Hey guys, sorry for the long update, schools been a major drag, and it turns out I got a lot more reviews than I had anticipated, so without any further time wasted, here's chapter 9! BTW, I plan on skipping around in this chapter to speed up to the Neji battle.

Chapter 9

"Kakashi-sensei!" The Jounin turned to the sound of his student's voice. He closed his favorite orange book.

"Yes Naruto?" The blond genin looked anxious. Sakura was at home, doing who knows what. Sasuke was of course in a hospital bed in audible critical condition. Of course the high ranked shinobi figured he still had one student in stable health. Naruto asked a question.

"So, how is the team going to train now?"

Kakashi scratched the back of his head. "Well, seeing as you're the only pupil available right now, I did actually plan on training you….but…."

The young boy's eyes widened in excitement. "Come on, spill it sensei!"

He felt an arm placed on his left shoulder. Naruto turned to see a middle –aged man, with long white hair and old fashion like clothing. "Hey there Naruto-kun."

Kakashi chuckled. "Well, looks like he's early, Naruto, meet your godfather, Jiraiya." He began to walk through the hallway to Sasuke's room. "He'll train you for the upcoming rounds, best of luck to you." He waved his hand.

Naruto looked at the other man thoroughly. "…Why?" He almost felt himself tear up; he tried to hold back his tears. He never knew that he had a god-father, why out of all times, the man had the decency to show up now. Jiraiya smiled sadly. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, the council presumed you dead after what happened that night." He glared at the ceiling. "Those damn elders came up with the theory that the jutsu the Yondaime used required an extra baby sacrifice, and they said you were it."

An emotion-less gaze casted upon the boy. "I understand…."

The elder man patted Naruto's back. "Come on, let's make up lost time, and you can tell me everything."

Naruto smiled in response. "Sure."

Sakura's home

Sakura fell on the bed, resting herself in place. She closed her eyes, contacting Kyuubi. Her vision of the room suddenly blurred, and then everything became black. An exactly copy of her appeared in front of herself, but with red eyes. Sakura smiled.

"Hey, onee-san."

"Hey yourself, let's get started."

Konoha Hot Springs

Jiraiya nodded quickly. "So you know this much, and without the use of Geass as well." He placed both his arms on Naruto's shoulders.

"Looks like I'll teach you two jutsu I think you're ready for, I'll start with the easy one." He smiled proudly. "And if we have enough time, I can help you train in controlling your Geass more efficiently."

The old man's ears perked at the sound of women talking and going into the springs. He giggled perversely and ran off to peep. "I'll be back in a few to do research!"

Naruto sighed and gave himself a face palm.

One month later, first round of the prelims

The audience was all excited; the first match of the exam will now begin. Sakura and Ino were both watching Naruto worryingly, concerned for him. They quickly both realized what they were doing and looked away blushing. The girls quickly glared at each other in rivalry.

Genma raised his hand in front of him. "Alright, Begin!"

Both Neji and Naruto stared a showdown, with Neji smirking and Naruto glaring.

The opponent decided to start a conversation. "You look rather angry, was it something I did?

Naruto quickly gave an aura of intent that spiked the entire stadium. Almost everyone felt its murderous feeling. Neji slightly shivered and regained his composure.

Naruto responded, "You'll pay what you did to Hinata, you scum bag." Speaking of the girl, she gazed upon the blond boy with a small smile.

Veins appeared around Neji's upper face. He activated his bloodline, Byakugan. Naruto rolled his eyes and activated his Geass. Both his eyes turned red with flapping symbols. Neji raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "What the hell is that?" He could see an enormous amount of chakra building up in Naruto's body with Byakugan's special ability. "Either way dead last, fate has determined your loss."

The younger genin gave a cold stare. "Fate is nothing but an excuse for cowards like you." His cold stare turned into a sadistic stare. "You may believe fate is on your side, but for what you did to your own blood relative, karma's gonna give you payback." He went into a stance. (Think of Goku's when he fought Vegeta from DBZ the first time)

Your mind is full of strange thoughts Neji, you only seek redemption, and your belief of your definition of fate, is very strong.

I've never seen a bloodline like that before, I figured the drop out didn't even come from a clan, I'll just find out after I finish the match. Just what clan is the fool from? And to think he used those eyes on Kiba, I figured it was to scare him.

"Over confidence will be your downfall, courtesy of karma of course."

Neji raised his eyes and glared. "Enough talk, time for me to end this!"

The Hyuuga began to strike Naruto with his gentle fist. To his surprise, Naruto was actually dodging every strike. Neji's eyes widened in panic to every miss. He's fast! How can I hit him at this rate? It matches Lee's speed perfectly! He then calmed down and smirked evilly. Naruto saw the form of smile and quickly back-flipped away from his opponent.

"You know, I've heard back in the past your dream was to become Hokage." The blond heard as he landed on his feat. Neji grinned.

Naruto said nothing.

Audience

Sakura smiled. "So it seems his Geass allows him to predict like the Sharingan." Ino, who was next to her, became curious.

"What are you talking about forehead?"

"Nothing pig."

Ino quirked her eyebrows. Her eyes scanned Sakura. She looked different today; she seemed to look elder, and more developed. What happened to you during the past month forehead?

Back in the arena

Neji then began to frown. "Wake up; those that become Hokage are born into that fate." He then became grim. "The only destiny everyone has in common is death." The Hyuuga was hoping that would intimidate Naruto and make him angry enough to lose control. Unfortunately it did work, but not the way he wanted it too. He found himself being held by his shirt in Naruto's grip. Neji gasped in shock, not expecting Naruto to move so fast. A glare was planted on Naruto's face, a very deep one.

"Who do you think you are, fate's bitch?!" A loud punch was echoed throughout the entire stadium.

Naruto stood still with his head down. Neji was coughing up blood, Byakugan turned off. The blond looked up, red eyes glowing immensely. He then scratched his whisker marks and stretched out his arm, it glowed blue. The sadistic look appeared once again on Naruto. "I never planned to use the rest of my eye's abilities to you, you're not even worth it, fatewill decide your pain, and so feel fortunate you get my father's beating on you." Father? Must be where his bloodline originated. Neji regained his posture and activated Byakugan to observe Naruto's glowing arm.

"You….what jutsu is this?" He went into jyuken stance and began to charge at Naruto a second time. The Hyuuga attempted to strike him again, only to get the same result by missing every single hit. How, is this guy, so damn fast?! It has to be his eyes, are they similar to the Sharingan?

Naruto smirked in defiance. "How about you ask fate?" Neji growled and stroke again, thinking that Naruto speaking to him was being off guard. Sadly, Naruto's glowing left arm caught his two fingers.

The blond then used a strong push to send Neji back a few feet. The Hyuuga began to pant.

Naruto cracked his neck left and right and went into a running stance. Neji blinked an eye, to see Naruto in front of him throwing a punch. The older genin began to concentrate chakra around his body and spun a wave of it to send Naruto back flying. It formed a crater on the ground. As soon as he stopped spinning, he smirked, expecting the blond to receive injuries. But to his surprise, Naruto just stood still, smirking at him.

Audience

An older man that resembled Neji started in anticipation of the match.

So the boy survived the Kaiten, such talent wasted on the branch house.

Ten-ten, next to him was shocked. She whispered, "No way, Naruto survived that?!"

Sakura smiled. Ino was also shocked. How did Naruto get so strong?

Stadium

"It's funny." Naruto spun his glowing arm slowly to warm it up. "I have a grudge against you, but you have none against me, and my grudge apparently, is somewhat your grudge."

He cracked his knuckles. "Why did you attack Hinata with murderous force?"

Neji immediately responded with a cold glare. "That's none of your concern."

"Tch, either way, I won't stand buy with little shits like you calling people losers for no reason."

Neji then closed his eyes and smiled darkly. "Fine, since you want to go that far, I'll tell you the story, of the Hyuuga's destiny of hatred."

A long, and unnecessary (sorry guys) talk later

"And this fight was your fate decided, for me to win, and for you to lose."

Now it was Naruto's turn to give a dark look. "You think you're special to fate just because you lost someone close to you?"

"I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your father, but that's no excuse to make it a special case to the world, deciding fate upon yourself!"

Neji placed his head-band back on, after revealing the cage bird seal. He glared at Naruto. "You can never understand or know anyone else to what it's like to be burdened by a symbol."

Naruto growled.

The Hyuuga felt his arms being held. He looked both left and right to see two Naruto clones holding him, and his feet were now under the clones' feet.

The blond genin opened his palm on the glowing arm, and it stopped glowing, with the whiskers reappearing on his face. A ball of chakra started to form around a top of the hand.

Audience

The Sandaime almost chocked on his smoking pipe.

Sigh, Jiraiya, was it really necessary to teach Naruto-kun THAT jutsu? Student's these days.

Stadium

Naruto gave a deep breath. He looked at Neji with little remorse.

"You know what; this seems a bit unfair, even for you."

The trapped Hyuuga sighed in relief, thinking Naruto would dispel the clones and disarm the ball of chakra in his hand.

The clones disappeared. With Neji smugly smirking. "You fool; my Kaiten would easily deflect that little jutsu of yours.

Naruto smiled evilly. "We'll find out soon." He then ran in a flash, with the ball in hand, read to smash against Neji who was already in Kaiten.

"RASENGAN!"

"KAITEN FULL FORCE!"

The two great jutsu's collided, with a big struggle. Then, the Kaiten became bigger, with the Rasengan becoming smaller. The crowd gasped, thinking that Neji was right. But an enormous explosion proved them wrong, with Neji flying upwards, spinning in the air. As the body was falling back to the ground, Naruto summoned a clone to catch the boy on its back.

The Chunin proctor held Naruto's arm in the air. "Winner, Naruto Uzumaki!" The crowd cheered.

Naruto beamed in happiness. He looked at Sakura who was waving at him.

End.

Next time, Sakura vs. Temari!