The Reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths: A Naruto Fanfiction

Chapter 22: Hayate Gekko and the Preliminaries!

The picture Above is Kokuo in her Human Form since I can't really describe it well, just imagine no bell or half-cloak/patch thing with the symbol on it(I cant read the symbol since I cant see it properly... probs just me tho)

Naruto arrived in his house to find a sickly-looking man knocking at his door. He opened it and the man let himself in. "Um, you look familiar... what's your name again?" Naruto asked the man. He let out a cough before looking at him, "I'm Hayate Gekko. I came here to ask about a few things," The man, now identified as Hayate, responded. Naruto nodded and the two got serious. Then Naruto's mood lightened up. "Wait a minute, hold on let me help you with something!" Naruto told Hayate. The other man nodded and Naruto put his hands over Hayate's two lungs, mouth, and nose. "Mystical Palm Jutsu, Medical Miracles!" Naruto called out. He then healed Hayate's cough. "How do you feel now?" Naruto asked him. He looked up and smiled at Naruto. "Well, I feel like I can finally kiss Yugao," He said, chuckling. Naruto also let out a laugh. "Hahaha! Cool! Now, tell me why you came here," Naruto laughed before getting serious. 

Le Time Skip

Naruto finished giving Hayate the information on Orochimaru in exchange for Hayate's most recent mission, which was to follow Kabuto Yakushi so he could see if he was a traitor or not. Naruto nodded and told him he would follow to make sure he stayed alive. Hayate nodded and checked the time. "I need to go, so goodbye!" Hayate told Naruto as he shunshinned away. "Damn, he's weird," Naruto said to himself. 

Time Skip

Naruto was leaning on the wall of the east spectating area and just finished listening to his dad's speech. The first few shinobi had finished fighting too, all of it was boring. Sakura beat Ino by a hairball since she gained more power from carrying Sasuke, Dosu beat Choji easily, Sasuke won his match by a ramen noodle, a guy named Kitane got an easy pass since there was no one for him to fight, Shikamaru beat his opponent easily, and Temari beat tenten with relative ease. This same process went on until it was Rock Lee and Gaia's turn. 

"READY!" Lee yelled joyously. "Ready," Gaia said darkly. "Very well then... BEGIN!" Hayate yelled as he jumped back, letting the two fight. Gaia started with her generic sand moves and Lee blocked and struck accordingly. Eventually, Gai noticed the fight wasn't getting anywhere. "LEE! TAKE THEM OFF!" Gai yelled. Lee looked at his sensei and nodded. He moved quickly and was at the back of the arena. He took off the weights. "Psh, those are probably just for sho..." Temari was about to say before a loud boom sounded, coming from Lee's weights dropping. "HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK!" Mito yelled before she got slapped in the back of the head. "No cussing!" Naruto said. She rubbed the back of her neck and grumbled a bit before going back to watch.

Lee smirked as he started to beat Gaia. She may have had a great defense, but her defense wasn't faster then him. He kicked, punched, and inflicted pain upon her in every way he could when she finally got annoyed and caught him in a trap. Gai saw Lee look at him and he nodded, knowing what was going to happen. Lee suddenly stopped and yelled, "FIFTH GATE OF PAIN! OPEN!" and moved so fast around Gaia she couldn't see what was happening.  "REVERSE LOTUS!" Lee yelled as he started moving around Gaia faster and kicking her around. He eventually got caught by her sand and Gaia closed her hand. It was then that Naruto stepped in before Gai could. "Stop! This match is over," He said to Gaia before she crushed Lee's leg. "MOTHER WANTS YOUR BLOOD!" Gaia yelled at Naruto, who smirked. "Tell her I'm actually going to really pound her," He said. Shikaku heard the message and shut up, knowing if she didn't Naruto would just tease her with his stick, which she heard from Matatabi was huge. "She's silent? I will kill you anyway and prove my existence!" Gaia yelled as she charged at Naruto, who sighed. He merely chopped her neck, effectively knocking her out. "Okay good, and Shuka, behave," Naruto said to Gaia's limp form. 

Naruto shunshinned up with Lee following. Immediately, he bowed. "Thank you for saving me Naruto," Lee exclaimed. Naruto nodded and dismissed it. "It's whatever," He said. The two then continued to watch the matches.

After a while, the screen showed Mito would be going against Kiba. Naruto chuckled and Mito shot Kiba a look that said "Go All Out Or I Will Kill You!" The two stepped down and got into fighting stances. Hayate saw both were ready and yelled to begin before jumping back. Mito let out a chuckle and made a clone, sensing her father watching, she looked to him for confirmation. He nodded, signaling she had permission to go all-out. Mito smirked and focused her hand before she started a jutsu.

Naruto and everyone up in the stands could feel the massive amount of chakra being condensed into a ball and he smirked, knowing what was going to happen. He noticed Mito look up and looked towards Kiba, who hadn't attacked her yet. Mito started focussing and smirked, looking up. "Ninja Art, Rasengan," Mito yelled as she jumped at Kiba and attempted to slam it into his chest. He jumped back and smirked. Kurenai then made a comment. "You know, Mito may be strong, but Kiba's been training forever. There's no way Mito could win this," Naruto just 'tch'd. "Mito's more powerful than that, don't underestimate her," Naruto told Kurenai with a smirk. Kiba used his fang-over-fang with Akamaru and Mito "took a direct hit" before falling onto the floor. Kiba was about to end it when Mito smirked and Kiba's eyes widened. Mito flipped faster then Kiba could track and kicked him in the nose, sending him flying. Mito then looked at Akamaru. "What are you doing with your dog?" She asked. Kiba laughed, "It's my ninken of course!" He said. Mito gave him a deadpan look, "I was talking to Akamaru," She said. Everyone in the Preliminaries area let out a laugh and Kiba growled. "You know, they say the concept of hope is nothing more than giving up. A word that holds no true meaning," Naruto said. He then let out a chuckle, "Fate's something you shouldn't believe in, but it's funny how much this applies to the fight right now. Kiba's far outclassed," Naruto finished. "But how?" Kurenai asked curiously. "Simply put, Mito already took down a low jonin level shinobi," Naruto said, chuckling. One of the Iwa genin let out a whimper, "So you're the weak dude's younger brother," Naruto asked, chuckling. The genin let out a nod. "Eh whatever," Naruto shrugged before looking back to the match right in time to see Kiba get kicked again, effectively knocking him out. Naruto smirked though, as the next match and final one was called. It was Neji versus Hinata.