AN:Update - 01/18/2019

I'm generally just giving everything another look over before I completely derail this story, as well as canon, in my newest chapter.

Bear with the ideas of my previous 16 year old self, I am going to be changing some things. I'm sure few will be happy, and more will be angry.

People sure do love their trash fics. though I doubt that many people who have read the story before will come back and check it out.

No seriously, I am going back and rereading through this crap and I am astonished. How did anyone favorite this garbage. I struggle through my own paragraphs.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Everyone looked at the proctor wondering what was going to be the change to the tournament.

"As from here on out the exams shall be fought in this order."

1ST Round

Match 1: Uzumaki Naruto vs Hyuuga Negi Match 2: Nara Shikamaru vs Temari Match 3: Gaara vs Kankuro Match 4: Uchiha Sasuke vs Aburame Shino

2nd Round

Match 5: winner of match 6 vs Dosu Match 6: winner of match 3 vs winner of match 4 Match 7: winner of match 5 vs winner of match 2

3rd Round

Match 8: winner of match 6 vs winner of match 7

Everyone became restless after seeing the new lineup, especially the ones who were slated to fight.

'Sasuke is still stuck with Gaara, all that changed for me is that I have to fight the crazy bastard later than expected.' thought Naruto.

'Hn, me and the Naruto are on separate sides of the bracket, depending on how things go, we will only face each other in the final round.'

'I knew it was too much to hope that they would just opt me out of the competition all together.'

'If I wasn't going to drop out before, I definitely am now. There is no way in hell I am facing Gaara."

The crowd were dealing with the news no better than the Genin, except they took no care in keeping there thoughts too themselves.

"Quiet down everyone, we will now continue with the second match!" announced the proctor. " will everyone please clear the floor and the next competitors please make your way to the arena."

Sasuke and Naruto went up to the participant booth, while their Sensei took a seat in the stands. Temari gracefully glided down on her fan, but is seemed there was no plans to join her from her opponent. Shikamaru just stared impassively at the sky, trying to ignore the stares he was getting from everyone.

'Is it worth going through all this trouble just to maybe get promoted? I'm sure the next exams will be way less challenging considering most of the ones here are from well known clans.' mused Shikamaru. '...Then again is it worth dealing with my mother? Which is worse?'

Before Shikamaru had time to even begin to weigh his options he was suddenly pushed off the railing from behind by an offending hand. Before he started to fall, he caught a glimpse of orange and yellow. Shikamaru was fast to recover and was able to hit the ground rolling to minimize the damage.

"troublesome blondes" he sighed out as he began to stand up dusting himself off."Now that the decision has been taking from me, I have to beat her. There is no way I am letting a girl beat me"

Thus started the longest match many have ever saw. Which was simultaneously boring and intriguing. The only thing keeping most of the audience awake was the left over excitement from the last match, and the growing apprehension for the next ones. It is no surprise that the ending of the match came as a relief to most that was there.

'Shikamaru should have had no chance at all against that sand chick' thought Naruto. ' With her long ranged offense and the proficient way she uses her fan a strategist support type like Shikamaru should have been overwhelmed in an instant. Obviously if she was aggressive the entire match she could have won earlier and on her own terms, but the fact Shikamaru was able to do anything at all, much less what he did, is kinda amazing. No matter how much reading I do, I don't think I can be that smart.'

The rest of those who were actually watching the match were similarly impressed, especially those around Shikamaru's sensei after he revealed the true depth of his student's intelligence. It was clear to many that Shikamaru had much of whats needed to progress to Chunin. All that remained was just the question of how he would handle the responsibility that came with it.

The proctor stood again in the center of the arena to make his next announcement."Will Gaara and Kankuro now make their w-" "I FORFEIT!"

Everyone looked towards the hooded kid with makeup, wondering if he was serious. Despite the staring, the sand Genin sat down and made no move to explain himself. displeasure rippled through the crowd, but it wasn't it was only felt for a moment as all of them quickly remembered who was fighting in the next match. The nonexistent match actually came as a blessing in disguise to a majority of the audience because it moved them right along to who they came to see, especially after having to sit through the second fight.

'Alright let's see how much Sasuke improved.'

"Okay then" started Hayate." Winner by default, Gaara! Now can Uchiha Sasuke and Aburame Shino please come down to the arena!"

The crowd became restless as they saw a black clad Uchiha from the booth to the floor. Shino walked calmly out from the stairs and met his opponent on the ground. The two competitors sized each other up. Well the Uchiha was, it was impossible to tell what the Aburame shaded eyes were doing. The proctor looked at both contestants for a moment before he raised his hands.

"Let the fourth match...BEGIN!"

Instantly Sasuke ran through seals, and shot a large ball of fire at Shino. Shino avoided it only to have to deflect projectiles with a kunai. Sasuke shot off to Shino so fast that Shino only had enough time to block the punch with his arms. The hit still pushed him back a few yards though and bruised him up quite a bit. Sasuke continued his offensive assault, not letting up even a second, while Shino did his best to dodge or block any blows.

'Sasuke apparently knows that Shino is a thinker too, and he isn't giving him any time to put a plan in place.' thought Naruto. Naruto looked at Sasuke and noticed the red tint that he had to his eyes. 'It seems he knows about the bugs as well, and is making sure he avoids them with his sharingan. Shino isn't an up close and personal fighter like Sasuke is making this fight, and will be crushed sooner than later.' Naruto could tell Sasuke wasn't going all out as well.

Despite what Naruto thought, the match wasn't aver as quick as he expected. He had to give credit to Shino, he was able to draw out the match as long as he did, even though he was clearly outmatched. Shino even almost had caught Sasuke in a trap, by using a bug clone in place of himself, and if he was facing most other genin he probably would have been able to win. Eventually Shino took one too many hits, and ended the match himself. You could tell he didn't have enough energy to keep up the match much longer.

"The winner of the match is Uchiha Sasuke" announced the proctor to a crowd of cheers, no doubt pleased to finally see the last Uchiha in action.

Personally Naruto thought his match was better than that but whatever. Naruto let his eyes scan the booth and land on Dosu, his next opponent. Frankly speaking, he was a bit underwhelmed by him. Naruto had to go on and fight Temari, Gaara, and Sasuke, compared to them, Dosu was a bit lacking. Naruto then let his eyes rest on Dosu's jacket which was hiding his arms. All he had going for him was his fancy arm, and that really isn't anything special. Naruto decided that he would have to end it fast if he wanted to conserve energy for his more difficult fights. Just before Naruto looked away, the sound Genin met his eyes and gave him a scornful stare, but Naruto just brushed it off.

"Will Uzumaki Naruto and Dosu please make their way to the floor!"

Naruto finished his musings and jumped down into the arena, this time having a much more graceful landing the before, even if it wasn't as cool. Dosu wasn't too far behind Naruto, and within a minute they were facing each other, ready for the match to start. Naruto in a position to react to anything, and Dosu with most of his body still covered by his jacket.

"If both competitors are ready,"said the proctor. " Then let the match BEGIN!

Before Naruto could even blink, Dosu took his Melody arm out and smashed his fist into the ground, sending a shock-wave bursting through the surrounding area, Naruto quickly jumped back to avoid the unexpected attack. The ground around the Dosu broke up, and a distinct whistling was heard in the air. For Naruto, there was no doubt that more than just his hearing would have been damaged if he was in range of the impact.

"Give up now" taunted Dosu. " I would hate for the crowd to see your body imploded into tiny pieces."

Naruto now a good distance from Dosu noticed that something was different about his foe from the last time he saw him. It took him no time at all to see that it was his arm, and how it looked bigger and deadlier than before.

"I see you have noticed the new features to my arm." remarked Dosu."After my comrade was defeated in the preliminaries, I felt that he could still contribute even if he couldn't manage to get here. Not only can I amplify sound waves, but I can control the amount of air pressure. Then I can combine both and shoot it in a wave that effects all senses."

Naruto did see that Dosu now appeared to have a hole in his one hand which give credence to his words. Dosu previous ability added to that of his teammate made a dangerous combination. It probably had the potential to incapacitate many higher ranked shinobi if even grazed by a blast.

It seemed the spectators came up with the same conclusion, because they became rowdy at the thought of another interesting match. Several of the ninjas watching started focusing more on the weapon than who was using it, understanding the possibilities able to be done with it.

Kakashi looked down at his student in concern. He wasn't there to witness how Naruto overcame his first fight, but he knew this fight would require a completely different tactic. He wasn't aware how much Naruto had improved, but from what he knows of his Genin, he couldn't help but worry.

Naruto on the other hand wasn't worried at all. In fact his plans didn't change at all, he only might just have to be more aggressive than he previously planned. He reached into his leg pouch and took out a single kunai in his hand.

"That's nice and all, and while I am sure that you could probably hurt me a lot if you get me," Naruto got in position to launch off his feet." Your not going to be able to touch me at all" and with that Naruto sped off straight to Dosu.

"That idiot what is he doing?!" shouted Sakura.

"Stupid like always." Sasuke said

"Is he really going to try the same thing he did with Neji?" said Tenten.

"Yes! Show your youth Naruto-kun!" shouted in-sync the two green monstrosities.

"You must be dumber than I thought" said Dosu. he then pointed his arm at the approaching. "Decapitating Echo Airwaves!" a violent blast of sound was shot towards Naruto at a remarkable speed.

Naruto didn't look capable of changing his course in time, but just before the attack met him, Naruto appeared to shift several yards to the right, escaping the blast completely.

"What the hell!" yelled Dosu."Grrrrr! you think your so fast, eat this!" Dosu stated to shoot wave after wave at Naruto, each altering in size and shape to try to catch the speeding shinobi. All of it was in vain though, for Naruto avoided them all, being able to move from side to side at high speeds. To the untrained eyes though, it looked as if he was appearing from one position to the next instead of zig-zagging up the arena.

"His speed might be faster than mine/Sasuke's!"uttered Sasuke and Kakashi simultaneously.

Everyone else who have already had a taste of his speed were still surprised at it, just not to the extent of the teacher and student duo.

Dosu was getting worried after seeing all of his failed attempts to stop the blonde. He started gathering his Chakra for a massive attack since he was desperate. "AAAAGGHH, DIIIEEE. Extreme Decapitating Echo Drill" A giant wall of violent sound distorted the air and launched itself forward, it was so wide that it would be close to impossible to go around it in time. Naruto seeing the devastating attack, started gathering wind-natured chakra into his right hand and coating the kunai with it. In no time the kunai was engulfed by a glowing layer of blue chakra.

Up in the stands Asuma narrowed his eyes. "Just how far did he get in his nature manipulation?"

"He even knows what his chakra nature is and how to use it to this extent. How much has Naruto actually grown in one month?" wondered Kakashi.

Naruto had no plans to dodge the next wave, but he didn't plan to get hi by it either. Naruto unlocked all the seals he had restraining his and now started coating his wrapping his whole body with a layer of wind so he could decrease air resistance.

"This is the end for you." Dosu started laughing." Did you really think you could j-"

Before everyone's very eyes Naruto disappeared and reappeared a good distance behind Dosu.

"ust...?" Dosu eyes widened. "w-what-t?"

Many of the audience shared the same look. Even the majority of Ninja there couldn't see all his movements. Even with him just going in a directly straight line. Only the top-level ninja could track Naruto with their eyes.

'I-I-Impossible?!' Sasuke exclaimed to himself. He himself was in disbelief at the speed Naruto just showed.

A loud screeching busted everyone from their astonishment. It whistled throughout the arena, originating from the center of it.

Dosu slowly looked down at his Melody arm and saw a very thin, long slash going up the entirety of it. The screeching seemed to increase in pitch every second.

"Your teammates" Naruto started, while turning towards Dosu. "shouldn't feel so lonely anymore."

Dosu eyes widened and he opened his mouth to say something. "a-

BOOOOOM

the weapon exploded taking way one of Dosu's extremities and all his hearing away from him. It was a messy sight.

'Maybe that was a little cruel,' thought Naruto. 'But then again he did threaten and hurt my teammates, so I'm not really feeling sympathetic.' Naruto looked up at the crowd and noticed that they were stunned quiet. It was either from his show of talent, or the sudden gruesome sight in full display at the center of the floor. "Oops, hehe..."

"..."

The crowd burst into noise again, roaring loud with excitement. Blood and gore only fuels their lust for entertainment.

"He's amazing, I'm not sure how he could do that"

"Another splendid match, looks like I might have to change my bets"

"It looks like this is turning out to be a wonderful contest."

"The winner of the match is Uzumaki Naruto" the proctor unnecessarily said.

The stadium was in this state for close to ten minutes before they were able to get Dosu and clean up the arena."Will Uchiha Sasuke and Gaara please make their way to the arena, and can all prior competitors clear the floor."

Naruto, who was already back in the booth, got serious when he heard the announcement. ' I know he trained with sensei for a month' Naruto worried. ' But is he good enough to stop Gaara?"

Gaara and Sasuke were now in the arena, and the match was started

'Hopefully' Thought Naruto 'This won't end bad.'

"Goddamn it!"

It ended bad.

The match started okay, with Sasuke using his superior speed and skill to overcome Gaara's sand defense and took command of the match. The problem came when Gaara engulfed himself inside of a large sand cocoon ball, and not only was it hard to penetrate, but his sand became more aggressive than usual. Sasuke used some bad ass lightning move, which Naruto was definitely not jealous of, to get through the sand. There was a scream and then after that things went batshit crazy. Feathers started falling, the Hokage booth exploded in smoke, The Sand ninja started working together with the sound to attack the leaf, and two sand genin took Gaara away to who knows where with Sasuke following on their tails. Naruto kind of wished that the match did ended with Sasuke losing, it would have been a way better outcome than all of this happening. Naruto knew that it would have still happened sooner or later though.

"Naruto!"

Naruto turned around to see his sensei calling to him. Naruto ran over to him, where he saw Shikamaru, and Shino standing near by. "Yes, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Naruto listen carefully, you must chase after Sasuke to make sure he doesn't die, and stop whatever the sand genin are up to." Kakashi said in the same tone he used when they first faced Zabuza."I am giving you your first S-rank mission, take this extremely serious." He stared at all of us to see if we understood the weight of the situation. Once he was satisfied he said " Now hurry!" Kakashi then jumped into the battle raging around them.

"Alright! Let's go save the day!" Naruto said, pounding his fist into his palm.

Shino just pushed his glasses up.

"Man, what a drag"

Naruto was alone again, but at least this time he knew where the sand siblings were and had caught up to them. Shikamaru opted to stay behind to deal with some ninjas that were following them, and Shino stayed behind to fight with makeup boy, leaving him to chase after the rest by himself. He could actually see Sasuke not that far up ahead, and a little beyond that he could see the remaining siblings. It looks as though Gaara is a little unstable though, and considering his normal state, that was really saying something. Naruto quickly jumped ahead until he was neck and neck with Sasuke.

"What are you doing here idiot." glared Sasuke.

"I came to help stop Gaara" Naruto responded.

"No your not, this is my fight. If you want to do something, you can get the blonde girl out of the way."

"Sasuke the exams are over, you saw what was happening back in the village, it's bigger than just some petty fight."

"Don't get in my way" Sasuke started to speed ahead.

Before Naruto could follow suit, he had to jump down to the ground to avoid a strong gust of wind. Naruto then jumped up when a wide arch of wind was sent towards him. Naruto landed on a branch of a high tree, and a second later he was joined by the blonde sand genin Temari.

"Where do you think your going?"asked the girl.

"I don't have time for this right now," begged Naruto. "Can we please do this later."

"Oh really, did you think I was going to make it that easy for you?" questioned Temari as she lifted her fan up. She swung her fan hard and a blast of wind came right at Naruto, swiftly he made a sign then he raised his hands. "Great Breakthrough" both winds met in the middle and collided. the resulting wind blew several branches off trees and almost dislodged the ones they were on. Temari didn't let up though, she swung her fan three more times, but not as strong as the first one. Three balls of air shot at Naruto fast, but he was prepared. He made a single hand sign again, and slammed his stomach with his hand three times, and each time he did a blast of air would come out of his mouth. They just cancelled out the others attack again.

Naruto pulled out several explosive kunai, and he dropped all of them lit.

Temari exclaimed."What are you cra-"

BOOOM

Naruto wass no longer there, and was once more headed towards Sasuke and Gaara. He was using the smoke of the explosion as a distraction and cover. He hoped that it would take a while for Temari to regain her bearings and catch up. Just as he is thinking that, a harsh wind slams into him, and sends him flying from the branches.

"Come on, what do you think I am, 5? You are going to have to try better than that" "I will." "Huh"?

poof

"What now?" Temari said when she saw the clone disappear.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" a huge fireball comes shooting towards her, and she swung a gale of wind at it by reflex. When the attacks hit each other, they exploded and smoke filled the whole area. Temari was trying to use her fan to dissipate the smoke, but before she could get it all out, something jumped out of the smoke and grabbed her. Naruto slammed her back into a tree and brought her face to his knee. Then she was unconscious. Naruto jumped off the branch, and wiped himself off of the smoke.

"AAAAAAAGGGHHHH"

'What is that? It sounded like it came from the direction Sasuke and Gaara went. Shit! I need to get there fast.'

Naruto saw something giant rising in the distance, it was a little bigger than the boss toad. It looked fearsome from this far, Naruto could only imagine what it was like up close. He had a feeling he would find the people he was looking for over there. He just needed to get over there right now, before that thing crushes them.

Naruto felt a hot tug from his navel looking at the monster.

"I'm Finally FREEEEEEE!" The beast screamed in pleasure. "Here I come baby!"

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"I forfeit"

AN: PM me any concerns or anything.