Naruto roared at him, "Get up! Get up so I can make you suffer! I hope Orochimaru can feel every second of this ass-whupping I'm giving you because we aren't done yet!" Naruto fingered his sword in a manic fashion, "You want to use that seal! You want to make your bed with the traitor? I'm extracting my pound of flesh for it you stupid bastard!"
Sasuke stood with an insane gleam in his eye, "Who do you think you are! I'm an Uchiha you pissant! You will succumb to my power!" Sasuke had electricity surging around his hand with the famous chirping noise in full-effect. Sasuke began a full-on rush straight at Naruto, "Die damn you! Chidori (One Thousand Birds)!"
Naruto gave a grin that chilled the heart of even the most hardened shinobi in attendance as he set his sword in a waiting stance, "Come on down Uchiha… I've got a little friend that wants to meet you, no jutsu necessary my friend…"
Sasuke rushed Naruto down and thrusted his arm, a bursting flash of sparks indicating that he made contact, before coming to a stop on the other side of the whiskered blonde, a smirk on his lips. A short wind rolled through the arena as everyone was standing at attention.
Naruto stood straight up and swung his sword to the side as he walked away. Sasuke stood still until blood bursted from his right arm like a sprinkler. He fell to the ground clutching the arm that had been turned into cold cuts, seemingly by Naruto's sword.
Anko blocked out his wails of anguish and agony as he writhed on the ground. Anko pointed to Naruto for the final time, "Shousa, Naruto Uzumaki!"
The crowd remained silent as the only sounds going through the stadium were the billowing wind and Sasuke's cries. The medics hustled out double-time to stanch the bleeding from what was remaining of Sasuke's arm and carry him to get emergency treatment.
Anko caught up to him and saw an uncaring look on his face as he went to sit under the tree, "Hey Anko-chan."
Anko jerked her thumb in Sasuke's direction, "A little much wouldn't you say gaki?"
Naruto looked at Sasuke being carried off, "Nah, builds character. He's lucky he's still even got that arm."
Anko shook her head, "What the hell was that anyway, you beat that jutsu with a sword."
Naruto grinned up at her and showed her the bloody sword, "Wind manipulation. I love my element so much, it's so… efficient. Wind trumps lightning and his control over Chidori was shit in the first place so he never had a chance."
As all of the genin that had not required hospitalization, the jounin sensei, Jiraiya, and Tsunade made their way over to him. Naruto was currently sitting in the shade while wiping the blade on the grass. Asuma walked up to him first, "How do you know about elemental manipulation? That isn't something that a genin should know, when did you learn it?"
Naruto quirked an eyebrow, "If I told you it wouldn't matter because you wouldn't believe me. I can do it, I can control it, end of story." He sheathed the sword back onto his back and sat patiently.
Kurenai frowned at him, "You were unnecessarily brutal against your opponents." She crossed her arms under her bosom, "You seriously damaged more than a few of your fellow genin."
Naruto glared at her, "It's called efficiency. What kind of jounin are you calling that brutal? I was going easy on them, I could have killed all of them, Sasuke included. As a matter of fact, with the exception of Sasuke and maybe Kiba I didn't even hurt any of them that badly so what are you on about?" She glared at him and he gave her one right back, unflinching.
He stood up and tried to get around them, "If you're all just going to bitch about how I fought today then save it. I won, they lost, I owned them all." He turned to the kids close by, "No offense, but come on, you've got to admit it."
Kakashi stepped forward, "Naruto, what you did to Sasuke…" Naruto was about to open his mouth to bitch Kakashi out until he finished his sentence, "I completely understand."
Naruto's eyes widened in surprise as Kakashi put his hand on his head, "Chidori is a killing technique. I'm sorry. I made him promise to never use it against a comrade and he tried it against you, you did what you had to in order to defend and win. The fact that you left him alive in the first place shows me you value comrades."
Naruto shrugged, "I don't really consider Sasuke a friend or anything, but as long as we have the same headband I have a duty to keep him alive. What about the cursed seal?"
Kakashi's eye widened this time, "You know what it is?"
Naruto nodded, "I've had a run-in or two with Orochimaru too remember?" He didn't need Kakashi knowing he stole information directly from Oto's base in his years prior.
Jiraiya walked up, "I need to do some more research on it. I still don't know how to remove it yet, maybe if I study Sasuke's I can get some new information, sorry Anko."
Anko nodded sadly as Kurenai rubbed her shoulder. By now the crowd was filing out, grumbling disappointedly about how the demon brat destroyed the competition. Naruto snorted, bastards, they could have at least stayed to hear the results.
Tsunade walked over and ruffled Naruto's hair, much to his chagrin, "Good job gaki, you've earned your promotion. I'm sorry, but you can't make the jump straight to jounin right from genin. You need experience as a chunin doing higher-grade missions first."
Naruto would have complained but he needed to keep his cover. No one needed to know he had experience with elite missions and he couldn't just use that as a bargaining chip for an unnecessary promotion. He was a chunin now, and that was good enough for now, "I understand. So I guess I'll get my vest later."
Tsunade smiled at him, "Good work gaki, I knew sticking my neck out like that for you was a good bet."
Naruto grinned and began walking away from everyone to leave, "If you'll excuse me, I haven't been home in a week and I need to get reacquainted with my lumpy-ass mattress. If you need me you know where I'll be. Later."
All of the genin that were still conscious shouted words of congratulations to Naruto, who simply waved over his shoulder and shunshined away.
Asuma shook his head, "Okay, I'm a believer, that kid is scary good." He turned to Tsunade, "Okay Tsunade-sama, what are the terms of this agreement you wanted Kakashi for?"
Tsunade smirked, "Follow me to the Hokage Tower and we'll discuss the terms… You can all come, you might find it interesting to say the least."
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