Chapter 3
Tiger Meets Demon
Naruto was doing some of his studies when he felt someone staring at the back of his head. Looking behind him he saw it was Ayane, she was looking at him with the most blank expression she could trying to signal something. If he had to guess, she wanted him to start training her but he was not sure now was a good time.
During gym she was looking at him still and it was annoying him just a little.
During lunch she was looking at him and he was starting to gain a tick mark above his head.
Class he could feel her gaze on him and afterwards she followed him into the hall that finally he had enough,
"Fine lets get started damn it!"
Her eyes lit up,
"Thank you master!" She bowed her head while he sighed,
'What the fuck did I get myself into Kurama?'
"Not sure honestly. But better make sure you are ready for anything that might come from this mess."
Naruto and Ayane quickly took off and found themselves on the twelfth level of the school, which had somehow fit an entire mountain range and desert landscape inside of it.
"Alright lets get started with your first lesson." Naruto motioned for her to follow him and pointed at the boulder in front of him. "First and foremost while you have speed I can tell your power and technique is weak compared to other dragons. So we are going to try and bridge as much of the gap as we can." Naruto turned to the boulder in front of him and took his stance. "In my martial arts, the art of the Niko Style is mastering multiple forms of martial arts that go with whatever my fighting style might be. For example," he bounced on his feet for a few seconds before throwing his right fist at the boulder and shattering it upon the impact. Turning to her she clapped in amazement of his power. "This is the Adamantine form, which focuses on hardening the body for both offensive and defensive purposes."
"I see are you going to teach me that master?"
"Hell no." She frowned, "The Niko style can only be passed on by someone that has mastered their own version of it. In my case I'm still a novice at best in the martial arts."
"Huh? But it looks like you mastered the arts of this style." He shook his head,
"Mastering the arts is one thing but the true showing of mastery is that you create your own STYLE of the Niko Style thus making it your own. For example if someone was to know the art of Kickboxing they could master the art of the Niko Style while then transitioning all their moves in Kickboxing into this fighting style. Thus enhancing the power and skill and techniques of kickboxing."
"Oh I think I understand but," she looked confused, "What am I suppose to do then?"
"Your going to work on your style, figure out what allows you to throw the most powerful blow possible with the highest amount of speed and no loss of technique. In your situation, your style lacks power and technique, however you have greater technique than strength so that is going to be a focal point of study. Until you learn to balance them you will never match the dragons even with your new found Will."
Ayane gained fire in her eyes and quickly took her fighting stance. From this point, she charged at the boulder that was next to his and threw her punch as hard as she could. But unlike Naruto's punch her's only cracked slightly from the strike and she huffed.
"Damn not enough."
Naruto shook his head,
"Your goal should be to break the boulder in one strike. If you can't do that you can't advance."
"Can I use a kick instead?"
Naruto shook his head,
"Using a kick would defeat the purpose of the exercise. You see here is a fact: your legs will always be stronger than your arms. Why is that?"
"Um," Ayane thought about it for a second and then answered, "Because your legs are always walking everywhere and carrying your body?"
"Correct. So your legs will always be more powerful than your punches and I want to fix that."
"I understand master."
"Good, now to increase your upper bodies power you could do this," he quickly got onto his hands and walked around on them. Naruto did this for a few feet before doing a push up in this position and then walking some more. "This makes you work on balance and learn how to hold your entire body up with nothing more than your arms. Make sure to keep your legs balanced and straight. You want to do this for a while as this can help with your upper body strength to increase the overall power and durability of your arms."
"I see master." Ayane did the same thing but she was struggling to hold her body up right making her breasts cover her face.
"Might want to invest in breast bindings for lessons like this. Wouldn't want you to keep having them fall into your face Ayane." Naruto admitted one thing he was enjoying the view of Ayane and her breasts bouncing down in front of her face. He would say that she might be slightly smaller than Kyoka but not by much if the size was anything to go by. He would say that she had her beat for suppleness but Kyoka's were by far larger and much firmer.
"Anyway," Naruto fell back to his feet and waved his hand at her, "You keep doing this and when your able to shatter a boulder with a single strike then we can start on the next lesson."
"Yes master!"
Ayane quickly got to work walking on her hands and training vigorously to get stronger.
Naruto sighed, he decided against going back to the dorms to change out of his uniform and just walked into town hoping for a change of pace. More so, he was hoping to avoid running into Kyoka today or her little follower.
Ever since he defeated her, her little follower was always trying to attack him in blind spots in the hopes of taking him down and avenging her friend's honor. But he always dodged, countered, or misdirected the strike infuriating her more. Then there were the other students wanting to cash in on his bounty in the hopes of becoming a dragon themselves. Naruto counted taking down over 524 students in a single week and honestly it was getting ridiculous, more so that Samui had been following him around school.
That was an added problem, ever since she showed up people wanted to talk to him about the marriage that was supposed to happen between the two of them. Naruto didn't know what the hell that was about and told everyone this and asked her what the hell the deal was.
Naruto learned that his village made a deal with Kumo in exchange for peace he would marry one of their own women of choosing. Samui agreed to it and admitted she heard rumors about him and after seeing him now she admits he is extremely cute.
Since then Naruto avoided her like the plague in the hopes of getting answers from Tsunade or Jiraiya about this mess and how he could get out of it. He had a sneaking suspicion that they had a hand in it and the fact they had not responded to his last letter demanding answers makes him even more suspicious. She mentioned the name of Minato Namikaze and him being his father but that was just crazy to him. Even though Kyuubi insisted that he was his son he could not wrap his head around it. How could he be the son of his hero, I mean he was treated like shit and no one ever bothered to tell him before this or hint at it. He was convinced that they must have the wrong person.
Hearing shouts of praise Naruto saw that he had arrived outside of an arcade where everyone was gathered around a game of some kind. Apparently two people were playing each other and were trying to outdo the other. But one person he couldn't' see was winning without any real effort and this made him more interested in the person in question.
"Damn it!" He saw one of the guys sitting at the other side giving up from losing his match. "This damn bitch beat me six times already! She cheated that is the only way she could win!" Naruto rolled his eyes at the sore loser, yeah he hated losing too but he didn't say they cheated unless there is rules put in place before hand. If not then all was fair and he couldn't complain.
Seeing the game, he saw that the game was all about building up points while making sure you don't reach the top line for as long as possible when the pieces fall down.
"Move aside let me try this." Naruto walked past the thug and he grunted,
"Yeah right I've been playing this game for years and you think you got a chance."
"You never know." Naruto entered a quarter into the game and started playing the person on the other side.
"You'll lose there is no doubt, I just wonder if you'll have the same expression when you lose so badly." The thug laughed and Naruto just focused in on the game.
Ten minutes later
"No fucking way!"
Everyone was shocked, Naruto had managed to tie the other person in the game and they both had hit the line.
"Huh, well that was fun I guess." Naruto heard a squeak and saw that it was some kind of red hamster. "Huh? Who are you little guy?"
"Kito come back here!" The little hamster jumped back over to the other side and he saw the other person he was playing was a young girl with long white hair. She had her hair done up in twin pigtails and she is wearing a school uniform of some kind with a scarf wrapped round her fist.
"Yo!" She waved her hand at him while the hamster hopped onto her shoulder.
Naruto smiled at her,
"Yo yourself. Your really good I didn't think I was going to be pushed this far in this game."
"Me either normally people come in here and try to best me but I manage to beat them all pretty soundly. So how many years have you been a gamer?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "Never played this game before today."
The girl is stunned, 'He learned on the fly that is insanely impressive!' She smiled at him, "How about another game but a different one?"
Naruto was about to answer but heard a shout,
"You asshole! I knew it you both are cheaters!" Looking behind him he saw the teen from before glaring down at him with a knife in his left hand. "You both are going to pay for this humiliation!"
Naruto could only stare at this man for his idiocy, seriously he was getting worked up because of this? It was really sad.
"Dude you might want to think this through before doing what I think you are about to do."
"FUCK YOU!" He thrusted the knife at Naruto but without warning he quickly gripped his wrist and twisted making it release the knife and fall to the ground.
"Really, I told you to think this through more carefully." The man growled at this,
"Fuck you cheaters!" Naruto saw him throw his other fist at him but Naruto quickly countered this by using the wrist he had a hold of and yanked him forward. He threw the teen off balance in which his punch missed him before finding a knee striking him in the gut knocking the air out of him. The teen tried catching his breath but Naruto smiled,
"Oh does it hurt sorry let me fix that." Without waiting, Naruto slammed his left fist into his jaw sending him falling to the ground unconscious.
The entire gaming room was silent after the attack. No one moved as they just witnessed one of the toughest teens in the area get knocked out like it was nothing.
The white hair girl however, she could sense something about him. It was not something she had sensed for a while since her friend left the school or her time in that tournament.
'A true warrior with a warriors streak. How interesting.' She hopped off the stool,
"Want to get out of here before security shows up."
Naruto sighed,
"Yeah the last thing I want is to explain this to security." Both took off in a mad dash out of the building and Naruto was shocked the little girl was able to keep up with him.
Arriving at a nearby park with a bench they both sat down,
"So," She looked at him, "What style do you use?" Naruto was confused,
"What do you mean style? You study martial arts?" She smirked,
"Yep especially since I've played and mastered all the Street Fighters and Tekken games out there. I learned a lot of fighting from them but I've never seen your style before so what's it called?" Naruto smiled,
"I'm a student of the Niko Style."
The girl stiffened,
"Really? I thought they were wiped out." Naruto shook his head,
"No my master found me in the Elemental Nations and trained me in this martial arts. He saw my potential and thought I was a good successor."
"I see." Naruto smiled,
"How about you? I can tell you're a martial artist the way you carry yourself so what do you practice?" She smiled,
"I'm-,"
"HEY FUCKERS!" Turning their heads they saw stereotypical thugs wearing motorcycle jackets, mohawks, and other stupid looking piercings approaching them. "The hell you doing on our bench! Don't you know this is our turf!"
"Turf?" Naruto turned his head to the girl but she shook her head and this angered them more.
"YOU FUCKING WANT TO DIE!" They showed fanged like teeth and were trying to intimidate Naruto and the girl but they were far from impressed.
"Can you two hurry up and get these brats out of here. We want to sit." Naruto saw two women standing behind the men and they were dressed in really tight and short clothing and he could honestly say they were stereotypes themselves. Plus he had to wonder if it was something in the water, seriously it feels like cup requirements were everywhere in this city.
But before he could react to the men and women the girl leapt into action and quickly attacked the two thugs. Taking one down with a series of punches and another with a double fist strike to his chest and stomach. Soon she sweep kicked the two women before kicking both into the nearby lake.
"What weaklings they could at least try to impress you know?" Naruto smiled, he knew this girl was more than she appeared and he could feel himself shaking with anticipation.
"Nice move set."
The girl smiled back at him,
"Yep trained in fighting for quite some time but most of my moves come from video games. Turns out you can learn a lot of the moves from those series." Naruto narrowed his eyes,
"Yeah but I can see the twitch." She stood straight and stared at him, "You wanted to do something else in the middle of the combo." He pointed to her right hand, "For some reason you had something loaded up in your right hand for a strike but you quickly changed to a kick instead. Meaning you were trying to hold back on instinct."
The girl looked at the teen in front of her and could feel something stirring in her chest.
"You caught all of that huh? Impressive, honestly I'm shocked not even my rival was able to pick that up when we fought and I was using a different fighting style against her as well." She smiled brightly, "I think I like you."
Naruto was shocked by the confession but before they could continue he heard a crowd of people behind him. Turning his head he saw someone he did not recognize in the form of a short blond hair girl with glasses and a more petite figure compared to the rest of the crowd of busty women. She had a blank expression on her face reminding him more of hardcore shinobi but he could sense something beneath the surface and that the crowd seemed to revere her.
"Finally found you Meru." The girl behind Naruto smiled,
"Yeah, but it was not exactly hard Rino." Naruto looked back at the girl Meru and asked,
"You know each other?" She smiled,
"Yep I guess you could say I'm her senpai."
… "Huh?" She smiled and struck a sexy pose with her hands behind her head and waving her hips.
"Did I forget to mention it? My name is Meru and I'm a third year at Nangokuren High School."
Naruto's jaw dropped, here he was thinking he was talking to a child prodigy but in reality it was someone from his own fucking school!
'Kurama can you believe this!'
"I know first all those busty women and now a fucking loli it is just crazy to think these human women come in such variety."
Naruto's eye twitched, 'Thanks for the comment about the women but I meant more along the lines that a eighteen year old is still so child like in body and mind!'
"I don't know your pretty bad yourself."
Naruto twitched at the comment but took a deep breath looking at the girls interacting with Meru.
"You know why I'm here." Meru frowned slightly and put her hands behind her head and sighed,
"Yeah I figured."
"It is time for you to complete the Covent of Hagen." Meru frowned,
"Look Rino as much as I would like to complete it with you, your not strong enough." The girl glared at her,
"You will complete the Covent regardless of your opinion." Naruto frowned feeling out of place in this mess but he did see that Meru's eyes were getting sharper.
'Interesting.' Naruto soon saw a swarm of crows appearing out of the sky and someone was hopping down on them. He was shocked by this and honestly confused by the sight of someone using them as steps. 'The fuck is that possible?'
"Not sure what to tell you kit I'm just as supri- OH COME ON!"
'Yeah this is kinda getting ridiculous.' Naruto bear witnessed to another woman. But this one was different as she was dressed in darker clothing and looked kinda like a gothic maid. She had long white hair that was going down her back and honestly came off as cold and uncaring.
The woman walked up to the crowd and whispered something to one of them with her responding,
"If you want to get through then do it yourself!" She motioned her to come closer and whispered into her ear again and then walked around all of them. If Naruto was a lesser person it would look like a blur but he could see her sidestepping and weaving through the crowd without touching them. If he was honest, it shocked him how effortless she was moving through the crowd but could see that while not a fighter she could at least move and block attacks that might come her way.
She stood in front of Naruto and he sighed,
"Look if you want to get by me that is fine." She nodded her head and without warning leapt up over his head leaving him a glimpse at her thong. "Geez is this school some kind of hentai waiting to happen or what?"
"There you are assholes!" Turning his head Naruto saw the same idiot from before. But this time he had a small group of men with him and they were all carrying weapons in their hands. "I'm going to make both of you pay for what you did to me at the arcade!" He motioned his men and they charged Naruto.
He sighed and took his stance,
"This is really lame but fine I guess I got no choice." Naruto soon focused on the group of men and without warning he released his entire aura on them.
The men didn't know what happened one-minute this guy was standing there and the next they couldn't move. Behind the teen formed some kind of monster with dark red eyes and sharp fangs.
The girls were terrified by what they were seeing while Rino was holding steady but Meru,
She was smiling brightly. This feeling she had not felt it in quite some time, not since, the Tournament.
Naruto quickly charged the men and within seconds appeared behind them having sent them all flying into the sky.
'He landed over twenty strikes to those idiots amazing!' Meru could feel her instincts wanting to fight this guy. She had to know more about him but then she saw one of the teens, the one from the store pull out something from his pocket. It was a black pistol and he aimed it at Naruto.
"Look out!" Naruto turned to the teen with the gun and focused on him,
"One shot," the teen was confused by Naruto's comment, "You get one shot, better make it count because it might be the last thing you do breathing." Naruto's eyes turned dark and soon his aura became a raging torrent of a monster and took the form of the Kyuubi.
The teen in question was shaking fear, he could not understand what the fuck was going on. He was panicking,
"FUCK YOU MONSTER!" He fired the gun, a bullet left the chamber, and barreled straight at Naruto. But what happened next almost no one saw but the one's that did were shocked how it happened.
Naruto stood there with his hand out in front of him and showing the signs of a small burn along the sides of his hand. But everyone looked at the ground and saw that in the short time from the bullet firing and it coming near him he managed to redirect the shot into the ground.
A loud thud soon followed with Naruto hitting the teen in the face sending him flying backwards and blood spurting out of his nose.
Naruto seeing the kid was knocked out stomped on the gun shattering it to pieces while waving his hand.
"Fuck that never stops hurting."
Rino could not understand, 'How did he redirect the bullet? That takes some talent I didn't think was possible, the fuck are all shinobi like this or is he even unique among them!?'
Meru on the other hand saw it and whispered,
"Niko Style Flow Control Flow Edge. You used one of the basic principles of the fighting style and redirecting the bullet." She motioned at his hand, "By changing the trajectory just slightly, you were able to send it into the ground instead of into the air. Thus removing the threat."
Naruto smiled,
"Yep. You got it in one. I also see that you're the only person here that managed to avoid the overwhelming pressure of my aura. That is impressive."
"Yep well it is not surprising I'm a student of the Tiger Arts." Naruto and Rino's eyes widened at this for different reasons.
Rino because she did not know that she studied martial arts outside of video games assuming that she just was strong. But hearing this for the first time made her realize, her sister never knew or didn't bother telling her about it.
Naruto on the other hand remembered something his master told him,
Tiger Style is one of the lost martial arts similar to the Niko Style. However unlike most styles Tiger styles focusing on the principles of Karate and using their fists for fighting while sharping your fingers and hands to the point of being blades themselves. A master of this style can cut through even steel if hardened enough.
"Impressive Meru." Naruto took a stance, "How about we see who is stronger now?" Meru smirked and took her own stance, legs spread apart and her hands in front of her face sharpened like claws,
"I was thinking the same thing. Lets see if the Tiger can slay the Demon." Naruto smiled brightly and Kyuubi sighed, one of the bad things he got from his master was that he lusted for strong opponents. Not in the sense of shinobi but more along the lines that he desired to fight those in martial arts that could potentially beat him so he can learn and grow from it. It was like an endless hunger for him and he was going to sate it no matter what.
Before they could act Rino got between them. Meru looking a little miffed while Naruto looked irritated.
"You will not interfere in my affairs." Naruto growled,
"Look Rino is it?" She nodded her head, "My reasons for fighting Meru has nothing to do with you so please get out of my way." The girl scoffed,
"You might have beaten Kyoka and are stronger than Ayane that does not mean you can handle me." She held her hands up and he saw two people throwing objects to her. Acting quick he quickly got above her and kicked the items away in a straight split in the air.
"The fuck when did he move," one person from the group shouted.
"How!"
Naruto landed in front of her in a crouch and without warning rushed upwards and brought a fist inches from her fast. The air blew past her and she could felt her glasses cracking and breaking on her face. But she was focused on his eyes,
They were primal, almost like an animal that was denied his food. It was looking into her and she was terrified and for some reason aroused.
"Don't get a big head, you're just as strong as either Ayane and Kyoka. But your problem is that you lack what they have in certain departments and that is speed and power." Naruto stood up straight and walked around the girl leaving her stunned at the turn of events and ignoring the clanking of her weapons on the ground.
She had just realized that in less a school year he did something she didn't;
He defeated all the Dragons.
He was the strongest in the school next to Meru and thus made it his divine right that he would rule. She couldn't fathom it and she didn't want to believe it but her mind was forcing her to accept what happened.
"Impressive." Meru smirked at him happy to finally see Rino get taken down a peg and show how different her strength is compared to real fighters. While Rino was talented, Meru had fought real warriors and people that were insanely strong. She fought adults that would have killed her if she hadn't been strong. Knowing this, she held back in school to not hurt anyone and developed a second style based on video games.
But now stood before her someone that could force her real style out, someone that could push her to finally bear her fangs again.
"Man," turning back everyone saw him crack his neck, "I'm fucking pissed. Listen Meru," he looked her dead in the eyes, "I want to fight you more than ever but not here and not today."
"Ah you got me worked up for nothing!" She pouted and was throwing her airs up in a tantrum and Naruto snickered. He would have done the same thing if the roles were reversed.
"I'm just saying I want a better scene. In three days, I want three days to prepare for our fight and you can pick the site of our battle."
Meru jumped,
"Your so on! Three days meet at the school's Arena. You and I are going to go all out to determine who is the strongest the Demon or the Tiger! I promise you one thing Naruto!" She had fire in her eyes and a tiger formed behind her with golden eyes and dark fur, "I'm not going to hold back and I'm going to see if you have what it takes to face the world!"
"I'm looking forward to it." Naruto's aura took the form of the Kyuubi and both beasts glared down the other.
The two stared each other down while the crowd watched in awe, the biggest fight in the school's history was about to unfold.
Next Day
Naruto was in the training grounds. He was hitting the boulders around him and pushing his body to the absolute limit. Thanks to Kyuubi he would heal from all of his injuries long before his fight with Meru, which meant he could go all out. He was doing all his regular exercises while practicing all the moves of the Niko Style with his clones along with his versatility in mastering the other martial arts that he learned over the years.
"You can come out." Naruto looked at a nearby rock pillar and saw out of the shadows came Kyoka.
"My it would seem you are really fit compared to most of the nobodies in this school."
It was true, without a shirt on Naruto had his body on display and it was quite impressive. While he was not as bulky as his master he was slimmer in build to the point that his muscles seemed more compact and streamlined. His abs were rock hard, chest was slightly bulkier than most and had muscles on his arms that were well defined. His legs shared similar characteristics to his arms with his calves being slightly above average in muscular size.
"Well this is what happens when you spend most of your life training your ass off. Especially with my master, he made sure I knew hard work above all else and trained me to the point I was vomiting more days than not."
Kyoka raised an eyebrow at this but did not press seeing a slightly nostalgic smile on his face.
"So I heard about your fight with Meru."
"Yeah it is in two days so I'm getting all the training I can to be ready. Plus I heal faster than most so I'm pushing myself as hard as I can."
"I see." Kyoka smiled, "You should know the whole school is going to be watching."
"Really?" Naruto saw Kyoka nod her head,
"You got to understand this fight, it is the biggest fight in the school's history. You a man that showed up and not only defeated me on the first day, made one dragon your student, and even outmatched another dragon. Doing all of this before even the first semester is so impressive. Then you have Meru who was considered the strongest outside the dragons and someone that is feared among even our peers for her amazing talent." She then shivered, "To think her fighting style was only her way of holding back from hurting students too much, it shows me how far I still have to go before I can claim the title of the strongest of all."
Naruto laughed a bit,
"Yeah I get all that." Kyoka then pointed at him,
"You are the only man that has ever defeated me, so I don't want you losing to anyone else got it? Not this fight or any fight after this one. You remain undefeated until the day I come to fight you as your equal."
"We'll see about that." Naruto turned around and with one swift twitch of his foot sent several pebbles into the air. He then threw his lead hand turning all the stones into dust.
"Well I just wanted to wish you luck and show someone here." Turning his head he saw she pointed at Samui who was smiling at him.
"I see." Naruto sighed before focusing on the Lightning Kunoichi in her slightly tighter than normal white top. "Look as much as I want to believe this stupid marriage arrangement I don't approve. I want to keep control of my own life and I'm not planning on appeasing people from the past. Plus I'm not sure I'm the son of the Fourth Hokage because if I was I should have found out a long time ago."
"That's cool I'm just here to watch you train and try to get to know you. Whether you believe it or not we are engaged and your father really is Minato Namikaze."
"Maybe, but I won't believe it until I hear it from someone that knew them and that knows me." Naruto glared, "No offense I stopped taking people at face value since I was a little kid."
Samui nodded her head hearing all the stories about his past from the Raikage. Honestly it horrified her knowing what he went through and everything that he suffered shortly after his teammate left the village and he had to bring him back. The fact that the village STILL was defending the fucking Uchiha was disgusting and she can't be happier that they finally changed their policy to almost kill on sight.
Naruto slammed his fist into a boulder and shattered it. He could only imagine how intense their fight is going to be and it was getting him really worked up at this point. So much so the girls noticed he was ignoring them for fighting a couple of shadow clones and then climbing up rock pillars without chakra. They shrugged their shoulders and watched him going at it.
Kyoka turned to Samui,
"So you really are his fiancée now?"
"Yep it is pretty cool if you ask me given that he is not like most men that just want me for one thing." She motioned to her breasts while Kyoka laughed,
"I feel you after a while it gets really annoying." But her friendly smile turned predatory, "But you should know one thing, I don't plan to lose."
"Oh?" Samui raised an eyebrow at her comment,
"Yep I plan on taking Naruto myself. Few men in my life have shown the guts or skill to fight me on even footing. Hell I would say that there are almost none that have come forward in these last few years. But he, he didn't hesitate fighting the strongest in the entire school and just came forward. Then to feel sweet defeat at his hand was bitter but amazing that it made me wonder more about him. That is why, I will not let him get away, I will make him mine!" She glared at her, "No matter whom I have to go through to get to him."
"That's cool." Samui smiled slightly, "You should know that I'm not his only fiancée. There are others and most of them are coming to see Naruto in the near future, I just got here sooner." Kyoka's eyes turned sharp,
"Really now? How interesting."
"But it doesn't matter to us." Samui smiled, "It is quite common for harems to form in our country for near extinct bloodlines. In Naruto's case he is the last of two mighty clans or families in your terms. It is his responsibility to revive the family as much as he can meaning taking as many wives as he can possibly handle."
Kyoka stared in shock, that was seriously old school but she could deal with it since there are things her family does that is still traditional in its own right. But she smiled,
"That's fine with me but you should know if there is going to be one top woman I plan to be her."
"You can try," Samui had lightning dancing off her fingers and glared darkly, "But you will fail I promise you this." A lighting dragon formed behind Samui while a Chinese Dragon with black and blue scales appeared behind Kyoka.
The two had a tense stare down with Naruto none the wiser this was going on behind him.
Two days later
Naruto stood in the middle of a giant arena. It was huge, it matched most sporting arenas that he had seen while traveling outside the Elemental Nations. The lighting, the feeling, and the fact that he could feel the sand on the ground making his footing hard to place.
Naruto decided against the school uniform or anything flashy, just wearing a pair of long pants and barefoot. He had no shirt on showing off his chest and back to the rest of the crowd making some of the girls go crazy at the sight of an in shape teen. Naruto stared straight preparing himself for the intensity of this fight and wanting to get started as soon as possible. The funniest thing is that he knew there are cameras on him right now and he found that to be very annoying.
That's right apparently they were broadcasting their fight for the world to see, surprising him that they would do something this over the top. But he was not allowed to contemplate this much longer until he heard his teacher standing in the arena wearing a tight and short looking referee outfit coming up with a microphone.
"Ladies and Gentlemen it begins! The fight of the decade and the most important fight in our school's history! We determine who is the strongest fighter in our school!" She waved her right arm to him, "Introducing first the man that has taken the school by storm by defeating the Three Dragons, defeating anyone that has gotten in his way, and the man that is known as a master of a long forgotten martial arts. The man hailing from the Elemental Nations; Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze!"
The arena exploded in cheers and Naruto could only slightly sweat drop due to the fact they insist on adding the Namikaze thing to his last name.
"His opponent, third year who is feared among the students as the only non-dragon that could become the strongest in the school's history. She is known as the gaming otaku that will become a Gaming God and herald as the last student of the famous Tiger Arts. She is herald as the Strongest Youth, please welcome the one, the only MERU!" The entire arena exploded in cheers out the opposite side of the arena came Meru but unlike before she was not smiling or wearing the school uniform.
Meru was dressed in a torn sleeve gi, white gi pants that were torn at the ankles, and she had tape both on her wrists and ankles. Her hair was done up in a single top knot bun to prevent it from getting in her way. But it was the look in her eyes, the intensity behind the gaze.
Meru had eyes focused on Naruto and he saw them turn gold with slits in them.
"Ladies and Gentlemen the fighters have made it to the arena, they are standing here facing each other down, and you can feel the intensity between these two combatants!"
Naruto and Meru walked up to each other slowly until they were standing inches from each other.
"Hey," Naruto smiled at Meru who looked confused, "Thanks for agreeing to fighting me." Meru laughed a bit,
"Trust me I feel the same way, I'm looking forward to this fight. Long time since I could go all out and I can't wait." She then turned serious in her gaze and Naruto matched it, "Go all out or I promise you'll regret failing to entertain me."
"Ladies and gentlemen they are ready, now the question is are you all ready!" The crowd roared to life with many watching this fight with great intent.
Kyoka was sitting with her crew watching unwavering but if one looked closer they could see the lust in her eyes of the idea of fighting either of them and matching their strength.
Ayane was sitting with her team and also having an intense stare hoping for the best for her master and to see more of his power first hand.
Rino, she was focused on this fight and gritting her teeth. To lose yesterday in the way she did was humiliating and worse, he never really hit her physically. But now she gets to see the real Meru as she hinted that she never saw and neither did her sister. She was eager.
In the rafters hiding in the shadows was a silver hair woman with a large weapon at her side watching the fight. Her green eyes staring down at Meru,
"So this is the you I never got to see huh? How interesting, you truly are the Strongest Youth old friend." She smiled and watched closely to see why the world is interested in the man before Meru.
On another side of Japan was a family who was watching the fight. They had dark grey eyes with black surrounding it and they were watching the match.
"Jiji why are we watching this fight?"
"Simple dear I want you to see the Strongest Youth and the Last Tiger that we have seen in ages."
"I understand her but what about the boy?" The old man crushed his pipe before picking up another one.
"Don't' worry the boy will be a good meal for the tiger that is all."
"Okay Jiji," the old man could see her focusing on the teen in the arena and was thinking of killing him dared to come near his granddaughter. But for some reason he couldn't shake the feeling he has seen him or someone like him before.
Back at the school in the high booth sat three people. One person was Kyoka's mother and she was entertaining some guests in the form of a really old man with a long white beard, long white hair going down his back, and a cane. Behind him was several men wearing suits each positioned to protect the old man. Well, all but one man who had short black hair and pale skin with narrow eyes and a large muscular structure.
"I'm glad you could come to see this." The old man laughed,
"I wouldn't have missed this for the world. To think the young girl that competed for you in the Kengan Annihilation Tournament all those years ago would appear here again. I couldn't pass up on the chance of seeing her. The youngest competitor in history and the biggest underdog the tournament had ever seen."
Kagamiin laughed with a fan in front of her face,
"Indeed you mocked me all those years ago for picking her at the age of fifteen for the tournament."
"Hahahaha! I did and I regret it. I was excited to see what she could have done in the tournament finals but sadly she was too tired to continue and thus leaving us without a finals."
"Yes how sad." She turned the pale man that was staring down in the arena, "What about you Agito how do you feel about winning without fighting her?"
The man continued staring into the arena, not flinching at the question. Slowly giving a response,
"I believe she has grown much stronger in this time but I feel this fight will be greater than anything we could have had together."
The old man laughed,
"Indeed so? Then," He gained white eyes and shouted, "I can't wait, lets get this match started!"
"Of course, Mr. Katahara." She looked down in the arena, "Good luck Naruto hope you pull through this fight."
Agito however, was not watching Meru anymore but he was watching the teen she was facing. Something about him put him on edge and he did not know what it was. Was there some familiarity? If so then where, where did he get this feeling from before?
In another balcony in the shadows where no one could see them, stood a large man with a dark grin on his face,
"So you finally have come. Put on a good show grandson, after all your just like me; a monster without an equal in sight."
Naruto and Meru continued to stare each other down until finally the teacher shouted,
"Fighters take your stances."
Naruto got into his traditional bouncing stance and Meru got into her Tiger Stance; fingers out and ready to strike and knees slightly bent and her slightly hunched over.
"Now Begin!"
Chapter End
Hey everyone I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and the set up to what is going to be one of the most important fights in the story! Again this is updating more for you guys due to the virus going around and everyone kinda having some shitty times so I'm updating a little more often with chapters I've finished recently. I hope you guys enjoyed and some of the concepts and points I'm making are making sense and if not please feel free to PM me if you want and I'll take the time to explain it in greater detail.
Next part is going to be two parts and you'll see why, cookie for the person to guess the family and who the person in the shadows is