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Stitched Kitsune: Chapter 28

Outside Konoha: With Fu, Karin and Sasori

Fu, Karin and Sasori were all looking at the chunin exams on a portable laptop that was supplied by Orochimaru for them to see what was going on inside the arena. Currently they are looking on at Naruto's match against Neji.

"Come on Naruto" Fu said looking at the screen in anticipation "win this fight".

"He's got this in the bag" Karin said "besides he hasn't used any of his techniques, so he has the element of surprise".

Sasori however look on in worry 'Naruto, don't lose control again' he thought.

In Konoha: With Kakuzu

Kakuzu wearing a disguise was currently sitting in a bar looking at a tv; Kakuzu looked on as Naruto's match was beginning. As the entire began to cheer on the Hyuga, Kakuzu remained silent as he looked at the screen.

Kakuzu had small sense of pride seeing Naruto standing in the middle of the arena; he spent years training Naruto, honing skills and instructing him on the shinobi arts.

'You better win boy' Kakuzu thought.

Chunin exams arena: With Naruto

Naruto was in the arena looking at Neji as he was trying to figure out his first move 'Ok if what Hinata told me was true then he's a close range fighter; I'll attack him at medium range and stay on my toes if he gets close' he thought.

Neji using his Byakugan was over looking Naruto and was frankly disgusted 'd-does he have three hearts; what kind of freak of nature is he' he thought. Neji shook his head as he refocused on Naruto who was just standing still.

"What's wrong; too scared to attack" Neji said with a smirk "then allow me"; Neji rushed towards Naruto who hardened his body with earth chakra. Neji closed the distance and threw a strike towards Naruto's chest; Naruto blocked Neji's attack and retaliated by throwing a punch towards Neji.

Neji dodged to the side and used his other hand to deliver a finger strike to Naruto arm; Neji's fingers contacted Naruto's arm and it felt like he hit a brick with his finger. The next moment Naruto launched a kick towards Neji but Neji jumped over the kick doing a front flip over Naruto; Neji used his right foot to kick Naruto in the back of the head making him fall forward.

Naruto hit the ground and turned seeing Neji was about to land; Naruto detached his arm and sent it towards Neji. Naruto's fist was about to hit him but Neji ducked forward using his Byakugan to see behind himself and rolled away; Neji took out several shuriken and threw them towards Naruto.

Naruto dodged to the side avoiding the shuriken and getting back into his stance; Naruto recalled his arm and stitched it back to his body. 'Well that didn't work' Naruto thought.

Neji turned around and spoke "what repulsive technique" he said to Naruto "are you even human".

"More human than some people" Naruto said "but if that freaks you out; how about i do this instead"; Naruto moved his hands over his gold rings and bracelets and turned it into gold dust surprising Neji and the crowd.

Naruto created his golden dagger and showed it to Neji "what's wrong; too scared to attack" Naruto said mocking Neji's previous remark "then allow me". Naruto charged Neji as the crowd began to murmur.

In the competitors box: With Haku, Hinata and Sakura

"How is Niku able to do that" Sakura asked Haku and Hinata "does he have a Kekkei genkai or something".

"Niku has earth and wind chakra natures" Haku said "he is able to only use gold since it's a pure metal".

"Niku has a lot of abilities" Hinata said "he mostly uses his threads though since it's his 'family' technique". 'And that's really stretching the word family' Hinata thought.

Unseen by Hinata and Haku the sand siblings were looking at Naruto in suspicion "Hey Temari" Kankuro whispered"isn't that similar to fathers technique".

Temari looked at him and whispered back "yeah, i see it" he said "it can't be our family kekkei genkai can it; did father sleep with a woman outside the village or something".

"Kankuro, Temari; shut up" Gaara said in his monotone voice; both Kankuro and Temari looked at Gaara and were hit by a wave of fear. Gaara was smiling like a maniac completely focused on Naruto 'he's like me, a monster in the body of a man' Gaara thought 'I want to fight him… i must fight him; to prove my existence'.

With Naruto

Naruto rushed toward Neji and Neji got into a defensive stance; Naruto slashed at Neji and Neji took a step back avoiding Naruto's blade. Neji retaliated by attempting a palm strike to Naruto chest but Naruto blocked the attack with his other hand; Naruto sent a kick toward Neji's stomach and the kick connected.

Neji coughed up his breathe and was momentarily stunned and Naruto slashed at Neji once more; Naruto slashed Neji across his cheek drawing blood. Naruto once more went in for a slash but Neji began to spin around and a physical barrier of chakra began to form.

"Rotation" Neji shouted as rotation gained both speed and size; Naruto was hit by the rotation and was sent skidding back across the ground until he stopped. Naruto stood up with a groan; the entire front side of his chakra armor was destroyed along with the shirt underneath.

'Damn it; i only brought the one shirt' Naruto thought as he took off his broken armor and ripped off the remainder of his shirt showing off the stitches on his body.

"Now do you understand" Neji said to Naruto "no matter what tricks you try and pull on me; your skills pale in comparison to the power of the Hyuga clan".

"What I understand is; I'm about to pound you so hard, my girlfriends up are going to get jealous" Naruto said pointing to the competitors box.

With Haku, Sakura and Hinata

"Oh can you not say that" Hinata, Haku and Sakura all shouted at the same time; both Haku and Hinata looked at Sakura who began to blush from embarrassment.

"I mean for you… of course" Sakura said to Hinata and Haku 'aw crap'.

With Naruto

Neji scowled at this "do you think this is a game" he said and Naruto shook his head.

"Nah just business " Naruto said as he cracked his neck "I'm here for the land of snow, nothing more, nothing less". "Now then" Naruto said as one of his hearts began to come out of his chest disturbing Neji along with the crowd; the heart popped out of his chest and took it's form "lets see how you deal with two of us".

Naruto and his heart both rushed Neji from both his left and his right; Neji got on guard as Naruto's heart attacked first shooting it's limb toward Neji who dodged out of the way only to be greeted by Naruto.

Naruto slashed at Neji who dodged and delivered several strikes to Naruto which hurt but didn't disrupt his chakra network due to the hardening of his body. Naruto attempted to back fist Neji but Neji jumped back and Naruto putting his gold dagger between his teeth went through hand signs.

'Earth Style: Earth spikes' Naruto slammed his hands onto the ground and a column of earth spikes made their way to Neji who began to jump backwards in order to avoid them. Neji landed and began to spin around once more.

"Rotation" Neji shouted as he began to spin around as the earth spikes crashed against his chakra dome; after a few seconds Neji slowed down as the jutsu subsided. But just as Neji stopped Naruto's heart was right on top of him.

Naruto's heart punched Neji sending him bouncing off the ground before he went into the air; while Neji was in the air Naruto ran and jumped up with a flying kick toward Neji. Neji seeing this put up his arms in defense as Naruto's foot made contact; Naruto's kick sent Neji flying into the arena wall with a solid smack.

Neji coughed up blood as he hit the wall before falling down to the ground and getting to a knee; Naruto recalled his heart back to him as it began to once again enter his body.

'I have to save this for later' Naruto thought as his heart stitched itself back into his chest.

"You bastard" Neji cursed toward Naruto "how dare you humiliate me"; Naruto scoffed at this and spoke.

"Shove it dude" Naruto said "maybe you're not as strong as you think you are; maybe you Hyuga are all dog and pony show". Upon saying this Neji and every other Hyuga in the audience became enraged.

"You will not insult the Hyuga clan" Neji growled.

"Whatever" Naruto said as he gripped his dagger and charged towards Neji; Neji seeing Naruto coming towards him got into a particular stance making every Hyuga in the audience stand on edge.

With Hiashi and Hanabi Hyuga

"Father; isn't that-" Hanabi began while looking at her father.

"Yes it is" Hiashi said enraged "how on earth did he learn that technique".

With Naruto

Naruto entered Neji's eight trigrams and Neji launched his attack "eight trigrams, two palms" Neji shouted as he lunged forward and stuck Naruto twice stopping his attack "four palms, eight palms, sixteen palms, thirty-two palms". Neji stuck Naruto repeatedly and viciously as he spun around and delivered his final attack "eight trigrams, sixty four palms" Neji roared as he hit Naruto once more sending him flying back.

Naruto was sent back skidding across the ground and the whole arena held their breath.

"Oh man" Naruto groaned as he got up "that hurt like hell" Naruto said as he stood up on shaky feet.

"How the hell are you still up" Neji shouted "that was the Hyuga clans strongest technique"; Naruto spit some blood onto the ground.

"I don't know" Naruto said as he wiped away the blood "but when i find out I'll let you know"; Neji growled as Naruto gripped his gold dagger and crushed it into gold dust once more. 'Lets see if this works' Naruto thought; Naruto created 4 gold shuriken and charged them with wind chakra.

"Take this" Naruto shouted as he threw the shuriken at Neji at an incredible speed to which he couldn't dodge. Neji began to spin around once more to use his rotation; as the dome of chakra formed the gold shuriken penetrated the dome and hit Neji.

Neji's jutsu was canceled when he stumbled as 2 of the 4 shuriken hit; Neji was hit in the left shoulder and the right leg and Naruto seeing his opportunity charged in and recalled his gold dust. The gold dust come back to Naruto and Naruto formed it onto his right hand creating a gold knuckle duster.

"Grit those teeth" Naruto shouted as he threw his punch; Naruto slugged Neji across the face making him spit up teeth and blood onto the ground. Naruto raised up his left foot and kicked Neji in the chest at full force cracking his ribcage and sending him into the wall once more.

Neji smacked the wall and Naruto brought back his fist for one final punch; Naruto punched Neji right in the nose breaking in a shower of blood and smacking the back of his head against the concrete wall.

Neji was rendered unconscious as he fell to the ground with the back of his head bleeding as he had a skull fracture.

Naruto took a step back and was breathing heavy as his gold knuckle dusters turned back into rings and his bracelets and his body turned back to normal. Naruto winced as he looked at his chest and saw it was purple due to bruising.

"Crap" Naruto said as he felt his chest "aw damn… it's tender"; Genma came into the ring and looked over Neji.

'He can't fight anymore' Genma said "the winner is Niku"; there was a light applause from the audience mostly from non-Konoha spectators. However the majority of the Konoha civilians and shinobi looked down in anger as one of their strongest genin was beaten by some unknown snow ninja.

Kage box: With Hiruzen and Orochimaru

Hiruzen was looking down at the arena is mild annoyance and surprise; annoyance in the case that Neji, one of the best genin his village ever produced was beaten by Niku. But he was also very surprised in the techniques Niku employed during the fight as he has never seen techniques like the one's he used.

"My, what an interesting fight" Orochimaru said to Hiruzen "I'm surprised that the Hyuga lost; from what I was told the Hyuga are nearly unbeatable in close combat". Hiruzen nodded at this and spoke.

"Skill doesn't trump arrogance" Hiruzen said "Neji underestimated his opponent; those strange threads, the way he used gold, and in particular that technique to harden his body". "I think it was mostly that technique that kept him in the fight" Hiruzen said "if it wasn't for him hardening his body then Neji would've won earlier".

"I agree; he is an interesting genin that's for sure" Orochimaru said.

Hiruzen watched Niku walk off the field slightly staggering from his chest wounds 'I should have Jiraya investigate the boy; maybe even bring him to Konoha, we can use a Kekkei Genkai like that' he thought.

With Naruto, Haku, Hinata and Sakura

"Ow, ow, ow, ow" Naruto whined as Hinata put medicine on Naruto's heavily bruised chest.

"I'm sorry Niku; just give me a moment" Hinata said as she put the last bit of the medical gel onto Naruto "there we go; Haku, would you kindly".

"Yes" Haku said as she put her hand over Naruto's chest; Haku used her technique to create a thin layer of ice on Naruto's chest "there you go Niku; how do you feel".

"Like i got hit in the chest by a sledge hammer" Naruto said "but the medicine and the ice is helping a little".

"Don't worry brat" The Kyuubi said "I'm healing you as well; although I'm doing it slowly as to not bring too much attention".

'Gee, thanks' Naruto said unenthusiastically; Naruto then looked over and saw Rock Lee walking towards him.

"Niku, that was a very entertaining and spectacular match" Lee said with a smile "you defeated my rival Neji; now I must win my match in order to avenge his loss". Naruto smiled at this and chuckled.

"Well I'm ready whenever you are bushy brows" Naruto said as he extended his hand and Lee shook it; Lee then walked away and Sakura looked to Naruto.

"Looks like I'm not the only leaf ninja that's your friend" Sakura said and Naruto chuckled.

"I guess so; he's alright" Naruto said "also, I'm not going to lie… I kinda want one of his spandex suits". Hinata, Sakura and Haku looked at him like he was crazy "what… it looks comfy" he said.

Down in the arena

"Ok everyone, time for the third match" Genma announced as the names began to shuffle on the electronic board until it landed on 2 names.

"Shikamaru Nara and Mie , come on down" Genma announced.

With Naruto and the others

"Yeah, congrats Mei" Naruto said patting Hinata on the back "you got this" he said and Hinata nodded.

"Thank you Niku" Hinata said as she began to walk away "wish me luck" she said as both Haku and Sakura gave her a thumbs up.

"What a drag" Shikamaru said as he began to walk down "hey Choji, keep a bag of chips ready for me".

"Sure thing buddy" Choji said as Shikamaru left; Choji looked over and saw Niku, Sakura and Haku all standing together 'I guess it wouldn't hurt'. Choji began to walk over and spoke "Hey guys" he said.

"Can I help you" Haku asked curiously; Choji took out a scroll and opened it revealing chips, drinks and other snacks.

"No reason we can't chow down while watching the match; go on, take some" Choji said with a smile.

'This is suspicious' Haku thought 'why would he offer us food out of the blue; does he suspect something, is it poisoned, is it-' Haku began but stopped.

"Aw man thanks I was so thirsty" Naruto said drinking a soda; Haku smacked her forehead in annoyance at how easily Naruto took the food that was offered.

"Niku, how could you take it so easily" Haku said and Naruto shrugged "he could've poisoned it or something".

"What kind of monster poisons food" Choji said in horror "no self respecting Akimichi would ever do that".

"Yeah babe; chill out and have some snacks" Naruto said as he picked up a bag of chips "look, sour cream and onion… your favorite". Naruto began shaking the bag and Haku felt her will to resist slip away.

"Fine" Haku said taking the bag "but I have my eye on you Akimichi".

"Is she always this paranoid" Choji asked Naruto.

"She's always on high alert" Naruto said as he opened a bag of chips "that's why I don't give her a kiss while she's sleeping; she nearly knocked my tooth out last time".

'That's why you don't sneak up on me' Haku thought in annoyance as she ate her chips.

Down in the arena

Hinata and Shikamaru were looking across at each other as Genma was in between them "ok are you two ready" he asked.

"Yes sir" Hinata said and Shikamaru yawned.

"Sure… whatever" Shikamaru said lazily"

"Alright; third match" Genma announced as she raised up his hand "Mie vs Shikamaru Nara; begin" he shouted starting the match.

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