At last! I'm back! Sorry for the long wait, I took far longer than I'd like to admit working on this chapter. Hope the wait wasn't too bad though and I hope you all enjoy the chapter.

(Marshalanime does not own Naruto or Monster Girl Encyclopedia)

'I'm so glad I made that jutsu' Naruto thought to himself as steadied his legs so not to fall. The blond was nearly blown over however as two people rush past him with a stretcher between them. The first was a tall man with short dirt blond hair, blue-grey eyes, and like his companion he wore an all white outfit. The second was a petite build, with mid back length brown hair done in a braid, and large expressive brown eyes as she followed right behind. Like they did with any other fighter that couldn't leave the arena by themselves the two rushed over to Alke. Grabbing her head was easy enough but Naruto couldn't help but wonder how prepared these two were when Alke's body started clinging to and groping the male medic when they tried to place her on the stretcher.

'At least there's only one more fight' Naruto happily thought to himself as he got his legs under control and stood up straight. As the female medic demonstrated quite a bit of strength by simply grabbing hold of both her partner and Alke and dragging them out of the arena like it was nothing a winged shadow slowly moved over the blond.

"I was actually looking forward to seeing how the great hero would fair against me" the dragonic woman commented as she glided over the arena and softly landed as if she were weightless, turning to face him just before her feet touched the ground. "It is a shame that our match came after your fight with that retired general" the woman said as her golden yellow eyes stared through him with a powerful glow behind them.

Giving the woman a confident smirk Naruto shoved a thumb into his chest while declaring "Don't worry about me. I still have more than enough to wing this!". Though this declaration probably would've been cooler if Zabuza hadn't picked the blond up by the back of his shirt seconds after making it.

"Get lost. This fight is mine" the ex-kiri shinobi turned royal body guard told the blond struggling to get out of his grip while looking at him with his usual glaring expression.

"Wha!? Why would I-" Naruto was starting to remark with sending his own glare at the man when the swordsman cut him off.

"I don't want her having any excuses for when I beat her" Zabuza said redirecting and intensifying his glare at the draconic girl that was clearly amused with the whole situation as she looked on with a smirk. "Now move it before I add a few more slashes to your body" the man said while tossing the blond over his shoulder and out of the arena.

After landing on his face Naruto quickly sat up and turned back to the man. "Damn it! You owe me for this!" Naruto yelled at the man who didn't give any inclination that he heard the blond. 'Why did Aria safe this bastard again?' Naruto wondered as he tried to glare a whole through the back of his head.

"Attention everyone! It would appear that Naruto will be bowing out of the competition and the contestant who won the first round will be taking his place!" Mina announced to everyone in the stands. Next to the palace worker sat the royal family in their private booth.

"I guess I wont be getting Naruto all to myself for the next week then" Saree commented with a sigh as her head dropped slightly and she leaned further back into her chair.

"Don't worry dear" her mother told her while placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It was just bad luck is all" the brunette told her with a reassuring smile.

"Yeah, I guess your right" the red haired princess told her as she sat back up.

"Not to mention you still have him for the rest of the night" Joanna added as the hand she held on her daughters shoulder moved to cover the smile she had when her daughters face turned bright red at her mothers implication.

"Wait? Saree had a competitor in the tournament?" Rutley asked with a very confused expression as he leaned forward to look at both his wife and daughter.

"Just keep watching the tournament dear. I can handle Saree's love life okay" Joanna told the muscular man who only seemed to become more confused at his wife saying thins but listened to her regardless.

"So princess Aria's little lap dog believes he can match the great Tiamat?" Tiamat asked the man while resting the palm of her hand on the crystal hilt of a great sword left from the last match. "You are either over confident in yourself or incredibly stupid to believe such a thing" the woman calmly said with a small smirk as she looked down at the sword her hand was resting on as if she didn't even need to see the man in front of her to win the match.

"Let's see if you're still talking big when I cut you up" Zabuza retorted as he grabbed the sword Aria gotten made for him with his good arm and directed it at the dragon.

"Try not to complain to much when I win" Tiamat softly spoke as her wings shot open, pulling the nearby blades out of the ground with the gust of wind that came from her emerald wings. With Mina announcing the start of their match Tiamat used the strength of her wings in conjunction with her legs pushing herself forward with enough power to crack and break apart the ground she was standing on.

Little more than a blink of an eye later has sparks flying as Tiamat's claws racked across the flat of Zabuza's blade. With her body still of the ground and flames beginning to pour out of the corners of her mouth Tiamat looked straight into Zabuza's eyes and told him "Because you don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of beating me!".

Using the brief moment between her sentence finishing and the flames rushing forth from her mouth Zabuza began moving into a roll to avoid it while shifting his blade to take most of the fire's force. Avoiding most of the fire the swordsman rolls to the left only to land back of his feet as he begins to swing his blade at his opponent as he turns to fully face her once again.

"It's pointless" Tiamat declared as she used her right arm to halt the man's sword. "My scales are as hard as any armor" the draconic woman briefly explained as the man glared at the pitiful scratch on the arm he should've been able to cut clean through with that swing. "Now do you see how outclassed you are?!" Tiamat asked the man as she slammed her left fist into the man's right cheek sending him flying towards the pool of water in the center on the arena.

After being sent tumbling through many of Alke's blades the ex-kiri shinobi stopped just past the water's edge. Quickly resurfacing and pulling himself up onto the water's surface with his good arm Zabuza let out an infuriated grunt becoming increasingly infuriated with the woman. As he knelt on the water with trails of the liquid constantly forming as it ran off his form the man brought his right hand up to his left and began weaving hand signs. "Don't think you can eat me that easily!" the man called out to the draconic woman as he landed on the last sign and Tiamat's eyes widened slightly as the water behind the man began to rise. "Water style - Water Dragon jutsu!" the man called out as the massive form of the water dragon fully formed and began it's charge toward Tiamat.

"You believe this mockery will stop me!" Tiamat roared as flames began to spew from her lips and rushing forth to clash with the mass of water headed for her. The collision of the two opposing forces cancelled one another and resulted in an explosion of steam that covered the field with enough force to blow Tiamat's dark night sky blue hair to back as she held up her arms to guard her face.

"Your dragon isn't doing so well" Aria stated as she looked down at the concealed field, a confident smirk adorning her soft lips.

"Hmph" Erika turned to look at the lilim from the corner of her eye. "Your fighter gets one decent attack in and you start talking like the match is over" the vampire says with a smug smirk.

"Well" Aria starts as she flips her hand up towards the field. "It helps when your hired muscle just helped set the arena in Zabuza's favor" Aria commented as she smiled down at her old friend.

With her smirk dropping into a confused frown Erika was about to ask what the girl meant when the sound and flash of repeated blasts of fire drew her attention back to the arena. From the cloud of mist covering the field could be seen rapid flashes of orange light with a few steams of fire shooting out of the cloud every few second.

"Zabuza specializes in the silent killing technique" Kakashi began to explain as he glanced over at the confused vampire. "even in zero viability he can find his opponent with ease and then finish them off with a single strike. His victims rarely ever know what happens as Zabuza takes them out in the blink of an eye" Kakashi told Erika.

With a quick sneer and huff Erika turned back to face the field. "As if such a cowardly technique would work on Tiamat" Erika commented with a small pout as she refused to even consider losing thins to Aria.

"Stop hiding and face me like a real warrior!" Tiamat yelled out into the mist as flames left over from her last burst of fire still lingered on her lips. The sound of something cutting through the air caught her attention and she raised her left arm to block the oncoming blade. As Zabuza's large executioner's blade bounced of of her scales and landed on the ground the form of the swordsman himself appeared behind her.

With a single chakra infused swing of his new blade the man cut right through the dragon leaving a glowing mark from her right shoulder down to just under her left breast. "So much for that hide of yours" Zabuza commented only to be sliced by Tiamat's claws after she spun around in anger to retaliate only for her to roar out in rage sending a massive blast of fire straight up after having the man turn into a pile of water.

As Tiamat was busy coating anything around her in flames Zabuza stood atop the waters surface going through hand signs. Finishing the signs the man stood there as a circling vortex of water formed in front of him. "Water style - Great Waterfall jutsu" Zabuza called out as the massive churning vortex of water started to surge towards Tiamat.

Breathing heavily as she stood in the center of her ring of fire Tiamat had very little time to react as she just barely managed to bring her arms up in some form of defense as the wall of water slammed into her from the side. It wasn't long before the woman was sent out of the arena at the front of the vortex and slammed into the wall just under the stands.

Dropping down onto her hands and knees the dragoness started coughing out water that managed to get into her lungs. 'I wont' Tiamat thought to herself as she knelt there completely soaked to the bone with her dark hair forming a curtain around her dropped head. The lager puddles of water scattered around her began to rapidly evaporate as she gritted her teeth along with the water on her body. "I wont lose to this bastard!" Tiamat roared as she yanked her head up with a look of utter rage as her form was quickly shrouded in seam and fire.