Naruto stared into the mirror of his apartment bathroom, shortly after the Preliminaries of the Chunin Exams. He rubbed his face with water, trying desperately to chase his doubts away. In truth, he was scared, worried, and a whole magnitude of other things. Neji was going to be his opponent in just a short month and Kakashi was unable to train him. Neji hadn't showed hesitation at trying to kill his own flesh and blood, why would he hesitate at killing Naruto?
While Naruto, he wouldn't go as far as to try and kill Neji. He would beat Neji within an inch of his life, and break as many bones as he needed to in order to get his point across, but Naruto wouldn't kill Neji. Not only was he a fellow Konoha Ninja, but he was also Hinata's cousin and she would be upset if Naruto killed him.
Naruto grabbed a towel and wiped his face as he thought back to his own preliminary match. It showed his advancement as a Shinobi rather well in his personal opinion.
Flashback
Naruto gripped the railings, watching the monitor of the participant's names spin. He smiled some when he saw his name pop up. 'Anyone but Gaara and Lee.' He thought to himself. Gaara and Lee would destroy him in an instant.
The second name stopped on Kiba's name. "Yahoo! We got lucky Akamaru! We have the dead-last!" Kiba leapt over the railing, landing with Akamaru and setting the pup down.
Naruto leapt over the railing himself and walked over, standing across from Kiba. "You sure you want to risk Akamaru?" Naruto asked. He didn't want to hurt the pup because of Kiba.
Kiba gave a bark of a laugh. "Akamaru's my partner. Not like I'll need him, I'll beat you in one punch!" he boasted.
Naruto inhaled and exhaled slowly, refusing to rise to the taunt. He shifted his right foot back a bit. He was right handed, and so he would want the extra bit of oomph to his strikes. "Proctor." Naruto said looking to the sickly looking Jonin. 'Start the match please." Naruto said.
Hayate looked between the two, a little surprised the well-known hyperactive blonde wasn't rising to Kiba's taunts. "Haijime!" he shouted leaping back.
Naruto watched Kiba rush in, right fist cocked back. Naruto ducked under the swing, and struck like lightning. He shifted his hips forward as he drove his fist into Kiba's ribs. Kiba coughed in surprise as he slid back over by Akamaru, looking at the blonde in surprise.
Naruto took a deep inhale through his nose and slowly exhaled out his mouth. He was in his new mindset when it came to battle. He was a spawned grunt. He had no one important to him; he had nothing important to him. Nothing his opponent would, or could, say would have any effect on him.
Kiba bit his hand, calming himself down. He hadn't been expecting that kind of strength from Naruto, or the speed. It hurt, and he had no doubt that he would be sporting a nasty bruise when this was all over. He moved lower to the ground, entering his clan's preferred fighting style. "Let's go Akamaru." Kiba said before rushing ahead again.
Naruto backed pedaled a bit seeing Akamaru rush with Kiba. He ducked under the first swipe from Kiba, but missed the Akamaru who rushed up and bit his hand and releasing before Naruto could retaliate. Naruto took a shot to the back from Kiba, before he rolled under Akamaru this time. Naruto lashed his foot out and slammed it into Kiba's thigh. Naruto managed to flip away from both of them landing a good ten feet away, breathing a bit heavier from his movements.
Naruto looked at his ravaged hand, Akamaru's teeth were…brutal. Blood dripped onto the floor, yet he couldn't help but giving a small smirk. Twice he landed a shot on Kiba. He wasn't having his ass handed to him.
Kiba looked to Akamaru. "Let's take it up a notch boy." Kiba said before holding up the Tiger hand seal. "Ninja Art: Beast Mimicry!" he called out before lowering to all fours.
Naruto could see the brief flashes of chakra before Kiba charged again on all fours. Naruto noticed an increase of speed and flared his chakra to his hands. He had been experimenting with the chakra chains, and so he quickly shot the dual golden chains up into the air, connecting them to the rafters. Naruto then swung himself up into the air, just barely over Kiba as he held himself inverted. He then swung coiling the chains around his arms putting more distance between himself and Kiba. Hanging upside down, Naruto looked down at Kiba, his mind whirling to come up with ideas on how to combat him.
Naruto swung using the chains and spun in mid-air, landing a bit of distance away from Kiba. Naruto then launched out two more chakra chains into the walls on either side. He brought the ends in his hands together and connected the chains into one.
Kiba rushed at Naruto again. He wasn't sure what Naruto was doing with the chains, but he wasn't about to let it slide. He leapt over the chain, going for a swipe at Naruto's head.
Naruto dodged to the side, and swung under the chain, but still felt Kiba's claws rip through his cheek. Blood dripped down as he went into the air, grabbing one of his chains dangling from the rafters and quickly connected it to the ground. Naruto held himself up on the chain, flexing his chakra to stick to it.
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The Chakra Chains were rather fascinating. If someone but the creator touched them, it would drain their chakra, then the creator had to touch the same chain and the chakra drained would be transferred to them. By putting chains in the arena, Naruto was quickly trapping and boxing Kiba in so he'd have no choice but to hit the chains.
Naruto leapt to the next chain and allowed himself to lower as he extended the chain to the ground. He barely felt a dip in his reserves, but that didn't mean his strength could keep up. He was feeling a slow burn in his arms and abdomen from maneuvering about the chains. Naruto placed his palm to the ground and brought another chain out before attaching a Kunai on it. He then purposely threw it at Kiba, watching Kiba dodged to the side, and allow the kunai to embed into the statue behind him, the statue now sporting an inch wide hole in its head.
Kiba was starting to get confused, and worried. These chains were becoming bothersome, and they would no doubt start hindering his movements if he allowed too many more to be created. He reached into his supply pouch and pulled out a Soldier pill. "AKAMARU!" he called out and the white pup leapt, landing on Naruto's head before leaping off again, catching the Soldier pill and landing on top of Kiba's back. "Ninja Art: Man Beast Clone!" he called out before a puff of smoke enveloped the two and standing on Kiba's back was a clone of Kiba.
Naruto's eyes narrowed. So, Akamaru could turn into a clone of Kiba, but the puppy's Chakra coils were probably underdeveloped and so it couldn't be held without using a Soldier Pill. Naruto watched Akamaru go high, leaping over the chain in the middle of the room, while Kiba ran underneath it. At least, Naruto hoped those were the two. Naruto stepped onto the attached to the statue and ran at the two.
Kiba put his claws in front of him before leaping up at Naruto. "Gatsuga!" he yelled out, before spinning and becoming a spinning vortex of razor sharp claws, aimed to maim Naruto, with Akamaru doing the same.
Naruto kept track of Kiba and Akamaru before dropping down on the chain, grabbing it and swinging at the same time. He allowed Kiba to start passing by him before he came around in full swing. Both feet slammed hard into Kiba's ribs, knocking him from the vortex. Naruto was pleased to feel three cracks.
Naruto didn't however notice Akamaru land on a wall and start drilling towards him again. The vortex slammed into Naruto who at the very last second pulled off a substitution. He landed near the statue, standing on his chain as he watched the Log he used get torn to shreds. "And the Log doth sayeth, 'Believe in my protection, and I shall come to your aid when you need it most.' Amen." Naruto said, followed by a chorus from all the Konoha Shinobi at Jonin rank and higher saying out 'Amen'. Naruto's substitution however hadn't come fast enough as he felt a small trickle of blood slide down his back from his ravaged back. He pulled off the torn jacket, now wearing the mesh under armor that was also torn.
It was time to end this.
Naruto wiped his blood from his back. The human body was mostly water. Water froze, and with the Hyoton, Naruto froze his blood into long thin needles. These needles flew at Kiba and Akamaru, making a few eyes narrow, and a pair widen in surprise. Naruto then took off running down the chain, forming more needles from the blood on the floor. He had to use a surprising amount of chakra to force it to happen, the distance being greater than his usual control allowed. These needles struck Kiba and Akamaru from behind; making them both hit one of Naruto's chains. Naruto leapt off the chain while Kiba looked over to Akamaru in surprise at seeing him revert back to being a puppy.
That was the end. Naruto brought his heel down onto Kiba's head, slamming him into the ground, knocking him out.
Hayate checked on Kiba and then made his call. 'Winner! Naruto Uzumaki!" he shouted.
Flash Back End
Now Naruto had a meeting to report to. Sarutobi wanted to speak with Naruto and the blonde wouldn't be late to the meeting.
Naruto closed and locked his apartment, knowing Karin had the spare key and would be able to use it. Naruto leapt up onto the rooftops and took off running towards the Hokage Tower. When he landed, he walked in calmly. He smiled, thinking about the meeting with his grandfatherly figure. He opened the office door. "Jiji!" Naruto called out as he walked in.
"ANBU, Leave." Sarutobi said as Naruto walked in. Four shadows left the room, leaving the two alone and the door closed.
Naruto wondered about the privacy, but he was suddenly lifted into the air and pinned to the wall. His eyes widened in fear, having not even seen Sarutobi move and place a kunai to Naruto's throat. "Jiji!" Naruto called out afraid, the killing intent suffocating.
"Who are you? What are you doing in Konoha? Why are you posing as Naruto Uzumaki?" Sarutobi asked as he kept the kunai pinned against the blonde's throat.
"Jiji, I AM Naruto." Naruto said realizing he wasn't looking into Hiruzen Sarutobi's, his grandfather figure, eyes. No, he was looking into the eyes of the Kami of Shinobi; the man who is said to of mastered every non-clan Jutsu in Konoha.
Sarutobi's eyes narrowed. He wasn't detecting a lie from the imposter. "How did you get the Hyoton Naruto?" Sarutobi asked, still not releasing him.
"T-the Kyuubi!" Naruto lied swiftly. "She says I'll gain several from her, some I already have."