What If Naruto Trains Alone After A WAVE? | PART 2

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looked up the taller figure was gesturing him over the old retired ninja turned Barman hobbled over on his good leg before or hunching over where the man said yeah he asked his voice low so as to not disturb the peace in the bar we're looking for a few fugitives you wouldn't have happened to have seen him around the white-haired man kept his voice low whilst pulling a picture of one's abuser mamachi from his right pocket and in his left a handsome sum of Ryo the bar man eyed the Rio and swiftly pocketed it before taking a closer look at the picture this guy looks familiar why would you be hunting him he asked suspiciously the white-haired man glanced around his yellow-haired friend doing the same before returning to the conversation we've been sent to stop him from destroying this town the bar man flinched bottom the yellow haired kid thought yeah he's bringing a small mercenary group to raid this town and kill anyone inside so any information you could give would be crucial to saving this town in this quaint little bar the white-haired man finished the bar man now gestured towards the back door the white-haired man nodded he and his yellow-haired friend promptly exited the bar and headed round the back piece of cake Naruto mother as he relaxed his arms behind his head looking up at his white haired travel companion I wouldn't be so sure about Naruto jure replied hearing several sets of footsteps from inside instead of just the two he expected the bar man walked out of the back followed by several strong-looking men do you think you can Swagger into my bar and try to trick me into giving up valuable information he called out six strong men now surrounding him three on each side Leaf Shinobi aren't welcome around these parts boys show him our Hospitality four of the men quickly jumped forward three lunging at the old man whilst another went for the kid oh boy not this again Jerry aside you know how to pick him don't you jureus Sensei Narito smiled performing a frequently used hand sign Shadow clone Jutsu seven more Naruto burst from the smoke poor hopped over the man whilst the other three and Naruto rushed them striking them in the belly the men were winded and forced back into the Clones waiting fists striking them in the spine and sending them into a world of Darkness the bar man took a step back you too get him him he shouted as he tried to run away the two remaining men flashed through some hand signs verif's style Earth pistol one of the men shouted a chunk of Earth rose up in front of him like a column higher style burning furnace the other shouted making a ring around his mouth and blowing gareya grabbed the real Naruto's collar and turned his back to the fight the man standing in front of the mound of Earth punched his fist forward a piece of Earth from the top broke off and flew towards jurea it passed through the air the other man had blown and melted mid-flight turning into a flying piece of lava the remaining Naruto jumped in the way the lava cutting through them like butter but they'd slowed it down vireya jumped up pulling Naruto with him as the lava glob missed his clog by inches the men watched him Dodge and performed the same action again using his fist to line up the target several more shots flew duraya's way as he flew through the air and landed on the building above each missing burea dropped Naruto on the roof out of Harm's Way before running along the edge he saw the bar man below and quickly jumped out in front of him the bar man jumped with fry fight before turning to run again only to find himself being lifted up off the ground held protectively in front of jurea fire that way and your boss's toast not me he shouted down to the men the air became cooler as the two released theirs burrito jumped off the roof and landed between them punching them on the way down their heads hitting the wall and knocking them out now you're gonna tell me everything you know about Zabuza giraya said sternly to the bar man lifting him higher off the ground he could feel his collar getting tighter the longer he waited okay all right he quickly gasped he was here a few days ago him and this boy walked into the bar and had a few drinks before a strange Mist appeared when it cleared the two were gone that's all I know I swear duraya quickly dropped the man and turned to Naruto we're getting closer he smiled burrito grinned back walking up to his new teacher shouts could be heard from the bar the duo turned to look as the back door burst open Angry customers awaiting their booze poured out hey they're doing some into Jack one shouted assault and other cried out looks like it's time to go to Naruto jerea blurted out nervously before disappearing leaving an outline of himself behind hey wait up old man Naruto shouted out before hurrying after his Sensei leaving the same Dusty after image angry customers and Town Police quickly chased them out of the village with various weapons very up Naruto where I leave you behind giraya joked as a pitchfork whiz past him Naruto fumed as he ran alongside the old hermit this is all your fault this is the fourth Village we've had to leave like this out of four Naruto shouted back at him as the duo sprinted out of the Village Under The Wooden welcome sign that stood at the east of the town the angry villagers stopped at the sign and just shouted at the leaf ninja as they fled into the forest their backs to the Setting Sun Naruto stopped at a small stream scooping some water into his mouth and washing the sweat off his face and we at least get some food or something before we ask people where a dangerous ninja is Narita reasoned plopping down on a large Rock Bureau was just leaning back on a nearby tree with his arms folded he ninja should be able to go for days on little sustenance like me he smirked Naruto just scowled and looked into the water watching a leaf float Downstream when are you gonna teach me something new anyway Narito blurted out Gary aside and unfolded his arms pushing himself off the tree all right kid if you want to learn something new a flick of his left thumb and blood was in his palm boar dog bird monkey Ram summoning Jutsu Judea shouted out slamming his left hand down on the ground with a weird ceiling pattern emerging from underneath it Naruto looked on as a cloud of smoke erupted and dispersed revealing jure as usual orange and black toad companion this time it had a big scroll in its mouth yeah what do you think of that giraya asks smugly sitting on top of the toad is that the biggest you can go Naruto replied seeing the same toad for the third time burea flinched Vigor isn't always better than Naruto jiraya laughed my most powerful combination is with two Toads smaller than this pointing to the toad he sat upon burrito raised an eyebrow as smoke can go of the toad and jure walked out unfurling the scroll taken from the Toad's mouth all summons require a contract to be made with the creature you wish to summon jure unrolled the contract in front of Naruto on Iraq he was perched upon this contract here is for the Toads Naruto leaned over and examined the last few names the N2 being jurea himself and the fourth Hokage monotonamicus you actually persuaded the fourth to sign this Narito asked stunned bureaus smacked him lightly but firmly on the head idiot he asked me if he could sign it Jerry retorted leaning back and gazing up at the sky chuckling that yellow-haired Menace embarrassed me more times than I can count because he signed this Naruto looked at the old hermit with a little admiration it seems he had a soft spot for the fourth what was he like Naruto asked politely he'd heard much about the fort's greatness but not much about him as a person burea laughed loudly he was like you jurea turned and gave Narito a genuine smile filled with kindness honorable creative powerful and an annoying brat of a student the was taken aback at the annoying part then the last words hit him he was your student of course you don't think I'd let just anyone sign this thing did you Jerry smiled pointing to the contract Naruto once again looked down at the contract gazing at the fourth name then giraeus both were renowned for being powerful ninja 1A the other one a Hokage yeah Naruto bellowed I'll sign it too then really This I Gotta See the fox decided to make its presence known Naruto just ignored the fox for now great all you have to do is sign your name and blood and underneath each of your fingerprints from the same hand and you're good to go verito bit the tip of his right thumb and wrote his name in blood before pressing each of his fingers onto the bottom of the fresh space to finish the signing good now these are the signs jurea held up his hands to demonstrate Naruto watched intently then quickly finished his own slamming his right hand down on the floor like jurea summoning Jutsu he called out a large wave of smoke appeared durea's mouth opened slightly in anticipation the wind picked up blowing the way the smoke to reveal a small orange toad with purple stripes along its belly eyebrows eyes and mouth with a blue jacket on yo he said simply raising his right hand and greeting Naruto's face faulted he couldn't even summon one half as big as jurea durea however was contemplating the situation he thought for sure he'd have to weaken Naruto's chakra down so the fox's more powerful chakra could summon something the fox was at this time laughing in his cage shut up stupid Fox Naruto thought angrily the name's gamakiti the toad introduced itself before turning to Naruto so what do you need jureus smiled at the Young toad you're all I could summon narito's side well nothing right now I guess the toad looked visibly annoyed at this fine then just holler if you need me he said before bursting into smoke Bureau laughed and removed a scroll from his pocket we may as well set up camp we still have a lot of walking to do if we're gonna catch up to this guy giraya said whipping the scroll out as bits and pieces of campsite burst out of the seals oh all right Naruto you get building I'm gonna catch some giraya began but Naruto was already finishing a set of hand signs summoning Jutsu he called out again another poof of smoke and another toad was summoned this time it was bigger but only in the waste department this frog was bright yellow with orange stripes in similar places as gamakiti but had its underarms and legs colored a dark gray green sort of color this is the first time anyone's ever summoned me it's gamma tatsu's turn of getting a chance to shine it shouted proudly burrito sweat dropped as the small toad looked around confused they where are the bad guys at he asked seeing no one before turning to Naruto Ahmed Narito just shouted to the sky uraya chuckled and called over to the toad he's just practicing if you leave get ready to be summoned by this kid for a few years before he gets the hang of it Naruto fumed a Terraria whilst the toad looked at the floor a little sadly oh and here I thought I could get some snacks for this he muttered before disappearing in a burst of smoke If You're Gonna Keep practicing that go away and practice is I don't want your training messing up my beauty sleep Jerry a teased with a half Stern voice Naruto just gave the old man an angry glare before opening his mouth to say something quickly deciding against it turning and heading off into the trees behind him Gorey watched as he disappeared through the brush that kid's gonna make one heck of a ninja he thought grinning smugly then all the girls will praise me his teacher his thoughts turn perverse he turned his back to the trees and greeted an unmade Camp bam kid making me do all the work he grumbled quickly setting to making his own tent summoning Jutsu Naruto shouted out again his voice croaking due to the strain of shouting the same line over and over again this time a larger cloud of smoke erupted in front of the blonde genen he quickly looked up in excitement yo Amit Naruto shouted out the orange toad quickly took the hint and scarpered a smaller puff of smoke accompanying him Naruto was kneeling on the floor his hands holding his body up off the ground he was panting heavily his chakra was running low he'd found a small clearing in which to practice small oak trees surrounded him and the dark green grass was soft enough to sleep on Naruto clenched his hands clutching some dirt and grass blades as he pushed himself back up onto a kneeling position his hands went through the hand signs again boar dog bird monkey tiger Naruto slammed his hand on the floor giving off a weak Cry of summoning only for nothing to happen wrong sign kid the fox murmured Naruto rolled over onto his back panting heavily I know he gasped they reached over for his water bottle and drank the remaining liquid inside it wasn't much head back to the old man no more can be accomplished by pushing yourself this far kick me scolded what about your chakra Narita thought too tired to speak their arm muscles are already at their limit I could give you my chakra but you'll only end up breaking your body even more and I won't fix it the fox reasoned before turning his nose up proudly I guess you're right Naruto thought back he just lay there spread out gasping for a minute or two before Gathering what was left of his energy this back arched his legs bent to stand Naruto hoisted himself to his feet burrito's eyesight darkened the momentum from his rise led to his fall as he fell flat down onto the ground face first the impact hurt but Naruto was already off in the world of Slumber two dark figures glided over the Earth each leaving no footprint nor Trace they had ever been there bar the dark cloaks that flew behind them their hair and bodies were engulfed by these cloaks leaving a lot to the imagination not five minutes had passed since Naruto hit the floor as the Figures were met with the sight of the blonde unconscious ninja hey look who it is the taller of the two spoke in a deep voice a smaller one gasped as the taller one Nell tan check the blonde's vital signs he's still breathing he muttered the smaller one let out a breath she didn't know she was holding the taller figure grabbed Naruto round the waist and hauled him up onto his right shoulder glancing down at the repeated hand prints on the floor seems as though we'll have a guest joining us for breakfast the taller one chuckled without a word the duo quickly hurried on their cloaks whipping around them as they moved glint of silver could be seen under the taller ones cloak Knight was here and the moon helped illuminate the half-made campsite guerea was kicking back and relaxing in front of the fire he'd made one leg folded over the other with a twig and marshmallow roasting over the fire between his toes and how long is that kid gonna take he asked himself as he stared up at the night sky full of stars the outer thought that kid would have run out of steam by now even with his chakra level he said to himself any minute now he's going to come swaggering through those trees eat my marshmallows and try to make me put up his tent another hour passed and the bag of marshmallows emptied the moon was now right above giraya signaling midnight or sometimes close to it they'll probably run out of chakra if he hasn't come back by now jerea thought he pushed himself up to a sitting position and flashed through the summoning signs before slamming his hand down on the ground the small puff of smoke later and a small orange toad was lying on his back his eyes closed and a large nose bubble present boy giraya nudged a toad the nose bubble popped in the toad awoke quickly jumping to its feet and looking around though it's just you he muttered when did Naruto last summon you Jerry asked politely but with a hint of worry in his voice the blonde that was ages ago last time he summoned me he looked ready to collapse gamakitshi explained durea nodded and dismissed the toad before checking the campsite quickly for anything he would mind getting stolen before taking off into the trees Naruto had walked through earlier the sound of a crackling fire piece to silence a dim orange invaded the darkness in narito's closed eyes the sound of light Footsteps in the light was gone Naruto's senses were returning to him slowly he opened his eyes briefly and a lighter Darkness greeted him in what looked like the dark inside of a tent a soft voice called out to him are you okay beruto went perfectly still he recognized that voice the hand reached out with a wet cloth and dabbed at his head Naruto could feel the cold sensation running through his body he quickly turned and came face to face with an old friend hi Naruto hello Haku Naruto blushed Haku was kneeling by narito's side holding the damp washcloth over his wet hair she quickly withdrew the washcloth from Naruto's head and gave him an honest kind smile Narito quickly pushed himself into a sitting position and returned the smile in the form of the grin as the two hugged tightly that's good to see you again Naruto yay you too Haku they broke the hug and Naruto could look at Haku properly for the first time in a while she had ditched a tomboy sherdu and the kimono now she had her hair loose around her shoulders her clothes were now a soft pink short sleeve top with a black and yellow flower design along the arms a similarly colored short skirt adorned her lower half coming just above the kneecaps with light brown sandals finishing off the outfit wow you really changed Naruto exclaimed Aku giggled Softly She was giving Naruto look over too his arms had gotten bigger and it wasn't hard to miss seeing as he wasn't wearing his black and orange jacket while since ibusa found out about me I decided to wear something more me Haku said I can hear you you know a deep voice called out from outside the tent Aku giggled while Naruto's eyes went wide he pushed himself up and crawled over to the tent flap moving it aside to seize abusa settled around a small campfire with his kubakiri hmchm impaled in the ground next to him debuza's look had changed too Naruto could see his ninja trousers were no longer gray camouflage but jet black his shirt was now long sleeved and bore green camouflage with his sandals still retaining the gray camouflage and traveling halfway up his knee this headband had remained in the same position with a metal karigaker symbol on the left side of his forehead while the bandages he wore around his face hung around his neck loose Hey kid as abuser smirked his pointy teeth glistening in the firelight nice boxers Naruto looked down and realized he was only dressed in his black T-shirt and bright white boxers ah he moved to cover himself with both arms as the 10th flap thankfully fell back into place he quickly turned and scanned for the rest of his outfit Pierre haku's voice rang out she had turned her gaze to a quarter of the tent with a bright red blush on her face both arms holding out Doritos clothes and gear they took it graciously and Haku quickly hurried out the tent outside Zabuza was laughing quietly to himself as the still red Haku told him to shut it sitting beside a guardian shortly after Naruto emerged from the tent fully dressed his own face harboring a small blush of embarrassment before sitting opposite the Missing Ninja how'd I get here he asked to use a chuckled we brought you here of course you looked ready to die when we found you all passed out with no chakra the memory came back to Naruto Oh yay why well it is uh his abusive awkwardly started he didn't want to admit he missed the kid a little not to mention his influence on Haku I couldn't leave you lying there Naruto Haku finished for him Naruto flashed her a smile and she lightly blushed debuza smiled at the scene before deciding to ask Naruto about his new gear seems you think you're ready to fight for real now a kid as abusa asked glancing at Naruto's short sword Naruto took the hint and looked at his sword for a moment before drawing it and holding it out for them to examine my friend and is back in kanoha he began she taught me about correct stances and timing we made this together after the second exam the Fire Light danced over the blade making it Shimmer as the fox head on the help looked ready to strike Aku gazed at the blade with awe as abusive admired its quality workmanship that's a fine blade you got shame it can't stand up to mine his abuser teased surprisingly Naruto admitted defeat that's to be expected he began after all I've only been training a little while his eyes Mets abusers but don't underestimate me the river released a little killer intent and Zabuza matched it needless to say his abusa did understand the power behind Naruto's words he had underestimated the kid back on the bridge and he'd almost lost Haku to him he knew now that Naruto would never do such a thing he had taken Haku in a different way so what are you doing out here anyway Naruto Haku asked burrito wore a blank look on his face trying to remember though yay he shouted out me and this perv were looking for you too Zabuza and Haku look taken aback before or mentally readying themselves to defend and then why is that as abuser asked cautiously his hand twitched a little closer to his sword the branch snapped and leaves rustled as the clear sound of something falling through the trees behind the Missing Ninja and a flash Zabuza had grabbed his sword and Whirled around to face whoever was behind them while Haku had lunged for Naruto twisting his arm behind his back and lifting him to his feet readying at his neck ahaku what the hell Naruto protested be ready Haku is abuse of bartender but whistling in the air was heard thukunai landed its abuser's feet a small white piece of cloth tied between them huh he muttered confused redoubling his grip on his Blade with both hands time out a voice called out arudo raised his head trying to spot whoever was the cause of this commotion the twins abuses legs he could make out a large wide and red blob my bad didn't mean to scare you like that A Familiar voice called Out Boy What's your deal giraya Narito shouted the white-haired walked towards the trio his arms up in surrender Zabuza called back to Naruto you know this guy yeah Naruto replied clenching his teeth he's my Sensei for this trip debuza let out a breath of relief but kept up his guard sorry about that jurea apologized his left arm now rubbing the back of his neck in a naruto-like fashion the branch broke he laughed quietly why are you here is abusa kept his stand stiff but Loose enough to flow and Dodge if needs be bureaus stuck his head to the side and glanced over at Naruto he didn't tell them Naruto was still stuck in haku's arm lock not trying to escape I was about to before you burst in Naruto yelled angrily back at his teacher will someone tell me what the hell is going on here his abusa demanded Fury has stopped walking toward the Xmas nin a good 15 feet away as my idiot of a student failed to explain jurea began with a protest from Naruto heard in the background we've come to make you an offer debusa's ears pricked up at this what kind of offer he asked cautiously one that will get anbu off your back giraya said softly just loud enough for all four to hear Aku tensed herself at this bit of information burrito picked up on this and made a note to ask about it later I take it we have a ninja's truce whose abuser asked until this conversation is over yes Jerry replied both Naruto and Haku were confused neither of them had heard of the Ninja's truce debuza lowered his blade and stepped out of his stance without turning to look he called out to his partner Haku yes take Naruto and go play for a while the grown-ups are gonna talk Aku released Naruto's arm and re-holstered her sure his abusive Sensei she knew this was business and acted accordingly Naruto was rubbing his arm as the feeling of pins and needles left jeez Haku you didn't have to be so mean he complained childishly without a word Haku grabbed his sleeve and pulled him off into the trees behind the older ninja so Shall We Begin giraya The Young ninja pair walked through the trees Naruto occasionally pushes branches or leaves away from him and Haku follows close behind sorry again for hurting you Naruto Haku apologized the burrito waved it off I told you it's fine he reasoned I probably would have done the same hell I did it first back at the bridge remember Aku smiled reassured Naruto's kindness what do you think they're talking about she asked Naruto casually giraya Sensei is gonna ask you guys about joining us Naruto grinned proudly joining yeah as in the hidden Leaf aku's brain worked furiously through several thoughts at once the thought of being able to live in peace in a village to be able to live like a normal person again 2. see Narito every day her brain was fighting these thoughts for the hidden deception they might contain as well as the blush from the final thought hey you okay Naruto asked waving a hand in front of her eyes Aku blinked and shook off the momentary brain crash to see they had stopped near the edge of a cliff several rocks were arranged around the edge with some jutting out into open air the biggest rock of all stuck out over the cliff a good 10 feet with the moon currently balancing on its tip come on Naruto grinned and grabbed her hand pulling her towards the big Rock stunned at first Haku kept up with a young blonde running up along the rock before standing on the edge staring out into the night sky the moon encasing their forms beautiful Haku gasped her breath taken away she carefully looked over the edge of the Rock and saw just how far up they were at least a good 500 feet or so she grabbed onto Naruto's jacket with her free hand and gripped his hand tighter Naruto smiled kindly as he carefully helped her sit down with him their legs hanging out over the edge of the rock Naruto yay what um Haku started what do you think would happen to me haruto looked confused for a second before she explained further I didn't belong to a village but Zabuza took me in if if whatever deal they're making does let us join the hidden Leaf what would happen to me she looked up at Naruto their eyes meeting she stared into Naruto's crystal blue orbs and waited for his response I dunno he sighed that was not what she was expecting I guess you would be free to become a kanohan ninja if you wanted but what if they don't want me Haku replied panic convading her voice what if they only wants abusa and not me Naruto looked into haku's shining brown eyes the moon reflected in the slight tears that were threatening to break free I guess I'll just have to keep you Narito smiled if they don't want you living in the village you can live with me hell most people don't want me in the village but they haven't kicked me out yet he gave her one of his best Smiles a rare genuine Naruto smile Aku calmed down a bit at this at least Naruto would stand by her the hand reached out and pulled her closer Naruto was rubbing her shoulder gently in reassurance as she rested her head on his arm the couple sat there for a while admiring the sight of the nearly full moon in front of them beginning to sink below the earth once more Aku pulled away from Naruto's shoulder slightly and turned to face the blonde Naruto looked down at haku's gentle face they were only mere inches apart Haku closed her eyes and leaned forward slightly her lips moving towards Naruto's Naruto copied closing his eyes and moving his face to meet hers the distance closed as the two met their lips interlocked as they both experience their first kiss the Moonlight bathed the couple as Naruto and Haku pulled apart their hearts both beating rapidly before turning away from each other in embarrassment Naruto's freehand found hakus as he held it gently she returned the gesture as their gaze both returned to the other both moving in for their second kiss of the night you better not be deceiving me as abuser growled as his hand gripped yuraya's own shaking it once before releasing durea smiled is that any way to refer to your new best friend Zabuza chuckled deeply friend we'll just see he muttered before reaching for his long black cloak are we setting off immediately yeah Naruto left behind an important girl back in kanoha I'm sure he'd want to get back there quickly giraya beaned I'm sure Haku will have something to say about that um let's just say Naruto's influence changed her for the better she's become rather fond of him as abusa explained really well it seems Narito has a way with the ladies I must note this down jurea's hands flew to his pockets before coming up with a black notebook and pencil jotting some thing down in its pages I hope you won't be using him for any of yours research is abusa said menacingly giraya flinched no of course not why would I do something like that if I find out you've been using him her Haku there won't be a safe place on Earth for you to hide vireya quickly pocketed his notebook and whistled a random too nonchalantly but to see we have an understanding Zabuza sent a little killer intent to the specific area of giraya they felt it but did not dare risk even a joke everything's okay a voice behind them called out the Elder ninja turned to see the younger generation stepping out from the bushes both a little flushed and smiling yeah it seems we're going to be moving Haku hack your things the girl instantly said about collecting her stuff her flushed look gone in an instant while Naruto walked over to jerea so what's going on pervy Sage Naruto asked an angry Mark popped up on juraya's head now we're not in a delicate situation he cracked his knuckles a loud thunkacode in the clearing don't call me that jureus stood over Naruto has has had partially buried Aku quickly dropped what she was doing and hurried to Naruto's side helping him back up and rubbing his forehead as abuser raised an eyebrow this but made no comment instead of hitting me this conversation could have been over already Narito yelled back gareya just glared at Naruto but gave in everything has been agreed on we're going back to the leaf Village after 12 Naruto returns with a bang the moon had faded and disappeared over the horizon as the small group made their way through the forest the trees barely rustled as they jumped from Branch to Branch making only a small amount of noise comparable to a small flock of birds a small dirt road appeared below them as the group dropped down into the middle of it finally Naruto groaned as his feet touch Solid Ground how much further jureus Sensei they smirked as he looked down the road both ways near Naruto we can take it easy from here juray replied his hand checking his scroll was still attached Zabuza and Haku stayed silent both cautious about the upcoming event entering a hidden village that reminds me zubuza giraya started his abusa turned his attention toward him I'll need your sword and any weapons you might be carrying the Miss ninja looked visibly shocked he rarely parted with his blade and when he did it never left his sight nor was it left in anyone's karbar hakus the buza muttered something unapproving before reluctantly removing the blade from his back the held from his side and handing them over to the before detaching the kunai holster hidden on the inside of his black cloak burea drew a blank scroll and inscribed some seals before sealing the weapons inside what about you young missy jurea asked Haku his voice changing from the calm Sirius one to one of playfulness he normally puts on around women I do not carry such things with me the only weapons I need are my hands jurea's eyes grew wide that means she isn't carrying any Naruto yelled at his teacher who quickly turned his attention from Haku to his own annoying student I know that you brat he shouted back at Naruto strangely Narito didn't Flinch at his teacher's close-up shouted response he just stood with his arms crossed glaring hard at the sage garaya quickly regained his composure and rolled up the scroll pocketing it before he began walking in what the Missing Ninja guessed was the direction of the leaf Village durea led the way a few meters ahead of the rest of the group with haku's abusa and Naruto walking behind together Aku and Naruto were talking to each other while zebusa kept his eyes focused on jurea's pocket ah wow so you must be training hard for the third exam Haku is admired as Naruto enlightened her to his activities and battles in the chicken exams believe it jureus Sensei even taught me this cool summoning Jutsu but I can't summon much yet Naruto replied a little down-heartedly don't worry I'm sure you'll get it hacker reassured him so what about you Naruto asked Aku looked taken aback before she realized what he meant though ERM I've learned a few new things too she replied her gaze averted from Naruto's own as she thought back to what she'd learned cool when can I see him Naruto asked excitement heavy in his voice Aku was about to reply when jerea cut in look Naruto were almost home he pointed ahead and sure enough the Hokage mount and was visible in the distance how about you wait till we get everything sorted out before you talk about training burrito crossed his arms and glared angrily at giraya's back he accepted giraya's statement but he didn't have to like it Aku watched the pouting the Trudeau and giggled quietly raising her hand in front of her mouth as she did the Noha approached and the group was forced to deal with the guards at the front entrance check-in was always dull akuan's abusa were hanging back a little hesitant to go closer to the gates or guards than they needed to be Narito noticed this and gave Haku a reassuring smile before nudging his head toward the village burea and Naruto returning from a mission giraya announced as he stepped up to the little kiosk-like desk it was not Naruto's favorite Chicken in pair but a wide-eyed hiker Chicken in with hair similar to niji's and what looked like a nervous nunchkin and fumbling with his records ER right if you could just um sign here please the Newbie struggled as the hika scoffed at his incompetence what a dope Naruto's ears perked up at the hika's words you have already failed to notice that they are accompanying 2 for a ninja he scolded harshly ER right sorry the chicken in muttered he Lent over to look behind the old if I could ask you to sign your names please the hike his side again idiot Naruto felt a little anger rise to the surface akuans abusive both looked at each other both unable to figure out how to act the loud laugh pierced to safeguard silence don't worry they're fine jureus smiled at the nervous Chicken in as he signed both his and Naruto's names while grabbing a couple of white slips there with me on a diplomatic Mission oh I see the hiker responded I wondered why they weren't in cuffs durea now turned his attention to the stuck-up hikta the high and mighty hikta decides to judge someone on appearance he said sarcastically like that hasn't been done before I would change your attitude towards others if you want to become a good ninja active flinched in his chair as jurea turned back to the Newbie what's your name son ER Brock sir Suchi Brock he don't worry tsuchi I remember my first time here my toad ran off with a register when he plastic cards the nervous ninja chuckled lightly as his nerves settled a little burea turned his back to the check-in then smiled back at the trio both tsuchi and Naruto felt a little better watching the smug hyu to get put in his place it made him think of what he would say when he taught niji the same lesson Zabuza Haku he waved his hand towards him as he turned to walk down the main street to the hokage's office let's get you sorted hey this won't take long will it is abuse a half growled he always hated meetings Naruto go sort your stuff out giraya called back don't forget about your training and knowing grin on his face thinking of a brown-haired weapons mistress I'll have to see you later then Naruto Khan Naruto turned to see haku's smiling face she took a step closer lent in and kissed his cheek Naruto blushed and felt a warm tingling sensation where her lips touched before it disappeared along with Haku who ran to catch up with zebusa uh Yay see ya he muttered as he watched her brown hair flutter in the wind though Chicken in just watched gobsmacked as the village Outcast got a kiss from a rather pretty girl the hiker felt nothing but hate for the demon vessel he barely caught the eye of any female whereas the kick the Incarnation was already getting kisses tsuchi however smiled at the orange and black jennen it was about time someone saw him for the kind kitty seemed to be he made a mental note to ask his Sensei why people gave him hateful looks but his traveling Trio gone Naruto let out a long sigh and looked up at the Sun the top half of the great ball of fire had risen above the wall into the village the other first things first breakfast he thought as he felt his belly Rumble at the thought of food the chiraku it is he called out humping a fist in the air as his backpack jostled beginning the Trek back to his favorite breakfast lunch and dinner stand asht Whispers littered the street as the toad Sage the demon of the Mist and an unknown walked calmly through kanoha most people had risen and were beginning their daily routines of shopping working and training and many were present to witness this unusual event Aku could feel the stairs all over her a shiver ran down her spine as she quickened her Pace to stand closer to Zabuza and jerea debuza looked down at his student her smile from before was gone and her happy face was replaced with one of caution with a hint of fear the people on the street felt a small wave of killer intent hit them as the Miss ninja passed some quickly looking away and hurrying along with whatever they were doing before the all right is abuser whispered I'm fine Zabuza Sensei Haku replied with her old emotionless voice back in place I just wish Naruto was here the the demon of the Mist a young pink top girl who gasped as she felt killer intent wash over her barely affecting her due to the small strength of it wielder of the kubikiri hmchm she gazed at the legendary swordsman confused after not seeing his sword before briefly turning her attention briefly to the girl standing next to him then finally to the old wait his brain quickly fought back to Naruto's letter jurea that means Naruto's back the long slurp could be heard before bang as a bull slammed down on the counter ah great Raymond as always Naruto's side patting his now round belly in satisfaction no less for our favorite customer Naruto am smiled collecting his seven empty bowls Naruto chuckled lightly before his face muscles twitched he sneezed covering his face with his arm Fuji laughed as he began washing the large pot Naruto's Raymond resided in only a few minutes ago some pretty girl must be thinking of you Naruto but which one a deep voice called out inside Naruto what do you mean foxy Narita replied the old tailed beast lowered its eyebrows and irritation at the new nickname well you do have a certain charm with more than one girl in your life as much as Naruto had learned over the years from the fox and books teachers and the usual ninja sources he'd never had much experience with other people that a Naruto thought confused again dot you mean Haku the fox face planted the floor considering the floor was under a good two to three feet of watery substance the whole experience of it and Dorito's ignorance proved annoying to the great Beast it raised its head again inside loudly yes I mean the missed girl but what about the other two the fox only got the same response as he had the whole conversation Dade another face plant figure it out idiot kick me roared out before closing the link between them apparently having enough of the blonde well the fox did appreciate the difficulties Naruto had with people he couldn't really be that out of touch could he stupid Fox Narito thought to himself what was he on about Naruto a voice called out Naruto blinked several times before beholding the welcome side of ayam and Tucci you seem pretty out of the kid were you thinking of her Tucci smirked Naruto became even more confused at this before remembering the last comment from the Raymond stall owner though Herm Naruto began Naruto a different voice called out this time looking left then right Naruto spied a certain weapons teacher he had an overdue lesson with oh hey Tintin did you get my message he smiled the two Raymond cook suddenly turned away and began whistling inconspicuously the a did you just get back I saw jurea and two Miss ninjas walking toward the hokage's office did you capture them tenton asked quickly with the last part coming out close to a shout no no it's not like that Naruto waved his hands dismissing her Theory me and Jerry went to offer them refuge in the leaf they're going to the old man's to get all the paperwork done I guess so there's going to be one of the seven Swordsmen of the missed living here tenton squealed I hope so Zabuza even took interest in this Naruto pointed to his new blade you never know he could be a challenge to spar against a strange thought manifested itself across Denton's mind it was a strange thought but not an impossible one you say this like you're already his friend or something Zabuza yeah you could say that Haku is quite nice too Narito answered his thoughts drifting back to last night Fenton's jaw dropped what how did it go when but she stammered before getting a full sentence out could you introduce me sure Naruto flashed her his cheeky grin his abuser will probably need some friends like us since he's new and all back in the hokage's office things weren't going as smoothly as some would hope I refuse to divulge to unworthy people as abuser raised his voice he and Haku were standing in the middle of the hokage's office with jureus sitting on the couch to the side while the Hokage and his two advisors resided behind the desk one on each side they were currently locked in a heated debate and neither side wanted to give an inch that is a condition of your Refuge here in kanoha either you give us your or you will be turned in hamura matched his volume the area was currently staying quiet trying to think of the best way to cause both parties to come to an agreement I told him he would be allowed here if he came willingly the anbu would no longer be after him and he would be able to live here as a kanohan ninja if he pledged allegiance to the leaf the old jerks just decided to get greedy I worked long and hard to perfect and Mastermind there is no way I would give them up just to see some third-rate gen in using my hard work his abusive fought back the conversation had been going a while now and if something wasn't done soon then things would turn nasty God I have an idea Jerry is spoke up all five occupants turned to the what if he took on some apprentices debuza gave jurea just look what was the old perv thinking that's preposterous kaheru began but the toad Sage cut in he would take a few people he considered worthy and would pass on his knowledge this way is abuser confidently passes on his teachings and you would get your the two advisers began to ponder the idea it was not what they were aiming for but not the most unreasonable besides they would get all the techniques in due time with a push towards whose abuse it teaches that seems like the perfect compromise to me giraya the third smiled at his old student before the advisors could argue the third announced a final decision well then it seems that you will be teaching for a while think you're up to it underneath his bandages his abusive smirked yay I can handle a few brats hell I've already got this one what's a few more he motioned to Haku I already have one Apprentice in mind the advisors looked confused I'm sure Haku won't mind teaching the brat with me will you Aku picked up on whom's abusa was talking about yes is abusive Sama that is also another thing hamura began we are to assume that your companion is already learned of your techniques and willing to become a member of the leaf she has been taught a few of my lesser known techniques but Haku is quite capable with her own Aku raised her head to look at all three elderly ninja I already possess knowledge of Elemental and Haku began debusa gave her a hard look as the hushed conversation earlier entered both their minds whatever you do do not let them know of you jurea whispered to the prisoners as they approached the hokage's big red building if I know Haku began before jerea turned his head to give her a harsh Fierce look do not let them know he muttered again before turning back to the path ahead Aku glanced up its abuser who gave her look saying do as he says then use a couple of water effectively Haku finished the two advisers gave each other a knowing look before kahera Dropped a Bomb before you escaped from Team Kakashi in Wave Country Kakashi wrote in his report that you have a Haku Zabuza and Jerry is stiffened slightly thankfully it went unnoticed by the advisors but not by the Hokage specifically one of ice he referred to them as demonicas mirrors those abusa and Haku knew they were in a delicate situation they did not want to risk knowing what would happen if they were to discover haku's ice manipulation injutsu this answer made giraya and Zabuza breathe an internal sigh of relief I have a particular interest in and designed my own it destabilized the victim by giving each person a different impersonation of my location and attack pattern Haku stated confidently each person will see any number of things but it's limited to the imagination of the subject I am not sure what Kakashi saw but it was merely allowing me to gain the upper hand the explanation seemed perfectly reasonable this is why it greatly annoyed the advisors seeing nothing wrong with it the Kashi also mentioned I senbin what about that hamuri interjected I am proficient in pressure points in which case I use hidden launchers located on my wrists to fire rapid shots towards an opponent another reasonable explanation after all deception is the trademark of a good ninja both techniques use little and no chakra enabling me to outlast my opponent as was the case in waves another inward sigh it looks like they were in the clear just like I taught you is abuser chuckled padding haku's head while it wasn't something he would normally do it did pull the attention off of his Ward for the moment the Hokage turned to his advisors well everything seems in order I think that's all the time we'll need from you today the two turned to the old Hokage both greatly annoyed they not only had to compromise but a potential was merely the illusion of the two promptly left the office closing the door with more Force than needed on the way out jurea the third turn to the unknotted there was no fooling his old teacher a few hand signs from the later private conversation Jutsu a faint white low ebbed around the room before returning to its normal colors thank you jurea however looked a bit nervous there was no telling what his old teacher would do next I am not an easy man to fool Miss Haku heroism began but I'm sure jerea is behind that Haku stiffened slightly her first day in kanoha and she was already a goner it is good that he did inform you so both Haku and abuser gave the Hokage an odd look burea quickly got onto the same wavelength as his old teacher this Village has become a bit disgraceful in places jerea explained as I'm sure you are aware one Sasuke is the last Loyola chehana Village Vox abuse and Haku remembered the blue topped Sharingan armed genin his and others within the village are treasured but molded As Weapons when Sasuke is old enough he will probably be subjected to what the elders call Clan Restoration in which he will wed several women to repopulate the Sharingan Supply both Haku saw what jurea was getting at I know about you circumstance Haku as the last of your clan of ice users you too would be subjected to this as a member of the leaf Village Zabuza looked for a reaction from the Hokage but received nothing but a kind smile directed at the both of them derea thankfully prevented you from having such a fate would it be found out the council would most likely Force the clan restoration onto you that would never happen his abusa cut in I would not allow such a thing unfortunately Zabuza you have no such choice in the matter the third said regretfully I for one prefer to watch the young grow and follow their hearts to happiness as I can tell from your faces and words you would both despise and resist a decision Zabuza eased into a state of caution the old man was weird rest easy neither me nor Jerry will be informing anyone of your condition and if you wish to remain a free woman young Miss then you should work on some abilities that do not rely on your such as that illustrious you described earlier no both Haku and Zabuza looked relieved at this news as for now though the third opened and closed the draws in his desk his eyes glancing over several documents his private reading and finally a pair of blue bound Leaf headbands he rose from his desk and walked around to the two new Leaf ninja we are pleased to welcome you to The Villages Leaf ninja he finished holding out the pair of headbands one in each hand offering them and a kind smile Aku glanced up its abuser The Swordsman picked up the headband and held it up to his face his reflection clear in the unmarked metal a swift hug later and the missed headband was detached from his head swiftly flying into his abuses pocket before the new Leaf was attached in its place Zabuza tugged at the knot tightly before looking back at the old man his old guilt and fatigue were replaced with pride and responsibility Aku was new to the concept of a headband his abuser War has unlike the way it is supposed to be worn but it suited him until she could find a mirror this would have to do mirrorings abused his actions Haku picked up her headband and looked at a reflection in the shiny metal this is the start of my new life she thought the Swift flick talk and pull later and the metal plate was securely around her forehead her trademark twin bangs hanging down either side curving inward slightly before they reached her nose now we have to go get the boring part done the Hokage sighed deeply giraya the silence went down view three follow me three simultaneous replies answered yes Lord Hokage a pink blur slashed the spot the blonde spikes were only a second ago the short sword sliced through the air faster than a hot knife through butter why why watch attention you nearly had my head Naruto shouted as he Dodge back gripping his short sword tightly an evil giggle could be heard emanating from the bun-haired genin her head was bent low and her eyes were bathed in Shadow that's the point of Naruto come she said in a sickly sweet voice the shiver went down Naruto's back at these words the flash of pink and tenton was bearing down on him blade lowered Rising for an uppercut a flick of the wrist locked the blades together both genin were now holding their own against the other their feet pushing on the ground trying to overpower the other Benton's left hand released the blade holding itself downwards takra flew down her arm and pushed itself into the single layer of scroll wrapped around her wrist the small sickle burst into existence in her free hand Rising Talon strike she shouted as the sickle Rose to catch Naruto between his legs briefly before he burst into smoke ah Tintin what the hell are you doing Naruto shouted out as he said in a nearby tree replacing himself just in time if anything I'd rather you went for my head Benton smirked at Naruto inside she was breathing a sigh of relief herself the sorry Naruto but you should watch out that's just one of the moves I'm getting ready for you she giggled as she looked up at the black and orange clad ninja his hands firmly cupped over his gentleman's area as he looked at her in shock that's got to be the sneakiest not brilliant tactic someone else finished Naruto and Tenten turned to see giraya strolling up to the pair effective sneaky and giraya closed his steps just a little very painful if caught a finale to a combo if I ever saw one not to say tenton blushed a little at the praise for May ER thank you sir she bowed quickly Naruto hopped down from the tree and stood next to his sparring partner they're just saying that so she never uses the move on you Naruto teased the fear of such an attack still evident in his voice burea's eyes narrowed his legs closed to a military stance and pushed his fingers together like hanada no he said innocently his eyes shifting from side to side I was just commenting on some excellent swordsmanship is all stupid senen Naruto yelled angrily the blonde then fell to sharp pain on his head said don't talk to Naruto Tenten scolded vireya saw an excellent opportunity for some payback it may not ever leave his mind but it would be worth the risk he imagined examining the damage if a certain blonde-haired teammate of his performed tenten's newest attack on him full strength gears leaked from his eyes at the visualization dent in turn to the one who now had tears streaming down his face thank you for understanding Miss tenton he cried it's only the most recent of his many disrespecting names for me Benton watched a powerful Sage begin to break down in front of her Lord jerea she felt sorry for the old man before realizing the cause was right next to her clutching his head Naruto she yelled out with Godly volume I'm a nice guy and I do my part for the village but he keeps putting me down giraya finished before letting out a loud ball Naruto could feel the killer intent all around him Zabuza he thought Brown kid the fox ordered and ran the little Force chakra to defeat from the fox and Naruto was shooting away from a brown pink and blue blur armed to the teeth with pointy weapons how dare you disrespect lady tsumety's teammate she yelled after him Naruto was running as fast as he could around the field but it was no use she was gaining fast Shadow clone Jutsu he called out over 300 clones were formed in an instant surrounding the real Naruto he quickly replaced himself a few times before the Clones scattered themselves that's not going to work tenton called out jumping high into the air a pair of Scrolls unfastening from her belt hundreds of kunai sickles shuriken and other things exploded out of the paper Benton closed her eyes as she visualized her targets they flashed open as her hands definitely grabbed the nearest object and hurled it at a clone the ray had watched the hilarity from afar his fake tears of sadness turned into real tears of joy and he rolled on the ground clutching his stomach banging his fist on the grass the ha has stopped I can't he laughed but another Naruto clone Went Out In Smoke the kunai Throne piercing what would be tenton's Talon strike Target letting out a momentary squee love would be pain this brought out another round of laughing from the as10 by 10 the Narito clone's numbers were reduced from the hundreds to the single digits the lucky few had taken refuge in especially thick trees escaping temporarily from hell's judgment the eight were swiftly reduced to seven the victim not even getting a chance to see where its assailant came from the real Naruto was hiding behind a tree transformed into a small field mouse he was breathing heavily the large Shadow fell across Narito he slowly turned and looked up into the eyes of a crouching pervy Sage payback's a [ __ ] isn't it jurea whispered softly for the record pink and yellow feathers just do not mix the scared Littlefield Mouse instantly remembered his earlier prank and narrowed its small eyes at the boy Tintin he's over here Jerry called out the small Mouse's eyes widened in shock he would really abandon his own student to Die the second later and Naruto was facing the ground his limbs flailing wildly as jurea held him up by his tail a few unintelligible squeaks later and Naruto was back in human form his right leg in the clutches of his Sensei Lim go quickly Naruto pleaded with his his teacher no way this is too good jiraya laughed again the clear sound of air parting could be heard by both ninja as tent and soared through the branches and landed a foot from Naruto hello Naruto she said in that same sickly sweet voice raising her hand while conveniently holding a very shiny kunai apologized to jere Sensei at once she demanded she didn't want to hurt Naruto she just liked giving him a taste of his own medicine the soft rustling came from the leaves above um no Naruto said defiantly then the space of a heartbeat a chain of orange and black figures dropped from the branches each clutching the next feet as the last dangled with his arms open durea found himself encircled by these hands now Naruto holding jureus shouted then the branches above Naruto holding onto the chain yank back as hard as he could pulling both urea and Narito up into the tree and shooting off into the sky back toward Town Benton could only stand there bewildered at the spectacle that took place before her it couldn't be said Naruto wasn't good at thinking on his feet the student and teacher both yelled as a they soared into town they had started descending and were both dreading The Landing this was definitely not one of Naruto's better plans the chiraku tenten's weapon shop and the academy all passed under them before their descent ride into the hot springs do very big splashes later and a very wet teacher and student looked at each other D that was lucky a giraya laughed Naruto hadn't forgotten the payback that fast though ah a shrill voice screamed before either ninja could do anything both turned to see a multitude of women scrambled to get towels or clothes a quick glance to the sign above the changing rooms gave them all the information they needed about the situation burea's years of experience came in handy for him at this point having found himself in similar situations previously see ya he quickly muttered to Naruto before swiftly leaping out of the water over the fence and away from several women that looked ready to kill with several of them being ninja the result wasn't impossible Naruto just sat stunned for a moment before the seriousness of the situation descended on him unfortunately something else descended on him first for the SEC second time today Naruto was lifted off his feet by someone a hand clasped firmly around the back of his neck not his collar what the hell do you think you're doing shrimp a Vaguely Familiar voice rang right in Naruto's ears but the soft clicking sound dreading the outcome Naruto's head turned to see one midarashianko facing him all her ferocity in the chicken exam didn't compare to how deadly she looked now even in her white towel ah Miss anko Narito gasped her short purple hair was let down from its usual position to Naruto it seemed to frame her face quite nicely I didn't air I mean pervy sagey Naruto stammered it then dawned on him of the rest of anko's attire a small towel was wrapped around her body covering from under her arms only just the thighs unfortunately these thoughts decided to take physical form as a big red blush spread all over Naruto's face you look very nice today he smiled in what he hoped was an innocent enough look you little perv anchor yelled it was lucky she was in the hot springs before the fact that Naruto had noticed her as a woman made or blush slightly herself the steam made a good cover nearly all of the bathers had left the Springs people had heard about anko and her dealings with urea as well as other people who dared spy on her if you want to know what I do to pervert she threatened daring him to answer as Shadow covered her now yellow eyes Naruto quickly closed his eyes and braced himself for a potential beating the blonde genin landed on the other side of the wall it was going to take a lot of Ryo to make good on his promise to anko but he still hadn't been paid for his latest Mission he just thanked his lucky stars when he heard that comment about anko before it did save him a beating after all though apparently a certain white-haired man is still in big trouble Naruto stood and quickly made his way away from the hot springs dusting off his clothes as he jogged Naruto he turned the familiar Panda bun partner caught up to him before panting as they stopped where did you fly off to all of a sudden she asked Naruto was a bit apprehensive at first as he didn't know whether their little Spar was over or just postponed there I came to made a little detour to escape you and the old perv he replied Denton was visibly a little ticked at his comment fun had its limits and she had heard all about jurea from Guy sensei it was just more fun playing tag with Naruto she giggled at his slight fear don't worry Naruto I'm not gonna thump you she said back in a half-hearted scolding tone the orange ninja raised his eyebrows it was just training besides you looked cute as a mouse she winked at him just how was that training I thought I was done for Naruto exaggerated Denton just giggled how about we talk about it over lunch you're buying without another word tenton ran ahead aiming for Naruto's favorite Raymond stand the look of disbelief Grace Naruto's face for a moment before he smiled and chased after the brunette seems he was buying everyone food today the pair happily ran through town catching a few stairs from people but otherwise lost in the little cat and mouse game the game was brought to an abrupt halt as tent and skidded to a stop in the middle of the path Naruto almost crashed into her he was that close but managed to jump aside at the last second pay tent in what gives he asked as he looked rounded his friend Denton however was just staring at a pair of unlikely customers looking into her shop window Zabuza mamachi was standing outside her weapons shop with his accomplice and was apparently window shopping Naruto looked in the direction that tenton was staring off at pays abusa Haku he called out and the duo turned old man Hokage let you out a debuza chuckled as he walked up to the blonde genin Haku smiling as she Drew closer yay it seems we're fully fledged Leaf ninja as soon as the probation passes the glint of light bounced off something shiny on the pair of them Naruto looked closer to see the mark of the leaf now replacing the mistan's abuses headband and Haku who was wearing her own leaf headband sweet so that means you can stare right Naruto smiled more of a statement than a question he was so sure of the answer underneath his bandages his abuser smirked yay looks like you're stuck with us kid that didn't bother Naruto one bit who's this Haku asked nodding to Tenten who was still struck dumb Oh yay this is my friend tenton he announced abusa Haku Tenten and tenton is abuser you already know and Haku the blur later and Tenten was shaking's abuse a hand and armed fiercely it is such a pleasure to finally meet you she squealed I know all about your group and your swords she then turned to Haku and looked a little humble I'm sorry I don't know anything about you though I feel as if that's rude tenton now looked crestfallen whoa tend to knee is up Naruto comforted her aku's smile never vanished that's all right I prefer for people not to know about me Benton smile returned a little pays abuser Narito started the Old Miss ninja turned his attention from the hyper pink gen into hyper orange genin didn't you get your sword back yet Denton also noticed his famous blade was missing nah they won't give it back till my probation is over as abusa said sadness evident in his voice that's why I'm here some of these well-crafted blades caught my eye while mines being held for me he turned and pointed into the weapons shop this was one proud moment and memory not even Amnesia could remove for Tintin before she could get a word out out Naruto was already explaining that's tenton's shop she's the girl I was telling you about that helped me make this he drew his Fox blade really his abusa turned and took a greater interest in Naruto's latest friend I must say even at a glance these weapons look to be of great standard did you make all of them most of them some of the more expensive things are imported or made by my dad tenton probably stated and if Naruto's information is correct you are skilled in the use of these weapons Fenton could only blush at this statement seems we'll have to spar sometime as abuser smirked despite knowing the girl for only a few moments he could guess the outcome of his words wide eyes and a drop jaw hey anyway me and Haku need to go sort out our new accommodation later Naruto Tenten zabzua called as he turned his back and walked away see you soon Naruto Haku said softly a soft blush spread across her face later Haku Naruto smiled back has now rapidly becoming legendary grin spread on his face the girl quickly turned and followed her Sensei a darker blush spreading as stunned as Tenten was by the invite she couldn't believe the flirt she just saw between the new girl and Naruto minorito she thought a bit shocked at her on admission the hand grasped hers and tugged her the short distance remaining toward a chiraku how Mont Tenten let's eat he shouted oblivious to her thoughts chapter 13 better faster stronger the chicken and exam finals were drawing ever closer Naruto had half the month left when he returned to kanoha with urea and company and he was going to put that time to good use for the first week and a half everything almost followed a routine morning was summoning and training afternoons were usually spent with tent and training and at night his private tutor would train him a certain white-haired teacher of his stopped by every now and then to check how he was doing though on the third day he was looking a lot worse for wear bruises and lumps covered his head as well as a black eye a swollen lip and the bloody nose turns out he came with a message Benco says she looks forward to lunch was all Naruto could make out from jurea's muffled speech seems anko did catch up with him after all last night Naruto was put through an intense fitness test his prisoner had tempted him with some new toys if he didn't collapse the fact Naruto completed his test and still managed to struggle back from the training ground and into bed gave the keep me reason to give Naruto his next present needless to say last night it took a lot out of him the following morning Naruto Rose bright and early a quick Pleasant conversation with the fox about pinching his chakra followed by breakfast was an order boy fur ball Narito thought as he quickly washed and dressed for the day he was greeted with the usual snores he got from the fox in the mornings an evil thought quickly crossed his mind pay my old orange jumpsuit I haven't worn it in ages that quickly woke the Beast up ha GA burn it with fire wah the fox jumped his usual reaction to the blonde's old attire was almost burned into his muscle memory any mention of it and that line was sure to follow oh good you're up Naruto thought cheerfully to the fox yanking open his fridge and cupboard to see what goodies lay within I ever find my my way out of here you're the first one I'm coming for the fox growled deeply noted anyway it's time to begin training that's what you got me up for I told you I'd train you tonight ah but I can't wait that long ninja-os landed in a bowl followed shortly by the last drops of milk in the carton sheesh you're insufferable you know that the fox shot back at least his mother left me alone but you promised to teach me new stuff Narito complained chucking the last empty carton into the bin full of empty instant Raymond cups before tucking into breakfast don't you think you should try to come up with your own why not use your annoying prankster powers to I dunno make a trap or something the silence in the room was surprisingly deafening to the great tailed beast what happened in Naruto's mind next could only be described as a small explosion of ideas but the soft clang Naruto spoon dropped into the bowl he rose from his seat and silently headed out the door with no response coming from the black and orange ninja the fox settled back into its sleeping pose unaware of the monster he had Unleashed on both kanoha and the world world the time bomb that was Naruto locked his front door and left across the rooftops arriving at the kanoha library at the base of the Mountain Research was in order several books now lay atop another for once Naruto was taking education seriously he'd been in the library for over four hours now and he had learned much uh chakra control uh formation yepperm he muttered as his eyes scanned the words in his latest book he may not look like it but when Naruto wanted to learn something he learned it so long as certain people didn't discourage his education so far he'd learned much about hand signs as well as shape and nature manipulation seemed certain hand signs help like the tiger leans towards fire jetsu's power the new information was processed in his brain as multiple plans for appeared or disappeared after consideration The Voice called out to the genon Naruto the blonde's head was raised in front of him stood the always bored looking Shikamaru with a not so bored look on his face more one of confusion why are you in the library he asked doubting whether it was even the real Naruto oh hey shikameru I'm training was his reply that didn't help Chic Mary whatsoever ERM how exactly um oh I'm gonna make my own Kick-Ass Naruto said proudly his voice Rising above the acceptable level for the library provoking several glances from other readers Shikamaru shook his head Naruto there's no way you could make up you can barely mold your chakra as it is while it was true Naruto didn't have many techniques which required expert control he wasn't about to let shikamara know that if you must know I've learned loads when I was away with pervy Sage shikamaru's eyebrow raised really I've been practicing hard you won't stand a chance against me the ponytailed boy chuckled whatever Naruto besides it's not me you should be trying to convince burrito cocked his head in confusion shikamaru's side he's learning but he doesn't know who he's even fighting man my money's on that sand girl he thought you're up against that sand chick tamari remember that broke through Naruto's concentrated thoughts before he briefly remembered her fighting style if he got got caught by her fan it would probably be all over oh yay he muttered thinking of a way to counter that fan and now I think about it I'm glad I'm against him Jai shikamara muttered Naruto's head returned to its confused [ __ ] position why well to be fair most of the elites seem to be participating me Sasuke Lee niji that GAR kid that guy and his family are scarier than that nanenko Shikamaru explained Naruto's brain was on fire today the amount of activity it had experienced and it wasn't even lunch yet speaking of lunch and anko didn't he promise anko that he'd be turned and looked at the clock ah half 12 already he shouted I gotta go later shikameru one Smoky outline of Naruto later and he sped through the doors to the library Porsche Camaro was left getting all the states from others from Naruto's little Outburst he could already see the librarian making her way towards him what a drag that rat's gonna get it a certain Brown coated special Min grumbled as she stood outside the Dango shop pacing a little I should have known better than to trust him he probably just said that to escape my wrath the black and orange flash appeared before her before a cloud of dust rose up from it sorry I'm late said the dust I was studying honest the dust soon cleared to reveal a worn out Naruto smiling bashfully up at her an angry mark twitched on anko's forehead but she decided to get what she could out of the brat first well well decided to finally show up a I thought I'd have to give you the same treatment I gave giraya her hands met one fist in her Palm to crack the knuckles verito put his hands up in front of him in defense no no I always keep my promises he blurted out quickly but well let's see how good you can keep this one you did promise all I could eat she smirked before stepping into the Dango bar burrito sighed deeply before he followed her taking out gamachin in the process looks like this is goodbye buddy he muttered softly before he and anko ordered their lunches Ah that's the spot anko sighed loudly as she impaled her last Dango stick on the table making it her 78th stick and completing her stick to display it was a small image of jurea's head with crosses for eyes and the last stick impaled right in the center burrito looked up at anko with wide eyes as he looked down at his two-thirds consumed stick he was only up to 24. wow you really can put it away can't you Naruto complimented without thinking what are you trying to say anko glared at him Darkly uh I mean me you eat dangle like I eat Raymond Narito explained hoping it would suffice it did um I guess though you're not the champion of your food anko smirked jabbing her thumb back towards the bar Naruto turned and could make anko's picture out inside along with Barr's best customer and her record of 100 sticks in one sitting vulnerudo was impressed she was wrong with one thing though you have one too eh Mr ichiraku has the same thing for me only it's for Raymond narrito smirked anko was taken aback for a moment she knew chenjai through his dad and those two could eat but this shrimp holds the record at their favorite Eatery no way ankle laughed a puny thing like you can barely manage 25 sticks let alone so much Raymond Naruto's eyes twitched Hein I'll prove it to you next time he challenged gotcha great then it's a date and you're paying seeing as you set the challenge ankle laughed before Naruto's brain could comprehend the Trap he'd fallen into andco chuckled and ruffled his hair before escaping from the scene Naruto just stared wide-eyed at where anko was sitting barely seconds ago customers around the area had several thoughts about what just played out before them many couldn't understand why the two were together in the first place others wondered why the demon brat was allowed here and some thought about laughing out long and hard Hey kid Naruto turned to see the Dango seller calling to him you anko and your wallet are welcome back anytime he laughed burrito laughed back much to the dismay of the demon haters as they thought he was being insulted Naruto's hand found the back of his head as he robbed it nervously yeah I guess she got me he Naruto felt his now paper-thin wallet through his pants and cited the feeling of an almost empty gamogene at least she's not my girlfriend Naruto arose from the circular table and bench before walking away down the street several laughs coming from a few patrons and the owner as he left despite the lack of cash and the semi-humilation Naruto suffered he'd enjoyed lunch with a special jimin surprisingly after a few Tales of his own which seemed to amuse her she told Naruto about her own Misadventures in the village at one point Lord Hokage was not pleased when he found a file with a self-replicating paper tag inside it Naruto liked that one the most now he thought about it he and anko were similar in their sense of humor maybe he could run some ideas by her when he saw her next challenge Naruto lent back into both his hands as he walked through the street relaxing tenton had given him the day off today and Haku was going through a short course of the academy material to make sure she was fit to be a ninja or at least a genon her final test was today his thoughts then turned back to Hinata when he'd returned she'd been released from the hospital but put on bed rest for a while at the hiko state even her teammates couldn't get in to see her so Narito didn't know her current state he wasn't going to worry about her though if she was as strong as she proved in the preliminaries she would get better soon no point worrying about the things you can't change there wasn't much going on in the village so Naruto decided to make like shikameru and take some time out and watch the clouds walking close to the edge of the village Naruto found it easy to find an unoccupied field of grass that looked peaceful enough it was mostly plain with a few trees at the end it kind of separated the Village from the training grounds Naruto strolled over and jumped up into one of the trees navigating his way to the top branches before laying back on a rather thick branch that had a clear view of the sky the sun was still pretty high in the sky and few clouds were around in the blue sky after a few minutes of cloud gazing Naruto could feel the effects of sleep approaching him as lazy as shikamera is at least he got this right where his last thoughts as he drifted off into Slumber the sun kept watch over him as he slept itself slowly sinking in the sky the boy had turned over in his sleep and his arms and legs had fallen off the branch only leaving his body and head resting on it Naruto had a look of of content on his face as dreamed and knows bubble inflating and deflating at a steady Pace if one were to compare him to anything it would be a sloth a voice shouted from somewhere nearby the initial shout didn't wake the sleeping genin but it sure woke the flocks of birds around him hundreds of feathered fiends flap their wings trying to escape whatever was causing all the noise and most flew right by Naruto the sounds of wings beat him from sleep Naruto's sleep was interrupted as the birds escaped into the orange Sky orange must be early evening Naruto thought as he dropped off the branch contemplating his dream and time lost in the nap several smaller shouts could be heard through the thicket Naruto turned and looked in the direction he guessed they were coming from they sounded like a girl of shouts maybe that's Tenten Naruto thought dot maybe I can see what new skills she's developing reconnaissance was an aspect of being a ninja after all the blonde grinned as he jumped back through the branches towards the training ground behind him several more chakra-enhanced blows landed on the now damaged log her breathing was ragged and pain flooded her body Hinata fell to her knees in front of the log her usual jacket discarded and her black T-shirt and bandages underneath were drenched in sweat with her body threatening to emit a different red substance out if she continued her efforts fears were falling freely from her eyes as she coughed choked and spluttered all at once the voice called out to her as she turned her head towards the trees the NADA she didn't need her to see the orange and black ninja jump from the branches and land in front of her placing one hand on her back the NADA are you okay he asked hurriedly the normal red blush that usually graced to nada's face was only present due to the workout yes Naruto she smiled before coughing again a small amount of blood rising from her throat and coloring the grass below what are you doing out here your family said you were resting and not a smiled he had at least cared enough to try and check up on her the young genin tried pushing herself onto at least her knees but her arms would have none of it the NADA you have to stop burrito helps Hinata into a sitting position against the post she was moments ago destroying thank Q Narito come Hinata mumbled Softly As her eyelids began to close burrito put a hand on her forehead and arms they were both burning up Hinata coughed again a little more blood landed on her dark undershirt you can't sleep Hinata we need to get you home Narito was concerned for her health now sleeping and blood were not good signs Naruto quickly slid his hands under her legs and her back and lifted the young hika up now Hinata was blushing she was held within the strong arms of the boy she'd admired since pre-academy days it was all a bit too much for the girl though as the stress of her wounds and the lack of blood anywhere but her face caused her Lids to grow heavy again Naruto took off into the trees staying as low as possible to keep straight branches to a minimum the girl in his arms drifting in and out of Consciousness the boy Broke Free of the trees and arrived back in the building jungle quickly navigating his way up to the rooftops using several lower building rooftops and a chakra enhanced jumper too the rooftops made it easier and faster to get to the heike state near the Hokage Tower Naruto wasn't sure but he thought that it was was probably that they thought a hika would become Hokage several pay-lied members were coming to the front gate as Naruto dropped from the rooftops to the entrance to the estate boy what are you doing with Lady Hinata one of the clan members shouted Naruto ignored the shout and jumped over the main gate looking for a certain hike that he'd seen with Hinata many times a certain hike in question was just leaving the confines of the building stretching after a good meal boy the particular hike got hurt and turned towards the source the chinch Cricket he'd warned Hinata to stay away from for so long was now approaching him with said Eris in his arms seemingly out cold before his logical side of the brain kicked in he instantly blamed the boy for Hinata's welding before he could voice such blame the boy spoke boy Hinata pushed herself too hard training I think something might be wrong hey M looked down at the girl and took her from Naruto's arms quickly retreating inside the house the clan members that were around the gate looked on in caution with confused eyes Naruto had returned with the girl and giving her back the hands he believed were best for her surprising many hikeda Naruto just walked over to the wall next to the door and sat himself down in a kneeling position facing outwards respectfully what the hell is he waiting for many hiked a thought angrily as they watched a young jinchcricky act with manners and respect he had not shown when bursting onto the grounds several heikkas slipped off not wanting to be around when he as she discovered the demon vessel While others stayed out of curiosity it didn't take long for km to return with hiashi the Elder's blaring but his eyes returned to their normal State once Naruto was within his normal vision Uzumaki he simply called Naruto turned to look him in the face waiting for whatever the Elder wanted the ash emotioned him forwards before turning back into the house specifically the small meeting room he was in at the time of said Jenna's arrival Naruto Rose to his feet and walked after him making sure to remove his sandals before stepping inside the manor before km reminded him Bob's Mac hike adjust stood in confusion at the scene many looking round to keep any news of the head treating the Beast like a person inside the compound where it would stay the ashy knelt at the head of a small table while Naruto took the spot opposite the table looked like it could hold three or four people on either side so Narito guessed it was where Elder meetings took place where was Hinata when you found her he actually cut right down to business and training field six I think Naruto answered honestly several more questions followed about why he was there and what Hinata was doing to Naruto's knowledge when he arrived then she just collapsed so I thought I'd better bring her here Naruto said I overheard the other girls in the academy saying the hike to have their own doctors so I thought the best place for her to be was here the ashy's eyebrows relaxed returning his face to a more neutral look instead of the frown he usually wore correct decision Uzumaki he simply stated you are free to leave with my thanks after that heashi Rose and made his way towards one of the doors Lord heashi Naruto called out respectfully the head of the hike had turned and looked back at the blonde is how is Hinata I mean after the chicken exam she was hurt badly she will be okay once she several feelings Grace tiashi's head at this time she will be fine I will see to it personally he stated before leaving the room burrito smiled and laughed lightly I'm glad he chuckled despite him being alone without further Ado he rose to his feet and exited out into the courtyard slipping on his shoes and making his way around on the wood floor before stepping onto the path and out the gate several had been watching the event the All-Seeing Eye was a good way to spy and lip reading was a second skill to hika members the ones that watched the exchange between the head of house and Demon vessel were angry one particular pair disengaged from their room the boy inside fur at his brow and unwrapped his bandaged arm and leg his headache left his forehead revealing his cage bird seal to the room as he prepared himself for rest Uzumaki Naruto niji muttered even the lowest of humans kissed the feet of the main house Naruto's thoughts were now mainly occupied with Hinata and her welfare man I wonder if anat is gonna be okay I've never seen her push herself that hard the blonde was now on the path back home eager for good night's rest giving up on the new toys Kim his voice echoed in his sower-like mind virudo reacted like he always did like a kid in a candy shop boyoy settled down Brad kick me growled Naruto had now taken a detour back towards the training Fields he'd slept by earlier once he arrived he settled down under a nearby tree and retreated into his mind so what are you gonna teach me a his imaginary form back and his head bounced up and down hands clenched in anticipation as useful as that blade of yours is you can't rely on your skills with a blade to keep you out of any life or death scenario kikby explained a ninja must be efficient in all areas else another could pinpoint his weakness and take him out Naruto nodded thinking back to all his friends skills like Kiba and akumari's teamwork tentons hanadas to Jutsu and Kakashi's Ninjutsu looking at your current skills I can see that you are lacking in a few areas majorly this one I can help you with hence the workout you had last night kikby explained burrito nodded slowly and listened before replying butcheria he asked the Jutsu burrito returned home that night exhausted training that evening had turned out much like his training with a sword first time he had the knowledge but not the dexterity or practice to perform most if not nearly all moves effectively let alone combo with him he jumped High into the air from the street and landed on the platform outside his back door the usual wide and green wall and wood now graced a layer of red paint once again the words died demon were painted across the door and surrounding wall Naruto glanced up before looking back down at his feet in tiredness I'll deal with that [ __ ] tomorrow he thought as much as he ignored it the threats names and other provocations still annoyed him to some degree Naruto wrenched opened his door and slammed it fiercely annoying some of the other residents in the surrounding Apartments who were either sleeping or getting there he threw several Angry Words around the room before collapsing on his couch his resident had pushed him hard to learn some of the basic moves he now knew and had worn him out conceivably the last thing he wanted was to come home to things like that Naruto sighed deeply as he tried to shake off a depressed feeling and pulled the last cup of instant Raymond out from the cupboard the thing went the way they usually did the message would be gone by morning the thought crossed his mind regarding his new goal he was going to develop a bit of time and this might not happen again he chuckled deeply giving off a very evil sound his news would definitely be beneficial to his trickery by four in the morning the blonde was sleeping soundly The Long training and Surety would be down for a while or at least a few hours more than he usually got the sun was chasing away the dark colors from the sky it was early even in the Ninja world but some were already up one such individual was late for their shift on the wall of their City the reason being some annoying red paint bam bastards the figure swore as the harsh sponge swept over the red paint removing a fair amount thus can't leave that alone can they the figure muttered again a few more minutes with a sponge and bucket and the nasty red paint was gone leaving the usual white wall in Greenwood to Grace the Morning Light the figure smiled at their achievement before faltering after remembering why they had to do it in the first place bucket in hand she jumped down to the alleyway below the deposit the cleaning supplies under a drain pipe to collect water before jumping away towards the wall thinking of ways to catch and crucify the people who make her late at least once a week the no has changed Cricket looked out into the morning as the giant ball of fire began its Ascent into the sky Naruto was standing on the platform overlooking the city from his apartment as predicted the red paint had vanished Without a Trace he stretched on his overlooked platform before signing contently a small Grumble interrupted his morning stretches as his stomach longed for the taste of milk to accompany his Dry Cereal he would have to go shopping again later the blonde Jenna leaked from his roof to another heading towards team 7's training field he had more practice to do as he ran his thoughts turned to his Rivals for the chicken exams there was the person he'd have to face first to Mario the sand he didn't see much of her power during the preliminaries but if that first attack was anything to go by he knew he'd have to counter with speed and stealth next would be Tenten his teacher and rival in the art there was only a slim chance he could beat her on pure skill with blades alone so other techniques would be needed to gain the upper hand the person he fraud after that would be a mystery so he should prepare for anything he arrived in the grassy field and began stretching his muscles after his little warm-up run here man I gotta really think about my fights he muttered that sand girl has the fan and her attacks could take out loads of my shadow clones if she deals in wind damage it arranged then I have to get up close completing his stretches Naruto focused his chakra towards his hand beginning his training of summoning a tiny toader better summoning Jutsu he shouted out completing the hand signs and slamming his hand down on the ground ammikichi emerged from the smoke as bored as ever yo oh it's you again he muttered an angry look passed over Naruto's face not because of the Toad's remark but how he still couldn't manage to summon anything bigger than this neither use more chakra or more powerful chakra kid me and my brother can't be popping from one place to another every minute just because you're training try using more than you're using for me lots more the small orange toad scolded beruto just didn't have powerful chakra think of chakra reserves as a cup narito's reserves were full of water while someone like akashi's reserves had fruit juice to perform the same Kakashi would use less total percentage of his chakra than Naruto as he had the same amount compacted into a smaller space the thought clicked in his head he had access to an enormous power source all along yet never thought of using it getting permission to use it was another problem the kikby only lent him some to get him through the chicken preliminaries Woody for training and general use too but the soft poof the toad burst out of existence and back to his home while Naruto was wrapped up in his own thoughts inside his head boy furball you awake Naruto thought whispered the low snore told him otherwise I'm sure he wouldn't mind sharing Narito grinned mentally Naruto focused his chakra on drawing some of the kikby's out of the cage before too long small trickles of red chakra were flowing Between the Bars taking only what he needed Naruto left his mindscape and began the seals again this time focusing the new chakra into the summoning Jutsu he cried out his hand meeting the earth and the familiar smoke burst from the seal only this time the smoke was much bigger verito peered into the smoke trying to make out who he summoned the black outline in the Smoke stepped forward the smoke was clearing to reveal a bright yellow jacket with orange trim covering a bright blue toad with a pale yellow underbelly the jacket was similar to the robes people wore at home like the hika clan on its forehead it had six yellow beads in a similar position to a vertical six on a dice the toad was just taller than Naruto as it stood on all fours before leaning back and resting its arms on the inside of its thighs so you're the squirt that's been causing all the trouble the Blue Toad laughed while Naruto's confused look answered for him bunta's kids aren't very happy with you you know burrito lowered his head the AI Kinder got that Naruto muttered dejectedly the Blue Toad laughed again to Naruto's embarrassment don't worry kid everyone else has been enjoying the spectacle though don't bug bunt at any time soon else he'll take it out on you besides you finally managed to summon someone else Naruto looked back up at the toad his smile back on his face so since you summoned me is there anything I can do for your kid the toad asked kindly Naruto's mind drew a blank ah he began Lem guess the toad cut in jurayasen didn't tell you anything about summoning right they did a little but not much Narito explained the Toads sighed deeply before sucking in a large amount of air right well as you obviously know you signed the toad contract and you can summon us from another place to you the amount of chakra and power needed summons different toads like bunta's kids or me all of us have skills we either practice or specialize in Naruto watched an awe as the toad hopped over to a nearby tree drew his right arm back and with an open Palm sliced with the side of the tree the impact sent out a small shock wave and a rustling of leaves above the rudo looked on at the toad as he stood back smirking at Naruto and his left index finger pointing at the tree Naruto looked on in curiosity as the toad tapped the tree a little higher than where he struck the creaking could be heard as the tree swayed and tipped before finally crashing onto the ground below the section that once held the trees together now had a clean slice right through the middle my name is gamma Sentinel I am the resident Shaolin Master on Mount mamboku and the best toad into Jutsu afternoon rolled around and marito bid The Shaolin Master goodbye as he returned to mount mamboku the toad and blonde had talked about his skills in the tujitsu field and one quick Spar later the toad knew how much skill Naruto had the morning had gone well Naruto thought as he strolled into town for lunch he'd gained a new to Jutsu teacher and if Guy sensei was anything like Tenten described maybe Narito got the better end of the deal being taught by a toad approaching the Raymond Stan Naruto withdrew his wallet and opened it to grab some cash looking into gamachin however was not a pleasant sight only a few notes remained from his latest S rank Mission amnedanko Naruto cursed under his breath as he walked past the Raymond bar only got enough for lunch or shopping they picked a ladder and walked towards the local food store looking back at the Raymond stand with tears in his eyes I'll get back my love drawing closer to the shop Narito ducked down an alley and checked that no one could see him the hand sign and the poof of smoke later you mean oruka exited the alley at the other end the chicken let out his soft sigh he hated doing this but it was a way of life for him he entered the shop and glanced around it didn't seem too busy so he could get in and out quickly she now Kiba and Kur and I were walking back to the Hokage Tower from another deerank mission while Hinata was out of action things had been this way since their whole team's failure during the chicken exams though each had their own Rivals to face the nadas was her cousin who despised the main branch kibbous was The achiha Prodigy who both thought they were the leader of their team and she knows logical thinking was beaten by shikameru's own hyper-intelligence the bug boy looked up at the sun his hands deep in his pockets as usual as they stroll down the street aruka Sensei Kiba called out accompanied with an akumero bark from his head she knows attention returned to the Earth to see their old teacher walking towards them with a smile on his face they Kiba Shino how are you guys he asked kindly stopping to talk to his old students greater Ruka Sensei kurini sensei's taught us a lot since we became Jenna Tiba boasted before his smile faded a little though we didn't make it as nin akamari whimpered on top of kiba's head at the admittance of failure Veruca just smiled at the genon and chuckled hey not everyone makes chicken at your age you still have time to develop your skills I didn't become a chicken until I was 16 you know fibba felt better at this Revelation his determination to become stronger rekindled inside while Shino wasn't as dejected as kibba he did find inspiration in his teacher's words don't worry aruka they're in good hands kuranai said to The Smiling Jenna teacher I wouldn't have it any other way Haruka continued his smile faltering a little when he remembered the missing member from the team how is he better Kur and I interrupted predicting his question she didn't wish to dwell on the subject as much as anyone until she could see Hinata again well then I won't keep you Haruka walked past them towards the gates see you later he waved back without looking the reduced teammate continued on to their destination their meeting with aruka warming their spirits and Kiba was showing it asking kuranai for either training or another mission the Jin inside of kiba's eagerness I can take care of the mission and debrief myself why don't you go work on your new technique with akamaru she said the grin before getting an affirmative Yip off akamaru bribe your buddy later Shino kuri Nai Sensei he shouted as akamaru jumped off his head and the duo ran off towards their training field though on chino I'm sure you have better things to do too Curry and I was coerced she now nodded his head thank you kurenai Sensei he replied politely before breaking off from her down another path leading back to his Clan's residence the doors to the shop opened anaruka emerged with his bags of shopping grip tightly in each hand despite that big lunch with anko Narito still had enough cash left to keep food in the cupboards if only barely he set off towards his home with thoughts of today's session with tenton in his mind and how well he would fare Veruca Sensei a voice called out crap Naruto thought as he turned to spot the owner of said voice it was Shino the bug user oh hello Shino nice day are having a Naruto made small talk as he continued towards home instead of just a casual two-line chat as he'd hoped she now turned with him down the street walking alongside him yes it is was all he got in reply Naruto had to think fast before he led Shino back to his home how is your training coming along been working hard since the preliminaries I have been working on a few new techniques but I prefer not to reveal them unless I need to Shino answered logically Naruto was now forced to take a long route back to his apartment missing the quickest turn and towards his place since Shino insisted on continuing the conversation how are the new Jen and eruka Sensei Shino asked with a hint of Suspicion in his voice Naruto was now thinking hard he knew kanohomera was in aruka's class with his two friends but that was it they're coming on fine Kano himero has quietened down a lot since Narito talked to him Naruto replied truth be told he hadn't seen his own Apprentice in a while he was rather busy with the exams and his own missions I see how would you rate the class's skills compared to ours she knows questions continued Naruto was sweating now ER well I don't like to play favorites well at least they can't be as bad as Naruto Shino smirked a little under his jacket he couldn't tell which end of the kunai was which unless you drew him a map boy I can do so Haruka shouted back at the bug user his facade lost in attempts to preserve his pride it took his brain a few seconds before his words came back to him and took a step back from Shino oh can you now Naruto Shino smirked his glasses looking directly into Naruto's eyes it was quite the intimidating sight the puff of smoke later and a black and orange gen and was standing in aruka's space still clutching his shopping no one was around to see the small spectacle leaving the current Street unusually bare out you know it was me Narito asked genuinely surprised well your Outburst helped Naruto had put two and two together and knew the insult was to provoke a reaction it was just too late to respond appropriately I also saw Ruka Sensei on his way to guard Duty watching you transform was a big hint too burrito flinched which brings me to my next question why do you transform into a Roca Sensei to do something as simple as shopping Naruto's eyes widened before looking down at the ground his usual smile replaced with a dull emotionless look that is none of your concern Shino he muttered just loud enough for Shino to hear before turning down the alley behind him making his way back to his home she now still didn't take the hint and kept pace behind Naruto staying about five feet behind him Laredo didn't want to deal with this and sped up she knows footsteps continued to match his own growing annoyed Narito pushed chakra to his feet and ran up the side of the nearest building she now followed calmly his hands still not leaving his pockets Naruto jumped over a few buildings before landing on his own quickly running round to the front to escape into his lonely apartment he turned the corner and looked down at his jacket quickly trying to remember where he put the key standing outside his front door Naruto grabbed the key with his left hand from his trouser pocket before looking up at the door spread across the door and wall was another Blood Red message demons should I was clearly written across the white and green wall and wood Chino chose this moment around the corner to follow Naruto glancing to his left only to see the same words Naruto saw as gaze quickly switched to the blonde's face looking for any sign of emotion Naruto he began but before he could finish Naruto unlocked the door hurried inside and slammed it shut she now walked up to the door and examined the paint it was still wet Naruto I've seen the way people look at you he said quietly to the door inside Naruto had dropped his shopping bags and pressed his back against the door before sliding down into a crouching position preventing Shino from even trying to open the door people look at you with confusion and hate she now continued I know I have felt that same gaze myself all my clan have we may be respected ninja but we are not the same as others our contract with the bugs makes us unique it also makes us fearful Naruto's ears had pricked up at this bit of information his head was still buried into his arms Laying across his knees however people do not understand our cooperation with insects and label us as weird do you remember the academy Naruto Naruto's thoughts flashed back to his third year in the academy the class had about 27 kids in it many of whom couldn't even remember their names remember how everyone made friends the girls like Eno and Sakura and boys like shikamero and shinjai Naruto remembered how on the first day of recess everyone had been nervous and few people stood or played together by lunch though others were already playing together or hanging out in the shade he remembered Eno and Sakura picking flowers and holding them against each other's hair Shikamaru and shinjai were laying under a tree looking out at the clouds Naruto also remembered standing behind the tree with a swing observing all this taking place while wishing he could have made friends that easily nearly all the people he talked to had brushed him off or avoided him he'd lost confidence and hid in the area he felt safest at the time people avoided you for a reason you couldn't understand correctly silence greeted Shino I was also told to avoid you by my mother my father however told me to keep an open mind to your situation burrito lifted his head out of his arms his face somber I myself was alone I stayed away from it all preferring not to get involved with such shallow people I did however see you in your courage do what most people couldn't and introduce yourself to all your classmates Narito remembered the pain of rejection that day some worse than others I couldn't understand how one is friendly as you seem to be being turned away by most of the population of our year when I examined your case more closely it seemed dearly similar to my own people fear what they don't understand Naruto Rose from his door and slowly began walking towards his bedroom not wishing to take another trip down memory lane with Shino even though I do not yet understand you Naruto I have never feared you burrito froze well I have yet to understand you Uzumaki I do not fear you instead I wish to learn more about you as a person and do not care about why people give you the looks they do silence we share several similarities with Naruto other people who judge you for your negatives do not deserve your attention Shino finished turning his back to the red white and green then think about it Naruto he muttered before taking a few steps towards the edge of the building and leaping off back towards his original destination many thoughts stirred in Naruto Shino had given him food for thought hearing The Tell-Tale whoosh of a chakra enhanced jump Naruto returned to his discarded shopping by the entrance and proceeded to unpack barely making any sound as he did once the perishables were away Naruto returned to his small Haven inside his room the one place in the town he felt truly safe where he could be himself without being judged slipping out of his sandals Naruto dropped himself into bed and pulled the covers over his bowled up form a certain brunette paced the grass she was beginning to draw mud to the surface or rather Crush all the grass in her path as her muttering continued where is he she stirred as her Consciousness remained focused in her thoughts and not at the muddy patch she was creating pay Tenten a feminine voice called out to the pacing weapons mistress Fenton looked around and saw a familiar pink blur jump over to her Haku what are you doing here I'm looking for Naruto she blushed slightly you haven't seen him around have you Fenton didn't miss the blush as an anger Mark graced the girl's head no I haven't she replied in a sickly sweet voice her thoughts then doubled back hey yay I wonder where that idiot is Aku looked a tenton with confusion evident in her features that orange idiot is supposed to be training with me tenton raised her voice to the surrounding area as though her Quarry were hiding nearby and raising a questionable look from the newcomer oh I wonder why he hasn't turned up Haku smiled sweetly and innocently while her thoughts ran more along the lines of because he's probably looking for me well if you see him tell him I'm looking for him Haku asked kindly as she jumped away into the small concrete jungle not if I find him first tenton thought before following haku's lead into the town eventually the sky began to darken turning from pale blue to light orange to an evening glow tenton and Haku were still in the midst of their search for Naruto and had now even teamed up to locate the blonde the blonde however was nowhere to be seen that was the end of a long day for some people people shops had begun closing and shifts were being switched between Ninja for guarding the city walls one such ninja was making her own way home with a dark orange Sky casting a long shadow of her she sighed deeply as she stretched mid-jump man I can't believe hamaki bitched that much I was only a little late and it was only because she caught herself mid-sentence her home and usual assignment had a particular blonde's home between them since she could remember she kept an eye on him as a favor to the third now she did it because the kid wasn't as bad as everyone made out unfortunately everyone was a problem landing on the edge of a roof and co-gazed over at Naruto's apartment the lights were still all out despite many other peoples being on so he wasn't home the last rays of sun had helped her catch one thing red paint a figure cursed under her breath as her head and arms lulled forward in defeat geez I really gotta catch these bastards at some point I'm sure it's not doing the kid any mental favors she said to herself before fetching her cleaning supplies and jumping up to Naruto's front door dipping the sponge in the water pre-treated with chemicals she set to work scrubbing the nasty message away from the ginger Cricket's property after a very slow 20 minutes only the last word remained ah nearly done she thought as she wiped the sweat from her brow he might be at the Raymond bar now a voice called out well it is his favorite so why wouldn't he be another replied the woman looked out to see a pair of female ninja jumping across buildings towards the Town Center on the opposite side of the street I wonder who they're looking for she thought before turning back to her task Denton took this moment in time to glance over at the figure the sun had Now set and all she could see was a dark figure doing something to the wall hey you tenton called out stopping on the same building the recipient stood not half an hour ago what are you doing the figure looked up uncovering the red paint still left to wash now if you saw a suspicious person and the word die written in red on someone's wall what would you think Aku stopped on the building just ahead and joined Tintin in observing the figure hey it's not what you think the figure shouted back hastily wasting no time tent and Haku left over to the same building to confront the figure then what is it tent in half asked half demanded as she and her partner landed I'm doing this kid a favor the figure replied holding her hands up in surrender revealing her bucket and sponge with a red tint doesn't look like much of a favor to me Haku murmured loud enough to hear but with an eerie emphasis in her voice her hand reaching for her pouch really the figure tried to persuade them again I'm cleaning it off look she held out the bucket that reeked of paint and cleaning agent Aku relaxed slightly but kept her guard up who are you she demanded who lives here before the woman could get an answer out the window looking out onto the porch lit up as a light inside was switched on all three knew it would look very awkward if they were discovered with a word die on the wall and a very red sponge all three jumped back onto different buildings before taking off Tenten and Haku one way on the right the figure another way on the left side of the building Denton and Haku bounded away from the situation thinking about what they saw they didn't see her face clearly but tenton could easily guess the cleaning culprit the mesh undershirt and brown Overcoat didn't lie burrito's eyes open slowly to look up at the ceiling he must have fallen asleep she knows little speech had given him plenty to think about Naruto had lay awake till he drifted off thinking about the similarities between Shino and himself now he focused he never remembered Shino being all too friendly at the Academy he mostly just kept to himself and people left him alone Naruto went looking for the possibility of a friend and people focused on his shortcomings whenever he made himself known the nine-tailed Beast weld within the young child just as she knows bugs lay within him though his bugs were more physically present than Naruto's guest Narito thought hard about what he could remember of Shino while Shino never approached him he neither put him down during their time together at the Academy Shino did seem genuine when he said he didn't fear Him many of the adults looked at him with fear or hate in their eyes but now Narito understood their glares while she knows offered to learn more about Narito filled him with joy he couldn't help but dwell on what could happen if his furry problem got out if Shino was anyone to go by none of the kids in his ear knew of the fox inside him that they found out would they treat me as the adults do he thought to himself beruto sighed and kicked the covers off rising from the bed and making his way to the kitchen that was getting dark he'd missed his training with Tintin he would have to beg and plead for her forgiveness he laughed at that thought flicking the kitchen light on in the process he switched to Catalan and rummaged in the cupboard for his newly bought Raymond and prepared it the kettle nearly covered up the sounds made by fleeing people outside burrito's new senses were key and then could still detect three presences leaving his porch he didn't want to deal with whatever new message was outside so he let things lie for now when he made his new trap he'd be able to catch the culprits this was far from finished and was merely an idea in Naruto's head for now the blonde settled on his sofa a few minutes later his jacket draped over the back as he tucked into one of the few Pleasures he had that boy was right a deep voice rumbled within Naruto maybe it is time to show people what you really like burrito scoffed if people thought he had half a brain they try to discourage him as much as possible if you become Hokage what do you want people to see in their leader an immature prankster someone who isn't fit to lead the blonde remains silent if you don't show promise as a ninja how is the old man ever going to see if you're ready to take his place High negative or right Narito thought back his Raymond still steaming in the cup the two sat in silence for a few minutes as thoughts and scenarios flashed through Naruto's head Naruto's side as he took in a few mouthfuls of Raymond before looking up at his ceiling in deep thought Hein starting tomorrow everyone's going to see a new Naruto he announced proudly the next morning the young blonde awoke to the sounds of birds chirping a light breakfast later and he headed off towards team 7's training ground the red paint was gone and Naruto had renewed Spirits about his future at least in the short term everything was looking up the finals of the chicken exam were fast approaching Naruto followed his training schedule harshly after a few small modifications mornings were now spent researching knowledge or training with gamma Central to Naruto was making great Headway with several advances in both Fields small advances but still significant afternoons were spent training with tenton the training was more footing and skill based rather than actual combat tenton wanted to fight Naruto at his best and didn't want him to learn all her steps before the match another Master dropped by every so often to watch the two his new Leaf headband proudly polished atop his head Zabuza was greatly fascinated by tenton's knowledge and swords and to learn that she was just as good with nearly every weapon imaginable was overwhelming that was two students he was going to pass his knowledge onto not counting Haku of course one week before the finals tenton told the blonde he had to train on his own she needed more time to develop her own techniques to quote kick your ass but that the Duo's training finished tan Naruto forced his body to comply with the knowledge of forms and footwork in his head the ex Miss ninja admired his determination he just hoped he showed such promise under his methods the knights were then spent either resting or training under a certain tail demon on alternating day days said beast was training him for his next gift whatever it may be chapter 14 chicken and finals the day was the day the day Naruto finally became a chicken or so he thought as he rose from his dreams of being Hokage even before he awoke from the dream world his face graced an unusually big smile as the time Drew ever closer to the finals all right today's the day he shouted and pumped his fist in the air as he sat up in bed a soft thumping could be hurt on his floor the sound seemed to be coming from underneath Narita looked out the window the sun was fully above the Horizon making its way up to the center of the sky stupid neighbors I didn't make that much noise Naruto grumbled as he Shrugged off the covers and stomped heavily around his apartment getting ready for the upcoming match the Mari of the sand about three years older than me Naruto began reciting his enemy statistics in his head She carries a huge metal fan and can attack at range with Wind by swinging it he finished as he wolfed down his daily breakfast cereal don't get too cocky and you'll do fine the fox encourages sleepily that's new Narita thought the fox opened one eye in curiosity never heard you actually praise me before I must be growing on you he chuckled The Old Demon closed his eyes again calmly before answering that was in Praise I just have faith in channeling my skills through you Naruto's eyes narrowed as he prepared to argue through thought with a fox before taking a second to think about what he was doing and let the invite feelings leave him well well seems he really is changing the fox thought his lips curling into a smirk as he settled down to sleep as if there was anything else to do until Naruto's fight the blonde promptly locked up his house and left through the back standing on the platform he constructed before taking in the sights and the sounds of the day breathing deeply the felt a surge of energy rushed through his body as his muscles and Bones received the cool air and the energy from his breakfast yeah today's the day I become a chicken he announced proudly to the city a few people below heard this cry and looked up to see the blonde local residents either scowled or smiled at Naruto's decree while out of town gamblers or visitors grew curious with the Gen in holding the highest odds to win Naruto then looked down into the street as he noticed people looking up at him he waved with a familiar fake grin upon his face before leaping away towards the stadium following the small crowd of people walking the same direction Nino yamanaka stepped outside her family's shop as her father followed suit ready hun enoichi asked kindly as he waved to his wife at the checkout counter hi I can't wait to see Sasuke Eno replied smiling as they walked side by side with the crowd towards the stadium enoichi was dressed in his normal ninja attire consisting of his Leaf headband black overcoat and gray jacket and pants complete with black and silver belt his blonde hair still cut in the mullet his wife thought needed trimming constantly he still had work to do after the exam so why bother changing Eno was dressed in lighter clothes than usual her bandages were gone completely and her dark purple top was replaced with a light orange one with the yamanaka clan symbol above her heart her purple skirt went in favor of light blue shorts and as always her blonde hair hanging down her back in a ponytail with her bangs covering the right side of her face Yahoo a shout echoed around the street from overhead the yamanaka duo looked up as an orange and black blur shot along the buildings speeding towards the stadium away from the crowd he no sight after realizing who it was that's only Naruto their father looked at her curiously what's wrong he just seems energetic today Nino groaned Naruto's always energetic he's also annoying rude and always picks a fight with Sasuke the pair were now walking towards the stadium entrance for spectators and people were handing out pamphlets to everyone entering well maybe that's how he managed to make it into the finals he spent time sparring and training to beat Sasuke so that he became at least strong enough to make it this far yet you spent your time fantasizing over the acheha and are consequently sitting in the spectator stands with your dear Al dad and why she chuckled as his daughter scowled no Naruto is a dead last and always will be he only beats a nobody from the hidden waterfall saizo or Shiro I think and noichi then had a very curious memory flicker across his brain she rely on science he asked yay that's it wait how do you know she asked now confused though shikaku relayed the match information from shikameru and why she bluffed Eno thought nothing of it and just Shrugged while annoichi's thoughts concerning his money were now changing the blonde had disappeared over the top of the stadium Edge by the time the duo had received theirs and entered the seating area hey there's your friend Sakura why don't you go sit by her enoichi said as he spotted his own former teammatesayakamichi and shikakunara the no turned to give him a hard look but he'd already disappeared what the hell Dad she thought to him through their unique telepathic link she got no reply inside trying to look for somewhere else to sit unfortunately with seats starting to fill and the beginning of the exams just moments away the only spaces left were near around Sakura and Eno would albeit regretfully take Sakura over strangers any day they felt someone settle into the seat next to her she turned and looked at her arch nemesis in love Ino yamanaka what are you doing here you know Pig Sakura teased idiot both my teammates are in the final billboard brow Eno shot back I mean couldn't you have sat elsewhere why this seats the best rabbit in your face when Sasuke kisses me after he wins Sakura glared like hell he'll kiss me needless to say this went on a bit as more interesting things were going on elsewhere 13 000 Rio the bookie gasped along with a red-haired chubby man and a scarred pineapple heritagemen what it's not that much in my cheer reasoned with the three B but it's on him chimza said still shocked shikakao was the first to regain his composure and tried to see the logic behind enoichi's bed so I have a feeling he may surprise us enoichi just smiled ah fine the book he handed the blonde has betting ticket stamped with his bed information and odds before taking the money behind the counter and just what do you base that logic on shikaku asked trying to probe for more information simple remember when we visited the waterfall both nodded the beat Lions said blonde was standing in the center of the grass field along with the other participants of the finals all except for one however you guys are the heroes of this final competition present yourselves accordingly the special genuine standing with the muttered though not Stern enough to be an official order burrito was standing straight but upon glancing around he couldn't help but notice something hey Shikamaru he whispered as he stood next to the board genius shikamaru's eyes just turned to look at Naruto signaling he was listening verse Sasuke he Shrugged glancing around two to check that the achiharily wasn't here verito decided to get a better look around may as well check who came to cheer for me here he's into himself the quick blink and red slitted eyes scanned the crowd as his now active brain tried to keep up with all the information filtering in Sakura was up in the stands with Eno fighting about something at least she turned up Naruto thought before remembering Sasuke the pink shirt and brown hair stuck out as Naruto spotted Haku smiling from the stands next to a bandage-faced sabusa will that guy ever show his mouth in public Naruto chuckled to himself for further scanning revealed anko and aruka talking in the stands both sporting Naruto like goggles round her neck and on his forehead respectively lavender eyes met his own as Naruto spotted Hinata close to the front of the stands sitting next to a grinning kibba and yipping akamaru she looked much better than their last encounter which made the blonde smile inside they gave her a genuine cheeky grin and a thumbs up now when the term red is a tomato comes up it is usually accompanied by an image of Hinata in Naruto's head sure enough the lavender haika proceeded to go bright red before pushing her index fingers together her head bowed so that her hair covered her eyes for a brief moment Narito thought something was wrong before Hinata looked up and her left arm stretched out in front of her on the end of said arm was Hinata's hand in a very unhinatalike gesture her fingers were clenched and her thumb was up despite having so much blood in her face Hinata managed to fill her arm with enough to return Naruto's gesture the blonde laughed before a soft red glow graced his own cheeks only a little but still noticeable noticed by a certain wielder Who Rose from her seat and tried to shuffle past abuser as she passed his hand shot out and grabbed her collar before gripping it tightly clear as the message was Haku just tried to walk faster to escape her sensei's grip her features changing to resemble one of inner Sakura's rages albeit a small one fibba just chuckled his hanada withdrew into herself Lucky Bastard he thought Naruto was disheartened to not spot the person he thought was guaranteed to turn up try as he might the oil headband and white Mane didn't reveal itself as he scanned the stadium again then he signed of Sasuke yet the third Hokage asked the old man was sitting in the middle of the stands near the top of the throne or as he liked to call it my seat the Jin standing next to the old man lent down and whispered in his ear no the jindin replied a team of anbu Black Ops are searching for him but so far they've found nothing he may already be in arachimera's hands in which case of course we may never find him the Hokage side I understand three figures then made themselves known as the Hokage turned to greet the new arrivals two bodyguards encompassed the Third they wore long brown cloaks covering them completely with only their heads exposed the one on the left had weird blue markings around his eyes and mouth that continued round to the back of his head passing under his ears topped with a white Dusty turban and sand headband the one on the right appeared to be a large document with more muscles in his face than brains in his head from the looks of it his eyes were closed as if squinting they also supported a Dusty turban and sand headband the main attraction in the center wore a large hat similar to the Hokage except it was green where the hokages was red and had the kanji for wind on the front the rest of his attire included a white Veil over most of his face a white scarf a long white cloak and green robes held down with white cloth acting as a belt aha you made it welcome Lord kazukij he smiled the greeting was not warmly returned found in the stadium three bodies stiffened as they looked up into the stands Gara tamari and kankram's eyes narrowed at the side of the green-headed white robe man they called father the Elder siblings glanced over at their red-headed younger brother to see him trying to burn a hole straight through his Tormentor you must be weary having come all this way not at all I'm only glad that for your sake the arena is here in the leaf Village the kazakids replied in a nearly quiet voice as strong as you are I'm sure a long journey would have proved difficult for you at your age isn't it about time you decided who would succeed you as Hokage at this last line the Hokage burst out laughing you act as if I'm an old man there's plenty of life left in me no I plan on staying here for some time to come the old man Rose from his seat and walked towards the edge of the balcony before turning back to Face's guest now then it's time for the final rounds to begin after a snap from genma the special genin that lectured them before Naruto was now standing to attention as the Hokage began addressing everyone welcome all and our deepest thanks for coming here to the Village hidden in the leaves for this year's Chicken in selection his booming voice called out we have come to the final competition between the 11 candidates who made it through the preliminaries we ask that no one leaves until all the matches have been completed the announcement was met with shears as everyone looked to the center field eager for the matches to begin you said 11 candidates aren't you missing one the kazakiyaj said the Hokage sighed inwardly before making his way back to his seat several members of the crowd seemed to have noticed this too and hushed mutterings took place mostly around gamblers where the hell is that it's a they better show up I've got twenty thousand on him several conversations like this were picked up by the fangirl Duo who were both thinking the same thing where are you Sasuke hey Jen returned to the Nara genen what will happen if Sasuke doesn't turn up janma just replied dully as if Board of the hype around the so-called ajab Prodigy if a candidate is not here in the arena at the time his name is called he forfeits the match Naruto's eyes widened as much as he despised that stuck up he was his teammate and slightly worried Sasuke had always talked about getting stronger to kill someone and this would only put him one step closer to that goal so why wasn't he here come to think of it he hadn't encountered Sasuke at all since since the preliminaries all right listen up the terrain's different but the rules are the same as before that is that there are no rules the match continues till one candidate acknowledges defeater dies jenma announced none of the genin however flinched at this news that being said if I determine that a match is over I can step in and stop it at any time and no arguments are permitted understood silence oh right then these are the opponents for the first match shikamarinara vs shinjay akimichi up in the stands two of the previous enoshikacho Trio were now looking on excitedly as the third leaned back in his chair relaxed the one relaxing was unusual as shikakunara just sighed and looked up at the sky hey what's up shikaku aren't you going to watch your son's match enoichi asked politely I have no need to watch I have already predicted the outcome of this match he replied calmly James looked over curious though yay who's gonna win then well I put my money on the winner so you figure it out and the few seconds it took for shmza to recall the memory shikaku had begun laughing loudly ah no way my son will easily beat your son with all the training I've given him shouted shikaku just laughed again as I predicted you would that's why I taught my son some interesting counters the two continued squabbling while lenoichi the barrier between the two focused on the match verito nodded to both shikamero and shimjai as he passed them with a smile on his face the two nodded back at his gesture before the blonde ran ahead to catch up with Tintin the chicken potentials were slowly trickling out towards the inner waiting room that overlooked the field below the stance leaving only Gemma and the genon are you ready for this shinjai shikamera asked calmly are you kidding I'm gonna beat you faster than I eat Raymond jimjai replied loudly his fist raised in front of him smirking at the challenge both moved into opposite positions from each other as jenma stood between them that's the spirit of chinjai just don't forget to pay up when I finish with you all right now let the first match begin Jen Miss shouted as he jumped back against the Farwell Jai reacted immediately jumping back sub several times predicting his friend's first move he was indeed correct as Shikamaru finished the signs for his shadow he started but never finished as he released a technique uh you should know she could marry better I'm not going to fall for that jinji's hands formed the ram then his clan special seal expansion he called out is his belly inflated shikamara noticed the time difference in shinjai's refined chakra control the chubby boy's limbs withdrew into the sphere of fat and began rolling towards shikameru this speed has also increased he noted and jumped to the right sharply the downside of xinji's technique was that he couldn't turn quickly this thought was quickly erased as a small burst of blue chakra shot out of the opposite side of the ball chickamera's eyes widened as the ball of xinji was now barely feet from him his body begged him not to but his need to live outweighed the need to move in one swift jump shikamara leaped over xinji they quickly flew through some hand signs and called out shadowbind Jutsu being in the air shikamaru's Shadow was still on the ground smaller but closer to xinji than he dared go the familiar your tendril extended from his shadow another blue burst of chakra from xinji and now he was tumbling back towards shikameru the shadowbind tendril made the connection but the current force of the boulder was Stronger shikimero landed and released a technique he was too slow as not a second later chingjai's rolling form had caught up and hit him several winces and cries from the crowd could be heard as shinjai ended his technique a few seconds later he turned and looked back to see his lazy opponent pushing himself out of the dirt cursing this isn't gonna work he muttered and before he could even check the damage on himself leapt into the small crop of trees near the edge of the stadium jai's eyes widened as he saw the enormous shadow of the trees cast there was no way to get near there without getting caught by shikameru backing up a little Kim jai's mind thought back to all his experiences with his best friend and tried to think of his next move what came next wasn't what he expected however the small explosion blew up a tree in front of xinji everyone was on the edge of their seat none more so than the remaining Ino shikacho Trio or at least two-thirds jylook can fused but as the dust settled he could see a figure through the smoke Shikamaru stood with his open hand aimed at the ground next to him Sat two small piles of kunai and shuriken Shadow and game Jutsu he said in several black tendrils of Shadow emerged from the ground a second later all of them had at least one kunai or shuriken on them and hurled them through the clear pathogenjai amid shimjai cursed and jumped to the side chickamera leaked up and bounced off a tree branch shooting through the canopy with the tendrils following him when he spotted shimjai again the Shadows hurled more of the deadly weapons at him Jai speed wasn't enough as several nicked his clothes and skin before digging into his thigh sent him tumbling along the ground chickamera landed on a branch and balanced before turning back to the fight in Jai gang takunai from his thigh and threw it directly at shikameru the boy simply blocked it with another kunai has Shadow handed him a small distraction gave chimjai enough time to wrap several red and white papers around kunai and hurl them toward the trees some hit the trees closest and others flew in further shikameru jumped again as he fell felt the tree he was standing on get struck below the shadow fled as the trees lit up the explosion tore trees apart sending a few splintering and burning and others toppling Jai chuckled as debris flew Skyward the air moved aside as a kunai wedged itself in the ground at changi's feet the boy's eyes glanced up to see shikamero again putting effort into capturing him his hands flickered through the two signs xinji tried to dodge but found his body non-responsive Shikamaru smirked shadowbind Jutsu he called out the small Shadow he cast on the floor connected with other Shadows of bits of destroyed tree and made a small path for shinjai fencing his muscles shinjai also demonstrated his training as his right arm began growing over twice its normal size the second later ancient jai's body was freed whatever shikamari used on the kunai was gone and shinjai's giant fist aimed right for the shadow user shikamaru's Shadow was still too slow as shinji's fist slammed into him sending him hurtling up in the air yelled triumphantly watching shikameru fly just before it burst into smoke revealing a log a small yellow sphere flew past jai's face before glowing bright white what a huge amount of light burst from the small ball in front of him Jai turned from the light only to see a similar one behind him with a large shadow in the middle Shadow sewing Jutsu the figure that owned the shadow called out and Jai looked at his feet and saw his own shadow connected with the one in front of him before several more tendrils wrapped around his arms legs and chest before pulling him backwards the akimichi fell back and landed hard on the ground from the stands it looked as though shimjai had literally been sewn to the ground with thick black thread Shadows strangled Jutsu Shikamaru called out as one of the tendril split and wrapped itself around shinjai's throat looking down between his feet chimjai could see shikamera walking closer with his hands in the seal you only have two choices give up or die Shikamaru said Darkly okay buddy you win this time chimjai sighed ah finally the techniques released themselves as shikameru fell backwards and landed panting heavily I don't know how much more I could take Jan Mustang stepped into the middle of the field before announcing winner shikamarinara the crowd let out huge cheers for both boys they kicked off the finals with one hell of a fight told ya shikaku smirked over at his teammates chimzaw wasn't listening he was leaning back in his chair laughing loudly that worked son you made the akimichi clan proud he shouted down to his son Jai looked up and waved at his dad in the crowd before letting his head drop to the floor letting out a single word food then the competitor stands things were less cheerful overall but that was due to the Grumps of the group mainly Gara and niji woo great fight guys Naruto shouted to his friends as he gripped the rails tightly pumped up for his own fight now yes your flames of Youth burn bright a green cladly joined in his pupils becoming like flames and pumping his fist in the air Fenton was preoccupied with both calmingly and Naruto down before they wore themselves out for their matches and she really wanted to test out narito's skills niji just scowled at his teammates but felt a little admiration at shikameru's planning skills he would make a fine leader Demari was watching the battle with some interest that Nara kid really had a thing for planning and traps she smiled at her thoughts about said boy then was just leaning against a wall watching a different Target Gara was the object in her eye and after her teammate was killed in the preliminaries she was determined to avenge him Bara himself was not enjoying the sight before him there was barely any blood spilled in that match and since no one had died he couldn't care less bankram had turned his back and was making his way to the stairs it was his battle next and with his research into the hika he felt confident about the outcome niji noticed and followed the sand ninja down back in the field shikamara and shimjai were trying to help each other up as medical ninja quickly helped them off the field with no major damage they would be fine but just needed a good rest for now Jen will looked over at the stairs as the two competitors silently entered the arena the sand was smirking and the leaf was scowling next match niji haika vs kankram of the sand he announced after seeing the first match the crowd was thirsty for more then either look down into the arena at her cousin he looked no different than he did when they fraught a month ago his eyes were narrowed at his opponent as he took his position as if he looked down on him what do you think about Hinata Kiba asked as he felt his teammates nervousness the NADA just stayed silent and looked into her lap kibble looked down into the arena and blared at niji he would have liked to be down there kicking his ass for what he did to Hinata Naruto watched as the stuck-up hika took his place he matched niji's glare and tried to get him to burst into flames though get a niji a cheer came from beside him maruto saw tenton waving her arms and cheering her teammate you can do it niji a similar cheer from his opposite side this time Lee was doing a much more enthusiastic cheer for the hector but that was Lee's nature burrito sighed and rested his head on his hands on the rail looking defeated hey what's wrong with Naruto Tenten asked bending over trying to look at his face burrito closed his eyes inside again how can you be cheering for that stuck-up brat what are you talking about Naruto he is our friend in comrade facing a foreign ninja how could we not be cheering him on Lee replied while that is true I feel the urge to cheer for the sand Naruto replied Fenton's eyes widened in Surprise Juan Rito my friend you cannot be serious Lee said shocked Naruto just remained silent as he watched Jen must step up to the two combatants I just wish it was me down there to kick the crap out of him he muttered glancing into the stance at the female hikeda she looked scared and she wasn't even fighting I swear I'll make him pay merido tent and muttered Brady the two boys didn't move from their poses begin pankram jumped back and reached over his shoulder I lend this quickly he smirked and yanked one of the bandages and the blur of movement and bandages kankram had jumped back several yards and Crow his creepy looking puppet was now hovering just in front of him he'll go out with a bang he shouted as the strange three-eyed puppet opened its jaw shooting out a round object that was heading straight for niji the hike could jump to the side only to face hundreds approaching faster than he could Dodge drops of purple liquid threatening to come off the end the ball sped past niji's old position and exploded rather violently away off dacha canker muttered eight trigrams Palm rotation niji called out as he spun on his heels his arms outstretched splinters of blue appeared from niji as his whole body turned blue before it expanded in a dome shape all around him they flew through the air and bounced away as they hit the spinning blue wall how can he who taught him that several mutterings were heard behind Hinata Kiba and akumeru the trio turned and caught sight of several hika up in the stand looking displeased what's wrong with them Kiba muttered the air technique is reserved for the main house only and Automotive back akamari yipped his kibba's eyes narrowed how did niji learn the attack then as the last was deflected off course the shield dispersed as niji charged at his target bankuram for his part didn't expect that takra flowed through niji and up to his eyes diacigan he said as the veins around his eyes pulsed bankrum knew what this was his plan to switch with Crow wouldn't have worked with his this guy it was a good thing he'd done his research oh yeah well how about this he shouted he flicked his fingers and Crow responded its left arm flicked open at the elbow and fired something out niji watched as the shell Drew closer eight trigram's Palm rotation he shouted as the Blue Dome appeared once again the shell exploded on the barrier and a purple fog emerged from it the puppet user smirk fell as the gas was merely brushed away from the rotating Dome a large amount had dispersed as niji stopped spinning my eyes see everything a shell with nothing visible inside means only one thing he muttered his arms hung behind him as he dashed towards his foe pankram flinched before shifting his own arms in front of him crow jumped between the pair holding its arms out to niji the scoffed as he slid in for a gentle fist strike ankrum flicked his index fingers dual blades emerged from Crow's wrists and thrust down at niji the heika appeared indifferent as his arm snapped to his sides and he slid under the puppet the knives impaled in the ground and niji stood up behind Crow name over he muttered niji waved his hands around in the air in front of him like he was striking the air with his gentle fist infused faces in the crowd soon gained knowledge as Crow dropped useless to the floor pankram flinched you are a puppet user you control your weapon with chakra strings without those strings your puppet is useless niji stated Furthermore with my Byakugan I could see every weapon concealed inside that thing as well as the strings you used to activate them Proctor kankram called out genma turned to face him I give up he called out hushed mutterings covered the crowd as jenma looked a little confused himself I know when I'm outmatched cankerm admitted uh winner niji hikeda janma called out as the crowd slowly began cheering and applauding Naruto smiled dimmed a bit he'd hope those blades had at least struck niji if only slightly but the proud hika won the match calmly and quickly without a scratch burrito huffed in annoyance helmanderudo cheer up at least our Leaf comrade Won Lee said enthusiastically yay yay but it was only because he saw all his tricks that this sand surrendered that is not true of Naruto niji would have beaten him regardless Lee spouted proud of his teammate regardless yay come on Naruto niji trained just as hard as us for the exams tenton added erudo's sighed and gave a small smile to the weapon mistress fine he did show us that cool spin thing after all Benton smiled back and looked down at the field as both Jen and made their way back both uninjured from the ordeal as they did several cheers from the stand followed them mostly from the gamblers though niji did have some of the best odds slow footsteps could be heard as Narito turned to see the back of flaming red hair and the large Sandy gourd Garr was already making his way towards the field hmph was all the sound ninja muttered before taking the optional route over the railing and Landing with Grace at the bottom pankram had already passed under but niji's eyes met hers as she landed cold and harsh were the only words to describe them no wonder the haika are so frightening kin thought even she got scared sometimes dust as niji passed her by and made for the stairs a cry of pain could be be heard echoing through the corridor the jendon's heads turned as they recognized the voice to be cankerms then a flash the blonde made for the stairs the blonde with the ponytails anyway Bara she shouted down ahead of her the remaining genin looked at each other uneasily tenton and Lee looked towards each other as the orange and black ninja between them was following after his soon-to-be opponent Vara stop it came from ahead of him he sped up as he almost slammed into the rail bordering the stairs down below he could see the redhead with his arm outstretched sand was flowing from his gourd toward the loser of the previous match ah raw kankram coughed out as the pressure began to increase Naruto's eyes widened as tamari stepped in front of her younger brother Gara stop this she half ordered half pleaded with the boy Dara's face was one of amusement before tamari stepped in now it was one of annoyance the weak have no place in this world you should do well to remember this Gara said softly but clearly the mari's eyes widened in shock as her brother's fingers twitched the sand suddenly dropped from kankram's body as he he dropped onto the stairs coughing and slipping down a few he looked up to see Gara facing locks of blonde as the redhead's back was pressed into the wall but the canker muttered before the strain on his body became greater now that his blood was returning and the rush sent him into unconsciousness ARA himself was now the one to be surprised hey what do you think you're doing an angry Naruto shouted up close to the demon vessel sand now sped from kankram's position back to its owner's assailant as the chakra realized the danger Naruto's hand released its grip on gara's shirt and returned to his side as he jumped back his feet landing on the wall and sticking there the sand swirled around his position before returning to gara's gourd it was only then he spoke I am Exterminating the weak Gara muttered he is not strong enough to remain alive taking the opportunity tamari rushed down to her brother checking his pulse quickly and feeling a beat she wrapped an arm around him and took off down the stairs there's no such thing Narito shouted back everyone has a right to life the strong protect the weaker so they in turn can can get stronger and protect others hmph why should I protect those who cannot defend themselves Gara muttered before turning his back and continuing down the stairs as if nothing happened other than because it's not right Naruto had nothing he was speechless as the sand ninja walked out of sight down the stairs Naruto cursed himself internally as he dropped to the floor and walked back to the viewing platform Naruto what happened he was quizzed immediately after he turned the corner looking around only Lee and tenton were left up here Lee waited for an answer as tenton looked worried ah he said bluntly punishing the weak we saw tent and chipped in that sand girl was taking the other one to the medical center will he be okay he should be Naruto muttered back unsure himself loud conversations could be heard from the crowd as niji entered the room he took one look at Naruto before his eyes narrowed niji Lee called out as his friend entered congratulations he shouted giving his trademark thumbs up as niji took his place by the wall overlooking the field near the railing it wasn't hardly he said in a monotone voice and be quiet Lee and tenton shook off the comment but Naruto silently cursed the hikeda uh anyway on to the next match a voice shouted from below murido tenton and Lee's attention turned back to the field as they looked down below bar of the sand versus kinsuchi jenma called out as the crowd looked on uneasily many Spectators were from the leaf and with two foreign ninja they were unsure how to react basic cheering won out as a low Rumble echoed in the stadium for the two fighters you're gonna pay for what you did to dosu Kin declared as she readied herself Bara just remained silent with his arms folded as she spoke the only difference being the slight smile in the corner of his mouth he was struggling to hold back ready begin Gemma announced jumping back faster than the previous rounds in an instant kin pulled a scroll from her pouch as the force helped it to unroll bara's sand was already on the move and lunging straight for her in the shape of Spears then gasped as she jumped back the Scrolls still unrolling revealing sea laughter seal the sand followed as she darted back ever increasing its speed until she turned just before hitting a tree the sand didn't follow as fast and struck the tree head on piercing through it as if it was paper the remaining sand changed direction as the spears slowly pulled back going from the front to melding with the sand behind the sand and paper now flowed together weaving about as if in a strange sort of dance that would have not had the sand nearest the end begin coating the paper its grains ripping it to shreds pin scroll ran out of paper as a bright red seal revealed itself at the end take this she cried as she bit her thumb and wiped it over the seal that instantly reacted as it Shone bright red and a glow flew through the other black seals what could only be described as a barrage flew out of the seals like a flock of arrows many of the objects curved high in the sky and flew down towards the still redhead the extra sand on his back quickly disintegrated and reformed in front of him protecting him from the attack many of the projectiles landed all around the sand genin and a sound made itself known the light tinkling of a bell could be heard only this time it was a thousand times louder Bara sand was now almost level with kin as she flew through her hand signs ARA looked to the side and saw blue after impaled on the ground with a small Silver Bell tied to the end of each of them his memory quickly flashed back to the preliminaries as his hands unfurled directing the sand around kin to speed up too late Sam Blitz Jutsu volume 1000 she cried out as the bell tinkled again Vara sand fell to the ground as its owner lost his control his hands flying to his ears to block out the screeching sound he was now hearing both of kin's hands were now extended towards Gara in a fashion similar to his sand coffin technique people in the stands looked down as the boy arrived in pain at the whatever was happening to Gara they didn't see it all they heard was the tinkling of bells ARA's gourd moved round his head the sand doing its best to try and plug up his ears as best as it could you like that kin called out the volume of one thousand Bells focused on a single point well two to be precise dear ears heard she yelled in a dark voice ARA cried out in pain as he flicked his head back trying everything to stop the ringing I will never forgive of you for what you did to dosu never kin continued as she stepped closer to Gara now to finish you off she smirked as she closed in flicking her left wrist as a kunai slid out held in place by her gray armband she was merely a few feet from ending at all when the ground gave way beneath Gara the brown dirt pushed up his beige sand replaced it wrapping tendrils around gara's ankles and pulling him under the crowd was just as surprised as kin when her opponent vanished she began to panic as she realized she couldn't hold the she had nowhere to focus that would help her arms faltered as did her footing moments later A Rush of sand exploded from the ground beneath her as if a volcano just blew its top she cried out as the sand coated her Limbs and head the sand floated in the air like a large sphere as red hair emerged from the ground she was standing on not moments ago two arms then ahead followed as both gara's arms were raised and held the sand in place as the sand beneath him pushed him back to surface level his ears were now bleeding but his face couldn't be happier his smirk nearly reaching his eyes and they too could be described as smiling the crowd gas just as the fight continued the preliminary Fighters looking on in horror as they knew the next move jenma also saw this coming and moved fast calling the match at the same time stop the he began but was cut off before he could reach the center and the two fighters bloody sand burial Gara laughed deeply as both his hands clenched together tightly people gasped as the sand convulsed the left and right sides split from one another the middle revealing a dripping bloody center with Eerie white bone poking out from one side ARA's hands then opened for the briefest second and slept together clenched around each other the two orbs reciprocated and slammed into each other the result was the sand smashing together before shrinking in size till the ball was no bigger than shinjai's belly match janma finished slowly as he landed feet behind Gara staring up at the orb the same thought was going through hundreds of people in that instant kin's head was barely smaller than that bowl originally our laughed triumphantly as the orb dropped to the ground in front of him revealing the bloody mess in the center to the crowd as it crumbled and mixed with the grains Naruto and the Gen in witnessing the event and could barely stand to watch they'd known what was coming so did King yet she chose to try and avenge her Fallen comrade the blonde boy growled at the scene as he slammed his fist into the metal bar denting it no one bothered to look hell even niji's full attention was focused on the brutal scene in front of him the Laughing stopped instantly gara's face returned to its normal emotionless composure as he stepped over the bloody sand as his gourd began reforming on his back as he walked but few people realized was that the sand underneath the blood covered and carried the kill back into the gourd where it would now rest with its former teammate uh winner gigara of the S and jenma choked out as he felt his stomach begin begging to let its contents out people around the stadium felt similar reactions as the Hokage Rose to his feet there will be a short interval at this time he called out in a booming voice many people silently thanked him as they clutched their mouths and fled elsewhere man what brutality Jim's on mother to the queasy looking blonde and the gaping Nara beside him shikaku just nodded while annoichi looked ready to run himself you know in Sakura however we're not as lucky the pair had fled the moment gara's hands closed both knowing the only outcome after that ivanenko was having trouble watching she nudged aruka as soon as the Hokage mentioned the interval and he shot off like a bullet this is what the real world of ninja was and sometimes still is Haku his abusa muttered as his student looked away her eyes were shut and her head was turned but she didn't feel the need to run or lose her lunch why yes abusa she muttered Naruto was just about ready to leap over the railing and attack the boy himself for his disregard for human life when something odd happened bara's balance faltered as his head tipped with his body following Brad hair met green grass as Gara crumpled to the ground his eyes wide in confusion surprise was evident in the crowd or what remained of it cautiously a medical ninja shot from the side and approached the prone boy another soon followed with a stretcher held in front of him like a shield what what's going on Gara muttered looking around wildly ER the medical ninja began nervously we think you've damaged your ear and it needs to be healed may we help they asked to the amazement of several older ninja Zara's eyes closed at the Revelation before looking straight ahead they can't be helped he muttered before adding make it quick yes sir the medical ninja said before lifting the boy onto the stretcher and hurried him away from the arena both very careful with their cargo that bastard Naruto swore his eyes following Gara as he was taken off the Arena floor tenton had turned away her hands over her mouth in shock and her eyes closed tightly Lee tried to focus on comforting his teammate while niji just focused on erasing his memory H how can he do that Tenten choked he killed her and just laughed calm down tenton burrito turned and glanced at niji who decided to speak what you saw was a vicious attack on an enemy ninja from another the real world is full of people like this some even worse I'm sure it was her fate to die today Denton's eyes widened in fear as both Lee and Naruto glared at niji how can you say such a thing Lee argued yay it could have been you down there fighting but if it wasn't was it niji replied coldly fate decided it was the end of her time Gara was merely a tool in her death albeit a vicious one I'm warning you Narito growled niji's wide eyes met narito's blue for what a dead son like you will do the same to me I find the very concept and impossibility I'll show you who's dead last Narito shouted reaching for his blade Naruto he froze as he turned to face tenton's face bright red from all the conflicting emotions just leave it realizing his actions Naruto took a deep breath and lowered his arm shooting Meiji a darker glare as he comforted tenton down into a seat come on what's the hold up a cry shouted from above the gang all turned to face outside where the fans on the opposite side most likely above two were eagerly shouting for the next match to begin the people shouting looked like either the gambling or feudalore type there's been no news of Sasuke yet the jindin whispered into the hokage's ear and there's the issue of oracameru please before everyone starts to make trouble disqualify Sasuke the Hokage sighed deeply as he looked out into the crowd many were dripping back into their seats with looks of uneasiness on their faces While others were definitely wanting the next match while the last match was brutal it didn't stop the fans wanting more ER what's all the noise for a bored voice echoed up the stairs agenda under the stands turned to see a sleepy-eyed chicamera approach from the hull hey good to see you up shikameru Lee smiled although it was noticeably less bright than before but Sasuke's match now Naruto replied as Nara walked up to the railing and looked out onto the field biosh I get to test the number one gen in from your year Naruto come Lee's enthusiasm returned Naruto quickly noted that the last matches events were trying to be forgotten as soon as possible and the more their thoughts were focused in the now the better this was what Ninja did and they all knew it this career wasn't for the week of Willer conscience seems like it'll be your first match with Naruto shikameru's side huh why he asked looking in the direction that shikamera was a Shinobi next to the Hokage had disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared next to Gemma on the field who was looking uneasy at the heckling what's going on Naruto asked as he too stepped up to the guardrail listen everyone jenma called out the crowd's volume died down almost immediately one of the competitors from the next battle has not arrived yet so we're going to postpone this match briefly and simply Jump Ahead to the battle that would have followed this one both Naruto and Lee flinched at this damn Nordo you're so lucky you get to have your battle ahead of mine Lee raged as he felt himself pumping up with his trademark High fire ah man I don't get to see you beat that stuck up at you for another round Naruto moaned back what's more I have to work for it what a drag shikamari's head turned as Narito gave him a cheeky grin tenton and Lee both laughed at this as Narito pushed back on the rail walking towards the hall and down the stairs janma's voice continued outside calling for both Naruto and tamari to enter the arena the remaining gen and turned back to face the field and the now eager crowd as tamari entered from the medical Bay this sound of footsteps could be heard as the three males turned and saw the back of two brown buns following the knuckleheaded blonde down the corridor the trio just looked at each other for some explanation but all three Shrugged and that Gara Naruto thought as his hands itched to run his sword through a certain someone he tried to calm his mind no point going into a fight already stressed hey Naruto a voice called behind him he turned quickly but was met only by a friend hey what's up Tintin he asked with his goofy grin still on his face Penton quickly walked down the last few steps till she was on the one above him and looked into his eyes I just went quickly and don't let her touch you tenton smiled you still have our match to fight you know the reader chuckled with all the training I've put in it'll be easy Naruto replied showing a more genuine smile besides I can't wait for our match either Denton smile widened as she wrapped her arms around the orange and black jumpsuit Naruto's Eyes Only spoke of confusion as he felt his ninja friend hold him close Fenton why are he began turning his head towards her girl lying on his shoulder she however turned at the same time and not missing a beat crashed her lips against his Naruto's confusion spoke for itself for the few seconds this went on the brunette released the blonde with a smile and a wink retreating up the stairs after whispering in his ear for luck stunned the blonde could only make slightly exaggerated steps downward as Jen Miss calls repeated his name Fenton where did you go Lee asked curiously as his female teammate joined them back on the viewing platform Denton blushed slightly but replied quickly nature called Lee just returned his gaze to the field as Naruto stepped out Benton joined Lee and shikameru as they rested on the rail and got ready to cheer her just a friend on only one of the trio didn't accept her answer chakra fled from his eyes as the Byakugan faded and a scowl appeared well looks like we'll get to see if he made any progress since our last fight his abusa chuckled from The Stance next to him his Apprentice was having similar thoughts yes I'm sure my Naruto will prevail hacker replied with a smile the ex missed ninja grinned behind his bandages as he gave Haku what could only be described as a suspicious look what was that Haku realized her mistake and repeated herself I said I'm sure Naruto will prevail his abusa Zabuza just chuckled again as he remembered some of the hints he'd seen in his mind specifically around the time the kid and the perverted found them hey aruka your top students about to fight the snake charmer called back through the crowd a rather pale iruka quickly sidled his way back into his seat that seemed so anko he replied come on Naruto show them what you're made of let's see if this shrimp's worth my interest and effort anko thought as she smirked at the blonde boy's back alright you too jenma began looking hesitantly at the sand ninja as he spoke I want a clean fight godded both tamari and Naruto nodded their eyes locked onto each other as they prepared for battle fans were still trickling into the stadium and both patiently waited for Jemma say so hey Burrito raised an eyebrow what thanks for defending my brother tamari muttered no problem Narito replied though with all that makeup he could be your sister the mari's face graced a small smile at the foreign ninja seems Soha you'd think as the oldest they'd listen to me oldest yeah tamari bowed her head slightly both Gara and kankuram are my younger brothers oh was all Naruto could reply boy enough chat you ready jenmet asked as the stands returned to their reasonably full State snapping out of the polite conversation the two readied themselves again I'll finish you fast tamari shouted as her metal fan snapped open revealing three full purple moons grabbing the base tightly she hurled the fan from her right side to the other burrito jumped back Shadow clone Jutsu he called out before his feet brushed the Earth again in the blink of an eye a hundred clones surrounded the original the wind raged fiercely as tamari's fan reached the end of its wing hurtling towards the Orange Mass the Naruto all jumped together huddling Against the Wind with their backs all turned several rips and Tears Could Be heard as the wind break to cross the Clones jackets and skin cutting and tearing as white smoke blew away almost instantly when a clone burst the Carnage lasted less than 30 seconds and had ripped the clones from the center leaving only a handful still kicking but breathing hard by turn the yelled in unison as the four remaining Naruto charged at the wind user their speed was incredible as tamari barely had time to raise her fan in defense before they were upon her wielding her fan like a sword tamari focused on one side of the fan and aimed the metal part at the multiple Naruto a Nimble stepped back as the first narito's punch missed and the fan conked him in the left temple the slight wind let out by the swing hit the one behind it making a good sized hole in his top and torso before he went up in smoke two now I got you twin cries came as two Naruto charged her left and right side the left duct under her fan as it ended its swing and aimed an uppercut towards tamari reacting on Instinct tamari jumped up away from the Twin uppercuts her fan opened and settled underneath her as she landed on it and flew backwards the Naruto on the floor just smirked as the right grabbed the other's hands and ducked in front of him his hands holding the others which were pulled behind behind his back the Noha missile he shouted before yanking his arms forward as hard as he could like a cannon the other Naruto shot border with his fist pulled back the Zane wasn't the girl but the fan itself as his fist slammed into the metal base of the weapon leaving a deep dent and sending it along with the girl riding spiraling to the ground the large cloud of dust covered the damage when she landed the flying Narito disappeared as he neared the stadium wall while his partner approached the dust cautiously no less than 20 feet from the wreckage and a horizontal wind cut through the air separating the dust but speed was faster than Naruto could react as it approached and passed straight through his gut where his jacket met his pants for the dust tamari waved her fan again and the dust scattered revealing her with only a few scratches on her outfit as damage the crowd gasped as Naruto's left hand which was down by his waist at the time dropped toward the floor before going up in smoke with the rest of him the Mari gasped as the final clone disappeared frantically searching her surroundings for any sign of orange she held the open fan up at her side with one arm as a makeshift Shield as she scanned the deadly silver blade slipped under her chin her eyes widened in fear as she stopped moving I believe that's my win a familiar voice spoke from behind her glancing over her shoulder she saw the smirk from Naruto Uzumaki as he held his blade to her throat not so fast tamari pulled her fan closer to her body as the sword pierced the middle of the dense paper then one swift movement she tucked her hand behind the metal part pushed and twisted as the fan and sword flew forward and out of either's grasp then a heartbeat she Twisted her body and delivered a back kick into Naruto's stomach the blonde had reacted fast and his hand met her foot but at the odd angle it still plowed into him and pushed him back the Mari took the opportunity to jump back reach down and reclaim her weapon while simultaneously kicking maruto's far behind her damn I can't use any white attacks anymore she thought as she glimpsed the rip the sword it caused almost cutting the paper in two down the middle burrito watched as his sword skidded away great now I have to get up close and personal again he thought sarcastically it was his specialty after all damari held her fan horizontally as Naruto flashed back to his last clone he jumped back into the trees behind him taking cover as tamari Unleashed another deadly slice of air it met the trees with Little Resistance as it passed through slicing them into yet remaining upright Paul was silent for a few seconds before another powerful wave of wind hit the trees this didn't slice them it tipped them burrito gasped as the trees began falling backwards mimicking a domino effect as they tumbled towards him bammed it he mothered as he jumped back bouncing off the yet unfallen trees his landing and subsequent jump pushing them in different directions before the other trees hit them hoping to at least Slow Down The Dominoes the particularly large tree began falling and he glimpsed it out of the quarter of his eye moments before it would crush him shadow clone Jutsu he called out his several clones surrounded him the tree hit home making a large amount of Smoke Rise from beneath as it crashed onto the floor the rest of the trees tumbled around some landing on top of each other to make the crowd wince even more three more trees landed on the first Fallen making it dig into the ground just a little more the dust around the small Grove began settling as tamari painted admiring her handiwork and snapping her fan shut several people looked down waiting for the next move if there was one the Mari straightened herself and looked at the trees with a little sadness in her eyes at least it was one less ninja she'd have to fight later and a flash of bright red light 10 bright lines crisscrossed from underneath the Fallen trees reducing all above it to chunks as a figure emerged from the debris he jumped and landed on the fallen tree just below his last cut as the red glow on his hands faded to his normal pink color don't underestimate me Naruto called out pointing not just at his opponent but at the crowd as well from the crushing he endured his suit had taken a few rips and tears along with a small gash across his right cheek overlaying his top whisker the Mari gritted her teeth as she flicked her fan nothing happened as she looked down and flicked it again that's not going to work Narito called from the wreckage the Mari looked down again and noticed the large Dent he'd made earlier using the distraction Narito jumped from log to log as he sped towards the ponytailed blonde he wasn't exactly silent and the wind user readied her fan again when she noticed him the metal part would still hurt like hell after all Naruto's hands flashed through a few hand signs and his right hand glowed red again the space between the two closed as Narito brought his glowing hand down and tamari swung her fan at the boy like a baseball bat the fan slammed into Naruto's hand as the red glow around his fingers sliced through it like butter the mari's eyes widened in shock as her weapon was reduced to diagonal ribbons the glow faded again as his hand grabbed her arm lifting himself off the ground and holding tamari's arm at arm's length from her he brought his feet up and delivered a powerful kick into her chest releasing her arm at the same time the sound of the blow could be heard throughout the stadium as tamari shot back through the air before rolling and stopping in Naruto's original position near the center landing on his free hand Naruto twisted his body and ride it himself gracefully and charged once again at the sand ninja the Mari breathed in sharply and deeply as her breath tried to return to her the other blonde was closing fast and now she had no weapon a small Glen caught her eye as she spied Naruto's sword she kicked away earlier quickly reaching and grasping it tightly she Rose to her feet and prepared for another attack as Naruto neared two fist-sized metal rings poked up from the ground one either side of tamari Naruto's eyes widened with the new knowledge he gained and his smile grew reaching behind him he grabbed two kunai and hurled them towards the Rings the Mari looked confused as to his aiming but gained realization as the kunai hit their marks threading through the Rings Naruto continued to charge toward her his hands now tightened now I got you he shouted he forced a good chunk of his chakra into his heels and jumped he jumped straight over his opponent much to her confusion and yank hard damari just looked up as the metal rings were pulled out of the ground Barrett fell away as the Rings revealed themselves to be kunai and threads that tightened the more they Rose the mari's footing shifted as the ground underneath her Rose the kunai were now Rising above her head as her footing was pulled forward suddenly she fell backwards in a reclined state as the wires behind her Cotter as Naruto traveled back towards the ground he twisted in the air and crossed his arms in front of him The Gleam of the wires shown into mari's eyes as the two kunai snapped together in front of her shielding her from the world with thick metal wires sand ninja captured Naruto laughed triumphantly as he landed the Mari hit the ground with a thump her legs pulled up to her chest in the wiring net the sword she would have used landed beside her pointing first in the ground Naruto walked up to Tamari who was trying to separate the two rings to gain her Freedom he grabbed his swords Hill 10 pointed the tip towards her head if you lose janma jumped over to the two gen and before looking up into the crowd winner Naruto Uzumaki the crowd let out a huge cheer as a panting Naruto was declared the winner he looked up into the stands and laughed with a grin on his face amnet I lost tamari muttered scolding herself Naruto's ears twitched as he looked down at his captured prey holding his sword just over her he carefully and precisely sliced through the ninja wire holding her down the match he laughed holding his hand down for her to take she looked up at him deep into his eye eyes this guy was a curious one the stadium continued cheering as the jinchriki helped the sand ninja to her feet the blonde couldn't help it and let out a whoop and cheer of his own soaking up the praise from the crowd looks like he pulled it off anko smirked beside aroka the chicken teacher could only laugh in response his hands clapping loudly for his worst student you showed him Naruto he called out a few Spectators looked at the motley but didn't figure out aruka meant the people who doubted him I knew you could do it Naruto hanata said in her mind her mouth not obeying her brain but the object of her eye wouldn't hear her anyway all right Naruto Kiba called out beside her akamari yipping happily away on his head well I think that sets things in stone his abusa muttered to himself what do you means abusa Haku asked catching his low voice that Brat's gonna be my first student well well it seems Naruto has surprised us again the third chuckled in his seat as he looked down into the arena again is he normally this surprising kazukiyaj asked you never know what's coming with Naruto I think he surprised everyone in this Arena today his goal definitely seems closer with his performance the kazukiji's eyes gazed down into the arena most interesting all right go Naruto Sakura cheered beside her Eno couldn't believe her eyes Naruto took out one of the sand ninja-like shikamari would have when did Naruto Get It Eno began that you're jealous now Eno Pig I have Naruto and Sasuke for backup my team couldn't get more awesome Nino would have shouted back beginning another argument but another thought nudged its way into her head her dad's own words echoing back to her from this morning yet why are they in the finals and you aren't Sakura flinched before thinking about Eno's words same reason you are Eno the two ninja were both put out now Eno's father however was roaring with laughter I told you that kid always surprises us muzzah was in disbelief as shikaku merely chuckled quietly and patted his friend on the back seems so now that you're a rich man what's first and neuchi looks up at the sky thoughtfully mimicking his teammate's son I don't know I guess the wife has still been writing me for that vacation she's wanted and God knows Eno will probably want something out of this but first enoichi looked down into the arena the Victorious gen in retreating up the stairs while the sand picked up the total pieces of her fan and headed towards the medical Bay I think he's earned a little don't you shikaku nodded firmly before shimzai added does this mean you're paying for the next barbec visit his mouth was watering already Naruto the blonde looked up as a pink shirted blur slammed into his chest before crushing him in a death hug ah tent in what the Narito began as the air left his lungs that was the most courageous battle Naruto had Lee shouted giving Naruto twin thumbs up now I am all fired up for my battle he continued bending his knees and punching the air in front of him Benton released the boy as he rubbed the back of his head nervously that looked like more trouble than it was worth shikamera's board voice called out what about your battle with shinjai you look like you actually tried there shikamari didn't bother to retort both knowing the answer Naruto fell to glare and came face to face with niji this did something a dead son could do he shouted niji's eyes turned back to the field without a word despite Naruto's anger at the branch House member he felt a little pride at the hiked his lack of response Naruto calmed down tenton scolded Crossing her arms and sighing at the excitable boy sorry tenton he smiled all these actions just got me pumped up you know the Ash and it is my match next Lee shouted I could not wait you'd be better off trying to calmly down Naruto chuckled a Tenten she simply sighed again and shook her head believe me I tried there's no stopping him the three laughed while shikameru grinned from the rail actually Lee shouldn't you have been called by now Narito asked confused the trio moved over to the rail and looked out spotting agenda and Whispering something into jenma's ear what's going on tenton wondered out loud it seems the itcheha is still not here niji stated the group turned to look at him as his Byakugan faded no way you mean I don't get to fight this round Benton confidently on the top of the head shutting him up the green Beast knew when this happened he had to calm down or face her wrath thus be patiently you'll get to fight tent and reassured the green Beast just flopped over the edge of the rail this is most unuseful he muttered the crowd was getting restless the more time passed it seems the next match was still delayed and to Lee it felt like forever what are we waiting for start the next match already and similar shouts could be heard in the stadium Sasuke was still a no-show and with the crowd turning it seemed he wouldn't be competing jenma took out his pocket watch and checked the time all right the time limit is expired so I'm officially calling this match leaves began swirling on the stadium floor a huge gust of wind picked them up in a mini tornado as the crowd fell silent as quickly as it came the wind vanished revealing a silver-haired jimin and a black hair gen in back to back in the center sorry we're late you wouldn't believe the traffic Kakashi eye smiled as he addressed genma PA well look who decided to show up jenma replied sorry if we kept you waiting but ERM how lay are we I mean it's not like Sasuke is disqualified or anything is he Jen must sighed with a smirk you know you were so late that we extended the deadline for you twice in fact it's lucky for you we did because you just made it no he's not disqualified the cashier breathed a sigh of relief few you had me worried there for a second back up in the Gen and waiting area something unusual was happening niji Tenten asked worriedly the wide-eyed hiked ahead assumed a vicious glare at the acheha and his hand had stuck the wall he was leaning on why why do they make special exceptions Lee intent and relaxed slightly knowing what was up niji turned sharply to look Lee in the eye they'd always favors someone make sure Sasuke knows it isn't him Lee snap to attention yes I will make sure hard work prevails then I will show you the same niji without another word Lee jumped over the edge and into the arena below my my aren't we eager the Proctor chuckled as Lee practically sprinted up to his starting position Lee just focused his Gaze on his opponent hmph you think you're some kind of tough guy Sasuke provoked the cash he went down next to Sasuke and whispered into his ear don't underestimate him Sasuke nodded as Kakashi jumped up into the stands the Kashi my eternal rival you finally made it guy shouted loudly sitting next to a rather static looking and poor imitation of Kakashi hello guy did we miss much Kakashi asked dispelling the now empty seat all of it you missed some most youthful flights from shikamerujai my own student niji and Naruto who surprised us all oh really Takashi said in a bored sounding voice Your Flames of Youth are Tim Kakashi can you not even get hyped up about your own student winning well Lord jurya seems to have taken Naruto over for me he was a bit of a handful anyway I reeled back I never would have imagined those words coming out of your mouth Kakashi shouldn't we be focusing on those two right now Kakashi changed the subject pointing down into the arena their respective students you just wait Kakashi our next match between us will be determined by our students Lee will try with all the hard work he's put in and I will take the lead in our battle 54-53 the Kashi just sighed already knowing the outcome he didn't feel the need to watch his students succeed the audience was now fired up as the two took their positions Sasuke glaring at Lee the Lords and gamblers among the crowd were cheering louder than they had any other match this was the match with the biggest wad on the line after all ready to lose Sasuke smirked Lee merely Shrugged his comment off and settled into his strong fist stance I will show you that my efforts have not been in vain he replied all right enough to chat with you too ready Jemma began glancing up at the now quieter audience it seemed they were just as eager for the match to start as the participants begin in a Flash Gemma had jumped clear and the two combatants had jumped at each other Sasuke charged at Lee his fists raised for combat Lee's eyes followed Sasuke's body movement and he lent back mid-jump Sasuke's fist trying to follow his face he looked off balance to the untrained eye but to the few who knew the fighting style they watched his lease swapped his feet for his hands his right foot rising to punt Sasuke's arm away as the left Rose to meet his chin Sasuke felt a large surge of pain in his arm as Lee's right foot met and with the momentum of his arm his body and subsequent head missed the rising kick as he brought his right knee up Sasuke's knee passed under leaves as the momentum carried him back away from the green Beast he flipped several times as he backed off Lee pushed his arms and flipped onto his feet in perfect stance again as he watched Sasuke feel his left bicep and pain now do you understand what you are up against Lee called out his Sasuke glared back Sasuke gritted his teeth at the comment remember you're training Kakashi's voice echoed through his head Sasuke took a deep breath through his teeth and thought about his next move Lee however wouldn't allow him that luxury here I come he announced as he charged again his arms following Loosely behind him as he drew closer the blur of hands and a single sentence higher style Phoenix Flower Jutsu Sasuke shouted forming a no shape in front of his mouth with his right hand Lee jumped in to the right is a small blazing ball of fire shots traded him several more followed quickly as Sasuke kept up with him Lee wasn't one to give up Sasuke couldn't hold on forever and he made a dash through the barrage putting a large chunk of chakra into one last shot as Lee Drew close Sasuke fired out one the size of a small Boulder Lee's eyes widened as he couldn't Dodge in time raising his arms up he formed a cross over his head protecting his head and face on the first licks of fire he felt on his arms he released them out like two diagonal slashes the Flames dispersed as Lee came face to face with Sasuke's spinning red eyes this time Sasuke threw a punch and it landed Lee felt pain in his jaw as Sasuke landed an uppercut launching him up in the air I'm not done yet Sasuke yelled as he jumped up after Lee he spun around in the air before he was directly overly the momentum fueled kick slammed into Lee's side sending him flying back to the ground Sasuke smirked as he prepared to land wanting to watch his Lee touchdown hard it never happened as Lee rided himself in mid-air and sprang Off The Earth into his series of backflips before landing in his stance yet again hmph if that is all you have this will be no problem Lee taunted again Sasuke landed as Lee charged again be ready to strike for the oncoming Beast not good enough Lee thought Sasuke's eyes widened as he lost sight of the Beast the flash of dark green and Lee was gone but the Sasuke was sent sprawling as Lee's foot slammed into the side of his head several shouts and winces of pain could be seen around the stadium Lee relaxed into a stand as Sasuke pushed himself off the floor fiercely even your eyes could not help against me Lee stated the four Thomas World angrily in Sasuke's eyes Sasuke gasped and clutched his shoulder in pain what is Lee began Sasuke's pain left as soon as it arrived the curse seal was itching to break free of Kakashi's ceiling no I won't give in Lee was approaching again using the opportunity to attack flipping back Sasuke leaked into the Fallen trees behind him from the last match ducking through the Fallen branches to regroup it is useless to hide you will have have to come out and face me sooner or later Lee said Sasuke panted as he checked his Mark no activity planning his next move he took a second to recuperate before jumping out onto the top of the trees where everyone could see him aha there you are Lee called out picking up speed once again Sasuke flicked his arms and two shuriken appeared he crossed over his body before flinging them toward Lee Lee smiled confidently as he leaped over the two small shuriken he spotted two Puffs of smoke as he flipped over weapons landing and turning back he saw two now huge windmill shuriken coming back at him Lee left over the shuriken once again Sasuke's fingers twitched as the shuriken followed him Skyward Lee turned and kicked one away but barely dodged the second hit brushing mere centimeters away from his face another flick of Sasuke's fingers and the wire-controlled shuriken turned again this time it followed the curve around Lee's back the wire caught Lee's waist as the shuriken wrapped his arms to his body before running out of Spin and momentum Lee and the shuriken fell to the floor with a thought and a clang it seems the match is over already what a Pity Kakashi said in a board voice from the stands I however just laughed loudly do you think it's over Kakashi this match is far from done not if Sasuke pulls out that new I taught him what was it guy asked curiously Sasuke answered that question for him now it's over Sasuke said Darkly leaping to the front of the ruined pile of trees Lee looked up to see Sasuke's hands move through signs before he grabbed his right wrist and placed it parallel to the ground to Dory one thousand Birds Sasuke shouted as blue chakra cried and echoed in the stadium from the palm of his right hand in the sound of birds chirping Sasuke looked from his hand to his opponent Lee had enough movement to bend his legs and use the momentum to flip onto his feet though his arms were still restricted while doing this Lee had his eyes closed in concentration Sasuke felt a chakra in his hands build to its peak there are he charged at the surprisingly calmly the ground was torn up under his hand as he ran 50 feet 30 feet 15 feet 5 feet Sasuke brought his glowing hand up in front of him aimed directly at Lee's chest basts could be heard throughout the stadium as the distance closed do feet left in Sasuke's eyes widened as he smirked victory was his Lee's face turned a dark red and flashed out of sight Sasuke's hand passed straight through the afterimage what several twangs were hurt as the wires snapped Sasuke sidori died out as he turned sharply to see a very red-faced Lee where he started his arms ripping apart the steel wires that held them to his sides the third gate gate of Life open he called out the crowd was stunned into silence as they could all see the chakra flow around Lee's body and his once pink skin now a deep red and the Flash Lee was gone Sasuke's eyes caught movement but it was too late Lee's foot stuck up and caught him on the chin sending him up into the air without missing a beat Lee shot up after him he delivered a series of punches and kicks onto Sasuke that only sent the two up higher This is the End Lee shouted as he bounced off the air towards Sasuke's beaten form he arrived in a split second directly facing the proud before kicking off the air once more the kick spun him around in a green and red blur just afoot in front of Sasuke the issue had brought his beaten arms up to block as Lee's foot stuck out of the Whirlwind Leaf hot wind Lee shouted as his foot struck Sasuke in the side sending him sliding across the air through the stadium to crash into the bottom of the wall where it met the ground behind some trees Lee reached the ground panting heavily and gripping his arms the dust that had been stirred from Sasuke's crash blocked everyone from seeing the phone janma was now leaping over to the edge of the dusty area as it began to settle to check on the boy Lee took some deep breaths while the crowd stirred black Flames spread across the skin I would lose Sasuke's voice Rose through the dust through the settling Cloud jenma spotted the figure he assumed was Sasuke standing back up before leaping out toward the center of the field Lee looked up as Sasuke left from the nearby tree branches High into the air his fists raised reacting quickly the green Beast jumped back as Sasuke's blow landed not a second later the blow raised more dust if only a small amount compared to the fast attack it quickly cleared to reveal a good chunk of Earth taken out where Sasuke's fist stuck anbu the third called The Ninja quickly appeared kneeling beside the Hokage the kazakhija's guards jumped on edge just in case dead in there and stop the match between the Hokage began excuse me Lord Hokage a soft voice cut in the third looked over at the kazukiyaj who was wearing a most displeased look at least from what he could tell from the eyes many of us have traveled far just to see this match although the others were most exciting I would hate to see something like this stop the match something clicked in the third's mind as the kazaki had spoke after all it's not like two cage can't stop a simple fight between two genen am I right the third closed his eyes in frustration if this match isn't over in five minutes I will call an end to it here resigned that is all I ask the kazakiyaj replied Cooley back in the arena Sasuke watched his Leaf flashed in and out of sight circling him Lee was trying to end the match fast he couldn't hold the technique much longer you can do the this watch him Sasuke's eyes narrowed watch him watch him his eyes widened Lee was slowing down unbeknownst to him his left eye changed as a third Tomo formed itself in his Sharingan there he muttered and charged at an after image the image flashed out of existence before he arrived but became solid as Lee's body returned to that space Sasuke grabbed hold of Lee's right shoulder with his hand and brought his left foot up to kick Lee's left hand grabbed Sasuke's foot from the top only to see Sasuke's right slam into his side the blow could be heard around the stadium and many people winced as that only shouted in Sasuke's face though pain was evident Lee's right arm Twisted sascaes on his shoulder as the acheha kicked off against Lee's hand separating the two as soon as Lee's foot touched the ground he rebounded charging at the unstable Sasuke Leaf hurricane Lee bent down as his thunderous right leg swung around at Sasuke Sasuke lent back as Lee's attack passed over him he rose to launch a counter-attack only to watch as Lee swung round his leg aimed lower this time Sasuke felt the full blow as Lee's foot slammed into his ribs bearing a sickening crack the boy flew through the air only to crash back against the piles of stumps and logs several small thuds landed all around his body as he looked up watching as Lee threw the last of the shurkin from his hands it is done he said calmly as the third gate closed inside his body Sasuke smirked before bursting into smoke leaving only a dented log behind what chirping could be heard behind him to Dory Sasuke cried out as he thrust his arm forward once again this time aiming for Lee's head as he descended on the tujitsu user you still have not learned Lee's body disappeared again as Sasuke was left with no target behind him Lee's arms extended to sasques and pulled them back his left feeling the pain from the lightning heinle blow hidden Lotus Lee cried out as he crossed Sasuke's arms in front of his chest and rotated in the air the small kick from Lee corrected the flight course as the two were sent hurtling toward the ground Boom the large cloud of smoke erupted on impact the crowd was holding their breath to see who would Victorious janma was trying to peer through the smoke as best he could did I do it Guy sensei did I make you proud an impatient Narito called out Lee's name from the stands surprising both his own teammate in the stands and leaves beside him the dust began to settle as every crowd member tried to pierce through it to find out the winner inside the smoke one of the two dark figures pushed themselves up onto all fours taking short shallow breaths he stood both arms hanging limply from their sockets as they turned to the Fallen party the sudden gust of wind blew across the arena forcing the dust to lie elsewhere as it revealed a battered and broken Lee standing over an unconscious that is tea truly the power of hard work Lee panted heavily as his eyelids dulled the crowd was silent as the boy spoke before erupting into cheers the cries of Joy were mainly from The Bookies and Longshot gamblers but several groups of leaf ninja let loose the cheers for the courageous genon Sasuke came the distressed cries from both Sakura and Eno at their fallen Idol they were the only few in in their section not cheering for the victory of kanoha's young green Beast none cheering louder than one might guy holy he cried out his tears flooded down his face your power of Youth can conquer all adversaries the Kashi who had even raised his headband to watch the fight merely stared in disbelief woo goalie tent and cheered from the Gen and stance Naruto shouted similar cheers from beside her as one bored genin actually changed his look chickamero merely smiled at the scene and chuckled lightly well well today is full of surprises the three had neglected to check on the one who had specifically asked Lee for this very outcome the wide-eyed hika smiled inwardly at the scene before him it seems fate was on your side Lee well done Lee looked up into the stands and smiled weakly I Sensei I did it Lee's body gave out the last two gate snapped shut as Lee Fell backward onto the floor with a thud Lee guy called out as he left down into the arena followed by Kakashi a small group of medical ninja arrived at the two boys and began checking them over quickly bizly okay guy asked as he landed next to his pupil who was breathing heavily his muscles are Beyond fatigue he suffered some damage to his side with some cuts and bruises when he wakes up it won't be pretty will he wake up yes Lee hang in there guy shouted with joy as he knelt over his student the Kashi was examining Sasuke injuries with a medical ninja when he gets up his pride won't be the only thing that's damaged Sasuke had suffered at least two cracked ribs multiple Cuts bruises and chakra exhaustion Lee had basically tenderized his body janma was so caught up in the excitement of the match he almost forgot his duty uh winner Rock Lee although the crowd knew this already as Kakashi looked down at his students as the medical ninja were attending to him he felt guy stand at his was already on a stretcher on the way to the medical room as his Sensei glared down at the pitiful excuse for a ninja his pupil had beaten I remember what that technique is meant to be used for Kakashi guy said in an unusually dark low voice if I had not already taught Lee how to evade such attacks you would not see tomorrow the cash she tensed has one good eye moving to keep his self-appointed rival in his peripheral vision oh and what business is it of yours what I teach my students Kakashi asked has tone appeared polite but they both knew the high tension of their conversation an uneasy silence began between the two as the medical ninja carrying Sasuke hurried past the pair don't take me for a full Kakashi the Achi had didn't pull his punch to force Lee to surrender the intent to kill was there for everyone to see dot a t this guy turned towards Kakashi his face unusually calm even for him either his intentions were his own or they were his instructors at this point I don't know which is worse but the final word guy jumped away back to his seat in the stand Kakashi Stood Still for a few moments so as to not raise suspicion from the crowd before he too jumped away though he did not rejoin guy in the stands up in the Hokage seats things were similarly heating up how could the itcheha lose the Kazuki had fumed slamming his fist down on the arm of his chair the third merely smirked at the display it just goes to show bloodlines and isn't everything he chuckled lightly his eyes and demeanor remaining completely serious as he stared at the kazakage alright now we've gotten these two off the field jenma announced we'll begin the next match niji haika vs shikamarinara Shikamaru flinched all man more work he complained as he looked over at the wide-eyed hikeda this should be interesting niji muttered as he turned toward the stairs Haman Shikamaru you can beat him marito cheered into his ear ah knock it off Naruto the fight hasn't even started yet shikamara muttered back making his way to the stairs beruto followed suit giving the pineapple head advice for the next match though to shikomeru it sounded more like a Revenge beating than battle advice Denton smiled as she watched the two leave before realizing she was on her own and calling out for them to wait for her slowly white feathers descended over the stadium the middle stands crowd began hunching over or flopping to the side ha jinjutsu is abused a thought in confusion release haku's voice called from next to him freeing both of them from its effects across the stadium several other ninjas got the same idea including Hinata Sakura and kohanaroka most of the Ninja already released from the sleeping spell however were the foreign sand and sound ninja the Hokage watched his hundreds of citizens drifted off suddenly he turned slowly to look the kazukiyaj in the eye so I was right Shall We Begin the kazukiyaj laughed as two bodyguards jumped forward one flicking the top of a black tube a small explosion of smoke engulfed the cage viewing platform chapter 15 kanoha Invasion the final match of the first round had concluded and brought with it the beginning of a much larger one the soft white feathers hovered around the stadium disappearing as soon as they reached the floor only to be replaced in the air again from the center stand a large Smoky explosion went off around the two cage and the state of confusion only the fastest and most experienced reacted fast enough to grasp any kind of intelligence from the situation right away Lord Hokage several shouts echoed across the stadium followed by dark blurs reaching the edge of the roof and smoke screen squad one above Squad two below protect the Nobles the lead Ambu shouted his mask vaguely resembling a monkey cat the V8 on the rooftop four jumped off the edge to the stand below so you've Finally Revealed yourself a Orochimaru the third Hokage said in an irritated tone and a flash the kazukiyage was behind the Hokage Akuna held against his throat by my aren't we perceptive today the kazukiyaj whispered in a different voice one that could make your toes curl in fear Sensei bursting from the smoke the kazukiji's guards flew directly at the kanoha anbu kunai at the ready you will not interfere the head anbu shouted whipping twin kunai out himself and slashing the assailants in half their bodies clattering to the floor a moment later then the flash arachi cage left onto the roof with the Hokage his kunai still at the ready shadowy figures burst from each half of two broken bodies each Landing past the anbu in a rectangular formation around the captured Hokage finally it's my time one said he was dressed in the light gray tank top and all white yin yang symbol adorned on the bottom thick purple rope tied around his waist and strangely six arms each with a black armband on the wrists his black hair was tied back in the ponytail with his sound headband in its proper place we've all been waiting for this I was so frustrated hiding in that disguise another replied his shoulder-length gray hair hit all but his eye a string of red beads hung around his neck next to the clasp of the beads was another neck extending out the back of his head its gray hair covering it completely he also wore a purple rope for a belt only this had a green scroll fastened behind him his brown shirt also comes down to thigh level also bearing the white yin yang symbol they're all sweaty too so gross the third said her Jagged red hair was a mess underneath a black bandaged helmet she wore she also wore a light gray shirt with white yin yang symbol come on we're all friends here right the last one finished this seemingly overweight sound ninja sported an orange Mohawk atop his head and around his ears complete with purple rope belt and light gray shirt also with the same white yin yang symbol the Hokage quickly analyzed each of them sound ninja let's go the head anbu commended as he and the team took off bew it the green bearing salmon ordered the four ninja settled into a pose the hands together ninja art four Flames formation they cried out together the purple light blinded the anbu for a second the lead anbu opened his eyes only to slam into the big purple rectangle that the four ninja had created they bounced off back onto the tiles and rolled towards the edge all the while he was on fire the two remaining in Captain stopped just short as their comrade rolled off the roof ERG a barrier we'll have to figure out a way around this without dying the captain thought out loud but how back in the stands chimza shikaku and anoichi were on their feet and rushing towards the center stand five black figures left out of their clothes from their seats and stood in their path what is this shouted sound ninja keep going shikaku shouted you got it shmuzar replied taking the lead before thrusting his fists forward mid punch his fist expanded taking up the entire pathway hitting three of the Ninja head-on the other two left over kunai at the ready both shikaku and the noichi used their friend's fists as a boost shikaku blocked and slammed his own fist into the enemy ninja's face sending him slamming into the wall and neuchi used his left arm to grab the other's wrist holding firm as his palm found the enemy's forehead the three regrouped his in which he let go his opponent dropping to the floor well what's going on chimsa asked it's an invasion the sand and sound have betrayed us inoichi stated using the quick jolt of information gathered from The Sound Ninja's head my my have we been found out already a soft boy said behind them the three turned to see a pair of glasses and Jack recovered hands coming towards them while what's happening tenton asked as the ground shook shikamara was watching as his dad's old team took out some mysterious figures if my guess is correct the leaf Village is under attack Naruto's eyes narrowed not on my watch he shouted before jumping out of the box and up to the crowd Naruto Shikamaru called out damn it niji Tenten with me the three remaining gen and jumped out of the box following the blonde Shadow clone Jutsu figures turned as a small mass of black and orange rose up from the wall Naruto's red eyes Works fast each checking for headband loyalty before bearing down on those unlucky enough to be wearing the wrong sword the tide quickly changed in the section of the stadium as Fighters were subdued or throats were slashed as the leaf overpowered the enemy with sheer numbers and confusion Naruto Naruto turned to see several impaled themselves in a sand Ninja's neck a moment later the madness Duo appeared before him Aku is abusa itsan Invasion we know kids as abusa said calmly before turning to Haku you too go help your friends he ordered they nodded as they took off towards the right stand give it up girly you don't stand a chance an approaching sound ninja smirked Sakura stood in front of Eno akunai braced the yamanaka was nursing her hand a long but shallow cut scarred the back of her wrist to her elbow what's going on Sakura shouted at him and you tell he laughed evilly we're going to wreck this place so why don't you just put down that kunai and maybe we won't kill you the no scoffed as the three sounds approach them the smallest eyeing them lecherously he known Sakura with her leg in that instant three kunai shout out two from Sakura one from Eno's good hand the trio of sound ninja merely lent out the way the air wobbled for a second varino and Sakura once stood the third Hokage was now standing in his traditional hat and robes but the the original speaker of the trio began you won't leave my Village alive the third stated proudly before taking it to jutsu's stance no wait I the smallest began High the right hand sound had shouted his fingers together a third shimmered away revealing the two girls in Jutsu he muttered before reaching out to his leader to free him ninja tool kunai gust spines heads arms legs hands and feet were all engulfed in kunai specifically only the sound's body parts the three ninja dropped to the floor in a crumpled head covered in metal Denton Sakura called out as the brunette and her makeshift team jumped over Sakura you know are you okay she asked I'm fine Eno was sitting next to that small bastard though Sakura gesture Tino's arm as the blonde gripped herself tightly above the wound this doesn't look good guys the battle's already begun and we're at a disadvantage shikamero groaned rubbing the back of his neck they've got this planned out while we got ambushed we need to regroup first of all regroup how tenton looked puzzled make sure everyone is fine and help them out if they needed shikameru began an effective plan forming fast in his brain box let's go at Camaro a sound ninja turned to face a loud Cry of Hangover Fang the twirling forces struck him Square in the stomach sending him off the edge into the field below woohoo you see the Tanada he laughed turning back to his teammate his breath caught in his throat as a sound ninja struck out with a kunai towards her Hinata was watching the blow come towards her her eyes wide her body frozen the NADA Kiba it shouted something clicked as Hinata's eyes closed her knees bent as the kunai caught a few hairs the sound of the Ninja overstretched as Hinata's Palm slammed into his right thigh right side heart and Chin sending him reeling backwards onto the floor unmoving both Kiba and akamara looked stunned as Hinata stood Frozen again her eyes still closed in her last attack she opened her mouth as her breath escaped she drew it back only to send out a small succession of coughs as she crumpled kneeling on the floor the NADA Kiba rushed to her side as she tried to find her breath sand ninja who had beaten their opponents were advancing down the aisles and several saw the two as easy prey an orange and black blur Struck One in the face spun and grabbed the swinging arm of another Haku now the sand ninja felt a hand on his head and his back behind his heart I style cold-blooded the four watched his fear flooded the ninja's face the effects became apparent a second later as his body began turning blue starting from haku's hands and spreading over till he was completely blue as soon as he'd finished both Naruto and Haku let go as he over balanced falling to the floor his right arm shattering into pieces beneath the weight the other sound ninja looked at the two newcomers before Naruto's head turned sharply his blood red eyes staring at each one of them killer intent leaking out several fled instantly others took a second to register the danger before following as soon as they turned their backs Naruto's eyes returned to their normal color as he dropped to the ground on all fours Naruto the trio around him called anata reached out a hand towards him but was cut off as hacker wrapped her arms around him Naruto was breathing hard as he tried to push himself onto his knees I'm just a little chakra warned that's all dibba gave him a confused look what did he do to wear himself down even after his fight then the quarter of his eye kibble looked out onto the opposite stand a small mass of Naruto were making their way along frequent smoke bursts between them many had also swooped down into the arena again and others were on the roof something brushed along his side and nipped along the small path to Naruto's side Naruto looked down as a small red akamara dropped 11 other pouch in front of him letting out a Yip that idea akamaru Naruto squinted as the Red Battle Dog nudged a pouch a few small dark balls rolled out Soldier pills Haku stated oh yeah Naruto smirked as he grabbed two that dropped out and bit down a few seconds later his breathing returned to normal as he rose to his feet all right now I'm pumped he shouted radiating confidence you don't mind do you Kiba the inyuzuka looked taken aback though one of those can keep you going for three days and night solid how can he too without overloading himself boy Kiba Kiba returned to reality you got any more of these uh yeah why kibba asked akamara returning to his side I'm gonna get these to the others it'll be faster if we split up right starting with you Hinata the shy hiker looked up from her seat on the floor into Naruto's eyes you look like you need one more than me the nodded just shook her head no slowly I'm fine Naruto Khan she coughed I'm not supposed to fight yet though Naruto's eyes narrowed then we should get you to the healers it'll be safe there they crossed his fingers and about 50 more clones appeared the instant they did they took off down the rest of the stand he hadn't covered yet as he picked up Hinata Bridal Style no one will get you now that I got you Hinata he smiled and not his face resumed its normal red color while Haku glared arguing with herself internally she's just a friend this is a battle keep your head Haku thiba Haku and Naruto holding Hinata left off the edge of the stadium back down to Healing Bay the other chicken potentials had entered before Naruto a voice called out he turned as they landed in front of the entrance Shikamaru Eno Sakura tentin Nan niji dropped down behind him thighs you're all okay he smiled looking more at Sakura and Eno than his other competitors no thanks to you Naruto Sakura scolded shikamero brushed her off we have more important things to worry about where is everyone else by life and call our Sensei are fighting and they can take care of themselves Eno began Sasuke Lee and shinjai are in here so that's everyone isn't it Naruto raised his hand to argue that point but a small swarm of bugs in the shape of a hand rested on one's shoulder aren't you forgetting someone a calm but firm voice said from the wall shadow Nina leapt forward her heart trying to break free of her chest as Shino took a few steps into the group okay now everyone's here shikamara started glancing at his teammate we need a plan of action if we are to defend effectively and survive the strange sound filled the genon's ears as it burst out of the medical tunnel the dark thought enters narito's mind as the trail could be seen in everyone else's the sand Trio everyone turned towards the tunnel as a blast of sand overflowed the entrance and covered the genon in the flash they all emerged from the sand backing up for a second before examining the tunnel the sand now inanimate lay like a frozen waterfall from the doorway to the ground before them the area between the sand and ceiling was still big enough for them to get through Jai shikameru called out another brain wave swept over them without word they all charged into the tunnel together their heads bowed slightly Jai coughed and spluttered his back against the wall has legs covered in sand but that he began ARA a feminine voice called over the dust and sand trying to regain his bearings xinji tried to pierce his gaze through the dust his eyes caught sight of light through an odd-shaped doorway as two black blurs jumped through and out his brain kicking back into ninja mode he kicked off the sand and struggled to his feet a hand in front of his mouth as he waved away the dust enjoy a familiar voice called out to him shikameru in here he coughed the air began clearing his shikameru and the remaining kanoha 13 rushed in chickamera ran up to his longtime friend but Ino was slightly faster the blonde blur slammed into him pulling him into a one-armed hug as a few tears Broke Free and Jai thank God she cried and Jai finally got the chance to look around as the dust settled in the room and his mind sand covered the floor and was a good few feet deep the medical gurneys he and others had been laying on were upturned or buried what he thought was an odd doorway at first revealed itself as a hole in the wall he then heard twin cries of Sasuke and Lee as he know released him team 10 turned to see a smoke engulf the lower end of the room has multiple Naruto now tunneled into the sand followed by the others what's going on it's an invasion xinji the sand and sound are attacking Eno explained we need every Able Body if we are to defend from two Villages you think you can fight shikamero asked concern hung in his words for his friend he had to battle not an hour ago in a sec he replied reaching for his pouches he brought out a glass case with three pills inside Jai you can't use those yet you're low enough on chakra as it is you eat those you won't make it out of this this dog like hearing picking up the conversation Kiba turned from his digging and tossed his other bag of soldier pills over to shikameru who caught them out of the air these should work better he offered and Jai hesitantly put his pills away in favor of crunching on one of the inuzuka's own his energy flowed back in full as soon as the pill hit his bottomless belly all this was going on the others had uncovered both Lee and Sasuke though Sasuke Sakura cried as she hug after seeing the pained look on his face Naruto held the bag of soldier pills as Sakura looked expectantly at him hamon Naruto help him she half ordered half pleaded I can't he said simply confusion evident on Sakura's face well why not she said angrily dibba's voice cut across hers as she began to reach for the bag because neither of them would be of any kind of use to us Sakura Tenten Hinata jayanino's eyes widened before looking down at their teammates we all know how these two act Not only would both of them want to fight on the front lines during this battle they also have numerous injuries of their own Shino stated calmly Soldier pills only boost your chakra they can't heal you any faster kibba explained the group was silent for a moment as the sounds of battle raged outside around them none shikamara muttered as everyone turned to him alright here's the plan he started Sakura Eno you two will get Lee and Sasuke to the hospital hacker you have some medical training right bandagino's arm then head out at once the three girls nodded Hinata you can't fight without straining yourself you will go with the others to the hospital before she could reply niji cut in I will escort her there myself shikameru's side I was afraid of that Tenten kibba they nodded you two get back and make sure the civilians are unharmed and if you can get as many of them up and away from the outer walls and battles the two nodded in understanding and headed back to the door Shikamaru handing kibba his pills back as he passed burrito myself chimjai and Shino will hunt down that sand kid and his sister siblings he corrected his team nutting slowly at the end with raised eyebrows by them Eno asked quickly there's something not right about them he replied his mind struggling to understand lack of information caused him to give up and focus on the chase before this answer fake the Sakura Naruto offered out the pills having already taken a small handful for himself we might all need these at some point Sakura nodded taking the pouch a look of determination on her face she had been given a mission to protect her her crush and this was one Mission she would not be useless on let's go Shikamaru shouted to his team the forge end and emerged from the hole their targets escaped from earlier let me take a look at that arm Haku offered Tino as soon as their team was alone uh thanks Eno said holding out her battle-scratched arm Aku sat to work giving it a quick disinfection Spritz followed by bandages are you sure you can walk hinatasama niji asked a hint of anger in his voice I'm fine niji Hinata reassured him valhaku helpedino and niji continued his mission for the main house always protecting the main house members Sakura was checking over Sasuke don't worry Sasuke with niji and Haku with us there's no way they'll let you get hurt you'll save us she was reassured to the unconscious form in her lap a quick look over her shoulder to see if anyone was watching and she quickly slipped a soldier pill from the pouch into Sasuke's mouth she disguised her actions by lifting her teammate up onto her back clumsily Sasuke was much heavier than she thought either that or she was a lot weaker Sakura grimaced at this thought but resolve to finish this Mission hardened as Eno helped Leon to haku's back Eno's arm turning out to be near useless for now Byakugan niji called out as his eyes pulsed everybody ready everyone nodded let us depart then first niji then Hinata followed by Haku carrying Lee and Eno with Sakura and Sasuke bringing up the rear as they left out of the hole onto the nearest roof however as Sakura landed Sasuke's eyes opened the gymnin along the wall were doing their best to hold out against the flooding sand and sound ninja but something turned the tide before they could react but the mighty crash a section of canoa's outer wall crumbled before the most recent battle weapon the giant 3 headed snake towered over the wall and let out a mighty unsnake-like Roar from each of its heads one of the chickens stood right below the Beast where its scales met the land he had only one thought on his mind mommy somebody get back up Edgington cried from Above This nin heard his way out and took it fleeing from the monster summon as fast as he could then again he would have lead had the order been given or not the left to the rooftops and jumped several buildings his breathing ragged not from a sudden run but from looking the creature in the eye a flash of movement to his right as he jumped away more blurs passed him as they landed on different rooftops their red swirls didn't mistake it back up had arrived this is as far as you're going to get a genin leader called out to the boss performing hand signs as he did the same signs were copied by his squatted simultaneous Balls of Fire shot from their mouths trying to engulf the snakes the Flames danced around their scales their heads the Target and apparent weak spot reared back out of the way before slamming into the Shinobi occupied buildings all but a few Fireball sources extinguished release another pair of civilians awoke the husband and wife looked around groggily before sharp sounds and allowed instruction rang in their ears that to the bunker their brains Awakening they both noticed the bun brunette staring sternly at them their Village's emergency knowledge flowed to the front of their minds as they immediately Rose and passed the girl with the Buns up and out of the stadium medium you know one of these people could at least say thanks kibba complained as he stood guard a few rows down shut up Kiva tent and scolded jumping to the next pair of people to be growled as his Keen eyes scanned around them battles were going on all around the stadium but none of them were in their section the guest he had Naruto to thank for that Benton put her hands on the next pair's heads okay she began should couldn't even get out three letters before a red and brown blur slammed into their heads the pair woke the next second uh get to the bunker tenton ordered again the pair a young boy and teenage girl Rose tenton looked up and saw the rest of the row heading towards the door how did she asked the small Yip from the chair one row up answered her question the job at Camaro Kiba called back the pup barked again before jumping back onto his owner's head he can use chakra too remember kibba turned and winged to Tintin their eyes widened however as a figure left over the edge of the Arena towards Kiba she couldn't reach her kunai in time as the sound ninja readied him for the killing blow dynamic entry her hard slope is not a second later the sound of the Ninjas had met with the arena guard bars with a sickening crunch before he toppled back over the edge the two Jennings stood shocked as the new figure turned toward them don't let your guard down he said before his left eye closed in a wink his teeth letting off an audible ping and his left hand raised itself into a thumbs up die Sensei tenton smiled her thanks for her teacher outweighing the impulse to yell at him are you two all right he asked they both nodded but the civilians should be escaping through the secret passage to get to the bunker good work he smiled again with a ping the sand ninja shootout between guy and Kiba several kunai lodged in his chest he crashed into the seats before landing in a heap on the floor Fenton and kibba turned to see what had caused it near Lake Kakashi guy said firmly sorry he apologized his voice carrying a distinctly Fed Up tone I was taking out the trash all three sweat dropped Kakashi's demeanor suddenly changed Hibba Tenten where is everyone else uh we met up up in the medical room Kiva began shikamara thought up a plan Eno Sakura niji and that girl hack who are getting Sasuke Lee and Hinata to the hospital me and tenton were ordered to get the civilians out of here what why were you taking Sasuke out of a clearly safe area Kakashi's voice Rose they would back down a bit his hands raised in front of him it was hardly safe tenton shouted behind him taking Kakashi's single-eyed gaze off of Kiba and unto herself that GAR kid went nuts the whole place is filled with sand and there wasn't a meaty ninja around the whole time we were there the cashews I widened before he flashed out of sight they presumed down to the medical Bay what about the rest of the genen guy asked Authority in his voice but no hint of anger that graced Kakashi's uh we don't know we left before he said anything else Tenten admitted feeling a little ashamed for not knowing the full battle plan and safety of her teammates all we know is that shikameru Naruto shimjai and Shino were the only ones left thighs massive eyebrows furrowed if Shikamaru is in anything like his father he's already made a plan combine that with that with the four-man cell he could make and those gen and could take down a few enemy ninja before needing any backup another sound ninja burst over the edge of the railing towards guys turned back without blinking he jumped turned and sent him sailing right back where he came from with a swift kick right well I trust she could marry his judgment you too should keep this up the sooner we get the civilians out of here the better guy announced right Tenten and kibba nodded together with a positive Yip from akamaru I just hope everyone's okay tenton thought her mind trailing back to a specific blonde boy keep up Naruto shikamero called back verito picked up his Pace to resume his position in the cell resisting the urge to sneeze the team was traveling across the leaf Village in diamond formation Shino stood at the back several bugs flying off behind him every few Paces to detect anyone trailing them next came shikamero and shinjai in the middle should the group get intercepted they could split in four different directions coupled with keeping their muscle and mind together Naruto cut the remaining position at the front he managed to convince shikameru his eyes would be best at spotting anything ahead in either side this way he called back his red slitted eyes glimpsing something in the distance the group followed Naruto's lead despite the unusual niggling in the back of their mind that something wasn't right with this either since when could Naruto track sounds of battles faded the further they hurried into the village they were nearly three quarters of the way to the Hokage Manor shikamari didn't like it if my predictions are correct they're heading toward the academy hey what's up kenohumeru the small orange-haired girl asked her friend the boy in question was gazing around the Sun not into it directly just around it there's something not right about this he muttered well we're having an emergency evacuation we get to miss class that's a bonus ride she smiled bringing both hands clenched just under her chin for cuteness effect trying to draw his gaze to her instead whom canohamari's gaze fell to the further regions of the village underneath the Sun at this point in time all right everyone we're going out through the the trapdoor in the kunai range today just follow your teachers and obey instructions a leading ninja call to the classes Authority heavy in her voice the no homero obeyed reluctantly as he turned back to his instructor for the day since eruka had cashed in some time off just for narito's fight the classes quickly hurried to the range being at the opposite end of the building hiroka's class would enter last purely because of such a fact ARA the instructor's heads turned as well as konohamaru's and two other students everybody inside now the closest teacher called out hurting the last of the students into the Open Range before performing The Ram hand sign three instructors remained outside as the metal door closed shut quickly with barely a click as they turned toward the source of the disturbance ARA wait a higher pitched voice called out a female as far as the teachers could tell stay away a distressed shout echoed in the academy Courtyard the teachers readied themselves an explosion of sand erupted on the rooftop directly across from the courtyard the roof caved the explosion sent half the building crumbling into chunks before Falling Towards them they crashed into the ground where the wall ended heavy chunks landing on top burying the helpless trash can located beneath the two male teachers clutched kunai while the female held her hands ready for counter-attack the roof and dust settled as contents of the apartments located within could be seen mother must have blood a dark and Eerie voice pierced through the rubble the stone and other material shifted as something pushed them up from below before they crumbled to the floor they scattered into a fine powder as what could only be described as a monster Rose from the debris you'll do perfectly the figure muttered before its overproportioned right arm shot out the NADA sand I will carry you if I have to niji's monotone voice barked at his younger cousin I am fine niji hanata gasped as her lungs ask for more air than she could breathe the NADA we have to get to the hospital as fast as we can Eno complained Lee's weight was beginning to tire her working arm out Haku lending him to her while she stood on point as the group had ducked into a dead-end alley to recover mostly for Hinata's sake I must insist on the urgency of our departure Haku called back her voice lowered the battles are drawn closer another looked into her cousin's eyes briefly before looking down at her feet okay then she muttered niji reached down and plucked The Fragile girl up into his arms one under her knees and another along her back then we are ready niji stated Haku turned and ran with the others as they dashed up the building there's no such thing as a dead end for a ninja but Haku being the only one with arms free she was the Lone guard for the small squad for this brief time the group jumped across to the next rooftop as battle continued below an explosion shaktino sakuran Hinata as it went off directly below them as they crossed to another roof just keep going Haku ordered unaffected by the sudden blast the battles helped draw little attention so far but hear their luck ran out as Haku landed three sound ninja followed From Below jumping up to the rooftop as they spotted fleeing prey sensing their chakra Haku turned and hurled at each of them aiming for their throat the lead sound ninja merely blocked them with three of his his own I'll take care of these guys just get them to safety the ice mistress called back as she turned to face her opponents niji's eyes caught hers nodding in response before the three continued with their cargo shouldn't we help her Hinata said her voice like a whisper to her cousin she is a fully qualified ninja with more experience than any of us I do not doubt her skills to at least stall for us well looky what we found the voice rang in the Jennings ears niji turned to see another Trio of ninja standing on the opposite roof all smirking confidently if I'm not mistaken there's a pair of eyes for each of us there the leader continued another can you stand niji whispered to his cousin yes she replied as he lowered her legs to the ground it is my duty to protect you get everyone else out of here but no the NADA gulp nervously before the remaining girls began moving towards the edge of the roof as niji stepped forward settling into his gentle fist stance after a blink and muttering by akigan ah like we let you escape that easily the sand leader laughed leaping over the Gap with his teammates niji intercepted him striking him Thrice on his left arm as it Rose to block followed by a kick to the gut his teammate flanking on the left struck his niji's attack ended aiming to bring his arm down on niji's leg niji twirled on his remaining leg before planting the other out of the way turning into a spin rotation he shouted as a blue swirl of chakrakata's foe's arm grinding it against a pure chakra before yanking him along with a spin hurling him along the roof before his head caught a slight rise at the edge knocking him out niji stopped spinning as he rounded on the third foe his spinning had either thrown his timing off or the sand ninja was faster the NADA the NADA had Frozen the moment the sand ninja had moved her eyes white as the last sand ninja Drew and raised his kunai that's not very nice the sand Ninja's eyes widened as a dark red pair with two Tama one and three in the other stared back into his before he could react a leather-bound fist slammed into his face sending him sprawling Sasuke Nino cheered the boy didn't react as he turned toward her now looking her in the eyes niji's attention was split between the new fighter and the sand leader that was attacking him again the ducked turning as he did narrowly dodging a kunai he brought his arms up striking him in several places along his undamaged arm before slamming his elbow back into the Ninja's ribs robbing him of his breath as he curled up on the floor niji delivered a swift kick to the temple to knock him out as his eyes showed Amino holding Lee dropped to the floor Sasuke what are you doing niji shouted at his fellow Leaf ninja black Flames traveled along his left arm and face before he turned to the hike at Prodigy you're holding me back he said simply before flashing out of sight only niji's duty to Hinata tied him to the spot as his sight saw the ichiha already several houses away heading towards the gate where the bulk of the invasion was taking place niji Hinata called to her cousin as she knelt by Eno's side what did he do to them niji turned and saw Sakura on the floor too both hers andino's chakra were flowing incorrectly they are both mild he reported kneeling by Sakura's side as they both released on the two girls raised themselves up slowly what's going on a familiar voice shouted the group turned to see Haku land followed by his abusa Sasuke woke up niji reported we can worry about details later right now our main goal is the hospital the group rose with zebusa helping lead back onto haku's back poor boy had taken even more bumps just by traveling Sakura just sat unnoticed by those around her as she looked out at her surroundings Sasuke several buildings were reduced to rubble and splinters as a scaled tale slid through them the giant summons heads reared up and hissed again before slamming down on another set of buildings for the dust and smoke shuriken and kunai flew making their Mark in buildings trees are their intended targets the enemy Leaf sand and sound ninja like lace still on the streets their bodies broken from slashes kicks and several Leaf ninjas stood on a building downwind from the action as they observed the destruction we have to hold them off somehow ajmin shouted to others down below the snake reared up again as a trench-coated ninja just stared at the Beast in shock the rrr hits out of our hands now the voice called out over the battle relief washed over Leaf ninja while the enemy trembled in fear summoning bring down the house Jutsu the huge burst of smoke appeared in the sky briefly before a large shadow cast itself on the floor the air split and the ground shook as a giant green-toed burst into existence two katanas strapped around its back by a pink belt and slammed down right onto a snake's head its neck if you can call it that was crushed beneath the giant toad as it let out one last feeble hiss its eyes rolling back to show only yellow as its brain shut down adibiki muttered shielding his eyes from the dust blown up as it settled the squad looked back at the new arrival with all long time no see a biki the Summoner called from atop the toad my my what have they been feeding you you used to be such a little squirt Pastor jurea finally joining us are you hibiki smirked Bureau like the one of the less experienced men ask in disbelief alright you baby chicks open wide those beady little eyes of yours watch closely he called back as he began his signature dance when it comes to dealing with strange offerworldly Freaks and monsters no one's better than a strange hermit ninja thank goodness that uray is here the other snake stopped smashing up the city and focused on the Mad hermit now unless you want to make this Frolic really mad you'll never bother us again his thoughts turn serious so that pain in the neck arachimeru has finally started ibiki landed next to him atop gamma hero where's Hokage jurea asked the battle arena I see don't die on this old man several ninja close by had stopped to watch the spectacle as one of their giant opponents was crushed in an instant many sounds and sand were shocked and Afraid and had now joined the battle against them this was not what hirachimiru the Kazuki had trained them for several lower ranked ninja backed up closer to the wall they breached While others continued the attack afraid but determined Leaf ninja saw this as an opportunity to push back and did so with gusto that's it don't give them an inch Edge and then Commander shouted as he planted akunai into another Sans heart his three Squad mates joined him as they pushed them back across buildings and streets it seemed too easy at first now a sand ninja called out jumping back into building wreckage the leiftonin looked down to the Loosely covered paper tag as it began smoking several explosions filled the crossroads yaha now that's how you take Leafs come out sand shouted trying to boost his team's Morale on the other side of the street three figures shot out of the smoke with minor damage including the commander hayoha he shouted trying to call out to the only Chicken in not to emerge looking for someone the squad turned to see a sharingan-wielding Jen and holding up said teammate by the Scruff of his neck you the jimin commander gasped the a me Sasuke smirked dropping the unconscious chicken at his feet my turn he muttered flashing out of sight so fast even the jimin commander couldn't believe this gen in speed the sand ninja responsible for the explosion laughed loudly at his victory did you see that I blew them straight too Sasuke flew through the smoke and sent the guy flying into a wall with a straw wrong kick to the face before his two teammates could react he jumped into the air and finished his hand signs higher style Phoenix Flower Jutsu small powerful Balls of Fire stuck the area around the two before a pair hit them sending them flat on their backs one quickly jumped to his feet only to hear the unmistakable sound of the kunai finding its Target the small smoke screen caused by the quickly dissipated revealing Sasuke perfectly balanced on a kunai in his teammate's throat you bastard he shouted flying through his own hand signs varif's style bombardment Sasuke felt the chakra around him as the very Earth and stone centered on him bits of wall stones and tiles all shot straight towards him from all directions ha let's see you escape that the final sand ninja taunted the dust began to settle as his eyes tried to find his victim the light suddenly let up as a shadow covered him he looked up Sasuke brought his foot down on the top of the Sand's head slamming it into the floor before flipping back Landing crouched the sh too easy he muttered this heartbeat ERG he clutched his side gasping and breathing a little deeper than before damnly the pain fled a moment later his flame marks flashing purple briefly right before it this power it's unbelievable he laughed behind him he heard the clangs and whizzes of battle he turned to face them seeing the flashes of Steel meeting and the used battering the streets and the opposition he started walking towards the battle an arrogant smirk on his face the giant snake had slammed into the ground in the middle of the battles sending ninja scattering to safety for a few brief moments as another building fell finally a challenge he smirked before running towards his new Target the snakes had turned sharply its eyes staring straight into Sasuke's Sharingan the snake lifted its head its new focus on Sasuke apparent while his other middle had distracted thee in his tote Sasuke jumped landing on a building on the left-hand side of the street the snake reared back poised to strike as Sasuke Drew nearer to it and released its jaws opened wide on a direct course for the ache Sasuke jumped right onto the opposite side and his eyes keeping up with the snake's movements the building crumbled as the snake's head tore through it its body at a full stop as it collided with the ground Sasuke saw his chance and jumped back his feet planting themselves onto the scales and holding on with chakra it moved lifting its head high it shook his head quickly trying to remove the dust from settling in its eyes now Sasuke shouted at his body running along the scales up to the snake's head drawing a handful of tags in each hand the snake's irritant cleared as it searched for its prey quickly the darkness quickly fell over its left eye and something rectangular latched itself above and below the eye feeling for the connection the snake shook its head violently feeling its prey latched to the top damn it Sasuke cursed as he held on tight with his chakra he couldn't move like this take this he gritted his teeth holding his right hand up in a half Ram sign the bright light filled the snake's Vision or at least half of it the flash tags lit up like the sun as Sasuke activated them the light was too much for this giant summon with no eyelids to block the light all it could do was ride and pain its movements became faster as it jerked its head more and more violently Sasuke bent down holding himself steady with his hands full of chakra suddenly the snake jerked its head straight down he could feel the air trying to rip him off as his holds weakened before the snake struck the ground it suddenly jerked back up Sasuke's grip failed as the sudden change in Direction strained his joints putting massive pressure on his already injured chest as the snake reached the top of its jerk Sasuke was hurled up into the air his body shot through the sky the wind holding his limbs stiff as he rose higher and higher the pain on his neck and sides suddenly flared from the seal along with his other injuries he cried out not even able to grip himself in pain only Barrett he was much higher than even the Hokage Monument before his body slowed and he could grip his everywhere tightly trying in vain to stop the pain gravity brought his mind back to Earth shortly before his body began the journey the cold air stung his eyes as he picked up speed his limbs now stuck to his sides as he shot downward come on move he cried out to himself will his limbs to obey him then one quick movement his arms forced themselves Against the Wind and up to his face he shielded his eyes from the wind trying to reopen them to find a means to save himself opening a crack between his fingers he looked down the air battering itself against his eyebrow his eyes caught sight of his flash tags as they burned out on the snake's eye directly in front of him the snake's eyes were once again fixed with his the only difference this time was the pain at the back of his neck and the Eerie purple glow from the three tommo on the snake's head the second snake's head fell to the ground with a huge smash as gamma hero flicked his Katana while giraya landed back on his head his breath as hot as the dragon flame bomb he just Unleashed why did its last head not back it up giraya thought quickly turning to face the last major obstacle in this breach his eyebrows furrowed as he saw the last snake looking into the sky at something earning his own gaze that way he saw something small moving through the air fast his eagle eyes zoomed in on set object a red and white fan his mind raced remembering whether rochamere was after all those years ago why watching as the snake's mouth opens slowly oh no you don't gamma hero Jerry is shouted to the toad his partner knowing immediately what to do Sasuke shot closer towards the fangs as its mouth opened wider the air pressure dropped as he regained control of his limbs his mind shocked into slow mode while his body worked on autopilot reaching for anything from his pouch in the corner of his eye he saw a giant green blur shoot towards his destination Sasuke's hand gripped to kunai as his frontal Vision filled with snake mouth no jureus shouted leaping from his position willing the snake's Jaws not to close Sasuke's head turned and his eyes met uraeus an explosion of sand flared up in front of the leaf cell Naruto Shikamaru shimjai and Shino jumped out of the way onto a building Edge as the sand fell back to Earth Dar what are you doing a familiar voice meant to leave Sears they turned to see the sand puppet user and the fan wielder just down the row of buildings they were on shouting towards whatever the group had just dodged the sand settled as a deep triumphant laugh rang out across the clearing hey guys Jim I started confusion and fear present in his voice wasn't the academy here yesterday the group looked around all noting the buildings they all recognized as they entered the academy each morning not even a year ago except for the Academy itself the group looked down into the clearing exactly where their old classroom used to stand the one they knew as Gara looked like he was fading away as sand consumed him from his right side to his left his Gorda disappeared or possibly now covered his back and formed the sand tail behind him his right arm was covered in the same stuff and was at least five times too big to fit his body dark blue veins covered the sand from every Point all the way up to his half-transformed face exactly half his face was covered with the stuff the white of his covered eye is now black with a yellow Iris it held a black four-point star with a pupil surrounded by four black dots overbed by his siblings tamari was holding her head in her hands while kankram looked sternly at his brother the Mari there's no stopping him now he comforted placing a hand on her shoulder we need to get out of here before he takes us out along with this place but Kansas our mission is done in tamari he said downcast we'll get him later tamari nodded before jumping away in the direction of the Hokage Monument before kankram jumped away he muttered to himself thought if we can shikamara watched as the too soon a ninja jumped away leaving the score four against one the small group backed up away from visibility from the monster's genin right you guys we need to shikameru began trying to get the most effective plan sorted in his head Naruto however cut in leave him to me he said firmly just looking down into the destroyed Academy ground his eyes catching sight of something he wished he hadn't seen a pair of green goggles they looked at him like a madman though she know just looked the same only with raised eyebrows while we can't do that Naruto you have no idea what we're up against he could shoot Camaro argued but once again Naruto interrupted these the container for the one-tailed Beast shukaku Narita replied boo how do you think you can beat him on your own then the nine tails nearly raised this Village to the ground wide do you think you can take down the one Tails Shikamaru shouted harshly worried for his comrade don't forget that jurea trained me to use his secret awesome techniques while we were out hunting you three go and get the other two shikamara was beside himself by now his mind was drawing a blank as to what he could do and how this battle could work out in their favor Shikamaru shinjai you two go after the others I will remain and assist Naruto if possible I will also get Uriah here as fast as possible using my bugs Shino said in his monotone voice Shikamaru didn't like this one bit if you guys are sure then we've got no choice chimjai sight and defeat come on shikameru grabbing his friend's collar and yanking him away it didn't take them long to flash out of sight that's when Shino spoke to Naruto I hope you know what you're doing I will try to assist in any way possible burrito nodded as Shino backed up to another building releasing some of his bugs to find giraya burrito walked back to the edge looking down at Gara Naruto's anger Rose as he saw a definite fresh blood patches on pieces of debris that remained how dare you he shouted out down at the sanjinch cricket the grotesque incomplete tailgen and turned and glared at its fellow ginch Cricket his sharp teeth evident with saliva coating his lower jaw it's you you you you you he babbled his voice Rising with each successive word I've been looking forward to this mother will be pleased Naruto gritted his teeth he'll pay for everyone you hurt he yelled back reaching inside himself and feeling for kikby's chakra the form that was Gara just burst out laughing evilly do you think you can kill me he roared you will not wipe out my existence their eyes locked Naruto's blood red eyes burning into gara's own you invaded my Village and attacked my friends you will pay for every person you've killed Naruto raged Naruto a booming voice shouted from inside his head thick kick b control your emotions if you do not think clearly he will destroy you the nine-tailed fox shouted Naruto slowed his breathing down taking a few deep breaths closing his eyes for maximum effect add move a scratch she voice yelled his eyes shot open as a Sandy veined hand shot out towards him slamming into the ledge beneath his feet she now watched from behind as Naruto was bathed in dust before jumping back the small section off the roof he was on crumbling to the ground below both Jen and watched as the Sandy hand gripped the new Legend it made verito's ears picked up his training in the sand his hands flashed in and out of his pouch before hurling the drawn items she now watched as the twin kunai just missed a hand two thuds followed as they embed themselves into gara's right shoulder when he jumped up to the building time slowed as a bright light briefly illuminated the battlefield and an explosion erupted from the kunai's hilt bar was consumed in flames and smoke as the tag kunai exploded she knows eyebrows raised again as Naruto remained focused the smoke soon cleared revealing gara's giant arm held in front of his face you'll have to do better than that he shouted as soon as he finished two orange blurs shot out of his sand wrist the kunai were fired so fast the friction from the air made them burn Naruto's eyes widened as they flew too fast for him to dodge the first slammed into his stomach making him reel over in the split second he had before bursting into smoke the second flying through the smoke where his head used to be tearing a big hole in the rooftop access behind him helgara started angrily confused Shino quickly scanned the area for Naruto your turn Gara shouted suddenly turning towards Shino the bug user summoned his bugs as Gara jumped with huge Force his hand outstretched towards his new Target Naruto Style whip asgar crossed a gap between buildings mid-jump a massive black and orange slammed into his exposed side she now watched as a line of Naruto rose up from the alley the topmost one just reaching above the edge before they slammed into Gara bursting into smoke in the process ARA shot through the air receiving the full Whiplash of the blow crashing into and through an apartment building the real Naruto jumped back up to the roof landing on shino's side as the dust Rose pretty sneaky using me as bait she no spoke his voice a little deeper than usual sorry Shino but I needed the distraction to make some more clones for that that sneak attack verito nodded the Fizz sand gets a hold of you you're dead I needed the Clones I've been looking forward to this the two turned and saw Gara now standing on the other building's roof just above the hole he crashed in the wall this pain what a thrill it will be to crush such an opponent capable of wounding me such a victory will make me feel alive Dara's voice rang out across the small Battleground and into the surrounding area making Naruto and Shino shiver from his back Naruto reached up and Drew his sword the metal rang until Naruto held it out pointing the end at Gara you'll never win not so long as I'm around he shouted back once again pulling on kikby's chakra our laughed deeply do you think your existence is greater than mine he shot forward you're wrong Naruto crouched quickly before shooting forward himself his sword raised at Silver blade tinting red faster than Shino could track the pair clashed Naruto's blade sliced along gara's outstretched arm cleaving it down the middle before he could finish his swing gara's Tail rose and slammed into him carrying his body before it flipped at the end of its swing sending him shooting into the wreckage that was the academy Naruto felt a brief pile on top of him as he slid under it the jagged edges cutting everything they could reach he slowed as the force dissipated taking a deep breath Naruto willed his arms to move releasing his sword he brought his hands in front of his body forming a single hand sign Shadow clone Jutsu a huge burst of smoke surrounded him arms replaced debris as dozens grabbed his jacket heisting him what he could only assume was up his lungs quickly Drew in fresh air as the many clones untangled themselves from the mass burrito quickly looked around they couldn't spot Gara boy boss a clone called out look over here the real Naruto turned to see several clones pushing aside Building Stone and wood around a small hand Naruto could only watch as his clones lifted the last bits away revealing kanohomeru his body shielded from the destruction by a chalkboard and desk he's got a pulse one clone called back feeling the young boy's neck with two fingers Naruto released a breath he didn't realize he was holding as the Clones cleared spot around his friend two checking for any life-threatening injuries the Uzumaki Naruto the blonde and clones turned back only to see gara's maniacal grin as he held up an unconscious bug user Chino Naruto shouted out his friend's life possibly seconds away from ending you lay another finger on my friend and I swear I will pulverize you watch as I end his life use a Maki Naruto Garr called down his sand wrapping around shino's body until only his head was exposed the Clone quickly handed Naruto his blade sand burial she knows mouth opened in pain as the sand compressed around him no no Shino vara's deep laugh rang out loud as he took in narito's anguish his body reeling in the cries of sadness as prey obviously felt prr damn it Naruto glared back at his opponent flicking his blade at the ground its red color resumed as the force of the Swing sent debris scattering the thought of using Shino is baked for a well-timed blow earlier now sickened him Naruto focused all of his rage and hate at the boy who murdered his latest friend he crouched again about to tear him into the sand until there was nothing left wait Naruto caught himself as his eyes flicked back to the sand coffin thugs began crawling over the sand Naruto looked on his shino's head lost its color bugs detaching themselves as his face what's wrong with Naruto the blonde turned as the bug user stood next to him his shade still in place and his hands in his pockets you didn't really think I'd not improved this past month did you sh Shino Naruto smiled while some of his clones performed several whoops and displays of joyneruto felt inside R looked down at the scene in Rage both of his prey were still alive his head throbbed and his stance weakened he clutched his head in pain if you have a plan for Naruto Shino said I'd suggest you pull out the big finale now I didn't give up two-thirds of my colony to distract him for nothing you know Naruto nodded he wouldn't let Gara lay another finger on his village nor anyone in it he wiped a bit of blood from his side a large hole present over his healing wound his hands quickly sped through signs before he slammed one down summoning Jutsu the large burst of smoke later and a familiar face greeted Naruto so find yourself in need of assistance a the blue flipper cut through the air swiftly and the smoke was gone in an instant the Blue Toad sat in his usual pose elbows perched on the inside of his thighs while his yellow robe flapped in the wind Emma sent him ready for battle the toad saluted she no looked stunned at the new technique Naruto had learned a lot of chakra was required for stronger summons and this guy looked and sounded the part great I need you to help me take down the one-tailed shukaku Narito explained quickly the tailed beast the Frog pondered the information before turning his head a little scrawny for a tailed beast isn't he he hasn't fully released himself something's wrong but we need to take him out before he can hurt anyone else Naruto urged PA you called the right guy for the job kid the Blue Toad smirked now turning to Face's opposition all right it's time for me to end this Naruto began I Won't Let You harm anyone anymore he shouted back to his clones you guys know what to do to which they replied with a sign simultaneous nod the pain built inside gara's head he threw his head back before letting out a deep howl sending a small shock wave throughout the area his left arm jerked weirdly before sand crawled along it its shape morphing to match his other arm the howl died down as gara's eyes returned to the fight at hand his face and torso now completely covered in sand with eyes of black and yellow topped off with Jagged teeth though his red hair and tattoo were still visible you will all die he yelled out his voice now deeper with hints of something else wanting to be heard formation seven gamma synchrome called as he and Naruto jumped apart each darting into the two alleys below the building while the Clone split between jumping straight agara and running up the wall bara's arms shot out extending far beyond anyone's normal reach slamming into the clones before bringing his arms down crushing the others against the wall Naruto and gamasan laptop on opposite sides behind the Beast here we go the two called out as they charged ARA's tail flicked out sweeping along the roof toward Naruto first the blonde was ready they gripped his blade in both hands before before slicing up as the tail approached the blade cut clean through the sand completely splitting the tail in two Bara turned sharply his mouth Twisted in anger and pain my go The Shaolin Master closed in on Gara he brought his right arm back and launched it forward to its limit its limit was just before gara's face his flipper stopped a few inches away the second later Gara shot back clean over the academy ruins toward a clean set of buildings wasting no time the duel left after him channeling chakra to their feet for extra speed Vara slammed into the side of a shop bouncing off before landing in a ball in the street the sand fell away from its ball form until Garr was once again standing without a mark then the flash the boy and his toad were at the End of the Street shooting towards him I won't let you Gara cried out his arms reaching up and gripping the two opposing building alley entrances in front of him before suspending him in mid-air his tail pointing straight back Naruto the toad jumped in front of his Summoner before raising his arms to block Dara's hand strained the tension building take this this body shot and rolled forward as his Tailor's tie its width expanding at ready gamas and she cautioned holding one arm behind his back as Naruto gripped his sword tighter the Sandy appendage slammed down through the air before impacting on the pair underneath the toad was straining with the effort and pain of holding a small section up now he brought his left fist forward as Naruto sliced up from the outside one would see a bright red X appear on the sand before it exploded outward then the middle of the explosion Naruto and gamas and shimrose the latter grabbing the former's legs Naruto held his sword to the side while the toad hurled him forward no sooner was he outside the Toad's reach did Naruto bring his sword above his head gripping with both hands as his body rolled through the air mimicking his saw blade are his eyes widened as the boy Drew closer he was exposed he released his grip on the buildings as brought his arms together attempting to crush the ball of death approaching his arms clapped in another wave of sand with Naruto sandwiched between them Naruto felt the pressure spike as the sand worked against him cutting up his outfit even more but not crushing him completely or slowing him to a stop but nothing left to hold him up Garrett dropped to the floor in an attempt to dodge the blow but Naruto was too close before his retaliation the blonde spinning slowed but his blade glowed brighter the second later a burst of red light cut through the sand as Naruto's swords reach extended the sand along the arms fled back to its host as fast as possible to form a shield around him enough made it for a moderate frontal Shield before Naruto stuck his spinning had slowed to a stop the sand pressure had let up and he could see clearly as he brought the sword down in a final heavy swing the red chakra slicing cleaned through the shield the cloud of dust jumped up as the blade hit the ground them asincham looked on Shino joining him on his right-holding kanohomero in his arms the dust settled slowly as Naruto panted still in position from his last sword swing did I get him the dust and sand in front of him cleared revealing gara's unconscious body nowhere to be seen what Narito shouted jumping back away from the small pile of sand no sooner than he had done the ground fell away where both he and Gara stood moments ago the collapsing ground followed Naruto as he jumped back several steps cracking every time he set his foot down faking the hint he jumped up to the rooftops joining gamas and shmenchino he must have gone underground Shino stated calmly um that's not good considering what I've seen of this kid's Powers gamasansham spoke up Naruto focused his Gaze on the floor looking for any sign of movement R wasn't beaten yet at Chakra why does it feel so familiar how how can he be so strong he won't beat me he can't beat me we have visitors Shino said calmly as a bug landed on his shoulder musamaki the odd Trio turned approaching down the street with surprisingly quiet feet was a gianti with shikaku Nara and the noichi yamanaka resting on opposite shoulders a smaller pair jumped off of their teammate's limbs as they approached Landing in front of the two genen and summoning Mr yamanaka Mr Nara and Mr akamichi how nice of you to join us she no bowed slightly his manners not leaving him despite current state of things what are you guys doing here Narito asked trying to keep his Street in the corner of his eye Lord jureus sent us when she knows insects made contact with him he's working on a snake problem right now shimza explained incidentally we were informed that shikamero and shinjai were with you too where are they shikaku asked glancing around for his son they went off to capture the two soon agenon that were with Gara she now informed me they were heading toward the Hokage Monument when we last saw them shikaku nodded before turning to his giant friend Za find them and make sure they're okay we'll handle things here boomed a grin present as he carefully began his short Journey to the mountain what's the situation here enoichi asked knowing shikaku would come up with a great plan the more details he knew Naruto and the toad Shino began Amazon the toad cut in right Naruto and gamus and shmir engaged the Sunnah Jen and Gara who contains the one-tailed Beast known as shukaku inside of him and has partially transformed into the Beast he has survived Naruto's last strike by retreating underground Shino finished Naruto and gamasench nodding along to his information and The Honorable grandson enoichi pointed to the boy currently held in shino's arms the Survivor of gar's attack on the academy right I think I have everything shikaku announced he opened his mouth to speak when the group all felt the building shake the ground around them cracked sections began Rising While others fell some crumming away into the earth below the sound of several loud thuds greeted the group's ears before any of them could react five spikes of sand blew out the top floor roof everybody back shikaku roared the entire roof Broke Free of its support before the five darker tip spikes bent and closed in like a fist the sand exploded from the sheer force of the motion shikaku and Shino with kanohomeru flew High through the air The gymnin Landing crouched on a building a few streets away while the bug user's back met with its wall he clutched his package close as he fell to the hard ground with a thud on his back protecting The Honorable grandson shikaku watched as the building fell apart the giant sand fist now retreating back into the ground [ __ ] he spat he didn't see the others jump anywhere the pressure returned to Naruto's body feeling a compress him tighter than ever even with his new reflexes he was too slow the sand had gotten him again and this time it wasn't letting go this time it really was the end he couldn't avenge Mogi udinary even the deadly headmistress of the academy blind style airwall the sand cleared from his vision Naruto could see it whipping around him wow he turned his head spotting gamesson from sitting in mid-air with his legs folded over one another and his arms held out perfectly straight at his sides and neuchi was on the opposite side of the toad looking just as confused as he did the drop of sweat rolled down gamasension's head as his lips curled in frustration Vine style Ram he called out his legs reaching out to enoichi and Naruto wrapping over their backs and pulling them into his chest his hands flashed in front of him for barely a second before they shot forward the air Dome that briefly surrounded them fell for just a moment before or a huge blast of air crashed into the sand before them Amazon's back hit the sand behind him he held his arms rigid as the wind forced him back Naruto could physically feel them moving the tiny grains were definitely parting past him bamasenschen finally reached the end as the group burst out of the sand burrito's eyes took in everything they could as soon as more light returned dark Rock surrounded the area making up the walls and ceiling as far as he could tell with light shining down through holes and cracks as deep as they were Amazon landed hard his back taking the brunt of the Fall as the trio slid along the Hard Rock Naruto and annoichi being released as they did the deep voice rang out this time without any presence of another it seems I underestimated you boruto looked up in the round locating the source of the voice from where they had just been you were very good at amusing me Uzumaki Naruto I never thought you would bring this out of me Naruto's eyes widened sharply as he stared into the face of the one-tailed shukaku its right arm held up with a toad-sized hole in the back of the hand San quickly replaced that loss ERG gamesson stirred putting all his effort into rolling over burrito turned and saw his back blood dripped down his side as his yellow robe fell to the floor bamasincham's back had been completely torn apart ERG the cold air hurts my spine he complained Naruto gasped as he heard the sickening crack of Bones popping as a tiny bit of white could be seen under the dripping blood and flesh Amazon Naruto crawled to his side as the toad pushed himself up I think it's time for me to go back kid I can't help you anymore you gonna be alright Sensei Naruto asked concerned for his summon and teacher you just focus on beating that guy I know you can do it gamma synsham said weekly his eyes misting over in unconsciousness before he burst into smoke returning to his home Naruto and white she raised his head his own eyes watery from keeping out the sand Mr yamanaka Narito rushed to his side helping him to his feet and noichi stumbled as he put pressure on his right foot they just grit his teeth through the pain as he backed against the right wall how in the hell are we going to make it out of this does just leave it to me sir and noichi just stared at Naruto you can read minds he asked shocked no I can read facial expressions Narita replied just how do you think we can get out of this a genon and an injured to men despite Naruto's skill and what he carried himself this was the end for them like I said leave it to me though I don't think so Naruto's ears twitched at the sound of slithering sand he watched his sand engulfed the ground walls and sealing around the two of them enoichi gasped as the sand wrapped around his arms and chest the sand along the ground wrapped around Naruto's feet and made its way higher I won't kill you just yet Uzumaki I want to watch your pain as your friend is crushed limb by limb Naruto stared hard as shukaku replying in gara's voice that kid dot I know the sand finished wrapping around the both of them leaving only their heads exposed sandbury ha the sand exploded off of Naruto his body tense as his red eyes darken just a little more than normal the sand around his feet was pushed away from the sheer force of chakra expelled his body started to glow red as bubbles of red chakra began seeping out everywhere this canine sharpened as the bubbles Rose around his head while his fingernails sharpened akin to claws it crawled over his arms and around his body till it reached his backside a long thick length of chakra jutted out forming an unmistakable tail the neuchi looked on in shock as the sand around his body retreated as the power of narito's chakra washed over him DH kick and white she began don't worry Mr yamanaka he's gonna wish he never came here Naruto muttered back to his fellow ninja and arms without turning to face him instead his eyes focused on the giant sand demon in front of him this is between me and you Gara he shouted it's time to end this Naruto's ears picked up gara's chuckling interesting finally a true opponent worthy of my time Naruto watched as the sand fell away from shikaku's forehead ARA's own head and body Rose from the sand his head raising up to meet Naruto I die but Narito did look into gara's eyes he saw nothing nothing but white his Iris and everything inside it gone before I destroy you I'll show you the true power of the manifestation of the sand Dara's hands Rose in front of him before he clasped them together in the ram hand sign two voices told Naruto what to do next one inside one outside don't let him go to sleep kick me into noichi shouted at Naruto Naruto's reflexes kicked in they crouched down onto all fours shooting across the rocky Sandy flower toward the genen ARA's muscles relaxed as he was completed painting sleep Jutsu verudo's Keen eyes watched as Gara slumped over catching side of the sand head's actual eyes the iris's color darkened changing to a deeper yellow while the pupils swirled beruto skidded to a halt holding his ears as the giant amount of sand shifted as the now complete tailed BEAST's mouth opened I'm finally free all over kanoha the terrifying scream could be heard sand and sound Ninja's hopes rekindled if only for a moment the voice sounded clear but with the demon nowhere in sight things didn't appear any better Leaf ninja redoubled their efforts to rid themselves of the Invaders now pushed back to the well with only a few minor battles a little further in the village damn it now this is going to be even harder the fox muttered in Naruto's head you mean more than before Naruto muttered back his ears ringing slightly white shukaku now has free reign over himself now whereas you can still only hold a fraction of my power before the quick conversation could continue anymore shukaku interrupted here I come baby his stomach swelled up as he drew a massive amount of air inside blind style air bullets he shouted bringing his left hand down into his gut releasing a blast of air heading straight down the cave thinking quickly Naruto jumped straight up just before he reached the middle of the cave he rolled in mid-air as the wind bullet approached Naruto flicked his tail around sending a blast of air right towards the much larger one the smaller gust pierced the larger one in the center canceling a majority of the power the wind bullet was upon Narito instead of blasting him to shreds the wind pulled him forward towards shukaku the Naruto it felt like being pulled through a mouse hole head first the squeezing Style as Narito emerged the other side the blast mostly dissipating behind him as it collapsed in on itself anoichi shuffled behind a large rock at the end of the cave as the air surrounded him pelting the wall with loose Rubble Naruto fell towards the ground ready for his next move when shukaku's right arm shot out toward him you're mine Garuda rolled forward his chakra arms getting longer the four shukaku's arm could reach him Naruto completed his role his chakra arms and Claws Landing in the sand at the wrist the blunge cricket retracted his chakra cloak's Arms shooting between shikaku's fingers before his hand closed in tight where he was a second ago Naruto landed on the sand and felt the chakra running through his arm holding the sand together using his claws to hold on Narito ran along shukaku's arm keeping his red eyes on shukaku's Golden shukaku's left arm had other ideas Naruto instinctively jumped to shukaku's left fist slammed into his right forearm taking a chunk out of it before slamming into the wall Naruto hit the ceiling on all fours hanging on with chakra I'll get you sand rushed to along the wall toward Naruto the force smoothing out the rock underneath before it could reach him Naruto pounced again aiming directly at the other genen underneath a red chakra cloak narito's claws both glowed red ready to strike a deadly blow he soared towards Gara but before he could strike out blind style Airstream chukaku's mouth opened in front of Naruto before he could react a burst of air hit him dead on sending him crashing Back Against The Wall the air didn't let up this time the cloak shielded Naruto's eyes enough for him to just keep them open and watch as shukaku pulled back his left arm again it's over shukaku yelled striking forward Mind Freeze Jutsu the air holding Naruto in place stopped arudo watched a shukaku's head just remained in place Frozen shukaku's arm never stopped moving though this fist hit the wall hard Naruto enoichi called out his hands still in the bore seal he finished with a stalactites rained down from the ceiling chukaku's hand no longer Guided by force flopped to the ground revealing a large hole in the wall ERG anoichi tried to appears through the dust but he couldn't stop the attack in time ER thanks old man Naruto's deeper voice called across the cave and neuchi couldn't see him but Naruto was at the back of the hole his clothes even worse for wear and his body bloody his arms and legs were crossed defensively in front of him hiding his head in most of his torso protecting them from the majority of the blow if he hadn't stopped that I would have been hit full force he thought flexing his back to push him to the floor of the new hole he landed on his front his limbs trying to help cushion the blow what the hell was that shukaku roared its mind returning from the confusion the noichi flinched the one Tails broke me that fast he had less time than he thought you shukaku spotted him now it's your turn it shouted with Glee its right arm shooting out toward the jimin I said poor red line sliced across shukaku's extending arm the outstretched limb dropped in hide as its pieces crashed to the cave floor shukaku felt the pain moments later yelling out as its arm sand hit the floor and loychi braced himself as the hand neared only to see the the fingers and palm hit the ground skidding across the Earth before stopping just in front of him he watched as the sand melted off of itself before forming a giant shapeless line across the cave shukaku looked across to where the start of the line began just in front of it stood Naruto red chakra bubbling angrily around him this is between me and you Naruto finished his voice Rising as he said the last of the sentence shukaku glared angrily down at the boy who took off one of his arms single-handedly you think I'm done yet think again it shouted back proudly its eyes narrowing even more burrito felt a strain on his body he couldn't hold this for much longer any more damage and he could really be down boy Fox I'm going up a level the giant nine-tailed fox inside Naruto actually flinched at this news you know you won't be able to handle that it yelled angrily at him I have to to protect everyone Narito thought back at his tenant tiredly if he was struggling to speak in his mind then his outside definitely had some problems hey while where did this come from just something thing Haku said to me a while back now Naruto's memory briefly flicked back to the Land of Waves I can't let this guy get anywhere near anyone else I will protect them with everything I have his mind now flicks back to his friends Haruka III Sakura Kakashi Tenten Shino Hinata Shikamaru shinjai Zabuza Haku and all the other friends he made since becoming a genon the fox pondered deeply for a moment before letting darker chakra flow out from Between the Bars if you kill us there will be hell to pay don't worry Naruto smiled I won't lose shukaku's eyes widened as the chakra around Narito gained strength blowing away a large chunk of what used to be his armed sand the chakra around Naruto grew shallower closing in on his body before darkening turning it deeper red and even black as the chakra rushed over and around his body all that looked like Naruto was lost into an outline of himself his spiky hair the only thing that gave him away shukaku regained its focus as the shock vanished from his mind die he shouted his left good arm swinging down where stood burrito crouched once again before the sand fist had even reached halfway between its beginning and destination Narito pounced shooting up at the fist himself a shukaku could only watch as a forward-rolling Naruto slammed head-on with his fist the sand exploded as shukaku roared in pain again his entire left hand was now flying in the air as billions of sand particles Naruto had flown straight at his hand and released a powerful burst of wind chakra at the last second blasting straight through the sand before releasing another wave of wind all around him essentially blowing up the appendage how the hell can he do this chukaku roared he suddenly spotted a red and black figure on the move again bouncing off the ceiling straight towards him but the great deal of effort in Chakra shukaku repositioned his tail from his back to his head using the momentum to strike down at the same time his tail raked the roof before intercepting the figure it was a hit the sand tale continued downwards before slamming into the ground that's it game over for you baby he yelled triumphantly and noichi had shifted his position away from the Fallen arm to see the ground explode from the force of the blow be watched in disbelief as the dust settled to see a tail black and red figure underneath the tail standing upright holding the tail back with both hands nah Naruto but the momentum gone Naruto pulled back his left hand with a bright red ball glowing in his palm ah shukaku looked down feeling his tail still gripped by something verito crouched pulling the tail down with his remaining hand and pushing up with the other the glowing ball met the tail sinking into it for a brief second before it exploded what was directly above the ball within a five foot radius exploded sending half the tail crumbling to the ground shukaku could only look down in shock as the black and red figure crouched once again growling deeply no you can't send me burrito shot up once again this time aiming directly for gara shukaku's head sand rose up to defend his medium but to no avail Naruto shot past shukaku's face his fist pulled back before it slammed into gara's chest the boy's mouth opened in pain his pupil less eyes wide shukaku roared in horror letting out one final line Uriah no I just got here his eyes dimmed to a weaker yellow as gara's own light green returned all seemed slow for a moment as gara's lower torso and legs became visible rising out of the sand his face stuck between shock and pain shukaku's entire body cracked the moment his eyes dulled and the morgara's body Rose out from him the more cracks appeared in the sand until both his feet left the barely held together tailed beast and the huge mound of sand collapsed Naruto's Rising punch had a huge amount of momentum the punch slowed him down but ultimately took gar with him but Gara free the pair shot up into the air soaring straight through a Long Tall crack in the ceiling until light and fresh air covered them as they soared out into the street and clear across kanoha burrito Winston Payne he curled into a ball his tail wrapping around him while Gara flew beside him ah th.pain Naruto muttered bracing his body as much as he could as the dark red and blackjack repealed itself off his body slowly the two had gained enough height and had enough speed to shoot over the Western her wall flying over the forest before falling slamming into tree branches the tree limbs raked over their bodies before the duo Hit the Dirt rolling until they stopped with neither able to make an effort to protect themselves any more than their bodies would allow luckily they had rolled into a small clearing the soft grass had taken some of the brunt of rolling as the two slowed to a stop both Breathing heavily Naruto lay on his back his eyes closed in pain as the last of the kikby's chakra receded into his body his skin now a few Shades lighter than blood red ARA had also landed on his back a bit further away from Naruto his hand twitched lightly his fingers balling into a fist I will not disappear I will not cease to exist I want both his and Naruto's need for air proved greater than their lungs could handle and both began a short coughing fit but Naruto finished his breathing a little more regular he turned his head towards Gara as dagaras towards his burrito's deep blue eyes gazed into gara's light green verito closed his eyes forcing the extra energy into his limbs his hand twitched before his other body parts began to move no stay away Gara groaned out trying to move his own body with less success Naruto's body rolled over onto his side before onto his stomach his breathing deeper again you know it's funny Narita muttered Dara's brain set aside its distress for Intrigue at that moment you and I were the same vara's eyes widened you have the same eyes I had boruto lifted his head putting his hand on the floor next to his face to raise his body up a little despite the pain from the contact the blondeanch quickie looked over at the red-haired ginged Cricket once again his blue eyes sparkling with a bloody smile on his face my Village hated me and I couldn't understand why Narito continued his other hand joining the first and holding him up Zara's mind cast itself back to when he was younger when he had the exact same feelings I was alone nobody wanted me that is and to laruca Sensei the redhead watched as Naruto's foot struggled to gain ground thee and the friends I made helped me they saved me helping me through the Dark Lonely Times bar is mind flashed back to yoshimeru the only person he truly liked before they stuck by me helped me see the joy in life why I should exist Naruto's final word brought gar back to the present because of them I had friends for the first time in my life I was truly happy Naruto's other foot now sought its ground making him look ready to pounce ARA flinched at Naruto words and actions watching his movements carefully it's because of those friends that I work hard to defend my Village from people like you Narito finished his word strong pushing up with his arms until he was standing upright vara's distress now returning his opponent could move and he was defenseless for what my friends have done I would give every breath in my body to defend them at any cost Narito finished his words appeared to physically strike gar hard as this what makes him so strong is this what love really is Naruto's body wobbled his strength was fading three days and nights my rear he thought Naruto's foot moved back instinctively his body moving with with it until his back was against a tree his strength gave out as his body slipped down into a loose sitting position his eyes to angara I won't let anyone harm my friends he muttered a warm feeling rushing through him and not just from using too much chakra the pair just sat and lay there for a few moments just watching each other ARA a pair of voices called out Landing in front of him Naruto watched as a battle worn to Mari and Canker melt beside their brother both without their signature weapons that's enough it's over Gara breathed out ARA are you okay canker masked quietly an emotion born of fear and worry flowing through the puppet master I will be he muttered again once I found some friends both tamari and kankram looked at each other in Surprise wondering if he even knew what the word meant confirming their brother alive their instincts told them another was near Nordo chuckled at the sight before him his eyes growing heavy view kankram looked over at Naruto torn between being grateful for his past actions and aggressive because of the mission but Tamari turned reaching for her non-existent fan the hand gripped her wrist Loosely her eyes widened as she looked back and down of her little brother no more he mothered looking her in the eyes the infusion clouded to mari's mind that wasn't the same pair of eyes he had before these were warmer we're pulling back Gara muttered again pankram looked down at his brother confused they or at Gara kankram resigned carefully lifting his brother up propping an arm around his shoulders dust before he and his sister jumped away Gara spoke again thank you Naruto usamaki said blondeanch creeky just raised a weary battle-worn arm in salute a few seconds later the trio had vanished jumping up into the trees and away from the village Naruto's eyes followed them as they left a small smile present on his face his eye soon closed as all his strength left him his last thought was of the familiar sound of wooden sandals approaching the kanohan ninja voiced their cheer when the invading forces were all pushed completely out of the village many were watching as the Invaders fled the giant summoned defeated by the legendary others sported Smiles as they quickly worked to heal our healthy injured while few looked down at the Fallen warriors with sadness while so many were looking outward a few noticed the small ground of ninja jumping through a hole and out into the surrounding Forest five in total were in said group two members were holding up a third his hair and face ragged and his arms a deep gray with a hint of purple the frail-looking figure muttered something as he passed outside the wall and into the forest that only his group would hear bamusirotobi words spread quickly and any cheers around the village were quickly put out the death toll wasn't what silenced the leaf ninja it was that a certain person hadn't survived the battle the third Hokage was dead thanks for listening I do hope you enjoy it if you want the next part of this video turn on that Bell notification like subscribe and comment down below and also check out the others videos I have created and enjoyed it see you guys next video