Still don't own Naruto

Chapter 28: The Shadow Vs The Sage

Yugito was currently looking through several stores for something nice to wear for her date that night, normally an attractive woman looking for a nice dress was no big deal, but this was Yugito she had never accepted a date from anyone and had only ever been seen in her ninja attire, this abnormality had drawn a small crowd.

"what does she think she is doing" one man whispered not too quietly.

"I don't know, she probably finally accepted some guys date offer, bet she doesn't even notice that nobody in this town really likes her" another said not even bothering to hush his voice.

"So what, I would fuck her I mean look at her, she's easily one of the hottest chick's in the village, I wouldn't keep the bitch around though I don't want no demon as a girlfriend, who would" this time the man almost yelled it, hoping she could hear.

Yugito could hear them and despite the fact she knew nothing they said mattered in her relationship it still hurt. She tried desperately to not listen until a womans voice came to her ear.

"You know you might be wrong and she does have a proper date with someone who might be genuinely interested. That bitch was walking around the village with a chunin from Konoha earlier today and I have to say he was smoking hot" a tall thin red headed female said, this received a few looks of interest.

"heh he has it lucky then, sham to see such a fine piece of ass go to a some foreign scum though" a shorter man with glasses said "well what's this guy look like"

"Oh he was tall had a light tan, nothing as dark as most of the people from Kumo but it looked more like a light bronze, his body was to die for, wearing a big red cape like thing but it was pretty badly torn, bright blue eyes, and finally his hair was spiky and yellow had bangs the framed his face that had these adorable whisker marks" the woman replied a small blush coming to her cheeks as she thought about the blond. "I wonder if he will give me a go after hes finished with that, thing"

Yugito heard this and instinctively let out a small hiss and some killer intent from her spot as she was looking at a small red dress, this didn't seem to faze the observing group as they continued talking about Naruto without a care in the world.

"Oh I saw him a few days ago, he has this aura of power about him just like Bee-sama and Raikage-sama" a smaller woman said as she too had a blush

"Who is this guy is he an envoy or something" an older man said, "we should ask this jonnin, they are all informed of what foreign diplomats are in the village"

Walking down the street was a dark tanned man with silver hair carrying a large cleaver and looking rather bored. "Ah Darui Senpai" a tall chunin who was in the group greeted upon the arrival of the worlds laziest ninja that was outside a certain clan in Konoha.

"Yo" Darui said as he stopped his walk to let out a yawn.

"Um, Senpai, I was wondering if you had any information on the blond from Konoha, we have seen him around the village and we would like to know his name" the chunin said tentatively.

"Wha? You mean you haven't heard, man its the talk of all the jonnin at the moment. That kid is Naruto Namikaze, the son of the yellow flash" Darui yawned.

Needless to say the group as a whole looked like they had just been told the Raikage was a woman, there mouths were so far open they were in serious danger of having to hire a retrieval crew just to locate them they were so far deep in the ground.

Yugito had used this moment of the crowds utter bewilderment to slip past them, having picked out a dress she was confident Naruto would be blown away by she decided to run home quickly and change.

(Somewhere North of Tenshi Bridge)

Orochimaru was sitting in a chair coughing and spitting out small amounts of blood. His battle with Naruto had certainly taken its toll, the hebi-sennin would only be able to last a few more months in this body, he had hoped to make it last at least a year longer, but his rapid shedding of his skin multiple times had decreased the amount of time his body would last drastically.

"Where were you, you were supposed to train me" came a slow drawl from behind him, even after all these years the Uchiha hadn't changed and even though you couldn't see his it, you could tell there was an arrogant smirk on the face of Sasuke Uchiha.

Orochimaru didn't respond instead his assistant answered for him "Orochimaru-sama cant train for a few days, he is recovering from a battle" Kabuto said readjusting his glasses.

"A battle huh who was it, that old teammate of yours, or one of the Akatsuki, I cant imagine anyone else doing something like that to you" Sasuke sneered

"It wasn't either, but you would be interested in who it was" Kabuto teased Sasuke knowing that he would want to know if there was another strong warrior out there.

"Hn, fine who is it, if I know them it was probably that pathetic old sensei of mine Kakashi" Sasuke said arrogantly.

"Nope it wasn't Kakashi Hatake... …. It was Naruto Uzumaki, although I think he has a new name now, now he is known and Naruto Namikaze, from the research I have done since the fight he has killed at least one member of the Akatsuki, and they have given him a do not approach rating. He is far superior to you now Sasuke-kun, I guess you didn't do a very good job killing him, I hope your more sure when you kill your brother" Kabuto said with a smirk.

The second he had finished Sasuke unsheathed his katana and went to move to attack the egotistical medic when Orochimaru finally spoke.

"Sasuke, don't, we need Kabuto for my research... And Kabuto when were you planing to tell me he was that mans son" Orochimaru spat before he coughed up some more blood.

"What man, the dobe is an orphan, a clanless looser" Sasuke spat, the fact that Naruto had hurt Orochimaru this badly had been like yet another slap in the face to him "I bet he used the Kyuubi to do that right" he said thinking Naruto would never be able to do that with his own power.

"I'm afraid not, Naruto-kun has become far stronger than we could of ever known, he did not use one ounce of Kyuubi's chakra. And to answer your first question, Naruto is the son of the Yondaime Hokage, would that be what you consider a 'clanless looser'" Kabuto paused enjoying the look of outrage on the Uchiha's face. "Orochimaru-sama the reason I came here was to tell you what I have found out, unfortunately Konoha has no more information on the boys abilities"

Orochimaru sat there for awhile before getting up and slowly making his way to his room, aided by the silver haired medic.

(Kumo)

Naruto had been looking through the clothes that he had brought with him to find something to wear on his date, he knew they had been on many dates before but this somehow felt different, he wanted to impress Yugito and treat her to a nice night out.

Naruto finally decided on a black button up shirt with the Uzumaki swirl over his heart, black dress pants and his white cloak that had Namikaze embroidered on the back, with the white cloak on the illusion was complete and anyone who saw him would have sworn they were looking right at the Yondaime Hokage.

'Hope Yugi-chan likes what I'm wearing' he thought as he left his room to the meeting place in a nearby park they had agreed on.

Naruto left the hotel and crossed the road into the small park, it was only a small journey but Naruto had become aware of several people staring at him and muttering. This didn't bother Naruto as he was used to the stares by now although he hoped they wouldn't bother him during his night out.

Any thoughts of the sort soon faded way into the back of his mind along with every other rational thought except one 'Holy shit'.

There was Yugito standing with a strapless purple dress that went to her ankles and showed off a decent portion of cleavage, there was a slit along the right leg that stopped about half way up her thigh, it lightly clung tightly to her perfect curves.

They just stood there staring at each other, both seemed lost for words that was until Naruto finally was able to stammer out a barely audible "Wow".

It was a simple statement but it seemed to click them back to reality. "You look good yourself, so handsome Naruto-kun you look good in white" Yugito said, she was happy with the effect she was having on him.

"You look, well I think I already said it, WOW, your always beautiful Yugi-chan,but this... just wow, I think if people see us go out like this there going to know there is something between us" Naruto said, it had been a thought in the back of his mind all afternoon but he thought if they just looked like a diplomat and an escort it would not prove much of a problem, her in this dress however, screamed date as there was no way anyone would wear something so amazing for some random foreign diplomat unless they were really important, something Naruto, at least in his opinion was not.

"I don't care, I want to be seen with you as a couple, and if people oppose it" she thought for a minute then gave him a determined glare then leaned in so she was breathing into his ear "then you will just have to kidnap me" she cooed so lightly only he could hear.

Naruto got a big smirk on his face and wrapped his arms around her waist giving her a light kiss on the lips. "Try and stop me" he laughed and they began to walk towards the restaurant district, Naruto with his arm holding her firmly into his side defensively as if to say 'she's mine'.

There walk to the restaurant Yugito had picked out had hardly been long, but it had enough time for both Naruto and Yugito to realize they were being watched by everyone. Yugito received open Glares from some of the women while others just looked at Naruto clear lust in there eye's. The men on the other hand were split as well, half were afraid to show any signs of aggression or jealousy towards someone like the son of the yellow flash. After Darui's little conversation in front of the clothing store now the whole village knew the son of the strongest Hokage was in the village. Another group of men were not so restrained in there leering at the couple.

All of it stopped however when one foolish group decided too, for lack of a better word 'warn' the teen away from Yugito. "Hey Namikaze, you shouldn't be wasting your time with her shes nothing but the demon bitch!, you should be dating some Konoha royalty or something not the shame of Kumo like she is, let us take her off your hands for you"

The man who had been foolish enough to interfere with there date was soon on his knees emptying his stomach, killer intent rolled off of Naruto and filled the street, many couldn't stand, and this man was receiving the full directed force of it "Don't. You. Ever. Call. Her. That. Again" he said his eyes were now blood red and slitted as he glared into the man's eyes who backed away falling on his ass before turning to run. Needless to say the trip to the restaurant went smoothly and quietly after that.

They arrived at a large seafood place which didn't surprise Naruto at all, he had known about her love for sushi, when they entered the restaurant Naruto was pleased to see that here at least people treated Yugito kindly.

"Ah Yugito-chan here for dinner again I take it, and who is this" an older woman around 35 asked eying Naruto appreciatively.

"Ah yes Kalli-chan this is Naruto, my boyfriend, Naruto this is Kalli-chan, she used to look after me and get my food when I was younger and the counsel were punishing me for not improving enough in my training or doing something wrong" Yugito said introducing Naruto to the waitress, she was dark like most of the population of Kumo and had short auburn hair, she was slightly taller than Yugito and as she was not a kunoichi had a small amount of puppy fat in her face that cave her a look of a very caring person.

"Boyfriend... That's a shocker little Yugito-chan has turned down every date she has ever been asked to go on, yet you come along and bam just like that" Kalli said

Naruto blushed and scratched his head in a way that was uniquely Naruto. "Well we have a lot in common I suppose" Naruto said not wanting to give away to much about himself or there realtionship.

Kalli just gave a smile and a shrug and showed the pair to a quiet table at the back where there was little chance of being seen by others eating in the restaurant.

"Well she is at least nice apart from the Raikage you don't seem to have many friends, those people on the street if we weren't in your village I would have turned them all into toad's for what they said about you" Naruto said sadly.

"Don't worry about it Naru-kun lets just order and have a nice meal" she offered.

"Alright... for you. I'm going to have the mixed sea food ramen, how many plates of sushi do you want" he asked knowing she could easily eat multiple plates of her favorite form of seafood.

"Three I think, seeing as your paying you can spoil me, before I spoil you later" she said seductively getting the desired blush out of Naruto before he left to order there food.

They sat and quietly chatted while they ate, mostly about some of the adventures Naruto had with the Toads during his three year exodus. Yugito enjoyed the way Naruto would still be childish sometimes and acted out several events causing her to giggle.

When they had finished Naruto paid for the meal. He had saved a lot of money and still received his weekly chunin wage while away so his poor 'Gama-chan' wallet was not abused to badly in paying for there dinner.

Yugito then took Naruto on a walk up a large mountain on the edge of the village claiming it was her favorite spot, and Naruto soon found out why. From the peak they could see the lights of Kumo illuminating the nights sky on one side, while on the other the full moon cast an eery glow over the whole valley that Kumo was located in, clouds would hug the cliffs and mountainsides in a way that made it obvious why they were in the village hidden in the clouds.

"It's beautiful up here" Naruto whispered enjoying the view as he sat beside Yugito, she had her head resting on his shoulder, while he had an arm holding her tightly into his side in a loving embrace"

"Yeah I come up here to think or to hide from the villagers, only shinobi can get up here so it is like a small sanctuary" Yugito said thinking back to all the times she had come up here "But this would have to be my favorite trip here, I have never been this happy here before" Yugito said and gave Naruto a light kiss on the cheek that turned into a heated make out session.

They stayed on the mountain in an epic tongue battle for close to an hour before Yugito jumped up dragging Naruto Naruto with her as she began to run down the mountainside not caring her hair was now messy and flying around wildly and her dress had wrinkles and looked like it had been thrown around the floor and not cleaned, which in a way it had.

"where are you taking me now Yugi-chan" Naruto asked playfully adding a boost of speed to come up beside her as she ran.

"Home" was all she said as she led Naruto through unexplored streets before they came to a small apartment complex.

Naruto made a shadow clone and sent it back to the hotel. He didn't want people to suspect they were a couple anymore than they already had, a futile objective as by now the whole village was talking about there little trip to the seafood restaurant.

Yugito didn't care what he was doing or where he sent his clone she just opened the door and dragged him inside and slammed the door while she hungrily claimed Naruto's lips with her own again.

(The Next Morning)

Naruto had awoken for the second day in a row with Yugito purring contently into his chest, this time he was sure she was awake however as she was lightly kissing his scar on his chest.

"I could get used to waking up like this" Naruto said as he began stroking her long hair all the way to the end of the tips just above her hips.

Yugito's only reply was to snuggle in closer before giving a satisfied "Good"

"You know my shadow clone dispelled through the night I should get back to my hotel and sneak in before anyone suspects anything" Naruto reasoned, this didn't go over well with Yugito as she began protesting wordlessly to get him to stay by tightening her grip on him.

"I know, I don't want to leave either but it's probably not a good idea to get caught here once the day gets busy" Naruto said fighting an internal struggle not to take her right then and there, she was just too sexy the way she clung to him like a life raft and her hair framed her body almost like a silk blanket.

"Fine!" she pouted angrily but with no malice in her voice "but you owe me later"

"Its a promise and I always keep my promises" he said lovingly and slowly removed himself from her arms before getting dressed and leaving through a window.

(Konoha Later that Day)

Yamato had run constantly since leaving Naruto at the wooden house he made, he was tired but would not let that stop him from getting back to Konoha as fast as he could and get Asuma to Tsunade.

He gave a sigh of relief as he saw the gates fast approaching. Not stopping to sign in with Izumo and Kotetsu who had a confused look on there face at seeing the site of the Anbu captain carrying Asuma on his back with markings all over his face and arms.

Tsunade was having a quiet day, the only disturbance was from a nearby hot spring where Jiraiya had been caught peeping once again by some passer by and alerted the women inside. Tsunade just shook her head at the memory, she knew Jiraiya let himself get caught most of the time, he could after all become almost invisible with his chameleon jutsu to the point where even highly skilled ninja couldn't see him.

The female Hokage gave a sigh and went for her hidden saki when Yamato burst into the room.

"Tenzo! What are you doing here" she yelled in shock and thus forgetting to use his code name.

"I'm sorry Hokage-sama but on our way back from Tenshi Bridge we encountered the Akatsuki" tenzo said urgently he would have continued but Tsunade had stood up and grabbed the front of his vest.

"Where is Naruto is he safe, if you let them capture him I will kill you" she screamed shaking the poor man, not letting up for a second so that he could answer.

"He. (shake) Is. (shake) Fine. (shake)" Yamato managed to breath out at last, poor Asuma on his back shaking around with the Anbu captain.

Tsunade stopped. Dusted herself down despite not being dirty and sat back behind the desk. "well then why are you here" then she realized what was on his back. "Asuma! What happened to him"

"It was the Akatsuki, one of there members used some kind of ritual to transfer bodily harm onto Asuma, Naruto-san was able to put Asuma into stasis with a seal, I have never seen anything like it" the anbu captain said formally.

"That is a seven point stasis seal, only extraordinary seal masters like Naruto and myself can use that seal, it effectively stops the body completely, unlike other forms of stasis where minor body functions are still required this seal is a complete stasis" came a voice from the window and there sat Jiraiya "I take it then that if you are here that the damage must be serious as you haven't taken him to the hospital of either Kumo or Konoha and come straight here"

"Yes Jiraiya-sama Naruto-san told me that only Tsunade-sama would have a chance at healing him, Naruto is fine by the way and he managed to kill both Akatsuki members" Yamato finished placing Asuma on the desk as Tsunade began examining him.

"His heart is punctured should the seal release I would only have about thirty seconds to heal him before it is too late, Jiraiya can this seal be held during surgery" Tsunade asked urgently as that would be the only way they could be sure of saving the jonnin's life.

"It can if there is someone as awesome as me in the room" Jiraiya said with a smirk.

"Good, then we need to get him to the hospital right away" Tsunade said, then she went pale before turning back to Yamato. "If Naruto isn't here then he must be completing the mission solo" she said, Yamato nodded "oh we are so screwed" the Anbu captain sighed, he had just remembered Naruto's awful track record with showing respect to authority figures, Tsunade nodded in response, grabbing Asuma and jumping out the window next to the one occupied by Jiraiya, who soon followed after her.

An hour later Tsunade left the operating room to find Yamato and Kurenai there waiting for her. Yamato had gone to find Kurenai after leaving Tsunade's office, knowing that she would want to be there for the father of her unborn child.

"How is he Tsunade-sama" Kurenai asked as soon as she saw the blond haired Hokage.

"He will be fine in a few months he's got a long way to go for a recovery though, a blade through the heart is not something that people usually survive, it it wasn't for Naruto's seal he would most certainly would have died" Tsunade said.

"Oh thank kami" Kurenai sighed as relief washed over her after finding out Asuma would recover.

"Kurenai who is the leader of your team at the moment?" Yamato asked knowing she must not be on duty because of the pregnancy.

"Well I had Genma take over but they have not been on any official meetings yet and I was thinking of putting them in the Jonnin exams although I am unsure if Kiba and Hinata are ready" kurenai said

Tsunade and Yamato left after that to allow Kurenai to go see Asuma.

(Kumo)

Naruto had spent the week in Kumo, the Raikage had given him a training ground to use but he had to be accompanied at all times, it was quite fortunate he had a Kumo kunoichi who was more than willing to volunteer for the task.

Naruto was currently training with Yugito when a Anbu appeared in the clearing. Stopping there friendly spar they turned to greet the Anbu. "Hello Anbu-san what can we do for you" Naruto said cheerfully, he had become well liked around the town, mostly due to his constant smile and laid back attitude he had when he wasn't fighting.

"Namikaze-san you are requested to see Raikage-sama as soon as possible" the Anbu said shortly before disappearing the same way he came.

"Well he wasn't very friendly" Naruto grumbled playfully "Guess not everyone likes me as much as Samui and Karui" Naruto said knowing the response he was about to receive as Yugito began to mutter about pushy friends that should leave here Naruto-kun alone.

(FLASHBACK)

Samui , Karui and Omoi collapsed just inside the front gate grumbling about how there mission was a waist of time, they had made it all the way to the now ruins of the once popular holiday village before a eagle arrived saying Yugito had returned safely to Kumo.

"Damn Yugito-chan, making us go all the way out to Kaiter town to save her, just to get called back because she is already home" Samui said exhausted from her journey, the others just nodded they hadn't stopped to rest in two days.

"What's wrong Samui-chan, I didn't cause that much of a problem did I" came a voice from behind the group.

Slowly turning around they saw Yugito standing next to someone they had never seen before and for Samui and Kauri they had decided one thing, they wanted this man.

"Oh it was no real bother Yugito-chan, may I ask, who is your handsome friend" Samui asked walking up to Naruto swaying her hips slightly and not taking her eyes off the spiky haired blond "Hi I'm Samui its a pleasure to meet you" she said seductively.

Yugito was frozen on the one hand Samui was her best friend and would never hurt her, but on the other this bitch was hitting on Naruto and needed to die.

Naruto was about to respond but then Naruto was cut off by the red headed Kauri. "And I'm Kauri are you in Kumo long, maybe we can get together while you are here" she said her yellow eyes Intently gazing into his Azure blue.

"Um well" was about as far as Naruto got before Yugito cut him off "hes busy" she snapped defensively before wrapping a arm around his and dragging him away "I'm Naruto by the way, it was nice meeting you" he called out as his girlfriend forced him from the area.

'Naruto huh, wait that was the guy yugito-chan said was her boyfriend wasn't it, oh well doesn't mean I cant try it will give me something to do for a few weeks anyway' Samui thought.

Karui's thought process was far less complex 'Naruto hot, I really, want some'. Now Karui was not a dense or stupid fan girl by any means, but she had been stunned by what in her mind was like an exotic delicacy that was always the first thing you went for at a fancy restaurant.

"Hey Samui-chan, no hard feeling hey this one is mine" Karui declared

"No chance, he will be mine but the first problem is Yugito-chan, she told me he was her boyfriend a few days ago, oh and there is one more thing about him that makes him an even better catch, he's the son of the Yondaime Hokage, the yellow flash" Samui said

"Wow he is that man's son, how is it nobody ever knew about that, he does look strong though I want him even more now, guess we will just have to fight Yugito-chan for him, all's fair in love and war after all" Karui replied.

During this exchange Omoi just sat there, his mind running off on the possibility's of what would happen if the three girls had an all out cat fight, he had concluded in his most unusual way that it would lead not only to the destruction of Kumo but the entire elemental countrys. Moving on from this thought he then decided that the best way to deal with this situation was to open another sucker and let it sort itself out.

(FLASHBACK END)

After that incident Samui and Karui seemed to appear when ever Yugito and Naruto were out in the village either together or alone and this had led to her current state of annoyance.

"Oh come on Yugi-chan I was just kidding, sure they are nice girls but they have nothing on you" he said beginning to walk in the direction of the Raikage tower.

This seemed to calm her down a bit, she knew Naruto was her boyfriend but she couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy at the way they would throw themselves at Naruto so obviously while he was still nice and polite about it.

Naruto and Yugito arrived at the door to the Raikage's office and knocked, entering after a loud "come in" Naruto saw A behind his desk with Bee, Samui, Karui and Omoi standing in front of it.

"Ah Namikaze son just who I wanted to see, we have gone over the information you have provided, your tally of Akatsuki members is now three it seem's quite impressive, that however does not mean I can trust you to look after Yugito-chan and until I am satisfied she will be safe in Konoha there is no way I am letting her go with you" A said lightly glaring at the boy although there was no real menace held in it.

"What do you mean, you have said it yourself, I have killed three S class criminals, what more could you possibly need, Yugito may be safe in the village but with the counsels control over her she can be sent out with out your say so" Naruto said respectfully trying to keep down any anger he may have been feeling at the accusation that he was to weak to defend his most precious person.

"Fine then!" A said standing up.

"So you are letting her come with me?" Naruto asked and looked around the room, Yugito was not smiling she looked a little worried.

"No!, you will prove to me you are worthy, fight me in a match, and if you impress me enough she can leave. Don't think I have no idea you two have been seeing each other, hell half the village knows it and while I do not necessarily approve of her dating someone from another village I cant stop her from liking you but I can stop her from being around you often" A said and began to put on his Kage robe and hat.

"So basically we fight if I win Yugi-chan can come to Konoha until we at least deal with the Akatsuki but if I loose she stays here?" Naruto asked deadly serious

"More or less" A replied "Bee go do what ever it is you do to draw a crowd and bring them to training ground 7, I want as many people as possible to watch me beat the son of the yellow flash into the ground" A said and he blew a hole in the wall before jumping out.

Naruto had a determined look on his face, nothing would stop him from making sure Yugito was safe and if the only way to do that was to beat the Raikage in a duel then so be it. His girlfriend on the other hand looked like she was ready to be sick 'Naruto cant beat A-sama hes just too strong, not even Kirabi has been able to best him when he uses his lightening armor'

When Naruto, Yugito and the others that were in the office at the time of the challenge arrived at training ground 7 there was already a large number of Kumo ninja there to watch the show.

"So boy are you ready, I owe your father a beating but he is dead now so I guess you will do" A sneered.

"I'm not just ready, I'm going to win! Old man" Naruto declared getting gasps from the crowd, some because of his declaration but most because of the fact Naruto called there Raikage 'old man'.

Naruto and A got into there stances, Naruto decided against using sage mode just yet wanting to get a feel of his opponent. He didn't recognize the stance A took but it was similar to the Goken of Gai and Lee, it was for this reason he chose a modified version of his original toad style. 'looks like he is going to use speed, guess I will just have to use that speed of his against him' the blond thought

A took off at a high speed that could only be followed by a few of the elite jonnin of the village 'well this was over fast' they thought before there eyes almost vacated there orbital sockets, there was Naruto calm as you like blocking the Raikages punch before flipping over him and kicking him in the back into a boulder.

Naruto was on guard now he may have won that little exchange but he could tell that A was only toying with him at that speed, after all this man was supposed to be the fastest man alive. A got up and this time took off at a much faster pace Naruto narrowly avoided him and they began there close combat dance. Naruto would jump a direct kick spinning in mid air before delivering one of his own only to have it blocked easily, in fact for every hit one of the pair made they had missed around 30 but because there speed was so fast it just looked like a blur to most of the onlookers.

Naruto knew he was going nowhere fast like this and made several clones, this got a small kick into the Raikage's side giving the original Naruto the opening he needed. Dropping down Naruto delivered a drop kick sending A flying through the air the clones he made jumped up and kicked him again, NA-MI-KAZE NARUTO-BARRAGE his clones called out distributing a hail of kicks and punches before the real Naruto arrived and sent A back to earth with a devastating spin kick.

Jumping back Naruto got into a loose stance and waited, the crowd looked on shocked there leader had just taken one hell of a beating, they soon relaxed a little when they saw A remove himself from the hole Naruto had left him in.

"Heh not bad kid but if that's all you got this is over without me even trying" boasted A as he took off this time far faster than Naruto could react to the only thing he was able to do was think one word, 'FUCK' before he was sent flying with a viscous punch to the chest, the beating didn't stop there and he was nailed in the chest with an elbow knocking him back towards earth, the blond was about six yards from the ground when A appeared again this time knocking the wind right out of Naruto and caused him to almost float in the air a small trail of blood flowing from his mouth before A jumped over him and smashed the blond head first into the ground before he jumped away a triumphant smirk on his face.

"Heh you couldn't even keep up with my full speed without lightening armor how do you ever intend to defend yourself against the Akatsuki let alone Yugito-chan" A taunted although his voice seemed to have a hint of regret in it. The onlookers were ecstatic at seeing A defeat the blond, then for the second time during the fight Naruto did something that shocked them, this time he stood up.

"Don't think this is over just yet old man I told you I was going to win didn't I, if beating you is what it takes to keep Yugi-chan safe then there is no way I will loose" Naruto declared angrily, wiping the blood from his mouth before bringing his hands up into a hand seal and the restriction seals began to glow before fading.

"Restriction seals huh, so how fast are you now" A said but the question was answered without words when Naruto disappeared at speed that were greater than his own and delivered attempted a punch right at A's face who narrowly avoided the contact that he was sure would not have ended well for him. Responding with an drop kick, A went wide eyed when Naruto seemed to contort in mid air and sent the back of his heal to the Raikage's face as he turned like a corkscrew and landing into a roll.

The first thing he came to realize about this new and improved Naruto was that he packed a hell of a lot more punch than he did before the seals were removed. 'So he's strength has also increased along with his speed, for one so young to be this talented, I wonder what else he is hiding' A thought as he got over his shock and began weaving in and out of the punches of several clones thanking kami that clones were never as strong as the original.

After A had eliminated the cloned he searched for the real Naruto but he was nowhere to be seen until a he shimmered into existence running through several hand seals. A was far to shocked to even conside moving. 'what was that jutsu it was like he just appeared' he was brought out of this train of thought by Naruto finishing his jutsu "Fuuton: Giant Wind Bullets" Naruto yelled before he took in a deep breath and began blowing out massive balls of compressed air the size of a small house.

A was now on the retreat again this jutsu was not only large but had great speed behind it as well, the only positive A could find was he could only use two before he had to stop to collect more air and that would be his point of attack. Running through some hand signs of his own as he dodged another house sized ball of compressed air as it began to tear up the ground. "And that's two... Raiton; Twin Spiraling Bolts" A called out and shot a large bolt of lightening at Naruto from each hand and they came together spinning around each other before connecting at the tip which seemed to gain eye's, A was shocked when Naruto smirked at this and blew another Bullet, this time without needing to breath in 'he tricked me into thinking he only had two in him before he needed to recharge, not bad'.

The lightening hit the wind bullet and they fought for dominance before the Fuuton jutsu took over and redirected the lightening and used the charge to shoot even faster, A was shocked that the boys jutsu was that strong but reacted fast enough so he was not torn into more pieces than his previous desk. The jutsu smashed into the ground and there was a huge explosion the force of it threw the Raikage into a small cliff side that cracked and buried him with a small layer of rocks and dirt.

"Phew" Naruto sighed, using his last bullet that he kept in reserve had ended the jutsu, walking slowly toward the rubble where the Raikage now lay he saw that it was glowing blue and sounded like it was crackling. Deciding it was for the best he kept a distance and got into a ready stance.

Lightening exploded from the rubble leaving behind it a clearly aggravated Raikage, lightening was surrounding his body and causing him to glow. "Ok fun's over now, you have had a good run kid but I think it's time to end this, although I do ask how you managed to hide in the open before you used that Fuuton jutsu" A said clearly confident Naruto would now loose without much of a fight.

"Oh that, its my Sensei's favorite jutsu, although he uses it for things I would rather not discuss at this point in time, as to your statement about finishing me, I have news for you... I'm just warming up" Naruto said and one of his Shuriken seals began to spin.

On the edge of the training ground with the rest of the onlookers Yugito was shocked 'just warming up? What the hell Naru-kun, I guess he doesn't realize what he is facing now that's Raikage-sama's lightening armor' That was when Yugito noticed something was happening to Naruto red oval markings were forming arounf his eyes and now that she was focusing with her sight boosted by Nibi she saw his eyes were no longer blue, they were yellow 'what is this? I have seen him use Kyuubi's power and it makes his eyes red and slitted, not yellow and bar like'

'Oh my, kitten can you feel that, that power, this is it the same energy he used to awaken you from your coma... It's magnificent, to be able to feel all of nature around you, almost talking to you, you can feel his chakra signature relax just from its presence' Nibi purred remembering how it felt for the small amount of time the senjutsu chakra was in her host's system.

Yugito went wide eyed at this 'maybe Naruto was not bluffing but if A uses his full power this is all over' she thought even though she was begging for Naruto to win so she could be with him in Konoha at least for the foreseeable future while the Akatsuki were a threat.

A saw the changes in the blonds appearance but thought it negligible, kicking off all anybody could see was A disappear, some of the veteran Taijutsu specialist's could follow his movement's but not well.

Naruto was hit square in the chest and sent flying. "Game over Kid, your 20 years to soon to be anywhere near my level" A said with a smirk, in truth the Raikage had thoroughly enjoyed the fight and hoped to have more like it as his only real competition was his brother.

The crowd roared in a approval, 'this time' they all thought 'this time he will not get back up' but they were once again shocked as Naruto kicked himself up off the ground and dusted himself off like nothing had happened at all "Wow that was fast I only just got a block in" Naruto said confusing A and shocking the crowd 'HE BLOCKED IT?' They all screamed in there heads, some of the more excitable and less in control ninja like Karui yelled it out loud voicing the collective thoughts of the gathered group.

"What do you mean I am sure I hit you" a said still shocked the boy was able to even stand, yet here he was completely unharmed. "here let me show you" Naruto said and he disappeared in a blur as well however it was still much slower than the Raikage, but that was what Naruto was expecting.

The Raikage saw Naruto approaching and thanks to his lightening quick reflexes (pun intended) lazily bent his head to the side as the blonds fist came close and readied for the counter, this proved to be a huge mistake.

A's face contorted and buckled like he had just been hit full on in the face by a charging bull, the pressure caused the Raikage to once again blur out of existence, although this time it was not from the speed of his own movement, he was hit with such force he could no longer hold himself onto the ground even with his armor.

"What the Fuck was that" Karui yelled as Naruto turned slowly to see A lying on the ground unsure is he was conscious or not

"I don't know, nobody has ever been able to hit A-sama when he has been using his lightening armor not even Bee-sama" Samui said

"that's harsh yo, I can hit when hes charged but I don't like to clobber my bro" Bee rapped

"Yes but I have never seen you send him flying like that, at least not without Hachibi" Samui replied

"Well hes Mr 9 and he's Fighting fine but if he wants to beat Bro he needs to get to the back of the line" Bee rapped again as he pointed to A who was slowly getting up and for some strange reason looked happy.

"Well this is a thrill, to think someone so young could even hit me when I was using some of my Lightening Armor let alone hurt me to an extent that I would bleed this badly" A chuckled loudly before spitting out a large amount of blood, his eyes still had cut's over them and a deep scratch on his cheek was causing no small amount of discomfort, the Raikage wiped his blood off his face before his armor thickened and he turned to face the blond again "now lets see how you do against 30 percent" A declared before disappearing in a blur of speed.

Naruto couldn't see a thing before he had the wind knocked out of him, A thought it was finally all over until, Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke 'a shadow clone, damn now where is he, hes using that invisibility jutsu again and with my armor up I cant focus enough to sense where he is and if I drop the armor that ability he has with the changed eyes and increased strength and reach will crush me, clever. That damn hermit sure knows how to teach, with tactic's like this its no wonder Konoha has been considered the strongest village for so long'

A looked around the clearing for anything that looked like ripples or distortions, but what seemed to confuse the Raikage was that now he was looking for something like that they were appearing everywhere.

Naruto appeared behind A and sent a kick into the Raikage's back, Naruto was shocked that he didn't do more damage, even with his added sage powers but figured that it wasn't called 'Lightening Armor' for nothing and must give him some defensive ability's as well as the increased speed.

A spun around without Naruto realizing it and smashed his fist into the side of his head only to have the blond puff out of existence yet again. "These Shadow Clones are really getting old" the Raikage said irritated at the boy's ingenious strategy.

Several more Naruto clones appeared next to A, this time they each had a long white knife and it was glowing with Fuuton chakra. The clones attacked from each side causing A to have to react quickly even with his Armor up to 30 percent. The clones did not prove much of a trouble to A, or so he thought after the last one dispelled he failed to take note of the small cut, less than an inch that had formed on his cheek that had been previously unharmed.

'how many clones are out there, wait all those ripples I thought that they were just my eyes playing tricks on me because I was looking for them, there cones. Oh clever boy but your game is up now' thought A as he raced around smashing every Naruto he found but was frustrated that every single one he was hitting was a clone, "Damn it get out here" He screamed.

"Sure" came a happy voice from a nearby tree and Naruto appeared there reading a small green book.

"What do you think you are doing, are you mocking me" A roared furious the boy would take time out in a fight against a Kage to read a book.

"No not at all but I needed to find out how to beat you and thanks to my clones I know, and as for the book, well... I don't really need to focus much I can feel every movement you make even if I cant defend against it, well until now" Naruto said confidently.

Murmurs ran around the training field at this "what does he mean how can he defend against A-sama's Lightening Armor its impossible" one chunin said.

"In the ninja world nothing is impossible" a jonnin responded although he too was sceptical.

Back at the fight, A had just gotten over the shock at the blonds statement and wanted to test it rocketing off he arrived at the blond only to have him narrowly avoid his charge 'impossible' A thought as he kicked away from the kick that was sent at him at blistering speeds 'I'm still much faster than him, that proves it, so how did he escape me' charging in again and once more Naruto was able to just keep out of the way, and this time he seemed to find it easier.

Naruto gave a smug smirk before adjusting his stance from the Frog kumite to his own style he uses for defensive fighting. "now lets see how long it take's me to hit you" 'come on get angry the more angry you are the longer it will take for him to figure it out' Naruto thought while taunting the large man.

A was now confused and angry 'This boy... I will show this boy' A shot forward but once again he couldn't hit him this time there was a larger gap before he dodged.

"This time I will have you" A yelled as he attacked, he charged and just saw the smallest hint of a smile on the young blond's face before he spun on the spot and delivered a kick to the side of the Raikage's face sending him flying.

'damn it how is he doing it, I need to focus I wont let him push me any further, it's embarrassing' A thought taking slow breaths to calm himself and trying to ignore the pain of that last hit.

Several things came to mind about Naruto's uncanny ability to dodge him, first he never moved from the same spot, he never attacked himself unless it was a counter, and finally he seemed to be focusing hard but not only on him. "A ninjutsu" A stated letting the blond know he had caught onto his little trick. "Jinchuuriki cant use genjutsu, so a ninjutsu is the only option, but how" A asked.

"well seeing as you figured it out I will tell you. I knew you had me with that speed, I just couldn't match it so I made several seal less clones and hid them with the chameleon jutsu. Next I hid myself a good distance away figuring that you needed high levels of focus to sustain that armor of yours, first I tested its defensive capability's with the first clone, then I wanted to see if there was anything I could do to disrupt your armor, and my clones with the Fuuton blade's gave me the answer when one of them cut your face" Naruto said in a lecturing tone

A reached up to find that he did indeed have a small cut on his cheek, then he figured it out. "A barrier" he declared sounding impressed.

"Yes I had to invent this one on the run but I would say I'm getting the hang of it now, I think I will call it the Sage Art: Air Compression Barrier, while I am using it it will greatly reduce the effect of your Armor slowing you down back to almost your normal speed" Naruto said with a grin.

"Clever I give you that but let's just see if it will work against me at full strength" A declared and the lightening thickened around him. Naruto seemed worried now, given time to perfect this jutsu he was sure he could get it to a level that was good enough but he was forced to invent this on the run and it was at best at its experimental phase.

A vanished Naruto couldn't see where he was but he could feel him, and he was right behind him. "Tough luck kid, I would enjoy another spar again sometime" A said before knocking Naruto at he back of the neck with a hard chop that even with his advanced healing with sage mode and Kyuubi couldn't deal with and he faded from consciousness.

END CHAPTER!

Anyway what do you think.

Did the fight seem believable, I think it did but one can never be sure.

Also I was thinking of adding a Jonnin exam's arc but I want to know what other people think about the idea and any idea's for a second task would be good.

Anyway still have some idea's before then so, Till next time.