(Remember naruko isn't wearing her jacket.) Before naruko made her way down the stairs to face off kiba and akamaru, she went over to hinata "hey hinata" naruko said. "Y-yes naru-chan" hinata said. Naruko took her necklace off and handed it to hinata "can you hold on to this for me?" Naruko asked. Hinata took the necklace from naruko's hand and said "y-yeah sure." "Please be careful with it, it means a lot to me" naruko said. Hinata nodded then naruko turned around to the arena.

Hinata looked at what naruko asked her to hold. She was surprised to see that she was holding a necklace that was made with a piece of string and a diamond ring. Seeing the ring hinata couldn't help but imagine her and naruko standing a couple inches in front of each other and holding hands. Except her and naruko were older. Then naruko got down on one knee and asked hinata to marry her. Hinata was blushing and crying out of joy. She rushed at naruko ambushing her in a hug while saying yes.

Hinata was brought out of her thoughts when she heard sakura cheering for naruko. "Naruko you got this!" Sakura shouted. 'Let's see what you can do naruko' lee thought. "Naru-chan you can do it!" Someone shouted.

Everyone looked at the person who said that. They saw no other than hinata hyuga. They were wondering why hinata was cheering for naruko insted of her own teammate. 'What the, why is hinata cheering for naruko? I know that they're friends but still' sakura thought confused. 'What the hell hinata? Why are cheering for the kid and not me and akamaru? I'm your teammate and it's obvious that she isn't gonna win' kiba thought mad.

Kurnai honestly didn't know how to react seeing hinata cheering for one of kakashi's students instead of her own teammate. "Kurnai-sensei it's best to let hinata be when it comes to naruko" advised shino. Kurnai couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

The battle began. Kiba used his ninja art and rushed at naruko trying to hit her but to everyone's surprise naruko moved out of the way avoiding kiba's attack. 'What! How did she avoid that?' Kiba thought. "What the! How did she do that?" Ino said. Hinata smiled and thought 'come on naru-chan show him what you've got.'

"Hey dog-breath don't ever underestimate me!" Naruko said. "Yeah yeah more tough talk. It doesn't matter if you were able to dodge that you'll still lose" kiba said. Naruko chuckled and said "oh yeah well we'll see about that… you know you have a better chance at winning if you send that puppy in to fight for you." Kiba growled and said "you are gonna regret saying that, come on akamaru." Both kiba and akamaru ran towards naruko.

Naruko noticed kiba grabbing something and saw in his hand what it was. 'Smoke bombs' naruko thought. "Take this" kiba said. Before kiba threw the smoke bombs at her, naruko grabbed some smoke bombs of her own and threw them all over the place leaving both her and kiba unable to see.

When the smoke cleared kiba saw naruko laying on the her side not moving. Kiba smirked thinking that he'd won but then he realized that akamaru wasn't anywhere to be seen. Kiba started turning his head looking for akamaru. When kiba turned around he got a spin kick to the face sending him back a couple of feet.

Blood trickling from kiba's mouth and nose. Kiba got up and saw a second naruko. "What the, how did you-" kiba said. Naruko giggled and said "just as the smoke bomb went off I made a shadow clone to take my place and then I hid. I knew that when you saw my shadow clone on the ground you'd thinking that the battle was over so you'd let down your guard giving me the chance to attack."

"Damn it where's akamaru?" Kiba demanded. Naruko pointed to her clone. Kiba looked at the shadow clone of naruko and saw her pinning akamaru to the ground. Naruko had a tight grip on akamaru but not tight enough to hurt him just keep him from moving.

Everyone was extremely shocked and in disbelief that naruko thought of this all on her own. The only one who wasn't was hinata. She knew the whole time that naruko was smart and strong. "Whoa is that really naruko?" Ino said. "To be honest I'm not sure" shikamaru said. "She's got skill there's no doubt about that" Temari said. "Well well the kid's better than I thought" Kankuro said. 'Well this just got a whole lot more interesting' neji thought. "Way to go naru-chan!" hinata shouted. "That was amazing naruko!" Sakura shouted very proud of her teammate. 'Well would you look at that. That was really impressive naruko. I'm sure that Minato and Kushina would have been proud' kakashi thought.

"Well what do you know, you've gotten a little stronger and smarter I see but not nearly strong or smart enough 'cause now I'm getting serious" kiba said. "Oh well good I was hoping you would 'cause I want to seriously knock you out" naruko said. "That girl never ceases to amaze me" Sarutobi said.

'Can this really be the same little goofball' Kurnai thought. "I don't know what happened but this isn't the naruko we used to know" shikamaru said with ino nodding her head in agreement. 'Whatever training method kakashi used, it sure worked' Asuma thought. 'But still… she's about to find out that kiba and akamaru have tricks of their own' Kurnai thought.

"Naruko… if I were you I'd let akamaru go" kiba said tossing a food pill into akamaru's mouth. Akamaru's fur changed color then kicked the clone off him and making it disappear. "What the heck!" Naruko shouted. Kiba then swallowed another food pill. 'That's it kiba's going in for the kill' Kurnai thought. "Let's go akamaru" kiba said as akamaru jumped on his head.

Kiba then activated a jutsu called 'man beast clones' then akamaru turned into kiba. Naruko was taken back at this. She collected herself and thought 'looks like he's not fooling around anymore. He's turned into a wild animal but unlucky for him I've fought with actual wild animals before.' "Let's finish this." They then jumped at naruko. "On all fours" kiba said trying to attack naruko. Naruko managed to dodge kiba and akamaru's attack. 'If I wanna make it to the finals I better stop holding back' naruko thought. She then took down her pigtails and tied her hair into a ponytail.

Kiba and akamaru kept rushing and trying to attack naruko but naruko just kept making subtle movements to avoid their attacks. 'Those food pills may have been able to double the strength of their chakra but there has to be some way to get the upper hand on them.' Naruko started to look around the area while still dodging their attacks 'I've got an idea' naruko thought.

Naruko grabbed a kunai and cut her wrist surprising everyone. 'What is she doing?!' sakura thought alarmed. 'What are you planning on doing this time naruko?' Kakashi thought. While holding the necklace over her heart hinata whispered "naru-chan please be careful."

"Alright that's enough akamaru let's finish this!" kiba shouted. They then used their 'fang over fang' jutsu. Before they could hit naruko she jumped out of the way. When kiba and akamaru rushed at her again, instead of dodging naruko gathered up as much blood as she could and threw it at them. She managed to get the blood in their eyes temporarily blinding them and a little up their nose so it would be harder for them to track her sent.

Both of them stopped their attack and jumped back to get the blood out of their eyes. Naruko quickly went though hand signs and said "shadow clone jutsu." Fifteen clones appeared. When kiba and akamaru got the blood out of their eyes, naruko threw smoke bombs around the arena.

Kiba tried to use his sense of smell to find out where naruko was coming from but all he could smell was blood. 'Damn it I can't see or smell her' kiba thought. Naruko and her clones started to attack kiba and akamaru from every angle.

When the smoke started to clear up kiba saw naruko standing right in front of him. He rushed at naruko to punch her but naruko jumped out of the way revealing that she was standing in front of akamaru. Because of how fast kiba was running and how close he was to akamaru, kiba couldn't pull away in time and akamaru didn't have enough time to dodge. (Akamaru is still disguised as kiba.)

Kiba ended up punching akamaru in the gut causing him to be sent back a couple of feet. Akamaru was laying on the ground passed out. Everyone, including kiba, were surprised at what just happened. Kiba was brought back to reality when he heard footsteps coming from behind him.

Kiba turned around. As he did he was kicked in the chest by naruko, sending him back a couple of feet. Kiba was on his knees panting and holding his chest. "You know kiba when you're on a mission you should really be more aware of who is nearby 'cause if not you could end up attacking your comrades or someone who you're not supposed to hurt. As you just saw if you were more aware of who was nearby you wouldn't have ended up punching akamaru idiot" naruko said.

'She's got a point' kakashi thought smiling. Kiba growled and thought 'Damn it. I keep stumbling right into her traps' kiba bit his hand stood up and said "enough playing around let's finish this shall we." Naruko just nodded her head.

Kiba wasn't thinking straight anymore and just rushed at naruko. When he got close to her naruko quickly punched kiba right in his face breaking his nose. Kiba just stood there holding his nose while naruko rushed behind him.

Before kiba could do anything naruko kicked him, sending him flying into the air as naruko jumped at kiba with lightning fast speed. Naruko kept landing then jumping back at kiba to attack him. She was moving so fast that no one could see her. Naruko once again jumped into the air beside kiba and kicked him sending him hurling towards the ground. Naruko jumped off the walls, repelling herself towards kiba. She front flipped and kicked kiba in the back, making him smash harder into the ground while shouting "lightning barrage!"

Everyone was shocked, naruko then did a back flip to get off kiba. 'What the where did she learn that technique from?' Kakashi thought alarmed. 'Well that was not how I expected it to go down… naruko it seems like there's a side to you that we don't know about' Sarutobi thought. Kurnai was standing there in shock and disbelief. 'How did she do all of that? The smoke bombs, dodging, blood in the eye, she even out smarted him into knocking out akamaru. From what I've seen she shouldn't have been able to do any of that. Even after all of their attacks kiba and akamaru weren't able to land one hit on her just… what is she?" Kurnai thought with a bit of fear. Naruko fell onto her hands and knees exhausted and panting hard. She then thought of her parents and sisters. 'Mom, dad, Ikki, Jinora thank you. I wouldn't have been able to win this match without you' naruko thought.

The proctor then walked over to kiba and saw that he was knocked out cold. He got up and said "the winner of this match is naruko uzumaki." "Way to go naruko!" Lee shouted. "Yes naruko that's my teammate way to go!" Sakura shouted. "You did amazing naru-chan!" Hinata shouted. "Unbelievable. Who would of thought she could beat kiba" shikamaru said. "I can't believe she actually won" ino said.

Naruko watched as a group of medical ninjas took kiba and akamaru away to the infirmary. She saw one of the medical ninjas walk up to her and said "may I take a look at your wrist?" "Oh sure" naruko said lifting her arm.

Once that medical ninja was done treating her arm naruko bowed and said "thank you." She went back up to the stands and walked over to hinata. "C-congratulations naru-chan" hinata said. Naruko smiled and said "thanks hinata. Sorry for pummeling your teammate." "It's ok, I'm sure kiba will be fine" hinata said giving naruko back her necklace.

This left Kurnai to question whether hinata actually cared about her teammates or not before remembering what shino said to her about when it came to hinata's relationship with naruko. 'This is something I'm gonna have to look into' Kurnai thought.

Naruko made her way to her team. "You were amazing out there naruko" sakura said. "Thanks sakura" naruko said while taking down her ponytail and tying her hair into high pigtails. Kakashi walked over and said "Well done naruko although I have to ask were did you learn that technique, the lighting barrage as you called it?"

Naruko was a bit taken back at what kakashi asked. "Oh… well a friend taught me that technique when I was younger" naruko said. "A friend?" Kakashi said surprised. "Yeah" naruko said. Kakashi and sakura wanted to ask naruko about her 'friend' but they decided to not say anything. Even though naruko was smiling they could see that this was a sensitive topic for her.