The One

Chapter 4

AN: Hello again. I'm terribly sorry that it took so long for me to write a new chapter but I had a serious writers block during the last few month's. It also hasn't really helped that every time I thought to myself 'now I'm going to write a few paragraphs' somebody decides to update his or her story or published a completely new one and I fell back into reading instead of writing.

Seriously dude's, can't you give me a break for once. (Please don't ;))

Now lastly I have some information's about my stories. Firstly I have decided to split "The One" into three different books. Book one will end sometime after the chunin exams; Book two starts at the Shippuuden timeline and in book three will perform somewhere between Naruto's 18 and 25 birthday.

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The awakening

Sitting in his office Sarutobi Hizuren observed the small group in front of him currently visiting him. It had been almost two months since Naruto had left the village after he had to witness one of the cruelest things ever happened to him in his short life. After he had finally found someone he thought he could love with all his heart that person betrayed him, at least in his eyes, only a few hours later.

While he observed his visitors closely, the third Hokage of Konoha thought back at the day he learned about Naruto's departure and sigh at the memory.

Flashback

After he had finally finished his paperwork for today, Sarutobi leaned back in his chair and took a sip from his teacup and tried to relax. Suddenly his office door slammed open revealing Hyuuga Hiashi and a very concerned Iruka on the other side.

"Hokage-sama Naruto Uzumaki has left the village!"

In a heartbeat the old Hokage had been on his feet and appeared in front of his two shinobi in less than a second.

"What? What do you mean 'left the village'? When? How? Why?"

At this point Hiashi spoke because Iruka found himself unable to because of the Hokage grabbing his collar while shaking the chunin heavily.

"Please Sarutobi-sama, release Iruka and try to calm down. Naruto Uzumaki left the village because of what had happened between my daughter and the heir of the Inuzuka clan a few hours ago in front of my compound."

Slowly calming himself down Sarutobi released Iruka from his grip and went back to his seat.

"Tell me everything from the beginning."

Flashback end

To say that the old Hokage was pissed had been an understatement especially because during Hiashi's report a very angry Tsume Inuzuka entered his office demanding a serious punishment for Naruto because he threatened her son and his future mate a few hours ago without provocation.

However after Sarutobi, Iruka and Hiashi explained to her exactly what happened to her (After they released a massive amount of Killing Intent at her of course) Tsume quickly left the office and promised that she would punish her son personally because he broke one of the main rules of the Inuzuka clan.

Never try stealing someone else's mate.

A voice suddenly brought Sarutobi back to the present.

"What are we going to do if he doesn't show up tomorrow?" A very concerned Iruka asked.

"If by any chance Naruto doesn't return tomorrow he have to send out a Hunter squad and return him by force," he paused a few moments before he continued "but don't worry Iruka because . . . if I have learned anything from Naruto is that he never ever break one of his promises." Sarutobi finished with a small smile.

Hiashi himself smiled at that statement because he remembered that Naruto's father also had that reputation. In fact Hiashi remembered that at one point in time Minato had promised him that if Hiashi would ever find a women and married her because he loved her and not because his clan wished it, Minato would to everything in his power to create a new seal for the Hyuuga clan so that the cage-bird-seal could be banished for good.

"I'm also sure that he will return . . . I only hope that he somehow found a way to forgive my daughter by then."

"By the way Hiashi, how is Hinata holding up? Last I heard she wasn't doing so well." asked a very concerned Yuuhi Kurenai.

Hiashi eyed the read eye jonin next to him before he answered her. A few years ago he had decided to leave his oldest daughter in her care so she would somehow gain a little more confidence without the elders of his clan destroying what little spirit she got left. During the time Hinata had spent with her, Hiashi often talked with the female jonin and from time to time, handed her a few clan scrolls with training exercises for his daughter. It took a while for Hinata to get used it but slowly she began to improve in her training under Kurenai and she also began to see her as a more than a teacher or even a big sister. Slowly over the years Hinata formed a bond with her female teacher that many would describe as a connecting like a daughter has with her mother and Hiashi couldn't be happier about that. He had seen Hinata's change after his wife had died giving birth to Hanabi and it had saddened him to see his daughter during that time but with Kurenai she was somehow able to regain what she had lost at the death of his wife all those years ago.

However after that incident with Kiba two months ago Hinata had broken down completely and refused to even talk with him or even Kurenai and she rarely left her room during that time.

Hiashi could often hear his daughter crying herself to sleep and he slowly went out of ideas to break her out of her depression. However all of his plans became useless almost two weeks ago after he returned home from another council meeting and saw what he never wanted to see in his life.

Flashback

As soon as he entered the Hyuuga compound Hiashi sensed that something had been wrong but he couldn't point his finger on it. He saw the looks of the servants inside the compound and he knew that something terrible had happened while he had been away and after he walk inside the house he instantly knew what. Right in front of him kneeled his nephew with Hinata in his arms and the clan elders behind him but what cough his eye the most were the bandages on Hinata's forehead.

'They branded her with the cage-bird-seal!'

"Hiashi-sama," one of the elders addressed him "because of your daughters unfitness for the position of the heiress we have decided that she has to be sealed and removed from that position. However because she is your firstborn we also decided that she will not become a member of the side-branch but she lost her chance of ever becoming the heiress of our clan for ever."

He saw the elder leave without another word and he knew he couldn't anything about it. He slowly walked over to his nephew Neji and took his daughter from him without a word.

"I'm sorry uncle . . . I couldn't do anything to prevent it but I managed to close a few tenketsu points on her forehead a few moments before they took her away. I personally know that it didn't help much but it lessened the pain of the sealing a little. I'm sorry that I . . . "

"Neji" Hiashi interrupted him softly "Thank you. Please don't feel bad about it because it has been completely my fault. I only hope that Hinata's spirit is strong enough to overcome whatever she will face in the near future."

During their talk Hanabi quietly approached them and hugged her father with a few tears in her eyes. While the elders placed the seal on her sister she was forbidden to leave her room and was force to listen to the screams of her sister the whole time.

"Father . . . Neji . . . whatever happens in the next few years . . . I swear on my blood . . . the Hyuuga name and most of all . . . my sisters screams . . . I'm going to become the next clan leader and on my first day as leader I going to banish that damn seal from our clan and personally remove it from Hinata and you Neji. This I swear . . . let the world and everyone on it be my witness!"

Hiashi, meanwhile on his knees, did something he hadn't done in many years. He began to cry with his eldest daughter in his arms and his youngest daughter and his nephew hugging him for support.

Flashback end

"She's improving slowly but steady Kurenai. I'm not sure however if she will ever be the same girl you and I once knew. The only thing I believe will bring her back to us again is for Naruto to return but only Kami knows how he will respond to her."

Truth to be told Hiashi would pray to almost anyone or anything if it would help his daughter breaking out of her depression because her condition had actually worsened after the sealing. Sure she had stopped hiding in her room anymore but that was the only thing that had changed. Hinata had stopped training almost completely and she also rarely ate anymore or spoke to anyone.

Hiashi knew out of experience that the human body could recover from almost any wound inflicted but a broken heart wasn't among those things. Only a few were ever able to recover from something like that and for his daughter to be able to Hiashi knew that it would take something or rather someone with blond hair to do it.

"We will discuss that when the time comes but for now I think he have a bigger problem on our hands." Sarutobi said while he stood up from his chair and walked towards the window behind his desk.

"What do you mean Hokage-sama?" Iruka questioned.

"During the past few weeks a few council members demanded that I should punish Naruto because of his departure during the meetings. Danzou even demanded that as soon as Naruto failed his exam he should be the one who gains possession of Naruto's new weapon. I tried everything and even went so far to make a bet that Naruto would be able to beat his opponent whoever it may be. Danzou took my bet and said that if that was true than he would find a 'proper' opponent for him and because of my big mouth I wasn't able to prevent him from doing so. The only thing I could do was stating that Naruto wasn't even a genin and shouldn't fight against someone higher ranking than that. However considering that Danzou has his private security force under his command I'm afraid that many among them are practically chunin level or higher but because they never entered the academy or are under my command, none of them are even ranked as shinobi. Which means that Naruto's opponent during his test could be someone with the status of a civilian but under other circumstances, be a high chunin or low jonin level shinobi."

After a few minutes of silence Sarutobi dismissed his three visitors and again cursed his late successor and personal friend for his death.

"Minato why did you force me to retake my position again and cursed your own son like that?"

"Because he thought that after so many years of being Hokage you would be able to change the village for the better and protect him as if he were your own flesh and blood you old fart" a voice suddenly stated behind him from the shadows.

The third spun around and nearly had a heart attack from who he saw while his only thought was that after tomorrow, the Leaf village would either be destroyed or at least completely turned upside down.

"Is everything ready Mizuki?"

"Yes Lord Danzou. It took me awhile but I finally found a way to make sure that the demon-brat won't be able to pass his exam tomorrow no matter what and even if he somehow by any miracle managed to pass his test, he won't be alive to brag about it."

"Excellent. If everything works according to my plan I'm going to be Hokage in less than two day's." Danzou smirked happily.

The next day

Two people were walking side by side through the streets of Konoha towards the ninja academy. The bigger one of the two wore a light gray robe with a katana strapped horizontal above the hip while the smaller one wore a tight black sleeveless trench coat with a broadsword vertically tied on the back. Also in addition both were wearing hoods to hide their faces and gave them a somewhat mysterious, if not dangerous appearance.

"Are you sure about this? It's not too late to change your mind you know." The tall one started.

"I am sure and there is nothing you could say that would change a thing. I have had enough and it is the only way for me to gain at least some kind of freedom."

The taller one slightly nodded at that.

"Be that as it may . . . but you know that price you are going to pay and in the long run it might hurt you even more."

"I have made up my mind almost two weeks ago and I don't care about the future of this hellhole anymore. They wanted to destroy me slowly and painfully without me being able to do anything about it and I won't forgive or forget that."

After a few more minutes of silent walking the taller one spoke again.

"I hope you have some kind of 'Plan B' because if your current one doesn't work you might have to fight the whole village in a few hours."

"And kill them all in the process." The smaller one stated without a hint of emotion in his voice. "You talked to him yesterday, haven't you?"

"Yes and he wishes that if there is only a slight chance to stop you from obliterating the village, that you would take it. Even if they didn't deserve any form of mercy after what you have been through."

"We shall see about that when the time comes. But I can guaranty that after today the Leaf village will either make history . . . or become history."

Their little conversation ended with that sentence and their arrival at the academy gates. While the smaller one entered the building slowly, the other one quickly dashed away with impressive speed towards the Hokage tower.

Hinata was sitting inside the classroom in her usual seat. Today was her first day in her final year at the academy and under normal circumstances she would feel exited about the fact that in less than a year she would finally achieve one of her dreams and become a full fledge kunoichi of Konoha. This of course would lead to accomplish jet another one of her dreams, which was to finally gain a few true friends within her future team mates. It wasn't like she didn't had any friends at but her only female friends, Sakura and Ino, never stopped in talking about 'their' precious Sasuke and all of her 'former' male friends never stopped flirting with her. At first she had been flattered because of their attention towards her and it made her feel somehow wanted or even desired but as soon as she found out that all of them only tried to get on her good side and maybe in a few years in her bed and finally inside her clan just made her sick.

Then there was Naruto. Just by thinking about him Hinata's hand automatically reached her forehead and the bandages covering the seal underneath it and winced a bit because the contact gave a little pain.

'It still hurts a bit' she thought to herself but didn't really cared about it. She never wanted to become branded with the seal after the day she saw her uncle was punished with it but after that incident two month's ago she thought it was a suitable punishment for her.

'If I had been stronger I wouldn't have broke his heart, he would never left the village because of it and he and I . . .' her thoughts were suddenly interrupted because she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Good morning Hinata . . . can I talk to you for a moment?" Kiba greeted her with a guilty expression on his face.

Hinata watched him for a moment and than let out a small sigh. She knew that she had to talk with him in some point in time but she had hopped that it would be rather later than sooner but after she saw that look he gave her and found no ill will in it, Hinata decided that now would be as good as time as ever.

"Yes . . . what do you want . . . Kiba?" she said surprisingly without a single stutter and Kiba felt a little hurt that she addressed him without her usual –kun suffix but it somehow, in a weird way it felt right to him that way. He steeled himself and calmly began to talk.

"I . . . wanted to apologise for what I did to you . . . and Naruto. I had no idea that you two were an item and because of my actions I not only broke a major law of my clan but I also destroyed your newly formed relationship with him." He took a deep breath because he figured what would happen after his next few words. "I did it on purpose. I knew that you never liked me the way I liked you because you had your eyes on him the whole time. I . . . I knew that he was near by while I did 'that' to you because I thought that if he saw us and heard me saying what I said that he would give up any and all hopes of ever getting together with you. I'm really sorry for what I did but I assure you that as soon as I get the chance I'm going to talk to him and explain everything. I wish for you two to become happy and I hope that I didn't destroy that because of my . . . "

"Kiba" she interjected him with slightly wet eyes "I forgive you. It was partly my fault as well because I wasn't strong enough to stop you and . . . thank you for being honest with me. It's true that I will probably never like you that way, especially after what you did to me. If you like we can still be friends but let me warn you . . . if you ever do something like that again I'm going to hurt you more than you could ever imagine."

"I would like that . . . the friend part I mean" he quickly corrected himself which made Hinata smile a little bit and Kiba took that opportunity and introduced her to his new canine partner Akamaru who had been hiding behind him the whole time.

Kiba again had been surprised at Hinata's reaction. The first surprise had been her forgiving him without slapping, punching, kicking or even yelling at him and now, as soon as she saw his new puppy, Hinata went instantly into 'girly mode' and couldn't stop petting the little dog. Although Kiba had been surprised by this he saw something that made him angry with himself. As she sat there in front of him and gently rubbed Akamaru's head he saw that Hinata's forehead was rapped with some bandages which indicated that her clan had placed that damn seal on her and she had been stripped from the main household but what really made him angry was her whole body language. He had known Hinata since even before their first day at the academy and he always knew that despite her gently and shy nature Hinata always had a smile on her face even if she was faking it but now she somehow wasn't able to hide her true feelings as well as she could before. Sure she did have a smile on her face and to anybody who didn't know her that well it might have worked but Kiba could see that despite her smile Hinata's heart and very soul had been deeply hurt.

'Kami I beg you . . . give Hinata her soul back . . . heal her heart . . . give her Naruto back so she can be happy with him.'

Kiba would have prayed even more but he was interrupted by Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei entering the classroom and decided that he could pray for Hinata's sake later.

He had his eyes on her ever since that day he saw her after a sparring session a year ago at the academy. At first he only liked her because of her cute eyes but he never saw her as a future girlfriend or even a wife because for his tasted, Hinata was a little too soft and gentle and he was searching for a girl who was a little 'wilder' just like he was. However since that day he saw her without her jacked, Kiba desperately wanted to see her 'other pair' of eyes. Now however, after his 'intensive' talk with his mother and sister, Kiba knew that he had a new mission. One that could be even more difficult than his previous one had been.

'I'm going to bring Naruto and Hinata together no matter what!'

"Good morning class and welcome to your final year here at the academy" Iruka began his speech after he made sure that everyone was present (except for Naruto) "As you all may know this year we will finally begin with Nin- and Genjutsu training exercises and also we are going to . . . "

"What are you doing here? Leave before I'm going to . . . " a voice announced rather loud from outside the classroom disturbing Iruka's little speech. Suddenly there was a painful scream followed by what felt like a small earthquake for the students but Iruka recognised it instantly. It was a massive amount of 'power output'.

Before he could even wonder what was going on the door of the classroom removed itself from its natural location, flying directly towards Iruka's head with a person lying flat on it. Iruka quickly and acrobatically moved himself out of the doors trajectory landing on the ground flat on his back while Mizuki, because of the shock, inelegant joined him on the floor with a chair between his legs and himself halfway on it.

The attack of the flying door ended a few seconds later as it crash-landed on the opposite side of the room bursting into many tiny pieces because of the crash and the 'pilot' ended up leaning against the wall knocked out cold and heavily injured.

The whole thing only took a few seconds but it had been enough time for the entire class jumping up from their chairs while staring at the now new door-less entrance in awe.

A few moments later the dust had cleared itself enough for the person inside to become visible for everyone inside the classroom. Iruka had finally managed to get back on his feet and couldn't help but to stare at the person in front of him. Those shining ocean blue eyes and that blond hair. If Iruka didn't know any better he would have thought that the Yondaime Hokage himself had come back to life . . . reincarnated as Uzumaki Naruto.

Before Naruto had left he had been the smallest in his class but now only his teachers could beat him in height. He also ditched his blue ninja sandals with a pair of black combat boots, his orange jumpsuit had been replaced with pair of dark ANBU pants and a black muscle shirt hiding under a long black sleeveless trench coat while a long black bandana prevented his slightly longer blond hair from falling in his now whisker-mark-free face. Lastly a long sheeted broadsword attached on his back finished his entirely new look.

While a few of the girls starred at him like a bitch in heat, Hinata did it also but for a different reason . . . mostly.

'He is finally back! Now I can . . .' her thoughts were instantly interrupted as soon as she saw the look in his eyes. They had still the same gently blue colour she always wanted looking at her but as she looked closer she saw something she never thought possible. His once gently gaze had changed completely into something . . . cold. She could only think of one word to describe his eyes . . . father.

'Naruto's eyes are exactly like fathers after mom had died give birth to Hanabi. They are completely drained of all emotions as well as cold as ice.'

Hinata wasn't the only one who witnessed this. On the other side of the room, Sasuke also knew those eyes as memories of his brother flashed through his mind after he had killed his entire clan.

They weren't the only ones though. Shino, Shikamaru, Chochi and of course Iruka also saw it. Mizuki on the other hand didn't but only because he was occupied with a first aid jutsu he use on the chunin guard who 'entered' a few moments ago with the door.

After Naruto had finished looking around he reached inside his pant pocked, grabbed the scroll inside and lazily tossed it at Iruka who caught it dumbly because he hadn't recovered from his shock yet. Without saying a word he turned around and towards the door/hole in the wall but stopped after he heard Mizuki yelling at him after he had finally finished aiding his fellow chunin.

"What have you done to him asshole? He is almost dead?"

Naruto only stopped for moment, slowly turned his head slightly towards his teacher and stated with a voice that held no emotion in it.

"Ask the Hyuuga bitch up there if you want to know." With that said Naruto left the room as if you just delivered a letter or something.

'Wait . . . a letter?' Iruka thought and look at his hands and saw the scroll in it. After a small inspection he saw the Hokage seal on it and quickly opened it.

"Alright class, it seams that Naruto is going to retake his exam inside the chunin stadium and the Hokage is inviting us to come and watch. Everyone who doesn't wish to witness his exam 'I doubt there will be no one after that incident' is free for today and as for the rest please come to the stadium in one hour."

Iruka watched as his students quickly left the classroom after he finished his announcement and it almost made him chuckle because they left so fast after he had finished speaking as if it where their last day at the academy and they couldn't wait to get out. However as soon as he spotted a certain lavender eyed girl in the last row and saw her expression, his smile quickly decayed because he suddenly remembered Naruto's last words before he left the room. He slowly approached the sad little girl and put his hand on her shoulder which made wince a little.

Hinata as soon as she heard Naruto's words couldn't decide on how to react. At first she wanted to yell at him, explaining what had happened a few weeks ago. Then she quickly became angry because his words seemed so unfair in her opinion and lastly she felt a quick and strong sting in her chest right where her heart should be. In an instant she bowed her head because she knew what would happen in a few moments and she didn't want anyone see her like that.

'So he really hates me after all. Why did I held my hopes up . . . I already knew that this was going to happen.' Hinata thought to herself while she felt warm tears running down her cheeks while her whole body began to shake uncontrollable.

'Well at least now . . . I know for sure how he feels about me. There is nothing left now.' Hinata sadly finished her thought and slowly reached for her hidden kunai knife. Ever since the cloud-nin tried to kidnap her she always carried one wherever she goes and right now she felt strangely happy about that fact because she could do what she had planned right here and now and nobody would be able to stop her. However before she could reach for her weapon, Hinata felt a strong and jet gentle hand on her shoulder and even though she couldn't see who it was, she knew who had stopped her.

"Hey . . . listen to me Hinata. I know that it looks hopeless but give him time and at least try to talk to him. Try seeing it from his point of view. After what had happened between the two of you he had left without getting to know the whole story and now he returns and the first thing he sees is you sitting next to Kiba without any resistance or ill will. He has no idea what has happened ever since he had left."

Hinata, during Iruka's little pep talk, still hadn't raised her head but slightly nodded. Seeing her reaction Iruka smiled a little because he knew that somehow got through to her and continued.

"Now dry those tears and show him how much you care for him. Don't let his words from earlier get to you . . . stand up strait, face him as soon as he finished his exam and find the happiness you and he deserves alright."

A few minutes later Iruka decided that he could leave the girl alone without the risk that she would hurt herself. However as he reached the door/hole in the wall he turned around on last time to face her.

"And don't think that I didn't noticed the kunai that you where hiding underneath your clothes. I know that you where hiding it since the first day you entered my class and let me tell you . . . if by any chance you are going to kill yourself . . . I will do the same so we are going to meet again in the afterlife and I can drag you back here. You will not leave this world without telling Naruto everything and that is a promise . . . and just like Naruto I'm never going back on my word, got it?"

Hearing those words from her teacher somehow had awoken Hinata's spirit once again. 'It's true, Naruto would never break his promise and neither will I. I'm going to talk with him I promise Iruka-sensei and . . . "Thank you"' Hinata finished out loud before she got up from her seat, dried her tears and also left the classroom with only one destination in mind.

Naruto.

Before she exited the room however she took one last glance over to Mizuki-sensei and the injured chunin and activated her Byakugan because she suddenly remembered Naruto's words from just a few minutes ago and wondered why he said had he said.

With a shocked expression she quickly turned way and ran outside the building.

'How? It cant be. Naruto . . . he . . . destroyed the chunin's entire chakra-system without any damage to his internal organs.'

An hour later: At the chunin exam stadium

Sitting a few rows above the entire council members, the Sandaime watched in awe as the entire stadium was filled with not only every jonin who's off duty at the moment, but also the entire academy, students and teachers alike and also a few chunin's and genin teams. But what really shocked him was that fact that the entire stadium had been completely filled out today with the civilian population.

'Somehow it seems that somebody told them about what will happen here today and I'm pretty sure who that was and why he did it' the old man thought to himself while he through an angry gaze at Danzou, who was sitting a few rows beneath him with Homaru and Koharu right next to him.

"Are you sure your plan will work Danzou? Because if that brat is somehow able to pass his exam . . . "

"Don't worry about that because even if he does he is still going to lose. Trust me on this Homaru."

"Just out of curiosity . . . who will be his opponent in the exam?"

"Don't worry about that either Koharu my dear. I picked the perfect candidate for us to make sure that the demon will not only fail his exam but he will not survive this day." Danzou finished with a little smirk.

Meanwhile a very disturbed Hiashi Hyuuga deactivated his Byakugan after he had followed the entire conversation between the old warhawk and the advisors of the Hokage.

'What is it you are planning Danzou. If Naruto get's killed during this exam you wont be able to leave the stadium alive because the Sandaime would kill you before you even get out of your seat.'

Still deep in thought Hiashi saw some movement on the other side of the stadium rostrum and saw his daughter Hinata arriving and sitting down next to her female friends with a resolved expression on her face. Her whole body language simply said "I'm on a mission and there is no turning back until I finished it". That surprised Hiashi greatly because he saw her this morning when she left the compound and she still hadn't found her resolve at that time but what really shocked him was that Hinata didn't wear her Hyuuga headband which she received after the sealing ceremony so she could hide her 'shame' until she would get her Konoha ninja headband.

Even if he couldn't show it, especially around so many people because of his position as Hyuuga clan head, but Hiashi couldn't be more proud of his daughter right now.

He quickly dismissed his thoughts because he just remembered the conversation he had witnessed a few moments ago but the proctor who had just arrived in the arena beat him to it. He glanced around and also saw Naruto entering the battleground while his supposed opponent doing the same from the other side of the arena.

It has been the first time since he saw Naruto after he had left and he had to saw that the boy looked really impressive. Although his head was covered with a hood and his outfit had changed dramatically, Hiashi instantly knew it was him because in his opinion only one other shinobi could make an impressive entrance without doing so much as just slowly walking onto a battlefield with a massive sword on his back which almost touched the ground while he was walking. That man was none other than the boy's father, Minato Namikaze himself.

'There is no doubt about it . . . you are your fathers son kid.' Thinking to himself Hiashi turned his eyes towards Naruto's opponent other than he was a little taller than Naruto, Hiashi couldn't tell much about him.

'Let's see here . . . standard shinobi wardrobe, no visible weapons other than standard ninja gear, well trained bodystructur . . . possibly a close range fighter with a few mid range jutsu's . . . strange tattoos on both forearms . . . . It looks like Danzou would give Naruto a fair chance after all.'

"Welcome ladies and gentleman . . . as you all know by now, today we're going to see Naruto Uzumaki retaking his third years final exam. Because of some special circumstances however the Konoha high council, after consulting the third Hokage, has decided that Naruto Uzumaki will be facing an opponent who was personally trained by one of our own council members. Furthermore this battle will have a few additions because of said special circumstances. First: Every fighting style, including Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are allowed. Secondly: If Naruto Uzumaki will lose he has to hand over everything the council orders him and Third: You can win by knockout, forfeit or killing your opponent."

After that last statement you could practically feel the tension build-up in the air because it was unheard-of that an academy student would face an opponent during an exam and got the permission to kill.

"Now without further delay I present you to my right . . . Naruto Uzumaki Konoha, age 13, academy student in his third year . . . and to my left . . . Sado Wutan, age 15 and one of Danzou-sama's personal bodyguards."

Hiashi, as soon as he heard that name suddenly had a bad feeling about Naruto's opponent and while he quickly looked around he saw that the other clan leaders someway shared his thoughts.

'Wutan . . . Wu-tan . . . damn it where have I heard that name before.'

A quick glance at the Hokage told him that whoever that Sado guy was . . . he was bad news.

"Fighters ready? . . . Begin!"

next time: a shocking discovery