It was the end of Naruto's second year at the Academy.
And his life was going amazing.
The Clan was doing amazingly, having a stable income that we were able to invest back into the businesses that Naruto backed, giving him more money than he knew what to do with.
His personal growth had also hit a new level.
His Kenjutsu was coming along nicely, He could now comfortably make Fenrir actually try to defend himself when he pushed his body with Chakra Enhancement.
His Fuinjutsu had progressed to where Tengan had started to teach him some of his more ingenious Seals, Such as a Seal that Takes materials from it's surroundings, Hardens it, And forms a small wall to provide cover. It was a Seal that Naruto was very invested in learning, as he was abysmal at Earth Release, so the Earth Wall Jutsu, or any other jutus that used earth to form cover, would be impractical to learn.
Naruto's Ninjutus arsenal had also once again increased.
He had been focusing on his Storm Release since he learned the first three Jutsu he had ever learned. And while he did still work on the first three, it wasn't as intense as his Storm Release training.
So he decided to learn two new jutsu, a Wind Jutsu called Great Breakthrough that created blasts of Air capable of tearing apart trees, something that Kakashi had taught him.
And a Water Technique called Water Dragon Jutsu, that Kakashi had copied a while ago when he encountered a Shinobi from the Hidden Mist village.
Learning them had been difficult at first.
The first one because of the sheer amount of chakra it took at once to preform, which had gotten less the more Naruto had trained with it, but it was still a pain in the butt.
And the second required a lot of concentration to do correctly at first, which also wasn't much of a problem, mostly because the Jutsu was easy to learn and after a month of non-stop Water Dragon Spamming, Naruto had reached the point where he could form the Water Dragon with only half the required number of hand seals it originally needed and minimal Concentration.
But Naruto was quickly getting a little bored of the lack of serious competition.
Sasuke, Fenrir, Kakashi and Anko were all powerful in their own right, and he could beat them if he went wild and pulled out all his tricks and moves.
But it was the lack of a life-or-death situation, the lack of adrenaline, that was causing Naruto to go stir crazy.
Admittedly, it wasnt the best trait to be developing, as many Shinobi had been killed by being thrill seekers, and Naruto didn't want to join them.
So, in a stroke of ingenious Inspiration, Naruto and Tengan had developed a seal together.
One that would solve Naruto's issues.
Naruto called it the tournament Seal.
A seal capable of Having people sustain life-threatening injuries, but once a certain amount of damage had been done, the Seal would relocate the One who was about to die to a pre designated place, and use a complex formation that used to principles and of Healing Techniques to heal the Injured target to full health.
And so, using this seal, Naruto had organised a friendly tournament between his friends.
The prize being bragging rights and a boost to their ego.
The tournament was also a no hold bard, to the death style sort of thing.
And everybody gave those consent once Naruto revielded the functions of the Seal that had been used, and that it guaranteed their safety.
So now that they were warned of the pain that could come.
The tournament had begun.
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The Tournament had started, and nearly came to an end.
The first round was Ino Vs Kiba.
This fight was pretty exciting, Ino's water Jutsu and Her ability to heal herself made for a surprisingly good counter to Kiba and Akamaru's Ninken Techniques.
But in the End, Ino couldn't keep up with Kiba's Raw speed, And he moved on to the next round.
The next Fight was Sasuke Vs Shikamaru.
Shikamaru was a tough Opponent for Sasuke, who knew of the Nara Shadow techniques and how dangerous they were.
And in the End, It was When Sasuke got careless, that he got stuck in a Shadow Manipulation Jutsu that Shika had arched around behind him, and Shikamaru forced sasuke's own blade into his shoulder.
Next was Choji Vs Sakura.
They were pretty evenly matched, Sakura being only slightly stronger than the Akimichi who was using his Clans size manipulation Jutsu to Hold the Pinkette back.
But When Sakura used a combo of Poisoned Kunai, Taijutsu, And a Clone for a distraction, Choji fell to the pinketts attack and was ejected from the arena and healed.
The last round of the 'preliminaries', were Naruto Vs Hinata.
Naruto didn't expect Hinata to hold back, and she didn't, as she activated her Byakugan as the fight started and readied to use her Gentle Fist.
Naruto sent few Soaring Kunai and Cloud Sentinals at her to test her defences, which seemed pretty good, and she used her gentle fist to knock the Kunai out of the air, the chakra in her strikes, disabling the Moving Kunai. And the Cloud sentinels were quickly dispatched as Hinata used her gentle fist to burst chakra through them, dispersing them in puffs of static and mist.
It was then Hinata, who pulled out a series of Water Bullet Jutsu, that Naruto sliced apart with a Sword he had borrowed from the Uzumaki Armoury.
But with him distracted, Hinata closed the distance, and sent a gentle fist straight for Naruto's Shoulder and Neck.
But Naruto, who had anticipated this, had surged Storm Release chakra in the Area where She struck, causing the Hyuga's hands to go numb and knocking her onto her butt.
So as Naruto held his sword to her, Waitng for her to surrender, as he did the exact opposite.
And in a remarkable display of chakra control, She pulled off a Hand Signless Water Bullet, and knocked Naruto in his face.
Seeing the chance, she jumped up on her feet and struck him in the head with her elbow, which was charged with Chakra.
Naruto had lost due to his own arrogance, thinking that Hinata was defencless with out her hands.
How wrong he was.
And the Preliminaries were over.
And the Next few fight a of the next section were only more intense.
Choji and Kiba both fought to a standstill, Kiba winning when Choji ran out of chakra.
Shikamaru was to fight Kiba again after the latter had fully recovered, and Kiba had one once more. Using his clans Beast Clone Jutsu to distract the Nara, who had snuck up behind him and put a Kunai in his Shoulder.
Hinata and Sakura fought in a bout of Taijutsu the likes that many had never seen.
But with Sakura, Having trained with Hinata before and knowing how dangerous the Gentle first was as a Taijutsu style, Had opted for a more unorthodox route to victory.
The Hiding like a Mole Technique was used to great efficiency and with Sakura also having learned how to lower her chakra from Kakashi, which was an Anbu style technique that was taught in their basic training.
She got to drop off Hinata, who while she did put up a good fight, dodging the initial attack and even countering the next one.
The third time, she was as lucky, and was knocked out and relocated to the resting area.
Now the last fight had begun.
Kiba Vs Sakura.
Kiba had put up a fight, and Sakura had admitted that he had indeed stepped up his game and gotten a lot stronger.
But in the face of Sakura, who could heal injuries, and Kiba, who could not.
Sakura won in a battle of outlasting the other, and when Kiba could hardly stand, Sakura right hooked him in the Side, hitting him in his Liver, which all of them knew was a bad place to be hit, especially by Sakura who was ridiculously strong.
And so Sakura won the Tournament.
And in the afterparty/sleepover that Naruto had quickly put together, everybody cheered her on, as she smiled Smuggly.
But things got out of hand as It appeared Anko had spiked the Drinks with a Chemical to simulate Being drunk.
The following day was not fun for any of them, as Sasuke had woken up hugging Skikamaru, both of which were not happy with the situation, and Hinata had fallen asleep hugging Naruto.
When Hinata woke up, she turned beat red and locked herself in the bathroom, too embarrassed to face Naruto.
And Anko was put in timeout by Fenrir for drugging the children, an event everybody agreed to keep secret.
And so, their second year at the Academy had ended.
With them nearly half way through their Academy training, things would become a lot more serious next year, and they were definitely ready for anything that could be thrown at them.