Chapter 4

The Chunin Exams

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A/N : Here is the 4thchapter, expect the fifth chapter in 4-5 days.

Last time : "Okay, let me show you" said Hinata before playing her memories of the Chunin Exams.".

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I must tell you that these exams were … special.", "How is that?", asked Jiraiya. "Well, the Exams were held in Konoha and were the first televised Exams. It's because for the first time four of the five great nations were participating in the exams , although Hidden stone did not participate because of some dispute between Hidden Stone and Hidden Cloud , and also because Naruto and Sasuke were taking them.", Hinata continued, "Naturally, all the shinobis were excited to see the duo and shinobi of their own nations.". They all nodded and Hinata started doing hand signs for the jutsu.

Chunin Exams POV :-

"Now, I will be announcing all the teams which will be participating in this year's Bi-Annual Chunin Exams!", shouted the TV Commentator with enthusiasm. "Team 1, Osamu Nohara … and the team we have all been waiting for, Team 73, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Konohamaru Sarutobi!"

Naruto walked into the instructed room. His teammates were sent to different rooms. As Naruto walked into the room, everyone felt his presence and looked at him. Naruto saw how they looked at him, mostly with admiration and awe. 'Heh, this gonna be too easy.' . He simply got to his assigned seat and got ready for the first exam.

(A/N : I am skipping the first and the second part of the exams for entertainments sake.)

All the contestants who passed the second exams stood in large hall. It was a plain and large hall, with a strong concrete base and thick walls, made for enduring attacks. There was stairs which led to the balcony on either side. There also a small stage on one side where there was a large chair, probably for the Hokage. Naruto scanned the candidates and counted a total of 30contestants. 9 of them were from leaf , 9 from Sand , 6 from cloud and 6 from Mist . As Naruto was forming different strategies, The Hokage (A/N : Kakashi) entered the hall along with 2 ANBU. He spoke up, "As many of you may know, too many Genin have passed the 2ndexam and we will have to hold the pre-eliminations to wash out about half of you. When we will be done, there will be 16 of you left.". He cleared his throat and continued, "Two of the candidates standing here will be passed directly without participating in the pre-eliminations. It will be based upon your performance in the first two exams. The two Genins are …", Kakashi stretched to build up suspense, though everyone knew who will they be, "Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha" said the cyclops with a glimpse of pride in his eyes. The proctor, who was of the Mist village, stepped in and said, "Hokage-sama, if I may?". With a nod of approval from Kakashi, he continued, "Now, everyone, get to the balcony and get down to fight when your name is called.". All of them walked up to the balcony. They were called in sets of two, to fight each other. First ones up were, "Konohamaru Sarutobi and Osamu , please get down from the balcony. They both came down, eyeing each other carefully. Konohamaru noted that he was of the sand village. "The rules are simple" instructed the proctor, "The fight continues until one of you gives up, is unable to fight or dies. Though I will try my best to avoid the worst case scenario. The fight gets over if I step in, and if you continue to fight, you will be disqualified. Am I clear?". With the accepting nods of both participants, he continued, "Alright, then… Begin!" he shouted before jumping back.

Konohamaru eyed his opponent carefully, searching for any opening in his defenses. They both rushed at each other, as if on a cue. Konohamaru threw a punch at Osamu, which was blocked a returned by a similar punch. With both his hands bound, Konohamaru did a bicycle kick to escape his opponent's grip and hit him square in the chest. He quickly took out a few shurikens from his pouch, threw them and made a few hand signs before shouting "Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!". The shuriken became a multiple of hundred and paced towards Osamu. He panicked and took out a kunai, with the intention of dodging and blocking a few hundred shuriken. A few of them cut him in the arms and some in the chest. The cuts were minor and Osamu was back on his feet, 'The cuts are minor, but they sure will slow him down…'. Konohamaru formed a cross shaped hand sign and yelled "Shadow Clone Jutsu", and half a dozen clones popped into existence. Using his clones as diversion, Konohamaru charged a Rasengan with the help of one of them. As his clones dispersed, Konohamaru charged towards Osamu with a battle cry and a Rasengan. As he got close enough, he jumped towards his opponent for maximum momentum. Osamu quickly made half a dozen hand signs and yelled, "Earth Style : Mud Wall" and a wall stood between them. Konohamaru used his Rasengan to smash the wall. Both the Rasengan and the wall destroyed in the process. Taking advantage of the dust, Konohamaru quickly did a few hand signs and shouted "Fire Style : Burning Ash" before smoking a large cloud of ash from his mouth, which covered his opponent. "Give up and I won't have to hurt you" , Konohamaru gave a last chance to his opponent. "Never!" came a voice from the middle of the cloud. "Just remember,… I warned you" said Konohamaru before using a splinter hidden in his mouth. The whole cloud was enveloped in fire and screams could be heard from inside. The proctor quickly stepped in and did a Water jutsu to light out the fire, which revealed Osamu with several second and third degree burns on his body. Medic Corps rushed in and took him for immediate care. "Winner said the proctor , Konohamaru Sarutobi". Konohamaru walked up to the balcony, up to his teammates, "Well done Konohamaru! ", said Naruto in his normally loud voice. "Good Job" said Sasuke. 'The kid shows promise' thought Kakashi.

After the pre-eliminations were over, all the participants were called below and the matches for the 3rd exam was decided. "All right, listen up. This is how the matches in 3rd exam goes. There will be a total of 8 matches. 1st match,… 5th match, Naruto Uzumaki Vs Konohamaru Sarutobi… 8th match, Sasuke Uchiha Vs Takeshi. You all have been given a month to prepare for the 3rd exams. Good luck. Dismissed"

After a month :

"Naruto, remember, you can't use Senjutsu in the exams". Naruto nodded and replied "Don't worry Sensei, I will remember that". Naruto and Konohamaru entered the arena. "Do your best, Konohamaru", "I will" said Konohamaru. "Begin" shouted Kankuro and jumped back.

Both of them shouted "Shadow Clone Jutsu". While Konohamaru made a dozen, Naruto made a hundred. Konohamaru thought of all the wide area jutsu he knew. He did a few hand signs and emitted a cloud of ash after shouting "Fire Style : Burning Ash". Naruto remembered the jutsu and several of his clones jumped away from the blast radius. After Konohamaru set ablaze the cloud, Naruto used the dust as a cover to execute a plan. Konohamaru charged at Naruto with a Rasengan and jumped at him. Naruto waited for the opportunity and as Konohamaru was in mid-air, Naruto caught his wrist which made the Rasengan dissolve in thin air and threw him to the other corner of the open arena. As Konohamaru was about to hit the ground, he felt some presence at his back. Konohamaru felt a powerful kick on his back from Naruto's clones. 'Shit!, he must have disguised them as rocks after I did my jutsu. I could never have thought of that.' . Konohamaru found himself flying and saw two of Naruto's clones above him. They kicked him back towards the ground. Konohamaru managed to listen "Na-Ru-To Uzumaki Barrage!" and then felt himself slipping into unconsciousness. "Winner, Naruto Uzumaki".The crowd cheered crazily for their Hero. Be it Konoha, Suna, Kumo, Mizu or the civilians, all of them cheered equally. Naruto waved them with a smile and walked back to the stands as he saw Medic Corps, 'Well done Konohamaru, you couldn't have done better.'

Sasuke's match was up next. He quickly ended the match. As the match started, Sasuke used his Rinnegan to put his opponent in a genjutsu. Takeshi didn't even realize he was in a genjutsu. Sasuke ran at him with a speed untrained couldn't see and rendered his opponent unconscious with a single knee to his gut. "Winner, Sasuke Uchiha". The crowd was speechless. With no words to describe the match the people in awe just kept clapping and shouting.

"Final Match, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, please come down to the arena.". As they both walked down the crowd cheered. This was the match they have been waiting for. All the Kages talked among themselves, this must be an interesting fight. Naruto or Sasuke easily outmatched all the Kages. They stood opposite each other, getting in a fighting stance. "Naruto!", "Yeah?", "don't hold back" , "I don't intend to" said Naruto with a smirk. "Begin!". As those words escaped Kankuro's mouth. They both burst in a fury of speed towards each other, which even the most trained shinobis had trouble seeing.

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A/N : We know, we said that Naruto Vs Sasuke will be in this chapter we couldn't do it. It will be in the next chapter for sure. Stay tuned for Chapter 5. It will be one hell of a chapter.

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