I'm back again with another chapter for you guys. First I like to say that my email inbox had about 40 new emails when I woke up the day after posting chapter 2. Thank you all who have favorited this story and put it on alert. I also like the suggestions you guys give me in the reviews. I do relieze I'm sort of rushing the story so I'll take my time on the future chapters. I promise you that this one is going to be good. Also I will say this... There's a reason Naruto and Sasuke fight a couple of times before the preliminaries. I will NOT bash on Sakura or Sasuke, they are some of my favorite characters in the anime. So rest easy XD.

The Uzumaki Clan's Legacy: Chapter 3

"Welcome all of you too the final test of the chunin exams." Said Sarutobi, "I hope you're ready to compete against one another one month from now!" The rookie genin, Kabuto's team and the genin from the village hidden in the sand were the only ones to pass the second test. Almost immediately, all the genin started speaking to one another in excitement. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura stood near the entrance to the gathering hall in the tower. Naruto scratched his head.

"So... This is it huh?" He whispered sadly, glancing at his comrades in front of him from time to time. The other members of team 7 only nodded in response. Naruto put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. He spoke with concern in his voice, "You know we can't use any chakra, right?" Sasuke sighed in agreement.

"This means... We'll probably fail the finals..." Naruto explained in a depressed tone. Sasuke shook his head.

"Dobe... It wouldn't matter anyways. If you and me were to fight, it wouldn't be much of a show now would it?" Laughed the Uchiha softly. It's true that they had no chakra and Sasuke only wanted one thing. "I want to fight you the most Naruto. We are teammates, but we are also rivals." Naruto's eyes widened at Sasuke's statement. I forgot, he doesn't remember a thing about out fights. Thought Naruto. While thinking of his power, Naruto couldn't help but remember how he achieved it.

What you've been waiting for. (Flashback)

Naruto woke up slowly in a weird and strange environment. The area around him was dark and cold, an unlikable combination. The young Uzumaki held his head for a moment in pain.

"What happened?" He thought out loud. When he tried to move, he fell into some sort of liquid. Shit! I forgot to use my chakra! He screamed in his mind as he swam to the top of the strange water-like liquid. Naruto emerged from the substance and stood on it.

"What is this stuff?" He pondered. He forgot about the strange liquid and looked in front of himself and saw what looked like jail bars. Inside he heard a familiar growl then two eyes opened in front of the Uzumaki.

"Uzumaki Naruto..." Mumbled the creature. Naruto jumped back at the deep and evil voice. How the hell did this thing know his name?

"W-Who are you?" Stuttered a frightened Naruto. He then heard what sounded like deep laughter.

"You mean you don't remember?" Growled the beast. Naruto thought for a second before gasping, his arms trembling.

"K-Kyuubi?" Asked the Uzumaki. In response, the dark light vanished and what was left was a huge demon fox in a cage. The red slitted eyes looking into the young boy's soul.

"You are correct, kit." Laughed Kyuubi, "I have a offer for you." Naruto took a step back and raised an eyebrow. Could he trust whatever this beast said?

"What do you have in mind?" Replied Naruto keeping a safe distance, not trusting the bars. Kyuubi smirked at him.

"Before a say anything about the deal, I will explain something to you." Kyuubi explained waiting for Naruto's approval. When he nodded, Kyuubi continued.

"On the day of your birth... the Yondaime Hokage sealed me inside of you. The reason for that was because I attacked the hidden leaf village. Only, a masked man possessed me. He had taken over my actions, with the Sharingan. This would only mean that he was an Uchiha. What the bastard didn't realized is that well, I was an all-powerful demon in a weakened state. So, once under his control I gained a new trick use a special kind of chakra only demons possess. I gained the power of copying ninjutsu." Naruto blinked in disbelief.

"You... Gained the power to copy ninjutsu from the masked mans Sharingan? But how?" wondered the interested genin. Kyuubi nodded at his first question.

"I told you how but you want to know the specifics huh? Alright. You see, he possessed me with his Sharingan and with my demon chakra I was able to learn a new trick. To give you an example, the first jutsu I copied was the Yondaime Hokage's Flying Thunder God technique. But since I'm a demon and I don't possess the Sharingan itself, I cannot pull off any jutsu I copy. That doesn't mean I still don't know how to do it though. This is why I want to make a deal. I want to train you for a year in your mind and in return you'll fight the akatsuki members and find the masked man who possessed me." Naruto was utterly speechless at the explanation and had to think for a moment. He nodded his head yes and Kyuubi smiled slightly.

"Now in order to train you, you must have all the chakra natures. But sadly you do not. However..." Kyuubi paused, "With my demon chakra I can make it so you have all of them. You must stand still though..." Kyuubi said as he raised his paw. Red chakra began to emerge from it and surrounded Naruto. He began to glow red and the chakra engulf Naruto's body. It seemed to stay attached to him for a few minutes before disappearing. Naruto fell to his knees and started to shake, but in a few seconds he was fine.

"It is done. Now I will transfer all the knowledge of jutsu I have copied into your mind, so the training time will decrease to only a years time." Naruto stood up and nodded slowly as he waited. It seemed like nothing happened at first but then, Naruto felt all the information pour into his mind and he fell over in pain. He laid there unconscious for about an hour in his mind before we woke again. He was no longer in the weird room with the Kyuubi. He was now in team 7's training field.

"How did I get here?" He mumbled to himself, "Am I awake?" He answer came when Kyuubi appeared. So he was still in his mind.

"Now we will begin your training."

(End of flashback)

Naruto smiled and scratched his head. He owes Kyuubi big time. Naruto was so caught up in his memory that he hadn't even noticed all the genin team leaders had arrived. He looked over at Kakashi and waved. Kakashi slowly waved back at him, confused as hell. He turned to Sarutobi.

"Is that Naruto?" He asked the old man. Sarutobi nodded.

"Yes that's Naruto Uzumaki in the flesh." Though he was getting old, he wasn't retarded. He could see the whisker-like birthmarks from a mile away. After a few minutes he had silenced the room.

"Now lets begin with the pairings for the final-" Was what the hokage could say before someone whispered in his ear. "Oh god! How could I forget? Now all of you Genin, please listen to Hayate Gekko here." Sarutobi nodded and the hidden leaf jonin stepped up.

"Thank you hokage-sama. Now all of you, before you can begin the final round, you must go through the preliminary round. If you all follow me, we can begin." Without argument, the remaining genin followed the new proctor to an arena. He jumped down the middle of it and coughed.

"Now this is where the preliminaries will take place. Up top in the right hand corner of the room you will see a screen. This will randomly select two genin to fight in a one on one battle. The rules are simple, anything goes. Just don't die. Remember I can step in and stop the match whenever I see needed. Now lets see who will be the first two fighters." Finished Hayate as he looked up at the screen. It cycled through the names a bunch of times before stopping.

SHIKAMARU NARA. VS NEJI HYUGA.

"Will Shikamaru Nara and Neji Hyuga please enter the arena." coughed Hayate. In a matter of seconds. Shikamaru and Neji appeared in the middle of the arena.

"Lets just get this over with..." Mumbled Shikamaru with his hands in his pocket. Neji smirked at the Nara.

"Whenever you are ready, you may begin." Hayate says as he backs away. Neji backed away from Shikamaru and got into a stance.

"I hope you're ready to lose." He mocked as he closed his eyes, "Byakugan." In response, Shikamaru sighed and backed away.

"This is going to be such a drag..." He mumbled. In his mind though, he knew he could win and easily. Since they were inside, he could use his Kagemane no Jutsu at almost any length. He just had to wait for Neji to make a critical mistake. He also had to avoid hand-to-hand combat. If Neji were able to even hit him once it would be all over as soon as it began. Neji however was laughing at the Nara for not even putting up a fighting stance.

"Given up already?" Laughed the Hyuga while walking towards Shikamaru. As if insulting the Hyuga, Shikamaru just looked up at the ceiling, pretending to look at the clouds. In reality it was his favorite thing to do. He wasn't the type of guy who wanted to exert energy into much of anything. He then looked at the Hyuga.

"Will you shut up? See I knew this was going to be a drag, your annoying voice his torture enough." Shikamaru's statement had really made the Hyuga angry.

"You worthless ninja! You can't possibly defeat me! That is what fate has decided, and you shall follow it!" Yelled Neji as he ran at Shikamaru. Shikamaru however just smiled. He fell for it. Thought the Nara as he slowly pulled out a smoke bomb.

"Here we go." Whispered Shikamaru as he dropped the bomb at his feet. He waved at Neji. "See ya." Was all he could say before the bomb exploded, causing purple smoke to emerge. Neji ran right into the smoke and looked around with his Byakugan. He spotted Shikamaru who was standing on the other side of the arena.

"I can see you with my Byakugan, it's pointless." Neji spoke with disappointment in his words. "You are no match for me."

"Who said I was trying to hide?" Retorted the Nara. As the smoke cleared, Neji saw that paper bombs on the ground, on the wall and the ceiling, surrounded him . "Oh, I should point this out. You take one step and they explode." Neji was backed into a corner already and no one has thrown a single punch yet. On the stands, Ino was cheering for Shikamaru.

"WAY TO GO SHIKAMARU, TEACH THAT JERK A LESSON!" She cheered as Shikamaru only glanced at her.

"And now, she's yelling..." He mumbled. Meanwhile Neji was really in deep shit right now. One step and he would be a goner. He considered he options, he could jump over the paper bombs in front of him and use a substitution and attack from the air. Or he could give up. Not picking defeat, Neji dived over the paper bomb and readied for the explosion. Only it never came. Neji landed on his face and slowly stood up. He tried to take a step but couldn't move anymore. Why can't I move? He thought to himself.

"I've got you now." Said the Nara smiling. Neji tried with all his strength to move but it was useless. "Neji, My Kagemane no Jutsu is impossible to break free from." Shikamaru took a few steps forward and then stopped when Neji was right up against a paper bomb. So that's it! He tricked me and knew I would jump, he used his special jutsu after the smoke bomb and caught me as a stood up. Damn! Thought Neji.

"It's over." Shikamaru spoke turning around so that Neji would face the paper bomb, "Bye." And with that, all the paper bombs exploded. Neji taking the full impact of one in the face was sent flying into the air and landed in the middle of the arena. He was unconscious before he hit the ground. Shikamaru walked up to him and stared at the ceiling. "What was that you said about fate?" Hayate checked his pulse and called for a stretcher.

"The winner is... Shikamaru Nara!" Ino and Choji ran to meet him at the top of the staircase leading into the arena. Ino hugged him while Choji ate some chips.

"That was amazing Shika!" She exclaimed. Shikamaru smiled and scratched the back of his head.

"Thanks Ino." The three then walked over to the side of the railing and waited for the next match to be decided. They exchanged hi-fives and what not with Shikamaru when the second match up appeared on the screen.

"Will Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno please enter the arena." Announced Hayate. Naruto's smiling and laughing stopped and his eyes widened. Him and Sakura had to fight? He slowly walked down the stairs with Sakura closely behind him and the emerged onto the arena. Kakashi was nervous and even was Sasuke. The two fighters stopped in the middle of the arena and looked each other in the eye.

"When you are ready, you may begin." Hayate coughed and stepped away felling the tension. In this match there was no cheering or happy faces. They both were on the same team and they had to fight each other. Naruto was the first one to make his move, he jumped back and assumed a unique taijutsu stance. I don't want to hurt her. No, I won't hurt her. He thought to himself as he charged. Sakura yelped in surprise at his sudden charging and she grabbed a kunai and threw a few at Naruto. Naruto jumped out of the way but felt a sharp pain in his leg. When he landed on the floor he glanced over at his wound and found one impaled in his skin, a deep cut was left after he pulled it out.

Sakura almost let a tear drop seeing the wound she had caused. Growing the courage, she ran at Naruto and began her assault with hand-to-hand combat. With his speed failing him due to chakra exhaustion, he was barely able to block all of her attacks. She just kept coming at him with everything she had and she was backing him into a corner. Lee looked at the battle with sadness.

"Naruto isn't as strong as I thought he had become, I guess he just slacked off during his training." He explained shaking his head.

"No," Lee looked over a saw Sasuke, "He's suffering from chakra exhaustion." His words surprised everyone listening on.

"And he can still move like that?" Lee responded amazed. Back in the arena Sakura was slowly winning the battle against Naruto. She started to land punches on him and after a few seconds, he couldn't block anymore. With one final punch, Sakura sent Naruto flying into the nearby wall. Everyone gasped when he hit it. Naruto yelled in pain and fell to the ground. I need to hit her at least once! He thought painfully. Sakura was panting after the last attack. Naruto wiped the blood from his chin and slowly stood up.

"Thank Kami Kyuubi taught me this first." He whispered to himself.

(Another Flashback!)

"Kyuubi! What jutsu are you going to help me perfect today!" Yelled an excited Naruto. Kyuubi only smirked at him. (In Naruto's mind)

"Calm down kit, I'll help you learn the Hiraishin no Jutsu today" Replied Kyuubi. Naruto's eyes widened and he calmed down quickly, not wanting to anger Kyuubi. "First you will need this." A Kunai pouch appeared out of nowhere and Naruto picked one out. It looks like a normal Kunai.

"Now I need to apply a jutsu-shiki to it right?" Asked Naruto. Kyuubi nodded and Naruto focused his chakra and applied the special seal to it. He then threw it at a nearby tree and waited for it to embed in it. Once it was, Naruto focused his chakra and teleported himself to the kunai. He was panting since it was his first time. "Wow that takes a lot out of me..."

"Great, you did it. Now once you increase your chakra control and your reserves, you'll be able to master this technique with ease." Explained Kyuubi as he refiled Naruto's chakra. Naruto stood slowly and was dizzy for a second before he was alright. He went over to a nearby tree and sat down. He was wondering about something ever since he woke up in his mind.

"Hey Kyuubi?" He asked slowly.

"What is it kit?" Kyuubi replied.

"Who was the Jinchūriki host before me?" Kyuubi's eyes widened for a second but he continued to walk away. After a few seconds he spoke.

"Your mother was my host before you kit." Naruto's eyes widened and hit jaw dropped anime style.

"Who was my mother?" Naruto wondered.

"It's best if I keep that a secret. You'll find out in due time kit." And with that Kyuubi walked into the forest of death to think. Naruto scratched his head for a few seconds.

"How the hell did he get out of the cage?"

(End of flashback)

Naruto managed to apply the seal to Sakura before throwing a kunai across the arena. He then teleported to the kunai with blinding speed. Sakura turned around to see where he was and saw nothing.

"Behind you Sakura-chan." He whispered to her. Too late to block the attack, he punched her as hard as he could in his condition before falling unconscious. Sakura slowly got up coughed up blood and looked over at the unconscious Naruto.

"Naruto!" She yelled as she ran to his aid. Hayate checked his vitals, which were very low.

"Shit! GET A STRETCHER IN HERE FAST!" He screamed. A few seconds later a full medical team arrived and took Naruto to the leaf hospital. Sakura walked slowly up the stairs as Hayate announced that she was the winner. She didn't feel like one. She walked over to Sasuke and held back tears as he hugged her.

"You need to know something Sakura... He was suffering from chakra exhaustion." He whispered in her ear. Sakura's eyes shot open and she gasped. She totally forgot about the three fights he had with Sasuke and the training prior to the preliminaries.

"I-I'f I h-hadn't forgot a-about that..." She choked out, finally bursting out in tears.

At the hospital, A few hours later in Naruto's room.

The operation on his leg as well as the completely depleted chakra was a success and Naruto was on the way towards recovery. He had been visited about an hour ago by Sakura and the others. They had left him flowers and get-well cards. Choji left him a bag of his favorite chips. Naruto awoke in his hospital bed sore and tired as hell. Unknown to him a woman stood outside his room looking at him. She slowly knocked on the door.

"Come in." Said a sleepy Naruto. The woman in her late 20's walked in. She had a nurses outfit on. When she stepped into the light, Naruto saw beautiful long red hair. The next thing he saw was a gorgeous body.

"Why hello there, Naruto-kun." She whispered, her voice sending chills down his spine. Damn she sounds like an angel! Thought Naruto.

"Um... Do I know you?" He replied. She walked closer and put a hand on his head.

"No, but I know you. You're my son after all." She giggled. Naruto's eyes widened and tears began to fall from his eyes.

"Mom..."

HA Cliffhanger no Jutsu! I'm sorry for this but I just had to do it... I hope this one is better then the first two chapters, so all I can ask for is for you to read and review please!

Until next time.