Should I help Hinata, I set up a path in this chapter to help or ignore her... you choose! Give a good reason, one way or another. Now feels like it has the potential to be a good story plot.

A little boy from a civilian family against one of the most promising Uchiha to come out in decades? On paper, it was no contest. People laughed when they saw the boy, tiny and frail, and yet when Mika moved with enough grace and skill to combat the Sharingan wielding Uchiha, well it silenced a great many. When Mika managed to not only use one, but three earth jutsu and chakra siphoning to overpower Sasuke and defeat him almost unscatched...

Well, it silenced everyone that doubted him.

"The kid is damn good." Aoba said, looking onward. "He has enough to get Chunin easily!"

Izumo sighed. "Agreed, the Uchiha is lacking, he has no tactical abilities, he just sort of expected to best the other boy."

"Pretty true." Iwashi started. "That Mika, I heard he is an excellent medic, we saw his sword and combat skills, and has a firm grip on ninjutsu? Advanced Earth release at that? No, The Uchiha has the skill but he is really lacking. Mika needs a promotion."

Mika heard all of this, with chakra in his ears, eager and happy and proud knowing that he would earn the power he so deeply desired.

Turning to the match on display, Naruto vs Neji, Mika sighed loudly. "What fools, both of them. Revealing your clan baggage when they may just as soon kill you is dumb..." Mika started. " Still his raw taijutsu is easily jonin rank. As for Naruto, he is sloppy and dramatic, relying on that orange chakra. It's odd, whatever it was, maybe it is why Naruto is so durable and heals so fast. Even for what the Uzumaki are said to be he is too much." Mika's eyes widened as thoughts dormant in his brain clicked. 'Naruto was born during the Kyuubi attack, and they are just energy. You cannot just kill energy, like we were told... Naruto used inhuman power, so maybe... it was sealed in him? I will have to look into this. Later.'

Soon, very soon, far too soon, ( after Kankuro forfeited and Shino was given more time off) Mika was set to fight Gaara... and his stomach ached.

'Can I do this, the monster of the Chunin exams. With more chakra than me, with more skill in direct ninjutsu... Fuck yes I can. It will be hard, it will be debilitating, but I can do it. I planned for him, in case Sasuke failed. I have to try, and I have to do this. I know I can... if only my terrified heart will let me. I have speed, I have skill and I have more power than I used to. I worked my ass off to reach this potency... I can do this.'

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Kakashi never would have guessed that Sasuke would have lost, the Genius Uchiha with his Sharingan should have been a shoe in. Mika was weak looking civie born boy with a more supportive type style of being. He had assassination skills sure, but direct combat? On the level to fight Sasuke? It seems impossible but the boy had decimated Sasuke. While Kakashi could not see the Darkness the Hokage could, he felt unnerved by the boy's potential which rivaled his own, and that of people like Itachi, Orochimaru and Minato. He had the mark of potential on a scale that terrified most and honestly, that was not something he could blame the Hokage for feeling.

'How will Mika fight Gaara, the Jinchuuriki has a great defense and a ton of raw power. Mika simply lacks the raw piercing power needed to get through his defenses...'

And so Kakashi watched as Mika stood in front of Gaara, armed with wits and low power... and he hoped the boy would survive.

Mika moved first, blitzing Gaara with speeds just shy of Lee's weightless speeds, socking Gaara with so much force the boy went flying, tumbling away and crashing into the ground. Most would have bragged, the audience themselves were in awe of his speed and strike, but Mika looked on with contemplation as the sand struggled to return. Gaara rose, anger and hunger in his eyes, his sand finally catching up to him.

Mika laughed, a cold sound that even Gaara seemed unnerved by. "That helped, I know how best you now."

And like that, Mika vanished, and Gaara was kicked away again, only this time Mika caught him and put him in a wrestling grip, tearing the chakra from the sand armor which already took a shit ton of power to maintain. It crumbled away and Mika, in one motion, tossed Gaara away and used his tanto to stab through Gaara's shoulder... all before Gaara screamed, a wave of chakra emitting from him that sent Mika stumbling back.

"BLOOD, MY BLOOD!"

And all at once, feathers started descending onto the arena, and Kakashi knew that a genjutsu had been cast.

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As the Invasion started, Mika easily breaking the illusion, he turned to the stands just as Gaara was escorted away by his siblings, Sasuke following right after. He would have gone after, but he saw an odd sight. Two men, with black hair, taking a girl over one of their shoulders. Anger filled him and he moved, he was there, cutting through two necks. As the collapsed, he saw the girl was Hinata Hyuuga an dhe two ninja were Cloud Ninja.

Shaking her awake, he saw her looking at him in shock, blood on her mouth. "Your heart it's still damaged, you're still weakened?"

She nodded. "Yes, an ANBU healed me though..."

"Good... go to the Academy, help them. Even with just your eyes, you are a huge help." He saw her nod and shoot off, shaking with fear. "Now, time for some fun... gods I wish I had time to rest."

And he moved, to the stands, ready to take charge and prove his worth even more.

Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.

This was a blast to write.

Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.