AN: An attempt at a Naruto fanfiction. All creative criticism and thoughts are welcome.

Also, I don't own Naruto

'Character thinking/talking to demon'

"Character speaking out loud"

'Demon thinking'

"Demon Talking"

Chapter Ten: Chunin Exams Part Three

The 4 days have past and the doors have closed, all the people who made it officially passed the Second Part and it was time for the next test. All the remaining people were taken to an area of sorts and standing there was the Sandaime Hokage along some of Konoha'd Jonin standing on a platform.

The Hokage cleared his throat to catch everyone's attention, even though he didn't need to due to everyone's attention already being on him beforehand after all it's not everyday you're in the same room as "The Professor" Hokage along multiple Jonin Anko, the woman Naruto recognized as the proctor from the previous test started speaking

"Greetings, I'd like to congratulate you all for making this far, it is surely no easy feat.

However due to there being too much teams that passed, we will have to hold a Preliminary round consisting of randomly selected one on one matches. This will test your individual battle prowess, each test so far has challenged different aspects, on your first test it tested your information gathering skills, on the second test it tested your ability to work in a team, and this test will, as I said before, test your individual battle ability"

She looked at the Hokage "Hokage-sama, if you will"

"First, I want you guys to know the true purpose behind the Chunin Exams. Why do the allied Nations do these exams on a conjoint basis? Obviously to improve the ability leves of the Shinobi and increase friendships between countries. But its important to know the true meaning. These exams are so to speak... represent battles between Allied Nations, as you may know our counties have been at vie for land and power. And in order to avoid having meaningless battles resulting in decline in militaristic power. We would send out best of best to battle in select locations, this is how the Chunin Exams came to be."

"So why do we do them? It's not like were doing this to choose Chunin who will go and battle each other" asked Sasuke

"Not precisely. These exams also provide a place where shinobi can carry the pride of their country and test it against others who also carry the pride of their country"

"Their nation's pride?" interjected Ino

"There will be many leaders and people of power from various countries who may want to hire shinobi attending this event. This event can very much decide the fate of your ninja career from here on out. More importantly, these rulers will watch your battle and gauge the strength each village had to offer, the stronger the village the more requests for jobs will flood, the weaker the village, the less requests they will receive. This will give the village more power in negotiations, so its important to show how much military strength a nation has."

"Okay, even so, why do we have to risk our lives?" asked Kiba

"A villages strength is a shinobi's strength, and a shinobi's strength is a village's strength, and one can only be measured when put in a life ans death situation. This battle is a chance to display how much strength a Nation has. And for this is the reason your forerunners fought in this exam."

"Then why use terms such as 'friendship"? When all were doing is nothing more than a toned-down version of war?" asked Temari

"Yes however in the world of Shinobi friendship is a custom that is preserved by fighting and dying, that is what friendship means in the world of the shinobi." everyone with the exception of few were taken aback.

"I don't care. just tell me who I'm going to fight" replied Gaara clearly uninterested

"Very well" replied the Hokage

That's when a Shinobi jumped in front of the Hokage and bowed "Please let me take it from here Hokage-sama"

"Very well" the Hokage nodded

"All I have left to say is, good luck to you all." he said before leaving

The man turned around, he had a headband that covered the top of his head, he had a set of dead fish eyes with tired bags under them, a standard Konoha Flak Jacket

"I am Hayate Gekko and Ill be proctoring the next portion of your exam" he said before he went on a coughing fit

"Is he okay?" thought Hinata inwardly

"Before we start, there are a few of you that just barely finished the exam, if you want to drop out this is your chance" he told them

That's when a silver-haired nin raised his hand "Ill like to drop out, my team is exhausted and I'll surely fail if we continue like this" he said

Naruto narrowed his eyes at him "He's suspicious"

"I know Master, he smalls of snakes just like Orochimaru, that surely isn't good" said Miyako

"I know, however that's not our priority right now, the teams are being given out right now" he told her

"If that'll be everyone, let me explain how we will go about this" he finished and went on another coughing fit

"Yeah he's definitely not okay" thought Hinata

"Each of you will be assigned a number, it's randomized so you have the chance of going against someone from your village, may even be someone from your team. That being said once a fight has begun it ends once one of you forfeits or cannot continue, killing is acceptable how looked down upon. If you interfere in someone's fight they will automatically be disqualified."

The bight board behind them lit up. The screen began to cycle through names until it fell on

Sasuke Uchiha vs Kin Tsuchi

Zaku Abumi vs. Shino Aburame

Misumi Tsurugi vs. Kankurō

Sakura Haruno vs. Ino Yamanaka

Tenten vs. Temari

Shikamaru Nara vs. Yoroi Akado

Sora Komachi vs. Kiba Inuzuka

Hinata Hyūga vs. Neji Hyūga

Gaara vs. Rock Lee

Dosu Kinuta vs. Chōji Akimichi

Naruto Uzumaki vs. Yune Kazemi

Sasuke looked around and found the girl he was facing, he noticed she had a haughty confident look to her

Zaku and Shino looked at each other and Zaku had an arrogant smirk to him while Shino had his normal stoic face

Misumi and Kankuro looked at each other with unreadable expressions

Sakura looked at Ino "Heh Ino-pig. I'll finally show Sasuke whos the girl that's meant to be with him once I'm done with you" said Sakura as she looked at Sasuke with swooning eyes. He just rolled his eyes and looked away

Tenten looked at Temari, Temari looked at Tenten, both had arrogant smiles on their face.

Shikamaru lazily looked at his opponent "This is so troublesome. I wish I could drop out but my mom would tear my head off if I did" he thought with a slight shudder

"Hell yea, I'll be fighting a hot chick" said Kiba as he pumped his fist up in glee

Hinata looked at her cousin "Neji..." he thought sadly. She didn't hate her cousin, however, unfortunately, the feeling isn't mutual. He always used to call her weak, but she's changed. Her expression turned to a determined one.

"I'll show you Neji that because of Naruto-sama I'm not the same girl as before, I'm strong enough to stand on my own 2 feet now" however her face flushed realizing the honorific she used on Naruto

"Naruto-sama... I wonder if he'll mind"

Gaara gave Lee a crazed look "Mother will be pleased with your blood" he thought to himself while Lee yelled in his typical Lee manner

"He will be a good opponent to test my fLAMES OF YOUTH" he exclaimed as he gave Gaara a thumbs up and blinding smile

Choji looked at his mummified opponent while fearfully eating chips "Geez this dude is scary, I really don't want to fight him" he considered dropping out as well but not only will Ino slug him, but his mother very much like Shikamaru's will definitely tear his head off. Wonder if that's why they get along.

Yune and Sora looked at each other and nodded. Both were females. Sora wore a Chinese dress that covered her modest chest and thigh-length socks and had her brunette hair tied up in a single bun laying on the side of her head with a pin through it. She also had a short sword on a hilt laying on her back. The other one, Yune, elegantly wore her dark blue hair dropped down reaching her thighs with a single small braid running through the middle complementing it. Her chest was noticeably larger than Sora's she also had a beauty mark under her eye. However one of the most noticeable features was the tattoo sleeve that ran all over her left arm ending at her wrists. She had on a similar dress to Yune's, and because of this, they were presumably from the same team. Her gear consisted were metal cuffs around her wrist and a sword similar to Sora's strapped on her waist.

Both caught Naruto's attention, not just because of their striking beauty but because both seemed powerful.

"I didn't feel or notice their presence until now" he thought as he looked at the 2 of them warily

He felt Miyako climb on him rub her head on him "Geez Master, already have your eyes set on 2 of them. Kyyaaa I wish Master would look at lil ol me with those hungry eyes" she said with a fake sniff

Naruto sweat dropped "No its not that. She's strong, but there is something else about both of them… I can't put my finger on it though. I'll have to watch over them"

They both seemed to notice his gaze upon them and they looked over at him and simultaneously winked at him. He put up a facade and smirked and winked back to not make them suspect anything.

"Naruto" his attention drifted to Sasuke who was walking towards him as he called out towards him.

"You said I can't use my chakra right? So I'll have to do this battle without using chakra?" he asked

"Yes that's true, but you shouldn't worry, I beat you up if you don't win" he told him

"Hmph, as if me winning was even ever a question. Of course I'm going to win" he said with his signature Uchiha smirk

Hayate cleaned his throat to catch their attention "You will all have to to go the rails above and specter the fight" he told them.

All left with the exception of Sasuke and Kin.

Hayate looked at both of them "You know the rules. Ready? Hajime" he exclaimed as he jumped out the arena

Both Sasuke and Kin looked at each other, none moved a muscle. That is until Kin whipped out senbon and threw them at Sasuke. Sasuke easily dodged it only to see more senbon gliding his way. This continued for another minute until Sasuke got irritated, he pulled out his sword and deflected the senbon that made their way towards him. In an attempt to end this quickly, he rushed her and tried to slash her with his blade. However, she moved away giving her enough time to pull out another senbon. She threw it at him

"Heh, is this really all you can do? Just throw senbon. If so then this will be easier than I thought" He smirked at her

She laughed in response "You're in idiot if you think this is all I have" she said as she continued her onslaught

She threw 2 senbon at him which he ducked under. That's when he noticed a ringing sound he looked behind him to see bells hanging on the senbon

"Bells?" he thought to himself in curiosity

She continued throwing senbon with bells, he kept on dodging them only to feel a nick on his arm. He looked down at it and saw a senbon sticking out of it.

"What the..? When did she hit me" he wondered when he widened his eyes in realization

She smirked "Heh, so you realized. While you were distracted by the senbon with bells I used the ones with no bells to hit you. Not so great and mighty now are we?" she asked mockingly

Sasuke looked at her in amusement "Hmph you just got lucky with that one. Next time you won't be so lucky-" he said as he was cut short by the fact that he cant move.

"What the" he looked at her but heard the bells from the senbon that was impaled earlier ringing. The ringing kept on getting louder and louder.

"So you've realized, you are caught in my genjutsu. The ringing from the bells are ringing at a certain frequency that directly affects your brain. First, you're paralyzed, then you'll start hallucinating" she laughed as Sasuke's vision became hazy, he looked at Kin only to see 17 of her

"I don't know which is the real one. I can't mess around anymore. If I do I'll possibly lose. And we can't have that, he'll never let me live it down" he thought to himself as he readied himself

"I'm sorry but I think it's my turn now" he said to her

"Sorry you won't get a tur-" her eyes widened as he looked her down with his Sharingan full blaze.

"If it were anyone else, you probably would have won. But unfortunately, you got me as an opponent. There is no genjutsu my Sharingan can't see through. This ends now" he said as the tomoe on his eye spun

Kin's eyes widened "Crap crap crap crap how can I forget such an important thing? Lord Orochimaru warned us about him and his Sharingan." she thought angrily

When Sasuke broke out of the genjutsu he stood up and rushed at Kin with impressive speeds and kicked her in the stomach making her stumble down. She got back up and attempted to attack him with more senbon, but to no avail. Now that had his Sharingan he wasn't falling for the same trick.

He dashed up in front of her

"So fast" was the thought shared by many of the sectators including Kin

He punched her in the stomach and she dropped on all 4's clutching her stomach. Sasuke put a kunai to her head "Withdrawl" he said

As much as she wanted to retaliate she knew she wasn't going to win.

"I yield"

"Winner, Sasuke Uchiha" said Hayate

Sasuke smirked and looked at Naruto then went back to the stands

"You almost lost. Keep doing stuff like that and you'll eventually lose at one point, but you won nonetheless so good job I guess" said Naruto to him

"Hmph...Thanks... I guess" he murmured

Naruto just laughed and placed his attention to Hayate again who was announcing the next fight

'"Time for the next fight, Zaku vs Shino, please come down." *fight is same as canon*

"Winner, Shino Aburame"

Next fight, is Mitsuki vs Kankuro, Please come down" *fight same as canon*

"Winner, Kakuro"

"Next fight is Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka, please come down"

Both Sakura and Ino glared at each other and made their way towards the arena.

Once there Sakura started yelling in her typical fashion

"Hey! Ino Pig! I'll finally show Sasuke-kun why I am perfect for him! Although I would have perferred to fight Hinata, she's been getting too close to Sasuke since they're on the both on the same team! That is my rightful place!" she exclaimed angrily

Both Hinata and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her statement and looked at each other and shrugged.

"What the hell is wrong with her! I swear it takes a special type of person to think of the things she does." thought Naruto as he glared at her making shivers run up her spine

"Yeah she seems a little unhinged" Kurumi then giggled and mused "Wonder what her reaction will be if she ever finds out Sasuke is a girl"

"Hehe Kyuubi-sama is right. That would be funny, she would lose her shit and be like 'nooo not my Sasuke-kun'" laughed Miyako as she did an impeccable Sakura impression.

Naruto snorted in amusement but kept on spectating their interaction.

It was now Ino's turn to retort "I don't give a damn about Sasuke, forehead. However, I have to prove to someone that I'm not weak, to have them notice me. And I'm sure as hell not having a banshee out do me. I've been training and it will not go to waste" she said as she took a minuscule glance at Naruto, most wouldn't have noticed but 3 people and 2 foxes most certainly did.

"Ooooooo Master! She's talking about you!" exclaimed Miyako in slight surprise

"She's right Naruto-kun. Geez you keep on pulling these girls left and right. Poor ol me might get jealous" Kurumi said with a fake sniffle

Naruto raised an eyebrow at her "Wasn't it you who wanted me to go the harem route?"

Kurumi slightly faltered and a giggle escaped her "I guess you're right"

Naruto just inwardly rolled his eyes at her antics, who would have guessed the Almighty Kyuubi was so childish.

"Stop lying!"

Naruto's attention was brought back to the arena by the sound of Sakura's yells

"The only reason you're doing this is so you can make my guard lower and snatch Sasuke from under my nose. And I'm not letting that happen!" she sneered

Ino was getting mad. She was starting to get sick of what Sakura has become. "I don't like Sasuke, not anymore. I did at one point but it's been so long that it doesn't matter anymore. I only ever pretended to like him all this time because of our rivalry. From the simple rumor that I liked Sasuke you destroyed our friendship. Only reason I kept this facade is because this rivalry connected us, made me feel we still have a friendship of sorts, as twisted as my definition was. But I've now realized some friendships aren't worth attempting to salvage. You aren't the same Sakura I was friends with all those years back. But unfortunately for you, I'm also not the same Ino." she spat in anger

Naruto was slightly surprised. No, he was very surprised. He knew Ino, even though her and Sakura were at each other's throats throughout the academy. Whenever they conversed and the subject was Sakura, as much as he didn't want to admit the subject has popped up a few times, he could notice a tinge of longing in her, as if she missed her. It honestly started to make hin feel like Ino swung that way, he never asked on it but now he understood her, and now hated Sakura all the more. He also started seeing Ino in a new light, but he started to feel like Ino could be someone he actually could get along with.

Ino didn't give Sakura a chance to retort when she looked at Hayate and said in the coldest tone she could muster

"Start it"

He nodded "Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka. Hajime!"

"You're going to regret that Pig!" exclaimed Sakura. Not one tinge of regret on her soul from what Ino said.

While Ino didn't respond or show it, she felt hurt. She will have to put that all apart though if she wants Naruto to notice her, like he does Hinata. She's noticed how they interact now, and she know's Hinata isn't the same person she was, and she felt that was due to Naruto. She's not gonna lie, she felt a tad bit jealous, but that won't hold her back. She started taking training seriously and will show it.

Ino pulled out kunai and threw it at Sakura as she charged like a barbarian

Sakura dodged it just in time, it almost hit her arm. While Ino wasn't too confident on her taijutsu she was sure she could take Sakura on.

Ino rushed Sakura, Sakura's untrained eyes and reflexes could barely keep it with Ino's onslaught of punches and kicks. They eventually overpowered her and sent her back with a yell.

Sakura, tired and bruised from all her dodging could barely stand. Ino definitely noticed this.

"This is my chance. Just you watch Naruto, I will prove to you I'm not weak" she thought as she remembered the conversation he had with her back while in the academy. The conversation that ignited her interest in him

Flashbacko

Location: Konoha

Time: A week before Graduation Exams

Ino was walking in town when she noticed a blob of blonde hair. She walked over to him and saw it was Naruto. And of course he was eating ramen on his favorite ramen stand

"Hey Naruto"

"Oh hey Ino" he said as he was slurping ramen

Naruto never really talked to Ino outside of school, at school they would converse but not often, not as often as Ino would have liked.

"I usually never see you outside of class"

She laughed "That's right"

"Care for some ramen?"

"Nah, I'm on a diet" she replied

"Diet?"

"What the hell is a soon to be kunoichi doing dieting?" he asked seriously

"Well.. Sasuke-" she wasnt able to finish what she said as Naruto cut her off

"No, I don't care about Sasuke, this is you were talking about, while we are not the bestest of friends you are a fellow classmate and friend. And I can't have a friend dieting, dieting will leave you weak, and if you ever do on a mission like that chances are you won't return" he told her seriously

Ino was surprised.. no one had ever cared about her like that before, a warm feeling began to erupt in both her stomach and cheeks

"Were eating ramen, while it might not be the healthiest its a start"

"Aye Ayame, get her a medium miso ramen with extra vegetables" he told the brown-haired worker

"Sure thing Naruto-kun"

Naruto turned to look at Ino "So, have you been training for the exams?"

"Training? Isn't training something you do after you get a ninja team?" she asked

Naruto had to resist the urge to facepalm. "I can't believe it" he said dramatically

"Ino you need to train, you know most male shinobi like it when kunoichi are strong, myself included, so you have a better chance of finding someone if you train to become strong. I on the other hate people who are weak, I can't stand it, especially when they complain and don't make effort to better themselves, being strong and being able to stand on your own 2 feet is what I find the most attractive" he said

He turned to a goofy smile "Anyways sorry I went a bit off track there. But you should train, it'll suck if you end up failing he exam"

Something in Ino changed, she all of the sudden had the urge to train and become stronger.

As she left the ramen stand after eating and talking to Naruto she turned back to see Naruto eating his 9th bowl, she didn't notice but she was flushed and had a large smile.

Ino remembering this memory she held dear, decided to end it with a blast to show him what she can do. She ran through some hand signs. Much to the surprise of every Konoha 12, and Jonin with the exception of her sensei and her teammates.

"Hmm? What's this?" mused Naruto in slight surprise. It seems like she was telling the truth. While this isn't much considering how Ino was before this was definitely an improvement. He continued to watch in approval

"Katon: Hana Bakudan (Fire Release: Flower Bomb Jutsu)" she said as she inhaled and prepared to release a single fireball into the air where it exploded into other small ones and they dropped on Sakura. She yelled in pain as they burned her. Ino however toned the Jutsu down in order for it to not damage her too much, while she did want to get her message across she didn't want to flat out kill Sakura.

"Winner, Ino Yamanaka"

Ino was panting, she didn't have the best of stamina but she still smiled in happiness

"I did it" she thought to herself and looked over at Naruto only to see him looking at her with a gentle smile which only made her heart flutter

She went back to the stands and was congratulated by her teammates and fellow Konoha nin.

"Next fight, Tenten vs Temari" *same as canon*

"Winner, Temari"

"Now will Shikamaru Nara and Yoroi Akado come down"

"Geez what a drag" thought Shikamaru inwardly as he reluctantly made his way towards the stage

Once both were on the stage Hayate looked at both

"Ready? Hajime!" he said as he jumped out of the stage

Yoroi began to try and engage in a taijutsu battle, Shikamaru was not too confident on his skills on taijutsu, so he just began to dodge his attacks. Yoroi was able to land a few hits on Shikamaru, while Shikamaru was able to block them to not have them so much damage he noticed something. With every hit he landed he felt his chakra draining.

He didn't have a large reserve so he definitely noticed it, now he knew why he was so adamant on engaging on taijutsu, he was probably trying to slowly but surely drain his chakra and exhaust him. But thankfully, he noticed, now the hard part if figuring out a way around it, but thanks to his clan's specialized Jutsu long range battle won't be impossible, however Shika knew better than to underestimate his enemy.

"Now I need to figure out how to make the shadows" He thought and clicked his tongue.

"This is the worst there are little to no shadows. Worst landscape for me to fight" he thought slightly irritated

So far their entire fight consisted of taijutsu, Yoroi attempted to hit Shikamaru but Shikamaru did everything he could to not get touched.

"So you've noticed" sneered Yoroi

"Yes, an interesting technique there. To be able to drain someone's chakra by touching them is surely a formidable technique. Avoiding it has definitely been quite a challenge" said Shikamaru with a slight chuckle

Yoroi smirked in response "Then you should just give it, you have shown nothing else except dodging, dis you really make it this far without any skill? Have you had your team do all the work?" he taunted

However, unfortunately for him Shikamaru was level headed and wouldn't fall for such things.

Shikamaru didn't respond and now he knew just what do to.

Shikamaru pulled out a shuriken and threw them at him and it landed to his right

Yoroi snorted "How did you manage to pass the academy with such aim. Unbelievable, have Konoha standards really dropped so far?" he taunted in an another attempt to make Shikamaru lose his cool

Shikamaru then pulled something out

"Ugh. More shuriken or kunai? Give it. You lost, it's pointless to continue. All your efforts so far have been futile." he said getting tired of this

Shikamaru gave an uncharacteristic smirk and thew the object he was getting towards Yoroi, only to have it completely miss it's target and have it thrown to the left of him, the object exploded in a blinding flash. When he tried to move away but realized he couldn't move.

"What the-" he thought

"What have you done?!" he exclaimed

Shikamaru calmly responded "My clan's Jutsu specializes in controlling shadows. Since this stage has no shadows I had to create some."

"Create some? How? I don't see any!" he said his voice raising

Shikamaru smirked and pulled on something. That's when Yoroi realized

"String"

"Correct. Using the shadows created by the flash of light. The first shuriken I threw was to throw you off, but not only that, it had that string attached to it. However your shadow is currently behind you and I couldn't get to it. So I threw that light bomb to your left to not only make your shadow come on the right but to amplify your shadow and make it larger to make sure it can reach it." he told Yoroi

"Tch" was all he could reply. He was clearly outsmarted and there wasn't anything he could do.

"Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Jutsu)" said Shikamaru as he took control of Yoroi and pulled out a kunai from his pouch and pointed the kunai at his neck

"Yield" he commanded

Yoroi wanted to protest but he decided against it.

"I yield" he said somberly

"Winner, Shikamaru Nara"

Naruto back on the stands looked at Shikamaru with an approving look

"Typical Shika. Doesn't have much muscle but has all the brains needed." thought Naruto

"Next fight Sora Komachi vs Kiba Izuzuka. Come down" Hayate told them

"Aw hell yea. Come on Akamaru, let's show this hot girl how strong we are!" he said confidently

Yune looked at Sora and they both nodded then Sora went down to the stage.

"Alright. Ready Hajime"

"Get ready. Just cause you're a girl doesn't mean I'll go easy on you" he said with a wink

She giggled and said "Wouldn't want it any other way" her angelic voice rung out

Naruto meanwhile was watching her every move like an eagle. He knew Kiba was screwed cause he could tell Sora was no pushover, if her massive chakra reserves said anything. However this made Naruto question something

"They couldn't be. Could they?" Naruto pondered as he narrowed his eyes at her

Naruto shook his head to rid those thoughts

Yune however was also watching Naruto look at her sister fight with a glint in her eye.

"Soon.." she thought to herself as she licked her lips

Kiba prepared his clan's specialized Jutsu.

"Come on Akamaru let's do this"

"Gatguga (Fang Passing Fang)" he said as he and Akamaru spun creating a tornado looking aura and began to go make their way towards Yune at high speeds. She elegantly flipped back to dodging it her dress somehow not spiking up much to the dismay of most the males present. This dance continued for several minutes until Sora began to get bored of it.

"Is this all you can do?" she told him "My my I thought you were better" she said suggestively

Kiba blushed and had a lecherous look to him "I'll show you better" he said as he prepared another attack

"Gatguga (Fang Passing Fang)" he said as he flung at her

"I told you" she said as he neared

"That won't work" she finished as he reached her only for her to perform a spin kick and kicked Kiba to the wall creating a large crater.

Kiba was slightly dazed as he got back up

"You're going to regret that" he said angrily

She smirked "Oh really? Punish me then... or try to at least" she said causing many of the males to flush

"Heh. She's using her sexual appeal. How shameless" said Naruto out loud amused

"Ho? What this cutie? Would you like to attempt to punish me?" she said with a wink

However, Naruto was however immune to all forms of teasing and would not be one-upped

"Only if you beg for it, I don't mind making you scream" he told her much to Hinata's dismay, and only for Sora to largen her smirk

She was about to reply when she was cut off by Kiba

"Hey! Stop flirting! I still need to kick your ass" he told her angerly

"Oh right. You're still here" she said as she looked at Kiba unamused

"Shut up. I'll show you!" he exclaimed as he pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it and it exploded in a plume of smoke that covered the entire arena

She looked around in amusement and heard through the smoke

"Gatguga (Fang Passing Fang)"

"Again with this. Is this really all you can do? Geez I thought would be more exciting than this"

Fighting could be heard in the smoke, it continued until the smoke almost cleared up.

"Kiba has this there's no way someone can beat an Inuzuka in taijutsu" Was the thought that ran through most of the Konoha nin who clearly underestimated Sora. They were among the village's finest taijutsu users after all. There were some not so sure Kiba had this in the bag, they were the minority though.

As the smoke dissipated everyone half expected both of them to be someone harmed or one victorious most guesses landing towards Kiba. When the smoke dissipated and it revealed an untouched Sora standing victorious and a battered Kiba on the floor in defeat

Almost every Konoha nin was shocked. An Inuzuka? Beat in taijutsu? Even though they were genin the Inuzuka's Gatguga is something that should overwhelm a genin. But that wasn't it. To be also left unscathed was even more shocking.

Everyone looked at Sora slightly shocked. She just smiled at them then looked at Naruto and winked. Much the dismay of some of the females there, especially Hinata who glared at her with hate evident in her eyes.

"Winner, Sora Komachi"

"Will Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga come down"

Hinata looked at Naruto and he nodded at her "Show them you're not the same weak girl as before"

She nodded "Hai" She went over and look at her cousin with determination "I'll show Naruto that all that training wasn't for nothing"

"Ready? Hajime!"

Neither moved a muscle.

""Byakugan!""

Veins protruded from Hinata's lavender eyes as the same happened to Neji's white ones. Both stared each other off. Neji was slightly surprised at Hinata's demeanor, she was, as far as he could remember a timid shy girl who struggled to udder a complete sentence without studdering, much less to the blond kid she had the hots for. But the person in front of him wasn't the same person, it was unbelievable how much she changed since she became a genin and was put in that team with the blond kid. No matter he will win.

"Give up Hinata. It doesn't matter how much you've trained. Fate has already chosen me as the victor of this match" he told her

"No! I'm not the same person as before. I've changed and in this match I'll prove it to you, father and everyone that I'm strong, and not even you will stop me" she said with determination

"Very well. You have made your choice."

Neji attacked Hinata at high speeds, the onlooking Genin could barely keep up, but to everyone's surprise Hinata was keeping up no problem. Every strike Neji sent her way she swiftly blocked, both their hands seemingly blurred out of sight as a sign of how fast they were moving.

"Come on, one chance, one tiny cha-THERE" she thought as she finally got a chance to escape this loop they were in

One tiny movement Neji did gave Hinata a big enough window to slap his hand away and pushed him back. He skittled back and Hinata flipped back and ran through hand signs.

"Fuuton: Kaze Noyashi no Jutsu (Wind Style: Wind Palm Jutsu)" she exclaimed as she pushed her palm forward and out a gust of wind came out, strong enough to stagger Neji a bit. Hinata smiled and gave Neji no chance to recover, or so she thought

She dashed at Neji to attempt to strike one of his Tenketsu, she was a quarter of an inch away when Neji moved out just in time to dodge the strike.

In retaliation he attempted to strike one of hers. She widened her eyes as she moved her arm away in an attempt to dodge it and was successful for the most part but was slightly hit, not enough to disable her arm but enough to make her feel slight fatigue.

"Damn, if that hit this match would as good as over." she thought grimly

Neji saw that he hit her and started getting overconfident.

"I told you, it's pointless"

This was a large mistake on his part, he started getting cocky, he began to play a little more aggressively not focusing enough on defending from her attacks, Hinata noticed this and took advantage of it taking the chance she had to strike his tenketsu, he again dodged it but she managed to tap his tenketsu, much like she did to him effectively leaving both of them on the same boat.

"Crap, this is going worst that I had thought" he said inwardly as he panted. He looked at her and noticed she was in a similar state than him.

"Hinata, give it up, while you have gotten better but fate has already chosen me as the victor, everything you try will fail, and I will win" he said his voice raising

"Shut up already"

He looked up and saw the blond kid in Hinata's team glaring at him.

"You keep blabbing your mouth about fate this fate that, are you sure you're not just using fate as a cover to hide your fears? You're not the only one with problems, you keep on trying to hide behind the word "fate" instead of trying to do something to change it, if you keep on hiding behind 'fate' then your life will he filled with nothing than a 1 directional boring world where 'fate' will chain you down to mediocrity and you'll never be able to surpass anyone, or accomplish anything. Your so called fate is not your friend and will one day let you down. What will you do then?" he asked him coldly

"What do you know? You don't know what I've been through" he spat

"I do know what you've been through, and frankly I don't care, but if you will keep on insulting Hinata's attempts to grow and break out of the chains that previous held her back and comparing her attempts to better herself to your stupid fate. Then I'll have a problem, however I'll tell you the same thing I told her "you create your own fate". Do what you will with those words" be told him coldly

Neji was taken aback and pondered over his words tor a second, however he decided to keep up his

"You're an idiotic fool, you wi-"

"NEJI" he was cut off by a glaring Hinata

"I won't have you insulting Naruto-kun. How hurry up and show me this victory given to you from fate that you keep on talking about" she said with an uncharacteristic hostile tone and glared

Neji just clicked his tongue is response trying to hide his shock

"Very well"

"Let's end this." she continued

Both dashed at each other with a force stronger than before seemingly ignoring their previous injuries. Hinata attempted to attack Neji's tenketsu as Neji did the same continuing in their previous dance like manner. They both seemed to speed up as they hands blurred out of existence. Both baring determined looking, a clash of ideals, someone trying to prove herself as not weak and someone trying to break out of their limits put on them by their clan.

Both Neji and Hinata saw a chance to strike and took it, both instantaneously shot their arm out and slammed it on each other's chest. The sound of the impact echoed as they both spit out blood and fell the the ground. A second passed and no one moved a muscle, the sound of both bodies falling echoed in everyone's heads.

Naruto blurred out of existence at speeds not even Jonins could follow and showed up next to Hinata in an instant.

Hinata smiled at him "Naruto-kun" she said hoarsely

"Did I do good? Did I prove that I can stand in my own 2 feet even against someone like Neji?"

"Yes Hinata, you did good. However if you keep on asking me questions like that all that talk would all be for nothing. But I'm proud of you" he said as he put his hand on her chest hearing her heartbeat

"You'll be okay Hinata" he told her

She laughed that eventually broke into coughs "I know I will, I have you at my side after all. But please check on Neji. Our ideals may not match but he's my cousin and I care about him" he told her

"Right" he said as he moved making way for the medic team to take her

Naruto moved towards to Neji and his team who was surrounding him moved away

"I may not agree with you but Hinata cares about you. All I ask is for you to acknowledge Hinata, while I trained her, her drive was to prove to you and I she isn't weak. And I can now proudly say she isn't weak"

Neji gave a slight nod "Yes, I can see that look at how we both are left. I can see that fate didn't choose my to be the victor of this match. Seems like fate let me down this time"

Naruto snorted "You should really drop that fate crap"

Neji gave an uncharacteristic smile and weak chuckle "Right. Take care of Hinata, I can tell she holds you dear, keep helping her grow, I expect a rematch"

"Right" he nodded with a slight smile as he moved out of the way so the medic team can take him away.

"Draw by double knockout" announced Hayate

"Next fight Gaara vs. Rock Lee, will you both come down" he said

"Gaara vs Rock Lee, Hajime"*same epic fight as canon*

"Winner Gaara" Hayate said as Gaara disappeared on a swirl of sand and appeared on the stands and simply stared at Naruto woth a glare.

"Next fight. Dosu Kinuta vs. Chōji Akimichi will you both come down *same bloodbath as canon*

"Hajime, Dosu Kinuta"

"Next match, Naruto Uzumaki vs. Yune Kazemi" as soon at these words were uttered everyone's interest was piqued, both Genin and Jonin alike

"Better not lose idiot" said Sasuke crossing his arms as a smirk appeared on his face

"Oh shut up" hr replied rolling his eyes as he jumped off the rails meeting Sora's gaze. She smiled suggestively at him

"Geez why are both of them so sexually appealing. It's as if they want me to devour them" Naruto mused "However that isn't important right now. I need to figure out as much as possible from this fight. Something doesn't click right with them, both her and Yune"

"Ready? Hajime"

Yune was the first to attack, she pulled her sword out and ran at Naruto with impressive speeds. What was even more impressive was Naruto pulling out a sword in time to block her attack

"Where did he get the sword from?" was the thought shared by many except for those who knew about seals

Yune swung at his head and Naruto simply put his blade to intercept the strike. She smirked and tried to sweep her leg under him only for him to jump up. She saw this as an opportunity to slash him but was met with disappointment when in mid air Naruto kicked her on the chest pushing her back and Naruto used it as a tool to flip back

"Heh, not bad cutie" she said

"Yeah, you're not too bad yourself. However if you want a taste of me you'll have to try harder" he replied smoothly

"Your attempts of flirting are cute" she replied with a smirk

"That may be but I'm not the one initiating them"

She just laughed out loud

"Very well then, you mentioned about trying harder to get a taste? That I'll do" she said as she ran at him with faster speeds.

This however was not a challenge to Naruto and blocked every strike that made it's way towards him. With each strike being faster than the last their movements started to blur a signal of how fast they were moving, so much that only Jonins could barely keep up

"What the hell is up with this next generation. They're all over Chunin level" commented Asuma to Kakashi up on the rails.

"I don't know but this next generation will be quite a spectacle for sure.." he replied

Naruto's and Yune's movements eventually became too fast for the genin to follow and Yune has a large smile on her face the whole time

"He's everything I expected so far" she thought excitedly "Now to push him further"

She jumped back and her sword began to crackle with lightning

The Jonin widened their eyes. That was elemental chakra manipulation, much like Asuma's Wind Blades. This girl was no joke if if knew how to do this

Naruto's smile also grew as a response

As her sword hissed she impaled it into the floor causing the floor to rumble slightly

Naruto realizing what she was about to do jumped up. As he did lightning blew out the floor beneath him like geysers. He anded a few yards away from the impact. He looked at her

"My turn" he said as he did 2 hand signs and slammed his hand into the floor

"Doton: Shi no Supaiku no Jutsu (Earth Release: Death's Spikes)"

The ground around Yune rumbled for a second before erupting in a series of spikes all around her. She jumped away from them only to be met with 15 kunai swiftly making their way towards her. She smiled and in mid air pulled out multiple kunai to intercept each one. Once she deflected them all and was about to land Naruto appeared in front of her, sword raised prepared to strike her.

She intercepted it at the last second but the strength behind it was enough to send her flying back. She elegantly landed on her feet. Only for her to see more kunai flying towards her. She rapidly ran through hand signs, brought her fingers to her lips and blew out a large gust of wind strong enough to blow all the kunai away. This however was not enough to stop Naruto

"Geez hot shot, can't you give a cute maiden like me a second to recover" she said as she blocked incoming blade strikes courtesy of Naruto

"Yeah but if I do that then it'll give you a bigger chance to come up with a attack. And we can't have that could we sweetheart" he said

"Yes that would be true.. only if this were an actual fight" she said only to confuse the listeners except for Naruto

"We both know this fight is for information gathering" she said in a lowly whisper only audible to the both of them "And I know more about you than you do me sweetie"

"But don't worry, I won't do anything, after all you could have ended me the instant this fight started. However I knew you wanted to get information about me through this fight" she whispered with a smirk

"What do you know about me" he asked not with his guard up

"Ah, that's no good sweetie, that would ruin the surprise later wouldn't it" she said with a giggle

"Now hurry up, punish this naughty girl and end this match" he said as her face flushed suggestively

Naruto deciding not to hold back anymore blurred away, appeared beside her and kicked her in the side making her fly away and slam against the arena wall making her moan. Which startled most of the arena spectators.

"Oh wow you're so rough Naruto-kun. If you keep on being so rough I won't be able to hold myself back" she said with a red face

"Proctor-kun you can end this fight, I withdrawl"

Everyone looked at her dumbfounded.

"Winner by withdrawal, Naruto Uzumaki" said Hayate slightly surprised

"Congrats blondie-kun" she said with a wink as she went up where Sora was

Naruto however didn't look to pleased. He discovered something about her but he didn't like it, she knew something about him and he didn't know much about her. That is something that upset him, she didn't seem to be hostile though. However he can't be sure, he'll need to watch over them more.

"Very well. Congratulations to the people who passed. The next test will be in one month. The test will be another one on one similar to this test. The matches will be as such" he said as a list flashed on the screen

Match #1: Sasuke Uchiha vs. Gaara

Match #2: Sora Komachi vs Naruto Uzumaki

Match #3 Ino Yamanaka vs. Kankuro

Match #4 Shino vs. Dosu

Match #5: Shikamaru will fight the victor of Match #1

"You will have one month to train and prepare for this match. Use your time wisely, and good luck" he said as he began to exit the building

Everyone left and Naruto was going to look for Yune and Sora but they were nowhere to be found. First thing on their mind was going to see how Hinata was doing. But much to their disappointment they didn't allow visitors at the moment. Reluctantly both Sasuke and Naruto left.

"Alright Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei told me that we'll meet at Training Ground 7 as a team once Hinata has recovers and we'll discuss how we're going to handle training. But I want you at my place tomorrow, I'm going to remove that seal Orochimaru placed on you"

Sasuke nodded "Right, I'll see you tomorrow then, I'll be there at like 2" he finished and left in a Shushin

Naruto disappeared in a swirl and appeared at his house where Haku was waiting for him.

Upon his appearance Haku sprung into action pulling out senbon preparing to attack the intruder who dared step into Naruto-sama's home

"Chill it's just me" Naruto said raising his hands

Haku sighed and put her senbon away "You scared me Naruto-sama, did the Exams end already?" she asked

Naruto raised an eyebrow "Naruto-sama? Whatever happened to 'Naruto-kun'?"

Haku flushed "Uhhh I simply felt like Naruto-sama was more appropriate"

"Alright whatever you're comfortable with works. Anyways yeah, the exams finished, the final segment will be in a month, we have that time to train and prepare."

She nodded "How'd everyone do?" she asked slightly curious as to how Hinata did.

"Sasuke had an easy opponent but there was a complication"

"Complication?" she asked

"Yes, Orochimaru crashed the Chunin exams"

Haku was slightly taken aback "Orochimaru? As in one of the three Sannin Orochimaru? The one who deflected Konoha and is now one of the most wanted Konoha nin alongside Itachi Uchiha?"

"Yes, he marked Sasuke with a curse seal, something I can remove but that isn't the point. He wanted Sasuke's Sharingan, and I blocked off the curse seal but that meant Sasuke having to hold off from using chakra for the match. He still passed thought but he will come tomorrow for me to remove his seal" he finished as she nodded

"And Hinata.. she did good, her match was against her cousin Neji, a member of the Hyuga branch family, said to be a prodigy. Hinata fought tooth and nail to beat him, it ended in a tie both hurting each other to the point where neither could move. Hinata.. she's going to be a difficult case. I know she cares about me but her love is obsessive and possessive and we will have to try and work with that. After all I can't fulfill my goal with just one lover" said Naruto with a snort to which Haku giggled

"Well Naruto-sama seems you have your work cut out for you" she said with a giggle

"Right, have you gotten in contact with Zabuza?" he asked her

"Yes, they're nearing Kiri, the purges are still as bad as it was. He will try to meet with the leader and put in a good word for you. Hey Naruto-sama, when are we leaving?" she asked

"I would rather sooner than later but I have some loose ends to fix here and I need more set up before I can leave, cause if I leave right now too much problems will arise that will bite us in the ass later down the road, and we can't have that"

"Right" she nodded

"I'll be in my room resting, see you later Haku-chan" he said as he left to his room with a wave

Naruto awoke to his senses being invaded my a delicious aroma

He stood up and began to walk down to see Haku making his breakfast with Miyako on her shoulders blabbing on about how her her master was and whatever

"Mornin" he said with a yawn and sat down on one of the chairs

"Good morning Naruto-sama" she said as she began to get a plate to serve him

"Good morning Master, Miyako helped Haku-chan" the fox said excitedly as she jumped off Haku's shoulder and jumped onto Naruto's lap so she can get pet

Haku brought the food and Naruto licked his lips "Itadakumasu" he said and he began to gobble it down

"Shoo good" he said mid bite "It's been a while since I've eaten fresh cooked from you, so this tastes 10x better" he praised

Haku giggled and was about to respond but a knock on the door stopped her. She looked at Naruto and pulled out senbon

"Chill it's probably Sasuke" he said

"Right, still doesn't hurt to be safe" she said as she went to open the door senbon on the other hand

And to no one's surprise Sasuke was there, arms crossed with his signature scowl

"Yo"

"Yo"

"I'm coming in" he said as he began to walk in and saw Naruto eating

"Are you done eating idiot" he asked

"Oh shut up Sasuke hurry up and undo your genjutsu and get undressed, you don't have to get fully undressed, but enough so your entire back is exposed" he replied

He blushed in response and began to mumble something about perverts

Haku on the other hand was confused "Genjutsu?" she thought inwardly

Sasuke however was hesitant when he saw Haku standing there "Idiot, can we trust her?" he whispered looking at Haku

"Sasuke I trust Haku with my life. You can trust she'll keep your secret, but if you're not comfortable undoing it in front of her I will ha e her leave" he said

Sasuke shook his head "No it's okay, I'll eventually have to get comfortable with being in this form around people" he said as he began to run through a series of hand signs

When he ended it with a "Kai" and instead of a normal Sasuke there was standing a female the height of Sasuke, her small but noticeable mounds on her chest. Her attire was the same that Sasuke was wearing and her hair was a dark shade of of black that swung freely behind her reaching to her mid back. Her skin was pale, her face more angular, feminine, and her pink lips were baring a scowl. All in all she was beautiful

Haku stepped back a bit in surprise "W-who the heck are you?"

"I'm Sasuke" she replied

She was about to retort when Naruto said something "It's true, Sasuke has been using a genjutsu disguising her gender for reasons that aren't my right to tell" he told her

Haku nodded, she was not one to judge, each person has their own reasons.

Sasuke began to take her shirt off, her pale skin illuminating in the sunlight. Once she had it off and was covering her chest. She layed down on her stomach where Naruto had told her

"Haku, go get my seal equipment" he told her. Haku nodded and left, she came back a minute later with ink and pens

Naruto grabbed one of the pens and dipped it in the ink.

"Brace yourself, cause this is going to take a while" he told her softly

Naruto's brush hit her skin and she slightly shuttered and moaned at the touch. One stroke, then another, and another all of them making her tired as it went on until her world went black.

Upon awakening Sasuke felt fatigue all over her as she stood up in front of her was Naruto eating ramen. She looked at him for a second the down at her chest and scrambled to cover herself up

Naruto just let out a chuckle and she glared at him "How are you feeling?" he asked

She sighed and stretched "Everything is tried"

"How long was I out?"

"8 Hours" her eyes opened on shock. She looked outside and noticed it was starting to get dark

Her stomach rumbled and she flushed in embarrassment

"You hungry?" he asked trying not to laugh

"Yes" she said quietly

"I'll make you something" he said as he got up

"I'll do it Naruto-sama" said the voice of Haku who was sitting besides Naruto

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her form of addressing Naruto

"Nah Haku it's okay I'll make it myself" he said as he put his arm out to stop her

"You better not make me ramen idiot" said Sasuke

Naruto chuckled "While ramen is the food of the gods, that isn't all I eat for your information"

Sasuke looked at Haku "So do you and Naruto have that kind of relationship?" she asked

Haku raised an eyebrow "What kind?"

Sasuke flushed "Well you know.. you called him 'Naruto-sama'"

Haku's face exploded in a shade of red "No no no we don't have that kind of relationship yet" she exclaimed wailing her arms around

"Yet?" she quirked her eyebrow

Haku could only sputter in response

"Hmm. So you do you want to be in that kind of relationship?"

Haku didn't reply and just looked down red-faced, she's too embarrassed to reply

Sasuke smirked inwardly "That idiot sure keeps some interesting company" she mused to herself

Naruto came back with some food (insert your favorite food or whatever) and Sasuke began to eat as she pondered over the last few days.

"Onee-chan, so what do you think about Naruto-kun?" asked an excited voice

"He was intresting indeed, he is much stronger than we thought" said the other voice with a giggle

"Yes, he was most certainly intresting, can't wait to fight him again" she continued

Both made a singal hand signs undoing their genjutsu.

"Yes, we better report out observations to her, she'll definitely want to hear this" she thought with a smirk as they both disappeared in a blur of speed leaving Konoha

Allrriigghhtt so I'm finally done with the Chunin exams, this was kinda of difficult due to all the fights, it really tested my skill to make fight scenes, I'm not one to beg for reviews but please tell me how I did, feedback is always welcome. Not gonna lie it was kind of difficult coming up with the fights, but they were fun to try and come up with, I had to try and not make then seem stale, hope I did them justice. Also tell me if I did a good job on keeping a consistent POV, that's something I've been working on.

Anyways with that out I decided to introduce 2 new characters. For their appearance just think of what Cinder from RWBY wears (I've never seen it but I've seen screenshots of her and I like her dress so I'm using it) They're both going to become important but probably won't show up again until later, that's all I'm gonna say about them.

Ah, I really enjoyed writing Hinata's fight, I've been kind of sidelining her but I haven't forgotten about her that's for sure, I added a bit more about her inner conflict.

Ino got a bit more of a spotlight, I've said before they're friends but Ino is beginning to feel something more hehe. I actually came up with that little flashback on the spot while I was rereading it, I thought I'd add a little bit of background on my version of Ino's friendship with Sakura, I hate Sakura as you can tell so her fight was enjoyable.

So with Kurumi, she didn't appear this chapter. She's been spectating watching what Naruto is doing. Next chapter is gonna be the intermission between now and the Chunin exams where Naruto meets Jiriaya, I'm kinda excited about this cause that would mean Naruto is one step closer to freeing Kurumi.

Another thing I'm gonna be using "he, his him" with Sasuke for this first part, after she finally comes out as female I'll start using the female pronouns. Sorry if that confused some of you. One of you pointed out that some of the relationships seem too rushed and I read over and I agree, I'll try to spend more time on their interactions and show more of their inner thoughts to show them evolving. Another issue that was brought up is that I keep on time-skipping to important parts of the story leaving out character interactions which makes their interactions not make sense and seem rushed, this kinda correlates with the previous issue, point is, I'll try to work on more character interactions and I'll definitely have to have a lot of those cause while it is a huge harem, I don't want it to be a huge bs harem, so I have my work cut out for me lmao.

Also for those thinking I'll abandon this story then don't worry, I might take breaks and long updates but because I don't wanna rush it and there's only one sin in fanfiction, that is to hype your story up to make it seem like it'll be 1 million words and 900 chapters or sum only to stop writing at chapter 4.

Anyways with that being said, hope you enjoyed, and creative criticism is always welcome.

Ja Ne