Naruto:The Monkey King

Naruto vs Gaara

In the kage booth

Hiruzen stared at the blond with a shocked expression.

"How interesting. To think he was able to pull that off with his chakra restricted. Do you know what that was Hokage-dono" The Kazekage asked

"It couldn't be the Nine-Tails power. We would have felt it's sinister chakra." Kazekage thought

The Hokage changed his expression and looked at the Kazekage.

"Other than chakra there's another source of power one can use. Nature Energy." Hiruzen

"In the boy's current state he wouldn't be able to use nature energy. In order to use nature energy one must first combine it with their own chakra." Kazekage

The two kage were intrigued by the boy's newfound power.

In the arena
The medics took Neji away on a stretcher and Naruto made his way to the crowd. When Naruto got there he was bombarded by questions. He answered them saying that he didn't recall how he beat Neji. They also asked about the change in eyes. That he also didn't know.

"If Naruto can tap into that power again. He will probably win this competition easily." Shikamaru thought

Sasuke's fight was postponed thanks to the Kazekage.

Next match Shino vs Kankuro. Kankuro forfeited his match.

Next fight Shikamaru vs Temari.

Shikamaru thinks about forfeiting but is forced by Naruto who threw him down into the stadium and the crowd starts booing at Shikamaru .Shikamaru starts to think about quiting and complains about fighting a female, again.Temari then gets fustrated and gets tired of waiting and attacks Shikamaru, the Attack causes dust to fill the Area and it's revealed that Shikamaru has used two Kunai's to stand on the walls and avoid the Attack. Shikamaru then tells Temari that he will preticipate since it wouldn't be good if he loss to a female. Temari then attacks with her Wind Scythe Jutsu and Shikamaru avoids the attack and retreats to trees.

Ino yells to him to end the fight quickly, but Chōji predicts that Shikamaru will find some reason to forfeit. Temari gets increasingly annoyed because Shikamaru is hiding and not fighting in a conventional way. Shikamaru tries to catch Temari with his shadow but she, while dodging it, realises that it has a limited range. She also reasons that he is hiding in the trees to take advantage of the trees' shadows to extend his range. Knowing that he will only gain more shadows as the battle progresses, Temari tries to end the fight quickly. After meditating on the factors of fight, Shikamaru comes up with a plan and, after avoiding her attacks, tries to catch her again, but she stays out of its range once more

Out of his shadow's current range, Temari considers how to defeat Shikamaru. While thinking she realises that he has gained a new shadow source: a parachute made from his shirt that provides some much needed surface area. She avoids the attack and formulates a plan. As she is about to implement it she notices she has finally been captured.Now forced to mimic his movements, Shikamaru lets her see how she was caught: he had been navigating her to the tunnel that Naruto created during his match, where he was hiding his shadow. Having been manipulated for the entire battle, Temari prepares for defeat when Shikamaru forfeits, claiming to have exhausted himself from trying to catch her, fulfilling Chōji's prediction.

The crowd booed at him again. This didn't bother Shikamaru in the slightest.

Genma looked to the Hokage and asked should he move on to the next match.

Hiruzen nodded.

Next match

Naruto vs Gaara

Gaara looked at Naruto with an insane smile. Naruto responded with a smirk.