Okay, so I'm back from an extended break of writing. As those who followed my stories in the past may have noticed, they're all gone. This is because I plan on rewriting the two that I hadn't finished (NarutoxFu one is in the works, thinking of getting this one done first). Needless to say that it has been a long time since I've typed anything that isn't a report, so it may take a little while for me to get into the full swing of writing again. The up side to having to type all those reports is that it has improved my typing speed, so I should be able to get the chapters out fairly quick so long as I don't get stuck on the small things.

I also got a PM regarding a notification to nothing and this was due to me uploading a note to the other stories, then deleting them shortly after due to a brain fart on my account. Sorry about that, but here's the first chapter of the new story. Anyone who read the previous version will notice that there are huge differences in this chapter, however I still plan on having the similar events to the last one, just need to see how I get those events into the new story.

Anyway, hope this chapter turned out alright. As a heads up, the M rating is due to some of the scenes that will happen in this story and the themes associated with them. There will be some fairly dark moments, however nothing too graphic I don't think. Also, Naruto is a bit brighter than he was, although he isn't extremely smart, more well trained and conditioned.

Chapter 1 – Secrets Exposed

Kiba Inuzuka vs. Naruto Uzumaki.

If the two names displayed on the screen weren't enough to confirm what Kiba had just read, the two faces next to each name confirmed what he was reading. One of the faces was his own, a messy brown-haired, 12-year-old boy with vertical black slits for eyes and red fang tattoos on either cheek. In all, it made the young male have a very handsome face, but at the same time it portrayed the feral nature that comes with being raised as an Inuzuka.

On the other side of the screen was the photo of another 12-year-old male with messy hair, but with a much kinder face that Kiba's own. This was accentuated by the golden blond hair and vibrant blue eyes of the boy, whose warm smile masked the fact that he, like Kiba, had been trained to not only kill, but to do so without mercy. There was one other similarity between the two boys and that was their cheeks, as the child shown had three scars on either side of his face, giving the appearance of whiskers.

"Oh yeah!" Shouted Kiba, thrusting a fist into the air before looking down at the small, white dog next to him. "This is going to be a walk in the park, Akamaru." The dog gave two small barks of agreement before following his master, who had begun to walk towards the stairs down to the arena.

Across the other side of the large room, Kiba's opponent was still letting the match up sink in. 'Why did it have to be him of all people?' Naruto thought to himself. 'If I lose to him, I'll never hear the end of it from the arrogant mongrel.'

Before he could think any more on the ridicule that he'd be subjected to if he lost, Naruto's thoughts were interrupted by the brash Inuzuka, who had already reached the floor below. "What's the matter, Uzumaki, too scared to come down and face me? Or are you thinking of giving up now and saving us both the embarrassment of having to fight each other?"

Without saying a word, Naruto placed his hand on the railing and vaulted over it, landing with ease on the stone floor below. The blond looked up to see a smirk on his fellow ninja's face and swore to himself that even if he lost, he'd make sure to wipe it off the other boy's face.

Hayate approached the two combatants and coughed before speaking, whether to get their attention or due to ill health, neither of the two genins could work out. "Are you both ready?" Naruto nodded and sunk back into a defensive stance while Kiba stretched his arms and gave a confident "Of course" in response.

"Begin!" Hayate shouted before shunshining out of the arena.

Wasting no time at all, Kiba quickly went on the offensive by throwing a small pill to his canine companion before entering his clan's famed shikyaku no jutsu and charging the Uzukmaki. "Gatsuga!" He shouted as he begun to spin at extreme speeds, his nails, which now more had the likeness of claws, having the ability to shred a foe into pieces within seconds.

Naruto, who was no stranger to Kiba's fighting style, saw this coming a quickly dodged out of the way of the attack and begun running through hand seals to mount a counterattack. Before he could finish the seals, however, he caught movement out of the corner of his eye and was forced to roll out of the way as another grey blur crashed into the spot where he had just been standing.

"Face it, Naruto, you can't beat me." Kiba's voice came from the cloud of dust that had yet to settle from the last attack. "You had enough difficulty beating me back in the academy when we were kids and I was on my own." The dust had now settled, revealing two Kibas, both of whom had their feral characteristics even more pronounce while in the clan stance. "Now that I have Akamaru with me, you can't win, so save yourself the humiliation and just give up now."

Naruto, who knew that Kiba was trying to make him lose his concentration and try and fight him head on, had heard enough out of the Inuzuka. "If I have no chance against you, then you shouldn't be so worried about fighting me." Naruto smirked, knowing that this would get Kiba fairly riled up. "Unless you think that I do stand a chance and are trying to make me think otherwise?"

Judging from the look on his opponent's face, Naruto's plan had worked, as Kiba let out a snarl and, along with his clone, charged. Naruto, who had expected this, quickly made a hand sign before bursting into smoke. "Kage bunshin no jutsu." As the smoke cleared, dozens of clones of the Uzumaki began to move in different directions, aiming to split up the duo.

"Ha, think clones will be able to trick me? I'm able to smell the real you from a mile away." As he said this, both him and Akamaru converged on a single one of the Narutos running around, which promptly exploded into a cloud of smoke.

Above in the stands, Kurenai, Kiba's instructor, had approached Kakashi, Naruto's instructor and had been observing the match in silence until this moment. "What happened there?" Kurenai asked, turning her head slightly to the white haired jounin. "Kiba's sense of smell has always been able to see through enemy clones when we've been on missions."

Kakashi, who didn't take his eyes off the match down below, answered in a tone of slight surprise. "I doubt that Kiba has ever encountered a shadow clone. Each of those is a solid clone, which will have its own scent with it. I'd say that he didn't check to see if any of the other clones had a scent, he just locked on to the first one that did. What I find surprising is that I think Naruto actually knew this and intended to trick Kiba. If he did, then I think your student may be in for more than he bargained for."

As Kiba stood in the middle of the smoke cloud, he tried to work out what the hell was going on. 'I've never had issues being able to tell the difference between a clone and its creator before, has he used a gas or something to trick me? Well, as I can't weed him out through smell, I guess that leaves plan B.'

Before the smoke had cleared completely, there was a shout of "Gatsuga" from within and from either side of it came two grey blurs, quickly dispelling the smoke and each focusing on a different clone. As blurs made contact with clone after clone, they each in turn vanished in a cloud of smoke until only one clone stood left.

"Do you see now? Even with your fancy tricks, I can still beat you and any number of clones that you summon." Kiba taunted as he left his technique, his own clone appearing beside him.

"Is that so?" Kiba wheeled around and almost fell over as his feet were trapped in place. Looking down, he saw two clones of Naruto holding on to his legs. As he looked over, he saw that his clone was also trapped, unable to move.

"What the hell?" Kiba exclaimed before the stone tile in front of him vanished, revealing another Naruto clone and the true tile beneath it. Kiba stared wide eyed as Naruto charged him, delivering a powerful kick to Kiba and sending him airborne.

"This is my new technique and I think that you're going to like it." While unable to turn around, Kiba knew what was coming next as yet another clone of the Uzumaki delivered a swift kick to his back sending him crashing into the stone floor and knocking him out cold. "The Uzumaki Naruto Rendan." The real Naruto said as his clones disappeared with a small 'poof'.

Hayate appear next to Naruto, giving one of his signature coughs before speaking. "Kiba Inuzuka is unable to battle, the winner is-"

"I'm not done yet." Came Kiba's voice from his other clone. "You're not the only one that has a few tricks up his sleeve and you're going to pay for what you did to Akamaru." As confirmation to his statement, the unconscious Kiba finally reverted back into the small white dog.

Before Naruto could react, Kiba was on him, delivering a frenzy of blows to the smaller boy in a fit of rage. As each blow connected, Naruto could feel the force behind each punch and knew that if this kept up, he was going to end up with more that one broken bone. He also knew that if he was going to get out of this, he would have to attack back before he was in a state where he couldn't.

As Naruto was about to give a leg sweep to the Inuzuka, however, he found himself grabbed by the shirt and thrown roughly to the ground, his head slamming against the stone, dazing him, and his shoulder exploding in searing pain as something snapped. Before he could scream in pain, all breath was knocked out of him as Kiba continued his assault, blow after blow connecting with Naruto's body and face. Kiba was so enraged with allowing Akamaru to be injured that he would not let up until he had payed Naruto back ten-fold for it.

After the sixth blow to the head, Naruto's world began to black out, all of his strength leaving him. As he braced himself for the final punch that he knew would knock him out, he closed his eyes and couldn't think anything else other than how close he had come to victory and gaining the respect of his team mates. That was Naruto's only regret as he lay there with blood pouring from his mouth and his arm laying uselessly at his side.

However the blow never came. As Kiba had pulled his fist back for that final punch, there was a small 'pop' and Naruto was engulfed in a cloud of pure white smoke. As it cleared, some of the onlookers gasped in shock and Kiba froze.

The young boy that was there was gone, replaced by a young girl with similar features. Her hair was the exact same shade of blond of Naruto's, although her's was much longer, reaching half way down her back. She also had the same distinctive markings on either side of her cheeks and, while no one could see them at the time, she also had the exact same brilliant blue eyes that Naruto had. She looked to be of similar height and age to the boy as well and was still wearing the same clothes that he was wearing during the fight with Kiba. The fact that she was also in the same bloody state that Naruto was in before, everyone in the room reached the same conclusion.

The girl wasn't an illusion, but the Naruto they knew was.

And that's all for now. Any typos/issues with this chapter, don't hesitate to call me out on it, it has been a while.