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Chapter 6
The Long Awaited Fight Part II

Previously on FHDFHR

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.

Story Start

The winds blew mightily around the two combatants. The strength managed to knock a leaf off of the nearby tree. The leaf flew until it got between Fate and Hinata. Then, they started the moment the leaf landed on the ground.

Hinata immediately jumped away from a punch to the ground from Fate.

Following through, Hinata fired a Hakke Kusho at him.

Fate flipped back from the chakra shell and fired an obsidian knife at her as he landed.

Hinata dodged it and dashed at him, her hands, blurring due to the speed of her Jyuken strikes.

Fate dodged them all with ease, despite the easily-low-jonin-level speed. Then, he vanished.

Her eyes widened as she stopped and assumed her stance, her Byakugan blazing, searching for the vanished opponent. Then, she substituted herself with a log when spikes of earth formed from the ground and impaled the log.

Fate slowly emerged from the ground and turned to his back. "You have exceptional reaction time, Hinata. That is one of my quickest techniques that only a handful can avoid." Then, he raised his hands and a number of circle runes appeared in the air behind him. "I hope you can avoid this, Hinata. This is another of my quickest techniques."

Negi's eyes widened. "He wouldn't!"

With a whisper, Fate said, "Senjin Kokuyoken."

Every Mahora resident's eyes widened. Oh, shit.

Obsidian stakes protruded from the numerous runes and blasted towards Hinata.

Hinata's eyes widened as well before she dropped lower into her stance and saying, "Hakkesho Kaiten!" She began spinning and a dome of chakra appeared. Then, she followed quickly by prodding various points in the dome, saying, "Shugohakke Rokujuyonsho!" Then, the dome enlarged to the size of a quarter of the stadium and Hinata said, "Hakksho: Daikaiten (Eight Trigrams Palms: Great Revolving Heaven)!"

The obsidian blades clashed with the dome and flew straight into the air.

Fate raised a brow. What a formidable defense.

Then, he raised a fist and slammed it to the ground, creating cracks that went its way towards Hinata.

Hinata dispelled the dome, jumped high to avoid the crack, and held out her palm against Fate, exclaiming, "Hakke Hasangeki!" A large burst of chakra expelled from her palm and blurred towards Fate.

He merely raised his palm and caught the chakra burst before he clenched his fist and the chakra burst blasted into a million pieces. Then, he appeared in front of Hinata and punched her in the stomach. Hinata gasped out in pain before she was covered by a cloud of smoke and in her place was a log with explosive tags.

Fate's eyes widened slightly and kicked it away before it exploded in a shower of wood.

As he landed, he grasped the hand of the approaching Hinata, whose hand is covered by a lion-shaped chakra shroud. Turning around quickly, he threw her away before he jumped high and extended his leg.

Tsunade's eyes widened. "That's the-"

Fate whispered, "Tsutenkyaku." Hinata managed to roll away and pushed herself away from ground zero before Fate's heel came into contact with the ground and a large dust explosion covered her view of him.

Then, her eyes widened when Fate appeared in front of her and buried a fist into her stomach. Coughing a bit of blood, she flew to a tree, which broke from the force of impact. Looking up, she saw the dust cloud settle and was shocked to see a large crater on the ground.

Fate said, "Is the truth so shocking, Hinata? Is my strength that unbelievable to take in?"

Hinata shook her head as she stood up. "Seeing your new strength makes me sad, Naruto-kun. It just strengthens the fact that you are different from the Naruto-kun I liked three years ago. It hurts me that I would never see your smile that reaches your eyes." Then, her Byakugan eyes flared mightily. "But seeing it also makes me drive harder to get stronger."

Fate's eyes seemed to flash with appraisal before he said, "I see." Then, he put his hand on the ground and pulled out, to everyone's immense shock, a large chunk of earth. "Brace yourself." Then, he threw it at Hinata.

Hinata thrust her palm at the incoming chunk and said, "Hakke Hasangeki!" A large burst of chakra emerged from her palm and collided with the chunk, exploding it to pieces. However, she was shocked when Fate was behind the chunk and took advantage of Hinata's attention to the chunk to attack her.

In her shock, she didn't have the time to react to Fate's hand shooting towards her and grasp the front of her jacket.

Fate raised Hinata high, as her hands grasped his own. He said, "I am not just a different Naruto, Hinata. I am a new Naruto. The Uzumaki Naruto of old has gone."

Everyone was quite hurt by that statement.

Hinata whispered, "I don't believe that…"

Fate raised a brow. "You don't?"

"No matter what you look like, what you say, what you do, you will still be the same Naruto-kun to me."

Fate's eyes narrowed as he remembered his mother's words to him back then. Then, he threw her over his shoulder and kicked her away. As she landed, he said, "I admit myself confused. Uzumaki Kushina said the same thing. Why do humans cling so tightly to the past? It is mere history, written and spoken of only in fairy tales. Is their sanity and belief tied to it? There is no need to bring up such histories unless required to."

Everyone was hurt by that statement, none more so than Kushina and Hinata.

Hinata slowly said, "Why do you speak as though you are not human? You are human, too, Naruto-kun."

"What is a human, Hinata? How are they different from other beings? Is it their deeds, their actions? I have seen the insolence of numerous humans in all points of the planet and yet they are called humans." His mind went back to Shiori's sister. "Is it their physical make-up? Dolls are no different from them, then." Then, his eyes flashed. "I may be once human. But now, I am nothing more than a doll, a puppet that has lost its puppeteer."

More emotional pain was granted to everyone.

Hinata whispered, "I don't believe that."

Fate narrowed his eyes before he began unbuttoning his shirt.

Normally, Hinata would have blushed red but the pain from his statement prevented her from doing so. Instead, she watched with transfixed anxiety as Fate shrugged off his shirt.

To everyone's shock, an intricate number '3' was tattooed on his chest, directly over the heart. And on his stomach is a very detailed seal.

"This is proof of my status." He gestured to the '3' on his chest. "This signifies that I am but a third of a number of dolls." Then he returned his shirt. "No matter. There is no use crying over spilled milk. Shall we continue?"

Hinata narrowed her eyes at Fate before she charged at him. With a roar, Hinata jump-kicked Fate.

In response, Fate ducked under her. As Hinata landed, Fate lowered his hand to the ground and flicked it, causing cracks to appear and crawl its way to Hinata.

Hinata flipped backwards and pointed both hands, fingers pointed at Fate, and said, "Senhariseki (Thousand Needle Barrage)." Her fingers glowed before her arms blurred from back and forth and blue needles were fired at Fate.

Fate blurred off from one place to another as he went towards Hinata.

Hinata substituted herself with a log just as Fate punched.

Fate's eyes darted around the stadium before his hand shot upwards and caught the heel drop from Hinata. In effect, the ground beneath him cracked under the pressure. Fate mused, Tsutenkakyu, huh. Then, he slammed Hinata to the ground and said, "Tsuchi Kase (Earth Shackles)." The earth around Hinata's wrists and ankles shifted before they locked themselves around the wrists and ankles.

Fate turned around and said "Game over."

Genma reappeared at the grounds and said, "Shousha: Fate."

The bounds on Hinata were removed and she stood up. Hinata said to Fate, "Naruto-kun, for what it's worth, a doll, even one that has no master, wouldn't do anything that you did."

Fate slowly turned his head towards her. "What do you mean?"

She smiled. "Even if I won't know what you did during the years of your banishment, I know that you are different from these dolls that you spoke of."

"You know nothing of me and my time as a doll. Why do you speak as though you know?"

"Because I know what kind of person you are, Naruto-kun." With that, she used shunshin to get to the fighter's box.

Fate stayed stoic as Genma approached him. "Are there more challengers for me? Or has the Yondaime Hokage reached a decision?"

Genma shrugged. "You're not free yet, kid. The Uchiha kid also wants to fight you."

"So that is his reason for not wanting to fight with a group. He wants to fight me himself. Send him down, then. Let us waste no time. For I wish to fight him as well."

Negi was surprised by that statement and turned to Kushina. "Um, Uzumaki-san, who is this Uchiha that the proctor was talking about?"

Kushina smiled. "Please, just 'Kushina' is fine and the Uchiha Genma-san is talking about is Uchiha Sasuke. He's the black-haired boy over there." She pointed at a black-haired boy with a weird hairdo. It was shaped like a duck's behind, for Magic's sake! "According to Kakashi, both Naruto and Sasuke were once rivals, seeking to go beyond each other's strengths. Until the battle at the Valley happened, as you heard Naruto say."

Negi nodded, quite surprised by that fact.

As Sasuke jumped down to the arena, Fate scrutinized him. Nothing has changed with his facial expression. He still had that indifferent look on his face. He wore a white shirt that is open, showing off his chest. And for the bottom, he has a pair of purple, baggy pants tied by a matching purple obi. Across his back was a katana and on his forehead held his hitai-ite.

Both stared at each other intently while Genma got off of the arena.

Sasuke, to everyone's surprise, bowed at Fate. "Thank you…Naruto."

Fate looked down at him with a raised brow. "I see no reason for you to thank me."

As Sasuke straightened, he said, "You brought me my mother back and returned to me my full sanity. Everything leads to you."

Fate closed his eyes. "Like I said, I see no reason for you to thank me. Destiny was in your favor, for allowing me to meet with your mother and granting her a second chance a number of years later. The same applies to the Hyuuga matriarch."

Sasuke frowned. He didn't like the fact that he dismissed it so nonchalantly but he would have the chance to talk to him, later. "From Kaa-san told me, you used to address her and the Hyuuga with such informality and affection. Now, you speak so formally. I remembered the face of my mother when she returned from the council meeting and the lunch at your house. She was pained by your change."

"As much as she desires it, this change cannot be undone, I'm afraid. Now shall we fight?"

Sasuke released a sigh before his eyes reddened and three tomoes circled the pupil and he drew his sword.

Negi let out a gasp before turning to Kushina. "Oh, yes, are there any Uchiha in your or Namikaze-san's blood?"

Kushina looked confused. "No, why do you ask?"

"It's just Fate had some sort of Sharingan on his right eye, only, instead of three tomoes around a pupil, it was a four-pointed shuriken."

Her eyes widened. "That's Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan! How did he get that when Danzo had it in his right eye?"

Setsuna asked, "I assume that none of you knew of this?"

"No."

Sasuke said, "Before we fight….go back to your old form."

That surprised Fate, evident by the raising of brow. "Why?"

"I wish to fight Uzumaki Naruto. If only the physical characteristics can be changed, then let it be so."

Fate nodded before his hair slowly yellowed, his body heightened and filled the muscle mass, his whisker marks showed, his eyes darkened until it turned cerulean, and his clothes slowly turned to an orange and black jacket. (Until the fight with Sasuke ends, he will be Naruto.)

Everyone was shocked at his transformation. Kushina sobbed quietly. Both siblings comforted her while watching wide-eyed at him. Mikoto and Hitomi bit their lip while resisting the tears in their eyes. Jiraiya and Tsunade sighed solemnly. Minato lowered his head. That would have been what Naruto looked like now, if not for the change.

Fate's Ministra was oddly silent as they gazed upon Fate's old form.

Nodoka slowly prodded Koyomi's shoulder. "Hello?" She was cut off by a loud squeal from her.

"I didn't know that Fate-sama had such a hot, previous form!"

Shirabe and Tamaki nodded. They both said, "Indeed, it never crossed my mind that he would have such a form."

Homura nodded fervently. "Of course, he would have such a form! He's Fate-sama!"

Naruto raised his right hand and an obsidian blade fell upon it. Then, he put his left hand around his back while raising his blade directly in front of his face before he whipped it at his side (Makashi salute).

Sasuke started circling him, Naruto doing the same.

Suddenly, Sasuke appeared above Naruto, sword at the read.

Naruto's eyes flashed upward before he raised his blade, blocking Sasuke's. Pushing him away, Naruto jumped towards him, intent on stabbing him.

Sasuke put a hand on the incoming blade and misplaced it before he spun around and went for a backhand slash at him.

Naruto immediately substituted himself with a log and appeared behind Sasuke, kicking him towards the ground.

Naruto landed and summoned a number of shuriken and threw it at the dust cloud that is Sasuke's landing site. A matching number of shuriken emerged from the dust cloud and clashed with the one thrown by Naruto.

Both jumped from the ground and clashed in the air. Naruto's apathetic, cerulean eyes stared intently at Sasuke's indifferent, red ones.

They broke blades and landed before they ran at each other. More sword clangs rang along the arena.

Setsuna stood transfixed at the sight. What an impressive display of swordsmanship.

Naruto sidestepped a slash and went for a stab at Sasuke's torso. Sasuke bent his back, put his hand on the ground, and kicked his sword upward. Seeing an opening, Sasuke thrust his blade towards Naruto's heart, saying, "Chidori Eiso." The blade glowed blue and extended through Naruto's chest and ending a few inches from him.

Gasps were heard. Sasuke, however, had narrowed eyes before he extended the spear towards the air and had numerous spikes extend from within Naruto, making him look like an inside-out pincushion. More gasps were heard. As Sasuke dispelled the spear, turned around, and felt Naruto's body fall to the ground, he unsealed one kunai with an explosive tag and threw it at a random spot on the ground. As it exploded, a figure jumped from it. It landed and everyone, save for Sasuke, was surprised to find Naruto standing there, no worse for wear.

Behind Sasuke, 'Naruto' slowly turned to the color of earth before it crumbled like a house after being bulldozed.

Naruto said, "How did you know that I was not that Naruto?"

"From what I saw with your fight against the Rookie 12, none have laid a hit on you. It would seem weird if I hit you that easily."

Naruto nodded and said, "Excellent deduction." Then, he held out his hand, just as the obsidian blade fell to it.

They charged again, clashing with each other. As they broke blades, Sasuke performed a handseal and lightning immediately covered his body – head to toe - like armor while his blade was engulfed by fire and a shield of flame appeared on his free hand. With immense vigor, he said, "Raienhei (Lightning Flame Armament)." Upon finishing, the flame along the blade intensified, heating the whole place.

Save for Naruto, none held any tight jaws upon the sight of Sasuke, at least for the ninja people, anyway.

Hitomi turned to Mikoto, "Since when did he gain these abilities?"

She shook her head and replied, "I don't know. He never showed it to anyone. It's as if he's waited until Naruto-kun returned before showing t."

Kotarou gaped. "Whoa! What is that? That's some power-up!"

Setsuna frowned. "If I am not mistaken, then, like Negi-sensei, he would receive a speed boost."

True enough, Sasuke was suddenly at Naruto's behind, flame blade at the ready.

Naruto quickly turned his head back and turned to stone. Upon impact, the stone monument melted from the intense heat. Two hands erupted from the ground beneath Sasuke and grasped his feet before it pulled him underground, leaving his head only visible. As Naruto suddenly emerged from the ground in front of Sasuke, he said, "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu."

Sasuke looked at his earthen prison and smirked. "You really think it'll hold me, dobe?"

Negi, Class 3-A, and Fate's Ministra, when they heard that. Not even Negi, one of the few people Fate respected, had the gall to insult him. And this guy just did it so nonchalantly.

Homura and Koyomi raged, "WHAT DID HE SAY?"

Shirabe, Shiori, and Tamaki frowned in distaste.

Naruto stared down at Sasuke and replied, "So even now, you still call me with such a title."

Sasuke grunted. "Ah, well, there's nothing you can do about it."

"So it seems." He raised his blade high and brought it down on Sasuke's head.

Sasuke smirked before he removed, with immense effort, his shield arm and blocked the obsidian blade. Being free, Sasuke jumped off of the hole and pushed Naruto away.

Then, Sasuke slashed the air in front of him and a wave of fire emerged from his blade.

Naruto gathered chakra to his blade and slashed the wave in two. As the wave parted, it revealed Sasuke, his blade at the ready.

Naruto raised his hand and caught the flaming blade, to Sasuke's surprise. Manipulating it, Naruto quickly twisted his blade and slashed Sasuke, causing a spurt of blood to erupt from his wide gash. Following through, Naruto raised his leg and kicked Sasuke away.

Sasuke struggled to stand up while he held his gash. He looked at Naruto, then at his hand. To his shock, there wasn't even a burn.

He started to stand but the pain from his gash sent him back down. Thanking his mother for a brief lesson on Iryo Ninjutsu, he put his shield hand on his chest and healed it.

Naruto took this opportunity to point his free hand's index finger at him, where a small ball of light blue energy appeared.

Even Negi looked confused. "What is that?"

Naruto whispered, "Kudo Senko (Hollow Flash)." From his fingertip, a small beam of chakra burst forth and dashed towards Sasuke, surprising everyone with its speed.

The beam almost hit Sasuke, if not for his reflexes and still-active Raienhei making him dodge at the last second. Upon contact of the beam on the stadium wall, a small explosion occurred, making a two-meter wide column's worth of the wall to crumble.

Everyone gawked at the display.

Sasuke looked at the destruction and frowned. What was that?

Kushina and Minato frowned as well. That attack almost seemed the same as Bijudama.

Naruto watched as Sasuke charged at him and raised his finger again, where the same ball of energy appeared. As he released it, he was surprised when Sasuke suddenly appeared at his side, his flame blade slashing at him. As a result, the Kudo Senko misfired and was fired into the sky and Naruto flew towards the stadium wall, covering him with rubble and debris.

Sasuke followed through by holding out both his hands towards the place where Naruto was. Then, he said, "Chidori Eiso" and "Enjin: Encho (Blade of Flame: Extend)." His shield hand was covered by lightning and it formed into a spear towards Naruto while his blade extended its blade like a spear towards Naruto.

As soon as it connected, two hands burst from the debrs, grasped each of the spears and pulled Sasuke towards him.

Sasuke went wide-eyed. It's impossible.

Once within range, Naruto emerged and jammed a Rasengan into Sasuke's stomach, sending him flying to the opposite wall.

And Naruto finalized it by making handseals, slamming hands on the ground, and saying, "Doton: Sekibo (Earth Release: Rock Tomb)." A small quake erupted from around his hands before cracks appeared on the wall above Sasuke and crumbled above him.

As the rocks approached him, Sasuke gave a small smile. It's seems our roles are reversed, Naruto. Now, I will be the one between us who is behind. Then, when the debris reached him, he blacked out.

Naruto slowly stood up and said, "It's over, Genma-san."

Aforementioned jonin appeared beside him, chewing on his toothpick. "Sheesh, kid, it's quite overkill, don't you think?"

"Between me and Sasuke, overkill has no meaning."

His features slowly changed back to Fate Averruncus. Then, he walked towards the rubble, plunged his hand deep into it and pulled out an unconscious and heavily wounded Sasuke by the front of his shirt. Next, he blurred off before, a few seconds later, he reappeared at the grounds.

He turned to Genma. "I put Sasuke in the clinic. Now, what will happen?"

A small zip alerted him to a new presence. Turning his head slightly back, his eye caught the sight of Namikaze Minato, who was holding a black hitai-ite.

Minato smiled. "Well, here you are." Fate took it and tied it around his right bicep.

Then, he asked, "What of my rank?"

Minato blinked. "Ah…well…since you defeated 9 chuunin and 2 jonin, I'm going to rank you at jonin. I'll give you the vest later."

"Is wearing it compulsory? I seem to recall Yuuhi Kurenai, despite being a jonin, doesn't wear her vest."

"It isn't really required but recommended."

"I see. Then, we are done?"

Minato nodded. He turned to the audience and said, "The test is done!"

With that, everyone stood from their seats to do what they wanted to do. Most want to go down to the arena and talk to Fate.

That's the new chapter done.

I'm not sure if the fight is good or something but it's a start. And yes, Kudo Senko is Cero made Japanese.

As for the '3' on Fate's chest, it was suggested by blueexorcist. He suggested either having the number or a hole on the chest for the core. But since a hole would cause panic among Konoha, it would be more ideal to use the number.

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