[Naruto] "Never Ever" 11/15
Fandom: Naruto
Title: Never Ever
Part: 11 of 15
Genre: General/Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Warning: OOC, AU
Spoilers: Chuunin Exams
Archived @ Master List
Summary: What if Naruto had sided with the Sand in the Konoha invasion?
Chapter 11: Start of the Finals
It was almost time for the Finals to start. The only question was…
"Where is everybody?"
Lee was looking around, almost desperately. Everyone was here except for Sasuke and HIS opponent. This could not be happening. He had trained for the last month and now Dosu wasn't here. What's with that?
"Listen up everyone."
The new examiner was a middle-aged man with something sticking out of his mouth. Gekkou Hayate had looked sickly. This guy just looked annoyed.
"I'm Shiranui Genma, your new examiner." He said with an almost bored tone of voice, "The other one isn't available right now."
'I'll bet.' Naruto thought.
"There are some new arrangements for the Finals." Genma continued, holding up a piece of paper. "Please take a look at the chart and confirm your new matches."
The chart read that Naruto and Neji would go first, followed by Haku and Lee, then Kankurou and Shino, then Temari and Shikamaru, and lastly, Sasuke and Gaara.
Upon seeing this turn of events, Lee's brows rose several a few inches. Where was Dosu? He wanted to get revenge. But… he glanced at his new opponent, Haku. From what he heard, this boy was a former Mist Nin and had transferred over to the Leaf after a mission involving Team 7. He had seen his speed and knew that there was much more power in him. Suddenly, he didn't care about Dosu quite as much as he did.
Naruto looked around. Where was Sasuke? He knew that Gaara and Sasuke's match would be highly anticipated. Of course, the wait for his match was no less intense, but the difference was that their match was first and both of them were here. He glanced over at Gaara, who was shaking slightly, eyes wide open and slightly glazed over.
If Naruto knew Gaara as well as he thought he did, then Gaara was -talking- to his mother. 'He better not release Shukaku before the signal.' Naruto thought.
They waited for another five minutes before Genma was finally given the signal to begin the first match.
"Will everyone clear the field so the first match can begin?" Genma said, somehow making his question sound like a statement.
As the Genins cleared the field, a loud cheer erupted from the crowd.
---
Sakura and Ino looked around as the roar surrounding them suddenly rose in several volumes. Most of the people sitting around them were Sand Nins and Leaf Nins. It sounded like they have been waiting for this match for a long time.
Sakura distinctly heard a voice next to her say something about the 'Hyuuga and the demon'. Demon?
"Did you hear that?" she asked Ino, not bothering to lower her voice since no one could hear them anyway.
"Hear what?"
"Someone said… never mind. Where's Sasuke-kun? It's about to begin!"
---
Hyuuga Hiashi was one among the spectators and also noticed the sudden, almost happy, yells coming from the Sand Nins who were sitting around him. He glanced at the two Genins who were about to begin. One was his nephew. The other… was a Sand Nin. There was something special about that boy. He radiated power.
He didn't voice it because his daughter, his only daughter, Hanabi was sitting next to him and he wasn't about to say anything positive about a person from another village while Hanabi was still at such an early stage of her development as a shinobi.
No. Not as a shinobi, as a Hyuuga of the Main family.
---
Neji looked at his opponent up and down, trying to find out as much as he could without the use of his Byakugan. The only other color on Naruto besides black was orange- an orange trenchcoat on black shirt, unevenly cuffed pants, and sandals. His hitaite was tied around his neck and there were bandages wrapped around what skin was showing on his right leg.
And from this he could conclude… nothing.
His eyes betrayed nothing. Neji could feel no contempt, anger, superiority, or nervousness from him. This was odd. Even himself, easily the calmest of all Konoha Genin, was feeling a bit excited at such a high adrenaline pumped battle with a crowd and everything that came with it. But he looked like a picture of serenity.
What kind of shinobi did the Sand produce?
---
"Begin the match." Genma said, jumping out of the way.
The fight began quickly. The two on the field dove at each other without hesitation, each landing a test hit, then jumping back, each evaluating the other's strength quickly through that one hit.
Neji had felt power. Naruto was strong in terms of raw strength, but that one hit wasn't enough to decide his overall ability. It would take a few more hits to determine how he was to defeat this Sand shinobi.
Naruto, on the other hand, already figured out Neji's fighting style. Even before Neji's punch connected, Naruto felt pain. He then concluded that in order to have received pain before actual contact, Neji must have expelled chakra from his hands, just like Hinata. The only difference was that Hinata was hitting randomly. Neji seemed to have some sort of pattern. He was hitting areas near Naruto's pressure points.
Besides that, there was something wrong with the area where he was hit. The chakra didn't feel right. Naruto knew his own system well enough so that if something went wrong, he would be aware of it. His conclusion was that Neji was somehow manipulating his chakra flow by expelling his own into Naruto's body. All that through one hit too.
Now that he knew what was happening, he had to find some way to counter it. He wasn't too worried about missing The Signal since it was unlikely that they would move so quickly. Kazekage-sama was especially interested in Uchiha Sasuke, so they would probably see the fight between them him and Gaara before the signal was given.
Neji came at him again, this time even quicker. His speed was very impressive, seeing how he didn't have any inner demonic enhancements. Naruto was able to dodge each hit, but just barely. Looks like Konoha DID have some extraordinary ninjas.
'Shit,' Naruto thought, 'I have to think of a way. He's too fast for me to go with the usual hit-and-run. And those eyes of his, I don't know the full extent of their capability. Bad…'
He thought back to a scroll he had read up on around two months before. It was one on different Genjutsus of the Leaf. There was one in particular that caught his eye. Kokuangyo no Jutsu, otherwise known as the Bringer of Darkness technique. It was a skill unique to the Shodaime of the Leaf village.
He had tried to mastering it, and though it was far from perfect, it would have to suffice for now. He clasped his hands together, molding chakra while still avoiding Neji's attacks and then he formed seals as quickly as he could and said "Kokuangyo no Jutsu."
---
To the bystanders, it looked like someone had turned off a light in the stadium. One second, the two were having an impressive match, the next, it was just dark. This earned some boos from the audience, but for the more advanced shinobi, this was a surprise.
'This technique…' Sandaime thought, 'belongs to Shodaime-sama. How did…'
'Kazekage-sama' was also wearing a somewhat surprised expression. He had heard that Uzumaki Naruto was a strong shinobi. But he had not expected him to use a Kage-level genjutsu.
Meanwhile, in the arena, Naruto had created a Kage bunshin and was charging at Neji. Neji, even with his amazing eyes, could only see two powerhouse of…power charging at him, full speed. He was certain that he could dodge the first few hits but what would happen if he left an opening?
'Damn.' He thought. 'How did I switch from offense to defense so quickly?'
---
Naruto knew he was being reckless. It was characteristic of him to lose his head if he couldn't finish a battle off quickly. This match was already dragging out longer than it should have.
He and his clone were both trying their best to try and damage Neji, but were landing minimal amounts with minimal damage. This was bad, both jutsus were chakra consuming and he needed all the chakra he could get. He didn't want to rely on the Kyuubi's because he needed that for the invasion while having some of his own in stock.
'Shit.' He thought as Neji finally dispersed his Kage bunshin. 'Looks like his eyes can see the chakra. This jutsu is useless. If only I could do it perfectly, he wouldn't be able to see anything.' He sighed as he released the illusion, cursing himself on his talent in the field of Genjutsu.
---
Neji was surprised when the darkness became light again. Secretly, he was relieved. He would have been a goner if he didn't have the Byakugan. He could not lose. The Hyuuga destiny forbade defeat.
His chakra was about half-gone. He had to think of SOMETHING that would turn the match around, but it looked like Uzumaki Naruto had more chakra in reserve than he did. The Byakugan was also constantly leeching off what remained of his stamina, but he couldn't afford to turn it off.
"Na."
Neji looked up. This was the first thing Naruto had said the entire time. "What."
"Why do you think you're going to win?"
Neji was a bit taken aback. Usually, you don't ask questions concerning victory while fighting an opponent in a setting that concerned crowds and a stadium. He narrowed his eyes. What was Uzumaki Naruto trying to pull?
"Destiny." He said. "Destiny will decide who wins. And destiny is always on the Hyuuga side."
---
Naruto waited for more, but there was nothing else. Destiny? What kind of destiny did he have? He sighed. Then, he gave a little snort that turned into a little chuckle, which eventually became a laugh.
Neji glared at him. "What?"
Naruto's laughter rang for a few moments more before he settled down. He didn't know why he found that answer funny. It just struck something in him.
"Destiny?" he asked. "That's your reason for fighting?" He 'ha-ha-ed' a few more times before unexpectedly sobering up. "You actually believe in that load of crap?"
Neji bristled. "Each person is born with an unchangeable destiny." He started, unwittingly spouting all the Hyuuga talk he had been taught continuously throughout his entire life. "A genius will always be a genius. A failure will always be a failure. A Konoha shinobi will always be a Konoha shinobi."
At this last statement, Naruto burst into another bout of uncontrollable laughter. How coincidental that Neji would mention that last one. Originally, he had asked that question so he could buy some time and recover some chakra. Now…
"Tell me, Hyuuga-san." Naruto said, "What does your destiny say about a traveler with no intention of returning home?" Then, without waiting for an answer, he disappeared and Neji felt indescribable pain right beneath his collarbone. Just before he lost consciousness, he heard a voice say:
"Just so you know, I used to live in Konoha."
---
His method of victory was incredibly cheap. First off, the opponent was off guard. Second, he wasn't supposed to risk everything on one move like that. It was a combination of Asshou and Hasshou. Slamming the heel of your palm against your opponent to knock him upward, then a second hit that would smash them into the ground.
And it also took a ridiculously large amount of chakra to reach the speed he needed to avoid any possible counter attack.
Oh well. The most important thing was that he won and would probably have enough time to recover from whatever chakra he unnecessarily wasted.
---
"What was that?"
Ino, apparently, unlike the rest of the spectators, hasn't caught on to what just happened. The Sand Nin's speed was… inhuman. There was no earthly way that he could have moved that way. They could see the blur, but that only served to make it even more unbelievable.
Sakura, on the other hand, was pondering just what did he do, exactly. She had clearly seen two hits, and only two hits. It should take a whole lot more to knock someone out unless the attacker was just that strong.
'He's not a Genin.' She thought. That she was sure of. There was no way on earth Naruto could be a Genin.
---
Lee was amazed. It was the first time he had seen Neji lose in terms of speed. Simply amazing.
'Uzumaki Naruto.' He thought. 'I want to fight you.'
T . B . C
Title: Never Ever
Part: 11 of 15
Genre: General/Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Warning: OOC, AU
Spoilers: Chuunin Exams
Archived @ Master List
Summary: What if Naruto had sided with the Sand in the Konoha invasion?
Chapter 11: Start of the Finals
It was almost time for the Finals to start. The only question was…
"Where is everybody?"
Lee was looking around, almost desperately. Everyone was here except for Sasuke and HIS opponent. This could not be happening. He had trained for the last month and now Dosu wasn't here. What's with that?
"Listen up everyone."
The new examiner was a middle-aged man with something sticking out of his mouth. Gekkou Hayate had looked sickly. This guy just looked annoyed.
"I'm Shiranui Genma, your new examiner." He said with an almost bored tone of voice, "The other one isn't available right now."
'I'll bet.' Naruto thought.
"There are some new arrangements for the Finals." Genma continued, holding up a piece of paper. "Please take a look at the chart and confirm your new matches."
The chart read that Naruto and Neji would go first, followed by Haku and Lee, then Kankurou and Shino, then Temari and Shikamaru, and lastly, Sasuke and Gaara.
Upon seeing this turn of events, Lee's brows rose several a few inches. Where was Dosu? He wanted to get revenge. But… he glanced at his new opponent, Haku. From what he heard, this boy was a former Mist Nin and had transferred over to the Leaf after a mission involving Team 7. He had seen his speed and knew that there was much more power in him. Suddenly, he didn't care about Dosu quite as much as he did.
Naruto looked around. Where was Sasuke? He knew that Gaara and Sasuke's match would be highly anticipated. Of course, the wait for his match was no less intense, but the difference was that their match was first and both of them were here. He glanced over at Gaara, who was shaking slightly, eyes wide open and slightly glazed over.
If Naruto knew Gaara as well as he thought he did, then Gaara was -talking- to his mother. 'He better not release Shukaku before the signal.' Naruto thought.
They waited for another five minutes before Genma was finally given the signal to begin the first match.
"Will everyone clear the field so the first match can begin?" Genma said, somehow making his question sound like a statement.
As the Genins cleared the field, a loud cheer erupted from the crowd.
---
Sakura and Ino looked around as the roar surrounding them suddenly rose in several volumes. Most of the people sitting around them were Sand Nins and Leaf Nins. It sounded like they have been waiting for this match for a long time.
Sakura distinctly heard a voice next to her say something about the 'Hyuuga and the demon'. Demon?
"Did you hear that?" she asked Ino, not bothering to lower her voice since no one could hear them anyway.
"Hear what?"
"Someone said… never mind. Where's Sasuke-kun? It's about to begin!"
---
Hyuuga Hiashi was one among the spectators and also noticed the sudden, almost happy, yells coming from the Sand Nins who were sitting around him. He glanced at the two Genins who were about to begin. One was his nephew. The other… was a Sand Nin. There was something special about that boy. He radiated power.
He didn't voice it because his daughter, his only daughter, Hanabi was sitting next to him and he wasn't about to say anything positive about a person from another village while Hanabi was still at such an early stage of her development as a shinobi.
No. Not as a shinobi, as a Hyuuga of the Main family.
---
Neji looked at his opponent up and down, trying to find out as much as he could without the use of his Byakugan. The only other color on Naruto besides black was orange- an orange trenchcoat on black shirt, unevenly cuffed pants, and sandals. His hitaite was tied around his neck and there were bandages wrapped around what skin was showing on his right leg.
And from this he could conclude… nothing.
His eyes betrayed nothing. Neji could feel no contempt, anger, superiority, or nervousness from him. This was odd. Even himself, easily the calmest of all Konoha Genin, was feeling a bit excited at such a high adrenaline pumped battle with a crowd and everything that came with it. But he looked like a picture of serenity.
What kind of shinobi did the Sand produce?
---
"Begin the match." Genma said, jumping out of the way.
The fight began quickly. The two on the field dove at each other without hesitation, each landing a test hit, then jumping back, each evaluating the other's strength quickly through that one hit.
Neji had felt power. Naruto was strong in terms of raw strength, but that one hit wasn't enough to decide his overall ability. It would take a few more hits to determine how he was to defeat this Sand shinobi.
Naruto, on the other hand, already figured out Neji's fighting style. Even before Neji's punch connected, Naruto felt pain. He then concluded that in order to have received pain before actual contact, Neji must have expelled chakra from his hands, just like Hinata. The only difference was that Hinata was hitting randomly. Neji seemed to have some sort of pattern. He was hitting areas near Naruto's pressure points.
Besides that, there was something wrong with the area where he was hit. The chakra didn't feel right. Naruto knew his own system well enough so that if something went wrong, he would be aware of it. His conclusion was that Neji was somehow manipulating his chakra flow by expelling his own into Naruto's body. All that through one hit too.
Now that he knew what was happening, he had to find some way to counter it. He wasn't too worried about missing The Signal since it was unlikely that they would move so quickly. Kazekage-sama was especially interested in Uchiha Sasuke, so they would probably see the fight between them him and Gaara before the signal was given.
Neji came at him again, this time even quicker. His speed was very impressive, seeing how he didn't have any inner demonic enhancements. Naruto was able to dodge each hit, but just barely. Looks like Konoha DID have some extraordinary ninjas.
'Shit,' Naruto thought, 'I have to think of a way. He's too fast for me to go with the usual hit-and-run. And those eyes of his, I don't know the full extent of their capability. Bad…'
He thought back to a scroll he had read up on around two months before. It was one on different Genjutsus of the Leaf. There was one in particular that caught his eye. Kokuangyo no Jutsu, otherwise known as the Bringer of Darkness technique. It was a skill unique to the Shodaime of the Leaf village.
He had tried to mastering it, and though it was far from perfect, it would have to suffice for now. He clasped his hands together, molding chakra while still avoiding Neji's attacks and then he formed seals as quickly as he could and said "Kokuangyo no Jutsu."
---
To the bystanders, it looked like someone had turned off a light in the stadium. One second, the two were having an impressive match, the next, it was just dark. This earned some boos from the audience, but for the more advanced shinobi, this was a surprise.
'This technique…' Sandaime thought, 'belongs to Shodaime-sama. How did…'
'Kazekage-sama' was also wearing a somewhat surprised expression. He had heard that Uzumaki Naruto was a strong shinobi. But he had not expected him to use a Kage-level genjutsu.
Meanwhile, in the arena, Naruto had created a Kage bunshin and was charging at Neji. Neji, even with his amazing eyes, could only see two powerhouse of…power charging at him, full speed. He was certain that he could dodge the first few hits but what would happen if he left an opening?
'Damn.' He thought. 'How did I switch from offense to defense so quickly?'
---
Naruto knew he was being reckless. It was characteristic of him to lose his head if he couldn't finish a battle off quickly. This match was already dragging out longer than it should have.
He and his clone were both trying their best to try and damage Neji, but were landing minimal amounts with minimal damage. This was bad, both jutsus were chakra consuming and he needed all the chakra he could get. He didn't want to rely on the Kyuubi's because he needed that for the invasion while having some of his own in stock.
'Shit.' He thought as Neji finally dispersed his Kage bunshin. 'Looks like his eyes can see the chakra. This jutsu is useless. If only I could do it perfectly, he wouldn't be able to see anything.' He sighed as he released the illusion, cursing himself on his talent in the field of Genjutsu.
---
Neji was surprised when the darkness became light again. Secretly, he was relieved. He would have been a goner if he didn't have the Byakugan. He could not lose. The Hyuuga destiny forbade defeat.
His chakra was about half-gone. He had to think of SOMETHING that would turn the match around, but it looked like Uzumaki Naruto had more chakra in reserve than he did. The Byakugan was also constantly leeching off what remained of his stamina, but he couldn't afford to turn it off.
"Na."
Neji looked up. This was the first thing Naruto had said the entire time. "What."
"Why do you think you're going to win?"
Neji was a bit taken aback. Usually, you don't ask questions concerning victory while fighting an opponent in a setting that concerned crowds and a stadium. He narrowed his eyes. What was Uzumaki Naruto trying to pull?
"Destiny." He said. "Destiny will decide who wins. And destiny is always on the Hyuuga side."
---
Naruto waited for more, but there was nothing else. Destiny? What kind of destiny did he have? He sighed. Then, he gave a little snort that turned into a little chuckle, which eventually became a laugh.
Neji glared at him. "What?"
Naruto's laughter rang for a few moments more before he settled down. He didn't know why he found that answer funny. It just struck something in him.
"Destiny?" he asked. "That's your reason for fighting?" He 'ha-ha-ed' a few more times before unexpectedly sobering up. "You actually believe in that load of crap?"
Neji bristled. "Each person is born with an unchangeable destiny." He started, unwittingly spouting all the Hyuuga talk he had been taught continuously throughout his entire life. "A genius will always be a genius. A failure will always be a failure. A Konoha shinobi will always be a Konoha shinobi."
At this last statement, Naruto burst into another bout of uncontrollable laughter. How coincidental that Neji would mention that last one. Originally, he had asked that question so he could buy some time and recover some chakra. Now…
"Tell me, Hyuuga-san." Naruto said, "What does your destiny say about a traveler with no intention of returning home?" Then, without waiting for an answer, he disappeared and Neji felt indescribable pain right beneath his collarbone. Just before he lost consciousness, he heard a voice say:
"Just so you know, I used to live in Konoha."
---
His method of victory was incredibly cheap. First off, the opponent was off guard. Second, he wasn't supposed to risk everything on one move like that. It was a combination of Asshou and Hasshou. Slamming the heel of your palm against your opponent to knock him upward, then a second hit that would smash them into the ground.
And it also took a ridiculously large amount of chakra to reach the speed he needed to avoid any possible counter attack.
Oh well. The most important thing was that he won and would probably have enough time to recover from whatever chakra he unnecessarily wasted.
---
"What was that?"
Ino, apparently, unlike the rest of the spectators, hasn't caught on to what just happened. The Sand Nin's speed was… inhuman. There was no earthly way that he could have moved that way. They could see the blur, but that only served to make it even more unbelievable.
Sakura, on the other hand, was pondering just what did he do, exactly. She had clearly seen two hits, and only two hits. It should take a whole lot more to knock someone out unless the attacker was just that strong.
'He's not a Genin.' She thought. That she was sure of. There was no way on earth Naruto could be a Genin.
---
Lee was amazed. It was the first time he had seen Neji lose in terms of speed. Simply amazing.
'Uzumaki Naruto.' He thought. 'I want to fight you.'
T . B . C