, Matsuri, Kankuro, and Temari, they all thought, 'The invasion has begun.'

AN: AAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDD CUT! That is a wrap on this one folks. It is late, so you all know what to do, REVIEW.