Naruto strutted into the final arena, his entourage at his heels. Oh he was going to OWN this tournament! He felt a smug grin cross his face as he fantasized about winning against everyone, especially Sasuke.

"Easy Naruto, if your ego gets any bigger it'll explode." Madara said, as they stood in line next to Shikamaru. Naruto stuck his tongue out at the old Uchiha.

"Take your own advice Old Man!" Hashirama chuckled.

"He got you there Madara." Madara glared at him for a few seconds before turning his head away with a huff. Hashirama returned his attention to Naruto. "Well Naruto-kun? You ready to win this tournament?" Naruto flashed him a thumbs-up.

"Definitely!" The Proctor, who was most definitely not the same guy from the Prelims, coughed to gain their attention. Naruto frowned at him. "Hey, who're you?"

"Shirunai Genma. I'm your new proctor for the Third Exam because Hayate's... on a mission." Naruto's frowned deepened as Genma pulled a napkin from his vest pocket. "One of the competitors has dropped out last minute, so there are some changes to the schedule." Naruto gave the new schedule a glance, before noting that his matches didn't change. "Has everyone seen who they are now battling?" Everyone nodded. "Good. Now, will Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Neji please step forward? The rest of you may head up those stairs there to the competitor's booth." Naruto grinned and stepped towards the Proctor, as did Neji. Neji gave him a scathing glare, which Naruto chose to ignore. "Are the two competitors ready?" Naruto dropped into an offensive stance, while Neji just crossed his arms. Genma glanced between them before raising a hand. "Ready?" He thrust his arm down and jumped back with a shout of, "FIGHT!"

Naruto ran forwards with a shout, a fist raised. Neji continued to glare as he dodged. Naruto shouted again and launched a sloppy kick at Neji's legs. A kick Neji just leaped over and returned with his own, sending naruto flying back towards his entourage. Naruto groaned as he sat up. Hashirama gave him a concerned look-over.

"Naruto-kun, are you alright?" Naruto huffed and nodded.

"Yeah, yeah, I''m fine." Naruto jumped to his feet and placed his hands into a cross-shaped seal. "Take this! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto poured a lot of chakra into the jutsu, causing just over a hundred of himself to appear. Neji's eyes widened just a little as each Naruto came rushing towards him, fists raised high. Hashirama cheered loudly while Madara rolled his eyes. Tobirama didn't say or do anything, as he was more focused on looking around the arena. As Naruto attempted to hurt Neji, Tobirama turned to his brother and Madara.

"Do you two feel that?" Hashirama blinked and gave him a look.

"Feel what?"

"That chakra." Tobirama gestured around, as if that answered Hashirama's question. Madara raised a brow before focusing his chakra and trying to detect what Tobirama had. Hashirama followed his lead. Tobirama concentrated on the familiar chakra he had felt, only to feel it slink away and disappear. "Shit, it's gone!" Tobirama cursed as Hashirama frowned, gaining a contemplating look.

"It felt really familiar. Kinda like my chakra does, now that I think on it." Madara started to chuckle darkly, causing the brothers to look at him. "Madara? What is it?"

"Heh heheheheh..." Madara's Sharingan whirled to life as his gaze lifted to the Kage's Box. "The hidden hebi is back." Hashirama's eyes widened, while Tobirama's narrowed. Before either brother could respond, they suddenly heard loud cheering, from both Naruto and the crowd. The three revived ninja returned their attention to the fight, only to realize that, in their private chakra detection party, they had missed the entire thing. Hashirama gained a sheepish look as Naruto bounded towards them happily, if a bit dirty and a few bruises dotting his arms and face.

"Ne, ne, ne, ne! Didja see that Hashirama-jiji! I was soooooooooo cool! I kicked Neji's perverted ass!" Hashirama gulped and forced a grin onto his face.

"I sure did! Y-You were great Naruto! How about, a-after this, I buy you ramen!" Hashirama lied horribly, and let out a boisterous laugh that sounded decidedly fake. Madara rolled his eyes as Tobirama shook his head. Naruto cheered loudly once again, before running towards the stairs, the three revived ninja at his heels. Madara turned to Hashirama.

"You still suck at lying."

A/N: Here we go, a longer chapter to make up for the waiting time. Sorry about that too, I had exams and I'm finally graduating high-school. Expect another chapter soon! (within the week!)