Chapitre 40: Chapter Thirty: Hellcat Part Two
-In the Audience/Finalist Box-
"About time" said Kiba after the steam faded away and Naruto and Yugito became visible.
"Hey is it just me or does that blonde girl seem angry at Naruto?" Shikamaru asked, since after all the times he had seen his mother yell at him or his father. He had gained a sort of instinct for angry women.
"Your right, heh, looks like Senju said or did something to piss Yugito off" Karui said. Who was standing near Shikamaru when he asked this, and could not help but smirk in amusement, knowing Naruto was in trouble know.
-In the Arena-
After waiting for several minutes for Yugito to attack Naruto decided to make the first move, and conjured ten shadow clones and had them surround Yugito and attack her from all directions.
As the clones surrounded her Yugito readied her sword, and channelled her Chakra along with her fire affinity into it, igniting the Katana and turning it into a flaming blade. She then used her flaming sword to dispatch two of the clones that came at her. After which she then swung her Katana in a large wide arc and yelled "Kumo-Ryū Kaengiri (Cloud-Style Flame Beheading)", creating a large flaming circle of fire around her, destroying the remaining clones in one go.
Once the clones were all gone, the flames on Yugito's Katana died out and she sheathed her Katana. After which she did several hand-seals thought "Rankedama (Flaming Hairball)!" before spitting out several flaming hair balls.
Remembering how Yugito defeated Chojuro, Naruto knew that simply extinguishing the flames would not stop the hairballs and decided the best course of action would be to evade them.
After dodging the Flaming hairballs, Naruto found himself immediately under attack again, where Yugito appeared in front of him with her Katana redrawn. She then tried a horizontal slash, which would have severed Naruto's head had he not ducked under the slashed.
After evading the slash, Naruto punched the ground with his left fist while using his superhuman strength, causing the ground around Naruto to explode from the shockwave and blow Yugito back.
Once some distance had been put between the two of them Naruto quickly used Doton: Kage Bunshin (Earth Style: Shadow Clone) to create four Earth clones, and had them attack the female blonde, who had just recovered from being blow back.
Wasting no time, the clones quickly moved towards the Kumo Kunoichi, where the first two head straight for her, while the other two circled around her.
The first Earth Clone made the first move by throwing several Shuriken at her, which she skilfully deflected with her Katana, before having to defend herself with it from the second Earth clone. Who slashed at her with its Katana, after blocking the slash, Yugito then had her fingernails, in her left hand, take their claw form and stab the clone in the side, causing it to revert into mud. After which she then raced forward to attack the first Earth clone. But as she did, the two other Earth clones that had moved around her came up behind her and prepared to attack from behind.
Aware of the two clones Yugito pretended to not have notice them and prepared to strike the first Earth clone. But at the last possible second she used Kumo-Ryū Uragiri (Cloud-Style Reverse Beheading) technique to severe the heads of the two clones, catching them off guard and causing them to turn mud.
After dealing the two clones, Yugito quickly jumped back to avoid a deadly Kunai stab from the last remaining Earth clone, who she was standing in front of. But as soon as her feet touch the ground, a large earth spike appeared in front of her and nearly impaled her.
It was only thanks to her quick reactions, which she had developed from the special training the Raikage had put her through when she was young, that she was able to replace herself in time with Naruto's the last remaining Earth clone.
After evading the Earth spike Yugito looked over at Naruto, who had both his hands on his ground. It of course did not take a genius to figure that Naruto had used the Earth clones as a distraction and waited until she was vulnerable to use Doton: Doryūsō (Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears).
"Heh, alright then Naruto, if that's how you want to play it. Let's see how you handle this…" the blonde girl thought before she stabbed her Katana into the ground. After which she performed four quick hand-seals and thought "Katon: Okibi!" and spat out a large stream of red hot fire from her mouth.
"Fuck!" Naruto thought when he saw the large stream of flames flying toward him. Knowing that he couldn't avoid the fire attack in time, and that he would have to block it, and there was only one technique he knew that he could use to block Yugito's attack in time.
-Enter Naruto Shippuden OST 2 - Rising Dragon-
Acting fast, Naruto quickly created a shadow clone and had it start doing hand-seals, while he flipped his Katana backwards and started to spin around, drawing the Water from the air and the surrounding plants. Given to how all the Water from Haku and Samui's battle had evaporated when Naruto's Water Dragon and Yugito Fire Tiger clashed.
As soon as Naruto began to spin, a large amount of Water started to appear around him and the clone.
-In the Kage Box-
"Impossible!" said the Raikage as he stood up from his seat in shock after seeing Water appear out nowhere and form into a massive spinning waterspout around Naruto and his clone, protecting them from Yugito's Fire attack. "Don't tell me he's drawing all that from the air?!"
"It's not just from the air, he's also drawing it from the nearby trees and plants" the Kazekage said. Who then pointed to the grass and the nearby trees which were drying up as Naruto drew Water from them.
"Incredible!" muttered the Mizukage in disbelief at Naruto being able to do something like this, especially at his age. "Has he somehow inherited the high Water affinity of his ancestor the Nidaime Hokage?"
The Mizukage of course knew a great deal about the fame Hokage whose skill in Water manipulation was second to none, even to this very day.
This was of course an embarrassing subject for Kirigakure (Hidden Mist), given how her village specialized in Suiton Ninjutsu. The closest anyone in her village ever came to the Nidaime Hokage skill level in Suiton Ninjutsu was the famed swordsman Hoshigaki Kisame, who later became Kiri's most infamous and feared nuke-nin.
"This kid…" thought a surprised Darui, who had a serious look on his face, which was highly unusual for him.
"Da a boy kid, show them just what you're made out of" Jiraiya thought with a smile and was joined by both Tsunade and Sandaime who were also smiling.
-In the Audience-
"But How?" muttered a shocked Zabuza, who like most Shinobi couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"His Water skill is even greater than mine, maybe even Haku's" Saito thought as he turned to look his team-mate who had stunned looks on their faces.
At the same time the members of the rookie nine who were sitting in the front seats of the stands looked on at Naruto with surprised looks. Not believing what they were seeing Naruto doing.
Their attention although was soon diverted when they suddenly her a nearby voice yell out.
"That's the way Naruto, that's my student!"
"Kushina-senpai please calm down" Yamato pleaded as he tried to calm the red head down.
"And what's wrong with me cheering for my student. You should be cheering with me, since he's your student as well" retorted the former ANBU captain with some annoyance, when she turned to look at her former subordinate.
"There's nothing wrong with cheering for him Kushina-senpai, it's just that you don't need to make a spectacle of yourself, that all" the man answered quickly, knowing Kushina temperament. While at the same time glancing around him where he could see several people starting to stare at them.
Huffing at the stares, Kushina just turned back around to watch Naruto's battle and once again started to cheer for her blonde haired student.
-In the Arena-
When Yugito saw Naruto create the large spinning waterspout out of nowhere, the blonde Kunoichi was caught completely off guard and soon cancelled her attack, realizing that her attack was worthless.
"It's not possible!" Yugito yelled inside her head when she saw the massive watersprout surround the boy and his clone. "Naruto is able to conjure that much Water from just the air and the surrounding plants!"
After Yugito ended her attack, Naruto stopped spinning causing the waterspout to fall. But before the Water could hit the ground, Naruto's clone finished its hand-seals and yelled out "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" causing the Water to form into a massive Water Dragon which then charged straight at her.
With no time to spare, Yugito quickly tried to avoid the powerful Water attack. She ever tried running up the arena wall by channelling her Chakra to her feet to keep from falling. But no matter where she ran to the Dragon continued to follow after her, thanks to Naruto's clone control it.
Realizing that she would never lose the Water Dragon, Yugito quickly took out three Kunai with exploding notes tied to them and threw them at the creature, destroying it once the notes exploded.
"Damn, these two are something else…" the match referee Genma thought. Who had just reappeared in the arena, after being force to move out when Naruto created the Water Dragon.
Looking around Genma saw that the entire arena was filled with inch of Water after Yugito destroyed Naruto's Water Dragon. "…they've completely change the state of the arena."
After the Water Dragon was destroyed, Naruto clone immediately spat out several balls of Water and fired them at Yugito, who was still on the wall.
Seeing the blobs of Water flying towards her, Yugito went through several quick hand-seals and spat out several flaming hairballs, which hit the Water balls dead on, cancelling each other out. But like in her battle with Chojuro the extinguish hairballs continue to fly towards the Naruto's clone and hit it dead on, causing the clone to disappear.
Once the clone had been dealt with Yugito was force to jump away from her position as Naruto used his Surasshu-fū (Wind Slash) technique to fire a crescent blade of Wind at her.
After dodging Naruto's Wind attack, Yugito wasted no time in going back on the offensive and unleashed a volley of shuriken. At the same time, she spewed out a stream of fire, covering the spinning projectiles in flames, increasing their destructive power.
When Naruto saw the flaming projectiles he quickly used the Mizu no Jōshō (Rising Water) technique to create several waves of Water in front of him, which extinguished the fire that covered the shuriken. The Water also slowed the shuriken down enough so he could deflect them away without any harm.
But as soon as Naruto had deflected the flaming shuriken he was forced to jump back to avoid a powerful downward slash from Yugito, who appeared above him.
Not wanting to give Naruto any chance to fight back, the blonde girl chased after the Senju heir with the intent on ending their battle.
Acting fast, Naruto dipped the tip of his Katana into the Water and created another large wave of Water in front of him and yelled "Mizu no Kagayaku (Glittering Water)!"
Undeterred by the wall of Water, Yugito moved forward and stabbed her Katana through it and into Naruto's left shoulder.
But as soon as she did this the wall of Water fell and "Naruto" faded away, revealing that he was a reflective image created by the Water.
Realizing she had been tricked, the blonde Kunoichi quickly turned to her right and caught a glimpse of Naruto speeding towards him at high speed.
Within moments Naruto was right in front of his female opponent and used the Mizu no Atsuen to switch his Katana from his right hand to his left in mid-swing, catching Yugito unaware. Who had brought her sword up to defend herself against the fake slash.
It was only thanks to the fact that she had used her claw creation technique to increase the durability and length of her nails, that she was able to block Naruto's real sword slash with her long nails. But before she could make any move against the blonde boy. Naruto pulled his sword back and used Nagareru Mizu to pass his sword from his left hand to his right hand behind his back, catching Yugito off-guard again and sending her skidding back several feet.
Luckily for the blonde Kumo Kunoichi, Naruto had turned his Katana around at the last second, so that the back of his blade hit Yugito left side, saving her from receiving a possible mortal injury. But even though the blow wasn't fatal, it had still been serious, as the hit had cracked one of her ribs right side.
Seeing that he had the advantage in the fight Naruto decided to try to finish the fight once and for all by using one of the new techniques Kushina taught him the previous month.
Dipping the tip of his sword into the inch of Water and gathering it around the blade. Naruto swung his sword at Yugito and yelled"Bunkatsu Mizu (Splitting Water)!" creating a large crescent shape blade of Water that moved with incredible speed. (3)
"Fuck!" cried Yugito when she saw the deadly blade of Water flying towards her and narrowly avoided the attack by jumping sideways. Although received a large cut on her left arm which was bleeding badly.
With little time to contemplate her injury, Yugito was forced on the move again as Naruto used the Mizurappa (Wild Water Wave) technique, spit out a large wave of Water from his mouth, forcing her to jump onto the side of the arena wall.
Seeing that Yugito avoided his attack, Naruto preformed several more hand-seal and used the Teppōdama (Gunshot) technique to fire an unrelenting barrage of Water blasts from his mouth, forcing Yugito to race around the arena wall to keep from being hit.
This of course did not last very long, as Yugito soon struck back by throwing several Kunai, with the some exploding notes tied to them, at Naruto. Forcing the blonde boy to halt his attack and jump away.
After the notes exploded, a large shower of Water covered the arena, blocking Yugito and the audience view of Naruto. But once it died down, they caught sight of the spiky haired blonde again. Who was busy preforming a long series of hand-seals and gather all the surround Water around him.
Recognizing the hand set Yugito began performing her own series of hand-seals.
At the exact same time both Genin unleashed their Jutsu.
"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" roared Naruto as large Dragon made out of the Water formed around him and flew towards Yugito.
"Katon: Hitora!" thought Yugito before spitting out a long stream of Fire, which took the shape of a Tiger's head and headed straight for Naruto's Water Dragon.
Within seconds the two the two massive attacks collide and like earlier on, they cancelled each other out in a large explosion. Creating another massive cloud of red hot steam that covered the entire arena.
-End Naruto Shippuden OST 2 - Rising Dragon-
-In the Audience-
"This is nuts, both these kids aren't normal" muttered Kotetsu in surprise, while his partner Izumo just nodded. Who was too shock to say anything.
"Now this is more like it!" Anko said with a grin, as she was loving every minute of this battle and was glad she got the front seats for the finals.
"Damn and I thought the preliminaries were out of hand" Asuma commented after Yugito's and Naruto's attacks collided.
"Both of them are well beyond the skill of Genin, in fact they are stronger than most Chunin" Kurenai remarked. Who was surprised that there was yet another Genin in the exam who go toe to toe with Naruto, ignoring the fact that she was also a jinchūriki, like Naruto.
-In the Arena-
After the large steam cloud began to form, Yugito quickly made her way up to the top of the arena wall, where she would be safe from the boiling steam.
Once she reached the top she looked around for any sign of Naruto but could find none.
Figuring that she was safe for the moment Yugito decided to dress her injuries, where she took out a small roll of bandages and used it to dress the wound on her arm.
Once her arm was bandaged up Yugito then patiently waited for the steam to cool down and fade away. Knowing that Naruto was down there somewhere and it would be foolish if she jumped in there without knowing his location.
After some time the steam eventually cooled down and faded, allowing Yugito and everyone else the arena.
When Yugito and the audience looked down they saw that the arena was in a sorry state filled with discarded Shuriken, Kunai as well as holes, craters, upheaved dirt from all the pervious battles. The lower part of the arena wall was in no better shape, with several large holes and dents. The only thing missing was the Water that had filled the arena not long ago, which had all dried up in Naruto and Yugito's last attack.
As Yugito scanned the arena she noticed a small dome of Earth standing in the exact position she last saw Naruto in.
"So that's what happened to him!" Yugito thought. "Naruto must have created that Earth dome around him to protect himself from the steam after our attacks collided…Smart, but the problem with that plan is that he can't see when it's safe to come out and he's now vulnerable to attack, and if I do this right I can end this now."
Taking out two Kunai and tying her last two remaining exploding notes to them, Yugito channelled her Lightning Chakra into the Kunai and threw them at the Earth dome.
Within seconds the Lightning enhance Kunai flew through the air and pierced right through the earth dome. After which the exploding notes tied to them exploded, destroying the dome and everything it.
As soon as the dome exploded, Yugito quickly made her way down the arena wall and down into the arena to see if she had really gotten Naruto.
At the same time the match referee Genma appeared after he was forced again to Shunshin (Body-Flicker) out of the arena when Naruto and Yugito's attacks collided.
When the smoke from the explosion cleared Yugito cautiously walked over to the destroyed dome with her Katana ready. Unsure of Naruto's current condition, since she knew how tricky Naruto could be, given the number of times the Senju heir had fooled her.
Once she reached the site she saw Naruto lying face first in the ground, motionless, his clothes torn up and dirty and his body covered in burns.
But just as the blonde Kunoichi went to check the boy's pulse, "Naruto" reverted into a mud, revealing him to be an Earth Clone.
When Yugito realized that Naruto had tricked her again, the blonde girl quickly spun around and saw the real Naruto erupt out of the ground, on the opposite end of the arena. He then swung his sword down and yelled "Idaina Surasshu-fū (Great Wind Slash)!" where a large crescent shape blade of Wind erupted from his Katana and flew straight for her.
When Yugito saw the deadly Wind attacked heading towards her, she immediately jumped to her right to avoid the attack. But as soon as she did, she was put on the defensive by Naruto. Who appeared in front of her and tried to slash her, forcing her to use her Katana to defend herself.
For the next minute or so a battle for dominance ensued between the two young Genin each trying to force the other back.
Eventually Naruto showed signs of winning thanks to his superior strength and the cracked rib that Yugito received earlier.
Seeing that she was being pushed back, Yugito had her left hand let go of her sword, and used her claw creation technique to turn her nails into longs claws, and attempted to scratch Naruto's face. Who quickly jumped back to avoid the razor sharp nails and went on the defensive when Yugito attacked.
For the next few minutes the two blondes fought intensely, where for the majority of the fight Naruto was on the defensive. Who struggled to hold his own thanks to Yugito claws giving her a extra weapon to use against him. It was made even more difficult since Yugito proved quite skilled in using her Katana and clawed hand in conjunction, leaving Naruto little opportunity to fight back.
"Shit this is not good, at this rate she'll hit me" Naruto thought as he barely deflected a sword stab from Yugito with his Katana. "Looks like I'm going have to put what Kushina-sensei taught me to the test."
After sidestepping another claw swipe from Yugito Naruto quickly dragged his sword onto the ground and set some dirt flying into Yugito eyes, blinding her momentarily and forcing her to halt her attacks.
With Yugito blinded Naruto then kicked the blonde girl in the stomach sending her flying back a few feet and allowing him to move back further, increasing the distance between them.
As Yugito rubbed the dirt out of her eyes, she looked back at Naruto and saw him lower his guard and taking deep calming breaths.
Unsure what Naruto was up to, Yugito decided to try finishing the match before the blonde boy could do anything.
As she moved forward Yugito made a horizontal slash at Naruto, but before the blade could cut Naruto, the blonde boy coolly sidestepped the slash.
When Yugito saw this she then tried downward slash with her claw hand, but like before Naruto evaded the slash with ease.
This continued for several minutes where Yugito continued to try and slash Naruto with a series of relentless assaults. But each and every one of her attacks was easily avoided by the Senju heir, as if he knew they were coming.
-In the Audience-
"Damn, just a few minutes ago Naruto could barely hold that Yugito chick off. But now he's dodging all her attacks like they were nothing, how the hell is he doing it?" asked Kiba. Who was amazed by how easily Naruto was dodging Yugito's slashes, especially since he could barely keep up with her movements.
"He's using a special technique from the Arasuijin no Mai (Dance of the Raging Water Goddess) sword style, am I right Kushina?" Asuma asked as he recognised the technique Naruto was using.
"Yea it's called Namiutsu Mizu (Rippling Water)" the red head woman replied.
"What does it do?" Ino asked who was curious like all the other members of the rookie nine.
"It's the fourth defensive technique of Arasuijin no Mai style. It involves the useravoiding an enemy's attacks by synchronizing with their breathing and following their movements, allowing the user to predict an enemy's movements before they make it. It's extremely useful when you want to wear down an enemy or to make them waste energy."
"That's all?" Kiba asked in confusion since it didn't really sound very difficult.
"Trust me it's a lot more complicated than it sounds, a person needs to be perfectly calm and focus so to keep in sync with their opponent's breathing and watch their movement's carefully. It is an extremely difficult technique to use, and even more difficult to master and if the person makes one wrong move or falls out of sync. It could be fatal," Kushina replied with a serious look on her face as she continued to watch Naruto evade Yugito's attacks.
"It incredible that he has progressed this far in using your fighting style" Kurenai commented, who was impressed with Naruto's growing skill.
"Yea, even I've got to admit that Naruto has come a long way in a short time" Kushina remarked. "…When I first started training him in the Arasuijin no Mai style, I never dreamed that he would learn to use it so well in just over six months, especially since it took me two years to create it and use it. Although he still has a way to before he has fully mastered all of them yet."
-In the Arena-
As the fight in the arena continued, Naruto preceded to evade all of Yugito's attacks, much the girl's frustration. Every time she tried to catch Naruto off guard as if he knew what was coming.
Even when she attempted a hidden knee kick to the side, Naruto somehow knew what she was going to do and took a step back to avoid it.
"Damnit what the hell is going on? How is Naruto avoiding all my attacks? It's as if he's reading my mind and knows what I going to do right before I do it."
"Calm down Kitten getting yourself worked up only makes things worse, and that's probably what he is hoping you'll do, as you're more likely to make a mistake" said the Nibi inside Yugito's mind. "Look at his eyes they're calm and focus, and his moves are mimicking your own. He must be using some kind of technique to match your movements and predict what you're going to do and dodging them at the last moment, making you waste energy and frustrating you."
"Then what do you suggest?" the blonde girl ask, as she made another slashing motion with her Katana.
"Do something he won't expect, make him think he knows what you're going to do, then do something that will catch him off guard."
"How do I do that?" the girl replied, while at the same time watching Naruto sidestep her sword slash.
It was then when Naruto moved out of the way of her sword slash that an idea suddenly popped into her head.
Wasting no time the blonde Kumo Kunoichi brought her clawed hand forward and made a slashing motion at the right side of his face.
When Naruto began to move out of the way of the slash, Yugito channelled more Chakra into her nails, causing them to grow longer.
Unaware of the claws increase length Naruto could not fully evade the claws and received a light scratch on his right cheek.
This was of course all that Yugito needed, as the scratch caught Naruto completely off guard and his breathing feel out of sync with Yugito's. Who took advantage of Naruto's distraction and delivered a sharp knee kick to Naruto left side, causing the boy to stubble slightly.
But just as the blonde Kunoichi was about to deliver the final blow with her Katana, Naruto jumped back and narrowly avoided the sword slash.
-In the Audience-
"Naruto-kun!" thought Hinata in concern when she saw the blonde boy struggling to hold Yugito off as she unleashed a series of relentless attacks on him.
"What happened?" Sakura asked in surprise "A moment ago she couldn't even touch Naruto, now he can barely hold her off."
"Like I said earlier, the Namiutsu Mizu is a difficult technique to use, and even more difficult to master. Naruto may be able to use it, but he hasn't mastered it yet and needs more training in using it, since all you have to do is wound him slightly to make his breathing fall out of sync" Kushina explained. "To use Namiutsu Mizu the user must synchronize his or her breathing with their opponent. When that Yugito girl scratched him, Naruto was caught by surprise, causing his breathing to fall out of sync and distracting him so that he could no longer be able to predict or keep up with her movements. Allowing her to catch him unaware, if Naruto had mastered the Namiutsu Mizu technique fully he would not fall out of sync so easily."
"She must have gotten a luckily hit in when the brat tried to avoid that swipe" Anko commented.
"Luck had nothing to do with it" Kakashi said suddenly as he narrowed his one visible eye slightly. "When Naruto side-stepped to avoid her claw swipe, she channelled her chakra into her nails, increasing their length at the last second. Causing Naruto to misjudge their reach and allowing her to scratch him, which resulted in Naruto's breathing to fall out of sync with hers, it's actually quite clever."
After Kakashi finished, Kushina narrowed her eyes and watched Naruto struggle to defend himself from Yugito's attacks. She of course agreed with Kakashi's assessment with what happened and as much as she hated to admit it. She had to hand it to Yugito for her quick thinking and had to admit that the Kumo Kunoichi was much craftier than she gave her credit for.
-In the Arena-
After blocking another slash from Yugito's sword with his own, Naruto saw the girl bring up her clawed hand in an attempt to slash him with her deadly nails.
Acting fast, Naruto had his right hand let go of his Katana and caught Yugito's wrist, preventing her claws from hitting him.
After Naruto caught her clawed hand Yugito then prepared to channel more Chakra into her claws and increase their length. Knowing that Naruto wouldn't be able to avoid them, given how his hands were already busy. But before she could do this, Naruto struck first by delivering a sharp knee kick into Yugito's cracked rib, which he cracker earlier in the fight and now broke.
Once Naruro hit her, the blonde Kunoichi cried out in pain and staggered back, nearly dropping her sword.
Before she could recover Naruto followed up with a powerful kick to the chest, sending the female jinchūriki skidding back several meters away.
"Guagh! Damn you Naruto that was a cheap shot!" Yugito hissed angrily as she glared at the spikey haired boy
"Heh, sorry Yugito-chan, but like my Kaa-chan told me when she first started training, there is no such thing as a dirty fight" the smirking boy replied before he raced toward the blonde girl.
Within seconds Naruto was right on top of Yugito and preformed a powerful downward slash, forcing the young girl to bring up both her Katana and her clawed hand to block the powerful slash.
For a minute or so the two Genin once again enter a battle for dominance and despite her injury Yugito was able to hold her own by focusing on the battle instead of the pain from her broken rib. But what she didn't know was this was exactly what Naruto wanted and had his left hand once again let go of his sword, where to the surprise of nearly everyone in the audience, started preforming hand-seals with his one free hand.
"No way Naruto can perform hand-seals with just one hand!" Yugito thought in surprise.
Before she could do anything, Naruto finish his hand-seals and spat out several balls of Water, hitting her right in the face and sending her skidding across the ground. After which Naruto then raced towards her and delivered a powerful punch to the stomach, while using a small portion of his super human strength. This resulted in Yugiro being sent flying through the air and crashing into the arena wall behind her, making a large dent in it.
-In the Audience-
"Alright, that's the way!" Kiba cheered excitedly.
"Yeah! I knew Naruto-kun could do it, no-one can beat him!" Ino cried, as she was certain her crush had won
"Nice one" commented Asuma as he let out a puff of smoke, "But when the hell did he learn to do hand-seals with just one hand?"
"I'm not sure, it's possible he could have learned it from Haku in Nami no Kuni (Wave Country)" Kakashi replied. Who like Asuma and the others was surprised by Naruto's new skill.
"Actually I taught him it before he left for Konoha" Shizune answered, causing everyone in the group to look at her in surprise.
"You taught him it?" Anko asked in surprise.
"Of course…you didn't think Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama were the only ones that trained him" the student of Tsunade replied with a proud smile.
"I was unaware that you had that skill?" Kurenai said as turned to the dark haired woman.
"It's a skill I picked up when I was travelling with Tsunade-sama, which I later taught to Naruto-kun. I'm actually surprised none of you knew he could do it."
"Heh, looks like the brat has been keeping a few secrets from us after all" Kushina said with an amused smirk, as she glanced at Yamato who just nodded.
"Unreal, he can do hand-seals with just one hand, just like you Haku!" said Chōjūrō in surprise when he turned to his female team-mate.
"It would seem so" the female ice user replied while maintaining a blank look, so not to reveal her surprise.
"Damn, just when I thought I had this kid figured out he does something like this. It's not enough that the he has the same kind of high Water affinity as the Nidaime Hokage and his mother's superhuman strength. He now has the ability to do hand-seal with one hand just like Haku and Hanzo's Granddaughter" Zabuza thought with a frown.
"You certainly know how to keep things interesting Naruto-kun" Mei thought with an amused smile.
"Impressive" remarked Homaru after seeing Naruto use one handed hand-seals.
"Indeed clearly we have not been made aware of all of the boy's abilities" Danzo remarked.
"Agreed, although I am curious if we will see the boy's Mokuton abilities in this match, given how his opponent is the jinchūriki for the Nibi no Bakeneko (Two-Tailed Monster Cat)" Koharu commented.
"We may see soon, if the boy pushes the girl far enough" Danzo replied, who like Koharu was interested to see Naruto's Mokuton powers for himself.
"Whoa, hand-seals with just one hand, I never even heard of anyone doing something like that, this guy is pretty good" Akatsuchi commented as he glance at his partner.
"I guess" Kurotsuchi replied with a small frown.
-In the Kage Box-
"Incredible, I did not think anyone other than Haku-chan could actually do hand-seals with just one hand" a surprised Mizukage said.
"Indeed, most impressive" added the Kazekage.
"Interesting, did you teach him this Tsunade, Jiraiya?" the Sandaime asked as he turned to his former students, since he had been unaware of Naruto having this skill.
"No, it was Shizune, she taught him it before Naruto came here, as she figured it would be a useful skill to have" Tsunade answered.
"I see" the old Hokage replied as he could indeed see the advantage to it.
As the three other Kages and the two Sannin continued to converse with themselves, the Raikage remained silent and gripped the stone armrest of his seat tightly in angrily, where it eventually began to crack under the strain.
The reason for this was of course obvious, as he was angered by how his top Kunoichi Yugito was losing to Naruto and his plan was backfiring on him.
Seeing this both Darui and C went over to their village leader and quietly began to talk to him, hoping to calm him down by telling him that Yugito was not done yet, and assuring him she can still win.
-In the Finalist Box-
"Man that's got to hurt!" muttered Shikamaru, after he saw Naruto send Yugito flying into the arena wall and watched the girl struggle to get back onto her feet.
"Hmmmm" thought Shino.
"Come on Yugito, don't let Senju beat you, show him Kumo Shinobi are the strongest!" yelled Karui.
"Naruto…he's become even stronger than before" Sasuke thought with a frown, as he watched Yugito slowly stand back up.
"He's even stronger than we thought; he not only has monstrous strength. But can also summon large amounts of water out of nowhere just like the Nidaime Hokage was said to be to do" muttered Temari in surprise. "He might actually be a match for Gaara."
"No way, that's impossible, no-one is stronger than Gaara" Kankuro said in a low voice before glancing at his younger brother. Who had an evil looking gleam in his eyes and a bloodthirsty smile on his face, which worried his older siblings.
-In the Arena-
After Naruto set her flying into the arena wall, the blonde haired female jinchūriki slowly got back onto her feet and spat out some blood that ended up in her mouth from when Naruto hit her.
"Tsk, looks like you've been holding back a few tricks Naruto" Yugito said with a painful smirk as she looked towards her fellow blonde. "Pretty smart of your to keep that ability of yours hidden until now. But trust me, you won't get me with that a second time."
"Heh, don't worry Yugito-chan, I have gotten plenty more tricks up my selves."
Narrowing her eyes, Yugito readied herself, her body was pretty sore right now, and was fairly certain that she had another broken rib or two. But she had no intention of quieting, she had her pride and she had no intention of losing to Naruto again.
-Enter Bleach OST 4 Track 4 Power to Strive-
As the two Genin stared each other down Naruto suddenly took off his sling and sheath from around his back and threw it to the ground. After which both he and Yugito fell into their individual fighting stance and prepared to recommence their battle.
After a moment or two the two blondes raced forward with speed with impressive speed. Within seconds the two young Shinobi clashed swords with one another and began their furious battle.
Yugito struck first where she tried a diagonal slash, which Naruto blocked with his Katana and then pushed her back and tried a horizontal slash across her chest. Only to cut empty space as Yugito leaped back.
Not willing to let go of his advantage, Naruto then used the Nagareru Mizu technique and switch his Katana from his right hand to his left at high speed behind his back. Hoping to catch Yugito off guard again and hit her in the side again with the back of his blade. But to his surprise Yugito was able to block the move with her Katana.
"I told you, I won't fall for the same trick twice!" the girl said before pushing Naruto's sword away and kicking him in the left side, causing him to skid several feet away.
With Naruto now disorientated, Yugito moved towards the Senju heir, hoping of finish the fight with a single sword trust. But just as she was about to stab Naruto in the left shoulder, the blonde boy side stepped to the right, avoiding the sword trust and then brought his own sword down on hers, causing her to drop it.
Naruto then followed through with a sharp knee to her stomach; taking the breath right out of the female jinchūriki and sending her flying back several feet away.
Yugito recovered quickly though and flipped backwards and preformed a series of backwards summersaults, increasing the distance between the two.
Once she was back on her feet Yugito immediately spun around and preformed four quick hand-seals and thought "Katon: Rensha (Fire Style: Rapid Fire)!" After which she spat out a long stream of small fire balls at Naruto, forcing the blonde boy to move around arena to avoid them. (C)
Eventually after minute or so of dodging Fireballs, Naruto was backed into the arena wall, where Yugito preformed another set of hand-seals and thought. "Time to put the previous month's training to the test; let's see if you can dodge this Naruto…Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Style: Dragon Flame Bullet)!"
After Yugito preformed the hand-seals she spat out a massive stream of Fire which took the shape of a Dragon and then spilt into three separate waves, which converged on Naruto from both sides and the front at startling speed.
When the Shinobi members of audience saw Yugito use the Katon: Karyū Endan, many of them were of course shocked at seeing a young girl like her preforming such an advance and difficult technique.
"Shit!" thought Naruto when he saw the three separate streams of Fire closing in on him from all directions. "Damnit there nowhere to go, and if I jump into their air Yugito-chan will take me out. I can't even block the flames with Senkai no Mizu since there not enough plants nearby, and I can't draw enough water from just the air, which is probably what Yugito-chan planned on when she forced me here."
"Looks like I have no other choice, I just hope this works" Naruto thought as turned his Katana sideways and began to spin around, just as the three streams of Fire were about to hit him.
-In the Audience/Kage Box-
"Naruto!" cried Tsunade and several other people in the audience when they saw the flames hit the blonde boy. But before they could even think of the worst, a large spinning dome formed around the spinning Senju heir, protecting him from the flames.
"That's…" a surprised Hinata said.
"…My" said shock a Neji.
"…Hakkeshō Kaiten (Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven)!" finished a stunned Hyuga Hiashi, who couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Impossible!" cried Hiashi's father in disbelief, as he watched Naruto use his Clan's ultimate defensive techniques and deflect the flames around him.
-In the Arena-
As soon Yugito saw the large spinning dome form around Naruto and deflect her flames, like everyone else in the stands the blonde girl was stunned, as she recognised the same technique that Neji had used in his battle against Naruto.
Before Yugito even put anymore thought on what she was seeing, a large blade of Wind erupted from the spinning dome and expanded outward, where it flew straight towards her.
It was only thanks to her quick cat-like reactions, (which Yugito received for being the host of the Nibi), that she was able to jump into the air in time and avoid being severed from her lower half. But as she landed back on the ground, she saw that the Wind blade had created a long five inch deep slash mark on the wall, which circled around the arena wall.
-End Bleach OST 4 Track 4 Power to Strive-
Soon after, Naruto began to slow down and eventually came to a stop, although looked to be fairly dizzy.
"Oh man…I think I'm going to hurl" Naruto thought has he tried to steady himself and covered his mouth with his one free hand, as using that technique for so long made him fairly queasy. "How the hell do Neji-teme and those other Hyuga's guys do it without feeling so dizzy especially when they have their Byakugan on? Even using the Senkai no Mizu doesn't make me feel like this, I'm going to avoid using this for now, at least until I've fully mastered it."
After a minute or so, the world finally stopped spinning for Naruto where he finally steadied himself.
When he looked up he saw Yugito staring at him with a confused and surprise look on her face.
"Something on your mind Yugito-chan?" asked Naruto, who was surprised that Yugito didn't take advantage of his dizziness.
"How is it that you're able to perform the Hakkeshō Kaiten?"
"That wasn't the Hakkeshō Kaiten."
"Of course it was, it was exactly like Hyuga Neji's, when he used it in his battle against you" the blonde girl replied hotly.
"The technique is similar, because I based it on the Hakkeshō Kaiten and my Mizu no Jōshō technique, I call it Kaze no Bōseki (Spinning Wind)." (D)
"Kaze no Bōseki...? Yugito repeated in confusion. "But how…? With the exception of Hyuga Neji, that technique is only known to members of the main family of the Hyuga Clan."
Yugito of course knew a great deal about the Hyuga Clan, due to her village's interest in it.
"You forget during my battle with Neji, I was able to see the technique enough times to get a basic understanding of how it works, which allowed me to figure out its weaknesses. After the battle ended, I realized how useful it was and I tried to figure out a way for me to use what I learned. Now obviously I can't use the technique itself, since I don't know the Juken fighting style and can't release Chakra from all my tenketsu. Not to mention there are other things you need to do to perform it correctly. But since I understood the basics of how the technique works and have flawless control over my Chakra. I combined what I knew with my knowledge of my Mizu no Jōshō technique, given how they work on similar bases, allowing me to come up with something that is fairly close to it, which you saw."
"And what makes it so different from the Hakkeshō Kaiten?" Yugito asked since from what she saw the technique looked exactly like the real Hakkeshō Kaiten.
"Unlike the Hakkeshō Kaiten, which involves releasing Chakra from the body and spinning around at high speed, my technique is a little more complicated. When I spin around I channel my Chakra into my Katana and slowly release it. I then convert it into Wind and use my high Chakra control to not only control the amount I release. But to have the Wind form a large sphere around me" Naruto explained and continued. "It makes for an effective defence against most techniques, especially Taijutsu, since a person would receive a lot of damage from making contact with the spinning Wind. Also as you saw moments ago I can create a large blade of Wind that expands outward in all directions from my barrier. This allows me to attack my opponents even when they keep their distance from me, making it quite effective when I am surrounded."
Once Naruto finished explaining the Kaze no Bōseki technique to her, Yugito was naturally left stunned as she couldn't believe what Naruto had done. But what she didn't know was that the last part was a lie, as the expanding Wind blade was a complete accident.
When Naruto was spinning around and using his Katana as a medium to control the Wind around him, (like when he does to use the Mizu no Jōshō technique). He momentarily lost control of it, due to be so dizzy. This then resulted in him accidentally releasing too much Chakra and creating the Wind blade that nearly cut Yugito in two. He of course knew that he would have to spend some time to perfect the technique. But despite it being an accident, he saw the benefits of the expanding blade of Wind and wanted Yugito and everyone to think he meant to do that.
"Hold on! Now let me get this straight" a stunned Yugito said, as she tried to make sense out of all this. "You're saying that from just watching Hyuga Neji in your battle with him and in just under a few hours. You came up with a completely new Futon Jutsu by yourself, that you based on one of the Hyuga's Clan most powerful techniques and that this was your first time even using it!"
"Pretty much" the spikey haired boy replied with a shrug as if it was nothing.
"Impossible!" Yugito yelled, even though she saw the proof for herself and there was no other way to explain it.
"Well, my Kaa-chan always did say I had a knack for Ninjutsu."
"A Knack? A KNACK?!" Yugito cried inside her head as she stared wide-eyed at Naruto in complete disbelief. "Doesn't he realise what he's just done? This goes well beyond being simply gifted, it should takes years for someone to come up with something like that. Yet he does it in just a few hours and performs it perfectly on the first try, in the middle of battle…Just what the hell is he?"
"Strong, good looking and smart, boy kitten you really do know how to pick them" comment the demon cat, who received no retort from Yugito. Who was still trying to make sense out of what she had been told.
-In the Audience -
The female jinchūriki was of course not the only one who was stunned by Naruto's revelation, as everyone else in the audience was staring at the blonde Senju with looks of complete astonishment.
"Naruto-kun, you're incredible!" yelled Ino as she stood up and stared to cheer loudly for her crush. She was of course not the only one as soon others started to cheer for cheer for Naruto.
"Alright!" roared Kiba as he too stood up, "Show her whose boss."
"You're the greatest Naruto-nii!" Konoahamru cheered, who was soon joined by his two team-mates and the rest of his class, while their teachers stared down at Naruto in stun silence.
"You're amazing Naruto-kun" Hinata said quietly with a large smile. After getting over the shock of Naruto finding a way to create his own unique Jutsu, based on one of her Clan greatest techniques.
"Incredible" said a stunned Kurenai as she still tried to wrap around the idea of a young twelve year old boy like Naruto doing something like this.
"No kidding" Asuma said, as he had to admit that Naruto was even more talented than him when it came to Futon Jutsu. Since he knew he could never be able to come up with something like.
"Unreal" muttered awed struck Anko, as she was beginning to believe what Orochimaru said about Naruto was true, that he really was more talented than she was.
"Man, Naruto isn't normal" Choji murmured quietly, knowing that if his blonde team-mate heard him, she would bash him on the head.
"Naruto" a wide eyed Yamato and Shizune thought together.
"Naruto really is getting to be more like father" Kushina thought to herself in shock.
Seeing Naruto create a completely new Jutsu after analysing another reminded her of the time when Minato first told her about the Rasengan (Spiralling Sphere), and on how he had based it on the Bijūdama (Tailed Beast Ball) of a Biju.
"But still that took Minato-kun over three years to develop and master, and yet Naruto developed his Kaze no Bōseki in just a few hours and performed it perfectly on the first try, in the heat of battle. It possible he could actually be even more gifted that Minato-kun was."
"Amazing, I knew Naruto was skilled, but still to accomplish something like this at his age…it unbelievable" Kakashi thought in disbelief. He had even uncovered his Sharingan when he saw Naruto preforming his Kaze no Bōseki technique and it confirmed what Naruto had just said. But unlike everyone else he knew that the part about the Wind blade was a lie, as he had seen with his Sharingan that Naruto a momentarily lost control of the technique.
"Only someone of Minato-sensei's blood could accomplish such a feat at so young an age" thought the copycat-nin.
"Heh, you never fail to surprise me Naruto-kun" Mei remarked with a smile, as any doubt she may have had about Naruto being the perfect match for her faded. "Even Sofu, will not be able to deny that Naruto-kun is worthy of being my future husband, after I tell him of this."
"Damn, I take back what I said about this guy being good, he's spectacular" a mind-blogged Akatsuchi said
His partner Kurotsuchi on the other hand just frowned, as she remembered what he Grandfather said about Naruto before leaving for Konoha. "Don't underestimate the boy, he is of the Senju Clan, and they have produced some of the most powerful Shinobi that have ever lived."
"Just what the hell is he…? I doubt even Jiji expected him to be this skilled" the Tsuchikage Granddaughter thought, as she had never heard of anyone doing something like this in such a short time. She was also beginning to believe that the Senju Clan had some sort of Bloodline limit that allowed them to produce powerful and talented Shinobi.
"This is crazy, it took you over a month to develop and master the Kaiten, and yet Naruto-san figured out a way to mimic it in just a few hours" Tenten said as she turned to her Hyuga team-mate with an astonish look on her face.
"Yes I know" Neji replied while thinking "And people say I'm gifted."
"Naruto-kun is indeed an opponent that should never be underestimated" spoke Lee.
"Truly" said Gai with a serious look on his face, which was highly unusual for his students to see. "The Senju Blood truly runs strongly in you, young Naruto-kun."
"Whoahoho yoh, this battle is a whirl" rhymed Bee
"Very cool" Samui thought, who although was supporting her team-mate could not help but admire Naruto's skill. "To develop a technique of that level in such a short time, it's unheard of."
"Yeah" replied Omoi who was still in stunned.
"To create such a technique in such a short time is one thing, but to do it in the heat of battle without any preparation or training is nothing short of phenomenal!" said Haku in astonishment, while her team-mate just gapped and her sensei frowned.
"Hohohoho, Naruto-kun certainly knows how to keep things interesting, doesn't he?" the Fire Daimyo said with a smile, while everyone else around him look on at Naruto in stun silence.
"It's inconceivable" Koharu murmured in surprise, "And yet the boy did it."
"Indeed, the boy is quite talented in Futon Ninjutsu" Danzo commented. Who was somehow able to hide his shock and maintain a blank expression.
"Yes, but this could cause some trouble with the Hyuga Clan" Homura remarked.
"We shall see" Danzo replied as he focused his one visible eye on the blonde Senju.
"Such talent" Hiashi said in amazement, as he couldn't believe what Naruto had done, although not everyone in his Clan took what Naruto had done as well as he did.
"This is impossible" said one Hyuga Elder.
"And yet we saw it our own eyes" said another Hyuga Elder.
"This is sacrilege!" Hiashi father said as he slammed his fist down on this armrest. "It's not enough that he defeated Neji without much difficulty, and humiliated our Clan by revealing the weakness to the Byakugan and our techniques. But now he's bastardising one of our most prized technique to make it his own. Does he enjoy disgracing our Clan in front of everyone?"
"What do we do?" one of the Hyuga Elders asked.
"For now nothing, although we'll have to accelerate our plans" said the former Hyuga Clan head.
"How soon"
"Very soon"
-In the Finalist Box-
"Troublesome" muttered Shikamaru.
"…?" thought Shino.
"Just how much stronger has he become?" muttered a surprised Sasuke.
"His Futon skills surpasses mine" Temari said in disbelief after seeing Naruto create a Wind version of the Hyuga Clan's Kaiten.
"Not good, Temari might actually be right about this kid, he might actually be a match for Gaara" a worried Kankuro thought.
His concerns only grew when he looked to Gaara and saw a bloodthirsty grin appear on his younger brother's face.
"Yes Mother I known, you will soon feast on his blood I promise you" thought the young red head.
"Come on Yugito you can still take him!" Karui thought.
-In the Kage Box-
Up in the Kage Box the four Kages and their guards were just as shocked as everyone else in the stands at what Naruto had done.
"Magnificent, simply magnificent" a disguised Orochimaru thought with excitement where he licked his lips with anticipation at getting his hands on Naruto.
"Your son truly is amazing Tsunade-sama, to do something like this at his age" the Mizukage said as she turned to the Slug Princess.
"I too must concur, even my daughter Temari, who is a skilled and talented Futon user would not be able to do such a thing" added the Kazekage.
"Yes, he is a remarkable Shinobi" the Raikage said gruffly as he had to admire Naruto's talent. Although at the same time he thought, "What sort of monster did she give birth to?"
"Eh yes thank you Mizukage-sama, Kazekage-sama, Raikage-sama" replied Tsunade, who was now only getting over her surprise at what Naruto had done. "Naru-chan always did have a talent for getting certain Ninjutsu quickly, but I never dreamed he would be able to do something like this!"
"Naruto-kun truly is the most surprising and unpredictable Shinobi I have ever met in my long life. To think that someone his age could do something this extraordinary and that Yugito girl is just as impressive as Hanzo's Granddaughter. In fact she may be even more talented, as to be able to use and control the Karyū Endan Jutsu is no small feat for anyone, let alone a teenage girl. This Generation truly has so much potential in it" the Sandaime Hokage thought, as he picked up his pipe, which he had dropped after seeing Naruto use, his Kaze no Bōseki.
"That kid, he never ceases to amaze me, just like his old man" Jiraiya thought fondly as he looked down at his godson. "After each battle he applies what he learns from them to make him stronger."
Looking down at Naruto, Jiraiya could not help but think back to his youth when he was travelling around the continent. During his travels he had heard stories about a rare type of fighter that appeared throughout history from time to time. Fighters who become stronger when they are fighting, where the longer the battle goes and the harder their opponent pushes them, the stronger they become.
"Could the brat actually be one of those people?" Jiraiya thought to himself.
"I must say Tsunade-sama, I cannot help but envy your good fortune, to be blessed with such a talented and gifted young man as your heir" the Kazekage said.
"Believe me Kazkage-sama, Naru-chan has yet to show his true potential, as he still has a few tricks up his sleeves" Tsunade replied with a knowing look, which made the other Kages curious.
-In the Arena-
After a few minutes Yugito eventually got over her shock over Naruto finding a way to mimic the Hyuga Clan's Kaiten and decided to focus on the match and put what happened aside for now.
Readying herself, Yugito fell into a standard Kenjutsu stance and channelled her Chakra into her Katana and used her Fire affinity to convert it into Fire, turning her Katana into a flaming sword.
Once he flames were covering the blade, Yugito raced forward and attacked Naruto, who quickly moved away to avoid it.
"Shit! Not good if I try to block that with my Katana, I'm likely to get burned by the flames" Naruto thought as he dodged another slashed which singed his sleeve slightly.
After dodging several more slashes from Yugito's flame sword, Naruto used his high Water affinity to gather a large amount of Water from a nearby tree, (since it takes him longer for him to draw it from the air than plants) and covered his sword with it.
Once the Water covered his Katana, Naruto then brought up his blade to block a downward slash from Yugito.
When the two swords clashed, the flames around Yugito's Katana were almost instantly extinguished by the Water covering Naruto sword.
Surprised by what happened Yugito was caught completely off guard and did not see the incoming attack from Naruto. Who took advantage of her distraction and delivered a sharp kick to her stomach, sending her skidding back across the ground a few meters.
Yugito recovered quickly though and picked up several Shuriken as she skidding on the ground and threw them at the spikey haired boy.
This distracted Naruto long enough for her to channel more Chakra into her Katana, only this time she converted her Chakra into Lightning. After which she then went back on the defensive.
When Naruto saw this he immediately went of the defensive again and started to dodge Yugito's attack. Knowing that if he tried to block Yugito's attacks, her sword would cut through his like a hot knife through butter.
As soon he had avoided another slash Naruto began to gather his Chakra and channel it into his sword. Once he was ready he brought up his Katana again to deflect an electrified sword strike that would have hit his right arm.
After deflecting the strike Naruto then swung his Katana at Yugito, who skilfully evaded the slash by jumping to the left. But as she turned to face Naruto, she felt the trickle of blood fall down her right cheek, indicating that's he had been cut slightly.
"What the hell? But I avoided the slash, how did he…?" Yugito thought, but before she could finish, Naruto raced towards her with his Katana.
With no time to spare, the blonde girl quickly brought her Katana up to block Naruto's slash. But when their swords made contact, Naruto's Katana cut right through Yugito's, leaving the girl holding a stump of a sword.
Once he had sliced through Yugito's Katana, Naruto quickly followed up with sharp kick to the side, luckily though it wasn't the side with the broken ribs. But it still hurt none the less and sent the girl skidding across the ground several meters away from Naruto.
As soon as she had stopped skidding, Yugito stared at Naruto and then at her sword before throwing it away.
"Wind Chakra…You coated your Katana with Wind Chakra, that's the only possible explanation for you being able to cut through my Lightning enhanced Katana so easily."
"Heh, yea you got it…" Naruto replied with a confidant smirk as he held up his Chakra covered sword. "I used the Hien no Jutsu (Flying Swallow Technique) and coated my Katana with Wind Chakra, since Lightning is weak against Wind."
"It's not as simple as he makes it out Kitten, just before he swung his blade at you; he channelled an even larger amount of Wind Chakra to his blade, where it then over powered your Lightning."
"I know" replied Yugito, "That's the only way he could have cut through my Katana so easily, even though Lightning is weak against Wind. His blade should not have cut through mine as easily as it did. But what I don't understand is how does he have so much Chakra? Even with his high Chakra control, he should be exhausted by now. Yet he looks fine and ready to continue fighting. If I didn't know any better, I would swear that Naruto was a jinchūriki like me. It's the only way I can think of how someone like him could have so much Chakra and last so long against me."
"I don't see how that's possible kitten, since if he was a jinchūriki, I would have sensed it. Not to mention the only Biju that Konoha has is the Kyuubi and there no way that Hachibi or I could have missed his power and if Shukaku had sensed the Kyuubi. Then his host would have gone berserk and would have tried to kill your boyfriend on the spot, regardless of what would happen to him later."
"Why's that?" Yugito asked, while at the same time ignoring how the Nibi called Naruto her boyfriend.
"To put a long story short, Shukaku hates the Kyuubi because he views our strength by the number of tails we have and because of that he views Shukaku as the weakest of all of us" the Nibi answered. Who didn't have much love for the demon fox either, given how he didn't treat her that much better. "Besides there are a few humans who are born with immense reserves of Chakra, look at the Sandaime and the Yondaime Raikages, they weren't jinchūriki, but they had Chakra reverse that could give us Biju a run for our money."
"I see, I guess your right but still, it's strange that Naruto has all that Chakra and has such high control over it at the same time."
"Trust me kitten, nothing surprises me when it comes to this family of Shinobi, although I will admit that this boy's Chakra does give off an odd feeling, not unlike his ancestor the Shodai Hokage. But then again that could be just because they are related, since people who are related share similar Chakra signatures."
Nodding to this, Yugito slowly turned her attention back on Naruto, where she reach behind her back and then took out something from her pouch.
Unsure of what she took out Naruto decided to act first and race towards Yugito so not to give her anytime to do what she was planning. But want Naruto didn't know was that by racing towards her, he was doing exactly what the blonde girl wanted him to do.
Once he was close enough, Yugito smash the small spheres she had in her hands onto the ground, revealing them to be smoke and flash bombs.
After the bombs broke, a large flash erupted, blinding the young Senju, followed by much of the area around Naruto being covered in a thick smoke.
When Naruto emerged out of the smoke, he immediately found himself under attack by several Kunai and Shuriken, which had been infused with Lightning Chakra, increasing their sharpness and reach.
Acting quickly Naruto was able to evade them, but not completely where he received several light cuts on his arms and legs.
After avoiding the Lightning enhanced projectiles, Naruto scanned the arena for any sign of Yugito. Who he soon found when he saw a fast moving blur at the corner of his left eye and turned to block a powerful Kunai strike from the blonde female.
As Naruto struggled to hold the elder girl off, he noticed that Yugito was smirking.
Not liking the way Yugito was smirking, Naruto used the flat side of his sword like a mirror to see behind him and saw another Yugito racing towards him from behind with both her hands in claw form.
With little time to spare, Naruto waited until the last second to push the other Yugito away then jumped to the left to avoid the second Yugito's slash.
After landing back on the ground, Naruto turned to face the two Yugito's. "Not good, Yugito-chan used the Raiton: Kage Bunshin (Lighting Style: Shadow Clone) technique and if I hit the clone, I get electrocuted once the clone reverts into Lightning."
As Naruto tried to think of a way to tell Yugito and her clone apart, the two Yugito's raced forward, one with a Lightning enhanced Kunai and another with long claw-like nails.
For several minutes Naruto tried to think of a way to try and find out which Yugito was the real one, while at the same time doing his best to block and avoid the two Yugito's attacks.
After ducking under a claw swipe from the second Yugito and manoeuvring around her, Naruto notice that she flinched slightly in pain as she turned around on her right side.
Seeing this Naruto smirked, as he figured out which one was the real Yugito, since clones would not be effected by injuries that their creators had when they created them.
Now that he knew which one was the real one, Naruto waited for the two to attack.
He of course did not have to wait very long as the clone Yugito did a few quick hand-seals and spat out three flaming hairballs, which Naruto countered by using Teppōdama and spat three glops of Water from his mouth. When the flames were extinguished, Naruto then used his Katana to deal with the hairballs which were still flying towards him, cutting them all in two with little trouble.
But as soon as Naruto had dealt with the hairballs, the real Yugito appeared on his left hand side and tried to slash his arm. Only to miss as Naruto jump into the air, where he then tossed his Katana up into the air and then yell "Ochiru Mizu (Falling Water)!" as he kicked base of the hilt with his foot, sending it flying towards the Yugito clone and stabbing it right in its chest, causing it to revert into Lightning. (4)
After dealing with the Lightning clone, Naruto then did a mid-air flip and preformed his mother's classic Tsūtenkyaku (Heavenly Foot of Pain) down on Yugito. Who barely managed to avoid the kick, but was still blasted away to the other end of the arena by the tremendous power of Naruto's attack, which created a large crater in the arena when his heel hit the ground.
"Damn, that kid's strength is something else" Genma thought as he watched what happened from a safe distance.
"Shit, that was too close, I almost forgot how strong Naruto really is, if that kick had hit me, it could've killed me" the young girl thought as she picked herself up.
Once both Genin were back on their feet, Yugito slowly walked closer to Naruto, who also did the same.
When they stopped, they were in the centre of the arena again, with one six meters between them.
As soon as they were facing one another Yugito suddenly spoke up. "Given we're both without weapons now, how about we test our hand to hand skills against one another?"
At hearing this Naruto frown slightly, "What's she up to? She knows that in hand to hand, I have the advantage with my immense strength. Either she has improved a lot since then or she is up to something. But I guess there is only one way to find out."
"Sure why not, it's your funeral, since if memory serves, I usually kicked your butt."
"Heh, we'll see about that" the blonde girl retorted with a cat-like grin.
"Looks like things are about to heat up again" Genma thought, as he eyed the two blondes carefully.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
stone