Naruto: A Distorted Story
Hello my good people this is where the preliminaries of the final exam. Just to inform you, I'm not going to go into every fight. I'm going to focus mainly on Naruto's, Sasuke's and Sakura's. Enjoy. And sorry it took a whild
Chapter 7.
Six teams stood at attention in the presence of the Hokage.
"Congratulations to you all for completing the second phase of the Chunin Exams." The Sandaime said, "To have made it this far you have shown considerable skill and determination." He looked at each and everyone of the finalists, "But from here on in there wont be any sneaking around or written tests, it will be straight forward one on one battling. You will now partake in a preliminary match to determine who goes on to the final stage of the Chunin Exam."
"What?" Kankuro yelled, "You mean after all that we haven't even made it into the finals?"
"Allow me to explain." Came a new voice. A new shinobi appeared from nowhere. He was pale and appeared ill. I am Gekkou Hayate, your referee for this prelim. Now you asked why you aren't going into the finals now. You see, more teams then we expected have made it this far, too many to be in the final exam. So we must thin down the number in half." The shinobi explained, "But before we begin, does anybody choose to give up and return next year?"
The Genin were still, but one raised their hand, Kabuto.
"I want to quit." He said.
"What, why?" Uke asked.
"This exam has been way too much for me, I'm just not cut out for this I suppose." He turned and walked away. "Sasuke-kun, Naruto, I'd love to stay and play with you some more but, I don't want to let everyone know what kind of monster I can be." He smirked evilly to himself. He looked at the disguised Orochimaru standing among the Jounin sensei's, who responded with a nasty smirk.
"Hmm, I've seen him here before, he quit that time too and the time before…I wonder why, I should have him watched, there's something about that one." The Sandaime silently consulted. "Anko, who is that?" the Sandaime asked.
"Hmm, Yakushi Kabuto, it says here that he has failed 6 straight times, while in the academy he didn't stand out very much, and he's done the required amount of missions, hmm odd." She said.
"What is it?" Sandaime asked wonderingly.
"It's before he entered the academy, do you remember the child recovered from the battle of the bellflower pass."
"Yes, one of the Jounin medical ninja's brought an enemy child who had survived the battle." The Sandaime said, "So he is that child."
"Does anyone else want to resign, now is your last chance." Hayate asled.
Another hand was raised, "I quit as well." The voice belonged to Uke.
"Uke, why?" Sakura asked.
"Well seeing everyone in this room, makes me think of how weak I am compared to everyone, especially to those like Sasuke and Naruto. I'm sorry but I think I should quit."
"Alright, now those who have quit must please leave." Hayate said. Uke and Kabuto turned to leave, as they walked toward the exit they glanced at each other. Uke smirked at Kabuto, but Kabuto snorted.
Sasuke out of nowhere grunted in pain and grabbed his neck. Sakura saw this and quickly reacted.
"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said, "You should quit."
"What?" Sasuke replied shocked.
Naruto looked over at the argument.
"Ever since we were attacked by that Orochimaru guy you've been acting strange." Said.
"I'm fine Sakura!" Sasuke snapped back.
"No you're not!" Sakura said angrily, "You're in pain, I can see it in your eyes."
"It's none of your business." Sasuke said.
"And then back with the sound-nin…" She trailed off, "I'm going to tell the sensei's."
She was about to raise her hand but Sasuke caught it in a hard grip.
"Sakura I've told you before…" He looked away, "I'm an avenger. I don't care about becoming a Chunin or anything like that, I just want to fight strong enemies so I can fulfill my ambition. I couldn't forgive even you if you get in my way."
"Sasuke!" Naruto cut in, "Can't you see that she is only concerned for your wellbeing, she just doesn't want to see you hurt. How could you say things like that?"
"Naruto." Sasuke said coolly, "You're the one…that I want to fight the most."
Naruto smirked, "Well I wouldn't want to fight you when you're in this condition."
"You aren't in perfect health either." Sasuke replied, smirking as well.
The Hokage along with Ibiki and Anko were watching the Sasuke intently.
"I thought so." The Sandaime said.
"Hokage-sama," Anko said, "Uchiha should be relieved from the exam."
"We cant really do that, do you not recall Orochimaru's warning?" Sandaime asked.
"I know but…" She looked away and grabbed her neck, "He shouldn't even be standing, he bares the cursed mark, one of Orochimaru's unique signatures, It should've killed him but now he will have to live with it for the rest of his life. Something nobody should have too do."
"I understand your concerns Anko, but Sasuke is an Uchiha." Kakashi said from behind, "And he won't be grateful if you took him out now."
"It doesn't matter how he feels, we should do it anyway." Anko shot back.
"That would be foolish Anko," Ibiki said, "All it would accomplish is Uchiha's anger and desire to strengthen himself, make him more prone to align himself with Orochimaru."
"But…" Anko was at a loss.
"Don't fret Anko, if anything happens during his match we will jump in and stop it, even if it is against his will." The Sandaime said, calmly ending the argument.
"Alright, there are a total of 22 participants, so we can have a total number of 11 matches." Hayate said with a cough, "but before we continue I must explain the rules, this will be one on one combat, battle as if you intend to kill, a match will only end when one opponent is K.O.'d or killed or if I interject and declare the match over, any questions?" He asked, when nobody responded he continued on. "And to decide your fate." He turned and nodded towards Anko who spoke into her headset, "Bring it out." She ordered.
The room fell silent as a piece of a far wall moved aside to reveal a giant screen. It started sorting through the names of the contestants.
"Alright lets get too this!" Naruto yelled in his head.
"About time." Sasuke thought.
"The power of youth!" Lee shouted with a raised fist and fire in his eyes.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru said dully.
"I'll do my best." Sakura vowed determinedly.
"Hell Yes!" Kiba howled.
"I'll kill that damn Sasuke!" Zaku raged.
"Blood." Gaara thought menacingly.
"Hinata-sama." Neji loathed.
The screen sorted faster than anyone could see then suddenly stopped. The sign read:
Uchiha Sasuke
Vs.
Akado Yoroi
"Right off the bat huh?" Sasuke said smugly.
Yoroi didn't say anything.
"Alright, everyone that is not participating must go and wait on the rafters." Hayate said.
As all of the shinobi were going to their designated area they greeted their sensei's.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto." Kakashi replied with a smile and a wave, "Its been a while hasn't it? Kai-sempi treating you well?"
"Yeah, he put me under some intense training but it really paid off, I bet I could even defeat Sasuke." Naruto bragged.
"Dream on dobe." Sasuke said and they glared at each other.
"Spectators please leave the arena." Hayate urged.
"Right lets get up there." Kakashi said. "And Sasuke," Kakashi said quietly, " Don't use your Sharingan."
"So you know."
"Just be careful, or we'll have to cancel the match."
"Cancel the match?"
"Good luck Sasuke-kun." Sakura said sadly.
They went up the stairs and found a place on the rafters to watch.
Naruto went to stand with Rorun and Hana and a strange looking shinobi with his head wrapped in bandages and orange hair sprouting from the back. This strange man was Kai in disguise.
"You better quit now if you want to live, kid." Yoroi said.
"Like I would ever do that." Sasuke replied coolly.
"Begin!" Hayate shouted.
Sasuke leapt from his enemy and hurled shuriken at him. "I cant use chakra, so I'll have to rely on taijutsu."
"Too bad Sasuke-kun, Yoroi's ability is the worst possible match for you. Now you'll have to use my beautiful cursed seal." Orochimaru smiled wickedly.
Kai looked over towards the disguised Orochimaru, "Pitiful disguise Orochimaru." He placed a hand over the handle of his blade, the urge to kill high.
"No." Naruto said, feeling Kai's killer intent, "Not here."
"Right." Kai agreed.
Kakashi was silently confused by this exchange.
Yoroi dodged the shuriken, he charge at Sasuke. His hand had a blue aura appeared around his right hand and he swung a punch at Sasuke. It grazed Sasuke, but just enough to sap some of his chakra and he fell backwards.
"What the?!" Sasuke asked himself, "My chakra."
"That's right, my ability is to suck out my opponents chakra." Yoroi ended Sasuke's confusion. And leapt on the Genin and slammed his palm on Sasuke's forehead.
"Ahh!" Sasuke yelled.
"Heh, what will you do now?"
"My chakra!" Sasuke groaned to himself. He used all of his might to kick Yoroi off of him. He gasped for breath.
"You're finished now!" Yorio yelled as he charged at Sasuke.
But when he reached Sasuke, the Genin vanished.
The crowd was shocked.
Sasuke reappeared and kicked Yoroi underneath his chin and up into the air.
"That's my technique!" Lee shouted.
"When did he…" Gai wondered.
"Most likely when he battled with Lee before the first exam." Kakashi said.
"Leaf Shadow Dance!" Sasuke yelled and appeared behind Yoroi in the air. He aimed a jab at his ribs, but it was blocked, then a kick to the thigh which was blocked as well. But Sasuke's attacks suddenly stopped when he had intense pain shooting through his body. The curse seal was trying to release.
"Damn it! Not now!" Sasuke cursed. "Everything I've worked for, it will be for nothing if I let this mark take me over now, I won't make it to the finals and I will be one more step away from my destiny." His vision was going black. "No! I won't let this thing take me over, I will overcome this and kill my brother!" The seal which was beginning to consume Sasuke's body receded into the mark upon his neck.
The people who knew of the seal were shocked. Orochimaru stood shacking in excitement over the display, "Sasuke-kun, you are more powerful than I could've imagined."
Sasuke continued his barrage of attacks, most were blocked but a knee to Yoroi's side froze the enemy. Sasuke continued to hammer away with sever al kicks and punches and rolled in the air just before reaching the ground catching Yoroi in a close-line and slammed him into the floor with all of his might. "Shishi Rendan!" he shouted.
The attack sent Sasuke sliding away and both combatants lying on the ground.
The crowd waited for someone to stand to obtain victory, one body rose.
"Winner!" Hayate shouted, "Uchiha Sasuke!"
"I won." Sasuke said weakly as he breathed heavily. He started falling back but was stopped by Kakashi's knee.
"Good work Sasuke." Kakashi said without looking away from his book. He knelt down and put a hand on his students shoulder, "Lets go get that mark sealed up." Sasuke who was in no condition to argue silently agreed. They disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Orochimaru seeing this puffed away as well.
Kai, following the cunning Orochimaru slid silently away in the shadows.
Sasuke sat in the middle of a large circle, with bloody symbols cover his body and around him. Kakashi was quickly making seals. He made a series of hand seals and slammed his hand on the curse mark, "Evil Sealing Method!" The bloody seals all flowed to the curse mark and formed a seal around the mark.
"This seal is powered by your will." Kakashi told the panting Sasuke, "If you ever slip up and your will weakens the curse mark my overpower this seal, be cautious." Sasuke passed out.
"Ah, so you can use sealing techniques now Kakashi?" An evilly eerie voice came from the shadows. Orochimaru stepped out from behind a pillar.
"You're…" Kakashi said shocked. "Orochimaru!"
"Its been a while hasn't it?" Orochimaru asked, "I don't remember you having that in your left eye."
Kakashi glared at the Sanin. "What are you after?" he demanded.
"The very thing you posses." Was the answer, "The Sharingan."
"I wont let you have Sasuke!" Kakashi yelled and formed a dazzling Chidori.
"And who will stop me, you?" Orochimaru asked tauntingly. He took a step forward but a new voice stopped him.
"Then how about somebody that can match your caliber?" The disguised Kai stepped out.
"You're the sensei of the Kyuubi brat. Why have you come?" Orochimaru asked.
"Please Orochimaru surely you aren't so ignorant to not know who I am?"
This enraged Orochimaru. "Bold words."
Kai reached up and pulled the bandages away and changed his hair to its natural color.
Orochimaru's eyes widened in shock and fear, "Yamotori Kai?" he said fearfully, "How is it that I couldn't tell who you were?"
"I do not know, perhaps you have weakened." Kai replied.
Orochimaru started to take a step towards him when the tip of a long black blade was at his throat. "Now, now Orochimaru, surely you know better." Kai said.
"This isn't over, Sasuke will be mine one way or the other." He faded away in a puff of smoke.
Kai sheathed his blade.
"K-Kai-sempi?" Kakashi asked dumbstruck.
"Let's get him to a hospital, Kakashi." Kai told him.
"Right."
The screen chose its combatants:
Zaku Abumi
Vs.
Aburame Shino
The two were facing each other.
"Well I have one good arm." Zaku said.
He lunged at Shino, and swung his arm. Shino caught it with his own arm.
"It'll take more than that to take me out."
"I figured as much." Zaku said. "Take this! Zakuha!" a huge blast of wind shot from the hole in his hand. Shino was blasted away.
"Ha, just another weakling." Zaku said disgustingly.
But Shino's body busted into countless bugs.
"What?!" Zaku yelled.
Shino appeared from the side and struck Zaku with his elbow.
"I've seen your attack before, when you attacked Naruto before the first exam." Shino said.
"On one side, you have me, the other, several thousand of my insects waiting to attack." Shino explained. "One way or the other, you're finished."
"No, I wont let it end here." Zaku said to himself. He lifted his injured arm out of its sling. "I still have one attack left with this arm. Zakuha!" He shouted.
Everyone watched in shock as Zaku's arms started to bubble up and explode blowing one off and leaving the other with several holes in the other. He fell down unconscious with the medical team rushing to aid the fallen shinobi.
One medic looked down and shook his head, "This ones career as a shinobi is over." They put Zaku on a stretcher and took him away.
The fighting continued.
Tsurugi Misumi
Vs.
Kankuro
Kankuro defeated Misumi using his puppet.
Kakashi and the now undisguised Kai returned. "Kakashi-sensei, where is Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.
"He's in a hospital bed with several ANBU posted to protect him, don't worry Sakura." Kakashi reassured her.
"Orochimaru?" Naruto asked Kai.
"Yeah, I managed to scare him off for now." Kai replied, "But he will be back and more prepared to take me on."
The screen began sorting up again, but the results this time were enough to startle the rookies.
Haruno Sakura
Vs.
Yamanaka Ino
Sakura looked at the board with a surprised expression, "Ino?" she said.
Ino was equally surprised, "I get to fight Sakura?"
"Will the participants please come down." Hayate said.
Sakura and Ino stepped into the arena.
They stared each other down, passion in each of their eyes. Sakura reached up and pulled her forehead protector from the top of her head and tied it around her forehead.
"Ino." Sakura began, "When we graduated the academy I told you that the day I wore my forehead protector on my forehead, I would fight you seriously, as an equal kunoichi."
Ino pulled off her forehead protector from her waist and tied it around her forehead as well. "Lets do this then, Sakura." She said.
They ran after each other and started throwing punches. Their fist fight went on for several minuets. Their faces were bruised and starting to swell. They jumped apart from each other.
"Wow Ino," Sakura said, "You should stop concentrating on your looks and concentrate more on your fighting skill."
"Grr." Ino growled. She grabbed a kunai and hacked off a good portion her large ponytail.
Shikamaru and Chouji stared in shock at what they just saw.
"You think I care only about my looks Sakura?" Ino screamed angrily. She knelt down and moved her hands in a sealing position. "Now it ends Sakura."
"As if, the flaw in your technique is that you cant hit a moving target because of its slow movement and also if it misses, your soul wont be able to return to your body for several minuets and will leave you vulnerable." Sakura commented.
"We'll see about that!" Ino yelled. "If you wont give up, I'll make you give up. Ninpou: Shintenshin No Jutsu!"
Sakura dashed to the right as quickly as possible. Sakura suddenly stopped, Ino's body drooped slightly.
"Sorry…" Sakura's body said, "…Ino."
"Sakura did it!" Naruto said.
"Heh, in your dreams forehead girl." Ino said as her head shot back up.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"You fell for it." Ino replied.
Sakura tried to move away but her legs wouldn't respond.
"That's right Sakura, you fell for my trap. I pretended to be angry earlier and now you cant move thanks to the chakra snare from my hair."
"Damn it!" Sakura cursed in her mind.
"Now then." Ino said, "Ninpou: Shintenshin No Jutsu!"
Ino's body went limp again and Sakura's as well.
"This time," Said Sakura's body, "I win….Sakura."
She raised her hand, "I Haruno Sakura…" but she was cut off by a loud yell.
"Sakura! Don't give in to her Sakura!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs, "If you lose you're not a woman!"
"Tch, still the same annoying Naruto." Ino said, "I Haruno Sakura hereby…" she suddenly froze. Her vision went dark and before her eyes was an enormous shadowy figure of Sakura.
"Get out of my head you stupid boar!!" It yelled, its giant hands grabbed her and it seemed to throw her out of Sakura's mind.
Ino's body suddenly came back to life as Sakura fell to her knees.
"Well it seems I'm out of chakra," Sakura said, "So are you, right Ino?"
"Yeah," She said as she stood up, "Lets make this last attack count."
"Wouldn't have it any other way." Sakura smiled.
Ino smiled back.
They ran at each other and threw out their fists, hitting each other with all they had left. They stood at a stalemate for a few seconds, but it felt like hours to everyone. They both fell.
Hayate waited a moment and made a decision to call the battle a draw, "I declare this battle a…" He stopped mid-sentence, caught off guard. Sakura was getting up.
"I-I'm not going to lose to Ino." She struggled to say. She stood up fully.
"Winner, Haruno Sakura!" Hayate yelled.
"I did it…" Sakura started to fall, but was caught by Kakashi. Ino was scooped up by Asuma.
"I'm proud of you, Sakura." Kakashi whispered, "She going to be ok, Asuma?"
"Yeah, she'll be disappointed for losing, but she'll be ok." Asuma replied.
The two Jounin set up their students up against a wall and turned back to see who would be in the next match.
Temari
Vs.
Tenten
The match ended almost as suddenly as it began, with Temari as the victor.
Sakura and Ino both woke up.
Ino turned her head to Sakura, "Damn, to tie with you, makes me want to cry." She said smiling.
"Actually…" Sakura began, she smiled at Ino, "I won."
"What?!" Ino exclaimed.
"I stood up, and I won." Sakura said.
"Damn it! I'll never live this down." Ino moaned.
Sakura walked up to the rail where everyone else stood to see the altercation between Lee and Gai and the Sand shinobi.
"Don't lose to those guys, Naruto, if you do you're not a man." Sakura said.
"Sakura?" He questioned, not noticing her. He laughed, "Like I'd ever lose to them."
Nara Shikamaru
Vs.
Kin Tsuchi
The battle ended with Shikamaru as the winner.
"The next match…" Hayate coughed, looking at the screen.
Uzumaki Naruto
Vs.
Inuzuka Kiba
"Wow we got him, Its in the bag Akamaru!" Kiba shouted, he leapt down to the battle area.
"Mutt-boy, this'll be as cinch." He started to leave but a shooting pain stopped him.
"Naruto?" Kai asked.
"I'm fine." He said.
"Naruto, ever since Orochimaru…" Rorun said.
"Rorun, I can do this!" He growled.
"Alright." Roroun agreed.
Naruto made his way down to the arena.
"Something odd about this one, I'll have to keep an eye on him." Gaara thought, looking at Naruto curiously.
Naruto and Kiba faced each other.
"You know Naruto, I've always wanted to know what it was like to knock your ass to the ground, I guess now's my chance." Kiba taunted.
"I hope you're going to use that dog of yours because you've got no chance without him." Naruto shot back.
"Ha," Kiba laughed and put his dog on the ground, "Sit this one out, Akamaru." Kiba said. The dog barked his reply.
"Begin." Hayate said.
"I'll end it one punch!" Kiba said.
"Go for it!" Naruto shouted back, "I haven't got much chakra to use, I cant win without anything short of a miracle." Naruto thought.
"Go Naruto!" Sakura cheered.
"Don't get your hopes up." Came a voice from a little far off. It belonged to Kurenai.
"Come again." Kakashi said.
"Naruto cant defeat Kiba, not in that condition, you should know that Kakashi." Kurenai replied.
"You'd be surprised what Naruto can…" Kakashi was about to reply when Kai interrupted.
"She is correct Kakashi." Kai agreed, "But," He looked at Kurenai, "Kakashi is also right, Naruto needs some sort of miracle to win, but luckily for him miracles are one of Naruto's specialties."
Kiba clasped his hands together, "Beast Effect Ninpou! Quadruped No Jutsu!" Kiba shouted. His features started to become more beastlike, his teeth grew into fangs, his nails began to get sharp, his pupils became slits, "Here it comes!" Kiba growled.
Before anyone could breathe Kiba elbowed Naruto straight in the gut, sending him flying back.
"Ha, still the same Naruto." Kiba said disappointedly and turned to walk away.
Everyone was surprised.
"I guess Naruto couldn't defeat Kiba." Ino said.
"N-Naruto-kun…" Hinata stuttered to herself.
"That's the guy who made me look like a fool?!" Kankuro asked angrily.
"Way lame, Naruto-san!" Lee thought.
"See, Kakashi?" Kurenai asked.
Sakura looked questioningly at Kakashi. He smiled back, which made her smile.
Kiba felt something move behind him, Naruto was standing.
"What, how could you…?" Kiba wondered.
"Don't underestimate me!" Naruto demanded. Bleeding from the mouth slightly, he stood weakly.
Most everyone was shocked.
"Go Naruto!" Sakura screamed.
"Bold words." Shikamaru said.
"Power of youth!" Lee yelled.
"Naruto-k-kun…" Hinata said relived.
"Don't act tough, you're bleeding and can barely stand!" Kiba shouted.
"I let you hit me to test your strength!" Naruto retorted, "I've got to say, not very impressed."
"You'll regret those words, fool." Kiba snorted. "Lets do this Akamaru!" Kiba grabbed as smoke ball and hurled it at Naruto as Akamaru jumped and pulled the blonde into the smokescreen. There were yells and growls from the smoke and when it cleared Akamaru was sitting triumphantly on Naruto.
"Great job boy!" Kiba yelled. Akamaru ran at Kiba and sank his teeth in his arm. Kiba was shocked and deathly hurt emotionally, "A-Akamaru?"
Everyone was completely shocked.
Akamaru suddenly exploded into Naruto, "Ha got ya!"
"What? Where's Akamaru!?" Kiba asked.
"Over here." Said a Naruto clone holding Akamaru.
"Is this really loser Naruto?" Kurenai thought.
"What did Kakashi do?" Asuma wondered.
"You'll pay for that!" Kiba flicked a small pill at his dog, Akamaru ate the pill and turned red. He kicked the Naruto clone and made his way to Kiba's side.
"Now its over! "Beast Effect Ninpou! Bark (Human Effect Ninpou!) Beast Human Bunshin!" Akamaru transformed into a beastlike Kiba.
"Here it comes!" Kiba and Akamaru lunged at Naruto, striking and slashing without restraint. Their claws struck Naruto constantly, forming bloody scratches across his body.
Naruto jumped away from the ordeal, "Cant take much more of this!" Naruto gripped the hilt of his katana, he put his finger through the hoop at the end of the blade and pulled out a concealed dagger. He threw the dagger at Kiba with all of his might. Kiba simply caught it in midair and tossed into the ground.
"Nice try, but its all futile!" Kiba pulled out another smoke bomb and tossed it at Naruto. "Now take this, its one of my supreme taijustsu attacks; Piercing Fang!" Kiba and Akamaru started to spin around like mini tornados, hacking away at Naruto.
The smoke cleared with Kiba and Akamaru standing over Naruto, who was lying on his back unconscious. Kiba stomped his foot on Naruto's chest in victory. "Yeah! I Win!" He shouted.
"Hmm…" Hayate murmured.
"What are you waiting for?" Kiba asked. He got his answer when Naruto's exploded, sending out barbed wire that wrapped around Kiba and his dog. "The hell?" Kiba asked surprisingly.
"Take this!" Naruto shouted. His right foot slammed straight into Kiba's head knocking him a few meters away, the barbed wire cutting Kiba everywhere. He looked at Akamaru, "You're fine right there." He said, Akamaru snarled back. "Think before using a jutsu, or it'll get used against you, and also don't fall for such obvious traps, idiot!"
"Hey…" Kakashi said.
Kiba was crouching, he was going insane so to calm himself down he sank his beastlike fangs into his hand. He grabbed two handfuls of shuriken and threw them all at Naruto.
"I'm not done you loser!" Kiba yelled, "Quadruped no Justsu!" Kiba rushed at Naruto.
Naruto smirked, "Sorry Kiba." He said. He made a series of hand signs, "Fuuton: Sonic Fist!" A visible fist shaped ball of wind energy formed around Naruto's hand and he slammed his fist straight into Kiba's gut, leaving a hole in Kiba's jacket and knocking him out cold.
"What the?" Kurenai was surprised.
"When did he…" Kakashi looked at Kai.
"What can I say, the kids got a knack for wind type jutsu." Kai said simply, "Suppose it runs in the family."
"I suppose…" Kakashi agreed.
"Huh?" Sakura wondered, but thought it best to not ask questions.
Hayate bent beside Kiba, "Winner, Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Yeah I won!" Naruto shouted.
"I cant believe it, he beat Kiba." Kurenai said.
"It wasn't impossible," Shino said, "There is definitely something strange about Naruto, something that makes him immensely powerful."
"The Kyuubi." Kurenai thought.
Naruto strolled happily up the steps back to the observation deck. Hinata stood nervously pondering weather or not to give him her special medical cream. "N-Naruto-kun." She said.
"Huh, yeah?" Naruto asked.
"H-here." She offered him the medicine.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"S-sp-special m-m-medicine, for y-your wounds." Hinata stuttered out.
"Oh, thank you." He started rubbing it on, his wounds healed almost instantly, "It works great, thanks Hinata." He smiled kindly to her, knowing that it was the Kyuubi not the medicine.
"Y-you're welcome." Her face beamed with delight.
"Hinata." Kurenai thought, proud of her student, "Naruto…you surprised everyone here."
"Yeah, I do that a lot." He made a big toothy smile and walked back to Kai's side.
Hinata made her way down to Kiba, who was now on a stretcher. She looked at the medical nin and held up a small wooden container, "For Kiba-kun's wounds." She said softly.
Kiba moaned softly and looked at Hinata, "Hinata if you get Neji or that Sand kid, quit immediately." He was about to say something else but was interrupted by the look of complete despair on Hinata's face. He looked at the match board and his eyes went wide.
Hyuga Neji
VS.
Hyuga Hinata
Neji and Hinata faced each other.
"Begin!" Hayate said.
Neither moved. Neji looked at Hinata with pure hate. "Well Hinata-sama," He said viciously, "This is very convenient for me."
Hinata looked away. Neji started to monologue, causing Hinata to lose her focus and seriously consider quitting.
Naruto noticed Hinata's arm twitch and grew angry at Neji. "Hinata!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs.
Everyone looked at him. Neji gave him an evil look of annoyance.
"Hinata! If you even think about quitting I wont ever forgive you!" He yelled. "Don't listen to this stupid asshole, he's just psyching you out because he's afraid of you!"
Hinata looked at Naruto was hurt in her eyes. She looked down, a shadow covered her face. "Byakugan!" She shouted and raised her head up. She settled into her Juken stance and faced her cousin.
Neji scoffed, "Very well, if you want me to destroy you I shall." He activated his own Byakugan and ran at Hinata. He swung his left arm in a side-ways chop. Hinata blocked and palmed at his chest. He caught the blow with his elbow and tried to strike her head. Hinata ducked and tried to sweep his legs from under him. Neji hopped up and tried to land a heel on his cousins shoulder. She narrowly dodged when his hand slammed into her left forearm. She slightly recoiled in pain but went back on the offense just to be struck in the shoulder, then the stomach.
Hinata fell to her knees, a trickle of blood oozing from her mouth. Neji turned his back to her and started to walk away. "The match is over." He said confidentially but when Hayate said nothing he looked back at Hinata. Hinata was struggling to get back to her feet. Neji narrowed his eyes and activated his Byakugan and charged at his struggling cousin. She rolled out of the way in time to land a blow on his leg. Neji grew furious, "I'm the best, she shouldn't be able to injure me!" He thought angrily. He whipped around and caught Hinata in the side of her face causing her to stagger backwards. He then continued to rapidly strike her in the arms, legs, stomach, chest. The last place he struck her was straight in the throat. She sank to her knees, clutching her throat, she coughed blood on the floor.
But just when Neji thought she was through, she suddenly struck him in the right shoulder. But to Hinata's dismay he recovered quickly and forced as much chakra as he could into the tips of his left fingers and dug them deep into her chest, where her heart was. He eyes widened just as he was about to strike again. She closed her eyes but when she didn't feel the attack finish she opened them to notice Neji was being held back from most of the Leaf Jounin.
"Why did so many of you join in?" He asked angrily, "I suppose the Main House is still considered more important."
Hinata made a loud cough, with blood escaping from her mouth, and collapsed over. Kurenai ran over to her student, unzipped her coat and listened for her heartbeat. It started to skip beats.
"Medical team hurry up!" She demanded.
"Yes ma'am!" the lead one said. They put Hinata on a stretcher and started to rush her off to the E.R.
"Well looks like she is finished." Neji said with sick satisfaction.
Naruto, who just recently arrived on the scene, looked at the blood.
"Losers are all the same." Neji said to Naruto, "Try as they might they can never defeat a genius."
Naruto ran is the fingers of his right hand over Hinata's blood. He clenched his fist and pointed it at Neji. "I will avenge my friend. I would be afraid if I were you." Naruto warned darkly.
Neji narrowed his eyes, "We'll see about that."
"Ahem." Hayate said, "If everyone is done here, I would like to begin the next match."
Everyone cleared the battle field for the next match.
Rock Lee
Vs.
Gaara
The battle was intense, but Lee lost terribly.
"Next match." Hayate said.
Dosu Kinuta
Vs.
Rorun
"Begin!" Hayate said.
Rorun and Dosu stared each other down. Dosu made the first move, he rushed Rorun with his metallic-covered arm. Rorun caught the side of the contraption.
"Got you now!" Dosu said as he started to vent sound out of the holes.
"Heh." Rorun said, "Cant harm me with that ridiculous attack." Rorun brought up his knee and bashed it into Dosu's elbow, snapping it with a satisfying crack.
Dosu howled in pain, "But how?" he demanded.
"I can control me ears with perfect ease," Rorun explained, "Your attacks you use are the worst thing you want to use against me." Rorun ended it with a hard kick to the side of the head, sending Dosu to unconsciousness.
"Winner, Rorun!" Hayate said.
Hana
Vs.
Akimichi Chouji
"Come on Chouji!" Ino shouted.
"You can do it fatass." Shikamaru said.
Chouji grew furious, "I'll get you two when this is done!" He yelled at his team.
He looked at Hana's emotionless face, "Ninpo: Multi-size no Jutsu!" Chouji grew twice his size, his head and limbs sank into his new body and he formed a large ball, "Meat Tank!" He rolled at Hana at an intense rate. She dodged his first few passes, eventually forcing him into the wall, where his momentum was ceased. Hana came up behind him and poked him with a thorn. It was all over, Chouji returned to normal size, though somewhat dazed.
"Do not worry," She said to Chouji, "The effects will wear off in exactly one hour."
She walked away from her fallen opponent.
"Winner, Hana!"
After a few moments the Sandaime and the Jounin gathered in front of the Genin.
"Congratulations," He said, "Now the finals will begin in one month."
Anko came to the Hokage's side with a small bowl.
"Now please choose a number, and with that number you will be paired with your opponent."
Each winner picked a number.
Naruto: 1
Sakura: 5
Gaara: 3
Shikamaru: 7
Kankuro: 9
Rorun: 6
Neji: 2
Temari: 8
Shino: 10
Hana: 11
Sasuke: 4
"Remember, one month," The Hokage reminded, "Now, dismissed."
A/N: So I hoped you enjoyed it, and sorry again for the massive wait.