Naruto Uzumaki: The Prince of Death

by ReaperOfBalance

Arthas sought an Heir and found one in a demon container of the Elemental Countries. Now the boy will be trained and empowered to take the Lich King's throne if needed and to get the revenge he deserves. May Kami have mercy on the Elemental Nations, for Death now walks the lands and he is furious. Actually WoW but i couldn't choose that.

10. Chapter 10: Prelims or Slaughter?

Hello all and welcome to the butcher show… I mean prelims where there's no chance of anyone dying a violent death… hehehe.

Couple of things to mention: One) I know he's got a VERY long winded name but that's why he chooses to call himself Ammon Menethil and not Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze Senju (or NUNS for short) and his name is gonna be a little bit longer before the end of this fic. In the future he will just use Naruto Uzumaki as his name when not going by Ammon, but for some situations using his full name is appropriate. Although to be fair there are some Spanish names that are a page long just for one person, so this isn't really that long. And you can belong to more than one clan, otherwise that's like saying when your child marries someone they stop being a part of your family because they now belong to another one.

Two) I know I said One Piece would be next, but I've been thinking and there are other areas that would work just as well if not better for the first or first couple sequels and they are worlds that Naruto wouldn't have to stay in when his work/plans for whatever reason he went are done.

There is also the fact that I currently am lacking in my One Piece knowledge (which is a major contributor to my "Reaper of the Seas" fic being slow on updates) so if I did do it, it would be slower than this one is on updates. So I am going to look to you all since I have close to a dozen other crossovers to do for this besides One Pieces. Give me a "YAY" or "NAY" for if I should do One Piece as the first sequel to this.

3) check my profile periodically since I have been switching polls in and out.

Lastly, I changed Talia's Windstrider's name to Natalia Windstrider, since if I have Naruto go to DC then that would get confusing since Talia Al Ghul is there.

Now that that's settled, let's start the show shall we?

Disclaimer: See previous chapters

(Authors Notes)

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

"Demon, Undead, Dragons, Naruto's pissed off/Demonic Knight Voice"

"Above's thoughts"

Chapter 10: Prelims or Slaughter?

########### Forest Tower: LEMON START ###########

Anko gasped and moaned as she was pinned to the wall of her room while her new lover kissed her aggressively and held her ass possessively. She, of course, returned the intensity of the kiss and wrapped her arms and legs around him as his hands kneaded her ass roughly as his rough calloused hands pressed against her skin. She idly wondered how this came about so quickly but wasn't complaining.

After returning to the tower, Naruto immediately found Anko and she looked at him in shock for a moment before smiling seductively and quickly removed her trench coat as Naruto removed his armor and shirt making her lick her lips at his muscular body before he promptly grabbed her and pinned her to the wall while trying to suck her face off with his lips.

Not that she minded of course, the stud before her was hot and could actually keep up with her teasing and dominating ways. Hell, she was trying hard to keep up with him and it was driving her more wild since she'd never had someone who could actually beat her in this kind of thing.

Not that she was complaining mind you.

She then gasped as Naruto tore her mesh top off letting her plump and perky breasts bounce free and her hardened nipples scrape against his muscled and scarred chest and Anko promptly threw her weight towards him to make him backup before she pinned him and began running her tongue all along his scars moaning at the feel of his muscles and the warmth his body had. She was absently surprised at the scars he had, but with a body like his it had to be earned through blood, sweat, and tears… though not all of them being his.

She then paused and licked her lips at the sight of the bulge in his pants but wanted to keep playing with her new master since she did make a bet and lost fairly. With that in mind, she began kissing and licking his chest while giving him love bites and enjoyed herself since it wasn't often a man would let her just have fun since most just wanted to fuck and be done.

She was unprepared, however, when he suddenly grabbed her hips and lifted her up off the ground before pinning her to the wall while tearing her purple thong off. Anko looked and blushed since his face was right at her pussy and he was gazing at it intently. Before she could say anything, Naruto dived in and began eating her out while holding her in the air making her moan and writhe under his touch as pleasurable bursts of electricity shot through her as his tongue licked at her nether lips and ran up against her clit.

"Oh kami, yes! Right there!" Anko moaned since the only time she had been eaten out was one drunk night with her best friend Kurenai. They had encore performances of that night every once in a while though it increased in frequency recently since Kurenai's former interest, Asuma Sarutobi, was becoming more and more of an asshole and Kurenai needed some way to vent and Anko was happy to give her a pleasurable way to unwind and relax.

But now, now Naruto or Ammon or whatever the hell he called himself was outdoing Kurenai and driving her wild with desire as he seemed to find all her sensitive spots and kept hitting them with his tongue. She was fighting hard to not scream in pleasure, she didn't want to kill someone for interrupting this after all, but her partner was making that increasingly difficult.

She was both relieved and disappointed when he took his mouth away and let her stand before she gasped as he began to rapidly finger her making her pussy leak more and more down her legs while also licking her neck and collarbone.

After doing this for a minute, and two large orgasms for Anko, Naruto pulled his hand away making Anko pant as she sank to her knees. Naruto smirked before presenting his fingers to her and she obediently licked his fingers clean before she freed his erection and began licking his dick in a daze.

"Ah, your dick, so good." Anko moaned still in a daze from the orgasms Naruto gave her that put almost all her other ones to shame, the one contending being the one she first had when playing with Kurenai.

Naruto merely chuckled since this wasn't the first time a woman was like this after he started working his "magic" on them. It didn't hurt he had a centuries old demoness as a lover so if he could make her become putty in his hands then it was unlikely many women would be able to resist him when he really wanted to pleasure them. She'd dazedly make him feel good before really getting into it and waking up.

Sure enough, a few minutes later and Anko was quickly sucking his dick while her right hand cupped and massaged his balls and her left hand was playing with her pussy. Naruto merely enjoyed her ministrations while petting her head and massaging her scalp making her moan in pleasure and appreciation. Most guys just grabbed her head and tried to make her suck them at their pace, which usually meant said men had no proof that they were men anymore.

Anko wasn't feeling like that now though, even if Naruto did grab her head she wouldn't have minded since he more than gave her what she had wanted so now it was her turn to at least return the favor. After all, if this stud was going to be fucking her while in the village she had to ensure she got her own enjoyment out of it.

It took her 10 minutes of her best work to finally get him to show signs of cumming, which was a slight blow to her ego if there were women that could handle him even faster than that. It took her another 5 minutes to finally get him to cum and she nearly screamed in surprise as the amount flooded her throat and her mouth with still some more spilling out and onto her breasts.

After struggling to drink it all down, Anko released his dick with a wet sounding POP and gasped a bit before swallowing the bit in her mouth and then licking herself and him clean while finding the taste to be as good as dango! Something she thought was impossible, but was pleasantly surprised to be wrong.

She broke from her inner musings as Naruto lifted her and carried her to the bed before pinning her to it and began kissing and sucking along her neck causing her to moan in pleasure from his touch and the sensations coursing through her body. She honestly was starting to feel embarrassed at how much her body was reacting to him as well as the loving aspect she was feeling from him since he wasn't just using her as a fucktoy like she had expected him to. Instead he was giving her as much pleasure as he got and was even being gentle and ensuring she enjoyed herself.

She broke from her musings as Naruto had aligned himself up with her and gave her a look telling her this was her last chance to back out. Anko's response was to simply reach down and spread her nether lips for him making him nod before he pushed in slowly making Anko gasp as he spread and stretched her pussy further than she had ever felt it go before. She was expecting him to be done pushing in after the first couple seconds only to look down and widen her eyes as only half his dick was inside her and she already felt her pussy filled more than any other time she had had sex.

Once he was fully inside, Naruto had stopped moving and simply kissed her neck and collarbone while one hand played with her tits and the others groped her great ass until she was adjusted to his size. Anko indicated this by bucking her hips at him allowing him to start thrusting slowly making Anko mewl in pleasure as his cock kissed her womb each time he went back in and was steadily building up a faster and more intense rhythm as he kept going. Anko was starting to worry her pussy was going to be addicted to his dick at this rate, not that she was complaining of course.

However, a part of her was getting a bit impatient at the slow build up of the pace. While she knew it would lead to a mind blowing orgasm, she really wasn't a patient woman when it came to sex…or training…or dango…or really anything at all.

With that in mind, she used what strength she had regained and her own body weight to flip them so she was on top before slamming her ass down sheathing his whole dick inside her rapidly making her moan in bliss. She then began riding him rapidly loving his dick stretching her pussy and it only got better when his calloused and experienced hands went to her boobs and began kneading them expertly finding her pleasure spots quickly and efficiently before he aimed at those spots only.

He was a glorious bastard of a stud if there ever was one and she was loving it!

Naruto, for his part, was enjoying Anko's tight vagina immensely and was only going slow as to not stretch her quickly, he wanted to savor the pleasured euphoric look on her face before he really gave her what she wanted. Sadly she had little patience for that and decided she wanted to be fucked now! Naruto happily obliged and added the fun of playing with her tits. While not the biggest pair he had ever seen let alone groped, she was certainly gifted and the fact her pussy spasmed when he flicked her nipples meant that they were also sensitive.

She'd fit in fine with his other girls if said woman decided to forget about her so called loyalty to Konoha and join him instead. He had to smirk at the thought of Kira and Mikoto when they got their hands on her, those two had deemed themselves his queens of his harem with Vereesa and Fara taking the second ranks just under them and Naruto couldn't refute the two as they did the best job of keeping the others in line when he wasn't around and so long as they didn't abuse said authority then he wasn't going to object to them having said position.

Naruto broke from his thoughts as Anko leaned down and kissed him lustfully as her tongue swirled and curled around his as she bounced wildly on his dick seeking all the pleasure he could give her. Naruto in turned began groping her perfect ass and slapped it a few times making Anko moan into his mouth as her ass turned red.

"Mm, someone likes my body." Anko stated lustfully as she kept bouncing on his dick.

"Well I could say the same for you." Naruto stated before he flipped them over and then flipped her over so she was on her hands and knees. Naruto then grabbed her shapely hips and began to thrust into her hard enough that his pelvis smacked against her already red ass making Anko squeal in pleasure as his dick slammed into her womb each time.

It only got better as Naruto grabbed her hair, undoing her tie in the process, letting her hair unfurl as he used it like a set of reins and made her arch her back creating a new angle for him to thrust into. Then came the next pleasurable item as Naruto started spanking her when he pulled back before his pelvis slapped her when he thrusted back in.

It wasn't long before Anko felt that familiar "knot" forming and based on Naruto's grunts and increased speed, he was feeling the same thing, "Go ahead stud, I've got precautions just in case I ever find a good fuck. Go ahead and fill my tight little pussy with all that man juice you've got in those big balls of yours." Anko stated looking back at him and licking her lips sensually making Naruto smirk as he released her hair and grabbed her hips again to really pound into her intent on putting his cum as deep inside as he could without harming her.

Anko certainly wasn't complaining about the aggressiveness, the longer he could go the more pleasure she got, even if her pride stung just a tad. She honestly was looking forward to feeling him cum inside her just based on the amount he gave before with her blowjob. She idly wondered if her precautions would give her protection against the amount of cum he would no doubt unleash.

Such a thing occurred minutes later as Naruto let out a roar and filled Anko's womb and womanhood while Anko released a squeal as her eyes nearly rolled back from her own orgasm hitting her harder than one of Tsunade's punches and it was only prolonged since Naruto kept thrusting into her until he finished his own release which came a couple moments later before he then withdrew from her.

######### LEMON END ##########

Anko panted in bliss on the bed after Naruto withdrew from her, "Oh… my… kami." Anko panted making Naruto chuckle as he kissed her back and collarbone making her giggle and moan appreciatively.

"Ammon will do." Naruto stated making her giggle a bit more before a loud roar of rage came from somewhere in the upper part of the tower making Naruto chuckle, "Seems like the old monkey got my gift." Naruto stated with a cruel smirk making Anko look at him in confusion, "Oh, I just asked Iruka to deliver a scroll full of the heads of all the Root shinobi he and Danzo sent after me and my warriors. Such a loss of manpower and the fact that none of them were successful in killing even one of the people accompanying me just proves how inadequate Konoha is becoming as well as the fact that my warriors are superior to theirs." Naruto stated with a bloodthirsty grin that made Anko horny all over again.

Naruto then looked at her and was serious making her a tad nervous, "Now, Anko-chan, we come to the decision of what to do with you? You can't stay here as your actions just now will most likely be seen as treason and there is the fact that Hiruzen never trusted you to begin with. I have records showing he had a standing order to kill you or turn you into breeding stock if the mood struck him." Naruto stated making her look at him in shock before he had a Shade appear and hand him files before handing them to her and she quickly sat up, snatched them, and began reading through them.

Naruto watched as anger, shock, horror, betrayal, sorrow, and rage played across her face before she finally screamed in anger and threw the files away from her and was crying heavily. Naruto, of course, moved and wrapped his arms around her letting her cry into his chest, "I know Anko-chan, you're just the next in a long line of people that the old monkey has screwed over counting myself, my clans, and his predecessors." Naruto stated since he did in fact feel bad for the woman, but wasn't going to stop showing her what the real threat to her life was.

Anko continued to cry for a few minutes before finally stopping, "Then to hell with him." Anko stated before pushing Naruto down onto the bed and straddling him, "So, how about we discuss some new job and housing opportunities in Whirlpool and I'll give you a convincing argument to let me join?" Anko stated with a grin as Naruto smirked.

"Oh, well, then I'll gladly discuss your terms of surrender." Naruto stated as he flipped them over and Anko smirked as the fun continued.

Five Minutes Ago: Tower Kage Office

Hiruzen was sitting in his temporary office waiting for some confirmation from either one of the summoned Jonin or the Root Anbu that the teams from Whirlpool were either removed or had arrived, though he wanted it to be the former or at least have them arrive injured to let them have some kind of idea of what was able to be done about them. He needed to know the weaknesses of that damn nation so they could plan how to remove them and take the resources and treasures hidden within. The fact Naruto had hinted at the Uzumaki coming back was also unacceptable since the clan was as powerful as any village and them rising to power again posed too great a threat to Konoha.

It also wasn't helpful that they essentially controlled two of the major villages as well with the mysterious Uzukage controlling it all.

He broke from his musings as Iruka came in with a scroll and handed it to Hiruzen, "Naruto said to give this to you when he arrived here a few minutes ago with his teams." Iruka stated making Hiruzen frown as he took the scroll and Iruka stood back keeping the smirk from his face still wishing he had some popcorn and maybe some sake for the coming show. At the least, he wanted a camera knowing that people in the village and outside it would pay a lot of money to see the coming reaction, he could be set for life if he did.

Oh well, at least he got a front row seat to the show of the traitor getting one of the many hits he so deserved.

Said show began as Hiruzen unrolled the scroll and released the seal causing dozens upon dozens of Root Anbu heads to come out on his desk as some toppled to the floor. Hiruzen scowled feeling his blood pressure and anger rising before it hit the boiling point as a note floated down on top of the pile, "If that was your best, then you and your village are even more pathetic than I first thought." The note read making Hiruzen see red and roar in rage as he slammed his fists into the desk and threw his chair into the wall before throwing the various heads in different directions splattering blood everywhere while Iruka just stood there with everything magically missing him.

The whole time, Iruka was struggling to hold his laughter in and keep the smirk off his face since he felt the old monkey deserved every bit of aggravation and humiliation that he was getting and then some. However, as much as he wanted to stay and keep enjoying the show, he knew he had better leave or risk Hiruzen turning his anger on him and Iruka wasn't about to have that. With that in mind, and still wishing he had a camera, Iruka left the room knowing he wasn't needed in the room and would have joined the Anbu in watching if it wasn't for the fact they were all among the assholes of the village. Oh well, maybe he could find a sympathetic Yamanaka that could help him show the memory to those that were of the same mindset as him.

Back inside the office, Hiruzen panted in exertion and from his old body tiring out from destroying his emergency office while glaring heatedly at the photos of Minato, Hashirama, and Tobirama that seemed to be judging him, "Curse you boy! When will you get it into your thick idiotic skull that Konoha comes before everything! The Uzumaki's purpose was simply to give us knowledge to claim the tailed beasts and be cannon fodder so Konoha lost fewer ninja. Now you dare to not only raise their old home back from the ashes but dare to take over other countries that should submit to Konoha! Konoha is the only true ninja village and I will not allow anyone to be strong enough to oppose that whether they are allies to this village or not! The rest of the world can burn and crumble into ash so long as Konoha remains tall and strong." Hiruzen growled furious beyond belief that Naruto still dared to defy and undermine him and Konoha weakening the latter each time he did so.

What neither Iruka, the Anbu, or Hiruzen knew was that there was a Shade there with a camera recording the whole thing for his master. Naruto knew Hiruzen's reaction would be too priceless to pass up so he had a Shade there ready to get everything on film for him to enjoy later on along with those close to him. The great Kami of Shinobi and Professor Hiruzen Sarutobi losing his temper and ranting like a small child, way too priceless a scene to pass up on seeing.

Tower Arena: 5 Days Later

Naruto stood with his "teams" in the arena smirking at the various assholes looking furious that not only did Naruto make it through the forest faster than any other team, but all of his comrades made it through and all of them didn't even have a scratch while every other team except Suna's was roughed up and looked worse for the wear. He did give an actual smile to his grandparents that were on the balcony watching over everything and then winked at Anko and her best friend Kurenai, both of whom blushed, before Naruto looked to the sickly looking man in front of them named Hayate Gecko, one of his mother's three students.

They listened as Hiruzen gave his snooze fest of a speech talking about how the Chunin Exams were a replacement for war, while all of Naruto's groups resisted the urge to snort, "Not for long it's not." They all thought knowing that at any time Naruto could declare open war against Konoha and anyone else that resisted him.

Such a thing was already under way since Itachi and a strike team were sent to the Land of Snow to kill the Daimyo there named Doto after the manager of an actress came to Naruto for help. Turns out the actress was really the true heir to the throne of Snow named Koyuki Kazehana and her manager was her loyal bodyguard seeking to help her get back on the throne. The only issue was her damn attitude, which was why he sent Itachi since he knew the Uchiha's saint like patience would help make sure the mission was a success. Though part of him felt that Itachi and Koyuki may get a bit closer than anyone thought.

Not that Naruto was opposed to it, if anything Naruto would have encouraged it since Itachi was one of the deadliest ninja the Uchiha clan or even Konoha had ever produced and didn't rely on his eyes like many of his clan had done in the past. Itachi had seemed interested in a few Elven women as well as Human, but never acted on that which Naruto suspected was due to his lover Izumi Uchiha being killed shortly before he, Shisui, and Mikoto destroyed the clan.

Naruto made a mental note to correct that mistake the next opportunity that arose.

He then turned his attention to Hayate as he asked for everyone to turn their attention to the board on the wall that would shuffle the names of the contestants to see who would be facing who for the preliminaries. The reason for said prelims was because they needed to narrow the field so the finals wouldn't drag on too long for the visiting dignitaries and clients that wanted to see the different villages' power.

So everyone watched waiting and wondering who it was that would fight first and who they might face before the names finally stopped making many tense while Naruto smirked.

Naruto Uzumaki vs Tenten Higurashi

"Alright, will everyone except those two please head up to the balcony." Hayate stated knowing he'd be watching this match closely as everyone but the two people left for the balcony.

Naruto merely stood there across from Tenten before removing his coat and vest and throwing them up onto the railing by his warriors making the various women blush due to his clothes showing his body off. Naruto then summoned his King's Judgement as the Bronzebeard brothers had named it upon presenting it to him before leaving it sheathed at his waist.

Tenten, being a weapons fanatic/specialist, could tell just from the pommel, hilt, and handle that the blade was unique and masterfully crafted. Said pommel was a silver skull molded after Kel'Thuzad's own head with blood red ruby eyes and a putrid green gem with a black swirl contained within it. The handle was curved forward obviously to give the user better speed and power in swings while it was also wrapped in black leather that from her distance seemed to give off a sheen of some kind. The hilt was a golden bar with a flare on the back end that reminded her of a sai and she could make out symbols of some kind etched into the gold that looked like gibberish or child like writings and drawings.

Unknown to everyone without experience in Azeroth's practices, those were runes hand carved and imbued in the blade by different magically inclined beings during the forging process making them as much a part of the blade as anything. Not only that, but they also had high level enchanters work their magic (no pun intended) over the tools, materials, and everything else to boost the power of the blade. They also infused the different elemental essences into the forging, heated the blade with dragon fire, cooled it with ice taken straight from the Frozen Throne (with permission of course), took wood from the world tree to make the handle (again, with permission), and did just about everything possible to make the blade the greatest weapon a person could forge without it being done through magical means, meaning magical creation not magically enhanced forging.

Even the metal was rare and unique as it was "Star Metal" as it was labeled which was ore taken from meteorites that, if used and treated properly, made Trillium look like copper. As such, the metal was incredibly rare and VERY expensive and finding enough to forge the blade that Naruto now possessed was no small feat in the slightest. The other downside was that if you didn't treat it and use it properly, it could be more brittle than anything in the world(s).

In the end, it was the Bronzebeards' finest work that any blacksmith would kill a grand dragon for the chance to study and gaze upon and any warrior worth his stuff would go on the most dangerous and suicidal missions to achieve.

Ironically, it was decided by the three that it was such a masterpiece of craftsmanship that there was no way to do anything better and thus had officially hung up their forging tools. It had shocked many of their people and their allies, but when they explained it, there was no refuting it. Any who saw the blade couldn't help but marvel at it and see that it could take 100 of the greatest forgers centuries to try and replicated and still never be able to duplicate it. As such, the three brothers left their tools until such a time as new materials, tools, and techniques were created/discovered or they passed said tools on to their own children for said children to try and live up to that legacy. Though no one believed it was possible without interference from the gods to bless the item in question or aid in the forging process somehow.

Back on track though, Tenten pulled out several kunai while Naruto simply stood there with his hand on King' Judgement's pommel looking relaxed. Naturally, this confused everyone that wasn't from Whirlpool since they knew why he was so calm despite the perceived threat. When one faces off against the likes of Illidan Stormrage, Kil'Jaedan, and Deathwing, it was very hard to be intimidated or worried about a teen girl with some knives.

Up above, many of the Leaf ninja were looking on in confusion, "What is that fool doing? Just standing there like that despite her ready to attack. It's bad enough he made the mistake of using a sword against Tenten of all people, but this?" Neji Hyuga stated making many from Whirlpool snort in amusement.

"You know nothing of Lord Naruto's capabilities, boy." Marco stated with disinterest as he leaned against the wall with Kimimaro and Setsura while Neji and others turned to look at him, "While you were safely in this village being coddled by your instructors, Lord Naruto was fighting on several war fronts for his adoptive father. When compared to the enemies he faced, a little girl with some knives doesn't even faze him. The only one here who could even come close to giving him a workout of a fight is Lady Kira." Marco stated not caring either way who was listening since the only thing his king wanted kept a secret was the fact Naruto was the ruler of Whirlpool.

Neji merely scoffed not believing for one second that the man was speaking the truth since there were no wars in any of the countries here so how could Naruto have been fighting on a war front? "Right, like I should believe a foreigner." Neji stated rudely making his sensei give him a glare.

"Believe what you want, exaggeration is for the weak so I have no reason to lie or boast about Lord Naruto's skills if they are untrue." Marco stated as Hayate began the match causing everyone to look back down.

As soon as Hayate gave the all clear to fight, Tenten immediately threw her kunai at Naruto. However, the ninja of the lands were shocked as Naruto merely tilted his body out of the way while his hair covered his eyes, "That's slow." Naruto stated casually as the kunai impacted the walls and bounced off harmlessly.

Naturally, Tenten and her team gawked at him just casually dodging the kunai when Tenten never missed, but when you had enemies with guns, spells, and incredible speeds of their own, then the blades might as well have been tossed causally through a swamp or someone tossing it while under times 10 gravity.

Naruto then raised his head slightly and everyone, even Gaara, had to flinch back as his eyes held no warmth or amusement, just a promise of pain to anyone who crossed him and if Tenten wasn't careful she wasn't leaving the tower alive, "Care to try again?" Naruto stated in a bored tone.

Tenten straightened and took the scroll from her back with Naruto still there unmoving as Tenten jumped high in the air unfurling the scroll revealing a large number of storage seals and she began releasing them all showering the arena floor in weapons.

However, the shocking thing was that they all seemed to miss Naruto while others were sent flying off in the wrong direction while Neji, Hinata, Hiashi, and lady Hitomi Hyuga watched intently with their Byakugan, Gaara and Sai simply stared, Sasuke and Kakashi watched with their Sharingan, and Lee and Guy watched intently with their trained eyes seeing what was happening, but even then only the latter two were seeing things correctly. Jiraiya was also seeing some things clearly since after Naruto's light show he had gotten a bit more control over Sage Mode and was currently using said mode to watch and was amazed and proud of his grandson.

"Geez, for all the cockiness that her teammate showed, I expected her to have better aim." Sakura stated not seeing how this girl was such a supposed weapons master.

"You're wrong Sakura-san." Lee stated seriously getting people to look at him, "Tenten-chan isn't missing, Naruto-san is actually swinging his sword at such speeds that he's pulling the sword; sheath and all; out of his belt, swinging, and then resheathing it at such a high speed that he creates a burst of wind that is knocking the weapons off course." Lee stated only barely catching glimmers of Naruto's sword swinging.

Naturally this got everyone to gawk at him while Guy nodded, "Lee is correct, I can barely follow his movements as they far exceed anything I have ever seen without resorting to the 8 gates." Guy stated while both awed and impressed at the talent the young man had with no known ninja training.

"It's probably just wind chakra enhancing his movements, nothing special." Asuma Sarutobi stated sine he despised the brat down below as he was ruining his reputation and his clan's and now couldn't even get anything from the Fire Daimyo. While it being wind chakra did sting his pride that a brat could do something like that, it was better than him actually having the skill to do so without the chakra.

Sadly, for him, his argument was getting shot down, violently.

"No, it's not." The Hyugas, Sasuke, and Kakashi all stated as they watched the "fight" on the ground floor.

"What do you mean?" Asuma stated angrily since it was impossible for a brat to have such skill, he was only 17 years old. Clearly Asuma forgot what a prodigy Itachi Uchiha was when he was a Konoha Shinobi.

"He's not using Chakra at all." Jiraiya stated as he had a proud smile on his face while watching Naruto.

"How is that even possible?!" Sakura demanded not thinking it was possible to move at that speed and not even using chakra to enhance the body.

"Hard work." Kakashi supplied, "Guy here is perhaps the fastest ninja in the village and he doesn't use chakra to enhance his speed, but this… this is something else entirely." Kakashi stated knowing that Guy couldn't move any one part of his body this fast and that accurately to draw, swing, and then sheath a sword all in less than the blink of an eye.

"Now you see why I said your teammate wasn't worthy of Lord Naruto's concern." Marco stated knowing his lord wasn't even using a quarter of his best and Marco wasn't talking about his forms either. From what his lord told him when they departed, he had unlocked another part of his ancestry that truly put him near a god's status and Marco still counted his blessings that he decided to serve under a man who refused to be treated as such and had the honor that any worthy warrior would kill to have.

As far as Marco knew, he was the only one aware of such a thing and Naruto wanted it as such for now. He already had bombshells to drop for his family later on, he didn't need to have a near god's power and abilities on top of them. Marco, of course, accepted his Lord's request/order and wasn't about to let it slip.

Back on the arena, Tenten landed again shocked that none of her weapons got within 2 feet of hitting Naruto and Naruto merely brushed imaginary dust off his shoulder before looking at her again, "Mediocre, even if I hadn't deflected those armaments, they never would have scratched my armor since the material used is too weak. Simple steel weapons will never beat the hide, metal, and cloth my clothing is made from." Naruto stated casually since in Azeroth, normal steel was rarely used except for construction or low level soldiers who had to prove themselves to get better gear.

"No cloth is that tough." Tenten stated as she called a pair of kama and stood ready wanting to test her opponent's skills.

"You'd be amazed." Naruto stated before he leaned to the side dodging a vertical slash before bending back to dodge a horizontal one before he continued dodging all while not moving from his position.

After a few minutes, Naruto grew bored and blocked her next strike with his forearm with the blade of her kama shattering when it hit the metal of his gauntlet before Naruto smacked her on the head and then her butt with his still sheathed blade making her stumble and let out a squeak at her ass being slapped.

Tenten turned to glare at Naruto, who returned his sheathed sword to his belt and stood there uncaringly as Tenten faced him again after ditching her other kama. Tenten then summoned her own Katana and saluted Naruto before taking her own stance making Naruto turn to face her, "Challenging me to a duel of honor? Many have died for doing such a thing, my dear." Naruto stated since it was true and Tenten didn't look to care or be deterred, "As you wish, though I hope you don't die my dear." Naruto stated as he faced her fully and now held the handle of his blade in his left hand, a habit he drilled into himself in order to become ambidextrous.

Everyone tensed at that moment and stayed that way until at last Tenten launched at Naruto intending a diagonal slash only for Naruto's hand to move and a flash of light occurred as Tenten landed on the other side of him. Everyone stood there waiting as Naruto stood with his sword out to the side until Tenten's sword shattered into pieces and she hacked up blood as a diagonal cut appeared from her left hip to her right shoulder before she fell to the ground unconscious.

It was at that moment that a few people took note of Naruto's blade which was silvery black with pulsing blue lines throughout it while the edge was silvery and was so refined that they couldn't make it out. Naruto merely twirled his blade and held it on his shoulder as Hayate called the match in his favor.

However, Naruto surprised everyone by turning Tenten over and aiming a hand at her, "Naruto stop! You can't kill her." Hiruzen shouted fully believing he was about to do so until Naruto leveled a heated glare at him that made Hiruzen feel as though someone walked over his grave.

"I have more honor than you do, you old fool. I'm not going to kill her, I'm going to heal her." Naruto stated coldly before turning back to Tenten and flexed his hand causing a Holy Light to hit Tenten making her gasp as the wound sealed like it was never there. Naruto then helped her stand before looking her over making her raise an eyebrow before she blushed seeing her shirt was barely covering her breasts and quickly used a seal she had on her arm to change her shirt.

Not for the first time was Tenten glad she thought to have such a thing handy since Lee and Guy tended to make her go through clothes rapidly due to their overzealousness. Naruto merely saluted her before sheathing his blade and climbing the stairs as everyone moved out of his way while Tenten went back to her team.

"What was that?! He flexed his hand and some kind of light hit her and fully sealed a wound that would take Tsunade hours to heal properly." Hiruzen thought furiously still not understanding just what the hell was happening.

Everyone then turned their attention to the board as it cycled through the names of the contestants again. When it stopped, Naruto raised an eyebrow since it could be an interesting matchup.

Sai vs Karui

Said two went down to the floor with both having their swords ready. Naruto could practically feel the confidence and pride from Danzo that his tool would be fine and defeat the foreign shinobi.

Naruto wasn't betting on that since his Kumo girls had been throwing themselves into training with his various forces to prove they deserved a chance to be with him. As such, Karui had improved in her swordsmanship, stamina, and her lightning prowess which would help her against Sai since he used Ink based jutsu and a simple discharge would cause them to splatter everywhere.

Naturally, Naruto's view was proved correct as Karui sent a simple discharge out when Sai sent his Ink creatures after her and then proceeded to attack ruthlessly keeping him from being able to draw more of them and her aggressiveness was overwhelming Sai more and more.

Karui ended the fight with a strong electrical current through her sword that electrocuted Sai when their blades connected again. Karui sheathed her sword and gave a respectful bow to Sai's downed form before heading to the balcony while smiling at Naruto hoping she'd get a reward for her hard work.

Naruto just smiled and kissed at her making her blush and smile as people turned their attention back to the board.

Suigetsu vs Setsura Hisame

Setsura quickly jumped the railing and landed while waiting for his opponent, who leapt down a moment later with a sword ready. Setsura stared at him impassively since he knew this guy's bloodline involved water, her could sense the moisture around and in him and it was larger than anywhere else in the room.

Once Hayate called the match to start, Suigetsu lunged at Setsura intent on spilling blood. However, to the shock of Suigetsu and most of those watching, Suigetsu stopped in midair and could't move no matter how hard he tried, "W-What the hell is this?!" Suigetsu shouted with some effort as he struggled to move.

"Bad luck, I'm afraid. Out of everyone here, I was perhaps the worst opponent you could have possibly gotten for an opponent." Setsura stated with his normally cold tone making people shiver slightly as he had a hand outstretched towards Suigetsu.

"What the hell is going on?!" Suigetsu demanded as he found he couldn't break down into water.

"My Family legacy makes it impossible for you to win, you're entire body is composed of water and I can control water as if it was as simple as breathing. Although, it's really not that surprising considering I am the last direct descendant if Tobirama Senju." Setsura stated shocking everyone not from Whirlpool since Naruto told him he should take pride in his lineage and not fear telling it as it would instill more fear and outrage in Konoha.

"Impossible! Tobirama had no descendants! Yet, this boy has the same level of control if not more control over water than Tobirama did! Such blasphemy cannot stand! The senju bloodline belongs to Konoha and no one else!" Hiruzen and the other fossils thought with a scowl as it was blasphemous that the Senju Bloodline, whether wood or the water control, be outside of Konoha.

Orochimaru on the other hand was grinning at the prospect of having Setsura since it would give him ample samples of the Senju genetic code as well as possibly recreating the fabled control over water. He just needed to find a time he could get the brat alone and then he'd have plenty of Senju DNA to work with.

Suigetsu for his part was freaking out since he was essentially at the mercy of this guy, "Uh… mercy?" Suigetsu asked nervously making Setsura narrow his eyes before he began slamming Suigetsu into the walls and ceiling before pulling his body apart, reforming it, and then slamming him into various things all over again until finally he grew bored and slammed him hard into the ground causing him to splatter everywhere before he slowly reformed into an unconscious water ninja.

"Winner: Setsura Hisame." Hayate declared still shocked at Setsura's declaration while said young man was heading back up to the balcony not even caring as the board cycled names again.

Shikamaru Nara vs Fara Windwalker

Said lazy genius groaned audibly at seeing he was fighting a girl and one of the foreigners at that who was also a bit strange looking, though Shikamaru would be lying if he said she wasn't beautiful and her armor only showed off her toned body that he knew few kunoichi could match, "Troublesome, this is gonna be a drag." Shikamaru stated knowing he couldn't forfeit since not only would his mother be on his ass, but so would Ino and Asuma since the latter had started becoming colder and crueler in training since the problems for Konoha started.

So, with that in mind, he jumped down in front of his opponent seeing her standing there with a sword at her hip, a large shuriken, and a bow across her back. He wasn't going to be like Suigetsu and underestimate his opponent since that could get him killed or seriously injured, which meant he'd have to be careful in how he acts and attacks until he got a feel for his opponent.

When Hayate declared the match to start, Shikamaru was shocked as Fara quickly pulled and drew her bow before he could do anything and held her bow at the ready with an arrow nocked and ready.

Naturally, Shikamaru was now a bit nervous and was acting quickly to make his shadow reach her and succeeded before she could loose the arrow. Shikamaru then had her move and grab the arrow before putting the tip at her throat. However, he was confused as she merely smirked at him and his confusion turned to shock as he heard a deep animalistic growl come from behind him. Before he could turn and look, he heard a roar and suddenly was pinned to the ground as a large purple/black cat with big fangs stood atop him growling angrily while its claws pressed against his shoulders.

"I suggest you give up, Sven isn't too fond of anyone who threatens me, let alone fight me." Fara stated calmly as Shikamaru's concentration broke when he was pinned by Sven so she wasn't affected by the movement.

Shikamaru calculated his different odds and knew he had no chance so with a mumble of "troublesome" Shikamaru gave up with Sven getting off of him. Sven then walked to Fara and she pet him lovingly making him purr in happiness before Fara went back up to the balcony with Sven vanishing from sight surprising everyone.

"What was that? I've never seen a cat like that before and it could disappear and reappear without any sign. Was it a summons? And if so, how did she call upon it without handsigns or a summoning seal?" Hiruzen thought angrily not knowing how such things could be possible and others among the ninja were thinking the same things.

The only two not were Shino and his father Shibi since their insects told them the cat was still around the area and merely wasn't able to be seen or smelled. Shino would have mentioned this had his father not sent one of his allies to Shino telling him to keep it to himself as there was no reason to add more attention to the Whirlpool ninja since he doubted the Hokage would let the cat stay hidden and some of the less honorable ninja would try to capture the cat to test on it. Shibi wasn't blind to the corruption within Konoha, but he couldn't do much since trying to exodus from the village would wind up with his clan being targeted by both Konoha and other enemies while the more notable of his clan would be put in a bingo book. While the clan was powerful, they couldn't fend off so many potential enemies at once.

Shino had questioned the logic in the Hokage doing such a thing and Shibi merely used Naruto as the case in point: A boy descended from all but four; Madara, Hiruzen, Tobirama (Naruto is related but not descended from him), and the White Fang; of the greatest ninja Konoha had ever had and yet the Hokage, Elders, and others would rather he be a weakling bowing at their feet than a proud warrior of the village. Shino didn't question the reasoning after that though he did question on whether Naruto wasn't descended from maybe one more of the greats since his allies picked up something in his chakra aura that seemed familiar to another group.

However, Shino would keep that to himself as he didn't want to risk even his clan's notable stoicism on failing if he confirmed his theory. With that, Shino turned back to the board to see who was up next.

Ino Yamanaka vs Yugito

This so called fight was pathetic since not only was the girl weak, but what she did know to fight with was useless against someone like Yugito since not only was Yugito too fast and nimble to be hit, but even if she was, Yugito could take the hit and not be effected by it. Heck the backlash of Ino's mental attacks on a Jinchūriki would only add to Yugito's favor.

Needless to say, not only did Yugito win but she also made it a point to criticize her opponent, the Yamanaka Clan, and Konoha as a whole since the girl had been a ninja for over a year and didn't know even ONE elemental jutsu, only Yamanaka techniques. Techniques, that many who had survived the previous wars had either seen or experienced thus had helped create ways to counter them.

To her, after some discussions held between her and Naruto, Naruto and A, and other people, it simply showed Konoha's arrogance in using the same methods of fighting without adapting and adding new ways to fight, meaning they were getting predictable.

Needless to say, it was a major blow to many Konoha shinobi's egos when the smart people realized she was right and saw what kind of danger they were putting the next generation in by not adding more to the fighting styles.

Of course the assholes and fools were pissed someone would dare say their village was weakening. Why change what works? They had won three ninja wars with what they were using so why change it?

Of course if they were thinking they'd remember they only won the third war because Minato fought in it and no one knew how to handle the techniques he used.

However that was besides the point and many looked at the board to see who would fight next.

Kankuro Subaku vs Hinata Hyuga

This fight was actually dealt with rather quickly even though many didn't think the Hyuga heiress would put up much of a fight against anyone. This was proved false since as soon as the match was started, Hinata dashed forward and attacked the sack on Kankuro's back or rather what people thought was a sack. Turns out said bundle was actually Kankuro himself and the body holding him was his puppet meant to trap enemies when they got in close thinking they were safe if he couldn't call out his puppet.

However, that was negated as Hinata had instead attacked him while he was wrapped up and shut down his motor functions and could have killed him if the mood struck her since one hit from her chakra to his heart or head and Kankuro would be no more. However, she didn't feel like killing an ally Kage's son so she merely left him unconscious for the medics to take.

When she came back up, she sent a brief smile to Naruto which was returned faster than anyone could notice and everyone turned back to the board as it cycled names again.

However, when it stopped many people frowned and quite a few of Naruto's allies growled.

Naruto Uzumaki vs Neji Hyuga

Naruto snorted, "So that's how you want to play huh? Whatever, just means less Konoha shinobi in the finals." Naruto stated not caring either way as he went down the stairs with Neji following shortly after while thinking on how to fight the mystery that was Naruto Namikaze.

Upon reaching the floor, Naruto sealed his sword away again deciding not to use it against the likes of his current opponent. Neji frowned seeing him do so but didn't care much since he just felt that meant it was easier to defeat his opponent as fate had decreed.

As Neji took his taijutsu stance, Naruto merely stood there with his arms at his side not having a care in the world, which only served to irritate Neji as he was practically bouncing on his heels to attack his opponent when Hayate gave the signal.

When Hayate did give the signal, Neji launched at Naruto with speed that to anyone else would have been impressive, but to Naruto it was rather sad. As Neji moved to deliver a palm thrust, he was sent sailing off to the side via a backhand from Naruto to his face. Neji hit the ground and rolled before stopping and getting to his feet with a bruise already forming on his face and blood going down his chin as he spat out a couple teeth, "Good, I'd be most disappointed if the prodigy of the Hyuga clan and Hizashi's son lost to a simple love tap." Naruto stated making the Hyuga and a few others tense at him mentioning Hizashi's name.

"What do you know about my father?!" Neji demanded as he wiped the blood from his mouth and glared at Naruto.

"Quite a bit actually, probably more than your Clan Head or Elders would prefer especially counting the contract they broke that I brought up to the Fire Daimyo." Naruto stated glancing up at the balcony and saw Hiashi stiffen and glare while Hiruzen was sweating knowing what that meant.

"What do you mean?" Neji asked in confusion.

"Oh, just that mark on your forehead, my clan designed it. Only problem is that the Hyuga Elders altered it since it was designed to be worn by ALL members of the clan and didn't have the function of causing physical harm to the wearer. However, the Elders added that little piece of sealing knowledge thus violating the contract that was formed between the two clans when the Uzumaki created it as the Hyuga were FORBIDDEN from ever making a change to the seal without the written and express consent of the Uzumaki Clan Head and King. Such an act of violation was to result in the immediate termination of the seal and all clan assets turned over to the Uzumaki clan immediately as well as all those branded by the seal taken in by the Uzumaki clan." Naruto stated shocking many that the Hyuga had done such a thing while Hiashi was ready to explode with rage, "And I have turned over said paperwork to the Fire Daimyo along with several copies of complaints filed by Mito and Kushina Uzumaki, the wives of the First and Fourth Hokage's, that just happened to be blocked from ever being seen by the Fire Daimyo. He was quite appalled at the Hyuga clan's actions when I hand delivered the paperwork to him before coming here just under a week ago and I imagine when he's here for the Finals that he'll have quite a few choice words with your Clan Head and the Elders with his army of Samurai there along with the people I offered to station at the capital for his protection that he happily agreed to." Naruto stated shocking more further while Hiashi was beyond pissed now.

Neji couldn't help the smile that came to his face as he all but grinned at his uncle, who scowled further and did the sign for the Caged Bird Seal only for Naruto to appear next to Neji and slap his own seal on his forehead before moving and throwing Hiashi down to the arena floor before anyone could react. Naturally, the speed and fluid movements shocked everyone while Neji removed his headband and found the seal gone, "By the authority invested in me as Head of the Uzumaki, and the Fire Daimyo backing my ruling, I do hereby take Neji Hyuga under the protection and guidance of the Uzumaki Clan." Naruto stated putting a hand on Neji's shoulder while Hiashi got up and glared hatefully.

"No, I forbid such an action and will not submit to an island of foreigners or their pathetic contract! The Hyuga are a noble clan and are above making such pacts with commoners." Hiashi stated before Killing Intent flooded the entire room all of it coming from Naruto shocking everyone there including those from Whirlpool.

"You have a lot of balls calling my clan commoners when we were recognized as the rulers of Whirlpool meaning we were both a clan and a royal family on par with any Daimyo. As such, it is your clan that is the commoners." Naruto stated coldly before smirking, "But if you are so determined to dig your grave even deeper, then I will propose a wager. You and me versus each other in the Chunin Exam Stadium before the finals in a straight up taijutsu match. If you win then not only will the matter of the Caged Bird Seal be closed for all time, but you can even brand it on my forehead and I will remain within the Clan's compound until the day I die to ensure I never remove the seal." He stated making Hiashi grin at the idea before Naruto continued, "However, if I win, then all members that have the Caged Bird Seal or any seal on them that is not on ALL members and any other members wanting to leave will be taken from Konoha without any resistance, will have the seal removed by me, and will take up residence wherever I deem them to whether in Whirlpool, Mist, Wave, or even Kumo." Naruto stated with the last name making Hiashi tense knowing that he was risking a lot if he wasn't careful.

"I will not allow this!" Hiruzen shouted knowing it was too big a gamble for Konoha.

"You don't have a choice you old fool, this is an inter-clan matter which the Hokage and Council are forbidden from interfering in as stated in Konoha's charter when Grandpa Hashirama founded the village with Madara." Naruto stated with a smirk infuriating Hiruzen even further, "Besides, the Fire Daimyo will support this and in case you forgot old man, this land you're living on belongs to him which means he outranks you and thus you can't even take a shit in these woods without his expressed say so. Plus, since I've ensured everything that happens here is broadcasted to his palace for him to watch, I'm sure he'll give his consent and backing of this wager should Hiashi here accept it, provided he's not a coward anyway." Naruto stated with a grin as Hiruzen and the governing members all paled realizing the Fire Daimyo had seen that the board was clearly rigged if Naruto was getting called more than once.

Hiashi, being the prideful moron he was, grinned, "Agreed, but you'll also have to be a breeding stud for the Hyuga clan to improve our bloodline further." Hiashi stated knowing that Kyubi's charka in Naruto's body could potentially create more powerful versions of the Byakugan which is why he planned to have him impregnate Hitomi, Hinata, and several other Hyuga women once he won to ensure a wide variety of offspring were ready to be born and indoctrinated into the Hyuga Clan way.

"Whatever will motivate you to at least give me some kind of workout for a fight." Naruto stated knowing no matter the stipulations, Hiashi was a dead man walking.

With that said and done, with Hiashi walking back up with a smirk, Naruto and Neji then walked back up since Naruto technically won when Hiashi interfered by using the seal on Neji's forehead. Naruto did hit Neji with a Holy Light just to ensure there was no damage done to his jaw and then had the boy stand near his forces to ensure no foul play by Konoha.

Everyone then turned their attention to the board only for Naruto to roll his eyes as he saw the result.

Naruto Uzumaki vs Rock Lee

"Gee, that's not suspicious at all." Naruto stated before jumping down along with Lee.

"I did not wish to fight you under these circumstances, Naruto-san, but I do wish to still fight you if you will allow it." Lee stated respectfully knowing that Naruto was technically within the right to simply refuse the match and Lee would simply have to try at the next Chunin Exams, which Lee was fine with since the actions of Konoha against Naruto were getting way beyond out of hand.

"Nonsense Lee, I've never been one to pass up a good fight and I don't think you are either. By all means, use this chance to test yourself like you wanted to before the Chunin Exams actually started." Naruto stated with a smirk as Lee smiled and nodded before taking his stance.

Like before, Naruto stood in relaxed stance as Lee was bouncing in anticipation. When Hayate gave the call to start, Lee launched forward at speeds that were incredible to those outside of Whirlpool, but to those in Whirlpool, the speed was only slightly impressive. The reason for that came when Naruto casually caught Lee's leg when the latter tried to deliver a roundhouse kick to his head, "I'll give you a 7 on speed, but only a 5 on power." Naruto stated before swinging and throwing him away before Lee flipped and landed on his feet.

"Impressive, Naruto-san, not many people can track me at my speed." Lee stated excitedly as he could tell this would be a fun match.

"I'm not most people, and your speed isn't what it could be plus your inexperience shows clearly." Naruto stated making Lee frown in confusion, "You've yet to master the speed since you're as much a slave to it as your opponent is: You can't stop yourself mid attack, you can't redirect any attacks, and you certainly can't stop at a moment's notice. All these things add up to you not being fully in control of your body, which is due to you only working on your legs evidenced by your leg weights. If you and your sensei were smart, you would have added weights to your arms and torso so they would be able to match your legs' speed. As a result, when you tell your legs to move you out of the way of something, your body is being dragged behind rather than being able to move with them and it also means your arms are much slower than any attack you could give from your legs, meaning you lack a large amount of power there. That drag on your body and arms also slows your speed thus your potential power is even further reduced." Naruto stated analytically making Guy and his team widen their eyes that Naruto had broken down Lee's training methods and knew the flaws and problems in them.

"By all means though, do try to fight with your current skill. I promise not to kill or cripple you so long as you don't cross any lines." Naruto stated knowing Lee would want to really test himself.

Kakashi stared at Naruto in calculation, "He's not worried at all. Despite knowing Lee isn't moving at his best, he's not concerned at all. If anything, he seems to be uncaring of this as if nothing Lee has could possibly harm him." Kakashi thought since Naruto seemed so relaxed despite the possibility of injury.

Before anyone could comment, Guy spoke up, "Lee!" Guy called making his student look at him in confusion, "Since Naruto wishes to test you at your best, I will allow you to take them off." Guy stated doing his nice guy pose making Lee widen his eyes in joy.

Lee then pulled his leg warmers down showing a set of weights on each leg and removed them while stretching his legs, "I don't get it, what's a couple of pounds going to do?" Raz asked and Mael snorted.

"Those aren't a couple of pounds." Mael stated since as a Warrior he knew how to recognize the muscles of an opponent tensing and relaxing and judging how Lee's muscles relaxed a great deal, those sets didn't weigh just a couple pounds.

Sure enough, when Lee dropped them there was a resounding crash and two large craters formed shocking the majority watching except for Naruto and Guy, "Ready to try again?" Naruto asked as Lee merely grinned before bracing his feet against the floor.

Lee then took off and disappeared from most people's view before Naruto casually leaned back before shooting his arm out and grabbing something before slamming it on the ground showing he had caught Lee's right leg. The few who could see the speed had seen Lee go over Naruto in a flying kick only for Naruto to grab the leg that Lee had pushed off with, "As I said Lee, you're as much a slave to the speed as your opponent is." Naruto stated before throwing Lee into the wall opposite him, "If you had been in control of the speed, you would have been able to stop yourself and shift your miss into an axe kick thus keeping me on the defensive. I don't even have to be faster than you, I just have to react fast enough especially since I could have ducked that blow and let you crash into the wall." Naruto stated as he watched Lee shake his head to clear the cobwebs before looking back at Naruto.

Lee then blurred from existence again making Naruto sigh as he stuck his hand up and caught a leg aimed at his head before releasing it and raising his other arm to catch Lee's other leg when said Taijutsu specialist twisted to kick with his other leg. Naruto then tossed Lee's leg into the air making him flip and land on his feet before he came at Naruto with a barrage of punches. Naruto of course redirected or blocked them all while not moving from his starting position before he delivered a palm thrust to Lee's torso that sent him skidding back.

"I must say, Naruto-san, you're skills to be able to fully watch and react to my speed is impressive. If not for the danger to my health, I would be tempted to take this up even further." Lee stated as he straightened himself while Naruto merely popped his neck.

"Go right ahead, I can fix you back up afterwards if needed." Naruto stated since he didn't have a problem with Lee.

"I don't know Naruto-san, while I don't doubt you are an honorable fighter, I don't know if I should trust you.." Lee stated and Naruto shrugged.

"It's up to you Lee, I don't care either way." Naruto stated making Lee frown before he decided to really test himself.

With that in mind, he crossed his arms in front of his face and grunted as his muscles bulged and chakra began building up around him, "First Gate: Gate of Opening, Open!" Lee stated as the chakra settled before increasing again as Lee's muscles bulged even further, "Second Gate: Gate of Healing, Open!" Lee called as the chakra expanded further.

He then turned towards Naruto and blurred from existence making Naruto snort slightly. Before anyone could react, Naruto blurred from existence as well only to reappear axe kicking Lee into the ground shocking Guy and the others who knew of the potential of the 8 Gates. Naruto then blurred from existence again and punted Lee into the air before kicking him into the opposite wall. When Lee tried to pry himself out, Naruto grabbed his face and slammed him into the wall before running and dragging him against said wall up to the ceiling where Naruto pushed off and dive bombed the ground with Lee leading the way.

When they landed, Naruto twisted slightly to ensure Lee didn't slam directly on his head, he didn't want to kill the spandex wearing Genin after all. The resulting hit caused a large explosion of dust and a large crater to form.

A number of people were tense to see what had happened to Lee as Naruto appeared back at his starting position. A few moments later, a groan came as the dust cleared showing a battered and bleeding Lee that was panting heavily and holding his left arm, "I…,must…admit…Naruto-san…you…are…indeed…worthy… of all the…praise…you've received." Lee stated between pants of breath.

"You as well Lee, aside from two others you hold my interest more than anyone else competing in the exams." Naruto stated not at all tired from the exchange.

"I would love…to go on more…but I do not think it would be wise, especially in such a small area as this. While I have no doubt that the fight would be most youthful, I can't help but think we would endanger the spectators in such a confined area, so respectfully I must withdraw now." Lee stated nodding to Hayate, who called the match in Naruto's favor.

Naruto nodded to Lee before using two of his Druidic spells, Swiftmend and Rejuvenation, both to heal him and restore his energy. Naturally, people were surprised that an emerald glow surrounded Lee while leaf shapes floated around him. As it was going, Lee started standing up straighter and his cuts started sealing while the bruises faded away.

Naruto then moved over and tossed Lee his weights without giving any indication of it being difficult or heavy. Naruto then climbed back up to the balcony while Lee did the same before putting his weights back on. Guy gave a nod to Naruto to show he was thankful for not overly harming any of his students before turning his attention to the board to see who would fight next.

Jugo Uzumaki vs Fu

This fight had been one for the history books and was worth watching. Fu's natural talent plus the power of her Biju vs Jugo's raw and wild power that made him a near unstoppable juggernaut. Fu had the maneuverability and precision thanks to her Biju letting her create butterfly wings and was skilled with the spear that she had commissioned in Whirlpool and then she also had the healing factor all Jinchūriki had in some form from their Biju. At the same time, Jugo was powerful, durable, and brutal as he could now control his bloodline to the point he could shift one arm into it's more monstrous appearance to block her strikes and retaliate and endure the punishment she gave in return with ease.

In the end, it was a draw as Jugo landed few hits but they were powerful ones, while Fu floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee slowly chipping away at Jugo's own endurance and power. It reached the point that Fu couldn't draw on anymore of her Biju's power and her spear had seen better days as it was chipped and bent, while Jugo was cut up and bleeding from almost every part of his body.

They would have fought to the bitter end had it not been for a silent command from Naruto forcing them to stop and accept their shared defeat since neither was going to defy him, even if they wanted to keep going to unleash some pent up bloodlust.

When the medics came to take them away, Naruto glared coldly at them before healing his two warriors himself via Holy Magic though he did allow Tsunade to check them over since she wanted to ensure any friend of his wasn't at risk… well…anymore risk than just being in Konoha presented.

Shino Aburame vs Raz

This one was a one-sided fight from the get go that Shino would never have had a chance of winning as he was. The reason for that being that as soon as the match started, he unleashed his insects only for him, his insect queen, and Shibi to watch on in horror as Raz merely cackled a dark chilling laughter before stretching out his hand and the insects closest began to drop dead and decay.

"Tell me boy, do you fear death?" those had been Raz's words to Shino as his dark chilling voice sent shivers down the spines of many of the people there as Raz drew his greatsword glowing an eerie ghostly blue and the feeling of death only seemed to increase while the room dropped several degrees in temperature.

Shino, under the pleases and guidance of his insect queen, decided it would be wise to forfeit and saw no shame in that. Although, he couldn't help but wonder just what kind of entities existed within Whirlpool that they could command death itself to such a degree. He was half tempted to ask his female teammate to use her clan's eyes to look under Raz's armor as maybe that would yield some clue, but chose against it as such a thing could be discovered and that would land both of them as the target of Konoha's higher ups and Shino didn't want that.

Unknown to him, Hiashi had tried to do just that only to find his Byakugan being blocked by something and it was infuriating him. What he didn't know, was that Naruto had created seals to block just that kind of scrying as he didn't want it getting out too soon that he had undead warriors serving him.

Kiba Inuzuka vs Kimimaro Kaguya

This fight was an embarrassment for the Inuzuka and for Konoha. Kiba had not shut up about showing how he was top dog of not just Konoha but the world and would not shut up making Tsume Inuzuka shake her head with a sigh.

Kimimaro was unimpressed and kept his face impassive until Kiba stated he'd prove he was better than the Namikaze since he was nothing but a demon fool that deserved to be killed after he was born.

It was that moment that Kimimaro decided that Kiba Inuzuka was going to feel pain and it was the same moment that Kiba's partner Akamaru decided he had a massive idiot for a partner.

Everyone then saw just how outclassed Kiba was since as soon as Hayate started the match, Kimimaro was in front of him pounding him into the wall. Kimimaro was brutal hitting torso and face shots with ruthless precision that was only reinforced by the fact he covered his fists in bone gauntlets.

Kimimaro stopped after five minutes and threw Kiba's limp body to the center of the arena battered, bruised, and broken, "Stupid, pathetic, and weak boy. How such a runt could ever think he could stand up to Naruto-sama is beyond me." Kimimaro stated before he turned to Akamaru, who whimpered and cowered as the Kaguya turned his attention to him. His fears were heightened by Kimimaro coming closer before he relaxed as Kimimaro patted him on the head, "Good boy." Kimimaro stated soothing Akamaru's fears as the dog barked at him before heading up to Tsume while Kiba was taken away by the medics.

Choji Akamichi vs Mael

To the surprise of everyone, counting Naruto and his group, this match was actually very close. Despite Mael being a highly talented and experienced Warrior for the Tauren, Choji was able to contend with him by compensating his lacking strength and experience with sheer power via the Partial Expansion Jutsu. While it wasn't much, he was able to keep Mael on his toes, so to speak, and even managed to push him back a few times.

However. Mael was better trained, armed, and experienced and it showed in his handling of the situation as well as the fact his sword made quick work of the Akamichi Clan armor and his shield proved its worth when he stopped Choji's Human Boulder technique and even pushed him back with his inhuman strength.

It actually made Jiraiya and Tsunade wonder if he could match them in raw strength, while the other Konoha Shinobi were shocked that this…creature had enough strength to push back an Akamichi since even Tsunade had lost ground to a well-trained Akamichi.

But regardless, Choji lost and had a broken arm and some moderate cuts into his body to show he fought tooth and nail in order for his opponent to get that victory and was gaining respect in that he still wanted to fight even though he only had one arm. Although, Mael's only obvious signs of combat were him being out of breath and his armor having a few small dents. However, Naruto saw that Choji had gained Mael's respect evidenced by him giving Choji a healing potion and Choji shrugging before downing it after his father nodded.

Naturally, everyone not of Whirlpool, was shocked as Choji's wounds sealed up like he had medical chakra going through his body before he gave the bottle back to Mael. Naturally, the fools and Tsunade, were intrigued by this development since a simple vial of liquid could heal a body of serious injuries that quickly was something that could be used for many purposes.

Samui vs Natalia Windstrider

This fight was a bit of a close call since Samui and Natalia had decided on nothing but weapons for this fight and while Samui had to contend with fighting an opponent with a sword and shield, she proved she was no slouch and not some big breasted bimbo like a few of the jealous girls in Lightning Country thought of her.

As such, it was an intricate dance and fight as Samui and Natalia would clash with Samui using her own strength to try and keep Natalia from using her shield. However, Samui forgot that Natalia had been fighting and training wearing armor and carrying her shield and sword meaning that she was much stronger than Samui was. Natalia proved this when she pulled her shield back throwing Samui off balance before Natalia slammed the shield forward into her face. Samui stumbled clearly disoriented before Natalia swept her legs out from underneath her and pointed her sword at Samui's face for the win.

Dosu vs Kin Tsuchi

Naruto knew this fight was going to be over quickly due to Kin wanting to just destroy her opponent and move on, especially since the asshole worked for Orochimaru. This was evidenced when she jumped down to the floor ready and waiting. It was also this time that many of the guys took notice of her attire which consisted of what looked like a black leotard top that hugged her body showing off her plump DD cups, but it also exposed her midriff just like her adoptive mother. Her lower half was contained in a pair of tight fitting pants that showed off her legs and ass while her feet were in a pair of kunoichi heels meaning the heel was filed down to a spike. On her ears were two earrings with bells, one black and one gold, and no matter how she moved they didn't seem to make a noise at all. Around her waist was a belt of pouches, her arms had a pair of bracers on her wrists and on her upper arms which, unknown to many onlookers, contained more senbon while her wrists also had senbon launchers as well as a hidden blade. The pair on her wrists were her treasured tool since her nii-san hand crafted and gave them to her for her birthday.

All in all, she looked as all kunoichi should: sexy, beautiful, and dangerous. She just wished she could find a guy that would be willing to go out with her without being terrified of her brother and wouldn't try to be with her just to get in his good graces. She shook those thoughts away to focus on the fight since her target was one of the many assholes of the world.

When Hayate started the match, Kin immediately threw senbon at Dosu, who quickly dodged before smirking thinking she was pathetic. However that changed when Kin smirked and a jingle was heard before Dosu froze in pain. Kin flexed her fingers again and the bells on her senbon jingled more causing him to collapse to his knees and puke while shaking violently as his whole body was spasming in pain, "I didn't miss, you pathetic weakling, my bells are special in that I can use my chakra and other power to cause a variety of effects. This current one is affecting your mind by essentially making it tell your heart to stop beating, naturally it's very painful since the heart is a very stubborn muscle, but it's not that stubborn. You'll be feeling incredible agonizing pain as your heart jolts the rest of your body from trying to stop itself from beating and the heart still fighting the command. You should be dead in about 2 minutes and even faster if I jingle my bells again." Kin stated with a cruel smirk while those not of Whirlpool shivered in fear while Gaara merely looked at her intently feeling an odd feeling he hadn't felt except with his demon.

Those of Whirlpool weren't phased at all since Kin had a mean streak to her that would make Sylvanas praise her for her brutality and pain inducing ways of combat, which wasn't surprising when you consider Kin wanted to be like her big brother and when Naruto was feeling vicious then he could make even the horrors of the scourge look like a child's boogeyman story.

Another five not that effected, but still a bit disturbed, were Inoichi, Kurenai, Anko, Ibiki, and Tsunade. Inoichi because of the skill it would take to make the mind turn on the body like that with some bells of all things was high. Members of his own clan struggled to do so with the jutsu they had that had similar effects.

Kurenai was interested because it seemed like her bells were a high level focal point for Genjutsu and if she could do that with just some jingling of bells with chakra, then her affinity for Genjutsu had to be pretty high. Even Kurenai didn't have the skill that would allow her to use a focal point rather than straight up handsigns and eye contact.

Anko and Ibiki were interested since the girl would have made a good recruit for the T/I department as she could torture people with those bells of hers in a variety of ways, undo the effects, and then do it again with some other punishment and get people to talk in no time.

Tsunade was because she knew the workings of the body and to actually influence the brain to shut down the heart like flipping a switch was something astounding. Kin was also right about the heart being a stubborn muscle, but that was the advantage of it medically since it took quite a bit for the heart to give out/up which meant that a patient was more likely to survive. The brain though was a lot more fickle, one moment everything is stable then something changes on flip of a coin.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye." Kin stated before jingling the bells again making Dosu spit a large amount of blood before collapsing fully on the ground dead.

"Winner: Kin Tsuchi." Hayate called glad that he wasn't effected by her bells since he was down in the arena.

Kin merely walked up casually not caring that the people who didn't serve her brother were shying away from her. Why should she? Most of them would probably be dead by the time her brother was done with his plans. When she got near Naruto, she gave him a bright smile and a hug before turning to the board again.

Gaara Subaku vs Sakura Haruno

This wasn't even a fight as Sakura had surrendered the moment the names appeared. No one could really blame her since her fighting him would be comparable to the Hokage's grandson trying to fight Kakashi.

However, the strange thing was that Gaara didn't seem to want to hurt Sakura at all, which was very strange to him as usually he wanted to hurt, maim, and kill everyone and thing in front of him that was an opponent or obstacle, yet he didn't want to harm the pink haired girl.

Temari Subaku vs Pakura

As the two former friends stood across from each other, Naruto watched knowing it was going to be a hard fight for Pakura because she really didn't want to fight a friend who actually cared about her. Naruto had looked into a few things and found that Temari knew nothing of her village betraying Pakura and using her to push up their support even more.

"Before we begin, why did you leave us for another village?" Temari asked and Pakura was silent before directing a glare at Baki.

"Because Suna decided they needed to rally more support for their fight with Iwa, so they needed a martyr, a sacrificial pawn that they could parade and praise as a patriot to inspire more people to rise up and help them. Care to take a guess on who was chosen even though I'm the only one who can use Blaze Release in the known world." Pakura stated making Temari and her team widen their eyes in shock and disbelief, "Yeah, care to guess who ordered it?" Pakura stated with no small amount of venom in her voice.

Normally she wouldn't have said anything since Naruto would want to ensure no one tried to punish Suna before he got his hands or boot on their throat, but Naruto had thought this would be a fitting start to their punishment and with the other villages seeing and spreading word after this, there would be little love for Suna especially after the Fire Daimyo got in touch with the Wind Daimyo.

When Hayate gave the order to start, Pakura launched at Temari knowing that even though her Blaze Release gave her an advantage over Temari's wind, it was still better not to let her be able to use her fan's full capabilities. And it was working as Temari wasn't expecting Pakura to be on her that quickly and went on the defensive to block the attacks. However, she had to be careful since Pakura was heating her fists with her Blaze release meaning too many hits and her fan would warp or even melt.

Pakura hadn't been able to do this when she was in Suna last Temari checked, which meant she had to have learned to do it in Whirlpool and she definitely had gotten better at taijutsu. Temari assumed that Naruto had been the one to train her after seeing his taijutsu skills against Lee.

Temari broke from her thoughts as she narrowly dodged a palm thrust and actually started to sweat, literally, from the heat her hand gave off. Temari was actually worried about what would happen if Pakura landed a hit on her. Temari didn't think it would turn out well for her in the slightest.

She finally managed to jump back and try to use her fan, only for Pakura to be ready and launched a fireball that was bright blue and everyone felt the temperature in the room go up as it soared at Temari. Temari, knowing she couldn't jump out of the way in time, quickly tried to use her fan's wind Jutsu to overpower the fire and force it back at Pakura.

However, that proved harder than she anticipated since all her wind scythe did was make the fire bigger and it was still coming right at her. She quickly launched another two scythes before running to push it back enough so she could dodge, and she did…only to get hit by a wave of fire that came from the fireball hitting the wall. Temari screamed out as the fire hit her both in pain and surprise since it destroyed a portion of her clothes.

If she could see it, then she'd see that she was essentially in a loose tank top and mini-skirt that showed off her still developing figure. However, she was stuck with focusing on the glowing hot hand that was right in front of her face, "Surrender Temari." Pakura stated ready to burn her former friend into ash if needed, she wasn't going to fail her new lord and love interest for a member of her traitorous village.

Temari nodded slightly ensuring she didn't nod to hard and brush against the hand at her face.

Once she was declared the winner, Pakura walked away without another word and rejoined the Whirlpool group before waiting for the next match.

Haku Momochi vs Kurotsuchi

This match was extremely close to call since Haku had her senbon, ice, and water techniques, but Kurotsuchi, the granddaughter of the Tsuchikage, had her fire, earth, and lava techniques. What gave Kurotsuchi the edge was that she was personally trained by the Tsuchikage and had experience on her side. Haku's edge was she had been training with Naruto, had sparred with Mei so she understood many mechanics of the Lava style, and had greatly increased her speed while taking up a pair of sais as her weapon of choice which worked well for her.

The two had started off with a vicious taijutsu fight that made certain people, Ino and Sakura, further see how real kunoichi fight before it turned into a jutsu brawl as both were using a wide range of jutsu and attacks with Haku having one slight advantage in that she could do one-handed seals.

However, Kurotsuchi showed her own skill by spewing globs of lava to melt her lower powered ice items which in turn made mist that Haku quickly utilized to disappear in. Kurotsuchi was then assaulted by various senbon from dozens of angles. When Kurotsuchi tried to leave the mist, she ended up faceplanting into an ice mirror before several others appeared around her trapping her just before Haku appeared in them and began moving from mirror while cutting Kurotsuchi in various places with her trusty sais.

When Haku decided it was enough, Kurotsuchi was covered in cuts and her clothes were reduced to rags while Haku herself was barely covered since her clothes were burned by Kurotsuchi's attacks. Main difference was that Haku had an extra kimono in a seal and quickly changed out her clothing since only Naruto and her sisters could see her body.

Hayate then called the match as Kurotsuchi was in no shape to continue before Haku then gave Kurotsuchi an extra change of clothes after Naruto hit her with a Holy Light and proceeded to create ice mirrors around the girl to let her change away from prying eyes. Once she was changed, Haku and her both returned to the balcony with Kurotsuchi offering her thanks.

Karin Uzumaki vs Suzumebachi

Many of the other ninja thought Karin was going to lose this match, especially when Suzumebachi released her swarm of bees, which got Shino and Shibi's attention, but she had surprises in store. Orochimaru was the most shocked since Karin not only showed she knew the Chakra Scalpel technique that she effectively used to cut the bees to pieces, but she also showed the Uzumaki chain ability and destroyed the bees that way as well while also ensnaring Suzumebachi with a chain wrapped around her neck.

Suzumebachi at that point had no choice but to surrender since even if she could release more bees, she had little left of her hive and she didn't want to hurt her little ones anymore. With that in mind, Suzumebachi surrendered and Karin was declared the winner.

Naruto Uzumaki vs Goro Tsukumi (OC)

Naruto raised an eyebrow before jumping down as did an overly muscular Iwa nin that had a large scroll on his back and was glaring hatefully at Naruto, "Finally, I get to kill the son of that bastard Fourth Hokage." Goro stated angrily and Naruto just looked at him with a lazy look that was worthy of any Nara clan member.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?" Naruto stated making Guy's eye twitch violently while Kakashi just eye smiled at Naruto.

"You won't think it's so funny when I kill you." Goro stated unrolling his scroll and Hayate jumped back not wanting to get caught in the crossfire. Goro then channeled chakra into the scroll releasing a lot of smoke as the sound of boots hitting the ground echoed out. The smoke then cleared showing a couple dozen clones of him all armed with spiked gauntlets.

Naruto merely stared impassively at the cluster of clones, "Is that it? You summon a few dozen clones that you've kept in a sealing scroll and I'm supposed to be intimidated?" Naruto asked bored since he had fought enemies numbering in the hundreds before.

Goro growled, "Well I have more, but a Namikaze piece of trash like you doesn't warrant more than this." Goro stated as the clones moved to attack him.

However, the first wave was suddenly destroyed by a flash of light and when people looked at Naruto, they saw him holding Illidan's warglaives and Tenten was nearly drooling at the unique and masterfully crafted weapons, "You really are wasting my time. Either get serious or I'll just kill you now." Naruto stated coldly making a few shiver in fear.

Goro growled even louder and began summoning his entire army of clones which promptly tried to swarm Naruto. However, Naruto simply proved his deadly precision with the warglaives since he acquired them from Illidan.

Each time a clone got within punching distance, Naruto would twist and slice clean through it before it could even realize what had happened. It was almost like an intricate dance as Naruto spun, twirled, and weaved through the army of clones attacking. All the while the blades cleaved right through the enemy as if they were nothing but paper.

To anyone that hadn't seen Naruto train with the warglaives, it was awe inspiring seeing him effortlessly cut through enemy after enemy without ever being touched. Those if Whirlpool had to hold back their laughter at the faces that the shinobi of the other villages were making since many probably assumed he'd be annihilated after Goro showed all the clones he had. However, no one ever accounted for Uzumaki unpredictability and how they were known for never going down without some kind of impressive fight.

Whirlpool's fall was the prime example of that.

Everyone broke from their musings as a scream of rage echoed out and saw that it was Goro and he was growling and grinding his teeth as he threw down his now empty scroll, "What treachery is this?! There's no fucking way you could have cut down 350 clones!" He roared while Naruto merely turned to look at him with his ice cold blue eyes as he stood atop a mountain of dirt and walked calmly towards Goro, still not even drained at all.

"You'd be surprised what one can do when you've spent over a decade in war. My adoptive father wanted to unite the lands that he once ruled, currently ruled, and that had tried to subjugate his lands. I was his primary commander leading the charge against enemy encampments, capitol cities, strongholds, and everywhere else. I fought and killed beings on five continents and I killed everyone I fought for the war. Your pathetic clones are only a fraction of how strong you are and you are only a fraction of the strength some of my weakest enemies possessed. Therefore, you are unworthy of meeting your end with these blades." Naruto stated in a deadly tone as he sealed the warglaives again and Goro saw red and charged only to freeze in pain and shock as Naruto shoved his hand right through his chest while holding his heart.

Naturally, almost everyone in the room was shocked at such a display as Naruto merely looked at Goro with a glare colder than the heaviest blizzard in Snow Country, "As such, I'm just going to remove you from this world by hand." Naruto stated before crushing Goro's heart and pulling his arm out of his chest letting the now corpse fall to the ground. Naruto merely flicked the blood from his hand and walked back up to the balcony as everyone not allied with him moved out of his way.

The Hokage, elders, and council though were sweating up a storm while also being pissed off since if Naruto could tear through 350 clones without breaking a sweat, then who knows what he could do if they tried to attack him with their shinobi.

However, right now they had to focus on the matches with the next one being revealed.

Zasphun Lonecleaver vs Gordo Kiros (OC)

Zasphun had more of an annoyance than a fight. Her opponent would not stop blabbing on and on about how her looking exotic and how she should come back to him to be his prize instead of being with the wimp prodigy of two near extinct clans. Zasphun finally had enough and summoned a group of Elementals before having them attack him while the majority were lightning elementals.

The fool was dead in less than 2 minutes and Zasphun enjoyed the shocked looks from her mate's enemies at her summoning creatures made of the elements.

Sasuke Uchiha vs Kozuki Kyoru (OC)

Sasuke had ended up fighting an Iwa ninja with more bark than bite as he had bragged how he would finish the fight in one hit. The fool then charged right in to deliver a punch only to be met with Sasuke delivering a rapid number of blows to his torso and head knocking the fool out before he could even do anything.

He then merely walked away as Hayate called the match in his favor. Sasuke didn't want to fight some nobody that couldn't back up their claim to power, he wanted to fight someone who could actually back up their claims to power and it was seeming like those of Whirlpool were the primary ones that could do such a thing.

Noctel Lightbringer vs Akatsuchi

This battle was actually a bit unfair for Akatsuchi. Not only was he facing one of the strongest and greatest paladins that had ever existed, whether Draenei or not, but he was also facing a Paladin that was a mate of Naruto's which meant her powers were only further enhanced. This became evidenced by the fact she created the Divine Shield also known as the "Paladin's Bubble" as it was nicknamed and merely stood there taking all the jutsu and attacks that Akatsuchi could throw at her without taking a scratch. When she finally grew bored, she activated her new and improved Guardian Field and immediately Akatsuchi began panting as he felt his energy being drained and Noctel told him as such as well as if he didn't want to die then he'd give up.

Akatsuchi, however, was too stubborn and tried to launch another jutsu only to find the jutsu was rather pathetic and it collapsed before it could reach Noctel due to the field draining it of all it's chakra before it could touch her.

Noctel merely sighed before increasing the power put into the field draining Akatsuchi faster before he finally collapsed into unconsciousness and Hayate called the match in her favor.

Amaru Uzumaki vs Isaribi

This wasn't even a match as Amaru quickly forfeited stating that she was more a support or medic kind of shinobi not an all out fighter like Isaribi was. Naruto accepted that and Jugo let her know he wasn't disappointed in her decision and Isaribi wasn't holding it against her either.

Zagar vs Zak

This fight was intense in the eyes of those not from Whirlpool, counting the Kumo and Kiri members, as Zagar and Zak had similar garbs and weapons, though it was obvious to everyone that Zagar wasn't Human. Zak would have been suspicious too if not for the fact he was one of the few Worgen that chose to look like a normal Human until a fight pushed him to change. The attacks they used proved even more surprising as Zagar could curse Zak and heal himself, while Zak could heal himself and use nature to attack Zagar.

The turning point came when Zak began using his animals forms and Zagar was just slowly overwhelmed from the speed, stealth, power, maneuverability, and fierceness that Zak unleashed as he could shift forms easily so he'd be a cheetah at one point, then a panther, then a bear, then a hawk, and then his wolf form and keep shifting.

It was a essentially a battle of attrition since the first to run out of Mana was going to lose and Zak's shifting of forms didn't drain him as much as Zagar's spells to hit or heal did. Naruto finally gave the order to stop and Zagar admitted to defeat while Naruto recalled them back up to the balcony and used his power to refresh their reserves.

However, the various ninja were trying to fathom what had happened since not only was Zagar using "jutsu" without any handsigns, but Zak was turning into various animals without handsigns or a smoke cloud to indicate it was a Henge.

Hiruzen and the Elders were the most upset and intrigued because it seemed that Whirlpool's forces were more diverse and powerful than they originally thought and it was pissing them off that they didn't serve Konoha. However, it also brought a small trepidation of fear concerning who it was that could command such powerful and diverse individuals and it made them make a note to possibly set it up for the Uzukage to meet his demise while in Konoha.

Shaking those thoughts away, Hiruzen then called for all the winners to the floor to draw lots for their matchups for the finals in one month's time.

With that, they each came down and drew lots before Anko asked them to read them off, "Number 1." Kin stated showing her number.

"Number 4." Natalia stated.

"Number 19." Gaara stated in his monotone voice..

"Number 17." Karui stated not caring.

"Number 2." Yugito stated making her and Kin smile at the other.

"Number 6." Haku stated.

"Number 3." Fara stated making her and Natalia smile knowing it would be an interesting fight.

"Number 18." Noctel stated making Karui nod to her.

"16." Sasuke stated hoping to get a strong opponent.

"14." Mael stated in his gruff voice.

"I have 15." Kimimaro stated making Sasuke look at him in interest.

"Number 20." Naruto stated making him and Gaara grin at the other and a few shuttered thinking about the two of them fighting.

"I have number 5." Raz stated while nodding to Haku.

"7." Hinata.

"12." Isaribi.

"13." Pakura stated nodding to Mael.

"11." Zak stated looking to Isaribi.

"8." Karin stated while glancing at Hinata knowing the two of them were going to have an interesting fight..

"10." Setsura.

"Number 9." Zasphun stated number to her lover's cousin.

Anko nodded and wrote down the names to the matchups and turned the board showing the listings.

Match 1: Kin Tsuchi vs Yugito

Match 2: Fara Windwalker vs Natalia Windstrider

Match 3: Raz vs Haku Momochi

Match 4: Hinata vs Karin

Match 5: Setsura vs Zasphun Lonecleaver

Match 6: Isaribi vs Zak

Match 7: Pakura vs Mael Strom

Match 8: Sasuke Uchiha vs Kimimaro Kaguya

Match 9: Karui vs Noctel

Match 10: Naruto Uzumaki vs Gaara Subaku

"These are the matchups that will take place in the finals in one month's time. You have one month to prepare and ensure your skills are enough to get you through after your potential opponents have had the chance to see some of what you can do." Hiruzen stated with everyone nodding and heading out while Neji went with the Whirlpool group.

"Neji! Where do you think you are going?" Hiashi demanded angrily and Neji looked back with a smirk.

"I am going with Naruto-sama. He already informed you that I was now under the protection of his clan, your battle with him is to override that and to keep the rest of the Branch Family from being freed. If you have an issue with that, then you can take it up with the Fire Daimyo." Neji stated since Marco had been instructing him on the rules and procedure Neji had to follow now until they eventually left Konoha. Chief among them being he was NEVER to go anywhere without an escort from Whirlpool and no matter what he was never to be alone with a Konoha Shinobi no matter who it was.

"Neji that is enough, you will return to your clan immediately, that is an order." Hiruzen stated knowing he couldn't allow Neji to be in Naruto's hands.

"Considering you have done nothing to try and stop the barbarity that is the Caged Bird Seal, I will say this with as much respect as I can: I resign as a shinobi and you can go to hell." Neji stated throwing his forehead protector at the Hokage's feet and leaving with the Whirlpool group leaving many stunned and infuriated people behind.

To the smarter ones, this was a clear sign of things to come and it wasn't looking good for Konoha…not that they minded it that much.

DONE! Pain in the ass chapter to get out for you all just with deciding who was fighting who, who would win in some of the more nail biting matches, and then who would fight who in the finals.

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