THIS CHAPTER WAS OFFICIALLY EDITED ON 7/21/23

Surprises Everywhere!

"Well then. One of them still exists." An angelic voice said. Pink eyes turned from what they were doing and stared off into the distance from within the castle of her charge. She sensed the energy spike off far in space. How long has it been since one of them existed in this universe? She smiled lightly before a light blue hand came up to cover her mouth, and she released a giggle. She would investigate this later after she informed her liege and got her out of bed. The woman continued to walk to her destination while thinking of how this new development would change some things. But first, she had to wake up her liege so she wouldn't sleep on her duties.

A God of Destruction shouldn't be sleeping in all day! A productive body keeps you in shape and healthy!

Now if only her liege wouldn't keep eating those pudding cakes!

[ASR!]

Naruto finally made his way up into the fighter's section of the stadium while walking past everyone that had their eyes on him. He continued to hold the smirk he's had since the match finished down below. His monkey tail swung carelessly behind him before he sat down. The area was quiet before Shikamaru moved and looked at him.

"You are as troublesome as ever." He started with Naruto chuckling and nodding his head while Shikamaru smirked lightly. "How exactly did you hide something like this from everyone? You said even the Hokage didn't know about this side of you which makes me wonder how much you've been holding back when it comes to knowing about you?"

"You got a point there, Shika. I can say that everything about me is still the same besides a few factors that you'll have to find out later." He said with a smirk while Shikamaru just shook his head and muttered troublesome before going back to leaning against the railing and waiting for the next match. Naruto meanwhile closed his eyes and felt the wind blowing through the air and his hair. He was happy to have it back to its red color. He preferred it over the same blonde that his father had. No offense to him, but he loved the red on him much more. He supposed it had to do with both Uzumaki and Saiyan genes. Yes, he did know about Saiyans. He had to know, considering how his parents' lives were.

He learned about his heritage early on, considering that old pervert for a god-father had always been there for him. When he was five, the man found him in the park and talked with him. He told him everything he needed to know regarding who he was, what he was, and who his parents were. Despite his age back then, he was pretty understanding of everything that Jiraiya told him and understood everything that happened was entirely out of their control. While he would still be a little mad at his father, Minato, he could accept that there wasn't much time for him to find another way. Jiraiya then explained what little information he knew about his race while also taking him out of the village to see the Saiyan pods that his grandparents landed in when coming to this planet.

That was something that threw him for a loop. His grandfather from Minato's line was a full-fledged Saiyan, as was his grandmother on Kushina's side. From what he could gather from the logs that both ships had on them, their planet was being destroyed by the sun that their planet floated around. A solar flare or something like it happened and caused the planet to go into a self-destruct phase. He didn't understand much of what the computer logs said but understood that the planet his relatives came from was destroyed by something out of their control. They had enough time to get to their pods and get off the planet before it was destroyed. They didn't know if anyone else from planet Saijia survived or not. For all that they knew, they had been the last survivors from the planet.

The two also had journals that explained some of what they did in life. His grandfather hid who he was and the things he could do while living a normal life as a fisherman. One day he met a beautiful blonde woman being chased down by some wannabe samurai. What impressed his grandfather was that the woman used her sword to fight them off and even killed a few groups that chased her. She was a fighter and a strong woman who wouldn't take shit from anyone, especially not pathetic men like them. The journal explained how he helped the woman by displaying some of his skills and a few techniques he knew that didn't cause much destruction. After the battle, he took the woman in and helped get her wounds addressed. The two became an interesting duo as he was calm and collected while patient, unlike his other Saiyan brethren. The woman was a brasher and had a cocky attitude toward her, but she was also humble. She knew when she bit off more than she should and planned masterfully around the situation to make her odds in her favor better. The two seemed to hit it off pretty well since they were married in less than two years.

The journal that was explained from his grandmother's side was extremely different. She didn't have the great landing that his grandfather had. Her pod had drifted off course due to the storm that she ended up getting in before she crashed into the ocean, with whirlpools carrying her off more and making her ride even more hectic than it was. She had lost consciousness and didn't know if she would survive or drown in the ocean's wrath. When she came, it was to see a man with dark red hair that went down his back in a high ponytail. He spoke with her in a kind tone and told her how he was the one that not only rescued her from the water but also healed her injuries. After they established a somewhat acquaintance-ship with one another, the man began explaining to her where she was. Hearing that this Uzumaki clan she found herself indebted to didn't want anything from her in return surprised her. All the elder wanted to know was whether she was okay and hungry.

Soon she found a new family, as the Uzumaki clan didn't treat her any other way. While strange initially, his Saiyan grandmother got used to it and even assimilated into their lifestyle. She truly became an Uzumaki when she beat the man that saved her life in a ramen-eating contest. At least he knew that having a seemingly never-ending appetite wasn't just from the Uzumaki. The two soon became more than just normal friends and quickly got into a relationship.

And as they say, the rest is history.

"Would Sabuka no Gaara and Uchiha Sasuke come down for the next match?"

Ah! This was perfect now! Chuckling, Naruto stood up, moved to the railing, and crossed his arms, waiting. He knew 'Sasuke' would show up. He had to since he must have felt his power rising. Which meant he had to stick with their deal.

As he said before, there would be no more hiding.

Gaara appeared in a whirl of sand on the arena floor while waiting for his opponent to appear. Everyone was tense since the time was ticking, and the last Uchiha was not here initially. The Hokage was looking around the arena and sighed while shaking his head. While Kakashi was an excellent shinobi, despite his quirks, his tendency to be late was not something he wanted to be passed down to the new generation. Especially not to Sasuke since all these people here wanted to see what the boy was capable of. So much pressure was placed on that boy's shoulders because of what happened all those years ago, and the civilians did everything they could to make sure the boy would be happy or get good things from them so he would owe them later. He had to scoff at that silently. One couldn't buy favor with such simple gifts because they were greedy enough to get any sizeable money in the Uchiha accounts. While thinking about the Uchiha, he turned his head to the other boy, who was also the last of his kind, or at least to his knowledge.

He was honestly surprised at Naruto's strength. It wasn't like he had doubts in the boy, no. He wasn't sure if he could use his full strength right after releasing the seals he and Jiraiya had designed. He and his perverted student designed the seals that suppressed his heritage. It was all by request from Naruto himself when he was seven years old. His worries were unwarranted. The boy put on a great show and knew many questions would come his way after this development. He chuckled; just like Minato and Kushina, Naruto would surpass all expectations.

"Hokage-sama, Sasuke hasn't shown up yet. What should we do?" One of his ANBU said while the old Sarutobi shook his head. He supposed he had to disqualify the boy now.

Before he could tell, his shinobi of these thoughts and a certain disguised snake could try and intervene to buy time, a gust of wind came in before swirling down into the arena. Everyone looked down and saw Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi standing back to back as they made their flashy entrance. Considering what happened with Naruto, the entrance was a little downplayed compared to that.

"Sorry, were we late?" Kakashi asked Genma while the proctor of the Chunin Exams shook his head.

"Almost. Hokage-sama might have disqualified him if you were off by a few seconds more." The cyclops nodded before giving a thumbs up to Sasuke while continuing to read his little orange book. Making his way into the stadium stands, he found a seat next to his other student Sakura while seeing she was a little quiet. Strange. He expected a reaction, considering her "Sasuke-kun" was here. Shrugging, he turned his attention down to the arena floor.

Sasuke took a deep breath and took a ready stance while staring directly at Gaara. He was ready for this. He was ready to use all he learned in one month and defeat this guy. Hopefully, he wouldn't end up like Lee. Determined black eyes focused themselves on the redhead in front of him before getting ready to-

"YO! SASUKE!" Everyone turned their attention to the fighter's box and looked to see Naruto with a grin. Sasuke turned his eyes to his teammate, and his eyes widened at his look. He couldn't believe it.

He didn't….

But he knew what had happened as he stared at him and noticed the brown monkey tail and red hair.

He did do it….

Meaning…

"...Oh, come on! Did you have to change now? In front of everyone?!" Everyone watched in confusion while Naruto laughed like there was some inside joke or something. Did Sasuke already know about this side of Naruto?

"Yep! And you know what that means, Sasuke-chan~" Naruto said in a sing-song voice while Sasuke blushed lightly and had a twitch in his left eye. He was really going to make him do this. Right now. Right here. In front of all these people.

…

…

"A deal is a deal, or you know the consequence." There was a strange sadistic gleam coming from Naruto's eye that made a few people shiver, including Sasuke.

At least to say, Sasuke hated that idiot right now.

"Fucking fine." He said in a huff before he took his black shirt off. Everyone got a good look and saw bandages wrapped around his torso, mainly his chest. Sasuke lifted his hand and bit down on his thumb, drawing blood before swiping it down on his forehead. Many wondered what exactly the Uchiha was doing. Gaara didn't care; he just wanted him to hurry and do whatever he was doing to kill him and prove his existence to everyone here.

Sasuke sighed before going through several seals ending in the tiger seal. The blood he placed on his forehead glowed before seals began to move down from his forehead and cover his entire body. Once more, the crowd in the stadium gasped. Would the Uchiha go through a transformation just like Naruto did in the first round?!

"Kakuhenkan shīru (Transmutation Seal) Kai!" The seal that covered his body began to glow red, and a transformation was happening in front of everyone's eyes. Except it wasn't as flashy or dramatic as Naruto's. No, this was subtler in the way it happened.

It still left the entire stadium shocked, though.

They watched as Sasuke's body began to get slimmer. His face rounded out more but still kept a slight angle to it. His hair grew longer and began to go down his back. His chest was EXPANDING! All eyes witnessed Sasuke grow a pair of breasts! He was at least a C-cup from how far they expanded. His legs became more toned and slenderer while looking smooth. If it weren't for the fact that he had on those shorts, everyone would be able to see the bulge that represented his manhood disappear. Soon the transformation stopped, and Sasuke moved the hair from in front of her face and put her hair up in a ponytail. She placed her shirt back on, did something else that surprised everyone, and pulled a scroll from her pants pocket. She summoned an o-katana blade with the Uchiha crest on the pommel from that scroll. Placing the scroll away, the now FEMALE Uchiha was ready to start the match.

"WHAT THE FUCK?! SASUKE'S A GIRL?!" This boisterous shout came from Kiba up in the stands as his eyes were bugging out of his head at this new revelation. First Naruto. Then Sasuke.

Did anyone else want to go through some magical change before his eyes?!

In the fighter's box, Naruto was busting a gut as he saw the looks on everyone's faces. Shikamaru was quiet, but the way his jaw was unhinged spoke volumes. Above in the Hokage box, both Kage beings couldn't stop blinking their eyes and then rubbing them to see if they were looking at the same thing. For Hiruzen, this was a mystery that even he didn't know about. He could have sworn Itachi only had a brother, right? He didn't remember Fugaku ever having a daughter.

For Orochimaru, this was a surprise. Not one he couldn't work with but unexpected nonetheless. He would have to change some of his plans for the little Uchiha once he captured her.

In the stadium, Sasuke's fangirls were shell-shocked at this revelation. Whether they were told to by their parents or not, the one they all went after turned out to be a girl!

What kind of shit is that?!

Genma stared for a while and wondered why no one saw the boy accepting any of those date requests he got from his fans. It would make sense now that he-she-didn't swing that way.

He was going to have a headache after all of this.

Shaking his head, the Jonin looked between the two combatants and decided to get this over with. Raising his hand to the sky, he looked between them before seeing they were both ready to start the match.

"Let the second match of the Chunin Exams…commence! Hajime!" Throwing his hand down, signifying that the match began, Genma jumped far back so he wouldn't be caught in the crossfire. He heard about what happened between this kid and Rock Lee in the preliminaries. He didn't want to be close to that just in case he went crazy.

This was ironic since they were sending someone younger and lower in rank to fight him for competition and entertainment, promising an increase in rank if she did well.

Eh, what could you do?

As soon as Genma announced the start of the match, Gaara released his sand from his gourd, flying straight for the now female Uchiha. Sasuke backflipped away from the sand and used her o-katana to cut and deflect any of it that came at her. The tendrils of sand were moving fast in trying to capture her. She grabbed a few shurikens and tossed them through a few hand seals before the five shurikens she threw became over two dozen. As predicted, the sand under Gaara's control came up as a defense. Clicking her tongue in annoyance, the female Uchiha decided to use some of the training Kakashi did for her during the month. Holding her o-katana behind her back, she got into a loose Gōken stance that resembled Lee's. This didn't go unnoticed by said person or his sensei, with Gai looking at Kakashi suspiciously. Kakashi, for the moment, was silent. One, in being shocked that one of his students turned out to be a chick, and two, he didn't feel like explaining why he had Sasuke learn Lee's style.

Everyone watched as the female Uchiha sped off with speed comparable to Lee when he had his weights on, if a little faster. She used this to her advantage and slashed at several areas while watching the sand blocking her strikes. Deciding to switch tactics, she utilized her chakra to move faster and focus her lighting chakra through her sword. She's been practicing this for a while, and everyone saw the o-katana covered in lighting before she pierced forward, broke through the sand, and clipped Gaara's side and sand armor, much to his and his siblings' surprise. The unstable redhead angrily launched his sand at her with hands forming at the edges to grab onto her. Sasuke backflipped away and used her sword to deflect any sand arms that got too close for comfort.

Gaara narrowed his eyes before a maniac grin came to his face as he threw his hands up to the sky. Sand exploded around him before coming to the front of him, and with a simple hand seal, he sent it forward like a wave. Sasuke's eyes widened before she made a mad dash to the wall on the other side of the arena. The sand approached her, and before it could take her under, the female Uchiha jumped up to the wall and ran up it. Looking down, she grimaced at this. The field was now covered with more sand for him to utilize however he wanted.

Annoying but not impossible to handle.

Sheathing her o-katana in the scabbard she had placed on her hip after she released the sword from its scroll, she activated her Sharingan. There were possibly two other ways to handle the sand that he controlled. Besides using high amounts of speed that he wouldn't be able to react to in time, one could use two elements, possibly three.

One would be water jutsus. They would make the sand heavy and practically useless since he would have difficulty getting it to do as he commanded. But since she didn't know any water jutsu, nor had a water element to learn them in time, that left the other option.

Fire. With enough heat or overwhelming firepower, the sand would turn to glass. Of course, to do something like this would require her to use a good chunk of her chakra reserves.

A price to pay but one she would have to do to win this fight.

Narrowing her eyes onto the redhead, she went through a few hand seals before placing her hand near her mouth.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" releasing a large fireball from her mouth, Sasuke made sure to increase the amount of chakra she used for this making the fireball twice its normal size that she would normally use, while also being extremely hot. She watched as Gaara raised his hands, bringing the sand up high to create a barrier for him. Using this as her chance, she went through another set of hand seals and grasped her left hand. Soon lightning was sparking from her hand, with the sound of birds chirping through the air.

"Chidori!" Holding the lightning attack in her hand, she moved across the wall quickly while keeping her eyes locked on Gaara. The fireball was still trying to move past the barrier of sand. The heat from the attack was slowly burning away the sand and creating glass crystals. Gaara had to pull in more sand to strengthen his defense. Using this opportunity, she hit the ground and used chakra on her feet to keep her steady while running across the sand on the ground. Gaara noticed her and tried using his other hand to command sand to rise and attack her, but she was using her speed to maneuver around each tendril that came to stop her.

Once she was close enough, she shot her hand forward and went past the sand that came to stop her while her hand, covered in lightning, stabbed straight into Gaara's shoulder. The unstable boy widened his eyes before he let out a terrible scream that sent shivers down people's spines.

"GAAAHH! MY BLOOD?! YOU MADE ME BLEED! NOW I'LL KILL YOU!" Gaara yelled while his voice took on a demented baritone of insanity and demonic possession. Sasuke looked on with wide eyes as the sand around them came up and began collecting around the boy in a shell of sand. She tried to pull her arm away, but it was stuck. Right then, a large sand arm threw her away before returning to the sand dome surrounding the uncontrolled Jinchuriki. Standing back up, Sasuke looked on with trepidation at her new situation.

Of course, that was the least of her worries as an explosion happened in the box that held the Hokage, with several others being heard in the village. Soon a genjutsu was being used against the crowd in the stands of the stadium, with several hidden Oto and Suna shinobi coming out and attacking the nearby Konoha shinobi that broke through the genjutsu

Both Temari and Kankuro jumped down next to their brother as the shell of sand fell with him holding his wounded shoulder. They needed to protect him until he was ready to complete his transformation. Sasuke glared while Genma approached her with the Suna siblings' sensei landing next to them.

"Get Gaara out of here. We can still pull off his part of the invasion, but he needs to recover." Baki said while the older siblings of said boy nodded before moving to him but stopped seeing the withering glare; There was enough killing intent to freeze them in place.

"No! I will kill her!" He yelled while everyone stared in both surprise and fear when the gourd on his back melded with him into the sand. The sand formed into a large claw on his right side and moved to the back to form the tail of the Shukaku. He growled at stared with insanity in his eyes. "Now move, or I'll kill you as well!" And without warning, he leaped forward while his comrades jumped out of his way.

Genma and Sasuke jumped away from the sand limb that came slamming down where they used to be. Sasuke pulled a few explosive notes and tossed them with her kunai. The enraged jinchuriki raised his sand claw and blocked the kunai while flying back from the explosion that followed. Using the same arm to stop his backward momentum, he dug his claws into the earth with the hand staying where he latched to while his arm stretched backward. Right as he landed on his feet, he launched himself forward. Seeing this, Sasuke began back peddling away from the crazed redhead.

Pulling out her o-katana, she used it to deflect the incoming blows from Gaara while trying to think of a way to get the bastard off of her for one minute. Of course, she almost forgot that Genma was right there too. He came in with a hard roundhouse and knocked Gaara back, making him snarl and excited at the thought of killing both of them now.

"Alright, Sasuke-"

"Satsuki."

"What?" he asked with a raised brow while they both back-peddled from the sand shuriken sent their way.

"My real name is Satsuki."

"Okay then. Satsuki," he emphasized her name since that was another thing; they all didn't know much about the male-Female - Uchiha. Just what else was she hiding from them? A lot of questions would need to be answered after today. Hopefully, he would survive long enough for that. "We need to subdue him quickly. He's the jinchuriki of Suna, and if he continues like he is, we may have a crazy Biju to fight." The grim tone in his voice showed how much he truly didn't want such an event to happen to them, especially in the stadium with all these civilians there. The fire Daimyo was also here, so they needed to ensure he didn't get caught in the crossfire.

"That's annoying." She said simply while Genma couldn't help but agree. Holding her o-katana up, she watched as Gaara charged at them recklessly. "I think I have an idea. It will require some setup, though. Do you have ninja wire on you?"

"About a yard worth in a seal."

"Plenty to use. We need to wrap him up in it."

Genma smirked. He believed he knew where she was going with this. Smart idea. Hopefully, they would be able to get him with it all. He watched Satsuki charge forward, willing to provide the distraction, while he moved his hand to his back pocket and pulled a storage scroll out. Opening it up, he released a spool of ninja wire and pulled a few kunai out.

Satsuki engaged Gaara with o-katana deflecting each strike the redhead tried to make against her. Augmenting her blade with lightning was helping keep him back from attacking too often. Jumping in the air to dodge an overhead strike, she stomped her foot on the boy's head before using it as a stepping stool to launch herself behind him. Gaara growled and used his tail to smack her out of the air, sending her tumbling. Satsuki managed to get back on her feet after the strike and watched as the mini-shukaku sent his arm out to grab her. Using her sword, she stabbed the palm as it got close before sending her lightning chakra to surge through it to him. Hearing the slight gasp of pain and increasing growls of hatred let her know she got him. That didn't stop him from jumping forward and kicking her in the face. Flying back, she skidded on the ground before flipping to get back on her feet.

Wiping the blood from her face, she glared at Gaara with her Sharingan spinning in both eyes. She glanced to her right and saw Genma move in before tossing kunai at Gaara. Hearing the sound of the flying projectiles, the insane jinchuriki immediately jumped out of their direction, only to run into another set of kunai with wire to be thrown from the other side. Genma and Satsuki tossed more ninja wire with kunai around Gaara, and soon he was trapped with wires making it hard for the redhead to maneuver around. Satsuki grabbed one of the wires and smirked before going through a set of hand seals and placing the end close to her mouth.

"Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique)!" soon, the fire caught onto the line and began speeding toward the trapped jinchuriki. Seeing the fire ever closing into his position, Gaara forced his large sand arm through the many wires, barely losing mass before holding his palm up with the surrounding sand near his feet rising and collecting on the wireline that led the fire to him. Satsuki narrowed her eyes and increased the fire output to get past the sand hopefully. As the sand blockade prevented the fire from reaching its target, Gaara used this as his opportunity to strike back. Thrusting his arm forward, he sent sand shuriken that flew past the growing wall of flames trying to break his defense. Seeing the projectiles fly caused the female Uchiha to click her tongue and end her technique before rolling out of the way so she wouldn't get impaled by the many shurikens.

Now that the flaming assault was over, the redhead summoned more sand to his person, collecting over the other half of his torso but didn't go over his face or legs yet. The longer this continued, the more he looked like a little Ichibi. Satsuki saw this and clicked her tongue in annoyance.

This was going to take a while.

Where the hell was that redhead bastard when you needed him?

[A Saiyan's Return!]

"COME AT ME! IS THIS ALL YOU GOT?!"

Naruto was having the time of his life at the moment.

His Saiyan blood was pumping, and his adrenaline was high.

Why the hell did he seal this away again?!

Weaving through different shinobi and effectively using his strength and instincts, he took on several groups that tried to jump him. A fist was thrown here and a kick there; it was all he required to take each Oto or Suna-nin out that tried to attack him. While he wasn't exactly killing them per se, he was getting close to it; Hearing a man shallowly breathe after you cave in his chest gives you the idea that he'll live.

"…What exactly happened to Naruto?"

"I am not sure my youthful rival, but his FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHT! I SHALL MAKE MY YOUTH BURN JUST AS BRIGHT BY TAKING DOWN ONE HUNDRED ENEMIES! AND IF I CAN'T DO THAT, THEN I WILL RUN FROM KONOHA TO KUMO, BACK IN UNDER 24 HOURS!"

"How about we focus on the fight right now, guys…"

This was the chatter of three Jonin, Kakashi, Maito Gai, and Asuma. They protected the few civilians and genin that hadn't broken from the genjutsu. Those being Sakura, Ino, and Choji. The three Jonin were working as an extreme unit without letting the enemy invaders break through the defense line around them. Once they managed to incapacitate or kill the few shinobi around them, they moved to wake their students from the genjutsu. After they woke from their forced induce sleep, Kakashi tasked them with waking up the other genin in the fighter's box who hadn't broken from the genjutsu yet while they went to secure the area and help out where they were needed.

The three genins made it safely to the fighter's box and went to wake Shino and Shikamaru. Shino needed to be woken since Shikamaru was apparently faking it and just wanted to catch up on some sleep. He got his ear chewed out by both loudmouth girls causing him to groan and mutter troublesome.

Back with Naruto, the young half-blood (Is it technically half-blood if both parents were considered half-bloods of the same race?) was currently making his way around each invader and could see Satsuki fighting against Gaara. He was interested in seeing the crazed genin go into a transformation with his sand covering his body and becoming a part of him. Wanting to jump down to help Satsuki while also looking for that challenge his Saiyan blood called for, he summoned two red energy balls that floated above his palms. Those nearby were drawn to the light they created and watched with wide eyes as he sent both orbs toward the redhead.

Down below, Gaara heard the sound of something flying and turned only to have his eyes widen at the two red orbs flying at him at high speeds. They crashed and exploded on him, causing his body to fly away from everyone. Naruto came in, jumping from the stands, and landed next to Satsuki, who simply 'tch' before turning her head away with her hair flipping over her shoulder.

"Oh, come on. You can't be that upset with me."

"You threatened to 'punish' me in front of everyone in Konoha."

"You know, I was just joking! I wouldn't do that to you... not here, at least."

An angry tint of red came to her face while she glared at the smirking visage of Naruto. She just huffed before getting her o-katana ready to face the crazed redhead that came jumping at them. She could see some singe marks on him from the two Ki attacks she saw Naruto use on him. The two jumped from their position, with Naruto jumping forward to engage Gaara and Satsuki moving back to provide support so she didn't get in the way of his attacks. The two Jinchuriki clashed and grappled with each other. Gaara had a slight advantage due to his bigger sand arm, allowing more surface area to be grabbed. Naruto didn't let him gain any ground, though, and had a feral grin on his face that was mimicked by Gaara before the Saiyan teen headbutted him. Using this to his advantage, he threw a kick forward, sending the boy skidding back before chasing him with another kick to his right side. The sand armor protected him from the strike doing any serious damage, but it cracked from the force used on him. Recovering quickly, Gaara launched himself forward and smacked against the red-haired saiyan with his tail. Blocking the attack and skidding back from the force, Naruto wrapped his arms around it before swinging him around and tossing him to the trees. Gaara recovered by landing on the bark before launching his sand arm forward with the hand splitting into multiple sand arms, trying to grab a hold of him.

Using expert agility, the young Saiyan flipped around each one before summoning some Ki to his hand and shooting another Ki blast toward Gaara. Growling from this, Gaara broke his sand arm off from the rest and jumped away from the blast. Looking up, he was blindsided by a punch to the face from Naruto, who quickly followed up with a kick that sent him flying up. Jumping after him, Naruto punches left and right to his chest, sending him further into the air before grappling and flipping him upside down into a suplex straight into the ground. Gaara struggled to get free before slamming into the arena ground cratering the earth. Naruto had jumped and flipped out of the crater before landing a good spot away, staring into the crater. Hopefully, he applied enough strength to put him down.

His hopes were dashed far out of the way when sand exploded, and the crazed redhead came out of the crater with more sand covering his body and his face making him look like a mini Ichibi. He could see a crazy grin as he took in the air before slamming his gullet and sending an air bullet straight at him. Crossing his arms, he blocked the attack, which sent him flying from the force placed into it. Gritting his teeth as his feet skidded deep into the ground, making a trench, Naruto knew he needed to put him down or at least get him out of the stadium so the civilians here wouldn't still be in danger if he decided to transform into the Ichibi fully.

Looking up at the descending form of the transformed Suna-nin, Naruto decided he might as well take it up a notch. Focusing, his red aura came alive around him, making the ground break underneath him before he flew up toward Gaara. This unexpected change caused the sand-covered shinobi to widen his eyes along with the others watching the fight. Naruto's body slammed into his, and he had his arms wrapped around him. He flew him out of the stadium and into Konoha before tossing him in the air and grabbing his leg. Naruto began swinging him round and round before tossing him further into the nearby forest area. The young Saiyan smirked before chasing after his target.

On the arena floor, Genma looked up with wide eyes and his mouth agape. Turning his head, he looked over to Satsuki, who, similar to him, had wide eyes. "I'm guessing you didn't know he could fly either?" She shook her head before seeing the two siblings of Gaara running to catch up with them and help out their little brother. Satsuki moved to intercept them, but Baki, their sensei, came to stop her, only for Genma to intercept him and smirk.

"Satsuki, your current mission is to stop those two and provide Uzumaki with assistance." He said, utilizing his rank to give the assignment of helping out Naruto. Nodding at the order, she quickly moved past the two and gave chase to the Suna siblings. From the corner of his eye, Genma could see Sakura, Shikamaru, and Shino give chase to Satsuki to provide backup. He also saw one of Kakashi's dog summons leading the way so they could properly track them down wherever they may end up.

"It won't matter who or how many you send. Once Gaara unleashes Shukaku, they'll be done for." Baki said while Genma narrowed his eyes and just grunted before smirking back.

"Think about what you want, but those kids are strong in their own right—especially the redhead one. You most likely saw everything that happened during his match, and add to the fact we witnessed him being able to fly. I am certain that kid can handle whatever that unstable kid of yours can dish out." Grabbing a kunai from his pouch Genma narrowed his eyes into a glare and clenched the senbon in his mouth between his teeth. "Besides, you should be more worried about your fight with me. I have to pay you back for what you did to a close friend of mine the other night."

Baki narrowed his own eyes. If he remembered correctly, he must be talking about that one Jounin, Hayate. He took him out so he wouldn't report what was seen and heard that night. Nothing was supposed to interfere with their execution of the invasion. Grabbing his kunai, he prepared to face the Konoha Jounin. They stared at each other for a moment longer before dashing towards one another with their kunai clashing and causing sparks to fly.

[A Saiyan's Return!]

There was a lot of crashing and trees being toppled down in one of the forests near Konoha. Both Temari and Kankuro were worried about their brother. The blonde brat they thought they had figured out proved to be a bigger problem than they assumed when they first saw him during the prelims. Now, he could fly, shoot energy blasts from his hands, and have more strength. This is bad for them all. As they jumped through the tree line, they quickly moved to a different branch as several kunai flew from behind. Looking back, they could see the now female Uchiha approaching them with her o-katana out and ready to engage them.

"You go, Temari. You can get there much faster than me, and we're both still fresh on chakra." Kankuro said while pulling the wrapped-up puppet from his back. Temari nodded before opening up her fan and chasing in the direction she could see and hear the destruction from the fight between her brother and the blonde. Satsuki clicked her teeth in annoyance before preparing to fight him. She didn't get a chance to see what he could do since she was taken off to check the curse seal before they could begin. She turned around when she heard others land close by. Seeing it was her teammate Sakura and Shino, who were led by a…dog with a shinobi vest. He didn't look like an Inuzuka dog, so maybe he was a summons?

"Sasuke, we're here to-"

"Satsuki. My name is Satsuki, now Sakura." She interrupted her pink-haired teammate, who looked uncertain momentarily, before nodding. This was very strange to her; her crush and, to her at least, the love of her life was a girl. A small part of her subconscious was jealous since it seemed even Sasu-Satsuki had a bigger chest than her. How was that fair?!

"We're here to help out Satsuki-san," Shino said while moving forward. Staring at Kankuro, Shino pulled his hands out of his jacket pockets and held them up slightly to begin letting his kikaichū out around him. "We still haven't gotten our match with each other, so I will hold him while you go after the other one."

Kankuro gritted his teeth while getting his puppet, Karasu (Crow), out to prepare to fight the bug user. The two kunoichis didn't hesitate to run by, or at least, Satsuki didn't hesitate to run by while nodding towards Shino. She needed to catch up to Temari and stop her from interfering with Naruto's battle. Seeing her once-upon-a-time crush, now turned girl jump off through the branches, Sakura shook herself to focus on the importance of what was happening around her. Jumping through the trees along with Pakun to catch up, she wondered how their estranged teammate Naruto was doing.

While her mind moved to that thinking, she wondered how much Naruto had changed since revealing his true self. This thought also worried her that he would be indifferent to her now since he wasn't hiding behind a mask. He may even hate her for the slight abuse she had done to him all the time he asked her out. She shook those thoughts away and focused on getting to him; it would be best to catch up with Satsuki and provide assistance if possible.

With Satsuki now a girl, her inner self wondered if she still had a chance to accept a date from her now redhead teammate.

[ASR!]

There was a loud crash sound as the body of Gaara, while covered in sand, slammed against one of the trees and broke it in half from the amount of force he was tossed at. Growling loudly, he summoned more sand before sending a wave of sand arms forward to intercept the opponent flying towards him. Naruto narrowed his eyes and began performing air maneuvers to dodge the arms as they came by. The ones that were too close were blasted with a quick Ki blast from his hand before heading for Gaara. Once he made it close enough, he started dishing out more techniques and punishment. Putting his fingers in a familiar cross sign, several clones of himself popped up around him and went to engage their target.

Gaara sucked in some air before releasing a bellowing roar that released the wind at high speeds that buffeted the clones enough to cause them to pop. As they popped, it provided cover for the young Saiyan to burst through and slam his foot into his gut. Gasping for air, Gaara soon gave a feral smirk as he used his sand to latch onto the limb of Naruto and slammed him against the tree they were standing on. He grunted from the impact before using his other leg to kick himself away from Gaara's grasp. Landing on a tree branch, Naruto assessed the situation right now. Firstly, Gaara wasn't going down as easy as he had hoped; Being a fellow Jinchuriki, he should have expected him to be this stubborn in the fight. Second, he could sense others moving in toward their position. From the feel of it, it was the crazy bastard's sister and Satsuki. He could also sense Sakura coming in far behind Satsuki. And thirdly.

He was getting fucking tired of that damn sand armor of his!

Seeing as he would need to get through the sand to put him down, he decided to use one of the few Ki techniques he learned when he was younger, thanks to his grandfather's journal. He hadn't used this technique for long, so he hoped to get it down right and not mess up. His control wasn't damaged much from having all his power sealed off. Charging up his energy, his aura came alive before he crossed his arms with his hands clenched like they were holding something. Soon a black and white orb of energy grew into his left and right hand, respectively, before expanding to be the size of a rubber ball. Jumping up into the air, he uncrossed his arms before holding his hands in front of him with the two energy spheres circling one another now like Yin and Yang. The orbs pushed one another and soon merged, making a large white sphere of energy with a black center and electricity sparking around it.

"Taste this! Eclipse Surge!" With his shout, he sent the orb flying towards his opponent. The attack soared through the sky and was too fast for Gaara to try and move out, so he tried to block it. Gathering sand, he used his arms to block the orb, but it was for naught since he pushed and carried him through the trees. He screamed from the pain it was causing his arms from the electricity surrounding it before he hit the ground below, and it detonated. The first initial explosion was silent, but then when it expanded, a shockwave of force destroyed the surrounding area and shook the earth beneath them.

The ones trying to catch up had to stop and get a firm grasp on something not to be thrown around by the mini earthquake that was caused. The shaking soon stopped, and everything was calm. Naruto flew down from his perch up high on a branch and landed at the edge of the medium-sized crater he caused. He was panting and wiped some of the sweat off the brow of his face. It's been a minute since he's used an attack like that. He would need to train again to have a better grasp. There was a lot more energy used in that than he wanted there to be. Looking down below, he could see Gaara in the middle of the crater, with several parts of his body being burnt. Most of the sand was gone, probably evaporated, and he was left to lay there.

Jumping down, he walked into the middle of the ground and saw Gaara breathing slowly and unconscious. He did use too much energy in that attack; He was lucky it didn't kill him. He wanted Gaara alive since he knew they both lived somewhat similar lives during their younger years. He could relate to him. In his eyes, Gaara is what he could have turned out to be if he let everything that happened to him in the village get to him. Granted, now he wouldn't be afraid of retaliating anymore if anyone tried to mess with him, but the pain and hate were still there. He just had it under wraps now and wouldn't let it get to him. Naruto was taught better than that by Jiraiya. Turning his head, he heard feet touching the ground behind him. When he looked to see who it was, he wasn't surprised to find out it was Temari. She looked afraid when seeing how damaged her baby brother was and the fact that Naruto stood over him.

"He's not dead. But that can change unless you surrender." Naruto said while holding his hand up and aiming a red orb at the unconscious jinchuriki, slowly waking up. When he saw the red orb of energy aimed at him, he was terrified of what would happen to him.

"Wait! Please, have mercy on him." She said while dropping her fan to the ground. Gaara looked surprised that Temari was trying to ask for His mercy in not being killed, despite the many times he has threatened her and Kankuro with death if they ever crossed him or disobeyed an order made by him.

"Hmm, you would ask for mercy for him? Why exactly? From my understanding, he's threatened not just you but your other brother with death, and I'm sure he had never offered mercy to others when they begged for it. So, why should I give him mercy when he hasn't for others?" Naruto asked her while bluffing that he would not show mercy to Gaara. He was doing this to see her reasonings and if they could be helped.

"I know what he's done, but I can't fully blame him for everything he has done or become. I save that blame for our so-called father, who considered Gaara a weapon for Suna. I love Gaara as my little brother that he is and hope every day that he can live a normal life beyond being the psychopath our father made him into." Temari replied, with Gaara looking back at her with wide eyes. She still cared for him even after everything that he's done? Gaara could feel a shift within himself at this revelation. And seeing the glowing orb disappear from the one that defeated him made his views on life shift away from the darkness that had its grasp on him.

Naruto sighed and lowered his arm while seeing Satsuki land not that far behind Temari with her o-katana at the ready, just in case Temari tried to do anything. He turned his head when he suddenly heard a soft voice speak up.

"...I surrender," Gaara said while Naruto looked at him and nodded his head while relaxing his body, letting the tenseness out. He watched Temari move past him and crouch down to hold her brother's head in her lap. Naruto smiled lightly, already seeing the change happening in his brother jinchuriki. He saw the hesitation and tenseness form in Gaara's eyes when Temari touched him but soon began relaxing from the soothing touch and care she showed him. Temari soon turned her eyes to Naruto and quickly remembered what was happening in the village. They were currently in the process of invading. They needed to end this and pull back. It was never a good idea anyway, but her power-hungry father let the sickly words from Orochimaru lead him to believe this was the best path to take if he wanted to "restore Suna to greatness." Thinking of the vile man made her remember the other part of the invasion that was happening now.

"If you want to end this invasion, you need to head back and let an announcement out that you've got us in your custody. That will let our forces know to pull back and head home. You should also try returning to the stadium since Orochimaru plans to kill your Hokage. I don't know what it is, but we were supposed to be the distraction while using Gaara to cause as much damage to Konoha while he fought the Hokage alone." She said while Naruto nodded before turning around and looking at Satsuki. Not needing to say any words to one another, she knew exactly what he would ask. Rolling her eyes with a sigh, she placed her o-katana away. Smiling, he turned his eyes back down to Gaara.

"You know, maybe we can fight again sometime? Possibly sometime after we get your seal fixed." He said while both siblings felt their eyes widen. Gaara looked a little hesitant while blocking out the words of his "mother," screaming at him not to trust him.

"Y-you... you want to fight me again?" he asked while Naruto grinned and gave a thumbs up while slowly floating in the air.

"Of course! But next time, it can be the thrill of battle, not for life or death. And I'm serious about your seal being fixed too. I know a great seal master that should still be here, and he would be willing to help you. So long as you hand over any information, you guys have on Orochimaru." He said while the two nodded to him. Nodding back, Naruto had a serious look on his face before he blasted off into the sky to head towards the Chunin Exams stadium. As he flew across the sky, he saw the battle in Konoha's streets. He idly recognized the summoning of a toad landing on top of a three-headed snake making a mess of things.

He chuckled lightly at seeing that. The old pervert liked his entrances. Focusing back on the stadium, he could see a large red square barrier set up. He could see four Oto-shinobi that seemed to be holding the barrier up. His instincts were telling him not to touch it physically. Getting a good look inside, he saw what appeared to have been a large forest created on the rooftop while water was everywhere. Raising an eyebrow at the weird circumstances of whatever was happening inside the barrier, he put his questions aside before stopping a few feet away. Those nearby noticed his presence and wondered what he was doing there.

Hiruzen was panting while using his adamant staff as a crutch. It's been a long while since he has had to fight so hard. Not since when he fought the Kyuubi all those years ago. Stopping for a moment, he couldn't help but notice the eyes of his old Student glance to the right and gain a puzzled, if not curious, look. Wondering what could get his wayward student's attention away from him, he also glanced and couldn't help but have his eyes widen at what he was seeing.

His surrogate grandson was floating in the air like gravity meant nothing to him. He wasn't so surprised at this, seeing as he had to keep Naruto grounded as a babe since he had tendencies to float away during his early life. Focusing back to Orochimaru, his glare hardened at the sight of his old senseis; curse Orochimaru for desecrating the dead, let alone the bodies of the past Hokages!

"That boy ceases to amaze me more and more. If only I had realized his potential more, I would have marked him just like Sasuke-chan." Orochimaru said with an evil chuckle and looked toward his old sensei and saw the sneer he held on his face. "I'm curious how you hid this from everyone, Old Man. With his abilities, why would you let him hide away? Why not let him flourish amongst his peers?"

"Naruto holds a heritage that is unique to him alone. Only those of his ancestry would compare to him. It was Naruto's idea to seal away his power because he wanted to be normal and try to make friends. Only for it to mostly backfire because of the ignorance that runs through this village. I did my best to handle it, but I still have those trying to work against me. But Naruto is finely free of his past thoughts and has accepted his power once again. Now, you and everyone else will know not to mess with him." Hiruzen said with a smirk coming to his face at the end. Naruto would become the greatest warrior on their planet. He needed to be if their planet ever got noticed by those amongst the stars.

He knew about space and aliens thanks to Minato and Kushina sharing information about the Saiyans with him and Jiraiya. Thanks to some of the technology left in the small space shuttles that brought their respective parents home, Konoha could advance further in technology than in other countries. There was still plenty that they hadn't developed yet, as there wasn't much to research from those shuttles.

Now, while those privy to Hiruzen's thoughts might think he was putting too much faith and pressure on the lad, he knew the boy could handle it. Naruto had the potential for greatness and beyond. He would lead not just Konoha but their planet into a new era. That is what Hiruzen Sarutobi believed.

Back on the outside of the barrier, Naruto slowly floated closer to the rooftop while trying to brainstorm how to break through this barrier. He noticed a few ANBU standing off the side, looking slightly helpless since they couldn't get through. Looking at the four members of Orochimaru's elite guard, he soon began to understand how to disrupt the barrier. The four kept the barrier up. If he could make it so they couldn't keep this jutsu up, they would be free to get inside. Looking inside, he saw that the old man was getting tired. He knew then he needed to hurry as Hiruzen wouldn't be able to take on Orochimaru, and if he was correct to assume, as well as the previous Hokage.

Landing on the roof, he looked to the closest person keeping the barrier up, which happened to be a redhead girl with a tomboy look. Smirking, he began charging up Ki and Chakra into his hand. This would take a lot out of him since he hadn't tried using both energies simultaneously. His chakra control was shit, after all. Ki was easier for him to use, but if he wanted to be completely sure that what he did worked, he had to experiment. The girl seemed to notice him and didn't like the smirk on his face.

"Oi! What the hell do you think you're doing, shithead? This barrier is impenetrable. There's nothing you can do to get through that those other shit faces didn't try already!" She said with a very vulgar mouth. Naruto chuckled before raising his right palm and bringing his left hand to it. Before everyone's eyes, he moved his hand quickly in a particular pattern before eyes widened at what they saw. Forming in the boy's hand was a Rasengan! From the looks of it, though, it wasn't complete, but there was something different. It had a red tint on the inside while the swirling mass of chakra coated it like a shell.

Jumping back some, he held the unstable orb in his hand before thrusting it forward with a red wave of energy with a blue streak on the inside, moving quickly towards the girl's part of the barrier. He didn't need to try and break the whole thing. Just disrupt one of them, and it would all break away then. So, mentally thanking a certain pervert for the month's training and teaching him something useful for later on, he created the Rasengan before adding his Ki to it. While not complete yet, since he wasn't using a clone, it would be enough to deal with this.

All watched with bated breath as the attack hit the barrier corner that held the redhead. Eyes began widening as the spear of the chakra, with its power added along with the energy wave, began cracking the barrier slowly. Naruto gritted his teeth before deciding to add more power to his attack to hurry this up. He increased the power behind his energy wave with a yell of exertion. When it slammed into the barrier, there was an explosion of dust. Even with the dust cloud, though, many could see the barrier-breaking away. Letting this be their cue, the ANBU standing by went into action and went to cover their leader while Orochimaru chose to make a retreat. His plan wasn't working anymore, all thanks to that crimson-haired brat!

The Shukaku was supposed to be unleashed by now, but the only reason it wasn't was most likely because Gaara was defeated earlier than possible. Gritting his teeth while watching the ANBU come at him, he smirked as one of them turned on the others. Showing him to be Kabuto in disguise. Three of the four elite guards of Orochimaru gathered around him and were ready to escape.

"Lord Orochimaru, what are we to do about Tayuya?" Sakon asked while the others looked to see she was blasted away further on the roof and unconscious. Shaking his head Orochimaru just turned and began leaving. There was nothing they could do for her. That boy would most likely try to fight them alongside the ANBU and Sarutobi. Sometimes plans didn't go as planned, even the ones he made. But this was only delaying the inevitable.

"We leave her. She knows she must protect me. She'll be a worthy sacrifice to ensure we escape back to one of my bases. Kabuto, call in a full retreat. I don't care what happens with Suna forces. Just make sure ours get out." Orochimaru said while Kabuto nodded and broke off from the group while the three remaining figures of the Sound Four kept forming around Orochimaru as they escaped. While upset, he couldn't help but smirk at all that happened today. He would have plenty of research to do about one Naruto Uzumaki when he managed to get back to one of his labs. He caught his interest now. If he could find a way to bypass the Kyuubi, then he could mark the boy to be used for his new body one day. He would, of course, try to figure out how the boy could do such things that he showed off today. Knowing how to fly was thought impossible unless you were from a select few villages.

'All of your secrets will be revealed to me, Naruto. All in due time, will I have both you and Sasuke-chan in my grasp.' Releasing a creepy chuckle that made his guards shiver, Orochimaru continued to lead the way out of Konoha territory and make it back to rice country.

[ASR!]

Naruto glared in the direction that Orochimaru got away in. That fucking traitor Kabuto had duped everyone. He better hope they never meet again, or he would make sure to end him. His Saiyan blood would not allow such a backstab like this to go unpunished! Huffing, he turned around and walked over to the body of the girl he had knocked unconscious with his attack. He may have overdone it again since she was bleeding from a couple of cuts on her body from the blast. He also didn't think her legs were supposed to bend that way. Shaking his head and holding back the shiver that wanted to go through his body, he watched an ANBU member come by and stare at him before giving a nod of acknowledgment.

"You did well today, Uzumaki. Maybe check out the ANBU HQ sometime." He said while picking up the girl and heading to the hospital. She would get some treatment and later be interrogated on all her information on Orochimaru. Watching them go, Naruto thought about the man's offer and rubbed his chin. ANBU would be interesting to be a part of. Holding those thoughts for a minute, he turned to the side to see the old Sarutobi walk toward him with Enma, the Monkey King, helping him. Naruto faintly smiled, glad to see the old man was okay.

"My boy, you've done excellent this day. I'm glad to see you decided to reawaken your old self." He chuckled while motioning to Enma that he was fine to walk alone now. The Monkey King nodded and glanced at Naruto before pulling a scroll out to hand to him.

"You interest me, kid. I would like to learn more about you and what connection we may share considering that tail of yours." He handed Naruto the scroll, which was a pseudo-summoning contract. "Use this to summon me one of my clansmen when you have the time. I would like to discuss further work with you." Naruto blinked in surprise before turning to Hiruzen, who just had a knowing smirk like he expected this to happen.

"What are you up to now, old man?"

"Why I don't know what you mean, Naruto-kun. Come! We must attend to the wounded and get a report on our forces. I am also sure there will be plenty of questions that require answers from both of us and from our now-resident female Uchiha. I can already feel the headache coming when that topic pops up." Hiruzen said while pulling his pipe out. Enma dismissed himself, and the two left on the roof began to make their way to the Hokage Mansion.

The invasion was over.

Both forces were most likely retreating, and Naruto mentioned that he had the children of the Kazekage in custody. They were willing to discuss the events that had just happened. An ANBU came to report to him that Jiraiya was seen handling them for now. That was good. Despite the destruction that Konoha faced today, it would lead them to a brighter tomorrow.

The only problem was the paperwork he knew would be waiting for him.

Was it too early to hand over the hat to Naruto right now?

OH

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DID IT AGAIN!

Yeah, ya boy, done came back here to edit the second chapter again, but this time, I came to fix the new canon for this story. Hiruzen knew about Naruto and his family. I think this is the last edit before I get the new chapter up and running. I will be checking them again anyway, so I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.

AGAIN

JANGOMAN, SIGNING OUT!