It really is a shame, every time I say I'll get back to this story, other ideas seem to pop up or I simply get too busy to tend to it. Seeing as this plot line was still written when Kyuranger was still relatively new, it feels kind of weird coming back to it. I'm not going to change it because of that though, that would just be weird. Anyway, let's go!

Super hero time!

Naruto: Dare ja? Ore ja! Ninja! Shinobi Kenzan! Well, that's actually a Kamen rider's words, but still fits!

Zelda: A new battle, looms on the horizon... and I seem to have been forgotten...

Naruto: Don't worry, Link saving the princess is the mainstay of your stories! or is that Mario...?

Zelda: I can't say I know what you're speaking of... but I'll trust Link and the others!

N + Z: Showtime! The hero has come!

Naruto let out a yawn as he stretched upon the old sofa they had placed within the rooms they were mean to wait in. Passing the test itself was easy with the way that their opponents fought, completely unused to the idea of someone being able to change their entire fighting style so easily. No, the majority of the time was simply spent watching the other teams in their struggles, occasionally helping out when they desired (or Hinata bugged Naruto into the act.) It had meant he was privy to a few of the rumours that were spreading around the area, especially with the other Konoha nin and a specific trio.

"So, I wonder who managed to get them so beat up…?" the red captain mused. The moment they had stepped through the door, all three had been carted off; a completely normal situation considering what they were expected to go through, but the grave expressions upon all involved with Kakashi personally making an appearance whereas the other teams had been met by Iruka before they were escorted away. "That Chou girl who replaced me, she seemed especially frightened. I wonder what's going on with them."

"It's the last Sharingan user in the world as well as a council member's daughter who has proven herself less than capable. Probably making sure that Konoha's reputation isn't hurt by having them too hurt." Tenten dismissed, weaving through the weapons that resided within her scrolls . "I can't wait for the next round; the tournament part is the best part, we're being watched by pretty much everyone."

"I suppose if this is where we're going to reveal ourselves, it could be in no better place." Hinata concurred, the dark haired pink ranger messing with her hands. Even if she had near skyrocketed in her confidence due to her friends, the idea of being faced with so many eyes upon her was still enough to send a shiver down her spine.

"Agreed! This is absolutely a momentous occasion for us! If this fails, I'll promise to do five hundred changes and do their strongest attacks!" Lee declared, the boy giving a sigh as his weights were finally adjusted. "It is a day to recover and then we fight, right?"

"Gives people enough time to travel from the different countries. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if we ended up completing the whole tournament before they even had a chance to arrive?" Naruto answered, standing with a grin as a thumb flicked at his nose. "Now come on guys! We need to get some last minute training in beforehand, make sure we really know how to make a show of things."

As he moved however, he let his steps pause slightly, rocking backwards as he saw the concerned face watching the empty window. After a few moments of waving his hand in front of them didn't work, a sigh escaped Naruto.

"What's up Haku? You're acting like we're still inside the forest."

"I feel like there's something out there that shouldn't be there… something far too powerful to be contained by that forest." The blue ranger admitted as she stared out into the distance. There was no hiding the fact that something just felt wrong about the area, even with all of the abnormal beasts that resided within it. "I'm trying my best, but I can't seem to pinpoint it directly… it's like it's within the forest and in Konoha at the same time."

Now that brought a concerned frown to Naruto's lips, the blond looking out of the window as the others hung around the door cautiously. There was clearly nothing to see, but when he deeply focused, there something different there. He moved without a word, his crew following silently behind him, yet the idea wouldn't leave his mind now the idea of,

"Something alien…"

Naruto wasn't ashamed to admit that he didn't pay much attention to any of the random fights that occurred as the tournament section of the Chunin exams began. After all, this was only really the preliminary, a few too many people having managed to get through the first tests meaning that there were too many left for a single tournament. There were a few battles to take note of naturally; Sasuke's first battle against a Yoroi Akado almost resulted in him losing immediately due to having his chakra drained from his body, only to call upon a stranger power and use a move that wasn't his own. From the cry of shock from Might Guy, it was no doubt one of his own techniques, but it was the look of concern that came from the other people presiding over the exam that had Naruto intrigued.

One boy, Kankuro from Suna, had made excellent use of his puppets in order to fool his opponent, hiding his physical body in the bag thought to contain his puppet while the tool took his form, ensnaring Kankuro's opponent when he was least expecting it and crushing him into submission.

Sakura and Ino had basically dissolved into a catfight rather than any skilful ninja showing, only really getting serious halfway through, neither pulled out any truly extraneous jutsu through the match, though Ino had almost won when managed to pull off her Shintenshin jutsu. It was only Sakura's hard will that prevented her from losing at that moment, ultimately pulling out a draw. Nice to see they were going somewhere at least. That was when it happened however;

Tenten vs Temari.

"Beat her down with all your strength!" Lee roared from the platform they were allowed to watch from, Hinata nodding emphatically beside him as the girl passed them a thumbs up from the arena. As soon as the proctor lowered his hand to begin the battle, Tenten immediately jumped back from her opponent, only for the pair of them to be locked in a glaring battle.

"Oh? Is it that you're waiting for me to make the first move?" Temari taunted bringing up a hand to rest on the giant metal fan that was placed upon her back, a cocky smirk upon her lips as she spoke. "Let me tell you this then. As soon as I make my opening move, you'll be done in a second! Trying to be cool and see what I can do… you're a hundred years too early to try something like that,. Come at me first!"

"Well then, you asked for it." Tenten muttered in reply, Temari's eyebrow rising as Tenten brought out the Gokai cellular. "You people from Suna are pretty well versed in wind jutsu, aren't you? Especially with a fan like that on you… Let's see if you can handle this! Gokai change!"

LUUUPINRANGER!

"The sterling solitary thief: Lupin X!" a silver armour clad figure let Temari's fan bounce off with barely a scratch, ducking the overhead swing as she swung forth with her X-rod sword. The blonde managed to back away fast enough, a single swing of her fan whipping forth a tremendous amount of wind, only for Tenten to remain strong in the storm. "Sorry about that, but this form's pretty stalwart. It's going to take more than a fan to beat me down!"

Throwing herself forward, Temari gave a small tut as she blocked the sword with the metal slits of her fan, opening out slightly to reveal the second star. While she had hoped it would be over quickly, having someone who could negate the winds of her fan made things a lot more difficult. A solid kick however would have the weapon knocked out of Tenten's grip, a swing blowing it away to the side as Temari struck forth. The silver dressed girl was no weak hand to hand fighter at all, but it wasn't her strongest point; before long, she was quickly forced into retreat as Temari let her smirk emerge once more.

"So is that it? As soon as you lose your weapon, you're done? Even with such a ridiculous costume, I had expected more from you." The blonde remarked, rushing forward with her weapon front and centre, only to flinch when a sudden wound opened up near her chest. None of the participants save for the rangers could understand how such a wound had managed to appear, the attention quickly drawn to the strange gold and silver device in Tenten's hand.

"Do you really think that was the only weapon I have on me?" Tenten tutted, rising to her feet as she ran her fingers along the train styled barrel of the gold and silver gun. "They don't call me a weapons master for nothing!"

It wasn't like anything Temari had ever seen, yet the blonde kunoichi was forced to raise her fan in defence as another shot launcher towards her at incredible speeds. Lupin-X didn't move as she primed her aim; she didn't need to move, for all she had to do was pull the trigger for a powerful attack unknown to her enemy was fired. Temari tried to blow the strike away, but any who were familiar with the armament knew that it took more than a brief gust to misdirect a bullet so close to her enemy, especially considering that Tenten's form meant she wasn't blown away either.

It was basically Tenten's battle from that point on. In a burst of anger, Temari released her wind jutsu: Kamaitaichi in the ranger's direction, only for the armour to prove durable enough to withstand the razor winds – there had been nothing save for the most stalwart of walls that were capable of doing such a thing in Suna and even then, there were usually heavy cuts to be found. Rather than heavy cuts, all Temari saw was another wound upon her hip, followed by one dangerously close to her heart.

"Keisatsu change."

KEISATSU X-CHANGE!

PATREN-X!

But it wasn't just going to stop there. The torture continued on as an energy formed police badge rose above Tenten's form, dousing her silver armour and morphing it into a detective like golden protection. Officially, it was the garb of a completely different team and it showed as Tenten rapidly disappeared from sight.

"The noble shining policeman: Patren-X." it was a teasing sound, Temari immediately whirling around with her fan already showing three stars, but there was nothing to be found save for a bullet she was too slow to deflect in her eagerness. If Lupin-X was a solid impassable wall, then Patren-X was one of the many tornadoes that Temari had conjured in her lifetime; constantly moving, yet unable to be defeated by any means. What was once a simple shot to avoid became a maze of bullet fire, golden flashes around her as Temari tried her best to defend herself. Two shots to her legs however meant the blonde was temporarily brought to the ground, the shock of such a thing meaning she only watched as Tenten pulled out a weapon thought to have been discarded. "Sorry about this, but I was told to make my entrance as showy as possible. Therefore…"

X TIME!

ICHI-TTE!

NI-TTE!

SAN-TTE!

JITTE!

The sword part of the X-rod sword wasn't open, but that wasn't the part that Temari was focused on. Instead, the kunoichi's eyes were glued to lever upon the side of the weapon, the same lever that Tenten was repeatedly pushing downward until it was facing forward and then back until it was vertical. After three levers, the girl rapidly slashed an X in the air. Golden energy remaining there ass several more crosses formed. As soon as Tenten pulled back ready, Temari already knew the result of the battle.

"Excellent X!"

ICHIGEKI X-STRIKE!

"Those weapons and suits… I've never seen anything like it!" Ino yelled out as she gripped the railing; she had no clue which way the battle was going to go at first, but then Tenten had put on that weird suit somehow and then it was as if she was simply toying with her opponent. "I don't even think you can throw a kunai that fast!"

"That jutsu isn't anything I've ever seen either. The sword technique looks like it could be accomplished by samurai, but there wouldn't have ever been a chance for one of the recent generation to have trained under them…" Kakashi muttered in addition beneath his breath. He had been watching the whole thing with a little more than just eagle eyes and he couldn't even possibly fathom what had just happened. Needless to say, as soon as he turned towards her friends, he saw a group cheering for their teammate's victory and looking incredibly smug towards the Suna collection. The Jonin didn't like the look of the other side – he should probably tell them to keep themselves under control, but he wasn't exactly in their best books. "Either way, there's no doubt that whatever it was that let Tenten do what she just did, the others can probably achieve the same thing."

With the winner decided, the participants waited eagerly as the next match up was prepared – after such a one sided battle, what could possibly hope to come close to besting that fight?

Kiba vs. Naruto.

As soon as their names settled upon the screen, the two turned to each other with similar grins. Incredibly cocky and confident, they were the perfect match for each other's personalities. Hinata could only give a sigh as she stood beside her captain; if there was any hope of preventing him from being awkward in this section as well, then it was utterly smashed by being placed against someone so alike.

"Hehe, hope you don't mind getting crushed before you know it Naruto!" Kiba called out as they made their way down to the arena, Akamaru giving a small supportive bark from his position within the boy's grey coat. Naruto didn't give a response at first, merely glaring his opponent down with a fierce glint to his eyes, tugging at his lapels. "I've been waiting for a chance to shine, you're just the unlucky one who ended up getting in my way!"

"Don't get too excited. The way you're talking sounds like you think you have a chance of beating me." Naruto scoffed with a hearty smirk, folding his arms as he took in as much as he could. From what he was aware of, Kiba and Akamaru had incredible synergy together as expected of an Inuzuka and their ninken. While they hadn't had many interactions since becoming Genin, the least Naruto knew was that if he wanted to do his best, he'd have to treat that little puppy as if it was another enemy ninja, for if they had trained him up properly, he pretty much was. "How about I show you some sympathy and say that this match will only last five minutes?"

"Oi, that's my line! Gijū Ninpō: Shikyaku no Jutsu!" and with that, the battle already started. The beast mimicry jutsu allowed for a person to call upon similar power and agility as the greatest predators the world had to offer, Naruto's smirk growing as Kiba launched himself towards the blond. Most likely, he was planning to work on sheer overwhelming ability rather than any thought out plan, something that the red captain couldn't help but laugh at as he dodged to the side, the Gokai sabre slicing through the air as a cut formed upon Kiba's back. If he hadn't wanted to make as much of a show, then he would've done the exact same thing. "H-how the hell did you dodge that!?"

"Sorry about that, I thought the whole point of this battle was to not get hit." Naruto cheerfully remarked, running a finger along the blade of the Gokai sabre with a cheeky grin. The response was immediate, the boy giving a small growl as both dog and human rearranged their stance, a pair of smoke balls filling the air with a cloud of the foul smog. For the people watching however, it meant that all they could do was watch with baited breaths, only the sound of clashing metal and fists breaking through.

"Naruto…" Hinata whispered beneath her breath, rolling her fingers together in anxiety until Haku's hand fell upon her shoulders.

"Remember, there is no way Naruto can lose in this situation." The blue warrior declared, not the smallest hint of hesitation within her words. "Kiba Inuzuka hopes that their greater ability with their senses will allow them an advantage in the smokescreen, but they too will have their vision restricted. If they do not pay proper attention, they're defeat has already come."

"What?" Hinata's eyes widened as she looked away from the smokescreen, a small giggle hidden behind her hand as she got a glimpse of her captain. Sprawled out lazily upon the floor, a yawn escaped Naruto as he stretched his neck, looking to an imaginary watch. Both Kiba and Akamaru leapt out of the smokescreen with confident visages as the last vestiges of the some faded away, only for the two's faces to turn into confusion as they glanced upon what they had thought to be Naruto.

"Sorry about that, I was wondering how long you would take with that." the red captain called out with a dismissive wave, uncaring for the growls that came from the pair. "I figured you would try to outsmart me using your nose, it's the only thing you can really do when you're working inside a smokescreen. Therefore, if I can get something that's human shaped and smells like me, well, you wouldn't have a clue would you?"

The bunshin of Naruto gave a small wave and salute before it popped out of existence; the lone fact that it was still standing brought a great amount of intrigue to those viewing, let alone the fact that Naruto had managed to make use of a kage bunshin in the first place. After all, it meant that against two comparatively fast opponents, the bunshin had managed to perfectly protect itself without taking a single hit. Naruto's smirk grew.

"Now, it's my turn. Let's make a show of it!"

Anchors aweigh folks! Please review, tell me what you thought of that. We now know about the next sentai season and from the looks of it, has the potential to be interesting. Upon the dawn of a new era, an ancient sentai awakens! I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to that!

Naruto's Super Sentai 'SAIKO!' pedia!

Keisatsu sentai Patranger - 警察戦隊パトレンジャー

The Global Special Police Organisation formed Tactical Unit - their aim? Prevent the Interdimensional crime group Gangler from continuing to mess with humanity! Using the power of the Gangler-made Lupin Collection, these policemen are one of the few sentai who have to battle against another group of rangers - the Kaitou sentai Lupinranger. despite their antagonistic relationship, the two sentai hang out a lot actually, not that the Tactical Unit know it.

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger - 快盗戦隊ルパンレンジャー

A trio of perfectly normal people who moonlight as the legendary Phantom Thieves, trying their best to regain their loved ones through collecting the Lupin Collection together and earning a wish. Unlike normal sentai, they don't have the same bond; they will not hesitate to sacrifice one another so long as at least one of them manages to achieve their dream. Now, if only the Patrangers would stop interfering...

Super hero time! See you next time!