Chapter 12

Naruto saw the Leaf celebrating their victory, while he understood the reason it was annoying. Ino was shouting in joy, along with a few others, and some were just commenting on the performance.

"Shikamaru used his brain to outwit his opponent, that shows his bright future." Asuma smiled, "Just as expected of my student."

Naruto rolled his eyes, as talented as he was, he made a critical mistake. Almost allowing himself to be done in by lowering his guard. In a fight, never let your guard down, not until you're sure your opponent isn't getting up. Killing is the best option as this avoids the future problem altogether. But if that is not something they want to do, then putting them near death or injuring their limbs would be better.

"I would have removed his arms." Kalula was annoyed by the celebration. Have some self-control.

"Same, either cut them off or make sure he can't move them from the shoulder down. Doing this ensure that he can't use the full range of the move. I don't know if there two of those devices in his arm but best to break them both before he gets back up. It was pretty smart he pretended to be unconscious as a way to lure his opponent in close." Naruto sighed, "Just needed more versatility and not be so eager to end the fight with one more move."

Naruto saw the staff take away Dosu and they began the next pick of matches.

The spinner continued to roll and roll until finally it came to a stop.

Looking up Naruto saw two names he was a bit surprise to see.

Kin Tsuchi vs Chouji Akimichi

Naruto saw the black hair girl jump down from the balcony above. She was smaller than her friends and didn't seem to be carrying anything on her other than some minor weapons. But he was sure given what they have seen already, there was more to her arsenal.

Chouji on the other hand?

"Oh man I don't want to fight a girl." Chouji was whining about fighting a girl in his match.

"Come on Chouji get down there! We need to secure our second win!"

Chouji groaned while Shikamaru sighed.

"Come on you know you have to."

Asuma smirked,

"If you win I'll treat you to all you can eat meat."

Chouji was on the floor below in record time. No one had seen him move but he was surprisingly quick when it came to food.

"So, what do you think?" Erioh who was watching everything unfold stared at the two combatants.

"Hard to say," Lady Kure turned her head, "I know what the Akimichi clan can do but we don't know anything about the girl. Given what we have seen they are quite talented. The boy had some kind of sound bracer on his arm, so she has something similar." But she couldn't be sure. Ultimately this came down to what is known vs. the unknown.

The protector raised his hand and slashed the air,

"Begin!"

Chouji didn't waste a second.

"Body Expansion Jutsu: Boulder roll!"

Chouji's boy increased in overall size and rolled at Kin.

She saw this coming and smiled.

Kin quickly swapped places with a log and appeared on the other side of the arena.

Naruto watched her movements and smiled, "Nice, that's her strategy."

Kalula frowned, she saw it too, but she was curious how this plan was going to work.

"What makes it a good plan?" Turning to his brother he saw him smirking. "All she is doing is running away from Chouji. There is no way she can avoid his attack forever. Your just being too narrow minded."

"Or you're the one that is being too narrow minded."

His brother glared at him, but he was ignored while Kyoka was dragging her brother back to the match. Kushina sighed knowing her son inherited her short temper and hoped to fix that soon.

Kin had dodged another roll attack from Chouji appearing at another corner of the arena. Touching the ground Chouji quickly turned his momentum back to Kin who was at a different corner. But Kin simply dashed away from his roll and then swapped places with a log when he was about to crush her.

Kin appeared in the last corner of the room and then dashed to the center of the room. Dodging the rolling ball of death she just smirked, she was almost done.

Appearing by the Ram statue she touched the wall before climbing up the statue.

Chouji had stopped rolling and started huffing.

"Stop running! I'm already hungry because of you!"

"Then just try to keep up fat ass."

Chouji's eyes twitched, and a vein formed on his head.

Shikamaru frowned,

"Now she's done for." Of things to say, that was the dumbest thing. Chouji always had a short temper when people brought up his weight.

Ino nodded in confidence, "Yeah now he is going to crush her."

Naruto sighed; it was scary they didn't see what was happening.

"Rage is good when used but without control it can be more disastrous than someone in control without strength." Kalula had those drilled in her head, one's passions and emotions can be dangerous. If tempered it can make you the most dangerous person in the world. But if left unchecked, it can be death.

Raian frowned and just leaned on the railing while picking his ear.

"Fat ass is about to get destroyed. He really should stop thinking with that stomach and focus on his opponent. Stupid fuck."

Ino glared at Raian who saw the look and smirked, "Got something to say girlie?" He flared his aura, and this made her freeze up.

"Thought so whore."

Tayuya watched Kin's movements and was ready to move in case she was in danger. While they might not be on the same team, they were still friends since coming to the village.

They grew up with one another and while she was the rough and tumble type Kin was the softer touch. She preferred using her brain over heart. It was one of the reasons she never rose to the same heights but maybe it was the reason she wasn't tied to the snake like her.

'Wonder if I should have flown under the radar instead of being out front?'

Kin felt Chouji quickly approaching the top of the statue, but she quickly jumped off and used her feet to kick off the statue. Kin managed to use her chakra to break her fall and roll into a standing position in the middle of the arena. But Chouji was hot on her tail and started expanding again.

Kin stood there and snapped her finger,

"Shoot it looks like I can't keep running." She smiled, "Seems like now I have to take the fight to you."

Chouji didn't respond and started rolling to her again. This time she stood there with a smile on her face.

"You got this Chouji!" Ino was ready to see her teammate win. Shikamaru frowned, and Asuma noticed.

"What's wrong?"

"Why is she so calm?"

Asuma's frown deepened, "What do you mean?"

"I mean why is she just standing there about to be rolled over when earlier she was moving faster than him? She could easily move out of the way of the attack so why hasn't she?"

Asuma agreed with his point, looking at this you would think Kin was running away. But and the other veterans know that she was planning something. But they weren't sure what it was. Her movements were very erratic, and she seemed to be driven by some kind of goal.

Chouji was inches from Kin but then suddenly veered off to the left and crashed into the corner of the room.

"Huh, what the hell Chouji!" Ino's eyes were wide, and her face was red. "You missed her!"

"Oh dear," Kin smiled, "It would seem you missed me."

Chouji emerged from the rubble and looked confused,

'What I was sure I hit her, what the hell?' He shook his head and expanded his body again.

He rolled past her again and hit the other corner of the room.

Tayuya shook her head, "Dumbasses don't even realize what is going on."

Toph rubbed her ears, "I do, and it is annoying. This is fucking with my ears, and I don't like it."

Tayuya shrugged, "Deal with it, this is Kin's specialty. this fight is hitting the end."

Chouji couldn't focus, his mind was in a fog. Every moment he thinks she's in front of him, suddenly she moves. It was frustrating, all he was doing was chasing this girl.

He released his rolling form and quickly increased the size of his arm. Making it larger than his entire body. Glaring at Kin he finally jumped into the air and brought his fist down with everything he had. The ground exploded on impact, and he grinned.

Victory at last.

"So how was that dream?"

His eyes widened.

Turning around he saw Kin standing in front of him.

"So how was it? What did you imagine? Me being crushed under the weight of your blow? the Sound of my bones popping as you hit me? I'm quite curious."

"H-h-how-,"

"Oh that?" She giggled, "That would be telling. Unlike you guys I don't feel the need to explain how something works to you. Plus, if I fight some of you in the next round, then that means you will learn how to counter it." She smiled brightly, "Lets finish this match shall we?"

Chouji grunted in pain when he saw arm hit with a thin piece of metal. His eyes widened,

"Senbon."

"Bingo." Two more hit his arm and his leg. Chouji grunted from the pain. "You see I'm not big on using shuriken and kunai. Too much work for my taste, plus there is more use of a kunai as handheld weapon. I decided the best thing for me was the senbon. Since I wanted to use them from a distance." A sharp prick hit his other arm and then his neck. He grunted in pain before his body gave way. His mind was starting to fade and his body fading from the injuries. "Thanks for the easy win."

Chouji tried to say something but soon found a foot connecting with his nose.

In the arena, everyone witnessed as Chouji seemed to be standing in the middle of the ring with a blank expression. As if he was witnessing something amazing. No one was sure but it was apparent in this case.

Chouji as taunted by the Sound girl and soon hit with senbon needles knocking him down. she continued to taunt him and not reveal anything about her tactics. Ultimately, she kicked him in the face when he fell, and his body went limp.

The protector saw Chouji's lack of movement and raised his hand.

"Winner of the match: Kin Tsuchi from Sound Village."

The arena frowned; it was looking bad. It seemed that they were in the majority but for some reason, they were losing badly. First with the display from Kabuto who gave up after saying he can't win. Then, Sakura's horrendous performance against Tayuya, then Tenten's one sided beating, and finally Chouji just being overwhelmed.

Minato couldn't help but worry, while he was sure they would get more shinobi into the finals, this was not looking good on face value. To the world, if they saw this it would hurt the credibility of their village. Their contractors might even start looking in other villages for work.

'I can't allow that to happen.'

Kin smiled as she walked back up to her teammates and friends.

"So how was it?"

Zaku' her teammate, sneered, "Should have killed him. Would only have been appropriate for such weaklings."

Kin rolled her eyes, "Yeah and piss off the village when I don't have to. That is a brilliant move."

Zaku growled but feeling a gaze on him he knew Tayuya was watching. It wasn't a secret in their village that she was friends with one of the Sound 4. In fact, it was one of the reasons that most of the village didn't try anything with Kin. Out of fear that Tayuya would come for them down the line.

Tayuya threw her arm over her friend's shoulders, "That was showing those tree huggers not to underestimate our village. Nicely done."

Toph scoffed while rubbing her ears, "Yeah great for you but next time warm me ahead of time so I can at least get plugs in. This shit was so annoying."

"Sorry can't afford to have my tricks revealed to possible rivals."

Toph scoffed, while Jaco didn't say a thing. He was waiting for his turn.

After Chouji was taken away from the arena, the next fight was being selected, which showed the names going around rapidly.

Kyoa Uzumaki Namikaze vs. Toph

"You're up Toph."

The blind girl smiled and quickly hopped down to the floor below.

Kyoa though, she quickly turned to her mother and sibling,

"Wish me luck."

Kushina smiled, "You got this, just watch how your opponent fights."

Menma sneered, "Yeah don't lose to someone with a fake reputation." Menma was convinced the rumors around this girl weren't real. In his mind they were just created to make her look scarier.

Sai on the other hand just gave his normal smile and wished her luck.

Kyoa landed on the floor below and took her stance. Her cockiness was palpable.

Toph on the other hand was 'seeing' her opponent.

Then frowned.

"I see you're not the one I wanted."

"What?" Kyoa was taken back by the sudden declaration.

"Yeah I was hoping for the other one. I mean you guys have the same flow but his is stronger." She shrugged, "Oh well, I'll settle for you I guess."

Naruto frowned. He wasn't sure why, but something was off. The level of control that Toph has is impressive. more so, that she was hiding her chakra, it was barely noticeable.

'Expert killer, she has too much experience in hardship environments and had to adapt quickly.' He could only imagine how she rose to such a level of strength. It wasn't easy on normal conditions but with her blindness it was even more astonishing. If he was being honest, he felt bad for Kyoa. She didn't know what kind of opponent she was fighting, and she was too cocky. Thinking she was going to win just because of her linage and her prisoner.

Naruto was very aware of his siblings having the Kyuubi inside of them, with his mother having some fragments of it. Being one of the only reasons she survived her encounter years ago. But he knew the fragments were broken up in a way that they didn't work like normal jinchurrikki.

Oh well, this might be a good learning experience.

Erioh frowned,

"That girl."

Holis and his sister looked at him.

"Do you know here?"

"Maybe, doesn't she look like the Beifong Heiress?"

Minato's eyes widened. There was no way but given her age it was possible.

Holis raised an eyebrow, "Maybe but then again it has been quite some time so it could be a coincidence."

"Maybe but what are the real chance someone that looks like the matriarch of the Beifong clan and is blind?" He smoked a bit before huffing out, "On top of that, the time matches when she disappeared."

the group frowned at this, if this is true then they had a delicate matter on their hand.

Toph who was on the ground floor could only mentally sigh, she hated when people learn of her last name.

Beifong, she hates the name. It was the only thing she ever threw away after she survived. Years ago, it was a name that carried meaning to her. Especially since she was born blind. It was something to use as a weapon in times of need but over time, she grew tired of it. Being waited on, having people kiss up to her because of her family, and being treated like glass. There was nothing in her life that could bring her pleasure anymore. No matter what was bought for her, who was brought to her, and what was in her home, she couldn't be happy.

But then she remembered the time HE found her.

Toph heard the hand drop,

"Begin!"

She would think on this later but for now she would deal with her opponent.

Kyoa dashed at Toph with a smirk on her face,

'Let's end this quickly.'

Toph waited with her hands to her side and the punch was inches from her face.

She found herself falling past her and looking at the floor.

Toph sighed, "So easy to read."

With a slight twist of her food, a pillar of earth came up and smacked her in the face. This blow sends her head upwards, but Toph quickly dashed at her and slammed her palm into her stomach. Kyoa screamed in pain while sailing across the floor with a skid.

She coughed few a few seconds before getting back on her feet.

"Oh, my she got up quick." Holis had to admit he was impressed. A blow like that would knock out most people.

"Not that surprising given she is a host." Lady Kure wasn't impressed.

"Indeed." Lore Kure agreed with the sentiment.

Getting back on her feet, Kyoa frowned before taking a deep breath.

'Okay she can use Earth release and has some taijutsu. Which means,' she quickly ran through some hand signs and exhaled a ball of flame.

Toph heard the attack coming and quickly twisted her foot clockwise. A slab of rock emerged and blocked the incoming fireball. The attack caused a mass explosion in the arena and covered everything in dust.

Toph spread out her senses and could feel a faint trace of chakra running around the wall and trying to get behind her.

"You think you're the first person to try this?" She quickly tapped the ground with her foot.

Kyoa's eyes widened and dashed backwards to avoid some stone spikes. But she had to quickly push off a stone pillar that appeared behind her, while jumping over some of the spikes.

Kyoa quickly took a stance and glared through the smoke. She thought this would work but she was confident in her next trick.

A thick boulder came flying and her eyes widened.

'Shit!'

She quickly formed something in her hand and before the stone could hit,

"RASENGAN!"

The boulder exploded from the attack revealing a small swirling white and blue sphere in her hand. It was perfectly balanced and showed no signs of wavering after being used.

"Hm, impressive I guess." Toph was reluctant to say that much, given the situation but she had to admit it was a bit impressive. Given that she managed to stop her attack with a A-rank move. While the output was good the power of the sphere was more impressive.

Naruto stared at his former sister and could only admire she mastered something so advance. While he didn't care about her on a sibling level he could admire her strength. As this is something most can't achieve by this point.

The Kure's were impressed and that was only because of the level of control the move needs. they didn't think a child of her immaturity would pull something off, but even she had her moments.

'Excellent Kyoa,' Minato couldn't be prouder of his daughter. All that extra training was paying off. She showed her talent and after three months mastered the Rasengan. True she used her clones to figure out most of the move, but controlling the move proved to be the hardest.

Toph sighed,

"Well, I guess I can step this up then." She gave a sinister smile, "I wonder if you have any more tricks up your sleeve?"

Toph lightly kicked the ground and out came a boulder. She quickly pushed her fist against the boulder sending it flying.

Kyoa made another Rasengan and quickly smashed it into the boulder.

Toph appeared in front of her through the shattered boulder and smiled.

"How easy."

She slammed her foot into her opponent's chest taking her off her feet.

Kyoa was taken back but quickly recovered from the kick.

Only to eat a hook to the face by Toph who was smirking.

The punches kept coming and Kyoa was doing her beast to dodge or block them. But the pressure was relentless, and she quickly went to her body next.

Kyoa leapt into the air with a flying knee but didn't hit Toph's face. Only managing to pace by her cheek.

She grabbed Kyoa's extended leg and quickly swung her around. Sent flying to the Ram statue, releasing her leg.

Kyoa quickly spun through the air and landed on the side of the statue. With her feet keeping her up right and her spitting out some blood.

Toph smirked,

"Is that all you got princess? Come on, I thought for all the boasting you guys were doing, you would fight harder. Or at least force me to try." She sighed, "But it turns out your too weak to acknowledge as an opponent."

Kyoa blew flames out of her mouth only to be blocked by a slab of earth again.

"You got anything else impressive?"

The wall fell to the ground and Toph quickly bent backwards. Only having the attack hit the wall and reveal sharp blade like winds.

"Don't undecimated me. Unlike that outcast I have all the skills needed to lead the next generation!"

Toph smirked, "Leader of the next generation huh?" Toph shook her head, "Delusions can be great no?"

Naruto was impressed with her overall skill. While his sister was talented no one saw an important thing with Toph. It was impressive given the nature of her situation.

"Man, she has been holding her own within a very small circle."

Leave it to Raian to point out the obvious to the people in the room.

"Yeah," chimed in, "At this point I would say that with minimum movement she has outplayed her opponent."

"Hey sis has this there is no way she is going to lose!"

Naruto barely acknowledged his brother's voice and focused on Toph who created slab of earth.

"You really shouldn't think so highly of yourself." Toph's smirk grew, "That can be the difference between crippling or death."

Kyoa was furious she wasn't going to take this lying down. Going through some hand signs she created another wave of wind blades. They sliced through the earth and cut the ground. But the attack missed Toph.

More specifically, it hit the floor, but Toph was no longer there.

"What the hell?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes; he only took his off her for a second, but she was gone that fast?"

"Impressive." Naruto couldn't help but admire the strength and talent that she was demonstrating.

Kyoa soon felt something beneath her feet on the statue, looking down she was surprised that the statue was malforming.

Then a brown spear pushed out of the statue forcing her to jump from the pillar.

Landing on the ground she growled seeing the spear returning into the statue.

"Looking for someone?" a whisper echoed through her ear. Making her turn slightly to see Toph standing behind her with a smile on her face. She was leaning over her shoulder terrifying Kyoa.

"H-how did you-,"

A blow hit her back sending her flying. Toph quickly swiped her foot across the ground. Making a pillar of earth hit her stomach and send her flying.

"Too easy." She quickly brought her right hand up and then slammed it to the ground.

A pillar of earth morphed out of the ceiling and hits her back. Kyoa found herself crashing into the ground with an explosive thud.

Naruto watched as the match was unfolding, it was too one sided, while he knew at this point Kyoa was strong, Toph was just stronger. 'She has mastered her earth release to the point that even without her eyesight she can catch her opponent and devastate them with minimum effort.'

Kyoa stood up and smirked, "I guess I got no choice."

The room noticed her taking a crouching stance and this put some people on edge. As a dark red aura started to form around her body and steam was rising off some of her injuries.

"Kyoa," Kushina whispered with worry. While it was true they trained them in using that power. They weren't sure how long they could handle the output. Given her practices with the power were basic. She could hold up to three tails at most.

'But anything beyond that and she would go berserk. Luckily the two Kyuubi's aren't aggressive as the other Tailed beast.'

She was confident in her daughter with this she secured her win and the beginning steps for the next generation.

Menma was cheering sister on, she had this and he was confident in his own control. So, this is going to be an easy win for him as well.

Toph could feel the sinister aura that was coming off her opponent. But it wasn't that special.

Holding her fingers out she whispered something into her hand.

Minato narrowed his eyes and saw that her fingers were glowing. But they had a similar feel to something he studied with seals.

Erioh smiled, this one was the most dangerous in the tournament.

Naruto saw it and knew this is the end.

Kyoa's cloak came to life, and she released a powerful roar that shook the room. Vanishing in a blur she had the Rasnegan formed already and aimed for her head.

Toph ducked under the attack and slammed her glowing hand into her stomach. Sending Kyoa lurching backwards again.

She landed on the ground with a grunt before glaring at her opponent. Who returned the glare and quickly lashed out without hesitation. A powerful blow to her opponent's stomach, then another to her left cheek, and a third blow to her throat.

Kyoa tried to regain her composure, but she couldn't summon her chakra. Something was wrong and she can't reach the Nine Tails.

Toph swept her leg, then bent her wrist upward summoning a pillar of earth into her opponent's stomach.

Kushina was worried now, her daughter was cut from most of her chakra. More specifically her nine tails chakra. Some reason the chakra was completely suppressed. 'Five Elemental Seal, only expert seal masters can make it. Even fewer can use it effectively.'

Minato was in the same boat as he felt this fight was going to go too far.

Naruto just sighed knew this was the difference between someone who had extensive training. Versus someone who had real life combat training.

Kyoa felt the pain welling up in her chest, her body was growing numb, and nothing she could do mattered. As the pain was growing more intense with ever blow. Especially, with the damage done by the earth strikes. Her own taijutsu was far denser than she thought.

Finally, Toph released one more powerful blow sending her flying across the floor and skidding across her face.

She stared at her opponent and sneered.

"Geez all that boasting and this is all it amounts to? How pitiful it makes me wonder if you are worth your blood?"

"S-shut up bitch! I'm more than worthy!"

Kyoa slowly sat up but had her head flung backwards. Due to a powerful upward kick to her jaw. Some teeth were lost in the process, and she came crashing down to the ground.

"Really then, everyone else from your blood isn't worth a shit then. I mean this is just pathetic." She shook her head, "Obviously your brother isn't that much better given I can sense about the same level of power from him. On top of that, your other disowned sibling," Her smile grew, "Now that is a real warrior. I can tell fighting him will be worth my time."

"H-he's a loser. Nothing more."

"If he is a loser, then what does that make you?"

Kyoa tried to sit up but saw Toph squatting in front of her and putting one of her fingers to her head.

"Please don't talk shit when your unable to back it up." Toph gave a smile, and this terrified Kyoa.

Her eyes were stretched upward with her smile, and she seemed to radiate a sinister aura. Behind her was some kind of monster but she wasn't sure.

Toph quickly stands up and puts her foot on top of her head. Then inhales deeply, the floor cracks from the pressure released and the blow forced Kyoa's head deep into the concrete.

The room was shocked, it couldn't be happening. No one in the Leaf could believe it.

Minato was distraught, his mind couldn't comprehend this. She was so much stronger than the rest of her age group! She shouldn't have lost with the Kyuubi and Rasengan in her hand! It wasn't possible!

Kushina was in a shared disbelief, her daughter defeated. How, how could this be possible?

Menma was in shock, while he was prideful he knew his sister was talented. More so than him, but for her to lose in such a one-sided manner. It was terrifying, he couldn't understand why.

The protector saw Toph lift her foot and turn from the group.

"This was burning next time bring me an opponent that's worth my time."

The room glared but she ignored them, only turning around to stare at Naruto. She could see his faint outlines and smiled, before turning back to her team.

"Winner Toph from Sound Village!"

The room was dumbfounded, no one could rationalize what had happened. It didn't seem possible, but they were forced to swallow their pride. More so, dealing with the fact they didn't stand a chance. Toph was obviously on another level compared to the rest of their age group. But to see it in action against one of the prodigies and see her helpless, it was a bit overwhelming.

Naruto glared at Toph, not for the reasons that some might think.

'She is dangerous, more so than anyone else here. I must double down my training in the next round if I hope to win.'

He finally saw someone his age group that he might not be able to beat. Her senses were sharp even without her sight, she could read the battlefield as if it was the back of her hand.

Powerful Earth Release to the point that no hand signs were needed. On top of that being flexible between offense and defense abilities.

Finally, her hand to hand was strong but in his gut he felt it. Something was off with her.

'Maybe she hasn't shown us everything she has to offer?'

Naruto was sure that might be the case, but he wasn't going to bring it up as it wasn't needed. He wanted to focus on who the next match was going to be.

No one in the arena had to wait long as the names spun for a few seconds and then landed on two names: with one sighing and the other hiding his smile.

Naruto vs. Tatsu Yamanaka

Seeing this Naruto jumped down into the arena with his hands in his pocket. While his opponent quickly joined him with a big smile on his face.

"I'm so glad I get to fight you."

Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Because now I can show you the difference between those of us blessed and those that were forsaken."

Naruto was pulling out his hair internally, another sermon.

He really hated his life.

The protector looked at the two boys and waved his hand down.

Without waiting, his opponent threw a kunai at him which Naruto tilted his head. Dodging slightly to the side before finding his opponent gone.

'Shushin. I see, treating your students fairly my ass. Obito probably taught him this while I was gone and continued to teach more stuff when I was kicked off the team.'

Naruto sensed him from behind and just ducked under a powerful swing. It was a kick that was aimed at his head.

"You're too slow."

Turning on his heel Naruto quickly thrusted his right leg out. He connected with his opponent stomach, sending them flying and landing on their back.

"How easy."

Naruto stood up after the kick and glared at the down boy who was smiling darkly. He was sitting on his knees and grinning. His body having a sinister aura around him.

Most of the arena was on edge, what was his deal?

Naruto glared at the teen and could sense something familiar.

'Wait is he another one of those guys? The same as the one in the suit I fought?'

Naruto quickly pulled his hands out of his pockets and glared,

"Who are you really?"

The smile stayed on his face while rising to his feet.

"Doesn't matter today I get to settle it with you. Once you're dead no one is going to care."

Naruto wasn't sure, maybe this is someone that had a persona grudge against him? He wasn't sure, but for some reason this guy was targeting him.

Taking his stance, he knew this fight was going to be a bit more of a hassle than he thought.

"You don't know get it do you?" He quickly rolled up his sleeve and on it was the mark of a familiar bug. "Recognize me now?"

Naruto continued to be confused.

"That tattoo yes but you. No, I don't know who you are."

The man laughed before his smile grew and he glared,

"You, you don't remember the man you killed but you remember his tattoo?"

Naruto glared,

"What about him?"

"That fucker was my brother."

The facade was over, the man pulled off his hair and removed his contacts. Revealing dark brown eyes and a slightly different skin complexion. It was well hidden, and he just smiled on.

"When I heard you killed my brother, I figured you would be in this fucking village training for the exam. But I never knew how much everyone else hates you. So, it was easy to sneak onto your team and take your place." He knew that probably revealing this now wasn't good, but he didn't care. He was going to mock this village and at least kill the man that killed his brother.

"That's some family love. Too bad I don't get it."

The man began cackling,

"I don't care about my brother! I'm just going to kill you to prove I'm worthy! Soon I will be known as the Tiger Vessel!"

Naruto saw the man rush at him.

He had quite the fight on his hands.

Chapter End