A/N: I've finally gotten back to basics and have gone back to this old favorite of mine. It is still one of the easiest for me to write there for it can help to get my rhythm back and hopefully on track. I've finally decided that there is some Inuyasha crossed into this even if it is a little. The next story I will update is the Naruto Chronicles, more then likely, so I hope you enjoy.

I Do Not Own Naruto, BloodRayne or Inuyasha.

Naruto was not in a good mood at the moment. It was finally nearing time for the Chunin Exam Finals and only he was in the arena with all the spectators glaring at him, knowing who he was. 'What in the name of God is taking Dosu, Gaara and Yugito to get here?! I can understand Dosu as I know Ferril ripped him a new hide so he is probably limping his ass here. Gaara is probably asleep as that all he does outside of fighting and training! If I have to go wake the red haired bastard up I will be so pissed! And what is with Yugito?! She and Gobi have been hanging around far too much for my liking. They have something planned, but what? I know Gobi wants me as I'm the only other Dog Demon left in this world and she sees Yugito as a threat. …So why are the two hanging around each other so often?'

Before he could go further into his thoughts, a swirl of sand appeared right besides him. Rolling his eyes, Naruto turned to Gaara and slapped him upside the head soon as he appeared before glaring at him. Gaara wisely said nothing as the look Naruto was giving him clearly said he was pissed for being here alone. Shaking his head as the head, he looked back at his friend and shrugged. "Sorry, I slept in. Dosu is heading this way and Yugito was walking here was Gobi. …Does that disturb you as well? I mean before this last month the two were always at each others throats and now they are trying to be civil towards each other. Something is out of place about that."

Nodding as he was already thinking of that, Naruto noticed Dosu walking into the arena with a very small and almost unnoticeable limp. Refraining from sweat dropping as he was correct once more, he sighed deeply before turning back to Gaara. "Yeah, it is very, very strange. I've been wondering what they are up to and all I have figured out is that it deals with me. Whatever it is, I'm not sure if it bodes well for my well being. Yugito likes to pummel me when I do something stupid and Gobi beats the living crap out of me to teach a lesson. I have a feeling this will involve the beating of my life." Seeing the sweat drop on the back of Gaara's head, he decided to change the subject as Dosu walked over to them. "Hey Gaara, have you noticed that Itachi seems to be acting more subdued… Almost like he is trying to settle down for something."

Gaara gave a small nod in confirmation as he had noticed Itachi's change in behavior as of lately. But he also knew the reason for it as he had been watching the girl's with his third eye before they destroyed it and proceeded to chase him half way across the globe. Wincing as he wished his sand had been strong enough to protect him from the beating he received, he shook his head and vowed to never spy on women again. "Yeah, I've noticed it but I know why. You know he and Nibi got together last year right?" Seeing Naruto nod, Gaara looked over at the exit as Sasuke walked in Hinata trailing behind him before turning back to Naruto. "Well, apparently Nibi is pregnant and seeing she has only been with Itachi…"

"Ahk! Enough! I don't need that image in my head!" Naruto almost screamed out as he scratched his eyes hearing that Itachi and Nibi had actually done that. He honestly did not want to think of either in that way as it was quite disturbing as Itachi was his godfather and Nibi had taken the role of Yugito's mother since she lost her powers. Seeing Gaara grin at him, he glared at the sand user before a look of confusion crossed his face. "Wait… If that is true, then what about Itachi and Yonbi? I've seen them together this month and Nibi doesn't have a problem with that especially in her condition?"

"No." Yugito's voice came from behind them as she jumped down from the top of the stadium wall. Neither jumped in surprise but they were both very close to doing it as they slowly turned towards her. "Nibi gave Itachi the permission to see Yonbi as well as she has had a crush on Itachi since coming to the mansion and Itachi has taken the words of that man to heart and has been watching over her. Nibi saw it was becoming more and didn't want to lose him because of their attachment. She knows Itachi loves her and the baby will only strengthen that, but she also wants Itachi to be completely happy and fill the void in his heart. She wishes it to be filled and that is why she wants to see if he and Yonbi can get together. That and she is bi and wouldn't mind having another partner."

Seeing that Yugito had said that with a straight face, all males that heard her were blushing madly at the implications while muttering a few choice words under their breath. Naruto was quite glad that Sasuke hadn't caught that otherwise everything would explode out of proportion before their plan could start. Shaking his head as he got his blush under control, he sighed before turning and looking at his fellow blonde. "Well, I hope sensei finds happiness with both of them. He really deserves it after all the crap he has gone through his life. I just wished I knew before today so I could say something to them."

Nodding in understanding, Yugito smiled lightly before noticing the rest of the contestants besides Kabuto had arrived in the arena. Her eyes narrowed at this having thought he would be here for this as he advanced, she turned to Naruto before walking up to him and whispering in his ear. "Why isn't Kabuto here? If he's not won't people find it strange that one of the chunin contestants doesn't show up to at least fight for their promotion?"

"Yes, they will but they will not care as it will gave Sasuke a bye round to the next fight, me. While all that have come here today, for the most part, want to see their precious Uchiha wipe the floor with their demon, they rather see me be eliminated right away so they can say the demon is gone at last. That is why Kabuto isn't here and is here at the same time. He is the one that will put all the people in the stadium asleep so we can start the invasion." Naruto answered in a very low voice so that no one could catch what he said.

Just as he finished, a swirl of leaves appeared in front of the nine contestants in the arena as Genma appeared to ref their battles once more. Looking over all nine of them as they stood in a line, he spoke in a calm and collective voice though he knew very well what was about to happen. "Alright before we can begin the finals, I will just reiterate this just one more time. All nine of you will be being watched by your village leader or leaders along with the daimyos from your lands. Depending on your performance you will be judged if you shall be promoted or not. You don't have to win this tournament to be promoted and like wise you can win and not be promoted. It depends on your decision making, judgment and skills that will show if you have to capacity to become a chunin."

As all nodded, Genma slid his senbon to the other side of his mouth and chewed on it for a moment. Looking up towards the council members sitting were the Hokage should have been he refrained from showing his true feelings of the situation. Seeing the elders nod at him to begin, he closed his eyes before turning back to the gennin. "Will everyone but Namikaze-Ryuu Naruto and Inuzuka Kiba head up to the contestants' box so the first match can commence?"

Gaara turned to Naruto and nodded before disappearing in a swirl of sand and appearing into the constants' box looking down at the arena. As everyone began to head up there as well, Yugito walked over to Naruto before planting a light kiss on his cheek to his surprise before leaning to his ear. "That was for good luck and keep control. He is not his sister. He can be saved. Just remember that." With that she turned around and followed the rest up the stairs.

Quickly snapping out of his shock, he nodded to himself as he turned to Kiba. She was right, he was not his sister and did not deserved to take the punishment for what she had done. Still, he would send a clear message to all those who hated him. He was not what they had called him all those years ago. He was only Naruto, not a demon even if he had the blood of one flowing through his veins. Calming both his demonic and vampiric blood that was calling for revenge, he looked dead in the eyes as if daring him to stand up to him. Akamaru was unable to do so as he jumped from Kiba's jacket and ran to the stairs. Seeing the look of surprise on Kiba's face, Naruto answered him in low growl. "He knows his master Kiba. You are his partner, but I am his lord so he will obey my orders, not yours. He will not mess with me as I'm the heir of what you respect but fear so much."

Kiba snapped his attention to him as he heard Naruto's words. He growled lightly at this seeing Akamaru had ran up the stairs and into Hinata's arms. Something was not right as his best friend had abandoned him in this fight and he wanted to know why. Hana had told him to ignore Naruto if he said anything like this, but his mom, said to be careful and not to underestimate what Naruto could truly do. This confused him more then anything as if his mother was indifferent towards him now while Hana wanted him dead. Before he could gather a response, he heard Naruto growl as he looked up at Akamaru. His eyes widened in surprised as Naruto was actually speaking and understood what he had said perfectly as his partner slowly nodded before heading back down into the arena and at his side. Looking at him in shock, Kiba spoke. "Why would you do that? You had an advantage against me but you called him back down to fight."

Turning towards him, Naruto sprang his blades in place before sliding the tip of his finger against the blade. Cutting himself from the sharpness, he licked the blood of his finger while baring his fangs to show to everyone. Seeing his intimidation had worked, he smirked his red eyes glanced over at his opponent. "Because facing you with anything less then your full strength is a disgrace. Your partner understands that and is why he came back down to fight. Disgracing the honor of an Inu is unacceptable and it seems that a lot of your clan has forgotten the old ways. In the past the Inu were the greatest but look how we have fallen. It is disgusting to see our great blood be tarnished as it has been. Today, I will prove to you the true extent of the power we Inu's used to have and I wanted you at full strength to show you just that."

Up in the balcony with the council, Tsume frowned hearing this. She knew what the boy had become, but she wanted to know how. If he was truly an Inu, he was the rightful heir for their clan to show them the ways of the past. If she knew how he became one then many things would be answered about how he knew so much of what an Inu should truly be. But until she did, she would only watch and not make any decisions. She just hoped her boy would do nothing stupid because of her daughter's hatred.

Having a feeling that they were getting ready to begin, Genma looked up at the council once more before sighing as they wanted to get straight to the fighting. That was another thing he missed about a Hokage. The Hokage would always speak at such big events and give a welcome to all those outside of the village. The council didn't even do that much as they were inhospitable to mostly everyone which probably explained why the leader of Otogakure had not shown up. Then again, he knew of the plan so it wasn't too much of a surprise that he didn't come in disguised… Scratch that, he did.

Orochimaru had finally made his appearance as he walked up and took the main seat by the elders. Of course he was using a disguise that was undetectable to almost everyone and seeing that Hiashi had been taken out, he didn't have to worry about being found out. Turning to the three elders, he bowed lightly. "Sorry I'm late. I was held up by misinformation about an attempt on my life." All the council members nodded in understanding as it was bound to happen, they all turned to the battle as Orochimaru smirked under his mask. All was going to plan. "Ah, our shinning star is in the first match. This ought to be quick then. No one can keep up with him if he's on a good day and if he isn't… Well let's pray that he is."

He smirked as he saw a lot of their faces drop or turn into rage. The only ones that had different responses were Chouza, Shikato, Shibi and Tsume, the first two hiding small smirks while the later two showed no physical reaction whatsoever. He frowned seeing this as he suspected the first three, but Tsume was a surprise. He had remembered that she hated the boy with a passion years back, but something had been said or done that left her with only reason and now that she was only left with that, she was beginning to see the truth. Another smirk crossed his face at this before turning to the arena as he wished to see the fight, no matter how one sided it was going to be.

Genma sighed as he looked at the two young boys. Both knew the rules so there would be no need to go over it with them. Looking at both of them, he raised his hands into the air pointed at the two boys. "You two know the rules, so fight with your fullest and do not disappoint either of your villages. There will be no killing unless there is no way around it. As such, I will step in if the fight gets out of hand. Now, let the opening battle of the Twenty-Seventh Chunin Exams between Namikaze-Ryuu Naruto vs. Inuzuka Kiba begin!"

Naruto didn't waste a second as he streaked towards Kiba in a flash of black and red light to all those that were watching. Ignoring their aw, he was behind Kiba with his blade pointed at his neck. "This fight could be over at any second I chose it to be, but I will give you a fair chance. If you can land one blow onto me, I will concede this fight." Pulling his blade back, Naruto jumped back with a smirk on his face as he heard the crowd silence in fright at what he could do. Kiba was thoroughly scared as well as he left a small cut on his neck making his smirk grow a little larger. Snapping his blades back at rest, Naruto beckoned for him to come as his youki began to rise along with the rocks around him as the ground started cracking at his feet. "But if you want, I can end this quickly! TSUGA!"

To the surprise of all Inuzukas watching the battle, Naruto quickly spun around before turning into a miniature black and red cyclone heading straight for Kiba. Finally, Kiba snapped out of his shock and jumped out of the way with Akamaru just as Naruto hit the ground he stood at ripping it to shreds. As the spinning came to a halt, Kiba wasted no time and used Shikyaku as Akamaru ate a soldier pill he through him before jumping onto his back. In a poof of smoke, two feral looking heirs of the Inuzuka clan stood in front of Naruto before using a double version of the technique Naruto had just used. "GATSUGA!"

The two piercing fangs spiraled towards Naruto as he stood in the crater from his last attack. Looking at the two coming at him, Naruto pushed his youki to his feet and released it as he jumped up, lifting him clear over the stadium walls as Kiba and his beast clone stopped to look up in surprise. Pushing youki to his palm, he began to spiral it in many different directions before adding more power to it. A spiraling misshaped sphere of green youki formed in his hand as he focused on controlling it. As he did, it formed a perfect sphere as he fell to the earth directly at the true Kiba. "Rasengan!"

Gasps were heard throughout the crowd and council members hearing the name of the jutsu. Having never seen an attack like this before, Kiba knew he had to move as this technique felt more powerful then any other he had seen before. Jumping back as Akamaru jumped the opposite direction to avoid the attack as Naruto neared the ground and he smirked at him before frowning seeing the smirk on his face as he turned in mid air and threw the ball of youki directly at him and collided with his stomach not having the time to react fast enough. "Dangen!"

Kiba yelled out in pain as the ball shredded away the exterior his clothes easily and began to drill into his stomach, lifting him into the air from the force of the blow. But it felt far weaker when it was in Naruto's hand then before. Realizing that it no longer had a constant chakra flow, he coated his hands with chakra before gripping the green ball. Gritting his teeth in pain, he yelped as it dug into his hands but with a burst of chakra and strength, he threw it off into the ground causing a small explosion as it connected and tore the ground until it finally gave out. Regaining his senses, he tried to land but with little track he pushed his chakra into his legs to help grip the ground while skidding back.

A flash of light wouldn't allow this as Naruto was on him and gripped his collar before delivering a solid knee to his tattered stomach. Kiba coughed blood onto his clothes, but he did not relent as he pulled his fist back and began driving his fist into Kiba's face. Sensing that Akamaru was coming to his aid, he gripped Kiba's right arm with both hands and tossed Kiba at him. Akamaru couldn't react fast enough and his head collided with Kiba's sending the dog reeling. He knew that they were still able to battle and that was fine with him. He had to take the boy's pride down a couple of notches. "Kiba, do you understand why you are losing?"

Growling loudly as he picked himself up, despite the pain he was in, Kiba glared at Naruto as Akamaru helped him onto both feet. His growling became louder before he rushed Naruto with Akamaru right behind him before taking his left flank.

Sighing as he saw this, Naruto avoided the clawed strike towards his chin before delivering a hook to his gut causing Kiba further pain. Seeing he was open for Akamaru's attack, he planted his right foot down as he pulled back from his punch and spun on his planted foot and delivering a spin kick to Akamaru's face knocking him into Kiba and knocking them to the ground. Before they could even move Naruto slammed his foot into Kiba's chest before doing the same for Akamaru. They skidded against the ground until they ran into the wall as Naruto continued walking towards them. "You are losing because you forgot what it means to be a true Inu."

Kiba glared at Naruto hearing this but he was in no position to counter him as Naruto was only a few feet from them and had stopped with both his hands in his pant's pockets. "Being an Inu means having pride, but not letting it get to your head. You let no one tell you what to do, but you listen to those who know more then you. You are headstrong, but know when to give in. These are things that Inus have to remember otherwise… You'll end far worse then what you ended up like you are today. Beaten and having someone else telling you where you failed is nothing compared to what others will do if they find you in this condition. You live the life as a shinobi so you should already know that but it goes double for us. If you ever forget that you will not make it through the next time this happens. Now surrender or I will stop pulling my punches and end this battle."

Hearing what he had to say, Kiba stopped himself from growling. He could not detect any dishonesty coming from Naruto so he knew he wasn't deceiving him. And the way Akamaru acted before the battle and had listened to him made him truly believe that Naruto was an Inu, but then why not call himself an Inuzuka? Unless… he was from the original strand. His eyes widened as the thought about that as it would make sense from his definite edge in power. Taking a deep breath, he looked at Naruto and knew he had won this battle as Akamaru reverted back into his regular form. "I concede… Naruto no Taicho."

As Genma called the fight, Naruto smirked as Kiba had figured it out and nodded at Kiba's declaration as his left eye flashed emerald and ruby to confirm it. He called himself an Inu enough that if he hadn't figured it out he would have been rather annoyed. But finally to validate it to him, he pulled out a scroll before unsealing a blade in its wooden sheath before pulling it out. "This is in Tensaiga, the Sword of the Heavens. Only one of Inu blood can use it, but the blade chooses its owner. It did not chose me, but nonetheless I can still use it. But it wants a new owner and…" Seeing the blade pulse in his hand, Naruto smiled as he sheathed it before flipping it and catching it by the sheath and handing it to Kiba. "It has chosen you to wield it. You have proven to it that you are worthy, just misguided."

Gripping the handle gently before taking the blade out, it pulsed in his hands as Naruto continued. "It will not harm another soul unless forced to. It is a sword of healing but can be used as defense along with its sheath. That sheath can block almost any attack as the wood comes from an ancient demon tree. But tred lightly, if you misuse the sword you will have to prove yourself once more to her to use the sword again. Tensaiga is very, very protective of its user once it has proven them self to the blade and will defend you with all its power. Use it wisely, Inuzuka Kiba or it shall be your last mistake."

Laying the sheath besides him, Naruto walked up the stairs as medics quickly rushed to him while in the balcony, Tsume frowned deeply. Everything Naruto had said to Kiba was true and even she forgot the principles that their clan was founded on. While Naruto only touched on a few, the clan in general forgot everything they were taught at a very young age. How was the younger generation suppose to learn when the older failed to uphold what is says? It cannot. She closed her eyes as a lone tear fell from her eye as she failed her clan. Looking down to where he daughter was, she could only hope that she had paid attention to what Naruto had said.

As soon as Kiba and Akamaru were cleared from the arena and in the medics' hands, Genma cleared his throat as he almost swallowed his senbon. "Seeing that Yakushi Kabuto forfeited in advance, Uchiha Sasuke will move into the next round to face Namikaze-Ryuu Naruto." A good portion of the crowd cheered hearing this which made both Naruto and Sasuke roll their eyes not wanting anything to do with it. Genma sighed at all of them before turning to the box. "Will Aburame Shino and Kinta Dosu come down to the arena for the second match?"

While both Dosu and Shino walked down the stairs silently, Yugito hugged Naruto tightly as he made it to the top, much to his surprise and once more received a kiss to his cheek. Beginning to get crept out by her actions, he slowly pushed her off him with a confused look on his face. "Yugito, that's the second time you've kissed me today. What is going on as the only one that has ever kissed me like that before has been Gobi?"

Yugito blushed madly at this while muttering something under her breath that he couldn't catch. As he was about to ask what she said, she looked up before surprising him and Gaara as she kissed him lightly on the lips leaving him frozen to the spot. Happy as she had thoroughly distracted Naruto, she walked to the edge of the box while humming to herself. Before she could completely got away with what she did, Gaara tapped her shoulder while glaring at her. "What are you planning?"

This snapped Naruto out of his shock as he looked over at the cat eared girl, who was blushing madly as she was trying to avoid answering their question. Sighing as she was getting beat, she shook her head as she smiled. "You'll find that out later whenever we decide to tell Naruto."

Both raised their eyebrows at her and were confused at the we part. Who else could she have been talking about? Who could it be unless she developed a split personality and was counting that as the other person? As they tried to figure out who it was, Yugito smiled happily as she looked down at the arena as Dosu and Shino were about to face off.

Soon as Genma gave the signal for the fight to begin, Dosu for once did not make the first move. Instead, he slid into a defensive stance and awaited for Shino to make the first move. The one of the few things he had learned from was patience and to control his anger. Because if he wasn't patient or exploded at her she beat the leaving hell out of him. And it really didn't help on a few occasions she mentioned she hated training cattle.

Shino looked strangely at Dosu as he was being far more patient then he was a month ago. Remembering his battle with Ino a month earlier, he knew Dosu to act quickly when given the opportunity and hearing the same from the others that fought him in the forest proved to him with what he believed he needed to know. However it seemed that his opponent had changed in the time to prepare for just this fight. Wanting to see how he would react to his normal attacks, he let his bugs swarm around him before sending a small batch towards his opponent.

Dosu rolled out of the path of the bugs before jumping back to gather some distance from his opponent. He knew the bug user had the advantage in this fight and winning it would take everything he had as it was a bad match up. Over the month training with Ferril, he had learned to harness his aggressiveness and anger to put it to good use. The only reason he learned that as she nearly killed him twice for pissing her off, but the training had paid off. He no longer even needed his haystack as his speed had drastically improved, but facing an opponent that could suck him dry of chakra before nearing him limited his odds.

Seeing that his opponent was feeling him out trying to see what he was going to do, he focused on him with his one eye before charging him with his melody arm dragging across the ground. A blinding ring was heard from around him, but he seemed to be unaffected as he rushed towards him with speed nearly matching that of Lee's. A smirk crossed his face seeing the bugs flutter around him as if they were in pain as he reached him.

Shino couldn't react as fast as his bugs senses were thrown off by the sound and took a vicious right hook to his face before he felt his collar be grabbed and took another fist to his face and a knee to his gut before he was released. The reason being that his bugs had regained their senses and had reacted to the attacker. Getting a reported from his kikai, he frowned as Dosu was wearing a highly poisonous bug repellent that would reflect a good portion of his attacks. However, he still had insects that were resistant to the type of repellent he was using and called them out while his kikai rested within his body.

Knowing that his opponent was quickly coming up with a strategy to get around his repellent seeing the bugs swarming around Shino being replaced, Dosu knew he would have to act fast to win this. Knowing his melody arm would only be useful with a direct hit, Dosu dug in his pouch before pulling out a vial he had asked Orochimaru for. He knew it was a cheep way to win, but he wanted to win this fight badly to prove he was truly the best sound gennin of his team.

Throwing it at his opponent, a green mist exploded around Shino as Dosu charged into it while holding his breath and slammed his melody arm into his chest. He frowned as his hand slipped through easily before widening seeing the bug user turn into hundreds if not thousands of insects that began to cover his arm before quickly covering his entire body. He tried to use a replacement, but his chakra was almost drained by the time he regained his wits and heard Shino's voice. "I knew you were going to use poison for this fight so I came prepared and had my kikais exposed to many type of poisons but you still used one they weren't immune to. I had to rely on my secondary insects, but they are just the same and are resistant to the poisons you used. This fight is over."

To his surprise, he only so Dosu smile as the bugs suddenly flew off him as a loud ring echoed through the arena as he burst through the mist and hit Shino directly in the chest as the sound vibrated through his body, breaking Shino's glasses revealing his black eyes underneath them. While many people were surprised at this, Shino fell to one knee as he panted from the blow while Dosu barely was able to stay on his feet. "Surrender or I shall do that again as I know you aren't ready to replace yourself with your insects."

Looking up at his opponent, Shino closed his eyes as he knew it was true. His entire body was in flux from the strike and another would end this battle in a heart beat if not hospitalize him. "Proctor, I surrender this fight."

Genma nodded and pronounced Dosu the winner as the said winner turned around and headed to the stairs before stopping. He knew if he did get another match he would not win as his opponents would be either the blonde haired girl or the red head and both were far superior to him in skills. And adding in he was almost drained of chakra, he knew he would not win. Closing his one visible eye, he spoke in a tone that expressed no emotion. "Proctor, I surrender the next fight as I cannot continue in the condition I am in."

Seeing Genma nod before calling out the next to opponents, he noticed that Shino frowned before they both walked up into the stands to find their teammates. Shaking his head, he looked over at Hinata as she walked down compared to Yugito, who stayed in the box before kissing Naruto on the cheek and jumping down into the arena. He noticed a small amount of anger in Hinata's eyes seeing the kiss and he had to wonder if the blue haired girl had a crush on the blonde haired ex-jinchuuriki. Whatever it was, it just gave this fight a whole different level of action if he was right.

Up in the box, both Naruto and Gaara were in a state of shock at what happened. Gaara was as Yugito was acting for out of her normal character and Naruto because she kissed him once more. Something was seriously up and they wanted to know, however they would have to wait for later as the fight was started as Genma made sure the two were ready before commencing it to start.

Hinata wasted no time as she rushed straight for Yugito with her Byukugan flaring. She knew exactly what she needed to do to win this fight and she was going to do it as the Hyuuga council was taking the fight for her right to become the next Hyuuga heir. Not that it would matter; they would not survive past today. She just wanted to win to prove her strength to everyone along with a certain blonde boy that had made a lasting impression on her.

Soon as she was on Yugito, she went for strike for her arm in attempt to limit her strength. To her surprise, Yugito easily bent herself around the strike before delivering a punishing blow to her stomach. While it hurt, she stuck to the ground with her chakra and continued attacking to put Yugito's strength out of this fight. But it seemed the blonde had not revealed her true strength in the fight against Sakura as she was able to bend around her strikes and counter her with a harsh blow of her own.

Being knocked back after a few strikes, she panted as she picked herself off of one knee as she looked over at her blonde opponent. She was far more flexible then she let on in her fight against Sakura. In that fight she had not shied away from contact and in fact seemed to enjoy it to an exact that it was unlady like. In fact, it seemed that she was afraid of taking a blow now due to her style of taijutsu. While it was a widely known to avoid Hyuuga's in hand-to-hand combat, it was annoying her that her opponent was keeping it a close range battle but not getting a single blow. Growling to herself, she continued on with her assault and began to use her own flexibility against hers.

Yugito quickly proved to the Hyuuga heiress that she was far more flexible due to her cat demon side as not a single blow touched her. She could tell that Hinata was getting frustrated and was attacking more erratically than before and wasn't aiming to disable her any longer. It still didn't matter as she bent her way in and around her attacks before ducking below her and delivering a spin kick to her chest, knocking the Hyuuga onto her back. Quickly flipping herself up, she landed on top of her opponent and placed her foot on her chest. "Give it up. I'm far more experienced and powerful then you are. If I don't want to be hit, only my teammates and senseis can lay a hand on me and you know how powerful Naruto truly is."

Frowning as she had gone down so quickly, Hinata had a feeling Yugito was not being completely truthful about her statement as Naruto could probably have his way with her in battle, but she knew that she was not joking about her skills. While she didn't want to, she knew she didn't have much of a choice as her foot slowly moved to her throat. "I surrender…"

Yugito pulled her foot off as Genma called the match before offering the heiress her hand. She noted that there was some resentment in her eyes, but she shook that off as she pulled Hinata to her feet before leaning in and whispering into her ear. Hinata frowned at what she was told before a light blush came to her face as she walked up the steps with her before speaking in a quite voice. "I see… Well I hope it works out for you two. I'm not entirely sure how it will work, but stranger things do seem to happen. Now I must go visit with my team before it happens."

Nodding in understanding, she watched as Hinata went off to join Kiba, Shino and her sensei, Kurenai. Turning around as she reached the box, a bead of sweat fell from her head as both Naruto and Gaara were staring her down as if she had done something wrong. Laughing nervously to herself, she thought about heading to where Itachi was however that was a bad idea seeing that he had not arrived and was probably preparing for the inevitable invasion. Getting irritated at their stares, she growled loudly at them. "Will you two stop staring?! I'm not telling you yet and that is final!"

Both wisely backed off as the tone of her voice told them to or be castrated and forced to eat their own waste blended with their jewels. Luckily Genma threw them out of their funk when he called for Gaara and Tenten.

Hearing Genma call for her, Tenten frowned as she looked over at Gaara. The sound had punished the leaf in the last matches and the only reason Sasuke advanced was due to forfeit. She wanted to try and change that, but remembering Gaara's battle with Sai definitely put a damper on her thoughts about trying to take out the red head. Not only that, she knew of the invasion and wanted to be ready to assist in any way possible as her father had joined the invasion force and had told her to keep quite about it. Taking a deep breath, she took a step to the arena and made herself visible. "I surrender this fight as I cannot compete against my opponent."

Gaara frowned lightly at this as he kind of wanted to have a warm up fight; however he knew the girl was thinking and knew that she did not stand a chance against him. He did not count that against her seeing that her specialty was weapons and he knew that anyone other then Naruto really couldn't hit him with a blade. Of course there was Rayne, but she didn't count as she was just too powerful for her own good.

Genma shook his head as another surrendered before the match. He was kind of hoping that the gennin of Konoha would have a good showing, but so far they really hadn't. Kiba got the bad end of the stick, Shino was beaten in a tight match and Hinata was just out classed. Honestly he knew Sasuke was going to get out classed as well, but he had to call the Yugito versus Gaara fight first to make it an even four in the finals. He frowned when a messenger bird landed on his shoulder and read the message only for his frown to deepen. Growling at what they asked him to do, he had no choice but to uphold it. "Will Namikaze-Ryuu Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke report to the arena? Your match has been moved ahead of time."

The crowd cheered as they heard their Uchiha was going up against their demon; however Naruto looked unfazed by the announcement. Having figured they were going to do something like this, he focused his sight next to Genma before appearing next to him in a flash of black and red light silencing the crowd. He noted that Sasuke appeared on the other side of Genma in a swirl of leaves and smirked as he knew he had learned at least one of the techniques he had given him to learn over the month. "Well, its good to know you learned the jutsu I gave to you for this month. Hopefully you mastered them to give me a decent challenge."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he frowned slightly at his opponent. While he knew he needed all he could get to win this fight, Naruto had the utmost confidence that he would win and win easily. And that annoyed him to no end. He did not like being considered the underdog in a fight, but he knew he was in this fight and the chances of winning were slight. While he knew the odds from the gambling table Konoha was using, he really didn't think he had that much of a chance to win this fight. It was as if they were guaranteeing him victory and completely ignoring the skill Naruto had shown in the fight before and in this tournament.

Having Genma start the fight, Sasuke slid into position as Naruto took a more direct approach as he held out his hand and formed a green ball of youki. To his surprise, more Naruto appeared in a single seal and all of them were holding the green ball of youki as it spun madly in their hands. To his confusion, all the Naruto's jumped up before throwing them down towards him with no accuracy whatsoever. It didn't matter as there was so many that he knew that dodging was not an option. But the cloud of smoke all the clones burst into took away his vision and he would have to guess where to shunshin himself as he used the technique.

Appearing twenty meters above the ground, he cringed as it would be a slightly painful landing but it was worth it to avoid the mass Odama Rasengan Dangen assault. But from the smoke, a streak of black and red light flickered over to him before Naruto was behind him. But what was odd that Naruto was a meter away from him and no where close to striking him until he noticed the blades glowing green as the youki pulsed through them. Seeing that he was holding them in an X-pattern, his eyes widened as he saw him slash and a green wave of youki in the shape of an X slammed into his body. As it was about to slam him into the ground, it grew exponentially in size causing a giant debris cloud on impact.

Landing next to the crater, he reached down into it and picked up a bruised Sasuke with a good size x cut into his chest, but wasn't deep enough to worry about. Throwing him aside as if he was nothing, he turned to Sasuke as he crashed into the wall and watched him slowly pick himself up. Seeing his Sharingan spin madly at him as he went through a few hand seals. He smirked as he heard lighting beginning to crackle as it appeared in the palm of his hands and retracted his blades as he formed another Rasengan in his hand. "I see you learned that technique from the scroll as well. I wonder what else you learned from it or are you going to keep that to yourself?"

Hearing Sasuke growl and charge at him, he smirked as Sasuke leapt towards him and struck. "CHIDORI!"

There was no struggle as Naruto easily countered with his Rasengan and reflected the blow before shoving his elbow into the Uchiha's gut, knocking him back and negating both attacks. He noticed that Sasuke was already being worn down; he noted that the technique had drained almost half of his chakra in one strike. He was surprised that it cost that much but it did not matter as he was going to win this fight easily. Turning to the coughing Uchiha as his elbow had struck his solar plexus; he looked at him with no remorse as he placed his hand on his forehead and shoved him to the ground. "You are weak. What is it that keeps you this weak? Is your drive to kill your father hindering you from realizing what it takes to inherit true power?"

Hearing Sasuke growl at him for his commit, he shrugged uncaringly as he knelt down and placed his blade at his throat. Seeing that he had his full attention now, he looked him in the eyes before speaking in calm and controlled voice but allowed his voice to become louder after each sentence. "Your brother would be disappointed how you turned out. Not because of your strength, but the way you achieve it. You do not gain strength from revenge or your family. Strength comes from within you… From the desire to protect what is precious to you! That is what separates you from me and especially your brother! We have found what is truly important and fight for them with all our heart! That is what you lack, Uchiha! And without it, you will NEVER find true strength!!"

Seeing Sasuke look at him with shock written over his face, Naruto released the blade from his throat as he stepped back as green and purple energy began to flow around him in a dazzling display of raw power. It quickly filled the majority of the arena as he held out his arms as it slowly began to mix around him before doubling in size and covering the entire arena before quickly receding as he dropped his hands and looked at the trembling Uchiha. "This is the difference of power. I am the same age as you and I have more power then almost any Kage that has ever lived… But do you know how I gained such power? …No? This is the power I gained from wishing to protect what is precious to me with all my body, heart and soul. Itachi has gained the same kind of power and it is only a matter of time before he breaks his limit and becomes even stronger."

"Now what is holding you back Uchiha? You know what it is needed to gain power, but can you do it? Can you stay away from the path you have chosen to pick the right one? If you can, you are welcome to join our cause… Which begins now." Naruto finished as people in the arena began to fall asleep as Kabuto's genjutsu took control.

Chaos ensued as shinobi quickly rushed to defend their home only to see that they were fighting their own shinobi, now with their hitai-ates slashed declaring them separate from Konoha. An explosion ripped through the press box as Orochimaru and the sound four quickly caught the council members and whisked them to a roof top perfect for the battle that was about to occur. Seeing that the four were beginning to set up the perimeter, Orochimaru pulled off his disguise and revealed himself to each of them, earning him a hardened glare from each before Danzo spoke for the group. "Snake, you should have never appeared here again. This will be your undoing…"

Orochimaru's laugh interrupted Danzo making him frown, which pleased the snake sannin even more as he answered his glare. "Undoing? No, no, no my dear traitor. This is all because of all of you. All of you have single handily destroyed Konoha and have turned it to a place of despair and war. That was not what Konoha was founded on. It was founded on the good will for all the warring clans and to bring them peace and hope for a new future. Because of what you have done, it is time for a cleansing. All those with good hearts and the will of the fire will be spared. However those that are detrimental to the whole will be either plucked or forced to leave home. All of you will die…"

Both Jiraiya and Tsunade had landed in front of him to the relief of all the council members. As they stood up, Orochimaru had a wicked smirk on his face as he looked at him. "Ah, my old teammates. Jiraiya, Tsunade. I believe it has been a little while. There is some unfinished business to take care of."

Tsunade stood passively as Jiraiya nodded before both took his side and turned to the council members. "Yes it has. It is time to weed the rotten roots of Konoha once and for all."

"Jiraiya! Tsunade! What is the meaning of this?!" Homura yelled as he could barely contain his anger seeing that the two sannins had joined the exiled sannin.

Orochimaru smiled as he stepped up and decided to answer for them. "Oh, but I already told you. You brought this upon yourselves the day you killed sensei and attempted to kill the Yondaime's son. And by the Yondaime's orders, a new Konoha will be established today along with a Gondaime Hokage. …Chouza, Shikato. You may leave as you have proven yourself and your clan's worthy to stay in Konoha once the rapture is over. Please call off any of your clansmen that are attacking our troops and you know the rest. Tsume, I'll be having a word with you later to see if you will be allowed to stay."

As both Chouza and Shikato nodded before leaving the barrier just as the sound four complete it keeping anyone from the outside from interfering, the pink haired council member growled loudly at what Orochimaru had said. "Can it traitor! There is no way that the Yondaime ordered this and there is no way that demon is the son of our hero!"

Now that both Akimichi and Nara clan heads were gone, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes before Jiraiya bit his finger and went through the seals to summon when Orochimaru out stretched his hand and an odd pulsing ball of pure white light formed. It slowly rose into the air and covered the sun like a cloud just as his teammate finished his summoning. In a poof of smoke, a familiar red haired dhampire appeared in front of the sannin with her emerald eyes burning. She noticed Orochimaru's technique in the sky and smirked as its range had improved drastically in the month. "You've been training it seems, Orochimaru. I can deal with anything with a mile radius of this spot without being burn by the sun's rays."

"Do you have my sacrifice with you? I need it to show them the truth." Orochimaru asked as he looked at the red haired dhampire who nodded her head and pulled out a half dead Konoha shinobi that oddly looked like Inoishi's wife and that was true when he screamed her named in fear and horror. "Excellent… She'll do nicely… KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU: EDO TENSEI!"

Her body fell limp as she hit the ground as dust and dirt began to cover her as a she sunk into what seemed to be a coffin rising from the ground. Each looked on in terror as they saw the kanji for Yon. They all tried to cancel the jutsu but with Rayne's banpai ryoku being added to it made it impossible to counter for the council. As the coffin completely emerged from the ground, the door slowly began to open with smoke pouring out of it before the Yondaime Hokage walked out of the coffin looking almost like a zombie.

A they all looked in horror as Minato glared at him, looking more and more human by the second, a smirk crossed Orochimaru's face as nodded at this and noticed a certain fox had transformed and was tearing down the front walls of Konoha's just to show the difference between him and Naruto. "Oh, would you look at that? Kyuubi is attacking the village once more and Naruto is down in the arena. I guess that shows all of you how fucked up your decisions have been these past twelve years… Go wild Rayne, but leave the Inuzuka alive. I need to have a word with her before deciding her fate. But first… Minato, it is time for you to tell them the truth."

Minato nodded as he heard this; however he turned to Orochimaru with his electric blue eyes before gripping his shoulder. "First, I need to know what happened while I was gone, so hold still." As he finished, he went through a series of one hand seals that allowed him to see the memories of his choice.

Down in the arena, Naruto dodge another spinning cyclone, this time the attacker being Hana and her canine companions. His blood was burning and commanding him to kill her, but some part of him could not do it. Even with all his hatred for the girl, he could not lift his hand to kill her even though he wanted to. Focusing his banpai ryoku around him, a vortex of blood spiraled around him and caught the female Inuzuka off guard along with her three dogs and knocked them back and into the wall in the stadium. He noted that all the Konoha gennin were now in the arena but stopped when Hana yelled at them as she pulled herself out of the cratered wall. "Stop! He's mine! Take care of the other sound shinobi!

As soon as she said this, she attempted to charge Naruto only to find herself unable to move. Not sure what was going on, she struggled to look down before her eyes widened as she saw a shadow connecting to her and followed it to see it came from Shikamaru. She growled seeing this, but she could see the rest of the gennin ready intervene when both Chouza and Shikato jump down into the arena and the former speaking for the two. "Chouji, Shikamaru; head for the safety area. You are to stay out of this… This is something both of you do not need to see. For the rest of you that wish to rebuild Konoha after today, follow them."

"Not yet… Only a few have proven themselves to be worthy to stay. I still need a little more time to sort out the rest." Naruto countered as he jumped in-between each of the Konoha gennin with his blades coated in blood from a few jounin that were cocky enough to try and attack him. "Only Chouji, Hinata and Shikamaru have proven that and Hinata is well on her way to the safety zone. Kiba is almost there as is Sasuke, but the rest I don't know about. They may show their worth now or they may show why it is best to eliminate them now to protect Konoha future…"

At the end Naruto stopped as he felt a minor disturbance on the rooftop and a very familiar presence, but could not figure out whose it was. Reminding himself to check it out later, he was about to turn his attention to Hana when he caught sight of a very particular young boy. His face drained of its blood before he cursed loudly as he saw both Kin and Zaku dealing with their own problems in the form of a Root Anbu. "Konohamaru! Get out of here!"

The young boy wasn't sure why he had abandoned his green haired care taker. While the four tails were odd, she was quite nice and was the first person outside of Naruto that treated him with kindness unconditionally. However he wanted to watch Naruto beat his opponents into the ground and he got to see that, but all this had begun and he was unsure what to do. So naturally he headed towards Naruto as he had been supporting him this entire month. However he saw a few jounin jump him as his teammates held off a few of the Konoha gennin he knew. "Nee-san! What's going on…? AH!"

Shikamaru had lost his hold on Hana and her dog leapt the young boy, but that was as far as it went as a shuriken embedded itself into its head, Kiba the one that had thrown it. Hana's eyes widened as she saw this as one of her partner fell to the ground due to her brothers actions. "KIBA! What is the meaning of this?"

The injured Inuzuka only panted as it had taken a good portion of his concentration to throw the shuriken accurately without harming Konohamaru. Seeing Tensaiga pulse and understanding what it had said, Kiba looked his sister in the eyes before answer. "Because what you were doing is just as wrong as what you did to Naruto was even worse… I cannot forgive you or our clan for what it has done and I thank Naruto and the sword of our ancestors for showing me the light."

Hana's eyes widened hearing this before her eyes narrowed as her anger was getting the best of her. "That is no excuse for killing my partner, brother! He's a demon and if you would take a look around and you would see that! They started this war and we are defending our home! Anything that is a connection to him is bad news and needs to be eliminated, but you are too young to see that! But for now, stay out of this!"

As she was about to turn back to Konohamaru, she was forced to jump back as a large burst of flames nearly engulfed her. Growling louder then before, she threw a kunai towards the one responsible only to have Sasuke deflect it as he stared her down. "No, something is wrong here, but not with them attacking. Something is wrong with everyone here and I've know that ever since they ordered my training to kill my father and brother… And now I'm beginning to see what it is from what Naruto has said. This village has truly forgotten everything it was founded on… Naruto is right; to find true strength you need something holding you down. This village was leading me down the path to destruction and he allowed me to see that."

"You too Uchiha… Fuck it! I'll deal with you later! Anyone that aids the demon is a traitor to the village!" She blew by both Kiba and Sasuke and headed straight for Konohamaru before spinning as she used her clan's main jutsu with her two remaining dogs. And her target was the young boy that was trying to aid Naruto.

Just as she reached him, Naruto appeared in front of him and was holding his hands out to his sides. Suddenly a green spiral of youki surrounded both himself and Konohamaru, eerily similar to his Odama Rasengan. In fact, the only difference was that it wasn't a dense ball of youki and all the energy was placed on the outside. Hana didn't stand a chance as she rammed into the shield and was viciously knocked off and into the wall along with her two partners.

Soon as she was knocked off, Naruto released the shield before turning around to Konohamaru. "It's too dangerous for you to be here right now. I'm sorry, but this all has to happen so Konoha can return to the way it once was… Like it was when our fathers were in control and not the council." He knew Konohamaru had heard him as he was nodding, but the young boy was too frightened to think straight as blood a lot of blood was being shed in front of his eyes. Kneeling down, he hugged the boy lightly as Gaara and Yugito were quickly at his side, ready to take his place as he was busy. As Konohamaru was beginning to calm down, Naruto spoke in a soft voice. "I'm sorry…"

With a quick chop to his neck, Naruto knocked the young boy out before lifting him up under his arm. Turning to both Kiba and Sasuke, he nodded his head lightly at the two. "You have both proven that you are worthy to stay after this is over. Take Konohamaru and follow the main street out of Konoha. Scratch your hitai-ates so you aren't mistaken for the enemy and exit the main gate. A woman with green hair will be a quarter of a mile off and holding a shield to protect those that aren't to fight or witness what we are doing here. …Your brother will talk to you once this is over and Kiba, don't hold anything against me for what I'm about to do to your sister."

Sasuke nodded as he scratched his hitai-ate without thought before taking Konohamaru and putting him over his shoulder. Kiba on the other hand hesitated a moment before doing the same with his head band. "I… I'll try not to, but please make it quick. She's still my sister, no matter what she has done. …Sasuke, let's go."

Naruto nodded as the two quickly left the arena as Hana regained their senses. As she was, Naruto flipped his blades into position as he spoke to Gaara and Yugito without looking back at them. "Leave this area to me… Join the forces outside and help. There isn't much you can do here any longer."

Hearing his tone, Gaara nodded without pause knowing that Naruto didn't want them to see what he was about to do. Yugito frowned, but nodded as well. She just hoped that he was able to control himself enough to keep from transforming as she knew that his blood had been calling for the Inuzuka's blood for a while. Taking a deep breath, she followed Gaara out of the arena as Naruto turned his attention to the female Inuzuka as she pulled herself out of the crater his shield had put her in. "You know, I would have left you to someone else to judge… But after what you've just done, I cannot. I'll heed Kiba's words and I will make your death quick… But it will not be painless."

Time froze as he said this and the girl glared at him, but she was unable to move any more as he activated his most dangerous vampiric ability. Walking towards her as she barely was able to move; he struck and sliced his blade clear through her left arm severing it from the shoulder. Her blood didn't even spurt as he had such control of this ability that time hardly moved forward. Plunging his blade into her stomach, he lifted her up above his head before holding his other blade up and span her around just as he let go of his control. He heard a very shrill scream as all off Hana's limbs were sliced off before her head fell to the ground and her scream ended.

As her blood fell on him, he felt his own settle down as content filled his body. It sickened him slightly to know that he was satisfied by slaying her, but he knew he would have had to come with terms with it. He was no longer human, even if he continued to act like one. His blood was different and demanded things that others would not understand. Revenge was the most often, however there were some things he would like not to be demanded of and he did his damndest to ignore it.

Hearing a kunai whir through the air, he reflected it on reflect before catching it and was about to return it to its owner when he saw the owner fall to the ground, lifeless. He merely raised his eyebrow as he saw no visible mark that signified his death until he noticed a senbon in the back of his head. Seeing the direction it came from, he saw the dark tanned girl that surrendered her fight against Gaara jump down allowing him to see her scarred head band. "Sorry, I was a little slow there."

"It wasn't needed, but thank you. Is there anyone else that can be saved?" Naruto asked as he formed another Rasengan and threw it at a chunin that tried to attack Tenten from behind and grinded his head into a bloody dust.

"No. Sakura, Shino and Sai can't be deterred from their path. Why do you ask?" Tenten said curious as she was about to repay the favor when Naruto spun faster then she could see and severed the jounin's head from his body.

"Because I need you to get out any of our forces from this area. I'm going to destroy it." Naruto said dead serious as two clones appeared besides him as he raised his hand into the air and a dense ball of youki formed before four spikes began to surround it. The two clones popped out of existence as their purpose was finished as Naruto spoke. "I'll give you a minute to get them out of here, now go."

Tenten nodded as she rushed off and quickly got to what Naruto asked off her as a few of his clones took everyone's attention away from their opponents. Going person to person and avoiding those that attached her, she got as many as she could before retreating herself as Naruto jumped as high as he did in Kiba's battle with the attack still in hand. Just as she got out of the arena, she heard a loud bang before wind erupted from the epicenter of the impact and knocked her on her chest. Turning around and sitting up, she watched the arena crumbled from under the force of the technique and saw nothing but a crater as Naruto landed safely.

Looking at the damage he had caused, he saw that the battle was beginning to wind down as Kyuubi was no longer in his fox demon form and he could no longer sense or see Gobi using any Wind Scars. Remembering the odd feeling her felt on the roof top, he focused his attention there before sensing a three point kunai was embedded there. Narrowing his eyes at this, he turned into a flicker of black and red light before appearing in the middle of the roof top to see Orochimaru putting down a battered Tsume. "Alright… I'll allow you to live, but you will have to prove yourself like your son did. …Naruto, why are you here?"

"Son?"

The voice froze Naruto's body as he heard a voice that he had not heard in twelve years. He wasn't sure how he recognized it, but he did. He knew who exactly the voice belonged to as he turned around as his body trembled lightly. "Father… But how?"

Minato mentally frowned as he could not sense any chakra from his son. Only banpai ryoku and youki and he instantly was able to piece more of the puzzle together as he knew Orochimaru had left some of it out when he transferred the memories of what happened. However before he could answer, Rayne did so as she stepped besides him. "Orochimaru used a technique that can bring someone back to life for a limited time. He brought back your father to prove to them everything the council had done these last twelve years was not what he or any other Hokage would have done."

Naruto numbly nodded as he heard what Rayne said but his focus was still completely on his father. Minato closed his eyes knowing his time was almost done before Rayne touched him and allowed him to view her memories as he activated the jutsu he had used on Orochimaru. Once they finished, he opened his eyes before sighing as he walked over to Naruto and enveloping a hug in him. He knew that Naruto didn't have the best life, but he had wished he had a better one then the one had lived, even as of now. He wished things hadn't turned out the way they had, but he would give his son one last gift before departing back to the other world.

Chakra erupted around him in an amazing display before it began to seep into Naruto, whose eyes widened as his body began to tremble as his father's power entered his body. He winced as he watched his son bite his lip, but he whispered into his ear. "The pain will pass, but this is payment for my mistake… My power will be yours, so use it well my son. Goodbye and remember, both I and your mother will always love you."

As the chakra finished seeping into him, Naruto passed out from the strain before Minato caught him. Knowing his time was limited, he slowly handed his son to Rayne before turning to the two elderly toads then Jiraiya as he reached the tower having felt his old student's power. "Jiraiya, I know Naruto hasn't signed the toad contract, but now I've infused my chakra into him and it is building a chakra system within him and he will become even more powerful once he learns how to fuse all three of his energies. Until then, he will be a little weaker as he adjusts to his new addition."

Jiraiya and Rayne were thrown back by this before the latter nodded her head as she stroked the hair of her adopted son. She knew his father wanted the best for him and he wanted to give him the edge against anyone and everyone.

Turning to the two elderly toads known as Pa and Ma, Minato smiled one last time. "I don't have much time left, so I'll make this quick. I want you both to teach Naruto how to infuse sage chakra with his own to make him even more powerful then before. I know of Madara thanks to Akira and I know it will be Naruto that will be the one that ends all this and he will need everything he can get. Are you up to train one more?"

Ma just nodded her head as Pa looked at the boy and smiled lightly. "It will be an honor to train your son, pup. Once Jiraiya has gotten him to sign the contract and he can summon Bunta, we'll take him in and train him."

Minato smiled as he turned to Rayne as the dust that made his body began to fade. "Rayne, thank you for taking care of my boy and doing what you had to. I'm eternally grateful for that and to let you know, your sister thanks you from the bottom of her heart. …Tell Naruto I love him and his mother misses him."

Rayne only nodded as the dust that formed Minato's body began to disintegrate into the wind before nothing was left. As he left, a small smile graced her lips as she saw both Gobi and Yugito walk over as Kyuubi was behind them with a somber expression. "It is over. Konoha has been cleansed. Now all that is left is to choose a new leader."

Tsunade nodded as she finally joined the group and walked besides Jiraiya. "Yes it is and it was unanimously chosen before we arrived. Jiraiya is too important to take out of the field due to his spy network and my best work will come from me being at the hospital and training a new generation of medics. …Orochimaru, congratulations! You are now the Gondaime Hokage of Konoha."

Orochimaru's voice echoed throughout Konoha that exact moment. "WHAT?!"

A/N2: Well, there is the latest chapter for Blood Naruto. After the next chapter, the second arc will be finished and it will be onto the final arc of the story, so it is almost finished. Sorry for not updating this in a while, but I've been a little busy. Anyways, if you have any questions about this chapter, leave them in a review. Peace Out.