Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Stranger ❯ Fun ( Chapter 5 )

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Stranger 5

Sorry for the delay, I was traveling on the road of life when a black cat came by so I had to take a long way.

Thanks to Vampiro101 for the..ehm...inspiration to hurry and finish this chapter.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/33499579/?qo=14&q =Shinobi&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5

This is roughly what I thought Njaal's appearance looks like except for the tattoo and scar under his eye, but with longer hair. No, it's not my artwork, but one night I was bored looking at deviant and found this. Props to musashidtr for doing that piece.

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Njaal sighed after waking up for the sixth time that night. He grumbled, muttering something about not being able to sleep, and got out of his hospital bed. Glancing at the clock on the cabinet, he cursed as he saw it was still late in the night. 3:22 A.M. to be exact. He reached up and rubbed his eyes, and remembered the previous events. He smiled brightly, visible to all as his scarf was still under his chin, as he lowered his hands in front of him and stared into his palms.

'He did it. He actually did it. No more will anyone get hurt for touching me.' He thought happily. He stretched out and looked out the window, admiring the beauty of Konohagakure as it slept. There were a few street lights on, but the shadows were bathed in the bright light of the moon. He breathed in the fresh air and exhaled, enjoying the crisp coolness of the night. Njaal decided to take a walk around Konohagakure, getting familiar with the sights seeing that he was probably going to be staying here for awhile. After setting his coat down on a chair in the room, he jumped out the window of the third story of the hospital, pulling his scarf up to cover the usual lower portion of his face, and grinned at the sensation of free falling. His adrenaline pumped with vigor, and as he neared the ground, time seemed to slow down for him. Njaal did a front flip and focused chakra into his legs to stabilize his landing, and grinned with satisfaction when he landed in a crouched position with almost no sound. Just a slight thump indicating that he had landed.

He breathed in and exhaled again, calming his senses. Suddenly he saw to the right, out of the corner of his eye, a shadow that blurred as it moved. Reacting quickly, he reached down to his kunai pouch on the side of his pantleg and tossed two kunai at the shadow. He smirked in satisfaction when the kunai seemed to hit the target, only to gasp out in surprise when the target disappeared in a puff of smoke.

'A clone?! Then where.." His thoughts were interrupted as another shadow appeared right in front of him, making him gasp out in surprise again. The figure threw a punch at Njaal with speed that he couldn't follow, which connected with his stomach and made him fly into a tree quite a few feet behind him. Before he could recover, the shadow threw out four kunai. Two pierced his two sleeves, and the other two pierced his two pantlegs. They suck into the tree, rendering Njaal unable to move. His hands were trapped above him, spread out while his legs were trapped together. Njaal's eyes widened at the skill of his opponent, and was just about to ask who it was when a chuckle pierced the air.

"Eh heh heh heh. Lookie what I caught."

Njaal's eyes widened even more than what they were.

'That voice...It sounds familiar...'

There was a faint light that illuminated the area he was in, probably from a streetlight slightly behind the tree. It only illuminated a few feet in front of him, making him angry that he couldn't see who it was. His thoughts were answered though, when the person stepped into the light. Njaal let out gasp, and narrowed his eyes at the person before him, letting out a small audible growl. The figure walked their way to Njaal at a slow pace, which gave Njaal time to notice her atire. Tan colored boots of some kind, shin guards, a tan skirt, tan trench coat, and a very revealing fishnet body suit underneath. There was only one person that matched that description. That had to be...

"Anko." Njaal snarled out, making her grin.

"Oh? You remember my name? I'm flattered." She whispered the last part, and stalked up to him. Njaal tried to back away, but found himself unable to move because of the kunai. Suddenly her fist shot out, and punched him again in the stomach. Njaal cried out and bent forward as far as the kunai let him, unable to keep himself straight against the tree from the force of the blow. He gasped for breath and panted, closing his eyes.

"W-Why are..you doing..this?" He muttered out between pants. Anko smirked and leaned down, lowering Njaal's scarf to the spot under his chin. Apparently this irritated her, and, with a protest from Njaal, yanked the scarf completely off of his neck and dropped it on the ground beside her. He growled deeply at her, but stopped abruptly when she leaned in and cupped his cheek with her right hand, her face now in front of his, the tip of their noses touching.

"I listened to what you said to that Naruto brat and that pink haired girl while I was outside of the room. And I must say, i'm very proud you made the decision you did." She stroked his cheek, grinning while she raised her left hand and pushed him up and against the tree. He let out a grunt as his back slammed against the tree, and cursed her when she pressed herself against him. He suddenly smirked at her, which made her raise an eyebrow in question.

"You're such a fool." He muttered, and focused chakra into his arms. And, to his shock, nothing happened. "M..My bloodline..what the hell?!" He gasped out. Anko grinned mischievously and placed her left hand on his cheek, while her right hand roamed over his chest and to his stomach, rubbing his abs, before going back up to his chest where the hand stopped traveling. She leaned her head in until her lips were barely touching his ear lobe.

"You're such a nice catch, Njaal-kun." She whispered, making him shiver as her breath danced across his skin. He gulped down the lump in his throat and closed his eyes.

"Don't call me that." He grumbled out, earning a pout from Anko. 'What the hell happened to my bloodline?!' He thought frantically. She leaned her head back from his ear, which made Njaal open an eye at her. Their eyes locked onto each other, and he saw something that he wasn't expecting to see. He saw care, and warmth, and possibly a flash of...love? Was he imagining it? He nearly lept out of his skin when she leaned in and kissed his left cheek, while his right cheek was being stroked by her left hand. She closed her eyes, and suckled on the flesh, before letting go and letting her tongue slither out, lapping his cheek with it. Njaal had to bite his lip to keep a moan from escaping his mouth. He felt her graze her teeth down his cheek, past his jaw, and to his neck, where she stopped and bathed it with her tongue before sucking it with her lips. This time Njaal could not stop himself, and he moaned out when he felt the pleasure of her actions on him. Upon hearing this, Anko smirked against his neck and whispered without moving her head back.
"This is the first touch you've felt in ten years, mmm?" His eyes widened at this, and he looked down at her. "I know what happened to you. I understand you." She brought down her left hand, and pressed herself even closer to his form. She rested her hands on his chest, rubbing soothing circles, which made Njaal break out into a sweat at the attention he was getting from this woman. He closed his eyes as she kissed his neck, and then nuzzled her face into him while smelling his scent, surprised when he smelled of pine and forest herbs. She suddenly stiffened though, and, to the relief of Njaal, leaned away and spaced herself from him. "Someone's coming." She growled. "I'll deal with you later." And just like that, she vanished into the shadows that were not penetrated by the street light. Njaal blinked, looking around, and noticed that he was still pinned to the tree.

"DAMN YOU SUCCUBUUUUUUSSS!" He yelled out, not sure if she heard it or not. Suddenly, footsteps were heard rapidly coming to his position. Njaal cursed himself for yelling like that. Who knows what kind of people roamed the streets this late at night? He was surprised though when he saw Naruto run out from the corner of the hospital and look his way. Naruto's eyes widened and he ran over to Njaal, asking if he was alright.

"What the hell happenened?! Who attacked you?" He questioned while digging the kunai out of the tree. Once all four were out, Njaal coughed and bent down to pick up his scarf. As he did this, Naruto saw the dark area on his neck in result of the hickey Anko had given him. He pointed blankly at him as he sweatdropped. "Or do I not want to know?" Njaal glared at him and secured his scarf back around his neck, moving it to cover the regular portions of his face.
"Uh, nothing happened." He coughed and decided to change the conversation. "Why are you up so late anyway, Naruto-kun?" He asked with curiosity. Naruto grinned at him.
"I can't wait for the exams to start! I'll finally be able to advance to Chuunin!" He stated, punching the air above him victoriously. "And please, just call me Naruto. As long as I can call you just Njaal." Njaal nodded, and sighed after a moment, patting him on the shoulder.
"Just don't let your guard down Naruto. I know what happened during the last exam you were in, why you aren't a Chuunin now. Be prepared for anything. The war is still being fought." He said seriously, making Naruto stop his victory dance and nod.

"I know...The most we can do is hope that nothing like that happens this time. I mean, all of my friends besides Hinata are Chuunins! Neji and Shikamaru are even Jounins! Maybe nothing will happen." He hoped silently. Njaal grinned sheepishly.

"Yeah..I have no idea who those people are, but i'm sure i'll found out soon." Naruto nodded and got an excited look on his face.
"Say, Njaal, would you want to spar with me? Our city has a lot of training grounds that we can use." Njaal was about to say sure, when suddenly he remembered that his bloodline wasn't working accordingly at the moment.
"Sorry Naruto, but for some reason my bones aren't moving to my will. It might have something to do with that thing I signed, or another thing I don't know about. I'm kind of worried though. I hope it's nothing serious." Suddenly at that moment a voice intruded.

"My, aren't you naive?"

Njaal's eyes widened at the deep voice in the back of his mind.
"Hold on Naruto, someone needs to talk to me." Naruto nodded, understanding the situation. Kyuubi sometimes did the same thing to him.
'What do you want? I thought you were telling me to leave you alone for a few days...And how long were you awake?'

"I just awakened. The days pass by faster in here than that of your time. As for what I want, there are many things. But i'm talking to you know to tell you what's wrong with your bloodline." Njaal visibly relaxed at the demon not being awake for the...meeting...with Anko.

'You tricked me, didn't you?! Something in that scroll made me give up my power!' He thought, furious at such a thing.

"Hmph. Unlikely. You're just too stupid to realize that, before you signed that scroll, your bloodline was aided by me, as I had control over it at the time." Njaal mentally slapped his head. Of course!

'Ah, yeah. That would make sense. But wait! I was able to do it before I had you inside of me, when I was little!.'

"Oh? And how big was the bone? How much control did you exactly have over it? You've grown, and so have your skills." Njaal grinned sheepishly, remembering the little splinter of a bone that came out of his finger after large amounts of training with his brother.

'So, what are you trying to tell me?' The demon sighed and continued.

"I'm telling you that you have to focus more without me. Push past the limits that you had when I controlled your bones. Of course, you won't automatically be protected since I relinquished control, but you'll still be able to control them like I did with great concentration and chakra."

Njaal nodded before turning to Naruto.

"Naruto, please step away for a moment. I want to try something." Naruto nodded and took a few steps back. Njaal closed his eyes and concentrated.

'How much chakra should I put into it?"

"It depends. First, concentrate and break past the barrier holding your bloodline dormant to you. Once you've done that, how much chakra you put in affects your bloodline."

Njaal nodded and, with his eyes still closed, concentrated hard. He felt himself tingle, and a shiver ran up his spine. It felt like he was being pulled around, but he still concentrated on the task at hand. A seal suddenly formed in his mind after a few minutes of concentration, in which Naruto watched with curiosity. Carefully, Njaal brought his hands up and made the seal that appeared in his mind, and kneeled at the sensation that ran through him. It felt like something deep was unlocked, something that was kept hidden from him all this time. He shivered visibly, the tingle attacking him everywhere on his body. A pulse was felt, and suddenly bones protruded out of his body lightning quick, and Naruto twitched. Four bones were about an inch away from his face, and he quickly backed up before looking at Njaal. Or what he couls see of Njaal. Out of his body, every few centimeters, was a fat, pointy bone jutting out of his skin. It looked simply like a porcupine, except the needles were bones, and the bones were much thicker and deadly looking. Only Njaal's face was clearly visible out of all the shrapnel. And then, all at once, the bones retreated back into Njaal's form. Njaal let out a sigh of pleasure at feeling his bloodline working again, but frowned when he opened his eyes and scarf torn apart at his feet. His outfit though was one that his grandfather made while he was young, saying that once he turned into a teenager he could wear it. It was chakra enhanced, and suited Njaal perfectly with his bloodline.

"Well...Looks like you got it back!" Naruto grinned sheepishly. Njaal smiled and raised himself to his feet. He put his pointing finger up in front of him and put a small amount of chakra into it, grinning when a long piece of bone jutted out of the top.

"Indeed!" He grinned even bigger. "Now how about that spar? We need to train for the Chuunin Exams!"


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The sun's light was beginning to peak out over the village.

Hinata was walking down the forest path to the training grounds. She would do this everytime she couldn't get to sleep, and tonight was one of those nights. She sighed quietly to herself, remembering the reason why she couldn't sleep most nights.

'Naruto-kun..'

She took a left from the trail, following another trail until she heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Remember, my bloodline doesn't have a 'spar' mode. We're going to have to spar like it's a real battle."

Hinata was near the training grounds, but instead of making herself known, she went off the path and into the bushes to watch what was going on. As she got to the end of the bushes, she stuck her head up slightly and saw two figures. One she immediately recognized as Naruto. The other was a teenager she never saw in her life before, and at first glance would assume he was a professional shinobi. Naruto suddenly snorted.

"Yeah yeah I know. Stupid bones.."

Hinata wondered what he meant by that. 'Stupid bones..? What is Naruto-kun doing out here with that person?'

Njaal nodded and looked to the sky, looking at the stars and moon.

"According to the sky, it is 6:24. The first part of the sun will show at 6:30. That is when we will begin our spar." Making Hinata smile to herself

'Naruto-kun...Do your best!' She thought happily.

Naruto nodded and looked at the direction of the soon-to-rise sun. The light was growing tremendously from behind the trees, and Naruto took his usual street-fight fighting stance while turning back to Njaal. Meanwhile, Njaal also took his fighting stance, which was unfamiliar to both Naruto and Hinata. He raised his right arm and placed his hand in front of his face by only a few inches, the palm side facing towards Naruto with his finger spread and curled forward towards Naruto slightly. His left arm was in place too, the bicep part of his arm glued to the side of his ribs while the elbow was bent and his forearm and hand were forward in the same stance as his other hand. He nodded at Naruto, and looked to where the sun was rising. Just then a part of the sun peaked over the trees, making him whip his head around to look back at Naruto. Only to find he wasn't there. His eyes widened, as did Hinata's. She mentally slapped herself and quietly activated her Byakugan.

Njaal looked around him, cursing when he didn't see Naruto anywhere.

'He's not in front...Not to the sides...Above?!' He looked up and gritted his teeth when Naruto was no where. He whipped around to face behind him only to see nobody there either. At least that what he thought. Hinata ducked down into the bushes, hoping he didn't notice her. She stuck to observing them through the bushes with her Byakugan. Njaal's eyes widened when he realized the only other way. 'Below!'
And just then, Naruto exploded out of the ground behind him, making Njaal's eyes widen even more with surprise. Acting on reflex, he spun around and launched his right hand out from his side, lowering his fingers so the tips of them slammed into Naruto's gut. Naruto let out a grunt of pain before he suddenly smirked and poofed from existance. Njaal sputtered.

"A Kage Bunshin?!" Out of the corner of his eye he saw a few kunai flying at him. Not knowing what to expect, he put a decent amount of chakra into his right arm and grinned as a decent sized slab of bone protruded out of his arm to a length of about four feet. Hinata quietly gasped as she saw his bones jutting out from his skin. Njaal swung his arm at the right time, knocking the kunai away, and looked to see Naruto charging after him. He raised his hands to form a seal and yelled out.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"(1) Five Naruto clones appeared, six with the original. Njaal smirked at the teen's knowledge of how to do a Jounin level skill, but this was no time to congratulate him. They were rushing him with an intent to kill. Njaal kept his eye on the real one while two rushed around and behind Njaal, standing ten feet away, while two took the same length to his side, and two to the same length in front, one of them being the real one. Njaal smirked and retracted his bone back into his arm.

"This is fun. Let me try a technique that I haven't used for a while." He said. He gathered chakra into his left hand and pushed the chakra forward into his palm.

"Kusari Hone!"(2) Naruto watched as a chain suddenly shot out of Njaal's hand and implanted itself into the ground, and noticed that like the name stated, it was a chain made out of bone. It was still attached to the inside of Njaal's palm he also noted. Njaal grinned, and Naruto's eyes widened in surprise as he dodged just in time. Out of the ground in front of him shot out a kunai of bone that was attached to the bone chain. Upon missing the real one, Njaal swung his hand and it curved before cutting into the clone that was by Naruto, making it disappear. Naruto landed a few feet away from where he originally was, to the side a little bit, but still ten feet away. He needed him and his clones to be the same exact distance for his combo to work. He watched carefully as the chain and kunai slithered back into the hole it shot out from. Njaal lifted his hand up and the chain raveled out of hole it had made in the first place, making it completely above ground. Since it was attached to the inside of his left palm, Njaal grabbed the chain in the middle with his right hand and started to swing it clockwise above his head like a lasso. He concentrated more chakra into it, and the real Naruto watched in horror as two more kunai molded out of the original kunai, each with their own chain that lead to the main chain which seemed to be around eight feet altogether.

Njaal suddenly launched the chain as it spun clockwise towards the Naruto in front of him, and Naruto managed to dodge backwards to escape the three kunai by just a few centimeters. He watched the chain continue to swing around like it had been doing and grimly watched as the other clones around Njaal were shredded by the kunai, leaving the original alone. Suddenly he realized what that meant, and jumped back again from the bone chain that passed at him, the kunai tearing three gashes across the clothing covering his chest, barely missing his flesh. (A/N: Naruto is wearing the outfit that he wears when he comes back in the Shipuuden episodes). Njaal laughed and brought his right hand down that was holding the chain, making the kunai land on the ground to his right.

"I praise you for your ability to think quickly while in battle. You saw that your clones got hit by the kunai, and understood that you were the same distance as them so you managed to dodge it. You must remember that my bones are my bloodline, and I can control them however I see fit." He said with a smug look on his face. Naruto smirked.

"Yeah, me and my friend fought someone who had the same bloodline before. His name was-"

"Kimimaro? Yes, he use to be part of the Jata clan. But he disappeared from the village after his parents were killed on a mission. I heard that he stayed in the Kaguya clan for awhile before they were all killed off by the Mist, leaving Kimimaro alone. What happened to him after that?"

"He became a servant for Orochimaru, but died in a fight against two of my friends." Naruto stated. Njaal sighed and shook his head.

"What an idiot." He shrugged. "But, let us continue. The sun is up and the air is warm." Njaal charged Naruto.


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Hinata was still in the forest, watching Naruto spar with Njaal through the bushes. She was amazed at the combat efficiency of both of the fighters, but silently hoped for Naruto to win. She didn't know this other shinobi, but she could tell when someone was powerful. And Njaal was powerful indeed. Hinata was still watching the battle, mainly Naruto trying to find a way to approach Njaal without getting hit by the bone kunai, when she saw with her 359 degree Byakugan, the Rookie 9, minus Sakura, approach from the trail she had come from. They stalked though, quietly going to her location, before squatting down next to her. Hinata blinked.

"W-What are you guys d-doing here?" Kiba's eyes widened a bit, showing that he was clearly shocked.

"You can't feel that? We all woke up from the massive Ki coming from Naruto and that other guy." He motioned to Njaal. "But then we saw you in the bushes, and you weren't helping Naruto so we decided to stay out of it." He whispered. "Who is that guy anyway? He's using his bones to attack!" All of the Rookie 9 looked towards her. Hinata felt nervous under all of the gazes.

"I..I don't know. They're s-sparing though, so I g-guess they're friends." She suddenly got scared. "But if we're all gathered here, then they might sense us!" Neji shook his head.

"They are focused on the fight too much, and will not sense us." He stated. Lee looked excited.
"Both of them are engulfed in the flames of youth! Look at them go!" The Rookie 9 looked on at the battle.


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"Come on Naruto! You're going to have to do better than that!" Njaal yelled, taunting the vessel. Said shinobi gritted his teeth and spaced himself once again from Njaal and his bone chain, which was swinging again like a lasso over his head. To say Naruto looked like he had gone through hell was an understatement. Although he had not been cut yet, his clothes had several tears in them from the bone kunai attached to the chain.

"Shut up! I'll find a way to get to you!" He threatened. Njaal smirked.

"Good, i'm starting to get bored here. Remember, don't hold back. Think of this as the ultimate battle. Think of me as your ENEMY!" He snarled and, using momentum of the spinning chain, launched it directly at Naruto as it spun towards him. Naruto dodged at the right time, a little shocked at this kind of attack from the chain instead of a swing from the side like the attacks before. He shook his head and ran quickly at Njaal while the chain was behind him, covering the distance in a few seconds. Njaal's eyes widened and he cursed his actions at throwing the chain instead of swining it. Naruto pulled back his right arm and launched a powerful punch, which hit Njaal in the chest. He then remembered what Njaal was capable of, and pulled back quickly, but was curious when no bones came out. Naruto dodged the chain that came up from behind him as Njaal was thrown back from the punch, and suddenly it dawned on him. He knew Njaal's weakness.

Njaal landed a bit away with a loud slam into the ground and slid for a few feet. When he stopped, he groaned and remembered the situation he was in, making him forget his pain instantly. He quickly straightened himself out and stood up on his feet, looking to Naruto, to find him grinning.

"Don't think that you've won by landing a punch on me. We aren't done yet." At this, Naruto's grin widened.

"No, I didn't win by landing a punch on you. But I won by finding out your weakness." An eyebrow of Njaal's raised.

"Oh? And what's that?"

Naruto laughed out loud, and pointed at him.

"If you use your bones somewhere, then everywhere else is fair game. Like you were using your bones for your bone chain. No matter what you do, while you have that equipped, you can't concentrate your bones anywhere else. Which is why you didn't launch your ribs out to attack my hand before or when I punched you." Njaal's look of curiosity turned into one of envy.

"Yet again, i'm amazed at your speed to decipher the strengths and weaknesses of your enemy, Naruto. Yes, that is true. But, I will give you a tip. I can also produce bones out of the same places if I concentrate hard enough. Like when you first saw me, I produced the two bone scythes out of the same places of my arm. I'm slowly starting to gain control of my bloodline, like before, when "he" helped." Naruto nodded in understanding, but the Rookie 9 in the bushes were confused.

'Who does he mean?'

"But, Naruto...You underestimate me." Njaal stated. Naruto watched in confusion as the three bone kunai molded into one, and the chain slithered back into Njaal's hand, becoming one with his bones. Njaal smirked and slid into the fighting pose of when the battle first began.


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In the bushes, Lee's eyes widened in surprise. He let out a slight gasp, and everyone looked at him.

"What is it Lee?" Tenten asked. Lee pointed at Njaal.

"That stance...it requires a highly trained expert in taijutsu to use. It is said to be called the Menkan Shiyubi(3) stance. It's used by focusing chakra into your fingertips, excluding the thumb. The user of the stance can then strike at their enemy, and the force of the blow, fused with chakra, is enough to deteriorate the area of the strike. If a huge amount of chakra is placed into the fingertips though..." He trailed off. Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.

"And..?" Lee continued, looking at Njaal.

"Then the attack will plow straight through the victim." The listeners gasped quietly, obviously shocked. Ino reacted first.

"We have to stop them then!" She was about to stand up when Neji held her down with a hand on her shoulder. She looked over to see that Neji had his Byakugan activated, and saw that he was shaking his head.
"Currently he has no chakra stored in his fingers, nor in his hand. We have nothing to worry about so far. They're just sparing." He stated, making everyone relax. Lee nodded.

"Yes, it's main use is for using chakra, but even without it, it delivers a powerful blow." They all looked out towards the two, curious as to what would happen.


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Naruto smirked and charged at Njaal, who stood as still as a statue in his fighting pose. Naruto pulled out two kunai and launched them at his opponent, who still stood where he was. As the kunai came at him, he merely moved an inch in the right direction to avoid the incoming kunai. Naruto growled and leaped off the ground, flying down towards Njaal. As he came down on him, Njaal turned to face him, and spun quickly on the balls of his feet, using the momentum of the spin to launch his right arm out from his side and his four fingers, stuck together, at the enemy...only to hit nothing. Naruto was in front of him, his head tilted to his right, and Njaal's hand was past his head. A gash appeared on Naruto's left cheek, and the blood flowed down slowly. His eye twitched. Njaal had a look of pure shock.

"That was...a nice dodge, Naruto." He stated. Naruto grinned sheepishly at him.

"I know." He said. He then shoved Njaal's arm up and away with his left hand, retracting it quickly as Njaal focused chakra to that area and bones shot out quickly. Using that moment to place his attack, he quickly spun and stuck out his left foot, aiming to slam it into Njaal's head. But Njaal saw this coming and ducked quickly, and was surprised as Naruto lowered his hands to the ground as he bent down, using that and the ball of his right foot to maintain his spin. He saw the foot coming, which intended to trip him off of his feet, and quickly jumped while smirking. It didn't last long though, as Naruto STILL spun, pushing up with his hands and lowering his foot to the ground. Time seemed to slow down as Njaal's eyes widened, realizing what was going to happen, but realized it just a little too late. Naruto used the momentum of the last two spins he did, which were made to kick Njaal, and raised his fist up as he spun, bashing it into the side of Njaal's face. Njaal, who was still in the air from dodging Naruto's low kick, flew back and skidded along the ground until he stopped about fifteen feet away. He groaned in pain, his eyes closed, on the ground where he landed, until he felt someone by him. He opened his eyes to see Naruto to the side of him with a big grin on his face, and a kunai was in front of his (Njaal's) throat.

Njaal raised his hand up defensively, his other one laying beside him, and sighed.
"I give up, you won this one." He said, a bit of envy and joy in his voice. "But damn, that punch hurt like shit. That was a really nice maneuver there Naruto." He stated, making Naruto's grin widen.

"Eheheh, thanks Njaal. Your techniques are really good too." He said, still grinning while scratching the back of his head. He retracted the kunai and put it away, before moving a hand down for Njaal, who accepted it and was raised up to stand on his legs once again. Njaal released his hand and rubbed his cheek, the one that Naruto had punched, which made him wince.

"Damn, thank goodness for my bloodline. I think you broke a couple of facial bones with that punch, but those will be repaired in no time." He said, still rubbing his cheek. Naruto laughed nervously, still scratching the back of his head.

"Ah, eheh. Sorry about that. I guess I got carried away." He stated, embarrassed. Njaal shook his head.

"It's fine. That was a lot of fun." He smiled. Naruto nodded his agreement. Njaal then turned his head towards the forest behind them.

"Oi! You guys can come out now!"

Naruto was confused at what he meant, until he heard loud voices and saw the bushes moving. And out stepped the crew of the Rookie 9, minus Sakura still.

'Still sleeping I suppose.' Naruto thought with a silent sigh. He looked to see the Rookie 9 approaching, obviously flustered at being found out, except for Neji, who had his normal expressionless look. Chouji took out a bag of chips and began munching. They stopped when they were a few feet away, all of them looking at the stranger. Njaal noticed they were all tense, as if expecting a battle. Hinata spoke up.
"N-N-Naruto-kun...w-who is that?" She stuttered out, looking at Njaal behind Naruto. Naruto blinked twice, before remembering that Njaal still didn't know any of his friends, and vica versa.

"Oh! Guys, this is Njaal. From the Bone Country. He's here to take the Chuunin Exam!" He said, grinning. He then remembered something. "Oh, yeah! Hinata! I talked to Tsunade-baa-chan yesterday and she said that you, me, and Njaal here will be on the same team for the Chuunin Exam! How cool is that?!" He nearly yelled, overflowing with excitement. Hinata had a small smile and a little blush on her cheeks as she saw how happy Naruto was. Njaal was looking at each of them, and was growing nervous as one by one, he saw that each of them were, in turn, looking at him. He sighed mentally.

This was going to be a long day.


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< br> (1) Shadow Clone technique.

(2) Bone Chain.

(3) Four-finger Dismissal.

Remember to look for the next chapter! Should be up within a week. I'll start updating daily again.