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Chapter 98 Surprises

The streets where already filled with partiers as the demon felines started celebrating the fact that their Queen had taken home the championship title in the female tournament. Most seamed to forgotten the fact that for the first time in seven tournaments there was no feline fighting for the championship of the male tournament. Already photos where handing out images taken from the fight, most commonly either the moment when Hinata won or when Gamba carried her off the field.

While the people where party their Queen was resting in a private medical treatment center under the arena. Sitting at her side with his hand on top of her was their King, Gamba.

"You know my King you don't have to stay here, the Queen is totally safe." explained the doctor "All her cuts are healed and her broken arm will take time but nothing more."

"He can just be a worry wart sometime, doctor." explained Hinata with a smile as she lied on a medical bed surrounded by at least a dozen of the best doctors in the feline kingdom.

"I thought you would still be out from lack of Chakra my Queen." explained the doctor as Hinata laughed a bit.

"I recover fast." laughed Hinata as she sat up in bed only to grab her broken arm.

"You should rest." ordered the one of the doctors.

"I have gone through worst." explained Hinata as she winced a bit from the still healing arm. "Can I have a sling or something?"

"Of course." Stuttered one of the doctors as the lioness rushed to put a sling over her Queen's shoulder. Carefully she placed Hinata's arm in the sling, letting it rest ever so gently.

"Thank you." responded Hinata "But the people have to see that I am ok and I have to have a little talk with Sakura."

"Alright, but if you feel light headed please find the nearest seat and call us." explained the doctor

"Will do." answered Hinata as she and Gamba quickly left the room only to be instantly surrounded by royal guards as they walked down one of the many underground tunnels which ran under the stadium.

"Why do you have to talk to Sakura?" asked Gamba

"Just something bugging me." answered Hinata as they neared the demon fox locker room. Standing by the door were two guards.

"If it is ok, I would like to talk with Sakura." Asked Hinata as the demon foxes blinked, they hadn't expected to see the King and Queen of the largest nation in the demon world appear before them yet alone have the Queen make a request of them.

"Let me ask." Answered one of the foxes as he opened the door. "Queen Hinata wants to have a word with you."

"Of course." answered Sakura's voice on the other side of the door as the guards opened the door to show Sakura resting on a medical bed just like she had been. Standing beside her was Naruto just like Gamba had been only minutes before.

"Stay out here." ordered Gamba as he and Hinata entered the room, leaving the four of them alone in the room.

"You look like shit." laughed Sakura as she looked at Hinata.

"I could say the same thing to you." responded Hinata

"I hate to ask this why are you here?" asked Sakura

"Sakura did you let me win?" asked Hinata bluntly as Sakura blinked.

"Hinata, you won that fight fair and square." explained Gamba

"I know I could but I thought it would have been harder." explained Hinata as she looked at Sakura "You have a lot of chakra and you shouldn't have run out on the field out there."

"True." Stated Sakura as she stood up "However that Thunder God technic that Naruto's father taught me takes a shit tone of chakra, I am just able to do three jumps before running out of chakra."

"Still." said Hinata

"Hinata, you won. Enjoy the moment will you." offered up Sakura "If you have to worry about anything worry about what Sasuke will do when he and Naruto-kun go at it."

"Don't worry, there will be three referees on the field with them." Explained Gamba "And if Sasuke wants the title he will have to follow the ruling of those referees."

"Gamba-kun, I love you but you don't know the monster that is Sasuke Uchiha." explained Hinata as a chill of fear ran up her spin "This match isn't to decide the winner of the tournament, it is a death match and there is a good chance that only one of them will walk out of there alive."

"If it gets too out of hand we will drop the barrier containing them within the field and storm the field and force the match to end." Explained Gamba "We will have our strongest warriors standing by in case that comes to past."

"I hope that is enough." answered Naruto as Sakura stood up.

"Well do you want to grab something to eat Naruto-kun?" asked Sakura as she looked at her love.

"I can't." answered Naruto sadly "Since I am in the next fight I can't leave."

"Shit." complained Sakura as she paused for a moment and just looked at him.

"Don't worry I will be fine." reassured Naruto with a smile "Besides you know I saved the best for our old teammate."

"I know but it will not stop me from worrying." admitted Sakura

"I know." Answered Naruto as he stood up and gently kissed

"Tell my parents not to worry I will be fine." Expressed Naruto as Sakura nodded her head.

"I'll try but they are going to worry about you almost as much as me." Explained Sakura as she looked up at the wall mounted clock. "You have two hours before your match even starts."

"I know but I need the time to gather my thoughts." Explained Naruto with a smile.

"Well then we will leave you to your thoughts." Added Gamba as he and Hinata walked out, for the longest time Sakura remained just looking at him.

"Go or my parents will worry about both of us." Explained Naruto as Sakura finally walked out leaving Naruto alone.

The hours seam to pass slowly for Naruto as he waited for his match to begin, his first sign that it was nearly time was when he heard the sound of thousands of footsteps as the stadium above him started to fill up.

As the time came for the match to begin the doors leading out into the tunnel opened up.

"Here goes." said Naruto to himself as he stood up and headed out of the room. He expected to be led out to the tunnel to start the match just like the other two matches before however instead he was lead into a small elevator.

"What is going on?" asked Naruto to one of the aid

"You will see." answered an aid as the doors closed as the elevator started up. A few moments later the doors opened and Naruto stepped out into the blinding natural sunlight as the crowd roared all around him.

"And now welcome to the field Naruto Namikaze the youngest demon fox to get 12 tails strength." Stated the announcer as Naruto blink multiple times as his eyes adjusted to the flood of light. Naruto looked around at the now changed arena field only to groan a bit.

"Oh course they would set this up." stated Naruto as he looked at where he was standing. Currently he was standing on top of a full size version of the same statue which he had stood on all those years ago when he first tried to bring Sasuke back to the village. He scanned the arena only to see that somehow the demon lions had recreated the Valley of the End.

"Looks familiar doesn't it dead last." Hissed Sasuke as Naruto turned his gaze toward his former teammate now a demon snake who was across the way from him on his own statue.

"Yes." admitted Naruto as he turned his gaze away from his enemy toward his family. He quickly spotted his family and friends all looking up at him. "However unlike last time I am not trying to bring you back to the village."

"Well I do see on thing good about this." added Sasuke with a sick grin "All these people are going to see your defeat."

"We shall see." rebutted Naruto as a the referee this time a demon lion began going over the rules. Standing on either side of him was a demon snake referee and the demon Naruto would always know as the Kyuubi, Kado.

"Now I want a clean match." stated the lion referee as Naruto and Sasuke both nodded their heads.

"Alright, this match is for the championship title." restated the referee "Begin."

To everyone's amazement neither Naruto nor Sasuke moved for a moment as the two of them simply glared at each other for a moment. For what seemed like the longest time neither one of them moved as the wind caused Naruto's fur to move ever so slightly. Then suddenly it was if someone had told both of them to go, as both of them ran though hand signs.

"Giant fireball justu!" yelled Sasuke as he started breathing out a giant ball of fire larger than anyone seen in the tournament before.

"Air bullet!" yelled Naruto as a stream of air flew out of his hands cutting the fireball in half forming a protective cone around him. When the justu passed Naruto expected to see Sasuke coming at him however instead he discovered that Sasuke had disappeared from his starting position.

"Were are you?" thought Naruto as suddenly a small spike of lighting landed beside his foot. His head snapped toward the source only to see Sasuke was slithering at almost unheard of speed around the edge of the arena, his hand was covered with his signature move the Chidori.

Naruto ran though hand signs before slamming his hands onto the stone ground. Instantly the stone shot up forming a protective barrier between him and the incoming chidori shards. The shards went deep into the stone as Naruto jumped from behind cover as he dashed toward Sasuke.

"What is he doing!" yelled his brother Seth as he along with the rest of the crowed watched as Naruto started engaging in close quarter combat against Sasuke. "Doesn't he know that snakes are masters at close up fights, he needs to fight at a distance. One bite and he is dead."

"Don't worry." explained Sakura as Naruto delivered a powerfully punch to Sasuke's face as the two of them began chasing each other around the arena.

"Rasengan!" yelled Naruto as he slammed a small quickly formed Rasengan against the hardened scaly skin of Sasuke. The blow simply bounced off Sasuke's skin as Sasuke whipped his tail around in an attempt to slam Naruto who simply jumped over the attack. The two of them moved around the arena at ever increasing speed and hitting each other with even greater force. Finally the two of them moved apart near the center of the arena on top of the lake which now covered the field. The sound of thousands of chirping birds filled the air at the same moment a giant wind so powerful that it caused giant waves to form over the lake all the waves forming white caps on the tops. A massive amount of lightening chakra gathered around Sasuke's right hand as a massive amount of swirling wind chakra gathered around Naruto's left hand.

"RASENGAN!" yelled Naruto as he bolted forward with his Rasengan in hand

"CHIDORI!" yelled Sasuke as he slithered toward Naruto. The two powerful justus slammed into each other causing a blinding flash of light to fill the arena, a second later a powerful explosion sent both of them flying backwards end over end bouncing a bit into the water before both of them came to rest.

The crowd roared as Naruto and Sasuke got back onto their feet expecting both of them to pick up where they started however instead both of them just stood there for a moment to gather themselves.

"Well that was a nice warm up don't you think?" asked Sasuke as Naruto laughed a bit as he stretched a bit.

"Ya, it loosened me up a bit haven't had to do any real fighting in a while." explained Naruto as he creaked his knuckles a bit. The crowed was a gasped if what they were saying was true this entire fight so far which had seen some of the strongest hand to hand combat was nothing more than a warm up. "However I can't help but wonder why you placed those seals on the ground while we were chasing each other around."

"So you noticed them." laughed Sasuke "Well you are the master of seals don't you know what it is?"

"If I got a clear look at it yes, but I haven't had a chance yet." explained Naruto

"Well why don't I just show you." Stated Sasuke as he ran though hand signs before slamming his palm into the surface of the water. Almost instantly eight beams of light shot out of Sasuke's hand radiating outward toward the seals he had placed along the edge of the arena. For a moment nothing happened and then eight beams of lights shot up from the seals arching inward to a center point high above them. The light which had been focused on the eight pillars began to fan out covering the whole area before fading away into nothing.

"What did you do?" asked the lion referee who now had the other two referees standing beside him.

"You know what I just did don't you?" asked Sasuke with a grin as Naruto nodded his head.

"I figured you would do something like that?" expressed Naruto as he looked at Sasuke "It's called a caging seal, you seal an arena off from the outside world, no one can get in or out and the more you attack it the stronger it is. The question is what level you used."

"A level 4." answered Sasuke

"Of course you did, that means there is only two way out." stated Naruto "Either you release it or I kill you."

"As head referee for this match I order you to release this seal or be remove you from the tournament." ordered the referee as he moved toward Sasuke not realizing what he was walking into. The referee never stood a chance as Sasuke sent his fist through the lion's chest. The crowd gasped as their referee fell to the ground dead sank to the bottom of the lake.

"What the hell are you doing!" yelled snake referee "You are going to lose the championship for us!"

Sasuke said nothing as he sent his other fist though his own referee stomach.

"The championship title means nothing to me, I don't give a flying fuck about you our the demon snakes only killing Naruto matters right now." yelled Sasuke as the snake referee died in pain leaving only him, Naruto and the Kado still alive in the arena.

"Kado run!" yelled Naruto but it was too late as Sasuke sent a chidori sharp spear through Kado's head killing him instantly.

"Now it is just you and me dead last, one of us will walk out alive the other will leave in a body bag." Laughed Sasuke as the crowed began to panic as they released what was really going on. "Are you ready to go at it for real?"

"Well if we are going to go all out I might as well put all my cards on the table." Explained Naruto as Chakra began dancing around him as his twelve tails appeared behind him. Sasuke just rolled his eyes and watched as Naruto kept building up more and more chakra, suddenly his 12 tails became 13 and then14 before a 15th appeared. "Now I am ready."

"What?" asked Sasuke visibility stunned at what he saw, he knew there hadn't been a 15 tailed demon fox since the founding of the demon fox village. "How in the world?"

Flashback almost a year ago

"So we are full demons now?" asked Naruto as he looked at Sakura who had just become a pink demon fox after they had matted the night before.

"Yes." said Sakura "And your mom is expecting us up there in a few minutes."

"Well we better get going." added Naruto as he sat up from the bed and headed toward the door.

"Wait." ordered Sakura as Naruto spun around.

"What?" asked Naruto

"Hold still." ordered Sakura as Naruto raised an eyebrow as Sakura began pointing at things behind him. "My God, 15."

"15 what?" asked Naruto

"Tails." added Sakura as Naruto's head snapped around as he counted the moving tails behind him.

"Wow…that is a lot." added Naruto "Dad is only a 9 tailed how do you think everyone else will react to this?"

"Not well." answered Sakura as Naruto blinked. "Think they may speed up taking humans if they see that a former human could have 15 tails and what about your brother, he is already jealous of you this will not help."

"What do I do?" asked Naruto seeking advice

"Try to condense them into something smaller." Ordered Sakura as Naruto focused as much as he could as three of his tails condensed down making him into a 12 tailed.

"Naruto Sakura are you coming up soon." yelled Kushina's voice from upstairs.

"Crap I can't get it lower." added Naruto

"It will have to do." added Sakura "Just hid your strength ok?"

"Ok." confirmed Naruto as the two of them headed upstairs

End Flashback

"What can I say I am full of surprises and this is just the tip of the iceberg of what I can do." stated Naruto with a grin.

I am sorry for the delay my so called part time job has me doing about 63 hours a week. Now I hope you enjoy this chapter and the little surprise I had with Naruto and his true strength. Now I have posted clips of what I am currently thinking about for my next story after I finish this one and finally finish Clash of Worlds. You can go vote for which one you would like on my profile. Now until next time please keep reading, thanks Wilkins75