"Next Match! Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha versus Gaara of Suna!"

Naruto meets the bloodthirsty seafoam green eyes of the redhead. She assessed her chakra coils. If she had to use Kurama, she would only be able to use up to two tails, and that was pushing it. She let her chakra buzz around her as gold lightning sparked around her, her short spiky hair growing stiff with static. She teleported in front of the Hokage. She kneeled, sparks still zipping around her.

"Permission to break S-class law if necessary?" She felt Jiji's eye scrutinize er analytically.

"Permission granted."

Naruto flashed to the center of the room, and in a swirl of sand, Gaara appeared. "Ready to lose Red?" She taunted. Gaara simply looked at her.

"Die." Naruto dodged the sand hurled at her and flashed around, examining her opponent. He carried a Biju, and one that was less than stable at that.

'Probably Shukaku. You shouldn't need any of my chakra to beat him and if you do, Only one tail.'

'Got it.'

She called forth her chakra. Over the past few days of her not using it her reserves had become completely restored and was threatening to burst. She leapt into the air and quickly did a series of handsigns.

"Fuuton: Daitoppa!" (translations at bottom of chappie nya~)

A blast of wind cut a huge gash into the floor and a dust cloud obscured the vision of many. Naruto laughed, the pure sound echoing off the walls. Her hair grew and was quickly pulled up. He jacket was thrown off, revealing her form-fitting black longsleeved shirt tucked into her burnt orange cargo pants.

Gasps were heard as the dust cleared and Naruto was seen standing a short distance away from an unimpressed Gaara.

"I will kill you." He stated before his sand shot out once more.

Naruto rushed towards the sand, quickly forming more handseals. "Kaze Bakuhatsu no Jutsu!" A large ball of wind collided with the sand and exploded. Naruto raced forward and threw a punch only to disappear and end up behind the redhead, striking before his defense could come up.

"Hng!" Gaara grunted as he was hit from behind. Why didn't his sand protect him? Was Mother angry at him? He winced as her voice grew louder. He needed to kill this pest. He sent out another wave of sand. 

Naruto began to flash everywhere, throwing in some Fuuton: Happa Shinkutai to help distract Gaara. Said redhead seemed to be getting more annoyed as time passed. He kept getting hit! And Mother was shrieking at him. It hurt.

Naruto saw an opening and took it. She punched Gaara in the jaw, and he jerked, shocked seafoam green eyes shooting up to meet her own cerulean orbs. A dot of blood could be seen, likely from a tooth piercing his lip.

"Blood?"

He seemed genuinely confused. Naruto nodded. "You bleed sometimes when you get hurt. Happens to all humans."

Gaara tilted his head, his curiosity temporarily drowning out Mother. "Human? I'm a monster. Do monsters bleed?"

He sounded so much like a lost child that Naruto actually felt pain. What had his village done to him? "Who told you you were a monster Gaara? You look and sound human to me."

Gaara looked even more shocked. Then he doubled over as Mother's voice slammed into him. 'KILL HER BEFORE SHE KILLS YOU!! LIES. SHE SPOUTS LIES. YOU ARE A MONSTER. KILL HER FOR YOUR MOTHER!!'

Bloodlust filled Gaara's eyes and Naruto's eyes widened as she was wrapped in sand. She analyzed Gaara. He seemed different now.

'Like I said kit, he is a Biju container. From the amount of chakra it's Shukaku, my insane little brother. He isn't usually this crazy though. Try using a seal on the kid. Be careful though, you need to know what kind of seal he has first...'

'On it. Thanks Kurama.'

She used her bloodline to escape the sand and pulled out two seals. Both were restricting. One physically, the other chakra wise. She flashed around and slapped them on the redhead, activating them. Gaara froze, and insanity shone in his eyes as he growled at her. She rolled her eyes and lifted his shirt.

Anger burned in her as she saw his seal. She wasn't a master yet but even she could make a seal better than this!" It was a three trigram, done messily and was incomplete. It was driving both the Biju and the host insane! 

"Incompetent seal master. Gaara I am so, so sorry, this is gonna hurt like a bitch."

'Kurama, I need you to access Gaara's mindscape. Create some sort of door so we can talk to them in their minds. Can you do this?"

"No, but I might be able to create a new realm where any Biju and their host can meet. A shared Mindscape if you will.'

'Great, thanks!'

Naruto gathered her chakra in her fingers. This could either work, or release Shukaku. The Uzumaki braced herself and slammed her hand down on top of the corrupted seal. Gaara's eyes widened and his mouth opened in a silent scream, before his eyes rolled up in his head and he passed out.

Naruto stood and swayed. That had taken a surprisingly large amount of chakra. She looked around and realized it was dead silent. Well, as short as the fight had been, a lot had been revealed. 

"Winner: Naruto Uzumaki!"

Naruto flashed to the balcony and immediately sat down. She looked up and saw a bunch of eyes on her. They were focused on her hair and, uh..

"Yes, I'm a girl now stop staring. Perverts." She snorted as everyone huffed and looked away, some with embarrassed blushes. Namely Kiba and Kankuro. Shikamaru sighed and sat next to the red-blond. Who promptly laid her head on his shoulder and went to sleep.

"Troublesome."

A few moments later the genin were called back down to draw lots.

Sasuke: 5

Tenten: 3

Sakura: 2

Hinata: 6

Shikamaru: 8

Shino: 1

Temari: 4

Naruto: 7

The matches:

Shino versus Sakura

Tenten versus Temari

Sasuke versus Hinata

Shikamaru versus Naruto.

Neji would go against whoever won the first match.

Naruto climbed off of Shikamaru's back and stretched. "Well Shika, we gotta lotta training to do. We're about equal in strength."

Shikamaru yawned. "Troublesome. Fighting you is gonna be a drag."

Naruto laughed. She spotted Hinata walking with her team. "Hey, Hinata! I'm baking cinnamon rolls later! Swing by!"

Hinata's face lit up and she nodded.

Naruto turned to Shikamaru. "Now. Wanna tell me what you told Jiji?"

Shikamaru sighed.