3rd person pov-

The sun was shining high in the sky, people were gathering towards the arena of Konoha where, finally, the finals of this year's chunin exams were to take place and the great Kazekage himself was coming from Sunagakure to see his children fight. (A/N: Children=Gaara, Temari and Kankuro) a certain blonde jinchuriki was walking along the road to the arena, but decided to take a detour.

The stands were packed and were busy talking; quite loudly, about who would win and placing bets on their fighters. In the Hokage's box, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched as the competitors lined up on the large field below. The layout of the field was mostly dirt with some large layers of grass here and there. There was a small cluster of trees surrounding the outlining of the dome shaped arena and the top was nothing, but the cool, crisp air. Sarutobi then noticed some movement out of the corner of his eyes.

Ah, Kazekage-dono, what a pleasant surprise" the Hokage said with a smile. The Kazekage was dressed in robes like the Hokage, but it had blue instead of red on it and the kanji for wind instead of fire on the hat.

"Oh please, the pleasure is mine" the Kazekage replied as he sat down in the seat next to Sarutobi. Sarutobi then got up to say his speech.

Yuki pov-

I looked around and saw all of the competitors, all except Sasuke.

'Kuso, Sasuke; don't tell me Kakashi's lateness got to you now' I thought.

Then the Hokage started to make his speech
"Welcome one and all to this year's Chunin Exam Finals featuring the best of the best in a fight to see who can accomplish the task of becoming champion of the tournament and obtain the coveted rank of a chunin" The people cheered loudly. "Now let the Finals begin!" he finished and then sat back down as the cheering of the crowd got louder. The jonin to judge the matches, Shinranu Genma (A/N: I think that's his last name) looked at the competitors.

"Ok rules are simple, the fight is over when I declare it's over or if one of you dies, also a word of good luck to all of you, now the first match, Uzumaki Naruto vs. Hyuga Neji. These 2 competitors stay here on the field while the rest of you go and sit wherever you want until your name is called" Genma said. Sakura, Gaara, Kankuro, Teamari, Shikamaru, Shino and Chouji and I all went upstairs to sit while Naruto and Neji remained on the field a few feet away from each other and glared into each others eyes.

"You look like you have something to say" Neji said.

"Yeah" Naruto replied. "Like I said in the preliminaries, I'm gonna kick your ass for hurting Hinata-chan like that" he said. Neji smirked.

"You cannot defeat me, fate denies your ability to win" Neji said in a over confident tone, that really pissed me off.

"We'll see about that" Naruto said. Genma then jumped back. "Haijime" he shouted and the start of the first match began. Naruto then made a cross shaped handsign to signify the use of his signature jutsu.

"Kagebunshin no Jutsu" he yelled and 5 kagebunshins poofed into existence, the clones then each drew a kunai and charged with a battle cry. Neji activated his Byakugan and saw that he couldn't tell which clone was the real Naruto since their chakra was all evenly distributed in each bunshin.

"Guess there's only one way to find out" Neji said. He then blocked the punch of one clone and threw it into another. The clones skidded along the dirt, but didn't poof away for Naruto learned that the more chakra put into a bunshin the longer it will survive. Neji then spun and delivered a palm strike to a bunshin about to attack him from behind and then he jumped and did a back flip kicking off the face of a bunshin making it disappear before rotating his body and kicked 2 bunshins in their faces making them dispel as well. Neji then finished of the other 2 by striking them with a Jyuken to the stomach.

"Hmm so he strikes the tekentsu using his Jyuken and uses the Byakugan in order to hit those tekentsu with pin point accuracy. This is gonna be a difficult battle." Naruto said as he tried to come up with a plan based on the knowledge received from his clones. Wait naruto... He's actually being smart ...

3rd person pov

"Well he's a smart one" Izumo said from up in the stands.

"Yeah, kagebunshin is a jonin ranked jutsu, and also he used it in the way it was originally designed for, to gain information, I say we've got ourselves a chunin already" Kotetsu said. Hinata who was sitting nearby heard this and smiled happy that Naruto had already been nominated for chunin. Kiba who was also sitting nearby grinned, happy for his friend.

"Well I'll just have to better, I mean if the class dobe can go from zero to hero in a matter of months, I can too" Kiba said.

"You can't beat me you fool, surrender now and you could keep your dignity after you lose, my Byakugan shows me that is your fate" Neji said. Naruto looked confused.

"Demo, how can I lose if I don't surrender, and if I do how can lose my dignity after losing to you if you haven't done anything to make me lose it, it's all very confusing" Naruto said scratching his head. Neji was pondering this as well.

"Because I said so, so shut up and let's fight" Neji said getting tired of thinking. Naruto laughed, "Looks like that Byakugan of yours can't see everything" Naruto said. Neji glared and then in a burst of speed struck Naruto in the heart. Everyone gasped a killing blow so early in the match. The daimyo's present shook their heads, they had hoped for more of a fight. Then something happened that nobody expected. Naruto looked up with blood dripping from his mouth and was smiling, that smiling then turned into a chuckle and that chuckle became full blown out laughter.

"Naruto's finally lost" said Ino to Yuki. Yuki just grinned, "No it's not that, when he laughs like a maniac it just means his plan has been set, Neji will lose now" Yuki said. Then everybody heard those fateful words from the mouth of Uzumaki Naruto.

"Kagebunshin Daibakufu/ Exploding Shadow clone" Naruto yelled. Then the Naruto in front of Neji started to glow, and then grabbed Neji's arm in a strong grip. Neji tried to get the bunshin to release him by shaking his arm, but that didn't do any good as his Byakugan showed him that the chakra in the kagebunshin began to come together at the core of the clone. Neji was then forced to show his trump card.

"Hakkesho: Kaiten/Eight Trigrams: Rotation" Neji yelled as he expelled chakra from all his tekentsu and began to spin at high speeds. The bunshin continued laughing for as soon as Neji started spinning it said the words that struck Neji to the core.

"Too late, Boom!" it yelled and then an explosion that had the power of a few sticks of dynamite occurred and then a huge mushroom cloud was blown upwards into the air and a powerful gust of wind blew throughout the stadium.

In the Kage's Box, Sarutobi was awestruck.

"Where did he learn that?" he said.

"From me" a voice said. Sarutobi turned in the direction of the voice and saw the familiar face of his student, "Jiraya" the old man exclaimed. Jiraya grinned, "How's it going sensei" he said.

Back in arena

The smoke had finally cleared and there stood a smiling Uzumaki Naruto, but there was something else that surprised them. Neji was also standing, and appeared completely unharmed, everywhere except for his right arm which was now covered in second degree burns, his hair slightly singed and his face covered with dust and his right sleeve was completely blown off.

"Oh Neji, you look a bit banged up" Naruto said teasingly.

"Urasai, I took precautions in case this might happen and it's a good thing I did" Neji said with a smirk. Neji's left hand was then covered with glowing GREEN chakra and then his left hand passed over his entire right arm and in a span of 1 minute it was completely healed. Naruto's smile had disappeared.

"Well that was unexpected, you using a healing jutsu" Naruto said.

"Wow this battle is getting intense" Ino said,
"who knew Naruto knew such a powerful jutsu" she added.
"And Neji having the ability to heal since he looks more like a combat oriented person" Sakura added.

"Naruto-kun, be careful" Hinata said quietly to herself.

"Wow that was unexpected, the Hyuga learned some new tricks" Jiraya said. Sarutobi grinned, "Now this is getting interesting" he said.

"Well Neji, guess I have to bring out one of my many secret weapons" Naruto said getting serious.

"Oh really, and what fate tell is your secret weapon?" Neji said. Naruto grinned.

"This" Naruto said and then he formed a cross- shaped handsign. "Tajuu Kagebunshin no Jutsu" he yelled and then an army of over 1000 clones appeared. Neji was surprised at the sheer number of kagebunshins.

"You can't beat me with those things" Neji said and then rushed into the mob of bunshins destroying then left and right, but then Naruto did something unexpected. He…tripped Neji and then Neji fell flat on his face and was introduced to his new friend, the ground.

"That was your plan" Neji said as he wiped the dirt from his face, "tripping me like a child"

"Well it was this child that nearly blew off your right arm" Naruto countered. Neji became silent, but then once again rushed the army of Naruto's before finally hitting one in the heart, the others instantly dispelled and the Naruto that was struck began to bleed profusely from the mouth.

"Since you just don't know when to give up, I'll end it for you" Neji said. Naruto looked up and grinned again.

"I guess I'm just a sore loser" Naruto said and then fell to the ground. Neji smiled while Naruto's friends in the audience gasped.

"It's over proctor" Neji said to Genma before turning, but then he heard the all familiar sound of a poof of a kagebunshin dying. Neji quickly activated his Byakugan, but was too slow as 2 Naruto's punched in the face. Blood came from Neji's burst lips as he was once again hit, but this time in the chin from a triple kick from 3 more bunshins. Neji was sent sky high. Another Naruto then appeared and delivered a swift spin kick to Neji's stomach sending him into a face full of fist from another kagebunshin who had jumped from a nearby wall. Then another kagebunshin who had jumped up using chakra head butted Neji. Neji was bleeding profusely from his face and was bruised heavily and was at least 20 ft. off the ground. The original Naruto then shunshined above the damaged Hyuga and delivered the finisher, the classic axe kick.

"Kitsune Rendan" Naruto yelled as his foot came into contact with Neji's face. Neji then fell to the ground and formed a crater a few feet in diameter.

"It's over" Jiraya said, but was once again surprised when the Hyuga crawled out of the crater, his wounds healing, but slowly from being beaten up so much.

"That was one of my secret techniques" Naruto said and then chuckled. "But it seems I'm not the one who doesn't know when to quit"

Neji gasped as he got into a stance unknown to Naruto. Naruto then felt his whole body freeze. Naruto looked at Neji who was almost out of chakra from healing so much.

"You are within my field of Hakke" he said. "Hakke Rokujuyon Sho/Eight Trigrams 64 Palms" Neji said. Neji then rushed the frozen Naruto striking two of Naruto's tekentsu.

"2 Palms" he said. Naruto gasped in pain as his tekentsu closed shut. Neji then delivered four more strikes shutting down 4 more of Naruto's tekentsu.

"4 Palms" "8 Palms" "16 Palms" Neji yelled as he continued his onslaught of relentless attacks. "32 Palms" Neji said. Naruto was trying not to scream, but found it hard to do from being hit so many times.

"64 Palms" Neji shouted as he delivered his final set of blows, the final one being a strong and powerful one that sent Naruto flying back several feet and rolling on the ground. Neji gasped for breath as he took out a chakra replenishing pill and chewed it. Naruto was on the ground clutching his stomach in pain.

"Kuso, Kuso, Kuso" he said. Naruto then gritted his teeth as he struggled to get up.

"I can't lose here, not when I've made it so far" Naruto said.

'Kyuubi, now I need your chakra now' Naruto thought. Naruto waited for a response which he got in the form of a rushing feeling through his body. Naruto grinned, "Arigato" he whispered. Naruto then rose to his feet which surprised every Hyuga that had come to see Neji fight.

"Impossible, he shouldn't be able to get up after that attack and what is this red chakra that is, if it is chakra?" Neji said. Up in the stands Hyuga Hiashi, Hinata's father watched in surprise.

'It's the Kyuubi's chakra, no doubt about it, but it lacks the feeling of blood lust and killer intent from that night' Hiashi thought.

"Jiraya you taught the boy how to use its chakra" Sarutobi said. Jiraya shook his head.

"Nope, that's to much effort, the boy has a sort of bond with the fox and can therefore access its chakra in certain situations" Jiraya replied. "Now go on gaki show these people here not to underestimate you"

Naruto then looked at Neji and his eyes flashed red for a second as the Kyuubi's youkai surrounded his body in a silhouette that looked like a tail-less kitsune.

"You lose Neji" Naruto said as he shunshined in front of Neji's face. Neji was to surprised to react and therefore was kicked in the stomach and sent flying into the wall creating a Neji shaped imprint. Neji groaned as he tried to get up due to the pain. Then Naruto appeared in front of the damaged Hyuga.

"What are you?" Neji asked, for as he looked at Naruto he saw the image of a fox laughing at him that originated from the core of Naruto's chakra network.

"Me?" Naruto said. " I am the person who's going to avenge Hinata and…someone who will prove to you that fate doesn't control people's lives, like those branch members in the Hyuga who have the seal of a caged bird" Naruto said, his eyes getting soft at the last part.

"Now allow me to show you my newest jutsus" Naruto said as he made 3 kagebunshins. The kagebunshins then focused their chakras and made their respective handsigns. The original Naruto jumped away to enjoy the show.

But before his attack hit neji, neji passed out and genma called the match with naruto as the winner.