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Chapter 5
The Long Awaited Fight Part I

A guest room

Negi slowly opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing his head. All around him, he heard Asuna, Kotarou, Setsuna, and Kaede groaning and sitting up. Then, Kotarou said, "That was one weird dream. I didn't just hear Fate say that those two are his parents who died summoning the Shinigami, right?"

"I'm afraid it's true, Inugami-kun. It was no dream." Everyone jumped at Fate's voice and turned to see him standing by the door. "Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina are indeed alive and well."

Negi stood up and asked, "How could that be true? Nothing can bring back the dead."

Fate sighed and said, "I only informed you of the events until their death. I haven't told you about what happened afterwards. Come with me."

The other four stepped off their beds and followed Fate as he led them back to the living room, where Minato and Kushina were seated.

Kushina smiled at them. "Oh, you're awake. You five had one nasty unconsciousness attack."

Negi bowed and said, "Thank you for having us."

She waved it off. "It's fine with us. Any friend of Naruto is welcome in our house."

Kotarou snickered and whispered to Asuna, "What a name: fishcake."

Fate narrowed his eyes at him. "Do you mock my name, Inugami-kun? Perhaps I should remind you that laughing at the pun in my previous name is just as similar as laughing at the pun in Negi-kun's. Or should I remind you that I could just send all of you back without so much as a farewell." That shut him up.

Minato laughed a bit. "Now, now, Fate, don't threaten our guest. Come, take a seat."

The five thanked him and sat down. Fate did the same and took his cup of coffee. Then, he said, "Since your confusion is obvious, I will inform you of the circumstances that led to the resurrection of my parents." And Fate immediately told them of the story from his banishment to the disappearance three years ago.

Negi asked, "Why were you banished anyway? Is it because of your status as a jinchuuriki?"

"The people of Konoha banished me because of fear. They fear that, with my continuous use of the Kyuubi's power, I will inevitably grow too powerful for their liking and decided to prevent such a thing from happening and weakened me. The seal that prevented me from using the Kyuubi is proof of that. And they acted on that banishment right after my defeat of Uchiha Sasuke."

Setsuna couldn't help feeling sympathy for Fate. Being born an albino in a Crow Demon tribe made everyone ostracize her and shy away from her; and she was inevitably exiled from the tribe because of that.

Negi said, "So that's why they're alive now."

Fate nodded. "I admit. It was unexpected but not unwelcome."

Asuna asked, "So what happens now?"

"Since all of you are so adamant in staying here and help me, you will help me in securing the remaining jinchuuriki and defeating the Akatsuki. For now, I will have to take a battle test to determine my rank here in Konoha. It will happen in two days."

Two days later

The two days come and gone and nothing interesting happened. Negi, Kotarou, Asuna, Setsuna, and Kaede spent that time in getting to know Minato and Kushina and vice versa.

Now, they are in the Konoha stadium with Negi's group seated right in front, Kushina, Mikoto, and Hitomi right beside them. Also seated in the audience seats were the various clan heads, Ichiraku Teuchi and Ayame, the Rookie 12's senseis, the Konohamaru Corps, Umino Iruka, Mitarashi Anko, Morino Ibiki, Uzuki Yugao, and Inuzuka Hana.

Up on the Kage seat was Minato with Jiraiya and Tsunade behind him. Beside him was Genma, chewing on his toothpick.

With Kushina were two blonde girls. While both were of the same age, one is taller than the other.

The taller has creamy white skin, cold, sky blue eyes, and a paler shade of blonde hair that is in a distinct fray. On her forehead was an armored and horned headplate that holds the insignia of Konoha. On her neck was some sort of choker with a golden pendant connected to it. The choker extended down to her body but was covered by a long, white cloak that rounds from her right arm, through her back, and ends at her left arm and has a smaller addition through her front, covering her breasts down to her torso. The exposed part of her torso showed a blue skirt that ends to her knees, and past that was a thigh-length, toeless socks. Additional designs were the light blue trimmings and red-colored seals attached along the trimmings to the end of the cloak. On her open shoulders were pauldrons. A final characteristic was the three, faint whisker-like markings on either side of her cheeks. (Essentially she is the combination of Mu-12 and Noel Vermillion with the whisker marks of Naruto).

The shorter of the two has tan skin, cerulean blue eyes, and sun-kissed blonde hair, tied into two ponytails on either side of her head. She tied her hitai-ite around her neck like a choker. She is wearing a black-and-orange, long-sleeved jacket top that is left unzipped, showing off her black t-shirt and wears finger-less gloves on her hands. For her bottom, she has an orange skirt that is thigh-length and wears black, knee-length socks, with a kunai holder tied on her right thigh, and black ninja boots. On her cheeks are much more pronounced whisker marks.

Both have left psychological evaluation from Yamanaka Inoichi just recently and are now waiting for their 'brother' to reveal himself finally. The taller is named Yukizora and the shorter was Izumi.

Izumi turned to Kushina and asked, "Okaa-san, do you think that Onii-sama will like us?"

Kushina smiled at her and said, "I'm sure he will, Izumi-chan. I don't think he dislikes someone just from a first impression."

Izumi beamed and Yukizora turned to her mother. "What was his reaction when he heard what Danzo did?"

"He went to Eien Nemuri to take something of value from him just as Danzo did the same to him."

"I see. Then, I am content."

Turning to the grounds, they watched the remaining members of the Rookie 12. The only member of the Rookie 12 who is not present is Sasuke. He stayed on the fighter's box, as he wanted to fight Naruto one-on-one, personal request towards his mother, the Yondaime Hokage, and his wife.

Minato leaned forward, rested his elbows on his thighs, entwined his fingers together and put his chin on it. Turning his eyes towards Genma, he said, "Begin the match."

Genma nodded and used Shunshin to appear on the ground. Then, he said, "Alright. I'm sure you guys know that you are going to test the returning Uzumaki Naruto. And I'm sure you've heard of what happened to him." They nodded. "Alright, let's just wait for him."

The moment he finished it, the soft pitter-patter of a pair of feet greeted his ears and soon a statement was heard. "No need to extend your patience. I have arrived." Everyone turned to the source and everyone who has not met with Fate before were flabbergasted at his appearance.

Genma smirked. "It's been a long time." Turning to the audience, he said, "Alright, here he is, the returning shinobi, Uzumaki Naruto."

Ayame, for one, completely fainted when she found that out. The gold bar that she received came from the boy that she grew fond of. Teuchi was at her side, winding her face.

Sasuke, for his part, was wide-eyed at him. He didn't expect Naruto to become…this. Those cold eyes, they remind him too much of Itachi. No…Itachi's eyes held something within that I couldn't place. Naruto's eyes…they hold nothing.

Yukizora and Izumi were also shocked that this was their brother, the one that saved them from the torment of Danzo. He didn't even look like the one they remembered.

Anko and Ibiki are in the same boat. This is the brat that wore orange and does pranks? Whoa, what happened to him?

Kiba pointed at him wildly. "Whoa, man, you changed! I didn't believe Mom when I heard it but, whoa!"

Fate looked at him. Inuzuka Kiba still had his loud mouth. Then, he looked at his changed attire before turning his eyes towards the much more mysterious Shino and the even more beautiful Hinata (Shippuden appearance).

This was the group that he once named the Uwagi Buntai (Jacket Squad), as Uzumaki Naruto.

Then, Fate scoured Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino, all of which had stud earrings, instead of hoops. He once again observed their attire (Shippuden appearance, again).

This was the group he once named Mimikazari Buntai (Earring Squad), as Uzumaki Naruto.

Lee only had two differences, height and attire. Neji had changed hair, height, and attire. Tenten had height and attire differences (Shippuden appearance, again).

This was named Seishun no Buntai (Squad of Youth), secretly.

Finally, his previous team, he surveyed. Sasuke wasn't there and was replaced by some pale guy with the same eye and hair colors as Sasuke. He wears a short, black jacket with red stripes and carries a tanto on his back. He also wears a high-collared midriff shirt, black pants, shinobi sandals and gloves with his index and thumb fingers exposed.

Sakura also changed from a little girl to young woman. She wears a red, sleeveless top, like before, with black gloves, boots and shorts, with a short, pink apron skirt and matching elbow guards and hitai-ite. She also has a tanto above a pouch on her back.

Unfortunately, Uzumaki Naruto didn't have name for this group. Oh, well.

Fate returned to Kiba and said, "The most common source of proving is through sight. It seems you are one of those people. Would it have mattered what I looked like? Appearance doesn't change what's within."

Neji had veins bulge in his eyes and said, "Literally, you may be right. You have Kyuubi's chakra in your system. However, figuratively, that is where my doubt surfaces. Hiashi-sama told me that you changed your name to Fate Averruncus. Just from that name alone, I can already doubt your credibility. Fate and destiny holds no sway in Uzumaki Naruto's decisions. I have experienced it, firsthand."

"If you faced emotional change in the past, is it not possible for me to have the same? My banishment changed my view of the world. You should be impressed, Neji-kun. It took nothing less than banishment to change me."

Suddenly, a hand found its way to Neji's shoulder and Hinata stepped forward. Neji asked, "Hinata-sama?"

Hinata raised her eyes towards Fate's. She didn't even flinch as she said, "Prove it." Fate raised a brow. "Prove to me you are the real Naruto-kun. You would know how to prove it, if you are really Naruto-kun."

Fate closed his eyes and leaned forward and whispered so low into her ear that not even Kiba heard. When he pulled back, Hinata had a relieved yet sad smile on her face and tears escaped her eyes. Without warning, she jumped towards Fate and embraced him, exclaiming, 'Naruto-kun!'

Fate's Ministra looked murderous. No one hugs their Fate-sama without their permission.

Fate looked down and slowly raised his left hand to her back. When she let go, she said, "I knew you'd come back."

Fate stared at her before he said to the group, "Genma-san, start the match. I wish to test the strength of the Rookie 12, all at once."

Genma chuckled before he gave the go and shunshined away.

Kiba snorted, "Aren't you a bit too overconfident if you think you can handle all of us alone?"

Fate said, "How amusing. Even if almost three years have passed, you still retain your brash personality. But, know this, Kiba-kun. At your current level," then, Fate suddenly appeared in front of Kiba, faces inches from each other, "none of your blows could even hope to hit me." Kiba sweated wildly as Fate's eyes bore into his own. "Where's your bravado now? Did my sudden appearance startle you? Or did it get your blood going? Frankly, it matters not to me. What I've spoken of is the truth. Only a few could fight me at full strength and that is not even using Kyuubi's chakra." Then, he returned to his original position. "But if you wish to test yourself, feel free to do so and I will show you the futility of your actions."

Asuna whispered to Setsuna, "You still remember, Fate did that to Negi at Mundus Magicus?"

Setsuna shuddered. "Don't remind me. I still get nightmares."

Kiba shook himself out of his shock and growled. "Alright, I'll just have to prove you wrong!" Shouting for his companion, he tossed a red pill to Akamaru's throat, turning his fur red and transforming him to a perfect replica of Kiba. Then, as both Kibas went to attack, the original shouted, "Gatsuga!"

Both Kibas spun fast and turned to tornados zooming towards Fate.

Fate sighed before he appeared between the two tornados and performed a lightning-fast split kick, sending them both on opposite ends. As he landed, he said, "So uncivilized, charging at an opponent without prior knowledge of his abilities."

Shikamaru sighed. "This is troublesome. Alright, here's the plan. Lee, Chouji, Sakura and Ino, you go be our close combatants. Neji, Hinata, stick to mid-range. Tenten, Sai, Shino, go for long-range. Try and catch him off-guard. I'll see if I can study his attacks."

They nodded and charged.

Lee zoomed to the front of Fate and aimed for a kick at his feet. Fate jumped over it and kicked Lee away. As he landed, he moved slightly to the right to dodge the fist from Ino. Following through, he quickly turned around and grasped the fist of Sakura, earning a concussion that tore the earth behind Fate. But, Fate himself is unfazed. In bout of disinterest, Fate threw Sakura over his shoulder and suddenly kicked her away. Quickly, he jumped over Chouji, as he tried to use his Bubun Baika no Jutsu on his arm against Fate. Then, he landed on his back, grasped the back of his neck and threw him to the wall behind him.

Then, he backhanded a chakra shell that was intended for his face. Looking to the source, he saw Neji, with his palm outstretched.

Summoning an obsidian spear, he twirled it before he threw it at Neji.

Neji began spinning fast, releasing chakra in a dome-like shape, and said, "Hakkesho Kaiten!" The spear bounced off of the dome.

As the dome disappeared, Neji was shocked to see Fate, now holding his spear, above him and bearing down on him. Thankfully, he was saved by the timely intervention of Tenten, who summoned a kunai launcher from her stash of weapons and fired it at Fate. Neji escaped while Fate was busy blocking all fired kunai. When the barrage ended, he tossed the spear high into the air and ducked under an overhead strike from Hinata and touched her stomach and, channeling chakra to his palm, pushed her away. He jumped to grab his spear and blocked a tanto strike from the recovered Sakura. He kicked her away and threw it at an incoming white lion with black outlines, turning it to ink on impact.

He landed on the stadium wall and detached himself just as Ino and Lee double-teamed him by respectively punching and kicking the wall where he was in.

As his feet touched the ground, he dashed towards the nearby tree, grasped it in one hand, and lifted it off its very deep roots.

Anko was wide-eyed. "Whoa, he wasn't that strong before! Is he using chakra? Wait, of course, he's using chakra. There's no way he can do that without it."

Hitomi surprised her by saying, "If anything, he uses minimal chakra to lift that tree. It's as if he's using purely muscle power with chakra as an aid."

Fate twirled the tree high above his head and, grabbing hold of the base, swung it like a baseball bat towards the incoming twin tornadoes at his side, sending them both away again. Turning around, he used it again to bat Chouji away before he prepped it for throwing and threw it at the mid-rangers.

Jiraiya rubbed his eyes. "Am I seeing that right? He just lifted a tree all the way to the roots, twirled it above him, used it as a bat against the Inuzuka, his dog, and the Akimichi, and threw it at the Hyuuga duo…with one hand?"

Tsunade gave an affirming nod. "It's just like me during our fight with Orochimaru. I lifted Gamabunta's blade using both hands."

"Yeah, but back then, we had the experience and training. It's impossible for the kid to just gain something like that in three years."

Neji and Hinata were surprised but not panicky. Prepping their hands back, they performed a palm thrust and released a powerful blast of chakra, saying, "Hakke Hasangeki!" The tree split into two symmetrically and allowed both Hyuuga to see Fate.

Luckily, Fate was busy with Chouji, as he grabbed the large limb that was aimed at his face.

Fate was beginning to feel annoyed by the constant obstacles. It seems they have grown stronger than I suspected. Behind him, Sakura and Ino were running at him, fists at the ready. Above, Lee had one of his legs outstretched and prepped to slam him down.

The moment Sakura and Ino were within two meters and Lee was already half-a-meter above him, he pulled Chouji high into the air, taking Lee with him, and slammed them down on the two girls. Finishing up, he put a leg on Chouji's back and said, "Tsuomonawa (Eight-sided Rope)." Eight pillars emerged from the ground around the fallen close combaters and tied them tightly, sealing it with a knot on top.

Then, Fate removed his leg and turned around. "That is four down, seven to go."

Kiba and Akamaru struggled to get up from the rubble that he was in as he stared down at Fate and his incapacitated comrades. He took Sakura, Ino, Lee, and Chouji in less than ten minutes. Man, is he some kind of machine?

Fate's eye darted to Kiba and said, "Are you coming down from there, Kiba-kun? Or do you want to wait until the last moment before striking me?"

Kiba gulped and jumped down, along with Akamaru to meet up with the others. "Sorry I was late, guys. His kick packed a punch."

Shikamaru sighed again. "He's quick and strong. I can't believe that Naruto changed this much. Alright, Neji, Hinata, Kiba, stay here. Sai, blind him. Tenten, make sure he isn't focused on our following attack. Shino, once I cast my jutsu, cover him with explosive tags. I'm not sure if it kills him or not. But if he can carry a tree single-handed, I doubt that he will die from this."

They nodded and did as they were told.

Sai jumped above Fate, dropped a big blot on his scroll, made a single seal with his free hand and said, "Sumiyami (Inked Darkness)." The blot emerged from the scroll and covered Fate completely in ink.

Tenten took the scroll on her back and threw it to the air, hovering above Fate. Then, with a burst of chakra, she said, "Sogu: Tensasai." There was a burst of smoke and thousands of weapons rained down on Fate.

Shikamaru formed a rat seal and as his shadow extended from him to the ink blot, he said, "Kage Jun no Jutsu (Shadow Net Technique)."

The shadow surrounded the ink blot and connected with each other, like a net.

Shino finalized it by sending his kikaichu, which were holding explosive tags, and have them drop the tags on the blot at various areas. The moment the kikaichu are out of explosive range, the tags exploded.

They waited with baited breaths for the cloud to clear.

But, they were shocked when Fate just casually walked out of the cloud, no wounds on his body, no swords stabbed through him, no singes on his hair, not even ink on his clothes. "I must admit. Your tactics are quite impressive, using ink to blacken my sight and preventing me from sensing your next movement. Then, to ensure that my focus is not on you, you have someone rain continuous attacks on me, forcing me to block against it, allowing you to bind me and have explosive tags attached to me, for the finale." Then, he put his left hand on his shoulder and dusted something invisible off. "However, it seems it wasn't enough."

Kiba exclaimed, "How did you get out of there alive, man? You already had a lot of weapons raining down on you. You were also bombed lots of times!"

Fate gave a soft scoff. "You will need more than that to best the one once known as the number one unpredictable ninja." Then, he summoned an obsidian blade to block a tanto attack from Sai. "You may be an unknown, but your abilities are mediocre." He lunged a knee into his torso, knocking him unconscious, and threw his sword at Tenten or, specifically, the scroll she was about to unfurl.

Tenten was caught off-guard when the scroll in her hands flew to the side via sword that narrowly missed one of her hair buns.

Following through, Fate pushed away a palm attack to his torso from Neji and kicked him away. Then, he ducked under a swarm of kikaichu and dashed towards Shino.

Shino, for his part, was surprised at his speed for Fate was suddenly right in front of him, hand outstretched in a pushing motion. True enough, Shino was pushed away to a nearby wall. Then, Fate finished it by kneeing him in the gut followed by chopping him at the back of the neck, knocking him out.

As Shino fell to the ground, he surveyed his remaining opponents. Hinata was visibly reluctant in fighting him. Neji was observing him quite intently. Shikamaru had narrowed eyes as Fate could see him cooking up another plan. Kiba was surprised by what just happened. And Tenten has just retrieved her scroll from the wall where it was stabbed into.

Fate slowly walked towards them. "Is it so shocking that I took out practically three-fourths your members in around fifteen to twenty minutes? Or would it be more shocking if I told you that I wasn't even trying?"

Kiba pointed at him wildly. "That's a load of crap! There's no way that you did that so easily!"

He was silenced when Neji said, "It's true."

"What?"

"Take a look at his right hand." Kiba did so.

"What about it? It's just in his pocket."

"That's exactly what I meant. A hand in the pocket means that you are uninterested in the fight. And, if you took time to notice, not once did he use both hands in fighting. In everything he did since fighting us, he always used his feet and left hand. His sword, his grabs, his punches, it all came from his left hand. From memory, Naruto is a right-handed person. And if he keeps his right in his pocket and uses his left to fight, then he really is holding back."

Shikamaru added, "And if his spears and ropes that sprout from the ground are anything to go by, it must mean that he is a Doton user. That is quite possible. His incredible strength and invulnerability hints at this."

Tenten took Fate's sword from the wall and examined it. "It's confusing. This sword's made of obsidian, possibly enhancing your theory, Shikamaru. But where could he get that affinity? Yondaime-sama was a Fuuton master and slight Raiton user and Kushina-sama was a Suiton master. And the Kyuubi was said to use Katon and Fuuton. Doton is the least possible choice for an affinity for him."

Fate said, "An astute observation. You are truly the Rookie 12's greatest minds. However, that leaves one question. How can you defeat me using the information you just collected?"

None had the answer. Shikamaru sighed. "I really don't want to do this but…" He raised his hand and said, "Alright, I'm out."

Everyone looked at him like he's grown two heads.

Shikamaru rubbed his shoulders. "If he's invulnerable to one of our strongest combos, able to defeat half of the Rookie 12 in twenty minutes, and able to use seal-less jutsus using his weakest arm, then, what the hell can we do?"

Neji relaxed his stance and said, "That's true. Very well, I forfeit as well."

Tenten looked at both geniuses and sighed. "Fine, count me out as well."

Kiba stuttered, "W-wait, don't tell me you're giving up?"

Tenten's shoulders slumped. "Do you have a plan against him when Shikamaru and Neji can't even make a plan that hurts his clothes?"

Kiba looked from Fate to Tenten and back. Then, he sighed. "Ah, I hate to do this but…I guess I'm out, too."

As they left the stadium, Fate turned to Hinata. "And you…will you forfeit as well?"

Hinata gulped and shook her head. "No. When you left, I promised myself that I would prove myself to you. If I forfeit now, my promise would be moot. And I don't break my promises."

Fate raised a brow and gave a soft chuckle as he said, "As expected of the first woman who acknowledged my existence."

Kiba said, "Oi, Hinata, you really want to fight him?"

Hinata nodded. "I want to show him how much I've changed."

Kiba was about to argue but saw that Hinata was determined to fight him and let it go.

As soon as the stadium was cleared of the other Rookie 12, Fate gave a small bow to Hinata. "Hyuuga Hinata, as you acknowledged my strength, so too will I acknowledge yours." Then, to everyone's shock, Fate drew his right hand from his pocket. "And in honor of that acknowledgement, I will combat you with my full attention. Impress me, Hinata." Then, he dropped to his stance. Hinata smiled and copied his example.

And that's a wrap!

The fight will be around two-three chapters long as I want to have a few more people battle Fate as a test or examination that is not the ranking exams.

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