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Chapter 3

Preliminaries

"Sabaku no Kankuro will have a free pass due to an irregular number of participants." Hayate said.

'Lucky. I can go to the finals without showing my skills.' Kankuro thought.

The board started going through new names until it stopped.

"Will Uchiha Sasuke and Akado Yoroi step forward the rest of you please go to the balconies" Hayate explained and everyone left the arena except Sasuke and Yoroi who were staring at each other.

In the Balcony

"Go Sasuke-kun" Sakura yelled cheering for her Uchiha.

Naruto looked at the girl cheering beside him and only one thought ran through his mind,' I wonder who was more retarded, the single most useless human being in the world, or me for falling for the single most useless human being in the world.'

Uchiha Sasuke vs. Akado Yoroi

"Fighters ready?"Hayate asked and both nodded.

"HAJIME" Hayate said and jumped back. Sasuke looked at his opponent with an arrogant smirk on his face. He was fully prepared to fight, he had gotten enough rest. He took out a kunai and got into a stance. Yoroi took out three shuriken and held them with both his hands.

He threw them at Sasuke. Sasuke waited for the shuriken to block them with his kunai. Yoroi ran at fast speeds towards Sasuke. The shuriken reached Sasuke, he deflected them. He was not able to react fast as Yoroi was in front of him while he was blocking the last shuriken. He was not able to detect the oncoming right hook from his opponent. It connected with his right side of the face and pushed him back.

Sasuke cursed himself for making such a stupid mistake and getting hit early. He tried to activate his Sharingan but a sudden pain in his shoulder was enough to convince him that doing so would be a bad idea. He rushed towards the oncoming Gennin prepared to a Taijutsu battle. He was faster than his opponent thus he was able to use the advantage of his speed. Yoroi brought his right hand trying to smack Sasuke on the face, but Sasuke saw it coming and easily dodged. He tried to kick Sasuke but the Uchiha caught his leg and landed and hard punch to the face. Sasuke let go of Yoroi's leg and spun around kicking the Gennin on his shoulder. Yoroi was sent crashing in to the wall. He gritted his teeth at the slight pain he felt and quickly recovered rushing of Sasuke.

Sasuke waited for his opponent to arrive. Yoroi jumped up attempting to punch Sasuke with much force. Sasuke side stepped the attempt and gutted the Gennin. Yoroi hissed clutching his stomach and retaliated with a palm strike to the face, effortlessly placing his hand on Sasuke's forehead. Sasuke suddenly started to feel weak without any reason and removed the hand on his forehead and attempted to grapple, holding onto Yoroi firmly. Yoroi suddenly broke free from Sasuke's hold. He held Sasuke by his right hand sucking out of his chakra.

Sasuke only realized it when he his reserves were starting to empty. He quickly tried to separate himself with Yoroi. What he got from his attempt was a hard kick on the face that sent him flying away. He flipped in midair and landed gracefully on the floor. He glared at his opponent who had a grin on his face. Yoroi looked as if he had won the match, but Sasuke was not going to give up easily because his chakra got sucked.

''I see you still had some chakra left.'' Yoroi spoke with a bit of amusement in his voice. Sasuke just got up and glared at him.

Yoroi rushed forward so that he could end the match before the Uchiha came up with a plan to win the match. Sasuke waited till Yoroi was in front of him. He acted fast and brought out his left hand aiming Yoroi's face. Yoroi saw it coming and grabbed Sasuke's hand. He smirked at the Uchiha but it vanished quickly when he saw a wide smirk on Sasuke's face. Before he could know why Sasuke was smirking he received and punch to the gut that had him coughing a bit of blood. He let go of Sasuke's hand. Sasuke dropped to the ground and did a leg sweep. Yoroi was falling down when Sasuke grabbed both his legs and spun around twice before throwing him up. Sasuke jumped up moving fast than his opponent.

Yoroi looked up to see Sasuke waiting for him. Sasuke was facing down the ground when he mastered all his power in a single kick. The kick connected with Yoroi's chest sending him down fast. Yoroi crashed to the ground with a sickening thud.

Everyone winced at the sound of Yoroi's body hitting the ground.

Sasuke landed down and smirked when he looked at Yoroi, he was out cold.

Hayate stepped in forward and coughed before announcing the winner, ''Winner, Uchiha Sasuke.''

In the Balcony

Naruto simply looked down dispassionately at the arena as Sasuke came back up. Kakashi looked at him as he scoffed at Sasuke's victory. Looking at Sasuke, he smirked and mocked," That seemed quite difficult for you Uchiha-hime, did that clan-less shinobi give trouble to the prodigious princess of Uchiha Clan?"

Sakura shrieked," Shut up Naruto, you are just jealous that Sasuke-kun is better than you."

Sending a crimson eyed look at her, he smirked again and said," You seem to be getting braver every second, despite the fact that you are probably the weakest and the most useless kunoichi I have ever known. You should be worried about the opponent you would be facing, for this can be your first and last serious fight. You could die, or worse, get permanently crippled in your fight Haruno." This small talk completely terrified Sakura, but she put up a brave face and shrieked.

"Worry about your own match Naruto-baka, or else I will pummel you into the ground."

This completely wiped Naruto's smirk as he looked at Sakura. Thinking that Naruto had no comeback Sakura looked a little smug, but the next sentence completely shattered her delusions as Naruto spoke in a chilling tone.

"You are lucky that you are a Konoha ninja, and have not been selected to face me till now; otherwise, I would have ripped your throat, drained your blood and impaled you on a pike in front of the Hokage Tower."

Kakashi looked at Naruto with surprise, wondering just what exactly happened in the forest to make Naruto act in this manner.

Soon the next pair of fighters was selected.

Hayate called out," Will Aburame Shino and Tsurugi Misumi report to the arena."

Misumi was Kabuto's second teammate who had a very peculiar fighting. He was able to dislocate his joints on purpose and use chakra to stretch his body to huge lengths. Using his superior flexibility, he was able to dodge the first few strikes and wrapped himself around Shino in such a way that it restrained him and put him in a position that his neck could be snapped. Naruto looked at Misumi and he looked really smug. It was true that his Taijutsu was better than Shino but the move was completely useless.

"Shino-kun, be careful." shouted Hinata, in a rare show of bravery.

"That won't be necessary anymore Hinata, this match is already over. Anyone with half a brain could clearly see the winner." drawled Naruto.

"Of course, Shino has to forfeit if he wants to live." spoke Sakura in a self-assured tone. Kurenai glared at her as she dismissed the skill of her student. Naruto snorted at the naïve thought of Sakura and explained a little.

"You just proved that you do not have enough brain capacity to see through a simple fight. How did you get the top position in the Academy is beyond me, maybe you blew the teachers regularly to reach where you are. But then again, you are nowhere." spoke Naruto in a bored tone.

"NARUTO-BAKA, HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME LIKE THAT? I AM FAR BETTER THAN YOU AT DEDUCING SITUATIONS." screamed Sakura.

Covering his ears to tune out the voice of his probably-soon-to-be-dead teammate, he explained," As you can see, Misumi's body is tightening around Shino at an alarming rate, while it would normally be a cause of concern for Shino, the reason for this tightening is not a conscious effort by Misumi, but rather a lack of chakra on his part. This technique does not take much chakra because it does not expel the chakra, nor convert it into elemental chakra. So the only reason why his chakra is draining at a powerful rate is the kikachu bugs in Shino. It means that Shino is responsible for this tightening; it is probable that Misumi wasted most of his chakra in strangling a Mushi Bunshin."

Naruto was proven correct when Shino held by Misumi dissolved into a swarm of bugs, which quickly surrounded Misumi and drained him completely, knocking him out.

Hayate announced," The winner of second match is Aburame Shino."

Everyone looked at Naruto in some suspicion and slight respect. The suspicion was mainly because of the degree of change in his personality.

The next participants were chosen quickly and the results really amused Naruto.

"Ho?" Naruto actually turned to the arena. "Now this looks promising."

Hayate announced," Will Sabaku no Temari and Tenten of Konoha report to the arena."

The two opponents faced each other as their names were announced, Tenten made a practical entrance while Temari made a flashy entrance as she flew down to the arena. Facing each other, the two opponents waited for the match to begin, Tenten's eyes showing a fierce determination while Temari' eyes showed her confidence. Hayate raised his hand as the stadium went quiet and brought it down, starting the match.

As soon as the fight started, Tenten immediately jumped backwards, creating some distance.

"Oh? Are you waiting for me to make my move?" Temari asked. "Not smart. For the first move I make will be the last move you see. I don't want this match to be over too quickly. So why don't you go first. Come on, girl show me what you got."

Tenten scowled. "Okay, if you insist. Remember, you asked for it!" With that she threw some shurikens at Temari and missed. "W-What? I missed?"

"HAHAHA! That bitch is good!" Naruto exclaimed.

Naruto sighed," Watch carefully. Tenten will lose this fight."

Gai looked offended at that," WHY MUST YOU SAY SUCH UNYOUTHFUL THINGS ABOUT THE MOT YOUTHFUL TENTEN? THERE IS NO WAY SHE COULD LOSE."

Naruto frowned and answered," She will lose. She has the worst possible opponent for her, after me of course."

"GO TENTEN!" Clown in spandex cheered. "SHOW HER YOUR POWER OF YOUTH!"

"Don't listen to this moron." She heard familiar voice and looked at the balcony.

Looking up, she saw that it was the now changed Uzumaki who said this," Naruto?"

"Word of advice, give this match up."

Her eyes widened. "W-What?"

"You should listen to your handsome friend." Temari said with a smile. "You can't win against me. Give up and spare yourself the embarrassment."

Tenten's look hardened. "So you don't think I can beat her?"

Jin shrugged. "Nope, At your current level, you are not a weapon master but a glorified Kunai thrower. If you could actually engage her in close range with any weapon, you might have a chance, but I doubt that you know anything about fighting in close range with melee weapons."

"Tch…" Bun haired girl scowled and took out two small scrolls. "Then I'll just have to prove you wrong!"

"Don't say I didn't warn you then." Naruto muttered.

Meanwhile Tenten placed two scrolls on the ground and started doing handseals.

Naruto grinned at Temari," Pretty generous of you to let her do that without attacking her."

Temari smiled at him brightly," It's not like it will work anyway."

"Soushouryu!( Twin Rising dragons)

Smoke filled the arena, and two scrolls shot up in the air.

"Ho, pretty technique useless, but still pretty." Naruto commented.

"Ninpo: Kamaitachi!" Temari waved her large fan, sending huge cutting whirlwind at Tenten.

"See? That's what I was talking about." smirked Naruto towards the other people in the balcony.

"Gah!" Tenten gasped in pain as her back was landed right onto Temari's fan.

"Impressive." Naruto stated.

"Why, thank you." Sand girl replied.

"The winner of the fifth match: Temari." Hayate announced.

Kunoichi's smile widened.

"Wait a second!" Spandex guy jumped down just in time to catch Tenten after she was thrown by Temari.

"Nice catch!" She commented.

"What is wrong with you?" He shouted. "She may have lost, but that is no way to treat an opponent who's done her best!"

"Beat it, you moron!" Temari said. "And take that sack of garbage with you."

In the Balcony

"Well, that was not something unexpected, I wonder how she trains if she was defeated this easily?" drawled a thoroughly bored Naruto.

Gai grew annoyed at Naruto's comment and yelled," WHY DO YOU SAY SUCH UNYOUTHFUL THINGS ABOUT TENTEN-CHAN. SHE PRACTISED FOR COUNTLESS HOURS TO PERFECT HER SKILLS AND I WON'T LET YOU INSULT HER LIKE THAT."

Naruto calmly stated," I could not see her skill as her only skill is shooting kunai and throwing so many weapons on her enemies that they would be unable to counter. As a budding Weapon User, she must understand that projectile weapons are not always useful. Did you try to encourage her to expand in Bojutsu or Kenjutsu? She was outmatched because she focused heavily on her strengths and did not even register her weaknesses. As her Jounin sensei, you should have made sure that she gets a well-rounded training that enhances her strengths and covers her weakness. It is clear to me that you mostly trained Lee." Giving a nasty smirk, showing his pointy teeth he leered," Playing favorites are we, but don't feel ashamed, all the Jounin senseis have a favorite in their squad. You are no different." Saying this Naruto went quiet but the other Jounin were in deep thought as they could not deny at playing favorites.

Kurenai had believed that she is fair sensei but the single statement by Naruto opened her eyes. She favored Hinata over the other members of her squad. As she cared for Hinata when she was little, her maternal instincts and dislike of men caused her to favor Hinata over her other male students.

Asuma believed in teamwork, but even he could not deny that he favored Shikamaru more than the other members. He realized that his favoritism stopped his squad from growing stronger. But the one thing he was not expecting was Kakashi showing favoritism.

Kakashi was both annoyed and angry that Naruto questioned his teaching methods and accused him of favoritism. He felt that his philosophy did not allow any favoritism in the team and saw Naruto's statement as a method of insulting and demeaning him.

Angrily facing Naruto, Kakashi spat," That is a ridiculous lie Naruto, even you know that I do not favor any one of the squad members. I don't know why you are saying this but I won't have you insulting me.

Naruto looked at Kakashi and gave a cold smile. The smile caught Kakashi off-guard as Naruto spoke in an excited tone," In that case, you would expect Sakura to impress us with the skills you taught us. Come on useless girl, it is your turn now. Prove this to Kakashi and myself that you are not useless. If you do not defeat her, than you should leave the ninja forces as soon as possible."

Indeed, it was seconded by Hayate in the arena," Will Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura report to the arena."

Sakura gulped and looked at the other people in the balcony. Ino was giving her competitive looks, Kakashi was giving her an encouraging glance but Naruto's look surprised her the most. He was giving her a bloodthirsty look that promised immeasurable amounts of pain should she fail.

As Sakura faced Ino in the arena, she hoped that Ino was not much stronger than the academy before she heard the cry to start the match.

Sometime later

Naruto was maniacally laughing as the two fan girls trash-talked each other, fought like pathetic schoolgirls over their crush and ended up knocking each other out. The audience gaped at the most pathetic display of the day. Asuma lowered her head, completely ashamed at the stupid fight her squad member showcased, which was replicated by Kakashi who truly could not understand how such a thing could even happen. The only silver lining was this being a preliminary match or Konoha would have lost a large number of clients.

Naruto stopped laughing but his pointy grin was still on his face. The people who always found his foxy grins annoying now missed those grins with a passion. In a mocking tone, Naruto laughed out," Look Kakashi- sensei, it is a good thing that Sasuke fought that Yoroi guy. If he had fought Ino, it would have been him lying there. After all, Sasuke and Sakura have the same skills; both are the top students after all."

Kakashi gritted his teeth in annoyance. Ever since the Forest of Death, Naruto had been almost insufferable with his insulting and mocking comments. Naruto was the dead-last yet he spoke as if he was the strongest Gennin here. Since Kakashi had enough confidence in Naruto to believe that he will succeed to the next round, he knew they best way to punish Naruto.

'Let's see how you will succeed later on. I will not train you again until you respect me, and I doubt that without my help, you would be able to make any progress in the finals.' Thought Kakashi, though he did not know, but Naruto was eavesdropping and herd his thoughts. Smiling maliciously, he thought,' You will regret it heavily Hatake-teme. I will show you something you had never expected.'

After the silly fight, Hayate wanted to see some skill and the next matchup promised that. Looking at the board, Hayate announced the next match," Will Hyuuga Hinata and Hyuuga Neji report to the arena."

Hinata grew scared when she heard that. She knew that Neji hated her and would be willing to kill if he could. Now, he had the opportunity which truly scared her. Looking at her sensei and teammates, she was a little reassured and timidly trudged down to the arena. As she stood in front f Neji who began to verbally break her spirit, she wanted to cry before a clear and sharp voice cut through all the chatter and noise.

"Shut up you pathetic bastard, you think anybody cares about your fate and destiny. The only thing you are accomplishing is boring everyone by forcing that to her the tripe coming out of your mouth. I could care less if you fight Hinata for a so-called pride, but boring me to death will only get you a quick death at my hands. Shut your trap and start the fight or I will kill you myself and use your blood to paint graffiti on the Hokage Monument." The voice was clearly annoyed and as she turned, she saw the occupants of the balcony gape and stare at the now red-haired Naruto.

With a new confidence, she jumped into the fight.

(The fight went the same way as the cannon and since I do not know how to put it into words, I won't write it. Now, we skip the fight and reach the last point of the fight when Hinata is bleeding on the floor and the Jounin are restraining Neji)

Neji spat with disgust," More preferential treatment for the Main House. I knew that you would stop the fight."

Hayate said," The fight is already over; medics have taken Hinata for treatment. If you don't back off, I would disqualify you."

Whatever Hayate was going to say was interrupted by a loud slurping noise. Looking at the place where Hyuuga Hinata was lying, the saw a kneeling Naruto with his hair covering his face; the only visible part of his face was the red blood-covered tongue Naruto was using to lap the blood from the ground. After a few more slurps, which freaked out the Gennin and Jounin and the Hokage, Naruto raised his face and stared at Neji with his red colored eyes. An unholy amount of killer intent engulfed the stadium as the Gennin began to have trouble breathing. Neji kneeled on the ground as he choked on the heavy air when he heard Naruto laugh in a deep, malicious manner which shook the tower to its core.

Only one thought was going through the mind of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hatake Kakashi, Yuuhi Kurenai and every other shinobi,' What the fuck happened to Naruto?'

Looking at Neji, Naruto spoke in a low, dark tone," Just hope that you do not draw my name for the finals Hyuuga Neji, for I will not leave you in one piece now."

Getting over his shock at the killer intent, Hayate quickly announced the next match.

"Will Rock Lee and Sabaku no Gaara report to the arena."

Lee stood before the red haired Gennin and got into his Goken stance "Yosh! Let us have a youthful battle!"

Some Gennin looked confused at what Lee was saying while Kakashi sighed. Gai had converted someone to youth.

Gaara looked at Lee emotionlessly while the cork on his gourd popped out at great speed at the Konoha Gennin. Lee caught the cork and smirked a little," Let's not be so hasty."

Hayate looked between the two Gennin before raising his arm "Hajime!"

In a great burst of speed Lee disappeared and re-appeared behind Gaara with a drop kick. However before the heel could hit Gaara's head sand blocked the leg and Lee had to jump away before the sand swarmed him.

(In the stands)

'Sand?' questioned Naruto to himself. The vampire wondered if that was a mutation of the Sabaku magnet release. As Naruto watched the battle of Lee constantly using high speed movement to dodge and try and hit Gaara he noticed that Gaara made no move himself to control the sand. 'Is it automatic? Impossible, even the Third Kazekage was known to have to use great chakra control and focus to use his Iron Sand. He continued to watch curiously as Gaara seemed to do the impossible and control his sand in an automatic defense.'

Naruto was shook from his contemplations when Gai yelled from beside him "LEE TAKE THEM OFF, LET YOUR YOUTH EXPLODE!"

(Arena)

Lee separated from Gaara and glanced at his sensei," But sensei, you told me not to take them off unless I am fighting an enemy shinobi!"

Gai looked down at him," I know Lee but I will allow it this once!"

He nodded and quickly jumped to a safe distance away from Gaara and unclipped his leg and arm bracers and held them to both sides, wanting to show off for the judges a bit."

Kankuro looked at the leg bracers and commented "What will that do for him if he takes those off" She would have continued but Lee dropped the weights with an earth shattering boom and severely dented the floor.

Kakashi deadpanned at the scene and looked at Anko in a commiserating way "Was that much weight really needed in his training Gai?"

Gai looked at Kakashi with a serious expression which looked completely out of place, and said," Lee cannot use chakra so Taijutsu was his only option to shine in the ninja world."

Naruto simply mocked," It's a pity that it took extra the time off your other two students. Though it is useless against the opponent Lee is facing."

Lee grinned menacingly at Gaara who seemed a bit flummoxed at the weight and disappeared in an instant. The automatic sand shield barely got there in time as Lee's leg hit, breaking through the defense easily and kicked Gaara away.

Kankuro looked shocked that someone had actually managed to hit Gaara.

Gaara got up shakily as he looked at his cheek, which was heavily cracked and flaking as the sand shield around his body mended. Gaara glanced back up only to see a foot that was too fast to be stopped by his sand and went hurtling backwards again, only to be stopped by the other leg of Lee and sent him straight at the statue at the back of the room.

Gaara walked out of the dust that had kicked up from the kick and looked heavily cracked. Gaara raised both his arms and sand started to shoot up from the ground and his gourd and rushed at Lee.

Lee started to do some serious acrobatics as he frantically dodged the sea of sand rushing at him and kept trying to get to Gaara. Lee took out his nun-chucks and used them as a shield and a weapon against the sand as he spun them around to beat the sand away as he charged towards Gaara. However, there was just too much sand in the arena for Lee to get through, frustrated he retreated to a sand free corner and cross his arms in concentration.

Kakashi widened his eyes at that stance and looked to Gai incredulous as said Jounin smirked widely.

Lee uncrossed his arms and power exploded around him "First gate, gate of opening, open!" Soon Lee was hurtling towards Gaara and smashing through walls of sand before kicking Gaara and in the Chin and jumped up behind Lee and did a spinning flying suplex while shouting "Primary Lotus!"

When the smoke cleared from the move it showed a broken sand Shell which vaguely looked like Gaara. Lee panted a bit from the backlash of using the first gate but was able to barely dodge a wave of sand that came behind him as Gaara emerged from a pile of sand looking a little haggard.

Lee, knowing he had no choice, crossed his arm over his face and concentrated.

Kakashi revealed his Sharingan eye, wide eyed as he viewed Lee. Gai looked at him seriously "Don't even try to judge me Kakashi, I taught him the Hidden lotus for one reason, that kid can take it. If anyone is worthy to learn that move, it's this Lee."

Lee uncrossed his arms as even more chakra exploded from him as his skin turned red and his eyes lost their irises

"Second gate, Gate of Healing: Open!"

"Third gate, Gate of Life: Open!"

"Fourth gate, Gate of Pain: Open!"

With those gates open it seemed as if there were multiple Lee kicking and punching Gaara around the arena, battering the Suna Gennin. Eventually Gaara crashed into the ground, badly hurt as Lee could barely stand from using that technique. He looked at Gaara and saw him still conscious, lifting his hand to surely crush the weakened Gennin.

Lee could barely stand and he felt as if all his muscles were on fire but he won against someone who was clearly a natural genius. However before he could celebrate his leg and arm were brutally crushed by sand. Baki shouted at Gaara "Gaara! Stand down!" Gaara glared up at the Suna Jounin before all of the sand in the room converged on him, reforming his armor and gourd before slowly walking back up to the balcony.

Hayate decided to call the match as he declared Gaara the winner.

In the Balcony

Gai looked at the injuries his student had acquired, weeping silently at Lee losing his career at such a young age. His silent weeping was interrupted by a calm voice," You may have taught him many things to become strong, but apparently, you forgot to teach him one important thing, which is considered the one lesson that every shinobi must learn."

Facing Naruto, Gai asked," And that would be?"

Naruto smirked and replied," When to retreat. If you had shown him when to actually retreat, he would have been willing to give up at the primary lotus."

There was a thirty minute break as the judges fixed the arena from the fight between Lee and Gaara.

Lee had been taken to Konoha's hospital due to his injuries so Gai could not visit him. The next match appeared on the screen

Hayate announced," Will Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji report to the arena."

There was an instant answer given by Choji," I do not wish to fight Shikamaru , so I forfeit."

Shikamaru grew angry," Why did you say that first, now I would have to compete in the finals. What a troublesome situation."

Hayate sweat dropped at the antics of the Nara before announcing Shikamaru the winner. Looking at the board, he noticed that this was the last match. He called out," Will Inuzuka Kiba and Uzumaki Naruto report to the arena.

Naruto grinned sadistically as Kiba shouted," It's our lucky day Akamaru, we got the easiest opponent, we will end the fight quickly."

Naruto seemed to glide over the stairs and faced Kiba in the arena. Kiba gave him a cocky grin and spoke in an arrogant tone," Give up dead-last, you have no chance against me."

Naruto glanced at Hayate and said," Start the match, it is about time someone collared this mutt. He needs some long overdue lessons in manners."

Kiba grew angry at that and charged Naruto just as Hayate started the match. Kiba threw a right jab towards Naruto's face but his hand was blocked by Naruto. Jumping back Kiba took out a kunai and used a jutsu taught by Kurenai-sensei

"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" The single kunai turned into thirty, all of which were moving towards Naruto in a fast speed. The force was so great that Naruto fell back with multiple organs pierced by the kunai.

In the Balcony

The Gennin were horrified, the jounin sensei were shocked and Sarutobi was distraught as they saw the dead-last, the most unpredictable ninja, Uzumaki Naruto get pierced by a hail of kunai. Kiba was also shocked but he quickly recovered and said," Proctor, please call the match, the dobe won't be waking up any time soon."

As Hayate started to announce the winner a low chuckle was heard which quickly drowned away any noise in the stadium. Kiba, Hayate, the Jounin and Hokage along with every other person in the stadium looked at the corpse of Naruto; which was giggling and chuckling. Everyone was shocked as Naruto stood up from the ground while the weapons were still embedded in his body. His chuckling transformed into insane laughter as the weapons were slowly pushed out of his body. Looking at Kiba, he spoke in a manic voice," Is that all you have got dog? Such a weak and pathetic attack can never hope to kill me, let me show you how to use a weapon."

With that, everyone saw as Naruto withdrew a silver L-shaped metal contraption and raised it above his head, bringing it down in front of his eyes while his other hand balanced the long part of the contraption.( The pose Alucard makes during his fight in Cheddar in Hellsing Ultimate)

"Do you know what this weapon is, it's a gun, more specifically a Casull which is my oldest and most favorite one. Let's see how you fare against its modified projectile." spoke Naruto in a soft tone.

The only thing the audience heard was a bang followed by Kiba's scream. As the collective Nin looked at Kiba, they saw him holding a shoulder which was bleeding profusely. Kiba was in pain so Akamaru took the initiative and quickly dashed at Naruto. Naruto was interrupted by the dog and saw him as nothing but an annoyance.

In a clean movement, Naruto fired his Casull that shot at one of the hind legs of Akamaru, which resulted in injuring it.

In the Balcony

Every person in the balcony was shocked at the weapon and the cruelty shown by Naruto. After his little waking from the dead act, he openly mocked Kiba and hurt Akamaru without any mercy. This was not the Naruto they knew; this was a monster from the pits of hell.

"What the hell did you do Kakashi? No dead-last becomes this powerful or cruel in such a short time. I know for one that his tenant is not influencing him. Also what is with the weapon? I have never seen such a weapon." Asuma expressed his concern.

Gai turned to his student, "Neji-kun, can you find about this weapon? It would help all of us."

Neji activated his Byakugan and looked at Naruto firing his weapon at Kiba's feet to make him jump, all the while laughing in an insane tone. Understanding the mechanism, he answered," The weapon is a modified one. Initially, it was used to fire something else but now, it has seals covering its surface which take just enough chakra amount of chakra that is required for a Kawarimi and concentrated and molds it into a conical shape which is fired at very high velocity. There is a sealing signature as to who made these weapons."

At this, all the Jounin were curious as to who made such weapons. Neji looked carefully and answered," It has two different sealing signatures. One is Uzumaki Kushina."

This shocked everyone in the balcony. The people who knew Naruto's mother were surprised that she could make such efficient and powerful weapon. The people who did not knew assumed that she was Naruto's relative who made it.

Kakashi asked Neji," And the second signature?"

Neji looked serious at that and said two words that caused all the jaws to drop," Namikaze Minato."

In the Arena

Kiba was tired. Dodging these weird weapons for the past fifteen minutes really ate up his stamina while his opponent looked fresh as a daisy. Looking at Naruto he saw a bored expression on his face," I am bored Kiba. I hoped that you could provide me with some entertainment, but it turns out that you are more pathetic than I took you for."

Kiba gritted his teeth at the insult. His shoulder injury had paralyzed his right arm, he was low on chakra and his stamina had given out. Akamaru was also injured but he would live. Kiba was nothing if not stubborn.

"Well, since you were unable to provide any entertainment to me, I hope you can entertain Baskerville."

This confused Kiba and other people in the stadium. Who the hell was Baskerville?

Naruto gave a malicious grin and started the hand signs for Kuchiyose no Jutsu. Naruto thought,' It was a good thing that I was able to modify Kuchiyose no Jutsu. Now I can summon my familiars without releasing the Restriction System.'

What Naruto summoned was something that completely terrified the people in the stadium. Standing next to Naruto was a large dog with many red eyes on it. The countless eyes looked at Kiba with hate as Kiba was on the verge of pissing himself. Before anyone could react, Baskerville charged at Kiba with a great dash.

This time, Kiba did piss himself and thought just one thing,' Fuck the pride; if that demonic dog catches me, I am dog food.' Quickly raising his hand Kiba yelled out," I forfeit."

Naruto looked quite annoyed at that and yelled," Why did you forfeit? It was going to be the best part where Baskerville would have torn and ate you up. You just had to ruin my fun."

Kiba was really scared and decided that it was time to leave the arena. With some hesitance, Sandaime Hokage looked at the assembled Gennin.

"Now that the preliminaries have been completed, we will draw slots for the final examination," the Hokage announced.

"The Final competition will be held in one month's time," the Hokage said. "This will give you all time to recover from your injuries, as well as train to get stronger. Also it will give our VIPs time to arrive, as the Chunnin Exams are very important to the villages that participate, as they are able to impress clients who will bring more missions to the villages. Now then, you will each select a number at random from this box."

Anko stepped forward and each Gennin withdrew a slip of paper.

"If you would please give the number you have chosen, starting with you Naruto?" the Hokage asked.

"One," Naruto said.

"Six," said Temari, holding up her slip.

"Seven," Kankuro said with a grin.

"Three," Sasuke said.

"Eight," Shino said in his monotone.

"Four," Gaara said.

"Two," Neji said, glaring over at Naruto, who met the Hyuga's gaze evenly.

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"Which means I have five," muttered Shikamaru.

"So the pairings are set, please take a good look at who you will be facing in the first round," Anko said, holding up a piece of paper.

Match one: Uzumaki Naruto vs. Hyuuga Neji

Match two: Uchiha Sasuke vs. Sabaku no Gaara

Match three: Nara Shikamaru vs. Sabaku no Temari

Match four: Sabaku no Kankuro vs. Aburame Shino

"There you have it, now I wish you all good luck in the upcoming competition," the Hokage said. "Train hard and make your villages proud."

"Wait, if this is a tournament then does only one of us become a Chunnin?" Kankuro asked.

"No, you don't have to win the competition to be promoted," the Hokage said. "In fact, you could lose your first match and still be promoted. The Chunnin selections are based on your skill, rather than if you win or lose. Though the more times you defeat your opponent, the more opportunities you get to show the judges your strengths."

"So, you're saying that all of us or even none of us could be promoted?" Shikamaru asked. The Hokage nodded. "What a drag." he muttered.

"Now then, you will all be escorted from the tower and free to do as you wish for the next month," the Hokage said.

AN1- Thank you for your reviews. Sorry for a slow update, I had exams.

AN2- The rating of this story will change. Someone correctly pointed out that no Hellsing Xover should have a T rating.

AN3- I have some doubts about this chapter related to Naruto's personality. Reviews about that would be much appreciated

AN4- Next chapter - Summoning Contract and Training