Chapter 15 revised and edited. Review or PM me on what you think about this chapter now.
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'Talking'
"Thinking"
'Heavily demonic voice'
'Fox talking'
"Fox thinking"
*expression*
Jutsu
Flashback
Chapter 15 – The End and A Super Pervert
Gaara appeared on the floor in a flash of sand, while his opponent jumped down to the stadium and landed shaking the floor.
Onotsuchi was a burly looking man reaching almost two metres in height and looked like a typical body builder with a shaved head. He was shirtless and wore dark brown form fitting pants with a Rock forehead protector tied around his left bicep.
'Haha, a puny kid like you has no chance of beating me, forfeit now or I will crush you.' Said Onotsuchi in a deep booming voice.
Garra's response was to uncork his gourd, look Onotsuchi right in the eye and say, 'You will die. Quickly.'
'Let the sixth match begin.' Said Hayate.
Onotsuchi went through hand signs before calling the name of his jutsu.
'Rock Burial.' Said Onotsuchi, as the ground started to shake.
The ground split apart between the two combatants, looking as though an earthquake had struck, bringing up heaps of rocks and chunks of debris, which went flying at Gaara and buried him.
'I win.' Said Onotsuchi, as he started walking away.
All of a sudden, all the rocks surrounding Gaara were blasted away and Gaara was left unscathed.
'Did you?' Asked Gaara, who used his sand to demolish all the rocks laying on the floor, grinding them into dust, before sending a massive wave of sand at Onotsuchi and quickly surrounded him, leaving only his face uncovered.
'This is a real burial. Sand Burial.' Said Gaara, clenching his fist and crushing Onotsuchi, causing him to cry out in pain before dying in a storm of blood.
'I win.' Said Gaara in his stoic voice, before he vanished in a blur of sand, reappearing near the rest of his team.
'Winner, Gaara.' Said Hayate.
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The board went through names again before landing on.
Temari VS Ino Yamanaka.
Temari and Ino both walked down and faced off. Temari's face showed apathy, while Ino's showed determination laced with worry.
'Let the seventh match begin.' Announced Hayate.
Ino jumped back and took a stance, while Temari kept up her impassive facial expression, while leaning on her fan.
'What, aren't you going to do anything?' Asked Ino.
'*Yawn* Why bother, you don't have a chance anyway? Give up now and save yourself the embarrassment.' Mocked Temari.
Ino growled before charging at Temari. Temari stood still, continuing to stare at Ino with apathy.
'Don't say I didn't warn you.' Said Temari uncaringly.
Ino threw a punch which Temari blocked with her fan. Ino then brought her leg up, but Temari pushed Ino back with her fan and then vanished.
'Where did she...' Started Ino, before collapsing forward from being hit on the back of her head from Temari's fan.
'Well, I warned her.' Said Temari, still having an apathetic expression.
'Winner, Temari.' Said Hayate.
Temari searched for Naruto's eyes and noticed he was looking at her with approval. Temari winked at him before walking up the stairs.
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The board once again went through names and stopped on.
Kiba Inuzuka VS Choji Akimichi
'Yahoo! Let's do it.' Cheered Kiba, jumping down from the upper level.
Choji walked down calmly.
'Let the eighth match begin.' Announced Hayate.
'Tunnelling Fang!' Shouted Kiba, as he leapt at Choji and begun spinning.
'Partial Expansion Jutsu Arm.' Said Choji, as his arm tripled in size. Choji used his arms to knock Kiba back.
Kiba took a moment to think about how to deal with Choji expanding and then smiled as he got an idea.
'Catch Akamaru.' Said Kiba, as he threw a red pill to Akamaru.
Akamaru growled, and his fur turned red.
'Man Beast Clone.' Said Kiba, as Akamaru jumped on him, before he turned into a clone of Kiba.
'Fang Over Fang.' Shouted Kiba, charging at Choji.
Choji crossed his still enlarged arms in front of himself, blocking one of the attacks, but he was also attacked from behind and unable to block both attacks, so he was sent flying to the ground. Choji picked himself back up and punched one of the spinning forms, but the Kiba he hit kept drilling into his fist. Choji grunted in pain but kept pushing against the Kiba against his fist, until the other Kiba struck him in the back of the head, knocking him forward, but it wasn't strong enough to cause him to lower his fist.
'Ugh, my head.' Groaned Choji, who momentarily put his other hand over where he was struck.
Choji then opened his palm and the Kiba who had been against his fist drilled into it, but Choji dealt with the pain and closed his hand around the Kiba.
'This match is over. If this is Akamaru, Kiba, you need to forfeit, or I'm going to smash him into the wall, and if you're the real Kiba, you'll get knocked out.' Announced Choji.
The Kiba which was free growled, before raising his hand and saying, 'I, Kiba Inuzuka forfeit.'
Choji let go of Akamaru, who had passed out and reverted to a dog, placing him next to Kiba, before shrinking his arms.
'Winner, Choji Akimichi.' Announced Hayate.
"Ugh, I'm going to go broke when we go eat barbeque." Thought Asuma, while Ino cheered.
'Nice work, Choji. You did really well, plus that was a good way to win knowing Kiba wouldn't risk Akamaru getting hurt.' Complimented Shikamaru.
'Thanks Shika, but it looks like it's your turn now.' Said Choji, while pointing at the board.
Shikamaru Nara VS Yurasu
'*sigh* This is so troublesome.' Complained Shikamaru, as he slowly walked down, while his opponent calmly waited. Yurasu had a bottom-heavy build. He wore shorts that came halfway up his thighs, and wore a sleeveless black shirt, with his headband tied around his neck. His legs had a lot of muscle, and he had a firm stance, while his arms were rather wiry, as was his neck. Overall, his appearance was rather amusing.
'Let the ninth match begin.' Announced Hayate.
Yurasu went through rapid hand signs in a blurring succession before saying the name of his attack.
'Flying Rock Wave Jutsu'. Said Yurasu.
When he finished his hand signs, the ground begun to shake and rocks and boulders started breaking out of the ground and floating in the air for about two seconds, before all of them went flying at once at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru dodged the boulders and made a cross in front of his arms to protect himself from the small rocks. Shikamaru lowered his arms when he stopped feeling the rocks pelt him. He then pulled out six shuriken and held them in between his knuckles. He waited until Yurasu used his jutsu again but before the rocks started to fly at him, he threw his shuriken at Yurasu. Yurasu dodged backwards and begun to make hand signs for his jutsu again, but had to dodge six kunai this time. He then looked around and couldn't see Shikamaru.
'Come out coward, or I'll make you come out.' Shouted Yurasu.
He then saw part of Shikamaru's jacket behind one of the rocks and using his legs jumped high into the air, revealing the strength he had in those limbs.
'You're finished.' He shouted as he came down and landed on the rocks, smashing them and crushing Shikamaru. Or so he thought. However, this was not the case, as there was only a jacket there not Shikamaru.
'Shadow Possession Jutsu complete.' Said Shikamaru from behind Yurasu.
Shikamaru then pulled out a Kunai held against Yurasu's back and said with a yawn, 'Forfeit or die.'
Yurasu blinked before sighing and stated he forfeited and Hayate called the match.
As Shikamaru walked back up, Choji cheered, while Ino was in the background drawing circles on the floor with her finger, mumbling how she was the only one to fail out of her team, even though she was the best looking.
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The board went through names again before landing on.
Tenten VS Chiri
Chiri was a slim girl with black shoulder length hair. She also had a sword strapped to her back and wore a dark brown shirt with the sleeves cut off at the shoulders and black pants, with her headband tied around her right thigh.
"Finally it's my turn. She has a sword though so this might be fun." Thought Tenten, as she walked down.
'Let the tenth match begin.' Announced Hayate.
Chiri pulled out her sword, which was deceptively longer than it appeared, reaching almost two metres in length. Tenten smiled and summoned two tantos, before settling into a stance. Chiri charged and extended her arm while swinging her arm downwards in a diagonal arc, looking to decapitate Tenten, but Tenten held the sword in between her tantos, one in front and the other behind the blade, with the blades themselves crossing over each other in a cross formation. Seeing that no one was able to move, they both lowered their swords and jumped back. Tenten took this moment to pull out a summoning scroll and begun flinging scythes, maces, and kunai at Chiri. Chiri used her sword to try and block some but had to keep dodging to the left and right to avoid getting hit.
Tenten then stopped throwing her weapons and Chiri immediately charged. Chiri slashed diagonally, cutting Tenten's shoulder, before the blade was stopped by her tanto.
'Ha, give up, you almost lost your arm just now and next time it might be your head.' Threatened Chiri.
Tenten jumped back and pulled out a scroll which Naruto recognised.
"So she's using it already. I wonder if she can handle it?" Thought Naruto.
When she summoned the blade, most people were surprised, but for different reasons.
Haku for seeing her use it, Kakashi and Sakura, as they didn't know what Naruto did with the sword, Lee and Guy, as they had no idea how she got it, and everyone else because they were either unaware Zabuza was dead, or were questioning why the Leaf had one of the Seven Legendary Swords of the Mist.
'You know, this blade is called the decapitating carving knife, I wonder if that is just a name, or if it suggests something?' Said Tenten conversationally, even as her faced twisted into a grin.
Tenten lifted the sword and charged, aiming for Chiri's torso. Chiri put her blade in front of her and blocked the direct attack. Tenten quickly freed one of her hands and threw four shuriken at Chiri, making her back up and jump to the right. Tenten then charged again and slammed the sword exactly where Chiri would have been, if she didn't think to dodge at the last minute. Chiri took this chance to charge at Tenten, but Tenten slashed at Chiri's legs, inflicting a deep wound into her ankle.
Chiri fell to the floor and felt the decapitating carving knife on the back of her neck.
'Give up now, or we will find out if this sword lives up to its name.' Said Tenten.
Chiri sighed and announced that she was giving up.
'Winner, Tenten.' Said Hayate.
When Tenten walked back up, Lee was crying and congratulating her about her 'Flames of Youth' and that he was dying at not yet having his shot to fight.
'Nice work Tenten, although I didn't expect you to be so good with that sword already.' Said Naruto.
'Yes Tenten, your performance was magnificent.' Said Lee, with flames in his eyes again.
'Well, I am a weapons specialist, so I made sure I could use any weapon and the blades of the Seven Ninja swordsmen are the most famous, so of course I just had to know how to handle them. But you guys should focus on your matches, because there is a good chance that one of you is up next, you might even have to fight each other.' Finished Tenten.
Lee looked at Naruto and Naruto looked at Lee while each thought "That would be a youthful/awesome match."
The board however had different ideas and showed Lee VS Kankuro.
'Yes, there is no way I was going to be last!' Cheered Lee, who quickly jumped down to the arena.
Kankuro walked down and thought. "What a loser, this will be over in a minute."
'Let the eleventh match begin.' Announced Hayate.
Lee charged and kicked Kankuro up in the face, wasting no time and not allowing him to use what he had wrapped up. He then appeared behind him and loosened his bandages and wrapped them around Kankuro and begun to spin.
'Primary Lotus.' Shouted Lee, as he smashed Kankuro down on to the ground.
When the dust cleared, Lee was bleeding from a gash in his chest, with purple fluid mixed with blood flowing out.
'Ugh what happened?' Asked Lee, as he dropped to one knee.
The bandages surrounding the thing Kankuro brought down with him opened to reveal Kankuro unharmed.
'Like I thought, over in less than a minute.' Said Kankuro.
'How?' Asked Lee.
'I'm a puppet master and you attacked my puppet before, but when you wrapped around it, it stabbed you with poison and now your body is full of it, you're going to pass out in a minute. I win' Said Kankuro.
Lee looked up at Guy, who gave him the thumbs up.
'Maybe not. You should not underestimate the handsome devil of the Leaf Village. The Second Gate, Gate of Healing: open!' Shouted Lee.
Lee's wound begun to close up and he stood up again, free of the effects of the poison.
'You may be right about this match being over in one minute, but I won't be the one to lose.' Said Lee, before vanishing in a blur of speed.
Lee kicked the real Kankuro up this time and appeared behind him.
'At least this way you will feel what your puppet felt. Ironic empathy, don't you think?' Said Lee, as he loosened his bandages again, wrapping them around Kankuro's true form.
'Primary Lotus.' Shouted Lee, seconds before he drilled Kankuro into the ground, jumping away just before release.
Once the dust cleared, Kankuro was seen knocked out cold. Hayate looked at him and knew this match was over.
'Winner, Rock Lee. Would the last two people yet to fight please come down.' Announced Hayate, as Kankuro was taken away by medics.
Naruto and Dosu walked down.
'I will beat you here and get my revenge for what you did to my shoulder.' Said Dosu.
Naruto looked into his eyes again, before diverting his gaze to the floor, remembering the pain he saw and the reminder of his own life, but this was then quickly followed by the memory of the condition his friends were in when he found them in the forest.
'Last match begin.' Announced Hayate.
Dosu charged and pulled his sleeve back and went for a jab to Naruto's stomach.
Naruto however disappeared in a flash leaving Dosu confused.
'I can tell you have had a hard life Dosu filled with lots of pain and I myself contributed to that, but you should forfeit. I don't want to kill you, but if we continue, you will lose and possibly die, as you're not fully recovered.' Said Naruto appearing behind Dosu.
'Well if that's the case, I'll kill you first.' Declared Dosu, as he pulled out a kunai and threw it behind himself to force Naruto away.
'Very well.' Said Naruto drawing his modified Katana.
Naruto charged at Dosu and slashed at him, hitting his gauntlet, which caused Dosu to growl, as he pushed against it. Naruto used this moment to drop down and swept Dosu's legs, while giving his head a spinning mule kick, sending him away. Naruto then appeared behind him and gave him a brutal uppercut, sending him into the air.
'First Tail: Tail of Pain.' Said Naruto, as his one tail cloak begun to form around him.
Most of the Leaf Chunin and Jounin present were worried, as was the Hokage, with some of them preparing to jump in, but Kakashi was calm, seeing as he knew that Naruto was able to use part of the fox's power without losing control. In the face of Kakashi's calm demeanour and the fact that as his sensei, he would be the one who knew of Naruto's abilities best, no one acted at that moment, but stayed on high alert.
In an instant, Naruto had stabbed his blade through Dosu's knees and elbows, shattering the joints, as Naruto had immersed his blade in the Kyuubi's chakra.
Naruto dropped back to the ground, landing on one knee with his sword held out to his right side and Dosu fell to the ground, unable to move. As soon as Dosu hit the ground, he sheathed his sword and stood.
'Be glad you are still alive after what you did to my friends.' Said Naruto, as he waited for Hayate to call the match.
'As Dosu is unable to continue, the winner is Naruto Uzumaki, and with that these preliminaries are over.' Finished Hayate.
Everyone stared at Naruto in varying degrees of shock, with most of them thinking something along the lines of when did Naruto become this good or ruthless, while Gaara stared at him calculatingly, going over what he had said in his head.
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All Genin who made it through to the finals came down, with most distancing themselves from Naruto, who couldn't care less.
'Naruto, you were most youthful, in fact, for a moment, you were immersed in 'Flames of Youth'.' Shouted Lee, unaware that it was power from Kyuubi not youth.
'Naruto, that was rather impressive and I'm glad that you never used that move on me in Wave.' Said Haku.
'Yeah impressive, but don't you think it was a bit brutal?' Asked Tenten.
Naruto gazed directly at Tenten with a stern face and noticed the uncertainty in her eyes.
'Anyone who hurts those important to me will only receive one chance at forgiveness. I warned him and he didn't forfeit, therefore I'm completely justified. Also, we are ninja, ninja have to be brutal or else our villages could get overtaken by people who are capable of doing things even more brutal than what you just saw. However, don't worry, I won't ever use a move like that on my comrades.' Said Naruto, breaking his stern face with a smile as he said the last part, getting some relief to appear on Tenten's face.
The Hokage told them that the exam finals would happen in a month to give them time to prepare and allow important dignitaries to arrive.
'Now, to decide who will face who in the finals, you will each draw a number.' Said the Hokage.
After everyone drew and said their number, the matches were determined as follows.
First match: Naruto VS Neji.
Second match: Gaara VS Lee.
Third match: Sasuke VS Shino.
Fourth match: Haku VS Choji.
Fifth match: Shikamaru VS Temari
Sixth match: Tenten VS Sakura.
'You now know who you will be facing, so use this month to plan accordingly and also to rest and recover, until then, let us adjourn until next month.' Finished the Hokage.
Naruto left and begun to wander around the Leaf Village, until he came by the hot springs and saw a fifty something year old man looking in on the women's baths.
'Pervert!' Naruto screamed at the man, causing him to fall and hit the side of the hot springs.
The women inside heard the noise and ran away, covering themselves up as they did so and causing the man to cry. The man looked at Naruto and growled.
'You just destroyed my research!' Shouted the man.
The man was tall with waist-length, spiky white hair, tied back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. He also had red lines that ran down from his eyes and wore a horned forehead protector, with the kanji for "Oil" in the centre. He also had a noticeable wart on the right side of his nose. He wore a short green shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armour that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit was completed with hand guards, a simple black belt, wooden sandals, a red cloak with two simple yellow circles, and a scroll on his back. He also had a tattoo in his left palm, which appeared to be swirl-like tribal marking.
'Yeah, yeah, research. First, I meet a creepy white guy who smells like snakes and now I meet an old pervert who smells like toads.' Said Naruto as he walked away.
"Snakes? No, it couldn't be." Thought the old man.
'Hey wait up kid, what did you mean by a white guy that smells like snakes?' Asked the old man.
'*sigh* I don't have time for this, I need to train for the finals, but if you really want to know, it was some guy called Orochimaru. Later pervert.' Said Naruto who jumped away when he finished.
'So the Fourth's legacy met Orochimaru and walked away from it, interesting.' Muttered the old man.
'Hey, it's the pervert, let's get him!' Shouted the women from the bath, now fully clothed.
"Oh crap, I better run." Thought the old man, who was chased by about fifty angry women.
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'Hmm, I wonder if the pervert got away.' Said Naruto to himself, as he walked around the village, looking for a good place to train in seclusion.
'Hey, I'm not a pervert.' Said the old man, appearing in front of Naruto.
'Oh yeah, then what are you?' Asked Naruto.
'I'm a super pervert.' Said the man, before summoning a toad and doing a dance on it while revising a clearly practiced speech.
'I am a man who makes ladies swoon with his good looks and men tremble in fear from his very name, the sage of Mount Myoboku, one of the legendary three Sannin. I am Jiraiya.' Finished the man.
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