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FIRST WORLD NINJA TOURNAMENT
Naruto walked down the beaten path with a bag slung over his shoulder with his sparring partner, Rock Lee. Though he wasn't the only one who had sparred with him that was along with him now, Lee was just the only one who actually sparred with him longer than the other, which reinforced his suspicions if he was a saiyan. The other two who were assigned as escorts by the Hokage were Kakashi and Gai, the two of them being with them since they had a good connection with their mission charges. Gai because he felt a connection with the half crazed academy student and Kakashi because he felt a need to connect with his deceased sensei's son.
Naruto quickly took a glance at the little map he had gotten before leaving Konohagakure a few days earlier. Ino had, before he left, stalled them a bit too long by fidgeting a bit with her goodbye with him before pecking him on the cheek. That still left him an embarrassed blush as he remembered the amused and wondering eyes that were set on his back. Shaking his head, Naruto checked his surroundings and the map,' we should be closing in on the border of Ame, so it should take at least another day before we find our way to Amegakure,' Naruto noted before adding,' that is, if we find the escort we find in the next town as a hidden village wouldn't be much hidden if an enemy knew the exact location of a hidden village.'
"We should be closing in on the next town soon, right, Kakashi?" Naruto asked as he didn't want to give off that he had flown just about everywhere around this world, as it would give him a big lecture from Hokage-Ojiji about leaving the village in the dead of night, or free weekends.
"From how fast we've been going and how much time it took us to get this far, yes, the next village should be getting close. We should also find the escort for us there, as the invitation for both you and Lee had stated that you two would be escorted to the village with us as your own escorts," Kakashi answered and ignored the exuberant and frankly plain out weird conversation between Lee and Gai.
Naruto was doing the same thing as he nodded and acted as if the two energetic people weren't there. The ten year old boy then remembered it was closing in on the weekend. Usually, by this time, he'd be getting ready to meet up with Haku again, whom he like to call Haku-chan. Ever since meeting the feminine boy some months back, Naruto had been having some fun time with the ice user, but not only that, he had also been trying to get the guy to fine tune the way Haku controlled his Hyouton abilities. From what he could tell, the ice derived mostly from his chi. While it did have some aspects of Ki in it, making the ice made of Chakra of course, Naruto felt more of a spiritual energy coming off the Hyouton Haku unleashed. This made him think that Haku was more ideal in dealing with demon and humans of this world, than dealing with those who were of alien origin.
But what really worried him was his parents. Naruto liked his mother, she definitely an angel that one, but his father seemed a bit prejudice against those who had Kekkei Genkais. The looks he sent Haku didn't ease the worry in his stomach at the time he met them over dinner. It seemed like the guy knew Haku had a special ability that was considered a Kekkei Genkai, and it worried him what the guy might do. Naruto shook his head, he shouldn't worry too much, Haku's mother was there and would make sure nothing happened, right? If that was so, why didn't that help ease his worry about that situation.
"Yosha, my rival, we're here," Lee yelled enthusiasctically at Naruto, bringing the blond and black mixed haired boy out of his worried thoughts. Naruto looked around and noted that they were indeed already in the village at the border of Ame. Not ones to stall, they quickly made their way to find their attended escort.
Entering the hidden village of Amegakure, with the escort going in to report the arrival of the last participants of the World Ninja Tournament. Naruto as soon as entering the village, felt the various power levels of those participating in the the tournament. The strange thing was the feeling of Youki in some of the contestants.
After quickly getting their rooms in a hotel reserved for those who were invited to participate and those who proved themselves worthy of being in the tournament, Naruto quickly set himself down on the floor and sat in a meditative position, getting ready to set his mind's eye to scope out the competition. Clairvoyance he heard Inoichi-Oyaji call it, who wanted to find a way to copy the technique into his family clan's Jutsus. He didn't mind, it's not like it bothered him much, but it might take a lot of work and a lot of pain, since he go the clairvoyance by being almost stabbed in the neck for it.
Going deep in to his mind, he sent it towards the ones he felt he might get a challenge out of, with the exception with Lee, as he still wasn't up to his level yet.
In a forest clearing, he came upon the a high ponytailed blond woman who looked to be in her mid teens with the hitai-ate of Kumogakure on her forehead. She gave an energy of Chakra and Youki, much like a Jinchuuriki would.
In a room, a white haired teen stopped practicing with a bone like sword and looked around, giving Naruto the chance to see the big red dots on his forehead. The energy coming off of him was that of Chakra, but it was tainted for some reason, something to look at further if he fought him in the tournament. Naruto raised an ethereal eyebrow, as it seemed the boy was able to sense his presence.
A blond haired woman who had her hair up in two pigtails was with a black haired woman that had a pig in her arms, the black haired woman giving the feeling of worry and exasperation for the blond haired woman, who did not seem to him who she appeared to be while also giving off the feeling of an easy win.
In bar, from what it looked like, Naruto saw a man in a black cloak with red clouds around it, his head covered in a grey looking mask with the Takigakure headband on his forehead, a scratch across it marked him a Nuke-nin. The feeling he got off the man was that of greed, most likely the goal of this man was the money prize in this tournament.
The last one gave off warning bells in his head as the person had a cloak around his or her form, but it did nothing to cover the vast amount of Youki spiraling around this person. The feeling of the Youki scratched the back of his minds memory, trying to get him to remember just where he felt such malevolent energy from. He saw the head turn a bit before making the whole body turn to him, as if the person could see him as clearly as day and had felt him there. What made that though come true was the malicious grin he saw under the darkness of the hood and the clawed hand snapping towards him.
Naruto quickly released his Clairvoyance Technique, not wanting to find out if his ethereal body could also be harmed and what affects it might have had on his body. It was the smart thing to do since the amount of Youki around that quick claw attack was meant for quick kills for those who weren't ready, and he definitely hadn't been ready as he was too stunned the person had even seen him.
Naruto furrowed his brow in thought. Only those adept in sensing Chi and other spiritual energies were able to sense him when he used the Clairvoyance Technique. People like Inoichi-Oyaji, Hokage-Ojiji, and Kai-Ojisan were the only ones to sense him so far, and only the former two were only able to sense him. King Kai had stated he was able to see him because he had thousands of years of experience since he trained many fighters before him and learned to adapt to many of their unique nature, some of them having similar Jutsus to his Clairvoyance.
That meant this fighter he just saw must be some thousand years old, and if so, with that amount of Youki in the person meant it was a Daiyoukai, probably even a Bijuu Lord. If so, why would a Youkai as powerful and as old as it would want to join in a tournament full of Ningen with only title of being the strongest shinobi in the world and money that only Ningen would use that had no value to any Youkai at all. The only thing that could possibly interest a powerful Youkai would be a vendetta against a certain person in the tournament, or it had sensed and heard someone of interest that it wanted to challenge.
Even though the amount of Youki had him on edge, Naruto couldn't help but smirk in a feral manner. Now this was what he was talking about. An opponent that could possibly outstrip him and give him the challenge of his life,' the World Ninja Tournament has just turned interesting,' Naruto noted as he laid himself down on the bed and took a nap.
Naruto and Lee walked in together to the tournament grounds, the stadium stood before them, protecting visiting travelers from getting wet and distracted by the rain the eternally poured down upon Amegakure, who came to watch the first ever World Ninja Tournament. As soon as they got to the entrance, they saw the gate registry for those going to the stand or participating fighters and ninja.
The two walked towards them and the one of the registers noticed them," tickets for the stands please," the register asked immediately, not once thinking these kids were participating in the World Ninja Tournament.
Naruto rose an eyebrow at them, but silently took out his invite, signaling for Lee to do the same. Once the two handed them, the register took a look as his hands prepared to rip it into for them to take their numbered seat, when his eyes went wide eyed. He seemed to have read over repeatedly and taking a look at the two, whose faces were on the invites themselves.
"There a problem, pal," Naruto asked impatiently, his childish voice having a little bit of a gruff sound, the sound being intentional as the part of him that was Bardock was getting antsy now.
"Uh," the register then snapped his head towards the red headband haired boy, before slowly shaking his head," uh, n-no sir," the register then nodded to the gate guard, who stood by the entrance for the participating fighters. Seeing this, the guard opened the door, not even caring if the kids got in," go through that door and wait for the start of the tournament, sir," the register bowed to the two.
Lee had a confused expression at why he was being so humble for while Naruto couldn't give to shits if the guy felt embarrassed about talking like he did to the first participants to the World Ninja Tournament," come on, Lee, it's show time," Naruto said with a bit of an arrogant grin.
"Yosh, I will show everyone my Flames of Youth," Lee exclaimed, making a few of the people who saw what happened and were about to go to the stands wonder if the boy was all their, speaking like that at such an age.
"Yeah, yeah, flames, youth, and all that good stuff," Naruto waved off as he made his way over to the waiting area of the tournament.
As soon as the two were in, they made their way to were the signs pointed out for the fighters and ninja that participated to wait for the tournament to start. Once they made it their, Naruto saw most of the fighters he saw with his mind's eye the other day. The Kumo kunoichi, the bone swordsman, the busty blond, the red cloud cloaked nin, and the brown cloaked fighter that felt of powerful Youki. In fact, the Youki off the fighter seemed to increase as soon as he entered the room. Aside from them, were two other, but they were nondescript and didn't have much Chakra, Ki, Chi, Youki, or anything that could mean a challenge for any of them. From the look of them, they might have bribed their way into the tournament, meaning that the two thought they'd buy their way through the fights.
Naruto paid those no mind and noted that Lee seemed to be bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet. Naruto looked at the eyes of his fellow fighter and classmate, and saw something that was always in the eyes of most saiyans, anticipation. The anticipation for a fight against someone stronger. Naruto grinned proudly at Lee, happy to see the feeling was mutual with him as well.
"What the hell are you kiddies doing here?" Naruto looked to the voice and saw the busty blond woman looking at them with a bit of disbelief on her face," the stands were supposed to be at the other entrance, you gakis get," she ordered them.
"Sorry, Obaa-chan," Naruto insulted her age, unknowlingly hitting it right on the mark that she was really old," but we've also been invited to this little fight, so shove off," the blond woman had a tick over her head at being called old by this disrespectful gaki.
"Now, Naruto-kun, please, don't be unyouthful," Lee tried to calmed down the situation. He wanted to fight just as much as his fused partner, but he didn't want them to get disqualified before even getting that chance.
"Now, now, this isn't the time to fight, Tsunade of the Sannin," said a metallic like voice from afar. Everyone's attention then darted towards a man in a cloak with helmet helmet protector that had the symbol of Ame and a breather on his mouth, the white of his eyes as dark as an abyss while his white eyes showed he could still see.
"Hanzo," Tsunade said neutrally, as this was the person who beat her and her teammates at their best, while also naming them the title they carried now, the Sannin, the Three Legendary Nin," what's the deal with these gaki's anyways?" she questioned as she looked towards both Naruto and Lee.
Everyone had the same question in their minds, except the cloaked person," the one before you is the son of the Yondaime, and I have heard rumors that despite his status as a trainee in the academy, he can easily best the strongest Jounin in Konoha and might also be up to par with the Sandaime and the Yondaime himself," Tsunade's eyes were wide open, along with the others in the room. The cloaked figure, though, seemed to give off the feeling of anticipation," his companion is his partner you could say, and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see if the rumors were true for how powerful these two are."
'This is Minato's and Kushina's kid,' Tsunade thought as she took a good look at the boy,' but he looks nothing like Minato or Kushina,' she noted as his hair was not in the same spiky manner as Minato and didn't even come close to the color of hair of Kushina. The one thing that did seem to be derived from one of them was the attitude, she noted that he acted just like Kushina, as she was an arrogant little gaki that would go up against a lot of those better than her. But in the end, she would always somehow come out on top with one of her out-of-nowhere plans. His also gave the feeling of seeing Minato again, that look of seriousness only matched by those of experience. The gaki beside him had it, but it wasn't as good because of the lack of experience.
"You're not going to fight at the end of the tournament, are you?" Naruto asked suddenly, because while the other were talking, he took a glimpse of the future and saw nothing of Hanzo battling,' the way his Chakra is fluctauting has something to do with it I bet,' Naruto noted as he sensed the incredible power in the man wavering even now.
"No," shocking some of those as he answered that," it's not widely known, but...my body is on the verge of dying, so I can't give you all the challenge you want. So, after final match is done, the winner will be titled the world's strongest," Hanzo said with neutral tone in his voice, though Naruto could tell it was solemn.
Naruto could sympathize a bit, seeing as how obtaining so much power, only to for it to be taken away when you finally found the world's best fighters to test it against. With Hanzo's confession to his illness, it would be unfair, as the fluctuating would get in the way of fighting, and thus not give the thrill of the fight at all.
"I've already informed the audience of this, though, I have not given why," Hanzo answered. Naruto got the impression that he didn't care that he had given this information to participants, as it seemed he trusted to keep a tight lip. Looking at each of the, Naruto noted that some didn't care, or they would respect his wishes and not say anything, in honor of great ninja that fought in the Elemental Countries," now, here's the tournament is going down," Hanzo then took out a sheet of paper and everyone took a good look at it.
Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto
VS.
Shinenju Akiko
(Winner of First Match VS Rock Lee)
--
Kaguya Kimmimaro
VS.
Tsunade of the Sannin
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Kakuzu
VS
Makiha Kon
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Nii Yugito
VS
Aya
"So, whoever wins the first match is against Lee?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, that is correct, since Lee is a participants in the odds, instead of the evens," Hanzo nodded to his he answer.
Naruto turned to his sparring partner and tapped him on the shoulder," you better get ready for our match, Lee," Naruto said with smirk on his face.
"Don't think you'll get past me, boy," said the guy who was supposedly Akiko. Naruto looked him and only saw low Chuunin level reserves in the man. Naruto didn't even bother to check what he looked like, since all Naruto could tell was just a nobody compared to the rest of the competitors here.
"I'm sorry, what ya say?" Naruto asked as he pulled off a Kakashi on this guy, who got tick over his head and was shaking his fist angrily at being ignored.
As Akiko was about to mouth off, a gong was heard echoing in the stadium," it's time, everyone, come and follow me," Hanzo told everyone. Everyone did as told and lined up a bit, starting from the ways the matches that were set up from Naruto to the cloaked Aya.
When they group came to door way, a bright light flashed upon them before they all stood in front of the crowd, the seats surrounding the giant pit they were in. The pit arena itself had a multitude of elements in it. The earth was of course there for obvious reasons, off to the far end was a water like lake, most likely for Suiton usage, with some sand surrounding it. Naruto could also feel a good wind in the area, most likely for those who are Fuuton user to get a good amount of air. Katon and Raiton Jutsu were of the body, so there was no need to put anything that would be of use.
"WELCOME ALL, I AM GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME TO THE VERY FIRST 'WORLD NINJA TOURNAMENT. I HOPE THAT YOU GET WHAT YOUR MONEY AND TRAVELING HAS PAID FOR AND WILL GIVE YOU THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU DESERVE. NOW BEFORE WE START THE TOURNAMENT, THERE ARE ONLY TWO RULES IN THIS," Hanzo then put up his first finger," RULE NUMBER ONE IS ANYTHING GOES, FROM WEAPONRY TO TAIJUTSU, ANYTHING IS LEGAL IN THIS," many of the audience saw no problem with that, since the Chuunin Exams and Jounin Exams showed fatalities and killing, so it was basically the norm. After that, Hanzo put his second finger," AND LASTLY, NO KILLING," hearing the confusing mutter amongst the crowd and the confused looks of the competitors, Hanzo elaborated," WE DO NOT NEED DEATHS IN THIS TOURNAMENT, AND ALSO, WE'LL ALSO WANT SEE THE FIGHTERS AND NINJAS ALIKE COME BACK FOR ANOTHER EXCITING FIGHT TO CLAIM THE TITLE OF 'WORLD'S STRONGEST'. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH HIS SECOND RULE WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION."
'I'm liking this already,' Naruto thought with smirk on his face. Even though he could probably kill anybody if he went all out, getting the challenge of holding back to kill will certainly test his skills and those who were used to killing.
"AND NOW, LET US GET TO THE FIRST MATCH OF THE 'WORLD NINJA TOURNAMENT' UNDER WAY," Hanzo called out as he then put his arms towards the lined up group that was in front of the entrance," WOULD UZUMAKI NAMIKAZE NARUTO AND SHINENJU AKIKO, PLEASE COME TO THE CENTER OF THE ARENA. WHILE DOING SO, WILL THE OTHER FIGHTERS PLEASE GO BACK INTO THE DOORWAY UNTIL IT IS YOUR TURN TO FIGHT," Hanzo called out. The rest of the competitor did as told, but Lee stayed behind for a bit.
"Naruto-kun, please hurry up with this match, I want to face you quickly," Lee pouted, as if he was getting impatient that he wasn't getting his birthday gift yet.
"Maa, it won't even take five seconds to get this match done," Naruto waved off as he strolled," just stay right near the door, Lee, I'll get to ya in a second," Naruto walked over to the middle of the arena as he waved at Lee with his back turned.
As soon as the two were in the middle of the ring, Naruto looked at the supposed fighter in front of him with a bored expression while the other looked at him with angered annoyance," you two have heard the rules, anything goes, but no killing. I will enforce this if I have to," Hanzo warned to the two," do you two have this in your minds," seeing them nod, Hanzo nodded himself," alright, LET THE FIRST MATCH OF THE 'WORLD NINJA TOURNAMENT'..." Hanzo, who had his hand raised up, then struck it down," BEGIN!!"
"I will show you to respect your betters, boy," Akiko said with sneer on his face," I take you out with only one hit," he said as he lifted his hand to his face and charged in at Naruto with warcry.
Naruto, still looking bored at the guy, just sighed,' well, at least I get to fight Lee after this, that's gotta be some consolation to this match,' Naruto thought lazily. Just as soon as he finished that thought, Akiko came in with a hard hook to his face, only for him to flash out of existence in a burst of speed.
"Huh?! Where'd he go?!" Akiko looked frantically for the disrespectful gaki, but to no avail.
Just as he was about to mouth off, he heard a whisper behind him," checkmate," before his world turn to darkness.
Hanzo blinked at this. That was surprisingly fast for a ten year old boy. And to stay lifted in the air after chopping Akiko in the neck to knock him out was another thing. Some would assume that most people would be displeased at such a lame match, but seeing Naruto do two things that anyone his age do that to an adult and stay floating in the air with out the preparation time to put wires was a shocking thing," WINNER...NARUTO!" the silence stayed, but Hanzo continued on," AS STATED BEFORE, WE HAD AN ODD NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND SO, THE NEXT COMPETITOR WILL COME OUT TO FACE NARUTO TO EVEN IT OUT."
As soon as that was heard, Lee appeared in a flash of speed, making Naruto know just exactly how excited the boy was to face Narut seriously," YOSH, let us burst with the Flames of Youth, Naruto-kun," Lee exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah, let's do our best and show these people what a good fight is all about, Lee," Naruto said as he got into the stance of his Tenjho Tenge-ryu.
"AND NOW, LET THE SPECIAL MATCH...BEGIN!!" Hanzo called for the match.
"So, Lee," Naruto said as he made sure his armbands were on good," how do want to start this off, warm-up first or get right to grit of it," Naruto asked with a smirk.
"Though it would be youthful to warm-up first, Naruto-kun, I do not think the crowd would want to watch that long," Lee answered as he tightened the bandages around his arms and got into a much more better stance of the Goken-ryu.
"Heh, alright, let's get to it," Naruto exclaimed as he dashed forward at what would be at Lee's pace.
"YOSH!!" Lee exclaimed excitedly as well as he dashed towards Naruto at his best speeds. As soon as he got close, Lee went in for high kick, which Naruto blocked easily, but he wasn't going for one. Lee then sent a barrage kick from going left right, right to left, and some them in jabs. Naruto blocked all them though, and before Lee knew it, Naruto was sending his own barrage of kicks, making Lee defend with his bandaged hands as best he can.
Breaking off from the kicks, the two exchanged punches at each other. Ducking under a haymaker, Naruto blocked the follow up and parried it to get under Lee's guard. Lee leaned his head back to let an uppercut pass him and blocked with his forearm to block a sidekick Naruto sent. After doing a repeat of parries, blocks, and misses of hits, the two jumped back before dashing at each other again. The two of them then summoned up their Ki and powered up their fist moderately and sent them barreling at each other. When impact was made, a small shockwave sounded in the arena.
The two held their positions for a bit before going into a flurry of punches and kicks that lifted them off the ground before coming out of it with them going into flying kick positions. Naruto quickly kicked off the ground and surprised Lee by doing so, earning him a punch right across his face that sent him tumbling back.
Reorienting himself, Lee quickly pushed off the ground on his hands before hitting the ground and did a couple more flips. Looking up to where Naruto was, he looked left and right as he saw Naruto wasn't anywhere. Upon instinct, Lee dashed out the area he was in, leaving a sort of hazy afterimage in his place, as Naruto came from the back with hard kick to the area of the spine. Not losing a beat, Naruto went in for low and high kick combo's making Lee go on the defensive.
But at the last moment, Lee ducked under a high kick and sent a cork screw uppercut towards Naruto. Naruto, seeing this, moved his head back and jumped away from the follow through rising kick. Seeing this Lee jumped up to the air with Naruto. Naruto grinned along with Lee and the two started to fight it out in the air, the two of them sending flying kicks and punches at each for at least thirty seconds, in a flurry of motions. The two then broke off away from each other, their feet grinding against the dirt of the arena.
"Attacking me from behind, Naruto-kun, it was a good chance, I almost didn't sense you," Lee commended as he got back into the Goken-ryu stance.
Naruto, going back to the Tenjho Tenge-ryu stance, spoke back," that's good, it means your abilities in Ki are coming along nicely, Lee," Naruto praised as he stood his ground.
"These kids, there good, as good as Jounin," Yugito stared with wide cat like eyes. The speed, power and skill they showed was at least mid Chuunin to low Jounin, but Yugito, along with her Bijuu, felt the boy that was named Naruto was holding back his strength. Seeing this was also to admire for her, since she was just a Tokubetsu Jounin, to see such skills already at this level was both humilating, yet also exciting. The feeling of facing one of these kids some day made the demonic part that was installed by the Nekomata in her wanted to see how good these gakis were.
Kimmimaro looked at them with narrowed eyes,' I must let Orochimaru-sama know of these two, he may have a use for them,' he thought, as he coughed a bit.
'Hmm, so that's the unknown Bijuu Jinchuuriki,' Kakuzu thought as he looked at Naruto with interest,' I won't tell Pein-sama about you yet kid, you may just become interesting in the future.'
"Just what are these gakis," Tsunade wondered. It wasn't that she was worried she might lose to them, she was a Sannin after all, but the way these kids were fighting was something to be suspicious about. Children their ages, despite being trained to be assassins of the shadow, should not be at this level at all. The only thing Tsunade could think of was they had some sort of Kekkei Genkai, or they had something altered within their bodies to be at this level.
"You know, I thought you said you wanted to skip the warm-ups, Lee," Naruto noted out loud with a grin.
"I guess I was kidding myself, Naruto-kun," Lee shot back just as playful in amusement himself.
"So, how about we show them what were really about," Naruto settled his stance in a crouch with his hand and arms at his side, making a haze of blue transparent fire erupt from his form, the air around him warping a bit as he did so.
"Yosha! Time for the Flames of Youth to explode!" Lee exclaimed with happy grin as he mirrored Naruto's stance and powered up in the same manner.
As the two powered up, a boom sounded from them, signaling a great amount of power swelling up from them. The two of them could be seen gritting their teeth, the breathes going through them. When the blue transparent flames started to brighten in color and themselves, they opened their mouth and started to scream out loud. Their muscles had veins showing on their arms and a bit on their foreheads, the muscles themselves growing in mass a bit. The dirt under their feet started to crack under the pressure the two were making and some of the left over dirt started to rise up.
"The Hachimon?" Tsunade asked out loud.
"No," she heard from the cloaked person named Aya, a young girl's voice, she noted," that ain't the Hachimon, since the Eight Gates rely on Chakra alone. No, this is the physical energy part of Chakra known as Ki, bein' shown to all," Tsunade noted this girl sounded almost like a tomboy.
In dash of speed, Lee went in for the attack. Naruto seeing this, swiped at him with a chop once he got close enough, but Lee jumping over him in series of fast flips before hitting the ground and going for Naruto's unguarded back, hitting him the head with an elbow. Moving with the blow, Naruto quickly went with a roundabout kick and hit Lee square in the jaw. Seeing Naruto going for another kick from the side, Lee quickly ducked under it and quickly hit Naruto right into his cheek and bone with a hard punch. Naruto, getting hit by that, hit the ground, making his body carve up some of the Earth. Quickly flipping back up, Naruto surprised Lee by doing a good ol' fashioned headbutt, hitting the bowl haired boy right in the chin. This sent Lee careening before he quickly got his senses back and slid against the ground.
Lee, seeing this as a chance, quickly hit the ground and created a sort of smokescreen for himself. Naruto saw a good use for that, but it didn't matter since he could still sense his Ki and smell him, though the dust did kind get in the way of that. Before Naruto knew it, Lee was in his guard and sent a powerful punch that sent him into th Earth, kicking up the same cloud effect Lee had just done. He was about to look down in it, only to sense Ki above him and get a surprise by Naruto, who had his hand clasped together and slammed both fist down on him into the floor, making crater into the floor itself.
Quickly playing it off as best he can, Lee jumped up into the air, while being followed by Naruto. The two then commence to attack each other in a flurry of punches and kicks, their arms and legs blurring into motion. The crowd, after being initially put out that this tournament was having a kid match, was now cheering for all their worth. The civilians part of the crowd didn't know what shinobi were capable of and wrote off most of the abilities these two youths were showing as something part of clan Jutsus and what they were taught by their peers. The shinobi half, however, even if cheering, were confused as to how these children got to be so powerful and how they were able to stay afloat in the air, as there was no usage of Chakra being used anywhere on their bodies, they could only feel an unmixed usage of Chakra. To them, such a thing was impossible as all knew that Chakra was the only thing that could do such wonders with only it being mixed with the spiritual part of Chakra. But it seemed these two boys were proving that totally wrong.
The two of them broke apart and it seemed Lee was the one who was left panting and scruffed up, as Naruto looked completely fine," well, whadya say, Lee? How about just one more attack," Naruto suggested as he got in the Son clan's favored Jutsu's prerequisite stance.
Mirroring that stance, since Lee had learned it himself from Naruto, Lee nodded with a pant," I'm on my last leg here, but I had fun, Naruto-kun," Lee said with really bright and happy grin on his face.
"Same here pal," Naruto agreed," Kaaaaaa-meeeee-..."
"Kaaaaaa-meeeee-..." Lee started himself.
The two them then started have bright blue ball of Ki in their hands.
"Haaaaa-MeeEEEE-..." Naruto continued, his voice sounding with Lee's.
"Haaaaa-MeeEEEE-..." Lee continued, his voice sounding with Naruto's.
The shine of blue Ki grew, almost making the spectators want to cover their eyes, but the scene was too dramatic for them to look away. This was a scene many would remember and many who would speak of this as a true first fight in the many World Ninja Tournaments to come.
"HAAAAAA!!" the two of them cried out in unison as they sent each others Ki blast at one another. The Ki blasts, as soon as they hit each other, made a sounding boom in the area, making many ears pop at the same time.
"This is insane," Yugito called out as she saw the mass of destruction being made between the two beams and what happened earlier, now she really wanted to have a chance to fight one of those two one day.
'Scratch that, this kid is already interesting,' Kakuzu said as he kept his gaze upon the fight.
'Informing Orochimaru-sama has definitely become a priority, he must know this,' Kimmimaro thought as he narrowed his eyes at the fight before, seeing the two beams struggling for dominance. Seeing this, he left, not even caring that he would be disqualified. Besides that, he could already feel his illness affecting him now, which would distract him from fighting now.
"Chakra isn't supposed to be doing things like this," Tsunade said out loud in disbelief.
"That is why I said it is not Chakra you are seeing, Obaa-chan," the cloaked Aya said in rude manner," this is Ki, get it through your damn thick head."
'Kono gaki (you brat),' Tsunade thought with a vain and a shaking fist.
The other guy, who was named Makiha Kon, just stood there with a hanging mouth with wide and almost popped out eyes. In fact, he was like that since the time Naruto took out Akiko. Seeing as how everyone seemed almost as strong as that kid, He quickly left as well, valuing his own health than to risk his body being inured severely after hearing the rules.
Lee kept his Kamehame Wave up as best he could. But fighting Naruto at a serious level as this had drained his Ki reserves and he had been pounded pretty hard. He knew he got some good hits on Naruto, but Naruto always let him score some hits on him during their spars, calling it endurance training for him and power training for Lee.
"Gomen, Lee, but I gotta finish this," Naruto said out loud, loud enough for Lee to hear. Naruto quickly called upon his Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, having practiced so much that he needn't have the hand seal or the words to invoke it. With an extra mental push, Naruto ordered the clone into action. Lee, seeing this, would have done something if he weren't so occupied by keeping up his Ki blast," till next time, Lee," the clone said before he was knocked out with a harsh chop to the neck, knocking him out instantly and dissipating the blast.
Naruto quickly pulled up his Kamehame Wave and sent it barreling towards the roof of the stadium. The blast hit the roof and made some stone fall from the roof, luckily, it was only in the arena and far away enough from them and the crowd, that it didn't pose any danger. The only damage was a new sunroof in the ceiling of the stadium and allowing some rain to come in.
After a bit of silence, Hanzo made his way to the downed Lee and checked on him. Nodding, he presented his hand towards Naruto," WINNER, NARUTO," he said with some happiness in his voice. Oh, how he wished he was in good condition to fight this lad, but alas, it was not to be. Sigh, his lot in life.
The crowd, at hearing that, cheered loudly as Naruto gave a what most would call on Earth, the traditional Son family grin. After taking some of the cheers, Naruto jogged over to Lee and checked him out,' well, he's exhausted his Ki reserves down to a nil, but he'll live and his body is in good condition still, so he won't be crippled,' Naruto noted before he saw the medics come. As soon as one of them came nearby, Naruto put his hand on his shoulder," you take good care of him, okay?"
"Will do, sir," the doctor said respectfully to the great fighter, having seen the fight himself. Despite his age of being of ten, he could see the experience in the young boy's eyes and that he was a warrior nonetheless.
"Good, and thanks," Naruto said as he made his way back to the doorway of the other contestants. Just as Naruto made his way, he saw Ame nin whispering into Hanzo's ear. A second later, he saw an angered scowl on the ill-bodied man's face.
"MY PEOPLE, HEAR ME, I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS," this caught everyone's attention and some mutters were heard, but Hanzo continued," TWO OF THE NEXT MATCHES OPPOSSING FIGHTERS HAVE LEFT AND HAVE FORCEFULLY DISQUALIFIED THEMSELVES," at this, some people booed and ranted about how this tournament was getting lame, but the rest could understand those who left after seeing what Naruto could do, there was no shame in fleeing when knowing you can't take on your opponent," BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE FINAL PRELIMINARILY ROUND WILL COMMENCE, IN DOING SO, WE WILL QUICKLY GO INTO THE SEMI-FINALS," turning towards the doorway of the arena, Hanzo showed his arms towards it," WILL BOTH NII YUGITO AND AYA, PLEASE COME OUT TO THE CENTER STAGE."
After hearing this, Naruto had already walked in through the doorway, letting him pass both Yugito and Aya. Naruto could sense a controlled amount of Youki and Chakra within the Kumo Kunoichi. But when Aya passed, if felt like an eternity when he saw a flash of red looking eyes burning their gaze into his own navy blue eyes. The feeling of malicious intent was evident within them, the feeling of a person's vendetta being conveyed onto him. When time reset itself back into place, it was gone, and the two were already halfway through to getting the center of the arena. Though with a bit of difficulty since it had three good crater in them and a nicely sized trench, due to the fight between him and Lee.
"What's the matter gaki, you scared?" Tsunade teased the mixed hair boy with grin on her face. The only thing that would make it better would be having a drink of sake at that moment.
"Not in the slightest," Naruto said seriously as he kept his gaze onto the back of the cloaked Aya,' where have I sense this kind of Youki before? And why do those red eyes seem so familiar?' Naruto thought in a bit of frustration.
"ALRIGHT, LET THE FINAL PRELIMINARILY ROUND..." Hanzo then let down his hand quickly," BEGIN!!" he called out to stadium.
Yugito hearing this, got in to ready stance and tried to call upon Nibi no Nekomata's Youki. Just as she felt it and was about to fuel her body with it, it slipped away quickly. Blinking at this, she tried again, only for it to do so again, only more quickly. A third time, it didn't even budge one bit,' Nibi, what the hells wrong?!' she asked mentally in anger. But all she got was a big whimper.
"It seems your pussy is scared, and rightfully so, baka," said the arrogant voice of Aya, who still had the cloak around her, though the bright and malicious grin was seen under the shadow of the hood.
"What the hell do you mean, and how do you know about Nibi," she asked quietly for only Aya to hear.
"I know because I smell her scent on you and I know the feel of her Youki, baka-neko," answered the arrogant Aya. Stepping slowly towards Yugito, she let off a great of amount of Killing Intent upon the Kumo Kunoichi, making the blond woman freeze on the spot.
'Impossible, I'm frozen with just the feel of her Killing Intent,' Yugito thought incredulously,' the only time and way I've been frozen like this is when I always meet Nibi when she's pissed off,' when Aya was about halfway to her, her steps slow and with purpose, she felt the Youki coming off her opponent. And with that, it hit her,' she can smell Nibi and knows her Youki, she's able to freeze me with her Killing Intent alone, and she's only showing Youki with no Chakra whatsoever...' her eyes were wide with fear as Aya was only now standing right in front of her, the malicious grin still plastered under the shadow of her hood and was the only thing seen of her face," ...Bijuu," Yugito muttered fearfully.
"Right on the mark, baka-neko," Aya said before raising her black gloved hand up slowly to Yugito's chest," be grateful your not my real prey, Nibi Jinchuuriki," Aya said before seemingly tapping her in the chest, only for a great boom to be heard and Yugito feeling a great pain in her chest as she flew into the wall behind her, adding the pain she already felt. Yugito didn't bother fighting the darkness that was taking over her vision, not wanting to fight an unsealed Bijuu and prayed that she was spared from the slaughter that would happen when the Bijuu would reveal her true nature.
But despite keeping things quiet in the fight, Kakuzu heard this,' so, a Bijuu is the mysterious fighter, Aya,' fighting with the duties he had and his greed for the money of this tournament, Kakuzu sided with his duties,' if I show what I can do now up against a Bijuu before we capture it, then I won't have much of an advantage,' he relented to his greedy side, making the logical argument that he would get his money later,' I so hate myself now,' Kakuzu thought before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"What's up with this, people come and just leave like that, I'm the only one that's left now," Tsunade muttered as she saw Kakuzu Shunshin away.
Hanzo walked over to Yugito's downed form and checked that the Jinchuuriki was indeed totally knocked out," WINNER BY FIRST ATTACK, AYA," Hanzo called out to the audience. The crowd themselves gave some claps, but still had some wide eyes and gaping jaws, having felt the power behind that simple attack. Another nin appeared whispering into the Amekage's ear, making Hanzo grit his teeth in annoyance, this was turning his idea of a tournament down the drain for those to test themselves against one another in fair combat," SOME OTHER BAD NEWS FOLKS, THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL MATCH COMPETITOR, KAKUZU, HAS WITHDRAWN HIMSELF FROM THE TOURNAMENT," this time, nobody protested, having the sense to know that Aya was not an opponent to mess with," BUT OTHER THAT, WE NOW BEGIN THE SEMI-FINAL WITH BOTH UZUMAKI NAMIKAZE NARUTO AGAINST SENJU TSUNADE OF THE SANNIN. WILL BOTH PARTICIPANTS PLEASE STEP INTO THE ARENA."
Tsunade not wanting to mouth off yet until they were in the arena, went ahead. Naruto followed her, but then wait right by the doorway, right when Aya entered," you'll be next, Saru-teme (Monke-bastard), and you won't get off with a knock out," the red eyes looked from under the hood with glow," I'll rip ya to shreds," the cloaked Aya said with utter vengeance in her voice.
Naruto walked on, having heard what she wanted to say. As he made his way over to the middle of the arena, he couldn't help but think why she was so set on killing him," LET THE FIRST AND LAST SEMI-FINAL BEGIN!!" he heard Hanzo call out. Blinking at this, he noticed that he was in the middle of the arena and that Tsunade was right in front of him.
"Look here gaki, even if you showed good potential and a good fight against that other kid, I'm still out of your league," Tsunade taunted a bit," so, I'll just use one finger to beat you," she said with an air so smugness in her voice.
"You sure you wanna do that, Obaa-chan? You really will get hurt if you underestimate me because of my size and age," Naruto said as he cracked his knuckles a bit with a smirk. The voice he used making it sound like he was taunting back, but in actuality it was a fair and good warning since he knew this woman was a student who was taught by Sandaime-Ojiji.
Tsunade waved him off before presenting her hand and fingered him with her index finger to come at her," come, boya," Tsunade goaded Naruto, who just shrugged.
Naruto knew not to underestimate her, but he would use her underestimation of him to his advantage. There were number ways he could start this off, but he didn't want to show any other Jutsus yet since he wanted to be sure he could surprise the cloacked Aya when the time comes. So with that, he quickly set himself in a stance and powered up, a haze a blue warped fire bursting from his form.
"Here I Come, Obaa-chan!!" Naruto called out with a determined face. Aside from just facing Aya, he wanted to show the world that he would truly become the world's strongest and be up par with his son, Goku, that he would be this world's defender with his friends," aaaAAAAHHHHH!!" he yelled out as he started to power up more.
Tsunade saw this as a warning sign, but since she made her challenge, she would try to fight this gaki with just one finger. So, quickly, she fingered the ground and made a grand fissure stretch its way towards Naruto quickly. But she cursed when the boy disappeared in a flash of speed.
Feeling his energy signature from her side, she saw him rushing at her from a distance, his small form very quickly making its way to her," Kaaaa-meeee-Haaaa-MeeeEEE-," she panicked at this as he kept his rushing at her. Seeing as how he was coming in to fire that beam at her at close range, she quickly sent a swipe towards him and added lightning Chakra into it, so that she could disrupt the nerves and confuse the signals in his body. But she got surprised when he got close, that he jumped clear over her attack, making her miss using her Ranshinshō (Important Body Points Disturbance). Looking up, she saw Naruto cup his hands forward to the hole of the roof, which was opposite of his back," HAAAA!!" he called out as he used the beam as speed burst and surprise attack, sending him barreling towards the stunned Tsunade and the beam shooting out off the hole of the roof.
Tsunade was stunned because of the sheer quick thinking of the move and how he used it, and thus, she didn't have time to block the hard punch that crossed her face, sending her flying to the ground. Naruto wasn't finished with that and jumped high into the air. He then cup his hands to his sides and let two energy balls of Ki of blue form into them," gomen, Obaa-chan, but this what you get for underestimating me," Naruto apologized in advance and he sent a barrage of Ki attacks at the down and stunned form of Tsunade.
Tsunade, quickly getting out of her state, did a quick Kawarimi and switched with dislodged boulder that was kicked up during the previous fights. Just as she was about plan for what to do next, she felt the punch across her face again, and the follow up rising kick that sent her flying upwards,' this gaki is too fast, and he's packing a punch a ton each,' she thought in wide eyed surprise. This just wasn't possible, she was one of the Sannin and she was having he ass handed to her by a gaki that was only of ten years of age. Any further thinking was cut off as Naruto uppercut her further into the air.
Naruto then flew up to her quickly, held onto her shoulder and flipped over he back to ram his knee up her spine and send her flying upwards in the other direction. As if jumping up on thin air, Naruto got above Tsunade and clasped his hand together," BEGONE!!" Naruto bellowed out as he sent his clasped hands down and hammered Tsunade down into the floor from a great height. As soon as she hit the Earth, a great big dust cloud formed out the crater that was made from Naruto's strike," Final Revenger, remember the Jutsu's name that did ya in, Obaa-chan," Naruto with certainty in his voice that he had won.
It was easy to tell since she seemed to have exhausted her Chakra reserves to half the damage of his attacks on her. The last strike was done a great deal since the blow and the coming ground was used to dampen the damage greatly,' she's not a med-nin for nothing,' he thought as he saw her coming out of the crater with a bit of blood coming down her lip and her clothes showing some small rips here and there, due to the landing of the fall with some scrapes as well, that soon healed.
Tsunade looked at Naruto with a contemplating look,' this gaki is good, but I'm not as stupid as to go on to gamble my life for just some money, I don't gamble my life,' Tsunade thought to herself as she raised her hand," I forfeit, I don't gamble my life just for a title that I already have and for some lousy amount of money," she then turned and jumped up to the stands and sat down on one of the seats, where Shizune was," I'll just continue watching the matches from here, if you don't mind," she called out.
Hanzo nodded and showed his hand towards the mixed hair boy," WINNER BY FORFEIT, NARUTO," Hanzo called out. People cheered despite the match being done in so quickly like the match before," AND NOW, MY PEOPLE, THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE FINAL MATCH THAT WILL DECIDE WHO IS THE WORLD'S STRONGEST FOR THESE COMING SIX YEARS. WILL AYA PLEASE COME TO THE CENTER OF THE ARENA?"
Hearing this, Naruto looked over to the doorway and saw the cloaked Aya walk out, the shadow of her hood covering her face completely, even the usual malicious grin that usually shined through. Naruto tried to rack his mind as to where he felt the Youki from and why she seemed so set on killing him, when he hardly did anything before being fused with the baby that is Naruto, who he was now.
"THIS IS THE FINAL FIGHT OF THE FIRST WORLD NINJA TOURNAMENT, SO PLEASE DO US ALL A FAVOR AND MAKE THIS ONE FOR ALL TOURNAMENTS TO COME TO REMEMBER IT BY," Hanzo requested for the two fighters, making the crowd roar in agreement," ALIRGHT, LET THE FINAL MATCH...BEGIN!!" when he called this out, he Shunshin out of the arena for once, having the gut feeling this was going to be brutal fight that would most likely go beyond the stadium.
"It has been so long since we last met, you never wrote, never tele-pathed me, nothing, I feel so put out here," the cloak Aya said with some taunting, but the heat in her voice was not missed on Naruto.
"What the hell are you talking about? I don't even know who you really are, and I've been in Konoha all my life, so you've got have the wrong person for all the anger and vendetta to be used against me," Naruto tried to reason. Naruto might not have cared sometimes, but he came to Amegakure for the sole pleasure of having a fun fight, not a fight of hate and vengeance.
He the heard the roaring laugh from Aya as the two started to circle around each other, looking for any openings to exploit first. While doing so, they both conversed," oh, I know you know me, it's just were a berserk ape at that time when we fought then, or you could say my predecessor fought you."
Naruto looked at her funny, but actually tried to remember when he last went into the Oozaru state, since he took extra care not to look at the moon when it was full at certain nights. He resolved that he would take care of that sooner or later when he found somewhere at least desolate, so that he can have no worries about destroying or killing anything during that time he would try to master the state of the Oozaru. Now that he thought about, he remembered when he first came to this planet that he had looked into moon at that time, but everything after that was still a bit hazy, since he didn't have any sort of remote control of the Oozaru state, but he always did get more clear memories than his lower classed comrades, so really he was on the verge of mastering it. Using what memories he could, he remembered fighting something big, with many tails, and the intense battle he had while in the Oozaru state. Then he remembered at that moment, the voice that rung through his head at the time.
'Tell me, saiyan, what is your name?' asked the dark and cold mental voice of the nine tailed creature that kept its crimson beam at bay with his pink mouth beam.
He remembered trying to take his coherent thoughts of self at that moment, the rational and warrior part of his mind telling him to answer the creatures question, for it would be its last,' I...Bardock,' answered the ape in feraled voice,' you...dead,' it continued.
'Indeed, I am, but...' the next surprising memory came to him as it show the nine tailed creature canceling its attack, but the look of the evil smirk on its face before he destroyed completely told him it would not be the last time he would see it,' my will and essence will not be destroyed,' it's evil laughter echoed in his memory, letting him know that there would be another battle. But hearing it made his saiyan blood boil, the challenge of a good battle pumping his body with anticipation. He then let out a roar of excitement and triumph, he couldn't wait till next time. But he was cut off as a flash of light appeared, and then, there was darkness.
Naruto remembered after finding out about his fusion, that he had asked King Kai as to how he became fuse and how it came to the situation. The hearing of the Shiki Fujin was something that made him shudder a bit, as the feeling of being touched by the Shinigami made him instinctively remember the dead cold touch that held onto his soul when he was Bardock. But when he heard that when he was seperate and was just Naruto and Bardock, he heard the saiyan had fought the Kyuubi no Kitsune and had come out on top. But King Kai had said that even though Bardock had destroyed the Kyuubi's body, that he could never destroy it's spirit essence, since the Kyuubi no Kitsune was a apart of nature and was necessary for the continuing cycle of the world he was living in.
Naruto then got wide eyed look and saw the exact evil smirk that he had seen in his fragmented memories of fighting the Kyuubi no Kitsune," you're...the Kyuubi," Naruto said quietly, making sure not to voice outloud, since such news would send everyone a panic. That was something he didn't need and the situation was already out of hand, seeing as how the Kyuubi was already right in front of him.
"Heh, took ya long enough, Saru-teme," the hand that was gloved when she had punched Yugito was taken off and showed a orange furred and clawed hand that gripped her cloak," but you can still call me Aya," she exclaimed as the took the cloak off in a flashy type move.
Naruto statement about her being the Kyuubi no Kitsune was reinforced as her true appearance was shown to all. Her body was shown in a short hair of fur of orange and white. Orange fur was mostly dominant as the white fur only covered her lower face and went down to the front of her neck, to widen out to leave a line of it going down her arms and down around what he assumed was her still not developed breast that were covered by a crimson red tank top that left the taught white fury belly to shown. Her legs were covered in a black with crimson lined baggy pants and the same colored schemed boots. A single fluffy fox tail with a white furred tip come out the same way as his saiyan tail, only it was let out for all to see as he still held his around like a belt. Her big fox like ears that were like that of elves with white furred tips were somewhat covered by the black spiky mane of hair that was similar to that of a Saiyans hairstyle.
All in all, she was like lycanthrope fox showing herself to all, but..." I just got one question for ya, Aya?" Naruto asked with a serious face.
"And what's that?" her smirk showed the pearly white teeth and fangs in sort of a malicious way.
Naruto then deadpanned his face comically," why do you look like my age and why are you a girl? I thought you were a guy," Naruto said with same deadpan as his face.
The Kyuubi almost tripped," Ahou! (Fool/Numskull) I said my predecessor before me fought you, he was a guy, but I am his essence, Saru-teme," the Kyuubi, or the new one that called herself Aya, crossed her arms with cute pout on her face," besides, what's wrong with being a girl," she muttered under her breath," and it's obvious I look this age because I was birthed by my predecessor after your fight with him, so its easy to assume I was awoken when you changed to...whatever you look like now, ahou," Aya uncrossed her arms and gave a snarl at him," and now, it's time I take the revenge set by him and then go after the one that stole most of his power."
Seeing Aya settle in a stance, one he felt was more akeen to using her instincts than actual skill, Naruto settled into his own stance of Tenjho Tenge-ryu," I could really care less about your predecessor's or your own revenge, but…" Naruto trailed off before sending an anticipating smirk," let's have some fun, ne?"
All Naruto got in response was a charge coming at him in speeds that equaled that of the best of the Sannin. Naruto, seeing this, sent a full powered blast towards the seemingly equaled age Bijuu. The blast was easily dodged with Aya not missing a beat in her charge. But the momentary movement and stalling served the full powered blast's purpose, letting Naruto enough time to use a burst of speed to make an after image, making Aya actually hit nothing but air when she sliced her extended claws in the the now sliced image of him.
Aya, momentarily shocked by this, had to instinctively ducked under the punch that would have sent her flying in the nearby wall. Quickly using this to her advantage, she succeeded in uppercutting him, stunning him enough to send a punch that sent him move his body leaning to the side,' she's packing one hella of a punch,' Naruto thought,' but...' he trailed off before using his leaned in state to give a surprisingly fast round house kick to her face, making her head snap back from the hit with wide eyes and spitting out some blood from her mouth,' she's going have to do better to beat me with just some love taps,' Naruto thought with a feral grin, as he kneed her in the stomach, making her hunch over enough for Naruto send in a head butt that made her a bit dizzy.
Aya glared at Naruto with heated anger. Naruto saw this in her eyes, but could also see the joy in them, the joy of fighting some one equal to her and testing her abilities to their fullest. She then shot forward punches towards Naruto, who returned them in kind. What everyone saw in this was nothing more than the two of them beating the crap out of each other in speeds that made their eyes see nothing more than a blur of movements from their arms.
A punch to the face, Naruto's head snapped back.
A kick the stomach, Aya reeled back from the hit of her gut.
A claw strike to the chest made Naruto hiss at the four red claw lines on his chest.
An uppercut to the chin made Aya grunt in pain and snap her head upwards.
Many hits like this were seen or were assumed by many of the spectators of the Final Match of the World Ninja Tournament. Each hit giving off a meating thwack or giving off the boom of sound. Besides seeing an apparent lycanthrope fox being a competitor for this tournament, everyone was either cheering for Naruto or Aya to win.
After a particular hit to the face, Naruto sent a powerful Ki enhanced punch towards Aya's chest, who's chest was still not into developing yet since she was just about his age. Aya though, saw it coming, and ducked right under it and went in for the kill," here ya..." she then stomped her right foot down hard, cracking the Earth under her foot and sent a powerful punch charged with crimson Youki into Naruto's midsection," GO!!"
Naruto was surprised by this and was sent flying across the arena, a fair distance away from where he just fought Aya. His body tumbled on the ground, bouncing off of it like a bouncy ball, and hit a particular boulder that sticked out due Tsunade's finger jab. Hitting the boulder and making an indentation, Naruto had a wide eyed look in his eyes. He was about to get out of the boulder, but he felt something in his stomach rise up before he quickly bent his head down and vomited out some blood.
"Heh, bet havin' your insides turned ta soup gets the idea about beatin' me is going to take more than just punches and kicks," Aya said with a bit of bloody grin, their fast scrap apparent in her body's bruises and cuts with right swollen eye and blood coming down her head and right part of her lip.
This time, it was Naruto's turned to snort," heh, yeah, I get the idea," Naruto then got out of the indentation and looked up at her with a feral grin," the idea to get my blood flowing like crazy, heheh," Naruto said as he powered up, this time in his Chi, as it was more suitable to fight Youkai with.
Aya couldn't get it herself, but she was really starting to like this new personage that she assumed was the real Bardock. At first, the essence that was of the previous Kyuubi had wanted to do nothing more than tear the Saiyan to shreds, as it's last encounter with one had instilled that even though they were of a warrior race, they had ego's the size of the Kitsune himself. But this boy, Naruto, Bardock, whatever had only confidence with a pinch of arrogance. Did this mean he was different, or were they all like this and the last Saiyan was just a blow hard.
Nonetheless, she couldn't help but feel a little attracted to the battle enjoyment and warrior senses that Naruto had. Youkai had always found mate's who had greater or equal strength to them. Aya was no different, but she looked for more than just strength, much like her predecessor did. She looked for both strength and experience. Naruto had both in spades if what the fight had indicated in anything.
He had strength to match her physically and had a usage in all three energies of Ki, Chi and Chakra. His experience showed through his skill and how he fought, so that too was covered.
But despite that, she would still fulfill the goal set by her predecessor and kill Bardock, and later, kill Uchiha Madara. It was what she was made for and she would not fail. The only thing that would stop her would be anything that pertained her personal honor and she thanked herself that she didn't do anything yet to have such a thing stop her at this moment.
With this, she powered up her Youki, her energy giving off a dark crimson glow, as opposed to the white bluish glow of Naruto's Chi. The two than charged at each other, covering the long distance in a second and clashed each other with their fists, a boom sounding itself out towards the crowd. Locked at punch at each other for one second, the two then disappeared in flash of speed. All the civilian could hear were impact sounds here and there at various spot. Many of the ninja though, were hard pressed in keeping up with following the two fighters in the arena. Those experience and used to fighting at quick speeds were able to hold their sights onto the two, Tsunade being able to also track them seeing as how she experience many fights as this herself.
Appearing from above, Naruto set upon using his Chakra this time and imagined the Jutsu needed for this," MOUKOU BAKUNETSU!!" he exclaimed as he swiped his hand towards just where Aya appeared. The swipe of his hand made a flame burst forth and grow as it descended down towards Aya, shaping into a flaming tiger roaring towards its prey.
Aya was surprised by this move, but quickly set herself ready and lifted her hands towards the small looking lake. As she did, water sprang forth and shot towards her, before spiraling around her in a protective manner. She then spun a bit before shoving her hand forth towards the roaring and flaming tiger. The spiraling and floating water then burst forth on command and shaped into into a giant ice lance.
The two attacks hit each other, making a roll of steam burst forth between the extreme temperature attacks. Naruto though was impressed by the fast counter, as it also confirmed that the Kyuubi no Kitsune was indeed a master of the elements and was apart of nature itself. Aya herself had to give Naruto credit, as the attack was made with a combination of elements that really shouldn't have mixed, but this boy had found a middle ground for the both of them to interact and be used in a devastating attack. This lasted only a second before the two dashed off in great speeds once again, resuming the high speed battle they had before.
But even that didn't last long, as from right near the wall of the arena on the right, the two appeared once again, but Naruto was on the defensive as Aya was sending punches left and right at high speeds, making Naruto parry, block, or dodge them. But Aya quickly charged up her Youki and sent a force of it right into Naruto, making the ten year old fly into the near wall on the left side of the arena, seeing as how Aya had pushed him back so quickly from the other side. Naruto hit the wall with great crash, making a dust cloud appear as he did so. Aya wasn't finished though as she charge up more Youki and sent a crimson blast of towards his position, making an explosion occur in his area.
When the dust cleared, it showed Naruto with his arms crossed, showing that he had guarded himself against the follow up attack. Bring his arms down, Naruto charged in quickly, intent on returning favor. Aya, seeing this, sent a kick towards the charging Saiyan, only to realize that he sent an after image ahead of himself as a hazy image of him passed right through her. Not seeing this coming, she was sent flying into the right side of arena's wall as Naruto hit her with a hard punch to the face, doing the exact dust cloud effect she did to Naruto. Likewise, Naruto sent a charged up blast of Chi into the area Aya was in, making an explosion occur in her area.
He stayed in that position for a bit, before looking up and saw Aya coming in for hard stomp. Jumping back, he saw the inward crater she made with attack, the floor of the arena bending due to her attack. He quickly blocked the hard kick that would have knocked his head off. The two stayed like that, showing each other's faces that had identical enjoying smirks. Their smirks showing they were really enjoying the fight they were having.
The two then quickly did a quick flash of punches and kicks before twirling away from each other, landing and grinding against the ground. Aya was the quicker of the two to get on the ground and started to charge up her Youki as quickly as possible. Her voice yelling out as she tried to strain out what she could at the very moment. Naruto landed not a moment later and was about to charge in when his eyes widened out in pain, his usual dark navy blue eyes looking faded as the pain immediately registered in his mind.
The reason being that Aya had dashed in at great speeds, the colors of her form trailing behind her like lines, showing the incredible speeds she charged in at. Her fist was buried into Naruto's chest, making it look like it was about to pop out the otherside.
Naruto, having to quickly get his senses back, gripped and tightened his right hand before sending an equally forced punch into Aya's gut, making it look like his hand was about to burst right through it, not unlike the way Aya's punch looked like with his chest and back.
At this, she too was stunned at the hit, not expecting the mixed hair boy to match her quick but hard hit so quickly. But she too regained her senses quickly and sent another incredible punch into Naruto chest, making the boy cry a bit in pain. But Naruto also sent another one back into her gut again, making her cry a bit in pain as well.
What followed after that made a lot of the people cringe in pain and sympathy, as the two sent a series of hard punches into their midsection, their punches almost looking like they were about to burst through their bodies. What they didn't know was that if this was happening to a regular human of this world, they would have had a punch sent through their body, but thanks to Naruto's body being that of a Saiyan and Aya's body being that of a Daiyoukai and Bijuu, the two body's were able to handle such great forces of punches and attacks at each other.
Having enough of the punches, Aya sent a kick into Naruto's face, who reciprocated that attack, making the two of them twirl away from each other before landing on their feet and grind against the ground a bit. The two then looked into each other's eyes and hardened them.
Aya's single white tipped tail sprayed out into nine tails and started to gather the powerful Youki stored into them. She cupped both up to her chest as Youki orbs of different sizes started to form into a perfect dark crimson sphere of Youki.
Naruto held his right hand out and charged up his Ki this time and shaped it into his own signature Jutsu," I'll Blow You Away!!" Naruto exclaimed as a blue orb of Ki appeared and had the look of unrestrained power bursting from it, since spikes of blue Ki formed around it.
"We'll see about that, Saru-teme," Aya shot back as she finished charging her attack and held it at her side, ready to be released.
Naruto pulled his hand back and shot it forward, making the Ki blast known as the Final Spirit Cannon charge forward," THIS ENDS NOW!!" Naruto exclaimed.
Aya couldn't agree more as she sent the equally sized blast of Youki towards Naruto.
The two blasts then hit each other, making sparks of light of opposing colors fly around, the light of their attacks making it almost hard for the crowd to watch. As the two blasts kept up and started to carve out a particularly big crater due to the force of it into the ground, Naruto and Aya kept their hands in the positions they had released their blasts. The two of them kept focusing their power into pushing the attack towards the opponent, but neither seemed to be able to get any ground at all.
After seeing it was coming down to this, Aya and Naruto initiated the command of explosion for their respective blasts, unknowingly thinking and doing the same thing at the same time as both balls of energy exploded outward and sent rubble and dirt flying everywhere.
Aya was about to charge in through the dust cloud, but didn't have enough time to as Naruto appeared in front of her in a flash of speed and bear hugged her, locking her arms in place and started to squeeze the life out of her. Aya cried out a bit in pain as she felt her bones protest and the squeezing of her lungs and other innards being squished in. Flashing anger appeared in her eyes and she did the only thing she could do.
She bit him on the right part of his neck.
This made Naruto cry out in pain as he felt the fangs of her mouth dig into his skin and starting to tears his muscles a bit around the area she bit into. But Naruto kept his hold onto her, despite the wriggling she was doing on his neck to increase the pain. Not one to stay idle, Naruto did his own attack.
He bit her into the neck too.
At this, Aya's eyes shot open as Naruto's own teeth sunk into her own flesh of her neck. Even with being mostly human in nature, Saiyans could really chomp down on something really good if need be and Naruto's own teeth had at least two blunt looking sharp teeth help in piercing her neck.
This action from the two did something unexpected though. As the two had their mouth's into each other necks, a weird glow enveloped the two of them. Aya's crimson Youki and Naruto's white bluish energies of Chi, Ki and Chakra glowed brightly to each other. But slowly, but surely, each pulse of their energies started to get bright and bright, until a bright white flash enveloped the whole stadium and blinding everyone watching.
When the light died down, Aya was on the floor, knocked out it seemed, while Naruto still had his arms in the same position he had when he had bear hugged her. Seeing this, Hanzo quickly checked the girl and nodded, having checked her pulse and her eyes, confirming that she was totally knocked out. He then looked towards Naruto and was surprised by the blank look in his eyes. He quickly made his way to the boy and checked his vitals and the way his eyes looked. Seeing this, he nodded too, this boy was also knocked out for some reason, but seeing as how he was still standing and had to have at least one winner, he showed his hand to the boy.
"WINNER OF THE WORLD NINJA TOURNAMENT, UZUMAKI NAMIKZE NARUTO," Hanzo declared, making the silent crowd immediately cheer out. That was the best fight they had seen in their life, and if this would continue, they hoped the next tournament would have more incredible fights," AS STATED BEFORE, HE WILL NOW BARE THE TITLE AS 'WORLD'S STRONGEST' UNTIL THE NEXT TOURNAMENT AND WILL RECEIVE ONE MILLION RYO FOR HIS HARD EFFORTS TODAY," Hanzo then shook his head a bit," BUT SEEING AS HOW OUR WINNER IS A LITTLE WINDED, WE SHALL HAVE HIS ESCORTS RECEIVE THE PRIZE MONEY, SO WOULD HATAKE KAKASHI AND MAITO GAI PLEASE COME DOWN TO RECEIVE THE PRIZE MONEY," he called to the crowd.
As the two Jounin's appeared on the scene, Tsunade couldn't help but wonder what that flash of light was all about. Not only that, but how this child had become so powerful. She assumed that he was some sort of trained weapon, but then, why did he still have his emotions and had a exuberant friend like the Lee gaki. Then there was the way he was able to shoot off blasts of power with nothing but of flick of the wrist and how the Aya girl said it was Ki, the physical side of Chakra. She knew that Chakra would next to useless without help from the spiritual side of Chakra, but this gaki seemed to be able to use it in a destructive manner as shooting off blasts. So many mysteries were presented to her and from what she could tell, he was from Konoha, as the two Konoha Jounin's were any indication. So, having wanting to figure this mystery about the child out, since she was a bit of nosey person, she quickly left with Shizune, going ahead of the boy to Konoha to find out from her sensei what this boy was. Surely her sensei would have answers to this enigma of a boy.
"Uuuuggghhh," Naruto moaned as light started to fill his vision. The blurry shapes started to form and he noticed that he seemed to be in a hotel room of sorts. He went to scratch his chest a bit, but felt something and looked down to see a note taped onto him. He pick it up and read:
Naruto,
We've already left Amegakure and are about halfway back to Konohagakure. You've been knocked out since the Final Match in the World Ninja Tournament since last week. If' you're awake now, there's some food in the mini-fridge.
From your traveling companions,
Hatake Kakashi, Maito Gai, and Rock Lee.
"Right, like something in a mini-fridge will satisfy my appetite," Naruto said with a good natured grin.
"So you're a pig at eating, got it," said a familiar voice beside him. Naruto quickly looked at the second bed in the room and noticed it was Aya, sitting on the bed cross legged and eating an apple," finally awake sleepy head."
Naruto would have gotten in a defensive position and demand what she was doing here, but he felt no ill intent towards him. No, he saw resignation in her eyes and a very tiny amount of joy, so he asked the obvious question in his mind," what are you doing here?"
"It's obvious, isn't it? I'm coming with you all to Konoha," seeing the raised eyebrow, she elaborated on why," it's a matter of honor for me as we have..." she seemed to have trailed off and mumbled something under her breath.
"What was that?" Naruto asked confusedly as he didn't hear her.
"We've bonded with one another," she finished as she turned her head away from him, making Naruto wonder if that was a blush coming out from under the white fur on her cheeks.
Silence seemed to reign over the moment as the words seemed to be meaning something he didn't particularly want now. But he needed it to be cleared, so he asked again," what do you mean bonded?"
"When me and you fought last, I bit into your neck and you bit into mine, drawing and tasting each other's blood in doing so, so we've bonded because of that," seeing the deadpanned face, she knew she would have to say it plain out and bluntly," in the words of those Ningen..."
"We're engaged."
A/N: Well, this is CH. 3, I hope you like it. I'm sorry for some of you that probably thought the matches would be longer and those who wanted to see how the fights went with their respective opponents, but it wouldn't give much of a surprise for Naruto and company when they fought the baddies next time. As for how Tsunade lost so quickly, it wouldn't be hard for Naruto to quickly take her out since she had clearly underestimated Naruto, what with look of his age and her assumption on him not being experienced enough, so I played Tsunade's bit of arrogance into her defeat. As for why the World Ninja Tournament was so small, well, it is the first tournament, so it wouldn't be widely known and it would need some good fighters to bring in other competitors to want to try it out. So it was basically an advertisement for coming tournaments to come. Also, if you want to know what Aya/Kyuubi looks like, here's where I got my description of her from: alvin-earthworm . deviantart . com / art / In-Heaven-Front-cover-24574401. She's is, of course the woman, but that is what she'll look like in the next chapter with my description of her clothing and blood red slitted eyes, as the next chapter will be time skipped into six years. Oh, and if the guy who drew her is reading this fic, I give my credit to you and hope you don't flame me for using her in the NarutoxDBZ crossover fic. Well, if you need to know anything else, please PM me or post a review, ja ne.
NeroSparda.