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The first thing Naruto saw when he opened his eyes was a white ceiling; he also noticed that he was on a bed on some kind and he wasn't wearing his normal clothes by the environment he deduced he was in a hospital.
He didn't remember how he got here. The last thing he remembered was that the tournament had started, oh yeah his turn to fight came around and a troll appeared. After that he exited the arena and encounter Hanabi and Hinata and then….
"Kurama-sama!" screamed Naruto rising up to a sitting position in a second.
His movements seem to have disturbed someone that was on a chair besides him as she was scratching the sleep of her eyes, when her eyes felt on Naruto they were filled with surprise.
"Naruto-sama your awake!" said Hanabi giving Naruto a hug as tear felt out of her eyes "You've been unconscious for two days."
Two days, what happened after he went to save Kurama that knocked him out for so long?
Right then the door to his room opened and a surprised Hinata passed through it "Naruto you finally woke up." said Hinata with a smile on her face seeing that he was sitting in his bed, and then she noticed Hanabi hanging from him "Hanabi he still needs to recover."
"I know but I'm so happy." said Hanabi still hugging Naruto "I thought he wouldn't wake up."
"I'm fine Hanabi, I don't remember much of what happened but I'm awake now. Sorry for worrying you." said Naruto placing a hand on Hanabi's head calming her down, Hanabi stopped hugging him and sat back down on her chair. He then turned to Hinata.
"What exactly happened?" asked Naruto not remembering much "The last thing I remember is Kiba attacking a Cyclops on the shopping district."
"I don't really know I wasn't there, sorry." said Hinata "Anyway I have to inform the doctor and the others that you're awake."
Not much after Hinata left the room Kurama entered running towards Naruto and taking him in a hug "You're awake." said Kurama.
"I'm glad you're safe Kurama-sama." said Naruto "I don't remember much of what happened right now, but I was worried that you were hurt."
"Kurama-sama was also a patient at the hospital not long ago, you both entered at the same time. But she recovered quickly she only needed rest." explained Hanabi "You on the other hand have been sleeping for two days."
"You were pretty beat up." said Kurama releasing Naruto "But apparently you defeated the rock troll. I was unconscious so I don't really know how you did it."
Then Naruto remembered the rock troll on the streets and then Kurama-sama screaming and some light but he couldn't remember what happened after that.
"Oh yeah, the troll followed me to the streets of Suna and then… he almost killed us." said Naruto.
"You shouldn't have done that you know." said Kurama with a few tears appearing in her eyes "I saved your life but then you jumped right in front of me again, you dumbass."
"I couldn't let you die Kurama-sama not while you were sad." said Naruto.
"You dumbass, you better don't go kill yourself now." said Kurama with more tears flowing from her eyes.
"I won't. I promise you." said Naruto "Not until I become the greatest adventurer in the world at least."
"You better keep that promise." said Kurama as a smile entered her face "Or I'll make sure to bring you back to life just kill you again."
"Can you even do that?" asked Naruto clueless making Kurama and Hanabi laugh a little. She couldn't really bring anyone back from the death, she didn't have those powers anymore, but she would find the way.
"You're awake." said a man in a white coat as he entered the room, he was probably the doctor "Sorry for being so direct just when you woke up but I have to do some test."
"It's fine, it's your job after all." said Naruto.
"You were in a pretty bad shape." said the doctor as he checked Naruto "apparently the troll threw you against a wall but your injuries were not as bad as I thought, considering you defeat it afterwards."
"I don't really remember defeating the troll." said Naruto "And I felt that I was going to die when I smashed that wall."
"You were lucky to have survived that." said the doctor "I have seen some die from less."
"You seem to be fine but just in case you'll need to stay a few more hours." said the doctor as he exited the room "I'll tell a nurse to bring you your clothes later."
"What happened anyways, are we still in Suna? And what happened to the tournament?" asked Naruto.
"Yes we're still in Suna." said Kurama "The tournament was placed on hold and the exhibition match against monsters was canceled and deemed too dangerous to be tried again. They'll probably not have another exhibition match against monsters for at least five years, Shukaku likes that event a lot and he'll fight to bring it back."
"The tournament restarted today." said Hanabi "the finals are tomorrow, so if you want to we could go see them tomorrow."
"Damn I wanted to see the whole tournament." said Naruto "But I guess the finals won't be that bad."
"Just if you're wondering Kiba passed earlier and said he was heading back to Konoha." said Hanabi "That he was expecting to see you later to settle the bet since the match was canceled."
"Oh yeah! Now that the match is canceled I don't know who won the bet" said Naruto angry.
"What bet?" asked Kurama never having heard of it. Remembering he hadn't told Kurama Naruto explained the bet to her "You made such a stupid bet?"
"I would have gotten a dog and a butler for a whole day." said Naruto "But it seems we will have to put that on hold as well."
"You know you would have probably lost that bet." said Kurama.
"Hey apparently I killed an S rank so I won." said Naruto "Even if I don't remember doing that."
"From what I heard when you defeated the troll you were covered in a red glow that could only be described as a red cloak of some kind." said Hanabi "Maybe it's a new skill we should probably check."
"That's fine with me and since I apparently killed that troll I probably got some more ranks in my stats." said Naruto excited.
Kurama sighted, he had already returned to his usual self "Fine turn around I'll update your stats." said Kurama "I don't have the paper so I won't be able to copy them but I'll see them."
Naruto immediately turned around and waited for Kurama to update his stats as always.
Kurama placed her hand on his back as she started updating Naruto's stats soon enough she could read them and she started updating, it was somewhat weird all his stats had returned to B or C ranks what had happened.
But then she noticed the biggest change, his level.
"Naruto you're level 2!" said Kurama as soon as she read it.
"What!" said Naruto excited "I leveled up!?"
"Yeah all your stats are around B or C rank but compare to your level 1 S ranks this is a lot better." said Kurama "But I don't see any new skills only a will to protect."
"So Naruto-sama is twice as strong now?" asked Hanabi excited for the huge power boost.
"No when he gets everything in B and at least two A, that's when he'll be twice as strong as before." explained Kurama "But he's not that far, he only has three C everything else is B."
"Yes now I'll be able to go further into the dungeon!" said Naruto excited "I can't wait to get to the dungeon."
"You'll be able to go up to floor 17 to be exact." said Hanabi "From what I read at least, but you should probably ask Ino-san first."
Kurama ended the update of Naruto's stats and step back to let Naruto sit upright again.
"Just 5 floors?" asked Naruto confused that was too little he had access to 12 floors in level 1 why did they only add 5 more on level 2.
"Well floor 18 is a boss floor." explained Hanabi "The guild thinks that adventurers have to wait to level 3 at least before facing a boss."
"A boss?" asked Naruto not being familiar with that term.
"You don't know about boss monsters!?" said Kurama "Maybe I just do my job terribly, you should already know this."
"Boss monsters are stronger than all the other monsters. They can use magic and some of them have skills." explained Hanabi "They are normally the only monster in their floors but they take a combine effort between many adventurers to defeat them."
"That sounds cool, I want to defeat one of those." said Naruto excited to face a boss monster.
"You have to level up again first." said Kurama "speaking of which now that you leveled up, you'll get an alias."
"Oh yeah I get a title. Can I choose it?" asked Naruto.
"No it'll be decided in the next meeting of gods, that's in a week." said Kurama "I'll try to get you something good."
"Wait you'll try? Can't you just pick one for me?" asked Naruto.
"Nope, the other gods will decide." said Kurama "But I won't let them put you an alias like 'fairy princess' or 'unicorn lover' I can at least reject some of the aliases if they sound dumb."
"That makes me feel better." said Naruto.
Naruto still had some questions in his mind like what was that red cloak Hanabi had mentioned and how did it helped him defeat the troll but he decided he could look for the answers later.
A few hours later – outside Sunagakure's hospital
Kurama had gone outside the hospital to stretcha little; Naruto was inside getting ready to head out. She had actually expected them to keep him in bed for another day but it looked like his injuries had healed fast.
She had gotten a notice saying Shukaku would take care of the hospital bill since they had been hurt because of an accident in his tournament. That was nice of him; it's the least he could do after nearly killing Naruto.
"Kurama is good to see you here" said a voice behind her making her turn around to see the owner of the voice. It was Gyuki.
"You're still in Suna Gyuki?" asked Kurama.
"I wanted to go back to Konoha after the first day of the tournament, but I decided to stay since one of the members of my familia was in the tournament. He already lost so I'm heading back home." said Gyuki "Never mind me, shouldn't you be working with Matatabi?"
"After what happened to her shop she decided to close and head back to Konoha. So she gave me vacations!" said Kurama happily "I just have to go see her once I return to Konoha."
"I suppose you can't do business without a shop." said Gyuki "But more importantly I saw your member fight that troll the other day."
"You saw that." said Kurama surprised "To do that you would have needed to be some place close by, you were in danger."
"Its fine I knew the risks." said Gyuki "I saw your member fight that troll and I got to say, the kid has potential. He just needs a good weapon."
Kurama's eyes open as she looked at Gyuki with hope "Will you make him a weapon?"
"I will on one condition." said Gyuki rising one finger.
"What condition?" asked Kurama.
"You have to help me make it." said Gyuki "And pay it afterwards, with a discount of course."
"You want me to help you make it?" asked Kurama not feeling confident "Last time I tried that the sword we made exploded."
"It won't be like last time." said Gyuki
"I mean, literally exploded. It made a huge explosion and it was just a sword." said Kurama "You took a full week to repair the forge."
"I told you it won't be like last time." said Gyuki annoyed "This time I just need you to be there and to hand me over stuff. I won't let you even hit it once with a hammer."
"In that case I'll do it. As long as Naruto gets his weapon in the end I'll help you make it." said Kurama.
"Good see you back in Konoha, come by any day you want. The forge will be ready." said Gyuki walking away.
That was a little strange, she did wanted a weapon made by Gyuki for Naruto but why did he needed her to help?
"Hey Kurama-sama we're heading back to the hotel!" screamed Naruto from far away at Kurama besides him were Hinata and Hanabi.
"Wait for me!" said Kurama going towards them "Don't you dare leave your goddess behind!"
The next day – Suna coliseum – Suna tournament finals
Naruto, Kurama, Hanabi and Hinata had found some great sits on the stands of the coliseum were they had a great view of the arena.
They had not been able to see any match until now so they didn't know how strong the two finalists were they just knew they were probably really strong.
It looked like the arena had been repaired; right now one couldn't even notice that a troll had made a whole in the wall.
"Naruto-san?" said a voice from the stairs besides where Naruto's sat.
Naruto turned his head to see who was calling him and saw that it was Haku.
"It's good to see that you are ok." said Haku "I heard that you had been hospitalized."
"I was but I'm fine now." said Naruto to the feminine looking boy.
"I can see that, when I heard that the troll had smashed you through a building I feared the worst." said Haku.
"No troll can kill me." said Naruto "Anyways what are you still doing in Suna? It's a long trip back to Kiri."
"Oh you heard my village of origin in my fight yesterday." said Haku understanding "It is a long trip but my master Zabuza-sama is still fighting in the tournament so I have to stay to wait for him."
"Your master?" asked Naruto.
"He taught me all I know about fighting." said Haku.
"And he's one of the finalists?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, I came to cheer for him." said Haku "But his opponent is not an easy one and I fear he might not win."
"His opponent is that strong?" asked Naruto wondering how strong the two finalists were.
"He is pretty strong." said Haku "He has been praised as one of the strongest adventurers in Konoha."
"Who's your friend Naruto?" asked Kurama seeing Naruto speaking with Haku.
"This is Haku yuki from Kirigakure." said Naruto "I met him during the exhibition match, he saved Baki's life during the attack from the troll and in doing that he saved my life since Baki distracted the troll."
"Nice to meet you." said Haku bowing a little bit
"You should probably learn a thing from him Naruto." said Kurama "He's well mannered."
Right then before anyone could say anything else Amagi - who seem to still be commentating in the finals - started talking.
"Welcome everyone to the Sunagakure finals." said Amagi "And we truly thank you for the continued support after the difficulties on the first day of the tournament."
"Now let's focus on the fight ahead. After resuming the tournament we've seen a lot of great fights and now we'll see the best of the best in the finals." said Amagi "Entering from the right side is the demon of the hidden mist, one of the seven swordsmen adventurers of the mist. Zabuza Momochi!"
A tall, noticeably muscular man with pale skin and short spiky black hair entered the arena and he was wearing bandages like a mask over the bottom half of his face. He was carrying a huge broadsword shaped like a butcher knife on his back.
"That's Zabuza-sama my master." said Haku.
"Demon of the hidden mist?" asked Naruto.
"That's one of his aliases; he got it after killing one of the boss monsters of the Kiri dungeon by himself." said Haku.
"I wish I get a cool alias like that." said Naruto to himself.
Amagi then continued "And from the other side of the arena we have one of the strongest adventurers in Konoha the man that has broken several records. Itachi Uchiha!" said Amagi.
"Uchiha? Those that mean his Sasuke's family?" asked Naruto to himself.
"Yes he's my brother." said a voice above Naruto, he turned around and noticed that Sasuke had been sitting behind him all this time.
"How long have you been there?" asked Naruto surprised "Better yet I thought you went back to Konoha with Kiba. What are you doing here?"
"I stayed to see the tournament." said Sasuke "And I've been here ever since you sat down. It's not my problem if you didn't notice me."
"I see…" said Naruto "So you came to support your brother?"
"No, I'm not here to support my brother." said Sasuke "I'm here to study the fighting style of the finalists, that my brother ended being a finalist was just a coincidence."
"Your brother must be really strong to end up being a finalist." said Naruto.
"He's pretty strong, in my current state I probably wouldn't last more than a minute fighting him." said Sasuke and considering how much stronger Sasuke was than Naruto that meant Itachi was on another level.
Then Baki appeared in the arena, it seem he was the one that was going to start the match.
"You two already know the rules." said Baki to the finalists "so let's get this match underway. Are you two ready?"
Both finalists nodded, Zabuza reached behind him and wielded his huge sword while Itachi only took out a ninjato that he was carrying.
"In that case….. Begin!" said Baki as he moved out of the way of the finalists.
Zabuza stated the match quickly lunging towards Itachi with his sword in front only for it to clash with Itachi's ninjato.
"And the match begins!" said Amagi Zabuza goes on the offensive but there's a great defense from Itachi.
"That sword is pretty resistant if it can withstand a clash with Zabuza's sama blade." said Haku.
As the fight continued Zabuza tried to get through Itachi's defenses but Itachi was always ready to block or avoid Zabuza's attacks. Until suddenly Zabuza changed strategies and confused Itachi managing to get behind him and slashing vertically at Itachi's back.
As Zabuza's blade came down to strike, Itachi opened his arm and released a crow that flew towards Zabuza's head distracting Zabuza making him move back and fail his swing.
"What was that?" asked Naruto "Where did that crow come from?"
"That crow was never there, it was an illusion." said Sasuke as the crow disappeared as if it had never been there.
"An Illusion?" asked Naruto wondering how could work.
"It's a jutsu Itachi has; he can create illusions that are extremely realistic not just crows. Even I don't know the limits of that jutsu." said Sasuke "But there's one thing I know for sure, his illusions are weaker if he can't see his opponent so he had to concentrate to create that one that distracted Zabuza."
Zabuza looked annoyed in the arena because he had been fooled by a simple illusion; he had seen things like that before, illusions that just vanish in mid air. But he didn't know the full potential of Itachi's abilities so he had to be careful and avoid the crow, but now that he knew that he could go all out.
Itachi turned around to face Zabuza and jumped backwards to make room between them, then he did a quick hand signs and then he started reciting something.
"That's a powerful magic if he needs to recite It." said Haku.
"You need to recite magic?" asked Naruto.
"Normally to use jutsus you just need to do the appropriate hand signs and say its name." said Haku "But powerful spells require you to recite something to use them apart from the hand signs."
Zabuza tried running forward to stop Itachi but he didn't make it in time as Itachi extended a hand forward and opened his eyes, and soon as Itachi did that Zabuza stopped in place and looked around as if he was looking at something.
"He lost. Itachi trapped him in his illusion now he just has to get close and end it." said Sasuke.
"You'll find that against Zabuza-sama it's not that easy." said Haku.
Zabuza suddenly grabbed his broadsword and brought it down onto his foot making his eyes clear and taking him out of the illusion. Itachi looked somewhat happy that Zabuza had gotten out of the illusion.
Zabuza then did several hand signs and created some kind of water sharks that attacked Itachi. Itachi avoided them easily and closed the distance with Zabuza raising his hand as he passed besides Zabuza and bring it down directly at Zabuza's neck knocking him out.
As Zabuza felt to the floor everyone was quiet seeing if he would get up but when he didn't Amagi spoke "And the winner of the Sunagakure tournament is Itachi Uchiha!" said Amagi making the crowd explode in cheers.
As soon as the fight ended Sasuke stood up and headed to the exit.
"Going already?" asked Naruto.
"The battle ended I don't have anything else to see here, so I better start heading back to Konoha." said Sasuke as he continued walking
"I knew Itachi was strong opponent." Said Haku "But I hoped that maybe Zabuza-sama would win, it seems I was wrong. Itachi-san is in another level."
"The battle looked close to me." said Naruto.
"Itachi did fight at full strength." said Haku looking down at the arena "Is obvious he's still hiding a lot of his skills. In any case I need to get going as well; Zabuza-sama isn't a patient person."
"I hope to see you again someday Haku." said Naruto.
"Maybe you'll see me sometime soon, after this Zabuza-sama wanted to see how different the Konoha dungeon was from the one in Kiri. We're heading there after we leave Suna." said Haku.
"Really? I hope to see you in Konoha then." said Naruto.
Haku then stood up and headed the same way Sasuke had headed.
Not long after Itachi as the tournament winner was given his prize by Shukaku himself and afterwards Shukaku said some closing words and the Sunagakure tournament came to a close.
Decided to end it there tell me what you thought