Naruto: Winds and Changes

He looked himself over and sighed. His other two battles combined with this one had left him spent. While he had near kage level reserves, and had the much more potent Youki, launching out all of those jutsu and battling such talented opponents had left him drained.

"Yugi-chan, I think we both know there is no way I can continue this battle. I forfeit," Naruto said, shocking many of the people in the crowd.

Yugito grinned, "That's a wise choice. Still considering how much you've already fought, you battled extremely well."

Naruto returned her grin with his own fox-like one, "I know, that's what happens when your as awesome as me."

Yugito just shook her head and chuckled.

"Shousa! Nii Yugito!" Genma said.

For a few moments the crowd was silent as they digested what had happened. After that a few people began to cheer while others, the ones who had lost money on bet's boo'd.

"Oh man, I can't believe he lost!" Kiba said. "He was on fire!"

Hinata shook her head, "I-it's obvious he was e-exhausted from his previous battles. T-That K-kunoichi didn't have to fight as t-tough opponents."

"I guess that's true," Kiba sighed. "Do you think he would have won if he was at full strength?"

"I-I don't know."

"That was definitely an interesting battle," Izumo said as he clapped. "There were some really good fighters this year!"

"Yeah," Kotetsu agreed. "That Lee kid, Temari was decent, Yugito, Neji and Naruto. Who would have ever thought he would have been as good as he is now?"

"Definitely not me," Izumo shook his head. "Though out of the five of them I think only Yugito, Temari and Naruto should be given the position of Chunin."

"Agreed, the others showed Chunin and even Jonin level skills, but they simply didn't show the ability to properly use them."

"Aww! Naruto lost!" Ino whined. "After his other two fights I was so sure he would win!"

Kurenai shook her head, "While he has obviously gotten stronger, he was completely exhausted by his previous battles."

"Do you think he would have won if he wasn't so tired?" asked Tenten who had recovered from her battle with Temari.

"I don't think so," Kakashi said, causing the others to look at him. "That girl is obviously far above genin level, and while the same could be said for Naruto, I'm almost positive that girl is at least around the same strength as me." The other jonin nodded their heads, knowing it was true, as well as knowing that she was a Jinchurikki like Naruto himself.

"Still *Munch* it was a really good battle *Munch*," Choji spoke around a mouthful of chips.

"I have to agree," Asuma said, taking a drag of his cigarette. "He's come a long way since the academy."

The two fighters met in the center of the arena. Grinning Naruto held out a hand, "I've got to hand it to you, you really kicked my ass."

Yugito snickered as she took his hand, "I did didn't I?"

"Don't think it will be so easy the next time we spar," Naruto said. "When I see you again, we'll see who's stronger."

"You'll never be able to catch up to me," Yugito said jokingly.

Naruto smirked, "well if I can't at least my ass will be getting kicked by a hot woman like you."

Yugito blushed but was determined not to let her fellow blond win in a battle she had started, "well I'm glad to know what gets you off."

"Ouch," Naruto winced but his grin held, "just for that the next time we meet I'm gonna show you what I would like to do to your ass instead of kicking it."

This time Yugito did blush, and Naruto could finally say he had chalked up at least one definite victory for himself, I guess that pervert Jiraiya really was good for something other than his books and kicking my ass during our spars…

"Are you two with your… verbal sparring?" asked Genma.

The two turned to look at the proctor as if just now realizing he was there, they looked back at each other then and turned to him again. "Sorry," they said in an eerie synchronized fashion.

Genma sighed before speaking up, "and now for the special treat battle! Uchiha Sasuke will get to face Nii Yugito!"

As soon as the announcement was made said Uchiha appeared in the arena, an arrogant smirk on his face. Despite having seen Naruto's battle, he was looking forward to this fight, especially after having seen how powerful this blond woman was. She'll be perfect to test my strength against; he looked at the woman who would be his next stepping stone on his path to killing his brother.

Naruto placed a hand on Yugito's shoulder, "I'm not going to wish you luck, since you won't need it for him. But I would like to ask that you open a huge can of whoop-ass on the arrogant teme."

"I thought he was your teammate Naruto-kun?" Yugito said with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh he is, but the teme can get pretty full of himself sometimes. Actually he's almost always arrogant," Naruto shrugged. "I find that nothing will bring the teme back down to earth like a good ol' fashion ass kicking."

Yugito grinned, "Well in that case…"

Naruto grinned before he used a Sunshin and appeared next to his sensei, "Yo, Kaka-sensei."

Kakashi blinked at his blond student, "Yo, Naruto, nice job on your battles. You've really come pretty far. And I also see you were able to learn quite a few of those jutsu I gave you."

"Yeah, I learned four of them," Naruto hummed for a moment. "I was hoping to get a few more than that, but four's pretty good considering I only had a month to train and Ero-Sennin was a slave driver with my taijutsu."

"Ero-Sennin?" Kakashi blinked, wondering who that was.

"Naruto?"

Naruto turned around and saw Tenten standing next to him. He gave her a smile, "Hey Ten-chan! I'm glad to see you up and about. How are you feeling?"

Tenten blushed a bit but smiled at the concern she heard in his voice, "I'm doing good, thanks to you. I saw your battle with… Yugito-san… you did really well."

"You think so," Naruto rubbed the back of his head, grinning a bit despite the hesitance he heard when Tenten called Yugito by her name. "Thanks, she was a tough opponent, honestly I think she's probably the strongest person in this exam."

"From what I can tell your right," Kakashi said. "In fact I would have to say she is around my level if not stronger than me, so for you to battle her as long as you did was quite impressive."

Naruto blushed a bit at the praise, as well as some of the gawking stares other people in the stands were giving him, "Thanks Kaka-sensei."

Kakashi looked at him for a second as he heard the new apparent nickname. Ugh, great, now he's giving me nicknames like Kushina-san did… at least it sounds a tad better then Kashi-kun. "You're welcome Naruto."

"Hey you two, looks like the battle is about to start," Asuma said.

Naruto turned back towards the arena with a grin on his face, Oh I can't wait to see the teme get his ass beat. Duck butt is in for a rude awakening. While Naruto considered Sasuke to be something of a friend, the raven haired genin always remained aloof and arrogant. The only exception was during the second exam, but almost as soon as it had ended the boy went back to being a prick.

Inside his mind Kyuubi snickered, 'It will be nice to see such an arrogant prick humbled.' That boy has been starting to remind me of 'him' far too much… He would easily betray others if it meant getting power.

'You said it Kyuu-chan.'

Genma looked between the two opponents and held up his hand. "Hajime!" He brought it down before Sunshining away.

Sasuke smirked as he activated his Sharingan, showing that he now had three tomoe in each eye. With it he was easily able to track Yugito's speed as she flew towards him. When Yugito got in range and lashed out with a kick, Sasuke blocked it with his hand. However, Yugito pushed off his hand, and launched herself into the air, attacking with a heel kick that Sasuke managed to duck.

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