Naruto: The Battle Against Darkness Chapter 5: Narrowing the field

I decided to put a little drama in between Naruto and Hinata. I think it might be funny. Sorry for not updating but I have been looking for a job which apparently is very hard to come by. Also I will be skipping the rest of the second stage and parts of the Prelims to get past the Leaf Destruction Arc and only will include parts I believe will be important down the line. Also this should and hopefully will be my last chapter that's over twenty pages. Anyway I'll get on with the story.

''Normal Speech''

Inner Thoughts, Dialogue, or reading passages from books and scrolls or past events

(Quick Notes and Messages)

''Boss Summons, Demons, Dark beings speaking, Demonic, Deities speaking"

Story Start

" It's been three days since the day those two were out cold. If they don't wake soon they'll kick us out of the Chunin Exams." Naruto says, gathering clean water from a stream in the forest. He pulls the bucket of water out and wonders back to where his team is resting.

With Hinata

" How are they doing so far, Hinata?" Temari asks, wondering how much longer it will take for Sasuke and Ulrich to wake up.

" Sasuke has a high fever. It has been going down so he may wake up soon. As for Ulrich I'm not sure. His entire body is freezing cold. If I hadn't felt his pulse... well you know." Hinata says, taking care of the two the best she could given that no one was allowed to leave the forest.

" I got the water Hinata. Where do you want it?" Naruto says, making it back to the clearing quickly.

" Put it over here by Sasuke. I need the cold water for his forehead." Hinata says, taking the rag from his head. Naruto sets the bucket down and sits on the ground next to Sasuke's head. Hinata dips the nearly dried rag into the water and rings most of the water out before setting it back on Sasuke.

Unknown Location

" Very good. You have come far but your training is still not complete just yet. However time has run out. If you don't head to the Chunin Exams now you will be kicked out. I will be there personally to watch your matches. Be sure to win it. Hopefully your tail won't cause much trouble in your battles." A man with spiky black hair wearing a blue gi with ochre pants with a white sash around his waist and pink wristbands says.

" Well I'm not sure if I can win against Naruto or his team on the off chance I face one of them but I will go all out if I do. Thanks for training me. I can't wait to see what I can do in a real battle." Ulrich says, dusting of his new black gi with a kanji over the heart and on the back with dark blue wristbands and boots with yellow laces with a blue sash. Ulrich walks over to a tree and picks up a single katana and straps it to his back.

" Anytime. You put up a good fight. Who knows, one day you might surpass me." The man says, laughing to himself.

" Yeah, right. Like that will every happen. See ya Sensei!" Ulrich shouts, jumping off into the forest, heading to the Chunin Exams.

" Good kid. I might actually have to be careful with him. He may become as good as my rival one day." He says before vanishing.

Back in the Forest

Ulrich eyes snap open, nearly scaring Hinata out of her skin since she had been taking care of him.

" Did anyone get the name of the mountain that hit me?" Ulrich says, holding his head.

" About time you woke up, Idiot." Ulrich looks to his right at Sasuke, sitting up perfectly fine, having woken up a couple of minutes before.

" Yeah, yeah keep talking, Sasuke. One day I will make you regret it." Ulrich says, turning his look turning to a glare, matched with Sasuke's own.

" Well it's nice to have you both back. It's like what happened never happened." Naruto says, drawing their glares for a moment. Ulrich's attention goes to the sky a second later, feeling someone approaching.

" Hey, I got to take care of something. I'll be back in a few." Ulrich quickly gets up and walks away behind the trees.

" What's wrong with him? He can be so mysterious at times." Hinata says, watching him with her Byakugan, as does Naruto with the Rinnegan.

A Few Hours later

" All right. We shall begin the first match of the Preliminary matches. First match is Sasuke Uchiha vs…" Hayate Gekko, the proctor for the prelims begins but is quickly cut off.

" I give up proctor." Haku says, knowing that even with all his power he couldn't win. Hayate coughs quietly before continuing.

"Very well. As Haku has given up, Sasuke moves on to the next stage. Now we will begin the next match." Hayate turns around and faces the top left screen behind a large statue as the names are randomly picked.

" Hinata, who do you think you will face?" Ulrich asks, turning from the ring to face her.

"I bet it will be Neji. I have to move on to the final. After all I have a promise to keep." She says, glancing at him from the corner of her eyes. Ulrich smiles at her before turning his attention back to the ring. Ulrich reaches down to his chest and unlatches his blade and lays it against the railing and jumps over the railing and lands in the middle of the ring to Hayate's left.

" The next match is Kai Uchiha against Ulrich Uchiha." A boy the same height as Ulrich with shoulder-length black wearing a golden necklace, boots, wristbands, and a belt all sporting blue jewels with golden bands on his upper arms and neck with white pants and a black sash and with larger muscles, jumps down into the ring to Hayate's right.

" Another Uchiha? I'm starting to feel less special now." Sasuke says, watching the two stand perfectly still.

" Don't worry, Sasuke. You were never that special to begin with." Naruto says, pulling off his sunglasses.

" You just wait until we fight. I'll crush every bone in your arm for that remark." Sasuke says, glaring at Naruto.

" Come on you two. The match is about to start." Hinata says, not turning from the arena for a second.

" Ok. If both sides are ready you may begin." Hayate says, jumping back from the battle. Both combatants stare each other down, still not moving an inch.

" What's going on? Normally Ulrich would have jumped right into the battle. His philosophy is to take down the enemy quickly or you give them to much room for a counter." Naruto says, watching the two carefully. Ulrich and Kai both jump into the air before vanishing.

" They vanished! I've never seen that before. Where are they? Sasuke, do you see them." Hinata says, turning to him as he tries to keep up with them.

" I can see them but barely. They're moving so fast my eyes can barely follow. Ulrich was never this fast when we were in the land of waves." Sasuke says, attempting to follow with his Sharigan. Both of them crash back to the ground, covered in bruises and cuts. Ulrich chrages foreword and strikes Kai with his elbow. Instead of being stunned, Kai flips back and kicks Ulrich's chin. Kai jumps back and stops a few feet from Ulrich. Ulrich jumps up from the ground and moves over Kai's head and spins rapidly, building up power as he falls. Kai braces his arms above his head. Ulrich slams his leg into Kai's arms, creating a shockwave from the power built up between the defence and attack.

" Incredible. I've never seen anything like it." Naruto says in awe of the brute force.

" You should be surprised. I trained him myself. He's as tough as he can be at his age. The same goes for you and your team I assume?" A voice suddenly says to Naruto. He looks behind him at a man with spiky black hair and orange gi.

" And you are?" Sasuke asks, turning to him as he leans against the wall.

" My name is Son Goku. I'm here to see if my students training paid off. So far he's doing good." He says, smiling gently at team seven. Ulrich flips back from Kai and lands ten feet away.

" So he really did show up. I thought he was joking. Can't be right all the time I guess." Ulrich says, watching his sensei out of the corner of his eye. Kai moves in quickly to attack, drawing Ulrich's attention to him. Ulrich moves his arm up and blocks Kai's attack. " Attacking while my attention is elsewhere. Dirty tatic." Ulrich says, staring into Kai's sharigan with his own.

" Like you I take whatever opening I see." Kai's says, smirking at Ulrich.

" Alright than. Let's go." Ulrich breaks off Kai's arm and lifts his leg, landing a strike onto Kai's ribs. Kai recovers quickly and delivers a punch to Ulrich's stomach. Both vanish once more releasing large amounts of shockwaves wherever they clash.

"They'll tear the ring apart if they keep fighting like this. Where is all this power coming from?" Haku says, watching as the arena ground begins to crack from the battle.

"You said you trained Ulrich. What training did you give him that lets him move so fast?" Hinata asks, turning to Goku.

" Well we've done quite a lot of different trainings. He's increased his power, speed and stamina by far. He got this far thanks to the Sharigan. He's come further than I was at his age. We've also done some training under thirty times earth's gravity."

" Are you saying he's not even at full speed yet?" Sasuke asks, only able to see blurs from where the two clash.

" Yeah, pretty much. Anyone can learn it but it requires a different kind of energy than chakra to maintain that speed all the time. I can even fly by thinking about it. It's hard to learn for beginners but once you learn it, it's very handy." Goku says, watching the whole battle easily. Ulrich lands back on the ground and looks around, searching for Kai. Seeing a shadow overhead he backflips from the spot as Kai slams his fist into the ground, creating a large crater. Kai vanishes again and moves behind Ulrich, forcing him to dodge to the left as Kai. Kai continues his relentless attack forcing Ulrich to stay on defence while being forced back.

" He's slowing down. What's going on? He was so fast when the match started. Why is his speed decreasing." Hinata says, watching what's becoming a onesided battle.

" He's not slowing down. Each strike he takes drains a little energy. Ki, the energy that I mentioned earlier, gets drained even while using taijutsu. Right now he's slowing down because he has not fully mastered Ki. His oppenet,however, is not having that problem." Goku says, turning to Hinata. Ulrich back hits the wall of the arena without noticing it.

' The wall. He's been pushing me into a trap. I was so focused on dodging I forgot my surroundings.' Ulrich thinks, realizing Kai's plan. Kai moves against him once more while he's trapped and readies to finish the battle with one punch. Time seems to slow down to Ulrich as Kai thrust his fist at him. The other contestants watch as Kai thrust his fist into Ulrich's chest and pushes him back into the wall, creating a large crater.

"What pure power. I've never seen anything like it. What is he?" Neji says, as Kai steps away from the crater and walks to the center of the ring.

" Nice dodge. I didn't expect you to be able to do that in time." Kai says, looking up at Ulrich floating in the air. Ulrich moves over and lands on a statue forming a handsign and sits down.

" Neither did I. Guess I got lucky." Ulrich says, smiling down at Kai.

" We'll see how long that last." Kai says, folding his arms.

" Alright Ulrich, enough games. Take off that weighted shirt or my training with you is done for the next three months." Goku says, turning a threating glare at Ulrich. Ulrich shakes a little from the look.

" Oh alright. Just stop giving me that look. It scares the hell out of me." Ulrich says, removing the top shirt of his gi and lays it down in his lap. He pulls the undershirt off and quickly puts his shirt back on. "That does feel a lot better. Now the real battle begins."

"Do you really think you can beat me just by wearing a few pounds?" Kai asks, looking up at Ulrich. Ulrich holds the shirt off to the side of the staute and let's go, letting it fall to the ground. The shrit crashes into the ground creating a pillar of smoke reaching up to the head of the statue, shocking all in the building.

"He was moving fast at the start. What the hell kind of training has he been doing." Temari says, in shock of how much weight he had been wearing.

" Great. Just what we needed. Another Might Guy and Rock Lee." Kakashi says, in awe of the similarites.

" Alright than. Show me the fruits of our training together!" Goku shouts, acting like Guy mostly just to annoy Kakashi.

" Yeah! Time for some fun!" Ulrich shouts, Goku words having sparked a fire in him. Ulrich thrust his fist into the air, seconds before vanishing. Kai is surprised at the sudden upsurge of speed but prepared as he vanishes as well. Nothing seems to happen for sometime as both seem to have vanished from existance. A bright flash of light from above the ring blinds the spectators, excpet Goku, as Ulrich's punch matches Kai's kick. Ulrich headbutts Kai followed by Kai landing a kick to his stomach. The light begins to fade, restoring vision to those blinded by it. Ulrich punches Kai to which Kai kicks Ulrich's arm, pushing him back into the ground. Ulrich lands feet first into the ground and looks back up at Kai still floating calmly in above him.

" This is fun. It's been some time since we fought. I see your tail grew back too. Good. Now I'm not the only ape like weirdo around." Kai says, pointing to his tail behind him.

" He has one too. Does that mean he's from the same clan as Ulrich is?" Hinata says, surprised since Ulrich told her all of his people had been wiped out long ago.

" You could say that. Actually they're from the same race not clan. I'm sure Ulrcih will tell you when he feels he's ready." Goku says, patting Hinata's shoulder.

"This has been fun. But I think it's time to bring this battle to a close." Kai says, rasing his left hand to face down at Ulrich.

" Have you lost it!? If you use that you'll destroy the whole building!" Ulrich shouts, knowing what comes next.

" Does it look like I care about these people?" Kai says, a green orb of energy appearing in front of his palm.

'What do I do? The only way to to stop it is to counter. But I'm not supposed to show any techniques until the finals. Think, think, think!" Ulrich screams in his mind, unable to come up with a plan that can stop it but not reveal any of his moves. He turns over to his left and stares at Goku, wanting approval to counter. Goku stares back at him for a few seconds before nodding.

" What's going on? How did he form that without handsigns?" Naruto asks, looking over at Goku.

" Ki allows the people who use it to attack with powerful techniques without the need for handsigns. However using such powerful techniques drains that energy at a faster rate than creating dozens of Shadow Clones like you can. For that instance I told him to not use any of them in the exams until the finals. I decided to make an exception this time however." Goku says, wanting to know how far he has to go in teaching his student to master his techniques.

" Is ki truly as powerful as you say it is?" Kakashi asks, walking over next to Goku.

" Yes. Ki is above even the level of Kage's if you know how to control it. Even a normal person with no shinobi abilities has ki. But it's weak since nobody knows it's there. But as I said, using the techniques drains your energy quickly so it's not without it's drawbacks." Goku says, looking to Kakashi out the corner of his eyes. Ulrich turns back to face Kai, who prepares to release his attack. Ulrich raise his arms and performs a series of rapid arm movements before placing his palms forward, with the thumbs and index fingers touching each other to form a diamond shape.

" This is my gift to you! Enjoy! Grand Smasher!" Kai yells, drawing his arm back a little before thrusting it foreword, sending the orb, now double the size it was he charged it, at Ulrich, leaving a green trail behind.

" Burning Attack!" Ulrich shouts, firing a golden orb of energy from his hands. Both attacks clash, creating multiple and more powerful shockwaves, tearing apart the arena and building.

" Incredible. What powerful techniques. And you can't just learn it with the Sharigan. There's no handsigns for you to copy." Kakashi says, watching the whole thing with his Sharigan active.

" That's a benefit. Every technique can't just be learned, it has to be taught." Goku says, smiling to himself. Neither side of Ulrich or Kai's attack gain any ground as the battle between them draws on.

" Can't keep this up forever. Gotta end this before my energy runs out." Ulrich says to himself, a red aura gatehring around him.

" Hmm. That looks like the Kaio-ken. I never taught him that. He must have came up with this on his own after watching me. Maybe I've been taking his training to lightly. I'll have to train him harder." Goku says, slightly shcoked that he has developed his own move to amplify his power.

" Excuse me but what the Kaio-ken?" Hinata asks, looking up at Goku.

" The Kaio-ken technique is a very handy attack that allows the user to greatly raise their power level,strength, speed, and senses for an instant. However the base Kaio-ken only raises your power level. If he is able to go higher he'll be able to overpower Kai. As long as he doesn't go to times four he'll be fine." Goku says, telling Hinata most of what he knows.

" What happens if he does go to level four?" Naruto asks, looking down at Ulrich.

" If you multiply your base ki too much it could obliterate the user or severely damage the body. I went to level four once and a slap to my back was painful." Goku says, while Ulrich slowly gains ground in the battle between their attacks.

" No! How is this happening?! No one can counter this?!" Kai yells, pushing more power into the blast but to no avail as his attack is destroyed.

" This is the end! You won't get back up after this!" Ulrich shouts, seconds before his attack connects with Kai, forcing him through the ceiling of the room.

" It's over. He got hit headon with that attack." Sasuke says, turning a small glare to Ulrich.

" Sasuke's right. I'm not even sure if he could live through that." Hinata says, smiling that Ulrich made it to the finals.

'So this is one of the boys Minato and Kushina promised to look after before his mother took him from the village. What amazing power. I've never seen anyone move so fast.' The Sandaime thinks, looking down at Ulrich. Pain strikes Ulrich's head, forcing him onto his left knee.

"I didn't think using it would cause a severe effect like this." Ulrich says, pushing his body to stand up.

" The match is over. The victory goes to..." Hayate starts but is cut off as Ulrich is sent flying past him and into the wall below the statue. Hayate looks over to where Ulrich was and sees Kai standing where Ulrich was, blood dripping from his left arm.

" That was too close. Had to give up my left arm to survive that." Kai says, still managing to move it despite it being severely injured.

" What is he? How is he still standing?" Kankuro says, in shock of the fact that he's still standing let alone alive.

"Ulrich looks like he's out cold. I think it's finally over." Naruto says, closing his eyes.

" If you've got nothing positive to say shut up! Ulrich won't go down so easily! I know he won't give up!" Hinata yells at Naruto, glaring for the first time at him, shocking both Sasuke and Naruto. "Ulrich may be laid back, quiet, unusual but he's just as hardworking as anyone else. Don't go talking about how the battle is over. I don't want to heat it!" Hinata yells, causing Goku to smile.

'She's come far from the day we first met. She's not mean or cruel now but speaks her mind without holding back.' Ulrich says, thinking back to the first day they met years ago.

Flashback

A young Hinata walks through Konoha, heading to the store to buy some groceries for her father and her family. However before she can reach the store she runs into a group of people who have been set on bulling anyone younger than them, mainly her. But seconds after forcing her to her knees to take another beating from them, a boy with dark skin and black hair down the back of his neck and more framing both sides of his face and just above his eyes styled to the right and wearing a black jacket and white shirt with black pants and white shoes and a brown tail poking out from a hole in the top of his pants, quickly interferes by grabbing the arm of the one preparing to hit a Hinata and throwing him back into the others, knocking them down like bowling pens.

" So typical of bullies. Picking on a little girl."the boy says, turning to Hinata, holding his hand out to help her up. " It's nice to meet you. I'm Ulrich Saiyan. What's your name?" Ulrich says, pulling Hinata to her feet.

"I...I'm Hinata Hyuuga. Thank you for helping me with them." Hinata says, dusting off her clothes.

" It's no trouble. I've never liked bullies anyway. They pick on people and I put a stop to it. Anyway maybe I should tag along with to make sure these guys don't come back. Lead the way. I grew up in Suna so I don't know this village." Ulrich says, glancing over his shoulder back at the bullies who have still not fully recovered. Both of them walk off, heading to the villages store.

Two Hours Later

" I heard about Ichiraku but I didn't know it was going to be so good. I had to had eaten thirty bowls." Ulrich says, patting his stomach. Ulrich looks over at Hinata who is looking at his tail moving around on it's own. Ulrich moves the groceries he offered to carry up his arm.

" Do all people have tails where you're from?" Hinata asks, looking up at him.

" Yeah... something like that. Last I knew my family was the only ones that were left from my people." Ulrich says, smiling down at Hinata, making her face turn red.

" So this is the Hyuuga compound? A lot bigger than I thought it would be. Well I guess this is where we part ways. It's been fun but it's getting late and I still have things to take care of." Ulrich says, looking at the red sky from the sunset.

" Oh ok. Thank you for the help earlier and for staying with me and helping me with the groceries." She says, a little sadness in her voice as she take the bags fron him. "Am I ever going to see you again?"

" I'm sure you will. I'll make you a deal. You participate in the Chunin Exams the next time and when we get to the final we'll have our own battle that will make Kage's shiver." Ulrich says, holding out his hand.

" Ok, it's a deal. We'll both have our very first battle at the Chunin Exams. Make sure you get stronger. You know people talk about cutting connections give far more power but I think they're wrong. I believe that having friends is the key to gaining power." Hinata says, taking his hand. Hinata leans over to Ulrich and whispers in his ear. Hinata moves back and kisses his cheek, her face red before turning and heading into the compound. Ulrich stands in shock, touching where Hinata kissed his cheek, before smiling and turns and walks away.

Flashback End

" Where are you going? This battle is far from over." Ulrich says, pulling himself from the wall. " I made a promise years ago. I promised to meet Hinata in t he finals of this exam. I won't lose before than. I Won't!" Ulrich screams, charging up a black aura around his body.

" This is it. His true power. I've been waiting months for him to release it." Goku says, smiling, happy that his students true power has been brought out.

" What do you mean? He hasn't even fought with all his power yet?" Sasuke asks, turning his attention to Goku.

" No he hasn't. He's been holding back to avoid letting his temper go. His family have a history of bad tempers which normally keeps them from unleashing their full power but now he doesn't care. He's found something that's more important than keeping his power undercontrol and that's the thing that matters most." Goku says, looking down at Sasuke.

" What's this thing he's found that given him so much power?" Kakashi asks, drawing Goku's attention.

" The power of friendship. He discovered it years ago but after spending so much time with a certain man he forgot what gives true power. It's not just Hinata either. Garra, Kankuro and Temari. They are also what's driving his power. His first four friend,outside his family, are his power." Goku says, looking at the trio of siblings.

" It's time we end this. I'll show you my true power." Ulrich says, raising his fist toward Kai, his black aura flowing into it.

" I guess it is around that time. It's time we determine who's the strongest between us once and for all." Kai says, charging a sky blue aura around his body and focusing it into his fist.

" Yeah and this time I'll be the winner. After all I my friends with me. Not just them either. What's inside me, despite dislike for the other being there, I also consider it to be a friend as well." Ulrich says, walking slowly foreword towards Kai. Ulrich eyes turn black with white slits as Kai's does the same linking it together with the Sharigan.

" Well I'll be. That's Dragon's Mode. They must finally be using the beast sealed within them." Goku says in awe more than anything.

" What's Dragon's Mode?" Hinata asks, looking up at Goku.

" It's kind of like the legendary Sage Mode but it only works within the people who are blood related to Ulrich. It's very powerful but in order to awaken it you have to take control or work side by side with the Dragon sealed inside of you. But it only last for a short time until you master it and even than it only last a half hour. So I've been told anyway." Goku says, folding his arms.

" Wait but that would make them host to Tailed Beast right? I thought that the Tailed Beast only went to nine tails?" Naruto says/asks turning away from the battle.

" That's true but about thirteen years ago Ulrich's 'adoptive father' began working on an experiment to create 'The Ultimate Tailed Beast Warrior'. ( A/N:Actually I have just finalized Ulrich's and Kai's OC profile's recently. Naruto and Dragon Ball Z crossovers anyway). However to do so his father did two things. Used his wife in an experiment after she got pregnant and erased all his feelings so he wouldn't be tied down by emotions. He was never there to begin with, always tied down to his work but when his normal experiments died he needed a powerful test subject. Ulrich's mother was the best he could find. What he didn't count on is that the power was not being stored in her but her child. All that power contained in one little body. When Ulrich's mother was pleading to be released something happened." Gpku says, scratching his forehead.

" What happened? Don't leave us hanging here." Sasuke says, actually more interested in the story than learning about the power.

" Her pleads were answered. But not from the man she married but from her unborn child. Her body began to give off incredible power and destroyed her bindings. However the whole cave began to collaspe from the power. His mother knew that she didn't have enough energy to escape in time but suddenly she was teleported to just outside the cave, safe and sound. The cave was destroyed seconds later. His father was killed in the cave. Six months later, after arriving in Konoha, she begged the Fourth Hokage to protect herself and her child from the danger that could follow them there. He agreed and the Fourth and Kushina took the two in and watched over her. Life to her was returning to normal for her until the birth in June. Ulrich was born with a very powrful cry that shook the building they were in but there was one complication. She had twins. Between the two of them the whole building nearly collasped. Kushina tried to calm them but they only wanted to be held by their mom. For a over year after their birth she lived with Kushina and Minato who were helping take care of them after they didn't only want to be held by her. However one year later, the Nine Tails attacked the village on the same day that they had a baby as Kushina herself had been the previous host and giving birth weakens the seal. However a masked man showed and forced Minato to flee while he extracted the Nine Tails. He did extract it but she is one of the first I know of to survive the process as taking the tailed beast from it's host kills them right away. He was preparing to kill her after he took control of the Nine Tails with his Sharigan but Minato came and rescued her and took her to her babies side while Ulrich's mother fought the Nine Tails to delay it until Minato arrived." Goku says, holding onto the bars. "I would recommend holding onto something." Goku says, the two mere feet from colliding. Ulrich and Kai fist both clash, creating massive shockwaves, tearing the arena part under the powerful pressure. A golden glow expands from their fist, surrounding the two in a large orb of light.

Takigakure

" I take it you are the one called Fū?" Itachi says, approching a girl with orange eyes wearing an orange clip in her short, spiky mint green hair and a short sleeveless white midriff shirt with fishnet armour underneath with long white armlets and fishnet shorts with a short white apron skirt over it with her forehead protector on her right arm and a cylindrical object in red wrappings on her back. The girl turns around and faces Itachi.

" Yeah, that's me. Do you want me to leave the village too?" Fū says, folding her arms.

" Actually I'm not from this village. I'm from Konoha. I've come to bring the warning about a future threat."

" And what warning would that be, ssu?" She asks, closing the slightly large gap between them.

" It's about the Akatsuki. They plan to capture all Jinchūriki and extract the Tailed Beast for their plan, ' Project Tsuki No Me' as they have been calling it." Itachi says, pulling out a scroll from inside his old Anbu armor which he started wearing when he came back to the Leaf. "All the intel on the akatsuki is in here. Their current members, all their powers and jutsus and even how the plan is supposed to happen." Itachi says, tossing Fū the scroll. Shockwaves begin to fill the air around the village of Taki making it slightly harder for Fū and Itachi to breath. Despite this however only Itachi and Fū seem to notice. " To create shockwaves that can make the air becomes so thick it's hard to breath. Whoever is battling must be truly powerful. It looks like it's coming from where the Chunin Exams are taking place. I should go and check to make sure Sasuke is safe." Itachi says, turning and walking away.

" I noticed that you don't have any hate for Jinchūriki. Why is that, ssu?" Fū asks, knowing that most people hate them.

" My brothers best friend is one of them. I have also been going and warning all the Jinchūriki about the Akatsuki. I have warned Yugito Nii and Killer Bee about them. Now you know so that's three." Itachi says, glancing back at Fū over his shoulder.

" How many tails does Sasuke's best friend have, ssu?" Fū asks, stepping up to Itachi's right.

" He the host to the Nine Tails." Itachi says, looking at Fū. She stays quiet for a few seconds before glancing around the village she has been living and where the people hate her and she hates them equally as the shockwaves die down.

" I've decided that I'm going to come with you. I've got nothing for me here in this village. I want to be with those who can understand me. Also it will be harder to beat a Jinchūriki when there is more than one, ssu." Fū says, walking next to Itachi as he heads t othe village gate.

" That's fine by me. You'll also be meeting Garra of the Sand. He's the host for the one tailed beast. Once I drop you off at where the Chunin Exams are taking place I will have to go back out and warn the other host of the coming dangers." Itachi says, walking through the village gates with Fū, the people of the village not caring that she's leaving.

Back at the Chunin Preliminaries

Ulrich, now with the left side of his shirt torn apart, and Kai, his entire outfit barely holding together, stare each other down while the rest of the Genin, Jonin and the Sandaime stare at where the roof was before being destroyed by the power the two gave off. Goku is the only one who is calm and smiling down at the two.

" As I was saying..." Goku says, clearing his throat, drawing the attention of those around him. " Ulrich's mother fought with all her might but while trying to keep the village and her babies safe severely hampered her power to defense while the rest of the village was on offense. When Minato finally arrived he teleported himself and the Nine Tails to a far off distance. She rushed there as fast as she could but Minato and Kushina were already mortally injured, protecting their newborn. Minato decided to seal half of the of the Nine Tails chakra in himself and take it with him to death and sealed the other half inside of their baby. Ulrich's mother promised to look after their baby but unforeseen circumstances forced her to flee the village and go to Suna a month after the attack where she continued to raise her children however having to leave Minato and Kushina's baby behind, hoping the Sandaime will watch over the boy. About two years later, Ulrich who was now able to walk, talk and even train ran across a boy named Garra and the rest is history. They became friends then Temari and Kankuro and then another incident happened but I think that's a story for Ulrich to tell." Goku says, becoming tight-lipped. Ulrich and Kai face off for a few more seconds, neither budging an inch. Kai suddenly falls to the ground, finally giving in to his injuries.

" The match is over. The winner is Ulrich Uchiha." Hayate says, declaring the winner after a hard battle. Hinata, Gaara and his family jump down to the battle ground or what's left of it and run to Ulrich and began to congradulate him on making it to the finals. Ulrich looks over at Naruto walking over to where they are.

" That was a good match. I hope I get to battle you in the finals." He says, holding out his hand.

" I don't think that'll be enough space. We'll need a village for our battle." Ulrich says, shaking Naruto's hand. Sasuke calmly walks over yet stands a few feet away from them. He nods his head slightly, causing Ulrich to smile and return the gesture, his Sharigan and Dragon's Mode deactivating.

" That was one hell of a battle. I've never seen anything like it. That was the most fun I've had in a while." Kai says, walking over to Ulrich.

"Yeah it was. We'll have to do it again sometime. But somewhere with no buildings." He says, pointing to where the roof used to be. Kai holds out his hand to Ulrich whom looks at it for a second before pulling Kai into a hug. " Glad to see you're still alive."

" Same to you, Brother." Kai says, shocking the ones around them.

" You... You mean you guys are brothers? What are the odds of meeting again so suddenly." Sasuke says, shocked at the chances of the two meeting again after years.

" Yeah we're twins but not identical. I had cut my hair. This style's not bad but I wish it would go back to the way it was. I guess we're tied again, Kai." Ulrich says, facing his brother.

" What the hell are you talking about? I'm still ahead by two."

" Bullshit! The last time we fought I won and I won this time so we're even. Lying bastard!" Ulrich yells, standing taller than Kai as his ki powers up.

"Asshole! You're the lying bastard! I so won that last round with ease! You could never keep up with me back than!" Kai says, powering up and standing taller than Ulrich as he is forced down by Kai. Both stand up evenly and glare at each other.

' Wow. These two really remind me of two others I know. Naruto and Sasuke are just as bad as these two.' Hinata thinks, looking at the fight between Ulrich and Kai continue and then at Sasuke and Naruto.

" Alright you two. That's enough for now. I'll do you both a favor and train you for the month before the final stage. Just try not to kill each other before than." Goku says, walking between the battling siblings.

" You expect me to train with this Baka? I'd rather eat my own necklace." Kai says, turning his head up.

" Oh, really? That can be arranged." Goku says, cracking his knuckles.

" Hey, you guys I think we should go into the stands. Things are about to get messy." Ulrich says, walking back up into the stands, Gaara and his family, Hinata, Sasuke and Naruto in tow.

" So you really wish to defy me? Should I show you what a Saiyan god can do or do you want to just be trained so you might be able to become the next Saiyan god?" Goku says, glaring down at Kai.

" I think I want to be trained. Yup, training sounds real good." Kai says, not looking up at Goku but still able to feel the glare down his spine.

" Good. We'll start tomorrow. Bright and early. I don't want to hear any complaning either. I want you to act like Ulrich and just bare it." Goku says, vanishing from the building, having business to take care off.

" Damn, he's scary. I think he's scarier than Mom was." Kai shivers slighty before jumping back into the stands next to Sakura, being on her team but choosing to not wearing the villages headband. All eyes turn to the screen as it starts to shuffle through all the remaining combatants names.

The Border to The Land of Fire

" So how is the exam going." A tall, black cloaked figure ask Goku, sitting down in a tree.

" Very good so far. I'm proud to say Ulrich and Kai have far from when they were kids. They are still holding back though. They have a barriar that they fon't want to cross. We need to break it. I really hate to say this but to fully realize their power, one of their friends must die." Goku says, sitting at the base of a tree.

" You sure your not taking this a little too far? Couldn't a simple genjutsu where one of them die do the trick?" Another shorter black cloaked figure asks, leaning against the tree as he sits on a branch, calmy eating an apple.

" I would agree. But these barriars are too stong, having been achieved in a very more tramatic incident. More so than when I first achieved it. But don't worry the dragon balls will bring back whoever is chosen. Since this more takes on you both rather than me, who do you pick." Goku says, looking up at the second cloaked figure. Both glance at each other before nodding.

"Actually I have been working on a jutsu that could make it so it feels real but deep down, so the subject does not lose control, they will realize that it's not real but up front it will feel like it. But it requires a little violence to work." The taller cloaked figure says, jumping down to the ground.

" Ok, that's good. Show it to me." Goku says, standing as he approches the taller cloaked figure.

Chunin Exams Preliminaries

" The fourth match is over. The winner is Naruto Uzumaki." Hayate says, calling the battle after Kiba, a very unfortunate combatant got placed against Naruto only to be beaten easily and taken to the hospital. Naruto calmly walks back up into the stands next to his team, bumping fist with Ulrich as he passes him by.

" Way to go Naruto. Oh and way to kick Neji's ass Hinata. I forgot to say that earlier." Ulrich says, looking over at her.

" Thanks Ulrich. He was easy to beat once I hit his weaknesses. I think he learned a valuable yet painful lesson today." Hinata says, smiling at Ulrich.

" Easy? He barely laid a finger on you. I guess learning nearly all the Hyuuga's techniques has it's upsides." Haku says, looking between the two.

" Yeah, maybe. I'm still not completely sure if this village is all it seems to be. Something just doesn't seem right. It's like something is going to happen and it'll be one of our biggest hurdles yet." Ulrich says, rubbing his head in confusion, not being able to figure out what the bad feeling is.

" You worry too much. It's nice to see some things never change." Kankuro says, smirking at Ulrich's glare.

" Maybe you're right. I did used to say a lot about 'What If's'." Ulrich says, laughing with Kankuro.

" Hey look. It's Sakura fighting Ino. Ulrich, Sasuke, Gaara? You guys want to make a bet on who's going win? I put all I got on hand that Ino wins." Naruto says, looking at the two.

" You're on. I put mine that neither wins." Sasuke says, sensing that their skills are mostly even.

" I put my money on Sakura. I know she's going win." Ulrich says, smirking as if knowing something his friends don't.

" I put mine on Sakura as well. She has a powerful atmosphere around her that excels over Ino's." Gaara says, stepping to Ulrich's right.

" Ok so we have one for Ino, one for neither and two for Sakura. This is going be an interesting battle. Can't wait." Naruto says, writing down who chose which side.

" It's going to be an interesting one. Even I can see that." Hinata says, stepping to Ulrich's left. Hinata looks down as the battle gets underway, sneaking or so she thinks as she slides her hand into Ulrich's, causing Naruto to glare at him when he does not move his hand.

Konoha Village Gate

" This is the Hidden Leaf Village. This is where we'll be staying with two other Jinchuriki and their friends while we wait for the Chunin Exams to end. After that we'll see what happens. I have a feeling that with our return something evil will follow and attack this village." Itachi says, walking through the gate after being cleared by the guards.

" It's more peaceful than Takigakure but that's most likely because no one here knows my status, ssu." Fū says, absorbing her surroundings.

" A false sense of security. It's good for civilians but for Shinobi is the best way to be killed. I think it is foolish to create such a thing." Itachi says, showing Fū some important areas of the village. After showing her the Hokage Stone Faces and telling her a lot about the Fourth, they both begin to head to the area where the Preliminaries for the Chunin Exams are taking place. Along the way however they cross paths with the last person Itachi felt like running into: Danzo.

" Itachi. It's an... honor to cross paths with you. May I ask who you are escorting around the village." Danzo asks, more blocking their path than turning to face them.

" It's none of your business, Danzo. Now if you would remove yourself from my eyes before I hit you with Amaturasu, that would be nice." Itachi says, activating his Sharigan, glaring at Danzo who steps to the side. Itachi continues to glare at him as they walk past him.

" You should know this Itachi. I have eyes everywhere in this village. Step out of line once and I'll you, your brother and his friends heads." Danzo says, watching Itachi stop walking.

" And you should be warned that if you make a move on us, Konoha, regardless of our agreement to protect it, may become filled with the bodies of shinobi. I killed the entire Uchiha Clan. That's when I was alone. What would happen if Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Ulrich, Garra and his siblings get involved? Don't ever threaten me, my brother or his friends again Danzo. I'll make sure it's the last thing you ever do. Are we clear?" Itachi says, each word oozing pure hate.

" That's a fine agreement... for now. We'll see how long our... peace can hold." Danzo, says, walking away.

" Did you really kill your whole clan, ssu?" Fū asks, the two beginning to walk off.

" Yes, I did. It was under his and the Village's elders that I did it. If I didn't they would have killed everyone. I was able to but I could't kill him." Itachi says, walking into the Forest of Death.

" You mean Sasuke?" Fū asks, following close behind.

" That's right. I was able to kill my mother, the one who gave birth to me and my father, who helped give me life... but I couldn't kill him. Besides I appratently didn't kill everyone. Ulrich is an Uchiha himself. He fooled the others but I can tell another of my clan by a glance." Itachi says, allowing himself a small smile.

Chunin Exam Preliminaries

" Alright, that concludes the final battle of the Chunin Exams. The Final Exam will take place one month from today. The matches are as follows." Hayate says, raising a roster with the remaining names on it. " The first match is Ulrich Uchiha vs. Hinata Hyuuga." Both of them smile at each other, feeling how intense the battle will be. " The second match is Sasuke Uchiha vs. Garra. The third match will be Kankurō vs. Shino Aburame. The forth match will be Shikamaru Nara vs. Sakura Haruno. The fifth match will be Toshiro vs. Temari. The sixth match will be Naruto Uzumaki vs Cmpt Iznīcināt."Hayate says, lowering the roster. Naruto glares at Ulrich once more as the group quickly gather around.

" You know I really didn't think I would make it to the finals. But I'm glad I did." Sakura, the newest member of their group says, standing next to Sasuke. Ulrich feels a pair of eyes on him as Hinata steps between the two. Ulrich stares back, his face not showing much emotion besides looking tired, much to Naruto's iritatiton.

" I can't wait to see how the finals go. I bet it will be the best one every seen." Kankurō says, standing next to his sister and brother.

"We'll give them a show that'll make their jaws drop." Garra says, smiling lighty. Naruto and Ulrich continue to stare at each other as if they only have hate for each other.

" Ulrich, can I talk to you?" Naruto says, walking away, followed by Ulrich. Both of them turn to face each other outside of earshot of the others.

" What's wrong with them? They look like they're about to fight." Kai says, watching the two look at each other. He activates his Sharigan as Sasuke does the same, so they could read their lips and know what they are saying. The rest of the people begin to leave besides the group.

" If looks could kill, yes they would be doing right now. Something must have happened that we missed." Sasuke says, the group watching the two talk.

" Ulrich, I really don't care what kind of friendship you have with Hinata. I want you to stay away from her." Naruto says, glaring up at Ulrich, who is a few inches taller.

" I don't give a damn what you want. I control my life not you. Rinnegan or not, no one tells me what to do." Ulrich says, glaring back at Naruto.

" I'm only being nice. I can always get Sasuke and Kakashi on my side." Naruto says, stepping closer to Ulrich.

" Attack me. I dare you. Gaara, Temari and Kankurō, along with Kai and Haku will fight back. I don't take kindly to threats and neither will Gaara and his family or Kai." Ulrich says, rage beginning to show in his eyes.

" Even with them you can't stop the Rinnegan. The father to all Shinobi had this and I will master it soon enough." Naruto says, his Rinnegan eyes turning red with slits in the center.

" I'm not a Shinobi. I'm a Saiyan, the strongest warriors there are. Rinnegan or no if you can't even keep up with my speed you're useless. Got it?" Ulrich says, his eyes turning black with slits in the center. Naruto almost shakes with rage before punching Ulrich. Blood drips from his lip as he slowly turns back to Naruto, his eyes filled with rage while the others watch, shocked at Naruto's outburst. Ulrich tackles Naruto, pushing him into the ground, destroying the ground as he pushes him.

" Almighty Push!" Naruto yells, a barrier forming around him, tossing Ulrich off him. Ulrich recovers in midair and slams back down onto Naruto, punching him over again and again. Despite this Naruto makes a clone, which grabs Ulrich's arm, pulling him off Naruto and throws him back across the exam stage but he recovers and lands easily. Ulrich watches as a translucent red dense shroud of chakra with bubbles of chakra with two large tails coming out as Naruto lowers himself down onto all fours.

" Is he insane? He knows using that is not good." Sasuke says, now trying to keep Hinata out of the middle. Ulrich black aura charges up, his eyes glowing with rage. An orb of red chakra forms in Naruto's palm. Both of them charge at each other, almost as if truly trying to kill each other. Hinata breaks free of Sasuke, rushing inbetween the two. Ulrich slides on the ground, slowing himself to stop as Naruto does the same, the shroud around him vanishing.

" What the hell are you two doing? Are you really trying to kill each other?" Hinata says/asks glaring at both of them. Naruto and Ulrich stare each other down as she looks between them. Ulrich scoffs at Naruto before walking away toward the exit, Kai following behind him. He stops for a second and looks back at Naruto before leaving. Gaara and his family follow their lead as they begin to go to the hotel for some rest. Toshiro and Haku follow suit while Sasuke tells Sakura to go home and rest to which she agrees quickly, leaving the three alone.

With Ulrich and Kai

"What the hell happened? You're normally cooler than that. Naruto must have really gotten under your skin." Kai says, walking next to Ulrich.

" Not sure. Once second I was fine. The next he starts talking about me staying away from Hinata and I lost it." Ulrich says, thinking back on what happened.

" Strange. So I take it you know Hinata well?" Kai asks, turning to Ulrich as they head to Ichiraku.

" Yeah, we met before. It was back after that incident years ago." Ulrich says, a girl with dark brown hair with long parted bangs with a single lock of hair falling into her face and large white eyes with a hint of lilac, wearing a sleeveless, blue v-neck shirt with mesh armour underneath and blues shorts and sandals, bumping into him.

" I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bump into you." She says, apologizing for bumping into Ulrich. Ulrich stares down at her for a few seconds before responding.

" It's alright. It could happen to anyone." Ulrich says, smiling at her, as if having forgotten what happened less than ten minutes earlier. The girl walks away from them as Ulrich notices a small detail about here. That she looks as if she has not eaten in days. " Hang on a minute Kai. I'll be right back." Ulrich says, running after her. Ulrich rounds a corner and quickly catches up with her and pats her arm.

" Yes, what is it?" She says, turning to face Ulrich.

" I just noticed that it looked like you hadn't eaten for sometime. How would you like to grab a bite to eat with me and my brother?" Ulrich says, feeling as if something is familiar about her.

" S-Sure. I haven't eaten for a few days. My father has been cracking down harder than ever since my sister came back. My name is Hanabi Hyūga." She says, introducing herself while walking with him.

" I'm Ulrich Uchiha Saiyan. It's nice to meet ya." Ulrich says, smiling down at her. " You just said 'since your sister cam back.' Who exactly is your sister?"

" My older sister is Hinata Hyūga." She says, shocking Ulrich nearly beyond belief but quickly regains his composure as they approach Kai.

" Kai, this is Hanabi Hyūga. Hanabi, this is my twin brother, Kai. We're going to be treating her to a meal. We can use the money we won instead of our personal money since we'd need to pick it up first." Ulrich says, the three walking to Ichiraku.

" So where are we going to eat?" Hanabi asks, looking up at Ulrich.

"Ichiraku Raman. The best place for a filling meal and the best raman in the world." Ulrich says, pointing to the building ahead of them.

" Is it really that good?" She asks, looking at the building.

" For sure. I've been all over the world and this is the best by far." Kai says, smiling at her.

Two Hours Later

Hanabi stares in shock at the dozens of bowls that Ulrich and Kai finished while she only ate two. Both of them sigh happily as they pat their full stomachs and pay for all the bowls. The three of them walk out, enjoying a good chat as they walk through the village.

" Yeah but he's still my father. It'll take more than training me hard to leave him." Hanabi says, walking between the Ulrich and Kai.

" You mean like starving you for failing a jutsu? Yeah, that sounds fair." Kai says, a hint of disdain in his voice.

" I guess you have a point. But I have nowhere to go if I leave home." Hanabi says, looking at Kai.

" You can stay with us. We don't have much in this village but if you come with us we can offer a better home and train you with a reasonable schedule." Ulrich says, patting his pants pocket, feeling something inside it knowing that he never keeps anything in his pants. Ulrich pulls out a two pictures and stares at the first one of him playing with Kai, Gaara, Temari and Kankurō and a mysterious girl around their age with black hair, dark skin and brown eyes wearing a kimono. 'Odd. I don't remember playing with anyone else. Who is this girl?' Ulrich thinks, turning to the second picture with a dark skinned, black haired woman, wearing a blue and red gi, holding two babies, one with spiky blonde hair and the other with Ulrich's hair and watching over a baby in a crib with Kai's hair. 'This is mom but is this other baby... could it be Naruto.' Ulrich thinks, flipping the picture over and begins reading the text. 'If you are read, than you got into a fight with Naruto. I just thought that these would be show how long ago you two were together. I raised you to never fight with friends unless it was for fun. You were always lazy and had no ambition for anything besides playing with Garra and his family. I also have a few secrets about our family and Naruto's that you should know but I'll tell you these in private one day soon. And if you see a red-haired woman at the final stage of the Chunin Exams, tell her I said hi. Love you. Bye.' Ulrich smiles, reading through it once more. He quickly tucks the pictures back into his pockets as the sun begins to set.

" I would like to come with you but I can't just leave my Father." Hanabi says, looing ahead of them, her face quickly filling with fear.

" Hanabi! There you are! I told you to be back in an hour to continue your training! Come now! We're going home!" Hiashi says, ordering her to follow. Hanabi looks up at Ulrich and Kai, who shake their heads at here.

" No, I won't. I'm staying with these two now." Hanabi says, turning to face her father. Hiashi, his eyes filled with disbelief, turns to face Hanabi, looking into her determined eyes. His disbelief quickly turns to rage as he charges against the three of them, possibly with the intent to kill. However with Ulrich follows his movements easily as he thrust his palm toward Hanabi and counters just as easily. He reaches out and grabs Hiashi by his throat, his Sharigan activating, now with three tomoes instead of two, with Dragon's Mode as he slowly lifts Hiashi off the ground.

" You worm. I can't believe you lead the Hyūga. No wonder Hinata left years ago. You're worthless as a leader and parent. Know this: if I ever see you try to attack Hinata or Hanabi again I won't hesitate to kill you. You understand?" Ulrich says, holding Hiashi in the air, slowing draining the life from him. Hiashi barely manages to nod his head. Ulrich, mostly satisfied with the answering, releases his grip, letting Hiashi fall. Ulrich lifts his leg and spins, hitting Hiashi's side, launching him into a building through the wall. Kai resist the urge to laugh at what happened.

" And you say I have anger problems. The nerve." Kai says, patting Ulrich's back.

" Thank you for stopping him. He looked like he was coming to kill." Hanabi says, walking back between them as they continue walking as if nothing happened.

" No problem. I needed to teach him a lesson anyway." Ulrich says, looking ahead of them as Naruto and his team along with Itachi and the newcomer Fū, walk toward them. Kai looks to his left as Gaara and his family come from the left and Toshiro's team comes from the right, all of them stopping at the fourway intersection. Itachi is the first one to speak up and break the heavy silence over them.

" It's nice to see you again, Ulrich. I see you got into a fight." Itachi says, noticing a small amount of blood on his tip of his fingers. " We're here because Naruto has something he wishes to tell you." Naruto walks out, Ulrich and Kai doing the same, along with Garra and Fū.

" I just wanted to apologize about what happened ealier. I don't know what happened." Naruto says, stopping a few feet away from Ulrich. Ulrich says nothing as he stares at Naruto. Silence once more befalls them while the two stare each other down. Ulrich raises his hand and hold his fist out to Naruto.

" Accepted." Ulrich says, letting a small smile grace his face. Naruto looks at him in surprise before bumping his fist against Ulrich's, a small bolt of lighting jolting from their arms to their fist. Both of them finally realize something about the other: the fact that they are both host to something filled with hate. Kai, Gaara and Fū join in, bumping their fist against Ulrich's and Naruto's.

" It's nice to see everything worked out." Sasuke says, letting go of the smile he had been holding.

" Ulrich! Kai! I see you guys were having a good time. Enjoy it because tomorrow we'll be training at first light." Goku says, having seen everything since Ulrich, Kai and Hanabi left Ichiraku.

" Man, come on. Why at first light. It can't wait until after dawn?" Ulrich asks, turning to face his teacher.

" Nope. We got a lot of work to do and only a month to get through everything. So go home and get some sleep. This goes for all of you. I expect to see some great matches when I come to the Third Stage." Goku says, walking off. Ulrich and Kai follow behind him. Hanabi looks past the group at Hinata, staring her down.

" Hanabi, come on. Our training starts tomorrow and that means yours does as well." Ulrich says, looking over his shoulder at them. Hanabi quickly smiles at Hinata before running to catch up with Ulrich. Gaara begins to follow their same path, seeing as the hotel is that way. Toshiro, Haku, Zabuza and Fū follow behind them, all of them staying at the hotel since none of them have a home in Konoha. Naruto and his team smile, watching their receding figures before heading back to Naruto's home.

Three Days Later, Miles from Konoha

"Come on! Let's go, Ulrich!" Hanabi says, standing in a wasteland that was once a forest, cheering Ulrich on in his training against Kai.

" What? No love for your other brother?" Kai asks after being slammed into the ground in front of her.

" No. Sorry." Hanabi says, shurging.

" That's cold." Kai says, before being caught in battle with Ulrich once more.

" Maybe you should focus on the task at hand and talk later." Hanabi says, turning to Goku as he walks up next to her.

" They've come far for sure. Pretty soon they'll remember their true power. Then they'll be ready for what comes next." Goku says, watching the two battle in midair.

" What do you mean?" Hanabi asks, sitting down on the ground.

" Oh nothing! Just rambling." Goku says, realizing he had said more than he intended.

With Team Seven

Naruto calmly meditates as he sits in the forest where their team battled Kakashi in their first survival exercise while Sasuke and Hinata both battle each other while Kakashi watches over them.

" That's very good. If you both keep that up you'll move through the Fianl Stage easily." Kakashi says, knowing that Tailjutsu skills and forms are nearly flawless. Sasuke and Hinata both turn their gaze to Naruto as he doesn't move an inch.

" He's been like that for three hours. He's never meditated this long before." Hinata says, thinking something stragne is going on.

" Something is wrong. You think he's still upset about punching Ulrich?" Sasuke asks, not taking his eyes off Naruto.

" I don't think so. I think he's trying to figure out why he lost control." Hinata says, turning to Sasuke.

" Anyway we still got our own training to do. Let's run the form again." Sasuke says, both of them preparing to fight Kakashi next.

Two Days Later, Outside of Konoha

" Up at the crack of dawn again. How did you take this for all this time Ulrich?" Kai asks, rubbing his eyes.

" I just knew that a big punishment would await the moment I started to disobey or complain so I keep it to myself and do what I'm told." Ulrich says, leaning against a tree.

" I've heard of the looks he can give off. I think Ulrich has the right idea." Hanabi says, leaning against the same tree.

" I'm so glad you agree Hanabi. Because it's time to see if you can do what Ulrich does." Goku says, walking out of the village with a girl around Hanabi's age wearing a red belly-baring T-shirt, an orange bandana on her head, with chains on her right side of her gray pants, and finger-less gloves. " This is my grandaughter, Pan. She will be your trainer in showing you how to fight like a Saiyan." Goku says, stopping in front of the three.

" It's nice to see you again..." Pan begins but is quickly cut off by Goku lightly hitting her head.

" I told you they can't remember anything yet. I'm hoping that your presence can help them recover more memories since they same thing happened when Ulrich was back in the second stage and remembered when he first met Hinata." Goku whisper in her ear as she rubs her head.

" It's nice to meet you. I'm Pan." She says, recovering quickly and introducing herself to them. Ulrich and Kai look at each other before turning their gaze to Pan causing her to sweat some.

" It's nice to meet you too. I'm Ulrich. This is my brother Kai and our sister Hanabi." Ulrich says, smiling as he pushes off from the tree and turns to face her despite lying through his teeth about Hanabi.

" It's nice to see you guys will get along just fine." Goku says, clapping his hands together in front of him. " I got something special planned for you and Kai today Ulrich which is why Pan is here to make sure Hananbi learns our style of fighting and doesn't get bored." Goku says, walking away with Pan behind him, heading to the wasteland that Ulrich and Kai created. The three look at each other before following their lead.

At the Wasteland

" Ok. Now we'll start your special training." Goku says, smiling at Ulrich and Kai, making them nervous. Before either has a chance to react Goku vanishes and being taller than them, reappears in front of Kai and hits Kai's head with his own, forcing Kai to the ground, knocked out from the sudden attack. Ulrich moves forword and jabs at Goku who vanishes again. Ulrich turns around quickly to attack where Goku is at, his Sharigan allowing him to follow his movements despite his speed. Goku thrust his fist at Ulrich, striking his jaw, throwing him into the ground from the force. " Don't worry Hanabi. I only knocked them out. They'll be fine but in order to awaken and remember their past they must experience pain one more time." Goku says, noticing Hanabi preparing to attack despite the large difference in skill.

" I wouldn't challenge him if I were you. Besides we have to start your training." Pan says, forcing Hanabi's attention and head to face her. " Your first training will involve learning to fly. Since you already know about chakra and energy, teaching you this shouldn't be too hard." Pan says, grabbing Hanabi's arm and pulling her away from Ulrich and Kai while Goku watches over the two.

Site of the Chunin Exams Final Stage, One Month Later

" All combatants, the final stage of the Chunin Exams is about to begin." Hayate says, the people in the crowded stands cheering as the final stage begins.

" Wow. I didn't think there would be such a big audience." Ulrich says, his hair having grown out like Kai's but styked to the right in a group of strands instead of separate (The hair of the Cool Boy in Pokemon Battle Revolution without the hat). Ulrich turns looks on the other side of the line at Naruto who is just smiling away.

' He sure is grinning hard. Did he really master the Rinnegan?' Ulrich thinks, watching Naruto's eyes. Ulrich begins to scan the stands quickly, sensing a powerful energy from some one. His eyes stop on light-skinned boy around his age with long spiky black hair reachng to his mid-back with short bangs framing his forehead, wearing a golden necklace, boots, wristbands and a belt with blue jewels with holden bands on his upper arms and neck with white pants and a red sash. ' Damn. It's Broly. How is he still alive. And he actually looks calm.' Ulrich thinks watching as Broly stares down at him. Ulrich turns his head to the other side stadium and looks at Kai, Goku, Pan and Hanabi all smiling at him. He turns his head a little higher and notices a woman with fair skin, violet eye and fiery red hair framing both sides of her face with a black clip that parts it to the left, the traditional Konoha Shinobi uniform for Jonin. ' That's... I don't believe this! Kushina. My mom told me about her but I thought she died shortly after having a baby because of the Nine Tails? If she's back something big must be about to happen. But I see what mom meant about her. She is beatiful.' Ulrich thinks, staring up at her. Kai follows his eyes and his jaw almost his the gorund as Kushina waves at him. He looks at Ulrich in shock whom is fighting the urge to burst out laughing at him.

" The first match is about to begin. Ulrich and Hinata, you both stay down here. The rest of you can wait for your matches up there." Hayate says, pointing out a small area to his left under the stands for the spectators. The others begin to head to it as Ulrich and Hinata both stand across from each other.

" Looks like we made it. We're about to fulfill a promise made years ago." Hinata says, stepping into the triditional Hyūga stance.

" Yeah. Let's make this a fight that no one here will every forget. I'll be going all out so don't hold back." Ulrich says, moving his legs apart just slightly and holding his arms at his side. 'Orochimaru thinks he can fool me but I see him up in there with the Hokage pretending to be the Kazekage. What's your game this time?' Ulrich thinks, letting his eyes look up at the Kazekage for an instant.

" If you are both ready you may begin." Hayate says, the first match of the Chunin Exam Finals beginning.

End of Chapter 5

Well that's that. It took forever to finish this. I kept going back again and again trying to make this good but I kept coming up with more ideas, which made me have to start over again and again. Anyway I hope this chapter is good. I should have maybe said not a little drama between Naruto and Hinata but a lot. Anyway, things are about to get crazy. Naruto's mom is back somehow but so is a mysterious, not to us though, man named Broly who seems to have Ulrich nervous. What's going come next? Not even I'm completely sure lol. Hopefully it won't take as long as it did to make this chapter. What's odd is that I did a lot of jumping around and this still got to twenty-seven pages. Oh well. Can't complain now that it's done. Sorry about not including Flash and Itzal and Anita and only mentioning Cmpt in this chapter Phantom but I'll try to squeeze them all into the next one. Until next time, see ya.