Chapter One
The wooded areas of the Village Hidden in the Leaves are vast.
But that shouldn't have come as any surprise.
After all it's what the village is named for.
It was however something I never truly comprehended in my past life.
Back then this was just the setting of one of my favourite animes.
I never would have thought it would one day be my home.
But alas that's exactly what happened, after I came face to bumper with that bastard Truck Kun.
In this life my name is Atsui.
It has been six years since I was born into this world.
And even in that short time it has been what can best be described as hell.
It took a while for my mind and memories to assert themselves in this form.
As such for the first year or so I felt like I was living in a haze.
And then when I was of my own mind the damn Nine Tails attack happened.
In the ensuing panic I lost both of my parents.
My Father was a shinobi and he died in the actual attack.
And my Mother a civilian died shielding me from falling debris.
I stayed curled up in her rapidly cooling embrace for what felt like forever.
That was when a Hyuga detected me with their Byakugan and pulled me to safety.
I was then moved into one of Konoha's vastly overcrowded Orphanages.
I instantly grew to despise the Matron.
She was a loud obnoxious old bag.
Her go to tone of voice could only best be described as a shriek.
As such I began spending all my time out in the woods behind the orphanage from the first moment I could get away with it.
It was out in these woods I began thinking about the situation I have found myself in.
Having to etch out a life in a world filled with violence and death.
I once more cursed that Truck Kun.
I thus began planning the best way to make sure I survive.
And every plan I formed came back to the same thing each and every time.
It all hinged on me gaining enough power to survive this hell scape of a world.
I began each morning upon getting cleaned up and dressed just staring at myself in the mirror.
I was the typical inhabitant of this world.
brown spikey hair and almost black looking eyes.
My face still had the roundness of my age, a testament to the baby fat that framed my large round eyes and button nose.
Each morning I stare at my reflection.
It had become a routine.
One in which I stare at the me from now and vow to exceed him by evening.
I thus leave the orphanage upon completing my morning chores (don't want the harpy yelling at me after all).
I then head into the woods.
I began initially with some minor exorcises.
Nothing too strenuous for my younger form.
Mostly it was stretches designed to increase my flexibility.
I worked on my dexterity also knowing the importance of hand signs in this world.
Then came meditation.
I spent countless hours outside under my favourite tree.
My legs crossed and eyes closed.
I carefully regulated my breathing until my consciousness delved inwards.
As I was used to living my life without any form of energy flowing through me, I was quickly able to locate my Spiritual and Physical Energies.
What followed that point was weeks of prodding them to get them to actually move.
And once I accomplished that feet I began to combine them.
It was an agonisingly slow process but once I found the correct ratio that seemed to work for my body the rest occurred in a flash.
It was almost like an explosion erupted through my veins.
My Chakra flooded my Chakra Pathways flinging open my every Tenketsu along it's way.
It was an experience I honestly couldn't describe if you told me.
Not even Shakespeare's monkeys could ever put such a thing in words even if you gave them eternity to do so.
But once my Chakra was awakened it opened up a whole new board game for me.
I quickly added training in controlling my Chakra.
Obviously I started off with the Leaf Sticking Training.
It took me far too long to be able to succeed in that.
As too little Chakra the leaf would slip off.
Too much and the leaf would get damaged.
It was a trial and error, something I kept at through sheer determination.
I soon realised also that I was growing far quicker than I was before my Chakra was unlocked.
It enabled me to train harder adding the trusty Saitama Work out into the mix also.
My every day became a quest to improve.
I strove ever onwards.
And on the days where I was too physically exhausted to train my body.
I trained my mind.
I would spend the mornings teaching myself to read this worlds language.
And every time I grew irritated I would meditate.
I would calm myself down and refocus allowing myself to pick it right back up again.
This continued until I turned five years old.
It was then I chose to attend the Ninja Academy.
I was able to breeze through both the written and practical exams to gain entrance.
And was placed in class 1-1.
A class I shared with many of the clan kids.
Unlike them who took most of what we were taught for granted.
I absorbed everything like a sponge.
There wasn't a single scrap of information, or technique taught in the academy that I didn't make mine.
I soon gained a reputation with the other kids as being a massive nerd.
But I didn't care.
I'll be the nerd who survived thank you very much.
The staff however had a very different impression of me.
They mistook me for a genius.
And thus encouraging me every step of the way.
Our Sensei asked me what I kind of Shinobi I wanted to be.
And when I told him a Medical Nin, he went out of his way to gain me extra lessons with a Medical Nin friend of his named Mizaki in the Konoho hospital.
Said person was a lovely young woman.
She had long brown hair that she kept in a braid draped over her left shoulder.
She also had the warmest hazel eyes.
She was instantly taken by me.
I learned everything from her and was always polite and respectful.
We often spoke about anything and everything when taking a break from my studies.
It was through this I learned she had lost her husband in the Nine Tails attack and thus we also bonded over our shared grief.
As such it wasn't a really a surprise when I returned to the orphanage one day after school to find her and the Matron waiting for me.
I was honestly quite emotional when she asked if I would be willing to let her adopt me.
I was shocked silent.
All I could do was nod my head dumbly.
She then grasped me into an embrace like her life depended on it.
Thus began my time with Mizaki.
I moved into her small two bedroom house.
Yet despite the size it was incredibly cosy.
She had a well maintained back garden filled with all kinds of herbs and flowers.
It looked like something from a fantasy.
I half expected little fairy's to flit around.
It soon replaced my tree as my favourite place to meditate.
Under Mizaki's guidance I learned everything she had to teach in record time.
The result of which was that I graduated from the Academy at the age of Seven.
Accomplishing the same as some of the villages genius' like Itachi and Shisui Uchiha.
To say she was proud of me was an understatement.
To celebrate she asked me what I wanted to do.
This resulted in us going to Ichiraku Ramen.
Which I'm ashamed to say I have never gone to despite being in this world for seven years now.
Alas I have been so busy with my training that anything else had pretty much slipped by the wayside.
And it took one mouthful of those heavenly flavours to realise what a fool I had been.
Seeing my reaction made Mizaki and Teauchi smile.
I honestly can't remember the last time I enjoyed a meal so much.
It was part way through our meal however when Naruto of all people made an appearance.
He was just as loud and boisterous as in the anime.
But one look at me and Mizaki and I could tell their was panic in his eyes.
"Probably thinks we're going to start yelling at him" I thought.
My eyes rolled over him.
And with the medical knowledge I now possess I could see all the tell tale signs of neglect.
I almost sighed.
"This village is run by morons" I thought.
Who in their right mind would think treating anyone yet alone a Jinchuriki would engender them to their village.
That Naruto never turned on them was in my opinion only because he was the protagonist and anyone else would have gone Missing Nin faster than you could say Rasengan.
It seems Mizaki also had similar feelings.
And I was pleased to see she didn't hold Naruto personally responsible for the death of her husband.
But then again she was an incredibly intelligent woman.
And no doubt could tell the difference between a Kunai and the scroll it was stored in.
With her tacit permission I tried to talk to Naruto.
It didn't take long to pull him into a conversation.
It was however mostly based around my Forehead Protector.
He was incredibly impressed that I had graduated early.
Thus he began firing off rapid fire questions about how I did it.
"lots and lots of hard work and studying" was my answer.
The latter of which made him scowl slightly.
"Tell you what when I'm not on missions how about we meet up and I'll help you with your homework" I said.
He nodded so fast I thought his head was going to fall off.
Teuchi was so pleased we treated Naruto well that when it was finally time for us to leave he informed us that it was on the house.
Mizaki tried to argue but he was having none of it.
I however had my mind directed to other things.
Like for one feeling like other than Graduating Early that I had also accomplished something important in befriending Naruto.
It was with my mind full of these thoughts we made our way home.
Chapter Two
After I had my Shinobi I.D taken I was then placed onto a team with Hayate Gekko as my Jonin Sensei.
His team had recently lost a member in battle and thus they needed me to remain active.
At first my two team mates looked at me like a was just a brat.
After all they were fourteen years old compared to my seven.
Seeing someone half their age join the team obviously got under their skin.
That I was also replacing a friend of theirs also didn't endear me to them.
They were a Hyuga of the Branch Clan and thus snooty came incredibly natural to her.
She had long brown hair, fair skin, and the clans iconic eyes.
And I would admit she might actually be quite pretty if she didn't appear to have a stick firmly wedged up her behind.
Her name is Tsurai and she wore a brown and cream almost Gi like outfit that allowed for freedom of movement a testament to her clans Gentle Fist if I had to guess.
Our other team mate was a Sarutobi.
His name is Ureshii.
He looked very much like a Konohamaru did in the part two of Naruto.
He was definitely related to him in some way.
And like Tsurai he too had a scowl plastered across his face
Thankfully Hayate was able to keep the peace for the most part.
He had yet to develop his cough and was a much more intimidating individual than the sickly Proctor I remember from the anime.
That I reminded him of Kakashi who also graduated early may have gone some way in making him take me under his wing too.
Of course it was mostly according to him so that I would be able to keep up.
Thus he gave me quite a lot of one on one training while my team mates were allowed to complete some D rank mission on their own.
Not that I minded as it was an opportunity to learn.
Something I am always interested in.
First off he had me test my Chakra Control.
The Leaf Sticking, Tree Climbing, and Water Walking exercises I breezed through.
Mizaki had long since made sure to train my Chakra control to the peek I was capable of as it was an important aspect of being an Medical Nin.
Seeing he didn't have to worry about that he moved onto testing my combat abilities.
Unfortunately this was where I fell down literally as he pummelled me into the ground.
After all I only actually knew the Academy form of Taijutsu, and Shurikenjutsu.
Not to mention the only Jutsu I knew outside of Medical ones designed to heal were the Academy Three.
He sighed realising I would need a lot of hard work.
But hard work was never something I shied away from.
He started me off on Kenjutsu as that was his speciality.
And the more he taught me the more interested in it I grew.
I soon grew quite obsessed with perfecting the Kata's he had me repeat.
Any slight misstep and I would grown in frustration and start again from the beginning.
Little did I know that my determination, which was a factor in pretty much everything I do was slowly winning Hayate Sensei over.
And with every success he wanted to see just how far my determination would carry me.
Thus we trained hard every morning it was here he also taught me collaborative things such as formations, and hand signs for silent communication.
And on the afternoons we completed missions with my team mates.
We were quickly out in the field performing a C-rank mission.
Of course I acted mostly as a support for my more experienced Senpais.
I did however have to experience taking my first life during one of these missions.
He was a bandit known for raping and killing young girls.
And despite me knowing the world would be better off without him the thought of actually taking a life struck hard.
My past life's morals definitely conflicted with this life's.
Eventually this life's won out.
After all it is this world I now have to live in, and holding tight to my past life's is a good way to see myself killed instead.
Seeing it as a matter of him verses me made the choice far simpler.
That's not to say I enjoyed doing it.
Which I suppose was the main thing.
If I found myself enjoying taking a life I wouldn't even know who I was anymore.
Upon seeing my conflicted emotions my team mates actually backed off from their constant verbal put downs.
Hayate Sensei handled it differently however.
He asked me if there was anything I wanted to learn as a reward.
That instantly put a smile on my scowling face.
He knew just how much I loved learning new things.
"The Transparent Escape Technique" was my joyful reply.
He nodded and thus we returned to Konoha.
After giving the Hokage our mission briefing we made our way to our training ground.
It was here that Hayate began teaching me the technique I requested.
Six months later an event I was waiting for took place in the Uchiha Massacre.
I knew it was due since the sudden and suspicious disappearance of Shisui Uchiha was a common talking point all across the village.
I snuck thought the Uchiha Clan district under the Transparent Escape Technique.
This rendered me almost invisible giving my skin and clothing a chameleon like quality.
The atmosphere here was quite cold as you can imagine.
I watched as Itachi and the masked Obito moved from house to house taking out each homes occupants.
I waited till they were at a far enough distance and then headed into a house Itachi had been in.
I was just glad I had become accustomed to seeing dead bodies due to my Ninja career as terrible as that may sound.
Otherwise I might have thrown up seeing the sight before me.
A family of three.
A Father, Mother and a young girl.
All killed with a single sword to the chest.
Their expressions were a mix of shock and terror.
Their mouths open, faces contorted, and eyes wide open.
I carefully made my way over to them.
The Father being the only one of them with a Sharingan active.
Not wanting to take my chances elsewhere I carefully removed his eyes and stored them in a preservative solution.
I then left the house as carefully as possible.
I had a slight fright when I thought Obito had detected me.
But it turned out to have been a hiding Uchiha woman.
He gleefully targeted her and knowing I was out matched I got the hell out of there.
I returned to the home I share with Mizaki.
I rushed straight to my room where I put every breathing exercise she taught me to use.
And even then I still didn't calm down.
I can't believe I just did that.
And what's more I some how got away with it.
Sure this was part of the reason I asked Hayate Sensei to teach me the transparent Escape Technique.
But I kind of had it in the back of my head that it wouldn't have gone well for me.
It was definitely a gamble and one that some how paid off.
I stored the pilfered Sharingans I now possess in a storage scroll.
And I hid it in under the floor boards of my bedroom.
I then quickly stripped off my clothing and ran myself a nice warm bath.
I cleaned myself off first hoping to get rid of the dirty feeling that clung to me.
Before I slipped into the bath releasing a large sigh.
All the while thinking about what being in the Ninja world was really like.
It was vastly different to what I ever imagined it to be.
I suppose that should have been obvious though.
After all its not like everyone can be like Naruto and can Talk No Jutsu their way out of every situation.
I reminded myself of just how dark this world really was.
And to survive it some sacrifices are bound to occur.
I just hope that in the course of making those sacrifices I don't lose track of the person I think I am.
Chapter Three
I am now Eight years old.
And have been quite busy.
Using the money I was making as an active Shinobi.
I began purchasing equipment I would need for the next stage of my plans.
I then created something of a hidden base out in the Konoha woods.
Something I built deep underground.
I learned from my team mates of seals the Hyuga Clan use to keep their homes private from their neighbours who possess x-ray vision via their Dojutsu.
And thus implemented that seal all over the hideout.
Once my hideout was set up I began experimenting with my stolen Sharingan.
I first withdrew some stem cells from my body.
I then used Medical Ninjutsu to stimulate their growth.
By combining them with a sample from the stolen Sharingan I began cultivating a new pair of the Uchiha's fabled eyes.
Only my hope was that as they were made of my own Stem Cells they wouldn't effect me like if I was to transplant these directly into myself.
After all I only have the most average Chakra Reserves.
And would thus be unable to support their use.
I was just thankful I knew about Stem Cells from my previous life as it doesn't seem to be something they are aware of in this world.
The initial stages seemed to have been a success but I know there is no rushing this.
And thus I have to leave my samples to slowly develop which is exactly what I had done over the last six months.
Thus while my Sharingan were in their development stage I instead focussed on my Ninja activities.
This included missions with the team.
And as I was a clan-less shinobi and I had already mastered the standard Kenjutsu style and katas he taught me.
Hayate Sensei has now begun teaching me his own personal Kenjutsu style.
This was mostly due to me not having a clan of my own to fall back on like my Hyuga and Sarutobi team mates.
This included his Dance Of The Crescent Moon Technique.
And as that included the Shadow Clone Jutsu he obviously had to teach me that too.
Something I just barely had the required Chakra Reserves to pull off.
And with the Shadow Clones I was able to thus speed up my own personal training.
I took advantage of the clones experiences being returned to the original to facilitate exactly that.
And sure I wasn't a Jinchuriki.
And thus I had to suffer through some of the worst Migraines I have ever experienced.
But it all worked out in the end.
In just a short six months I had mastered Hayate Sensei's Kenjutsu Style.
This coincided with him agreeing to allow my team mates and I to participate in the Chunin Exams.
Hayate handed over the applications for us to sign, which we did with astounding speed.
And despite only being physically eight years old I was sure I could perform well in it.
But I wasn't arrogant enough to think I would have it easy.
For one most individuals would probably target me thinking me an easy mark.
I also couldn't completely rely on my team mates as if I even despite my best efforts they still treat me like they think I'm going to slow them down.
Thus I have a lot of pressure on my shoulders to contend with.
As I was in such thoughts Hayate told us where to arrive for the first stage of the Chunin Exams.
He then gave us the three days off until then to prepare.
I thus returned home.
I told Mizaki of my entrance into the Chunin Exams.
As you can imagine she was incredibly proud.
She had definitely fallen into the maternal role like it was made for her.
Thus she helped me to prepare for the exams with a lot of excited energy.
During those three days I revised my studies.
I had gone over the notebooks I had written to aid Naruto.
They were all very easy to follow.
And thus also acted as perfect study aids for last minute revision.
And while the original me was doing that my two Shadow Clones were being taught some more Medical Ninjutsu by Mizaki.
In this case being the Chakra Scalpel.
My team and I arrived at the testing centre with plenty of time to spare.
We ignored the Genjutsu that was made by Kotetsu and Izumo.
Instead heading directly to the correct floor.
We did this silently and as stealthily as possible to avoid tipping off any of the people fooled by the Gate Guardians ruse.
The first stage was once more proctored by Ibiki.
It was once again designed to test your ability to cheat without being caught.
Not that I needed to as I had studied so hard over the years that I was actually over prepared it seems.
Then after the time limit came the tenth and final question.
Ibiki said
"The tenth question is a battle amongst your three man squad. Those who fail will never be allowed to take the Chunin exams again and remain a Genin for life".
He paused for dramatic effect and it was all I could do not to roll my eyes at him.
He then said "if one member from your squad chooses to withdraw all members of your squad will be disqualified from the Chunin exams but you will be allowed to take the exams in half a year"
"Ah" I thought realising I saw this exact question play out in a filler episode.
Thus I withdrew despite the glares I was receiving from my team mates.
Ibiki accepted my withdrawal and thus Ureshii and Tsurai were forced to come along with me.
The moment we got outside the doors Ureshii grabbed me by the collar of my shirt.
He slammed me roughly into the wall.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? I knew we couldn't rely on you!" he yelled.
I sighed.
"First of all moron just wait" I said as I placed Chakra in my hands.
I grasped his hand that was holding me up to the wall and slowly inserted it into his hand.
Not enough to do major damage of course but enough to give him one hell of a cramp.
He dropped me as he hissed in pain while he held his hand.
It then looked like Tsurai was about to pick up where Ureshii left off.
However she was cut off from doing so when Ibiki exited the room and told us, as well as the others who withdrew that we passed.
I had to avoid looking cocky when my Team mates stared at me in shock.
Especially after they realised that had they been allowed to continue on their own course of action they would have failed.
I however was not in the mood for any half hearted apology from them.
Thankfully I didn't have to experience that as Anko chose that moment to make her appearance.
And it was just as destructive as I thought it would be.
She then informed us we were to meet at the entrance to the Forrest of Death for the next stage of our exams.
I quickly used the Body Flicker to travel there in as fast a speed as possible.
We were now deep in the Forrest Of Death.
Tsurai had her Byakugan active.
This enabled us to detect any teams that may be trying to sneak up on us.
We were currently in possession of an Earth Scroll and were in need of a Heaven one.
I decided the best chance for us would be to immediately head to the Tower in the centre of the Forrest.
I told my team mates that people who passed quickly are likely to be quite cocky and what's more would have both scrolls.
Thus they agreed it was a better idea that attacking random teams until we got the scroll we desired.
We eventually made it to the tower in record time.
Ureshii began setting up traps in the area.
While I was setting up a base for us to remain.
What followed was a relatively peaceful first day and night in our makeshift base.
Like the one I built before it was one buried under ground.
Unlike that one however there were no privacy seals.
This allowed Tsurai to use her Byakugan.
When we were eating a meal of ration bars and drinking from our canteens of water.
A bell rang within our base.
This was attached to some of Ureshii's traps.
Tsurai then activated her Byakugan telling us what we had to contend with.
It was a team from the Hidden Grass from the looks of it.
We nodded and instantly Body Flickered outside.
We attacked before our foes could even react.
They were after all still trying to extract them selves from Ureshii's trap.
I used my two Shadow Clones and the Chakra Scalpel to sever their Achilles Tendons.
Thus limiting their ability to move.
Tsurai and Ureshii then knocked them unconscious.
We then riffled through their stuff until we found what we were looking for.
We picked up the Heaven Scroll we needed from them, and with our task accomplished entered the tower that was at out backs.
Once inside we opened the scrolls and out popped Hayate Sensei.
"Well done" he said praising our efforts.
"It was mostly Atsui's doing that got us this far" Tsurai admitted.
Ureshii nodded shocking me.
"Perhaps they aren't so bad after all" I thought to myself.
We then waited in the tower for the time limit to expire.
By the time we were done there were thankfully few enough people passing this stage that a Preliminary stage wasn't required.
The Hokage praised all of us for getting this far before telling us that the finals would be held in the arena in two weeks time.
We then left.
My team mates returned quickly to their clans.
And thus I had Hayate Sensei all to myself for those two weeks.
He told me to meet him at our usual training ground tomorrow and he would begin my training in the realms of Elemental Jutsu's before he left.
It didn't take long for me from that point to return home.
There an anxiously Mizaki was waiting for me.
The moment I entered the door she wrapped me up in a tight hug before checking me over for any injuries.
Chapter Four
I woke up early the next morning.
I had a quick healthy breakfast, before I got cleaned up and dressed.
I chose to wear a new outfit.
Imagine Naruto's Shippuden outfit but instead of orange it was dark blue and without the Uzumaki swirl.
I got my usual training routine out of the way before I headed for my underground base.
There I was happy to see that my cultivated Sharingan had finally fully developed.
Like the donor Sharingans I created them from mine were fully matured three tomoe Sharingan.
Only made up of my own DNA.
I was honestly quite giddy with how perfectly they turned out.
I honestly couldn't wait.
I probably should just to be safe but the excitement of gaining my own Sharingan was simply too much.
Thus I used a Shadow Clone to Transplant them into myself.
The moment they connected to my optic nerves they began drawing upon my Chakra Reserves.
But thankfully it was only a mild trickle.
The sight around me was so clear it was unreal.
I then cut off the flow of Chakra and was relieved when the Sharingan deactivated.
"Phew" I said to myself as the world returned to the level of clarity I was used to.
I looked at myself in the mirror and was relieved to see they had indeed returned to normal looking (as normal as black eyes were) eyes.
I then practiced turning them on and off again until I got the hang of it.
At first I couldn't activate them which made me panic slightly.
Then I remembered the Hand seal that Tsurai used to use to make activating her Byakugan easier.
I did just that and found activating my Sharingan to be far easier with that.
"It will have to do until I am skilled enough at activating them without them" I thought to myself.
I then packed up my belongings into some Storage Scrolls I purchased and then collapsed the my base to remove any trace of my activities.
After all you can never be too careful.
Especially not in the ninja world.
I then returned home where I passed off my activities as being nothing more than my morning exercises.
I shared a but of small talk with Mizaki before I headed off for training with Hayate Sensei.
That morning with Hayate Sensei I learned I had a major Affinity for Fire.
This was done by channelling my Chakra into some Chakra Paper.
It quickly caught on fire thus proving my natural Affinity.
He then gave me the scroll for a C rank Fire Release Dragon Fire Technique.
It required the Snake-Dragon-Rabbit-Tiger Hand signs.
And it was safe to say I sucked at it.
Hayate Sensei said it was because I was having difficulty changing my Chakra nature to a Fire one.
Thus he had me pouring my Chakra into a leaf.
The aim was to make it set itself ablaze like the Chakra Paper.
I used both my Shadow Clones and was barely able to accomplish that before the end of the first week.
My final week involved practicing the Dragon Fire Technique.
And despite it being only a C-Rank Jutsu it wiped my Chakra reserves clean out after only four uses.
And even those were incredibly small compared to what it was supposed to look like.
I barely managed to get it to a usable level by the time I was due to head to the arena for the finals.
I arrived just a little late.
As such the draw had already taken care of.
Thankfully I wasn't the first match.
That however is as far as the good luck ran.
This was due to me being placed to fight Kabuto of all people.
My team mates who were the ones who told me of the matchups seemed to have less than a favourable impression of Kabuto.
I however knew differently.
After all he was Orochimaru's little spy.
And he was still pretending to be a loyal Konoha Nin.
I however am quite surprised he hadn't withdrawn by now.
The moment I looked at him I noticed the slight smirk he had on his face.
No doubt because he thinks I'm going to be an easy win for him.
Sure the smirk was only there for a fraction of a second before he schooled his expressions.
But knowing what to look for made it so easy to spot I didn't even need my Sharingan to see.
But two can play that game I suppose and I never let it slip that I had spotted his mask slipping,
Instead I focussed on the match that was already taking place.
And what I saw was a Hidden Sand Ninja using a puppet against a Ninja from the Hidden Sound.
According to my team mates the Hidden Sound Village appeared seemingly out of know where a mere three years ago.
They soon began earning quite the reputation which is why they were invited to this years Chunin Exams.
"Orochimaru must be laying the ground work for his invasion already huh?" I thought to myself.
The Hidden Sound Ninja seemed be using soundwaves from "what the hell is that a cowbell?" I thought.
"Don't yell it" I had to tell myself over and over again.
Only focussing on the match up prevented such intrusive thoughts from taking hold.
I observed as the sound waves were disrupting the Chakra strings of the puppet user.
"No not the strings themselves" I realised as I stealthily used the hand signs to activate my Sharingan.
I had thought ahead and worn a pair of contact lenses that would cover my Sharingan's usage.
And hiding my crimson eyes behind black contact lenses did the job perfectly.
I instantly saw through the Genjutsu that was effecting the Puppet users ability to mould his Chakra externally from his system.
I smirked when it seemed the Puppet user figured this out too.
He flushed his Chakra with a pulse thus ending the Genjutsu.
Before the Sound Ninja could place him once more under the Genjutsu the Puppet shot out a spray of Senbon.
They struck the Sound users hands and he thus dropped his cowbell.
From there it was a quick victory for the puppet user.
Next it was my Team mate Tsurai's turn.
She was matched up against a Hidden grass Shinobi.
And it was what could only be called a mismatch from the start.
The Hidden grass shinobi rushed in like a fool Kunai in hand only to get their Tenketsu Closed in lightning fast speed.
The level of disappointment in the crowd was palpable.
But I agreed with Tsurai.
Why string out a fight if you can end it quickly.
I cheered for her victory but then focussed on the fact it was my turn to fight.
I made my way to the centre of the arena.
There I stood face to face with Kabuto.
"I didn't think you were going to show up" he said with a cheerful smile.
"Sorry too busy banging your mom" I replied.
He scowled and said "My Mothers dead brat".
"Ah, guess that's why she didn't move around a lot" was my reply.
A vein near his temple instantly began to throb.
The moment the proctor said begin he dove towards me.
His hands glowing with Medical Ninjutsu Chakra Scalpels.
I grinned that I had managed to make him lose his cool enough to break his cover.
I started off being able to dodge his attacks quite well using the Sharingans predictive abilities.
But as he sped up more and more in his irritation it soon became apparent that I was beginning to struggle.
I was now just barely keeping out of range of his Chakra Scalpels dodging by only the most minor of margins.
I soon realised what the problem was and was tempted to growl in furstration.
It was quite obvious when I think about it.
And I'm annoyed I didn't anticipate this previously.
After all my body simply wasn't able to keep up with my Sharingans predictive abilities.
I shouldn't have been surprised really.
I did jump right into using a fully matured pair of Sharingans with no training in their usage.
It was due to this disconnect that I failed to dodge one of Kabuto's attacks despite seeing it coming a mile away.
His Chakra Scalpels caused quite a great deal of damage.
Enough to put a cocky smile on his face.
Only his cocky smile soon dropped when I vanished in a puff of smoke leaving behind a log in my place.
"Really" he complained and began looking around for me.
Before he knew it though I sent the Fire Release Dragon Fire Technique his way.
I saw with my Sharingan the shocked expression on his face.
I then also saw him using the Earth Release Hiding Like a Mole technique to escape my Dragon Fire
I quickly used Sensei's Transparent Escape Technique to become almost invisible.
I then jumped onto the arena walls where I clung with my Chakra.
All the while a Clone of me was down on the ground.
Kabuto tried to attack my clone but grew annoyed when he realised it was just the standard Clone Jutsu.
The reason I used the standard Clone Jutsu was because I used the last of my Chakra to summon two Shadow Clones.
And I took advantage of his distraction to use Hayate Sensei's Dance Of The Crescent Moon Technique.
With it I was able to land quite a hefty wound down Kabuto's chest.
That was when he began healing it with his Yin Healing Wound Destruction.
He was by now absolutely fuming with me.
And the glare he sent my way was what the phrase if looks could kill was made for.
However before he could continue the attack I raised my arm.
"I concede" I said to the proctor.
"Are you sure?" The Proctor asked.
"Yes sir" was my response.
"I'm almost out of Chakra and don't think I can defeat my opponent. He is definitely stronger than a Chunin" I responded and left the arena to a host of gawping spectators.
As I was leaving I was stopped by Hayate Sensei and Mizaki.
Both told me just how proud of me they were and agreed I stopped when I did.
Also telling me that knowing when to withdraw was a sign of a good ninja too.
But I could also see them both staring past me towards Kabuto with suspicion.
"Looks like my job is done" I thought as that should make his spying job far more difficult.
Thus my Chunin Exams came to an end.
Maybe not in the way I had hoped but certainly in one that I'm sure would lead to bigger and better things.