"The next fight of the Preliminary matches." Hayate called from the arena. "Will be Naruto Uzumaki vs. Kiba Inuzuka. Take your places."

The Preliminary matches between the Second and Third Chunnin Exams had started, and Sasuke had already fought. He faced an unknown Leaf ninja that could drain him of all his chakra, winning only by using a Taijutsu technique he stole from Rock Lee.

The second match was Shino against Zaku Abumi, one of the Sound Gennin he faced in the Forest of Death. Watching the one sided play made Naruto's respect for Shino rise immensely. He was indeed a worthy opponent.

Naruto smiled at Shino's victory, but shot secret glances at a special Kunoichi from his class.

Hinata Hyuuga was a shy, very timid but also very beautiful girl, anyone that knew her would say as much. But what no one else but Naruto knew was that she was hiding a fierce young warrior-woman underneath, and had been since they were both five years old.

Naruto looked at the board that announced his match against Kiba, then grinned and shouted "Get ready to lose Kiba, believe it?" while on the inside he groaned and cursed himself for going with Hinata's plan to conceal his true nature.

When the two were only five years old, The Village of Cloud had attempted a kidnaping of the Hyuuga heiress so they could breed the Byakugan, a fierce Doujutsu bloodline, for their own village. Naruto was walking through the woods when he chanced upon Hinata in a sack slung over a Cloud Jounnin's shoulder.

She fell in love with him the moment he saved her and opened the bag she was in. She could only get his name before he disappeared into the woods, running from her family that was running to the sight. When her father asked her who saved her, she played the part of a frightened little girl.

After the incident, she started getting weaker and weaker, loosing self-confidence and all the ability she gained to that point, which everyone contributed to shock. The truth was she was hiding her true strength and searching for Naruto.

She found him six months after he saved her, and followed him to his apartment, which she broke into and cleaned, waiting for him.

After getting over the shock of finding a girl sitting on his clean couch in his clean apartment, the two started talking. She told him a lot of things that night. She also convinced him to hide his true strength and nature, like she already started to, and to meet at least once a week at a very secret spot in the forest outside Konoha.

Thoughts were running through his head as he walked towards the stairs. He quickly glanced at Hinata as he passed her, but stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed her wicked grin. Before he had a chance to react, she grabbed him by the shoulder, swung him around, slammed him against the wall with surprising force and kissed him on the lips.

Everybody from Konoha gasped at what the shy girl did, and Kiba and Sakura were seething inside.

How dare that bastard woo my Hinata? I'll slaughter him for that. Hinata will be my bitch, mine and no one else's.

How dare that ugly slut manhandle my slave like that? He should be groveling at my feet making me feel better while Sasuke realizes his endless love to me, not necking with the blue haired bimbo. She'll pay for that.

"What the….?" Naruto asked dazed.

"No more hiding. Take off your mask, love." She smiled at him. Dammit, he'd do anything to see her smile.

"As you wish my dear." He kissed her and went down to the arena.

"Woo-hoo Akamaru, we got the easiest opponent in the room. Even Sakura could beat this joke."

"We shall see, Kiba." Naruto grinned, his voice sounding deeper and had a grow-like pattern to it. "We shall see."

"I will kill you, Dobe. Hinata will never be yours."

"Hahaha! She is mine. Has been for years." Naruto laughed at the dog-boy.

"Grr. She will be my bitch." The temperature of the room suddenly plummeted as Naruto fought to control him rage.

"Let us fight, mutt. But before we start."

"Nothing you say can save you now."

"Cry Havoc, Kiba. And let loose the Dogs of WAR!" Naruto howled at the roof, his face cracking into small pieces of what looked like ice. His fangs extended to a little longer than Kiba's, his eyes turned from electric to ice-blue. His former yellow hair was now icy blue, a little longer and a lot less spiky. His clothes completely changed from the orange abomination to a sleeveless fur-lined buttoned up vest, grey Anbu style pants, metal-plated boots and spiky, sharp, metal-plated gloves that looked like they could tear a person apart with little effort. Hinata shivered in delight seeing Naruto's true form.

"Who…What are you?" Kiba asked, shaking. Akamaru yelped and ran back behind Kurenai. Naruto grinned at him.

"I am Namikaze Naruto. A container of a fierce entity."

"The… The Kyuubi that attacked fifteen years ago?" Kiba stuttered.

"No." Naruto chuckled, making the Konoha Jounnin that knew the secret look at him wondering if he'd gone mad. "You see, the attack of the Kyuubi was a lie. Well, it did happen, but it wasn't Kyuubi who attacked. It was a being far more powerful than all of the tailed beasts combined."

"Who was it? Who?"

"Who?" Naruto chuckled again, a frozen mist seeping out of him, transforming the arena into frozen tundra. "FENRIR!" He roared. "I have been hiding my true self at the behest of my beloved Hinata. And today, she and I will shed our masks. And my first victim will be you!" Somehow, it started snowing inside, and Kiba shivered, partially from the cold, and partially from Naruto's KI. But the arrogance of male Inuzuka soon caused him to ignore his common sense and better judgment.

"Ha! You? Defeat me? You're more stupid than I thought. I'll beat you, and then show Hinata how much better I am than you, and she'll be my bitch."

"Prove it, then." Naruto glared at him, but Kiba paid him no mind.

"I will. Come on Akamaru." He looked at his partner who was shivering in Kurenai's arms. "Akamaru come on!" The dog shook his head making Kiba growl.

"The pup knows when he is outmatched. He will not dare fight against the Warrior-Wolf of the Frozen Tundra. You, on the other hand…" He sweat dropped when he saw Kiba get into his stance. "Are not as smart. So I take it your surrender is out of the question."

"You can't stop me, and neither can that furball that you have clogged up in your gut."

"Kiba, just give up. You can't beat Naruto." Hinata rolled her eyes at the mutt's behavior.

"Shut up you whore." Kiba yelled at her. "I'm done playing nice with you. I'll show you your place as soon as I kill this bastard here." He was hit in the side of the face with such force he skipped across the floor and slammed into the wall, making an indentation.

"Kiba, I will tolerate insults against me." Naruto walked slowly towards the Inuzuka struggling to get out of the wall. "I can even let you off with a warning when insulting my tenant." He grabbed the Inuzuka by the throat, lifting him up. "But I will not stand by and watch as you berate and insult my beloved Hinata." He punctuated each word with squeezing his throat more, making it difficult for the Inuzuka to breathe. "But you're in luck." Naruto threw him to the floor, ignoring the referee declaring him the winner. Kiba skidded to the door of the arena and hit a foot. Looking up, his face turned deathly pale when he saw the scowling image of his mother glaring at him. She grabbed him by the back of his neck and walked out the door. "Although, I could be wrong." Naruto chuckled as he went up to stand by Hinata, wrapping his arms around her. She leaned into his embrace and kissed him.