Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 35 The Elite of Konoha
In Iwa a small section of ninja were preparing to leave the village and were being given a farewell by the civilians.
"Ah my back, damn it why does Konoha have to be so far away" The small Tsuchikage complained.
"You know you don't have to go, I don't see why you want to meet this Namikaze anyway, especially if you don't want him harmed" Kurotsuchi said indigently.
"Aww come on Kurotsuchi. His father was the yellow flash so I want to see what he is like too" said a rather dopey looking taller man.
"Akatsuchi is right, this Namikaze could be a threat to us, and then again he may not hold any ill will to Iwa at all. The only way to find that out is to talk to the boy, also in the letter advertising the finals we were given it said that he would be fighting with Kakashi of the Sharingan and the Green Beast of Konoha Miteo Gai in an exhibition match before the finals" Oonoki said trying to interest his granddaughter.
"Really, wow I wonder what type of match that will be, I read in the bingo book that Kakashi Hatake knows over one thousand jutsu, and Miteo Gai is the best taijutsu expert outside of the Raikage, that Namikaze must really be something else if he can keep up with those two" Akatsuchi said with a dopey smile.
"Gah your an idiot, there all murderers every last one of them" Kurotsuchi spat.
"Perhaps, but that is what a shinobi is... Lets not forget that the Namikaze is also an Uzumaki, and look what our own ninja did to Uzu, just because they were an ally of Konoha and great seal masters" Oonoki said attempting to pick up his bags that were several times larger than he was.
Kurotsuchi was quite at this she knew what happened in the land of whirling tides. It was a massacre barely any escaped the village at all, just because the Uzumaki clan were distant relatives and best friends with the Senju's.
"Just let me carry you Tsuchikage-sama" Akatsuchi said as he bent down to pick up the old man.
"Don't be so foolish, it is only three days to Konoha and the finals are a week away we have time to go slow and I do not need or want you to carry me" Oonoki protested.
After arguing awhile longer Oonoki gave up and let himself be placed in the gargantuan mans shoulders as soon as they were out of sight from the village.
"Well come on lets go, we wouldn't want to keep the slug queen waiting she has a very bad temper" Oonoki said as they began there trek towards the land of fire.
(Konoha)
Tsunade was currently venting her frustration on a not very apologetic Jiraiya who had yet again been caught peeking at various places around the village.
"Damn it you old pervert, cant you behave for once, Gaara will be arriving with his brother and sister in two day's and Oonoki will be here the day after with his entourage and I cant have you peeking on the wrong people" Tsunade snapped giving Jiraiya another kick.
"Aww but Hime, where else am I going to get any research done I don't want to miss Naruto's match and see everybody's faces when Naruto beats them" Jiraiya moaned
"I don't care you are going to behave this week last thing we need is you to peek on Oonoki's granddaughter when she is in the bath, that would be an international incident, just go peek on Naruto and Yugito if you are that desperate" Tsunade said ending with a joke.
"I cant he is using some privacy seals I cant disrupt from the outside, its infuriatingly genius" Jiraiya said in defeated irritation.
"What you mean you have already tried" Tsunade said disbelievingly.
"Of course I did, those two gave me the idea for my last book I'm not just going to let that gold mine go untapped without trying to get more out of it" Jiraiya said.
"Where is Naruto lately anyway I haven't even seen him in the training grounds" Tsunade asked she knew if anybody other than Yugito would know where he was it would be Jiraiya.
"Oh hes been working on seals mostly at home, I had to go get him a couple of chakra conduction rod's for a special seal he was finishing his work on, that and he is still working on Hirashin, so far he is further than I ever got, he worked out the receiver seal that he has to keep on himself, he just has to change the blood seal section over from his fathers and transcribe it to work with his, it shouldn't be too hard as they are blood related" Jiraiya said.
"So basically he is half way there?" Tsunade asked impressed that he was even attempting such a difficult task.
"hmm more like a quarter of the way, from what he told me he will almost have to completely redesign the kunai seals to work for him, but it doesn't hurt that he can have hundreds of himself working on the subject at all times, I still think before the end of the year he will be flashing around the village just to annoy people" the toad sage said in confidence.
"Heh I guess Oto's suggestion that he was S rank might be to low for him soon" Tsunade joked.
The next few days passed quickly Naruto had still not been seen in the village but there were a few new arrivals, Gaara had arrived and had been disappointed when Tsunade had told him she did not know where Naruto was or Yugito for that matter but expected him to be around.
It was now two days before the exam final's and Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi along with Gaara and his siblings were currently waiting for the arrival of the Tsuchikage by the gate and growing increasingly bored Jiraiya tried to escape to the hot springs only to be dragged back by Tsunade.
Ten minutes later Oonoki and his small entourage came into view, Oonoki sitting on the shoulder of the very large Akatsuchi.
"Ah Hokage-dono it has been a long time, since before the third war I believe" Oonoki said.
"Indeed it has Tsuchikage-dono we have a large hotel suit booked for you and will be having a formal dinner at the Hokage mansion the night before the exams, is there anything else you require during your stay" Tsunade asked politely.
"Ah yes there is one thing you can do for me. I wish to speak with the Namikaze boy" the Tsuchikage said.
At this point Gaara became far more interested in the conversation. "What business do you have with Naruto"
"Well what do we have here Kazekage at such a young age Gaara-dono, your father must have taught you well, but I guess he neglected lessons on manners" Oonoki said.
"At this point a tic mark appeared on Kankuro's head and was about to retaliate but Temari stopped him. Gaara just looked on impassively before responding "I guess that is why I am here as Kazekage"
"Cheeky brat" Oonoki mumbled to himself.
Akatsuchi gave a small chuckle at this "he sure told you huh"
"Yes quite, to answer your question I wish to talk to the boy and tell him that Iwa holds no ill feelings towards him or his father" Oonoki spoke and ignored the small snort that erupted from his granddaughter.
"Well I would gladly grant your request but unfortunately Naruto has a problem with running off to kami knows where, Jiraiya might be able to find him if we are lucky" Tsunade said and elbowing Jiraiya to get his attention.
"Wha? Oh yeah... Naruto, um I would say he would be at Myobokuzan and as Yugito is not here either I would say she is with him... If you would just give me a minute I will see if we cant bring them here" Jiraiya said before summoning Fukusaku and asking him to bring Naruto here.
"Are you sure you want him here now Tsunade-chan, he was very busy when I left and will not like to be disturbed" the elder toad informed the group.
"Yes, now hurry up and bring him here we don't want to wait all day" Tsunade said impatiently.
Fukusaku just shrugged and began drawing the seal required to reverse summon the blond.
"Ok last chance to reconsider, he is not going to be very happy about this" Fukusaku said
"I don't care if he isn't happy, I want him here now" Tsunade said getting angry.
Fukusaku shrugged and summoned Naruto in a big puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared they found Naruto and Yugito both with there shirts off and Yugito only in a bra lying on top of Naruto's cloak heavily making out.
Massive blushes were plastered on all the people in the area, Kankuro had passed out via blood loss and Jiraiya had a huge grin, his note pad out and began taking notes. Even the usually emotionless Gaara had a small blush appear on his face. While the gate guards Izumo and Kotetsu were silently thanking Kami for getting there job today, while at the same time trying not to cheer there blond friend on.
Tsunade composed herself first and gave a loud cough to get the attention of the couple who seemed lost in there own world.
Slowly, oh so very slowly Naruto started to realize something was wrong, he was no longer in his small toad built shack he was in the middle of a road, the second give away, was the very amused looks on several people standing before the couple, yes that had been a major wake up call. Naruto went scarlet at seeing just who was standing around him. "Uh Yugi-chan I think we might not be alone"
"Just tell Gamakichi and Tatsu to go away, where busy" Yugito purred not taking notice of her surroundings as she lay atop the spiky haired blond.
Tsunade heard this and felt terrible for what she had done, but it couldn't be helped now and just gave a louder fake cough to get the lusting Yugito's attention.
This time it worked and she lifted her head up from Naruto's and froze before turning bright red.
The couple shot up and Naruto wrapped Yugito in his cloak so she could hide the fact she was not wearing a top. "What the Fuck, how did I get here" Naruto said obviously confused.
"Ah sorry Naruto-chan, Jiraiya-chan and Tsunade-chan asked you to be summoned here" Fukusaku said.
"Ah man, what the hell Baa-chan" Naruto moaned embarrassed at the situation he appeared in.
"Hehehe It seems a lot of the younger generation is cheeky hey Hokage-dono" Oonoki chuckled amused at the nickname Naruto had given the sannin. He still had a hint of blood under his nose from the arrival of the blond pair.
"Yes quite" she mumbled barely audible before continuing. "I'm sorry Naruto I had no idea you were... …. well you know. Anyway, Naruto this is Oonoki of the twin scales and Tsuchikage of Iwa and he would like to talk to you" Tsunade said embarrassed for both the couple and herself for not listening to the elder toads warning.
"Tsuchikage huh... Nice to meet you old man" Naruto said happily shocking the group from Iwa that firstly Naruto went from angry to happy so quickly then coming to the realization that Naruto just greeted Oonoki like that.
Jiraiya and Tsunade looked nervous, they knew Naruto was hardly ever respectful enough to greet people with appropriate tittle's.
"Hehehe Old Man huh, kid you got some guts to talk to me like that" Oonoki said with a light chuckle.
"Why we aren't enemies so why not be friends, and friends don't give each other tittles like Tsuchikage-sama or Namikaze-sama" Naruto said ending with a small shudder at the villagers favorite greeting for him.
"Certainly a new way of thinking, but I guess that would be expected from a jinchuuriki" Oonoki grumbled.
"I may be a jinchuuriki, but I am a person first and just like my sensei said there is far too much hate in the ninja world so the best way to fight that is to understand one another, and that is all I want to do" Naruto said happily.
"Wise words boy, but understanding's are not always easy to come by, there are some people who will not listen and some points of view that cant be changed" Oonoki said and received several nods from the people in his group.
"Yes but that doesn't mean I cant try, and I never give up and I never surrender" Naruto said causing a smile of respect from Jiraiya and Fukusaku.
"Hehehe, never give up and never surrender huh, I like that. You have guts kid and I can respect that" Oonoki said holding out his hand for Naruto to shake who took it readily.
"So what did you want to talk to me about anyway" Naruto questioned.
"Mostly I wanted to see what kind of man the son of the yellow flash became, so far I am impressed, you seem humble yet powerful a lot like your father, had we met under other circumstances other than war I would have been interested in getting to know the man better but I will have to settle for his son instead" Oonoki admitted.
"Thanks I guess" Naruto said smiling sheepishly and scratching the back of his head in minor embarrassment.
"No reason to thank me boy but I request some of your time so we may speak, there is much I would like to ask you and you seem to have unique views on almost everything it will be interesting to learn more about you" Oonoki said
"Yeah sure why not still got a day before the exam finals this way we can understand each other better. But would you mind if I take Yugi-chan home first" Naruto asked remembering his blushing girlfriend standing behind him trying to avoid eye contact with anyone.
"Very well. I will expect you at my hotel in an hour" Oonoki said before turning to Tsunade and asking to be given the location of his hotel before heading off in the direction of his accomdation.
Naruto turned to Yugito and without saying a word to anyone there picked her up bridal style before leaving in a Fuuton tornado Shunshin.
Naruto spent the next day talking to Oonoki and while they would not see eye to eye on every topic they had a shaky friendship and Mutual respect for each other.
Today was the day and dignitaries from all over the world were in Konoha and heading to the Arena, for most the topic was the first exhibition match, two of Konoha's elite Jonnin and the son of there greatest hero. Many people had already written Naruto's chances off as nothing, he was a chunin after all against two war hero's regardless of the fact that he was the apprentice of Jiraiya the thought the winner would be either the copy ninja or the Green Beast.
There were only a few people who did not think along these lines among the more notable there was.
Asuma, who had been released from the hospital two weeks ago, it had taken longer for him to fully heal was telling Kurenai that he was sure Naruto would win, but 'Konoha's Genjutsu Mistresses', wouldn't believe it until she saw him fight herself.
Yugito, who had placed a large bet on her boyfriend at the betting agency. And was more confident than anyone after seeing the way Naruto fought A.
Tsunade, who had been begged by Jiraiya not to place a similar bet as her fellow blond due to the fact that is she did bet on him he would almost certainly loose, or Konoha would be attacked again.
And of course Jiraiya who knew just how strong Naruto was having taught him his entire ninja career.
In the Arena the Konoha 11 as they had been known since Sai joined root and Sasuke defected, were sitting together talking about the upcoming match.
"It's going to be Kakashi sensei, he is a genius he will dominate this match" Sakura said confidently.
"I disagree Gai sensei will prove he is stronger and win the match but it will be tough as Gai sensei only picks the best for his rivals, which is why from now on Naruto-kun will also be my eternal rival" Lee said
The rest of the group had the same thought at that moment 'Poor Naruto'.
"Yeah I don't know who will win but it has to be one of them right I mean Naruto is just one of us he was in our graduating class as dead last, he cant compete with people like Kakashi and Gai" Kiba said the majority of the group gave similar views, some saying Gai others saying Kakashi. In the end the only person who hadn't said anything was Shikamaru.
"Well who do you think will win Shika" Ino asked curious as to what the genius in the group thought.
"Naruto will win" was all he said.
"What! You cant be serious Shikamaru, this is Kakashi and Gai sensei he is up against. Sure he may be tough but they are the best of the best" Tenten said.
"I'm serious Naruto is different from us, the report from Naruto's trip to Kumo was given to my father and I looked saw it. Naruto took down two S ranked ninja by himself and one of them was supposed to be an immortal" Shikamaru said shocking the group.
"Nah you must have misread something in the report he must have gotten really lucky or his team did all the work and finished them with Naruto just getting the final blow in" Ino reasoned.
"Believe what you want but the immortal was the one that injured Asuma sensei and Asuma told me himself when Naruto saved him every attack he used was ineffective... Anyway its about to start the Kage's are in the booth.
(Kage Booth)
Tsunade had just shown Oonoki and Gaara to there seats before she moved up to the podium and talked into the microphone placed for her.
"Good Morning and welcome to the Chunin Exam Finals. We have a full day of genin fights but first we have a treat for the audience today, three of our ninja have requested a exhibition match, this match will be between Kakashi Hatake, the Copy Ninja, Sharingan Kakashi" she paused for the applause as Kakashi lazily walked out into the field.
"The Green Beast of Konoha Miteo Gai" once again she paused as Gai ran out and gave his patented nice guy pose.
"And finally Toad Sage of Myobokuzan Chunin Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze" the hokage stoped here and directed the proctor to take over as Naruto casually walked into the arena to the cheers of the masses and the high pitched squeals of several fan girls.
In the Kage booth sitting next to Gaara Jiraiya was highly disappointed that Naruto did not make a bigger show about his entrance.
Genma was unsure of how to continue at this point, he knew for a fact that he wouldn't be able to control this match if it really got out of hand knowing who was in it but decided that they were smart enough not to go too overboard. "Ok competitors are you ready" he stopped to check each person as they nodded.
"Very well then Begin!" Genma called reciving a roar of approval from the crowd.
Naruto quickly ran through several hand signs before finishing and yelling out "Suiton: Water Bullets" The blond puffed out his cheeks before shooting several small water projectiles at Kakashi.
Kakashi not one to be beaten by a jutsu like that completed his own set of seals "Raiton: Lightening Cutter" he sliced his hand through the air and a thin stream of lightening shot out at Naruto's water bullets cutting them before heading onward to his target.
Naruto reacted quickly "Fuuton: Violent wind palm" a huge gust of wind blew the lightening into a tree causing it to explode in a shower of splinters.
Gai then made his move and rushed Naruto delivering a punch kick combo that was easily blocked by the blond who sent a kick to Gai's chest only to meet air.
Kakashi deciding to join in the fun enter the fight by attempting to kick Gai in the ribs only to have his foot caught by Gai was at that same time attempting to punch Naruto who ducked underneath the dangerous fist.
(Stands)
"Holy Fuck there amazing!" called Kiba, the whole audience had been stunned by the beginning of the match every move had been countered, every punch had been matched. However Kiba's highly accurate statement had reawakened them and began cheering loudly.
(Fight)
The fight continued each matching the other hit for hit, Naruto deciding to mix it up a bit flipped up into a nearby tree and created several shadow clones to hide in.
Gai and Kakashi who had momentarily been detracted by each other didn't see the real Naruto slip into the back of the group as two clones began charging the pair of preoccupied jonnin who soon realized something was wrong when the two Naruto puffed out of existence just before they got into range.
"Up here" Naruto called as he began to jump down on them from above rasengan in hand.
Gai managed to get out of the way, but Kakashi was not so lucky "Rasengan" Naruto roared as he slammed the spinning ball into the copy ninja's back.
The audience was quiet they couldn't believe there eyes Naruto had just beaten Kakashi like it was nothing.
Naruto however knew that wasn't and something felt wrong, knowing he was right the second he felt himself being dragged underground up to his neck. The Kakashi he hit with the rasengan then puffed out of existence.
"Bad luck Naruto" Kakashi said with an eye smile but his eye popped back open when the Naruto in the ground also dispelled into smoke.
Gai was about to attack when this happened and was caught off guard when Naruto appeared from a tree behind the green beast and kicked him over to Kakashi who saw this and using it to his advantage kicked Gai into the air as Naruto jumped in the air grabbing Gai's arm spinning around and flinging him head first into the ground before landing with a two footed kick to Gai's head who just landed in heap.
His kick did not work as planed. Gai grabed Naruto's leg and threw him into the ground on his back and used his chest to kick off and deliver a spin kick to Kakashi, who ducked under it before attempting a leg sweep which also was avoided by Gai.
Naruto got up and reentered the fight exchanging kicks and punches at a rapid rate with he two jonnin.
(Kage Booth)
"There good" admitted Kurotsuchi who was intently watching the fight as she knew she might have to fight the blond if he entered the Jonnin exams in a few months time.
"Pfft, there holding back, they all are, there just getting a feel for one another the real fight hasn't even started yet" Oonoki said shocking his granddaughter.
"Are you sure they look like there going at it pretty hard to me" Kurotsuchi said tentatively.
"positive, for one Kakashi still has that accursed eye of his covered, and Gai still has his leg weights on, as for Naruto, I am unsure but I can guarantee he is still hiding his strength" Oonoki confessed.
(Fight)
Naruto, Kakashi and Gai all jumped back at the same time. Neither of them looked in the slightest bit tied even if they were breathing slightly harder than usual, they had been fighting for almost 15 minutes at a high intensity.
"What do you say we take this up a notch" Kakashi said moving his hand to his Hetai-ite that was covering his eye.
"I think that is a most youthful idea Kakashi" Gai said. He then bent down and began taking off his leg weights.
"Suits me fine, but I'm going to keep sage mode in reserve for now, I should still have enough to put up a fight for a while yet" Naruto said releasing his restriction seals.
When they had each finished removing there restrictions they returned to fight but this time all the audience saw even most of the experienced ninja was a blur which stopped when ever they clashed.
Naruto was curently dodging a kick from Gai while at the same time attempting a spin kick on Kakashi who thanks to the sharingan dodged easily and sent a knee into the chest of Gai knocking him back.
'damn that eye of his, makes my ninjutsu useless, only way to counter it effectively is my sage mode but I don't want to use that just yet, hm if it has to be taijutsu I need to get Kakashi occupied with Gai' Naruto thought as he quickly found why the sharingan had been so feared as despite Naruto's superior speed and strength he could not get a clean hit on the copy ninja.
Gai who had just recovered from the slight knock Kakashi had given him returned to the fight and caught Kakashi on the blind side delivering a kick to the hip sending Kakashi flying over to the wall but he flipped at the last minute and landed calmly on the wall.
Naruto saw Gai was currently distracted attempted a leg swipe that was partialy successful, he caught the ankle of Gai as he jumped over it and stumbled but not before sending a kick at Naruto that caught him off guard but he was able to block it but it still sent him flying into the nearby trees.
Kakashi used the fact that Gai was on the ground to reenter and hit a spinning dropkick that was just stopped before it reached Gai's face. It turned out however that this was a feint and the real attack was a jab into the abdomen.
Gai spat out as he was hit and knew he needed time to rest up before he could continuein the fight and hoped that Naruto would save him.
Gai got lucky as this time it was Naruto who was able to blind side Kakashi with a kick to the back which sent him flying. Naruto not wanting to give up the first advantage he had gotten over the copy ninja sped after him and created two clones, the first grabed his arm and hurled Naruto ahead of the flying Kakashi the second jumped into the air.
Naruto skidded to a stop just in front of Kakashi and delivered a punch into his gut before tossing him into the air to his clone. The clone spun in the air before he sent Kakashi careening towards the ground with a devastating axe kick.
Just as Kakashi's head was about to come in contact with the ground he disappeared replaced with a log.
"Kami Damn it Why is there Always a Log" Naruto yelled confused at the overwhelming supply of perfectly sized log's in the ninja world.
"Tough lock Naruto you almost had me" Kakashi joked but stoped when he saw something move at the side of his eye and jumped backwards just in time to dodge Gai's punch, but when he landed he pushed off into a missile kick that kit Kakashi in the chest but he took it and just back flipped before landing and engaged in another fast exchange of punches and kicks with Gai.
'this is my chance' Naruto thought as he pulled out several kunai with seals wrapped around them and created several clones and gave them each a kunai and sent them to the corners of the ring before placing a different seal on his wrist.
When the clones reached the corners they each placed the seal into the ground before they each connected and a seal array appeared in the ring.
(Kage Booth)
"Well I did not expect this" Jiraiya said with a small laugh.
"What is it I have never seen a seal like that one" Gaara said
"It is another one of his own design's he uses it to increase the gravity over a area he was working on a way to negate the effect on himself, I guess he has" Jiraiya said proudly.
"Such a seal if used on the battle field effectively could be almost as deadly as his fathers Hirashin" Oonoki admitted and Kurotsuchi shifted uncomfortably at that thought.
(Fight)
Gai and Kakashi paused when they saw the lines appear under there feat. "What is this" Kakashi questioned.
"That would be a times ten gravity seal that only I am immune to thanks to a seal I placed on myself before I set it, I have to thank the month I had to get ready, and my fathers concept for the Hirashin for the idea of a receiver on the person, however instead of effecting me to be able to transport to different areas I used a reverse theory, so I am not effected by the seals for this jutsu. Now... shall we continue" Naruto calmly informed them before creating a couple more shadow clones and beginning his assault.
Naruto arrived at Kakashi while his clones made it to Gai at the same time and delivered upper cuts to each of there faces simultaneously sending them flying a small way not as far as usual because of the added gravity.
Naruto landed delivering a punch to the solar plexus of Kakashi driving him into the ground with a thud.
Gai who was a lot faster and more used to weights as a taijutsu specialist was dealing a lot betted but was still getting picked apart by Naruto's clones who were just as fast as he was without his weights on and he was currently far heavier than he was when he had them on.
(With the Rookie 11)
"How is he doing this... first he is able to keep up with Gai sensei without his weights and now he is toying with both of them, what is that seal it is amazing" Tenten said. Tenten had a relativly good understanding of seals as she used them a lot with her weapons, but this seal was something she had never seen before.
"Yosh Naruto-kun's flames of youth are burning brightly but Gai Sensei will not be beaten this easily" Lee declared as he watched on as the two Naruto clones kicked Gai about while he struggled to hit them.
"Man that Naruto, I trained so hard the last few years to catch up to him and then look at him making sport out of two elite jonnin" Kiba fumed
"Why are you so surprised dog boy, he has been training with Jiraiya-sama non stop although this is a new seal that I helped him with, during the month we had together in Myobokuzan" a new voice called out and the former rookies turned to see Yugito walking down the stairs.
"Oh Yugito-chan when did you get here" Hinata asked.
"Oh I have been here for awhile but I was watching from the back near the betting booth, glad I got my bet in early, now everybody's throwing there money on Naruto and his paying no way near as much as when I went in there" Yugito informed them
"This fight is not over I know Gai sensei and Kakashi sensei have not yet used everything they have" said Neji confidently.
"Yeah I know but Naruto still has a lot up his sleeve, he hasn't even used sage mode yet" Yugito said shocking the genin.
"What's sage mode, I mean I know Naruto is considered a sage but what does that even mean" Ino asked getting several agreeing glances from the people who wanted to know more about Naruto's abilities.
"It uses a type of chakra Naruto can draw on from nature called senjutsu, and it makes him much stronger faster, and all of his jutsu in this form are at least four times stronger than they normally are" Yugito said causing the former rookies minus Shikamaru to go wide eyed. The lazy Nara just mumbled "Troublesome".
It was at that point there was a loud explosion from the area around Gai.
(Fight)
Naruto and his clones had been putting the Jonnin to shame for a good couple of minutes until a loud noise and a strong gust of wind changed Naruto's focus from Kakashi to the bowl haired, bushy eyebrow, green clad Gai. 'So he's using the celestial gates huh, this could be tough' Naruto thought.
The ground erupted below Gai and he blurred away, not in the direction of Naruto but towards the seals wrapped around the kunai. 'Fuck if he get's them off he will be even faster' Naruto thought and rushed after him along with his clones.
Naruto arrived just before Gai and was able to stop him with a hard kick to the ribs 'so he has only opened the second gate so far' Naruto thought as he was now evenly matched with Gai in terms of speed despite the gravity difference.
Gai dispatched the clones with ease now and was focusing on getting around the original Naruto but found that to be a far harder task.
Naruto slipped between the punches that the clones had taken due to the original being superior in the most part and the small hits Naruto was taking that were while strong and enough to take out a clone were not enough to bother the real Naruto who had seen an opening left from a failed attack too it and sent an elbow into Gai's stomach causing him to go wide eyed before collapsing.
However at that point the seals faded. "What the?" Naruto asked but then remembered he was in a three way fight.
Kakashi was standing next to one of the other seal's cut open and bleeding but otherwise fine burning the seal. "Clever Jutsu Naruto an area effect gravity seal, you really are just like your father with seal's, but this fight is not over yet" Kakashi said and began running through hand seals. "Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu"
Flames shot out of Kakashi's mouth and flew toward the young sage who quickly began running through seals of his own. "Suiton: Water Encampment Wall" he yelled and drew water from a small tap at the edge of the arena to block the fire.
"You have gotten good with Suiton, how about this then "Suiton Water Dragon Jutsu" Kakashi yelled out and from the same tap a giant dragon made of water formed and circled around Kakashi before flying at high speeds towards Naruto.
"Fuuton Giant Wind Bullets" Naruto yelled finishing his set of hand seals. The first bullet hit the dragon and they both erupted in a explosion of gale winds and water, then Naruto shot the next bullet at Kakashi.
Kakashi had to react quickly if he did not want to end up like his poor innocent water dragon of death and ran through hand seals faster than even he could follow "Katon: Dragon Breath Jutsu" Kakashi yelled and a explosion of flames erupted from his mouth and shot for Naruto who's Wind bullet was just swallowed and added to the strength of the fire.
'shit that's a S ranked jutsu I'm going to have to use it' Naruto thought desperately and pulled out the two small chakra rods that Jiraiya had gotten for him before he left to Myobokuzan.
"Time Space Absorption Seal... Fuin!" Naruto yelled and two small seals began to glow on the edge of the chakra rods, and the flamed that rushed at Naruto disappeared into thin air. "Now lets see how you deal with it" Naruto yelled before spinning around and releasing the seal sending the flames careening back towards the copy ninja.
'Not good it's coming to fast I don't have a choice' "Kamui" Kakashi said and his eye morphed into a single pinwheel before it sent a ripple of time and space to send his jutsu to another dimension.
(Kage Booth)
"I don't believe it Not only the Mangekyo Sharingan but two forms of time space jutsu, this is most impressive, that would have to take a lot out of Hatake though he isn't a Uchiha so he wont last much longer" Oonoki said roughly.
"Yeah but look Gai is back up and by the looks of it he is opening more of the inner gates" Kurotsuchi said, she did not like the three men involved but this fight had impressed her, she was only a chunin but only because she had wanted to take the exams in Iwa, she was considered in all but tittle a Jonnin but these three were far superior to her and she knew it.
(Fight)
"So that's what your Mangekyo does, that's a nice move an instant kill if you get it right" Naruto said impressed.
"Thanks. But it takes a lot out of me nothing like your seals which just require activation energy and and as I don't have the chakra reserves you have I cant use it too often" Kakashi admitted breathing heavily, he was done, at least for ninjutsu he had to hope an opening appeared for him to have a chance to win this match now.
That was when Naruto felt Gai, "What the fuck" Naruto stammered as he turned to see Gai glowing green and chakra begin to visibly flow around him.
'that's the gate of limit' Kakashi thought and quickly jumped away to avoid the coming onslaught.
'looks like I am going to need at least sage made to get out of this one' Naruto thought as he activated the first of his senjutsu seals.
(Stands)
The Crowd for the most part og the match had been watching on in shock and the three way fight continued on but now they were getting worried, this was supposed to be an exhibition match but they were tearing the arena appart.
The Genin waiting in the competitors booth were thinking along the lines of 'How are we supposed to follow this'
While the former rookies just could not believe how far ahead of them Naruto had become.
"Gai sensei will win this now, Naruto-kun is tough but those are five of the eight celestial gate's Gai sensei has opened" Lee said.
Tenten and Neji agreed but then Sakura pointed something out "Look at Naruto's eye's they have changed, that's what he looked like when he fought Itachi and Sasori" she yelled causing the other rookies to inspect the changes.
"That's his sage mode, although I will be honest five of the celestial gates will be hard to beat" Yugito admitted. 'you better win this Naru-kun'
(Fight)
The chakra began to die down around Gai before he pushed off at great speeds and sent Naruto flying through the arena wall before standing there panting heavily and waiting.
Naruto was doubled over in pain, a punch in the gut that is so hard that it sends you through a cement wall is no trip to a health spar after all. He was struggling to stand as kyuubi and his senjutsu healed him.
Once sufficiently healed Naruto made his way back through the sage sized hole in the wall that he made. "well that was one hell of a punch" Naruto said jokingly while trying to figure out a way to win. 'I need to attack, if I can just get in one punch it will be enough to drain him of his extra powers and leave him out of it' Naruto thought as he readied his attack.
This proved harder than originally thought as Gai tried to press his advantage and Naruto was only just able to dodge out of the way as the first strike crashed into the ground creating a Tsunade punch sized crater.
Gai was chasing Naruto around the arena destroying trees or anything he came in contact with as Naruto would narrowly avoid the pain that was sure to arrive from a missed dodge. 'I cant keep this up I need to attack now, he twist's his leg slightly before he kicks off that is when I need to move in' Naruto thought dodging yet another punch.
Then Naruto saw it the leg twitch. 'this is it if I mess up I'm going to be in a lot of pain' Naruto thought as he threw a punch at nothing at the same moment Gai rocketed forward.
Both fighters flew to either wall and landed with a thud on the ground after there attacks collided. Gai was no longer using the gate's and did not seem to be in any condition too, Naruto was still in sage mode as another seal activated and the blond was slowly getting to his feet along with his Green clad counterpart.
Both stood breathing heavily when Kakashi dropped out of a nearby tree. "Yo, miss me" he asked with a smile.
"Damn it Kakashi sensei, I could of used your help" Naruto panted out his senjutsu not yet able to cure his exhaustion.
Kakashi didn't answer but he seemed to communicate wordlessly with Gai who stood up and walked slowly over to Kakashi before they bother shot at Naruto who was still slightly hunched over.
Standing up straight Naruto brought both his hands up and formed a rasengan in each "So that's how its going to be huh" Naruto panted out as the two now considerably slower jonnin approached.
Naruto ducked and turned out of the way of the two Jonnin before planting a rasengan into the abdomen of each of them "Rasengan barrage!" Naruto yelled as the spinning orbs sank into the pair before they both went flying into the wall and crashing to the ground unconscious.
Then Genma made his return slowly walking over to the downed Copy Ninja and Green Beast, making sure they were both alive before turning to to crowd. "Kakashi and Gai are unable to continue... Winner Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze!"
Silence rang around the arena for a second before a massive explosion of noise rocked the arena with cheers congratulating the victor.
(Kage Booth)
"He is Indeed an S ranked ninja, I hope to see him at the Jonnin Exams, I have little doubt he will win if he is there" Oonoki said to Tsunade earning an annoyed hmpf from Kurotsuchi but she too had to admit if they fought she would almost definitely loose.
"Yes, he will be at the exams, we found a team that has already seen a chunin promoted so his taking the exams was essential, however as Jiraiya's apprentice the rank of jonnin does not mean anything to him" Tsunade said standing and applauding the exhausted blond who still found the energy to give a slow victory lap.
"I will have to send a memo to my chunin competing to avoid Naruto at all cost's" Gaara said impassively even he wore a smile at the result of the fight.
"Yes it would be a smart Idea, I'm sure Kurotsuchi-chan here will be more weary of a confrontation with the boy" Oonoki stated plainly.
(Stands)
"I cant believe Gai sensei and Kakashi sensei lost" Sakura said blankly.
"It's just like Naruto to pull off something like that, kami how am I supposed to catch him now" Kiba moaned.
"Your not, Naruto is not like us, hes special he pushes himself far harder than we could ever imagine and will be a very important ninja to this village for a long time" Shikamaru said lazily.
"Well important or not hes still an idiot, look at him running around celebrating his win" Sakura said indigently.
"He just beat two high A ranked ninja, that is something worth celebrating is it not" Shino said logically.
Naruto finally left the arena to the medical tent with the others, he had no serious injuries but wanted to make sure Kakashi and Gai were alright.
END CHAPTER!
well what do you think three way fights are tough to write that's for sure hope I did a good job.
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