Note. I don't own Naruto or any other ShonenJump franchise.
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The sun was shining bright today as the scene pans down onto the village of Konohagakure. About a dozen shinobi were on the road headed for the main gate. 2 in particular stood out.
The first was a taller female with sandy blonde hair that was medium length and tied back in a short spiky ponytail. She wore a long-sleeve white mesh shirt under a black tank-top and sported black skirt. She had on her forehead, a Sunagakure headband. This woman was none other than Temari Nara.
The other was a young man in his mid-teens. He had dark brown hair and had 2 thick purple streaks going from the top of his forehead, going down vertically across his eyes, and stopping at his jaw. He sported a military type black sweater under a Chuunin vest. With this he wore black pants and white bandaging around his calves, also wearing black sanadals. This young man happened to be the son of the late Kankuro, and personal bodyguard to his uncle, the Kazekage.
At the gates awaiting their arrival were Shikamaru and Shikari Nara. Upon sight of Temari Shikari ran towards the visitors.
" 'Kaa-san!" Shikari yelled in joy as she ran toward and hugged her mother.
" Oh sweetheart!" Temari said as she returned the hug. " God I have missed you!"
Shikari then looked to her cousin. " Hey Bunraku-san , what's up?"
" Nothing much, it is good to see you cousin." Bunraku then looked up at the Hidden Leaf. " So how come I haven't heard of this contest before?" he asked.
" Actually, the 6th reinvented it. Truth is, this contest was originally created by the 5th Hokage, Lady Tsunade." Shikamaru said walking over. "Today happens to be the anniversary date of when Tsunade sacrificed her life to save Naruto Uzumaki's. He brought about this contest again to honor her memory. I believe there's gonna be a ceremony in her honor after the tournament is over."
Shikamaru then came over to Temari. " Hey Hon…" Shikamaru said putting his arms on her hips.
Temari seemed abit surprised by the move. " Oh, hi dear." She said giving him a peck on the lips.
" Hope this tournament lasts a while, Shikari and I want you 2 sticking around as long as possible." Shikamaru said.
" Well, I'll just have to take my time winning this thing." Bunraku said.
" Not if I win it first." Shikari said.
" Oi, let's save that energy 'til the contest actually starts." Shikamaru said.
As they walked into the village, what could be seen was an absolutely massive crowd surrounding Hokage Manor. One would think that the entire village was getting in on this tournament, it also seemed most members from all clans were participating, from the Hyuuga, Akimichi and the Yamanaka. Amongst the crowds also seemed to be the new rookie 9. Toba looked up at his father with burning anticipation.
Atop Hokage Tower looking down was Naruto Uzumaki, surrounding him were his wife, Jiraya and Kakashi.
" I forgot how huge this thing gets." Naruto said.
" Heh, wheels are in motion now. No turning back." Jiraya said.
A smile curled onto Naruto's lips. " Well, looks like it's time to get started." He said.
" Welcome all! To Konohagakure's Second Ultimate Contest!"
Cheers roared throughout the crowd.
" Nee! I can't wait!" Toba said.
" Over 20 years ago, the 5th Hokage started this tournament to help bring us and our allies closer together and put our abilities to the test! Now 20 years later, we revive this contest to honor her memory!" Naruto yelled down.
The crowd cheered.
" The rules of this contest are just as they were in the contest before! Everyone from Genin to Jonin will participate in this free for all! Rank will not be an issue!" Naruto said.
" Each Genin is given 1 blue crystal to start! Where Chuunin and Jonin will each be given 1 red crystal! Blue crystals are worth 1 point where red crystals are worth 5 points!" Within the time limit you most have a collection of crystals which value equals at least 60 points in order to move on to the next round!"
" I'm totally gonna bring this home!" Kisha said.
" In the tournament, even if you lose your crystal, you can still participate by taking someone else's crystal! Give it everything you got, because the prize for this tournament will be to set a new regulation for the Leaf village, regardless of what village you're from!"
" New regulation….. what regulation will you make when you win Kato-kun?" Leiko said turning to her arranged husband to be.
Kato stood there with his hand to his chin. " To be honest Leiko-chan, I'm not really interested in how many crystals I get, but who I get them from. I want to fight really strong opponents here."
" So you're thinking maybe your father?" Suedo said.
" Yup." Kato said.
" You know he won't just had it over to you." Suedo said. " Want some backup?"
" Nah, I'll fight him man to man." Kato said.
Over in another section of the crowd…….
" Boy I can't wait!" Toba said.
" How could this excite you? You're father's the Hokage, if you want a new regulation, just ask and I'm sure he'll do it." Kisha said.
" I don't know what fantasy world you live in, but that wouldn't just happen. Besides I couldn't think of a regulation I want." Toba said. " I don't even care how many crystals I get. I just really care about getting one." Toba said.
" Who's ?" Shinji said.
Toba then pointed up dramatically toward Hokage Tower. " The 6th Hokage's! Naruto Uzumaki!"
The team along with the people around Toba were shocked. Ami's look of shock turned to that of a smile.
" Oh I'm sure that's gonna be soooooooo hard." Kisha said sarcastically.
" It will, it..wait are you being sarcastic?" Toba asked.
" Yea, here's how you're gonna get yer father's crystal." Kisha the made puppy dog eyes and clasped her hands together. " Daddy….can I pwease have that cwystal?"
" Shut up Kisha! That's probably what you're gonna do! You think I got it easy just 'cuz I'm the Hokage's son? No way my Dad's gonna just hand it over! But I swear I will take his crystal from him!"
Atop Hokage Manor, Naruto's ears twitched from his fox-like hearing , he then looked down at his son.
" Toba! I can hear you ya know!" Naruto said, causing his son to freeze in place.
Toba shakily turned around, he had completely forgotten about his father's supernatural hearing. The surrounding crowd started to laugh. Ami looked around and placed her hands on her hips as she furrowed her brow, displeased with the crowd's reaction.
Hiashi was standing amongst the crowd in a stoic position with his eyes closed.
" Underestimate the boy while you can people. You will see Toba Uzumaki is not to be taken lightly." Hiashi thought to himself.
Hearing the laughing from the crowd, Toba immediately shook off the jitters. " Yea? Good! It's only fair that you know I'm comin' for you! Kiss your crystal goodbye!" Toba said pointing a finger up at his father.
Naruto simply smiled while Toba smiled back at him, both knowing the confrontation was inevitable.
" Alright! Let Konohagakure's Ultimate Free For All Begin!" Naruto yelled.
The crowd cheered.
Later, dozens of shinobi were seen in the streets and atop the rooftops jumping back and forth as the clangs of clashing kunai and shuriken echoed throughout the village. Upon one rooftop, the 6th Hokage jumped down to get a bird's eye view of the action.
" This is awesome! It's really getting intense!" Naruto said.
Suddenly Naruto heard someone jump down behind him. He turned to see his son standing across from him on the rooftop.
" 6th Hokage! Hand over your crystal!" Toba yelled pointing his finger.
" (sigh) You know what son, I actually had a feeling you'd be gunning for me in this tournament, that's why I took out a little insurance policy." Naruto said smirking.
" What are you talking about Pop?" Toba asked.
" Glad you asked, hey….remember those certain baby photos you begged your mother to burn?………"
Toba's heart just skipped a beat. " eeeeeeeeyyeeeaah…….." he said.
Suddenly, Naruto took out 2 handfuls of paper and held one in each hand. " Well, the fact is, she just kept them in her dresser drawer, she could never get rid of the cutest baby photos of you." His smirk becoming more devilish. " And guess what……..I made copies…."
" you…… YOU WHAT!?" Toba yelled.
Naruto then threw the copies of Toba's most embarrassing baby photos in the air as the wind took them.
" NOOOO!" Toba yelled running after them.
" Happy hunting son." Naruto said before disappearing.
Toba jumped around grasping as many papers as he could. However, most of the copies were already being picked up by villagers.
" Ha! Oh My God! This is you Toba!?" Ten-Zhen said while laughing.
" Shut up!" Toba said grabbing it out of Ten-Zhen's hand.
Toba saw that other villagers were picking up the copies which were followed by laughs.
" Awww Toba, you were soooo cute!" A female nin said.
Suddenly, Toba brought his hands together to form a seal. " Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"
Toba then multiplied into 5 copies as he dashed around picking up as many copies as he can. After seemingly grabbing all the copies, he attached an exploding tag to them and threw them into the river.
Toba then looked up. " DAAAAAD!" He said before he disappeared.
In Hidden Leaf Training Grounds. Hinata Uzumaki back flipped out from the bushes onto her feet in the grass as she gracefully got back into her stance. Out from the bushes, popped Leiko and Suedo Hyuuga as they attempted to bring down Hinata. Unfortunately, regardless of their great teamwork, they could not manage to land a hit on the Hokage's wife. While Hinata merely blocked and parried all their strikes and kicks.
Suedo and Leiko stood there breathing hard. They couldn't believe they had no progress whatsoever.
" Are you 2 really sure you could beat me with just you, I'd be willing to wait while you go to get reinforcements." Hinata said politely.
" Don't patronize us." Leiko said.
" I apologize, I meant no disrespect." Hinata said.
" And speaking of reinforcements…" A voice said from behind the Hyuuga children. " They're here." Said Hijo Hyuuga.
" Sensei…." Suedo said in surprise.
" Hijo-sama, how nice of you to join us. I guess I might have to get serious with 3 on 1." Hinata said.
" It might not have to come to that if you were to hand over your crystal Uzumaki-san." Hijo said.
" Oh…..my crystal?" Hinata said. " Oh, I gave that away over an hour ago."
" Ne!?" Leiko yelled.
" Hai, it's kind of silly actually….." Hinata said.
((((((Flashback)))))))
Hinata was jumping through the forest when her son appeared on a branch. They both then jumped to the ground.
" Hey Honey, get any crystals yet?" Hinata asked.
" Not yet, but I'm about to get one right now." Toba said.
" Oh? And just who are you going to get it from?" Hinata asked.
" You Mom." Toba responded.
" Oh really? And just how do you plan on making that happen?" Hinata asked.
" 'cuz Mom, I got the one secret weapon that you have no defense against." Toba said.
" Oh really? And what's that?"
Suddenly, Toba turned his head back then back to his mother to reveal to her his infamous puppy-eye technique catching Hinata completely off guard.
" Oh no, that's not going to work on me young man." Hinata said.
However, Toba continued using his method at his mother, slowly wearing her down. Hinata was beginning to feel weakened by the gleaming, begging eyes of her son.
" You might as well stop Toba, that won't work on me, do you hear? I am a rock!" Hinata said.
Toba still continued.
" The answer is no Toba!" Hinata said putting her hands on her hips. " There's no way! You hear me? None!"
Suddenly Toba began to pout out his lower lip, further disintegrating his mother's defense.
" Toba! When I say no I mean it! I'm not giving in! I-I…oh forget it." Hinata said as she finally conceded. She took her crystal out from her pocket and placed it in Toba's hand.
" You're the best Mom!" Toba said replacing his puppy-dog face with a smiling one.
" I hope you plan to do more than that to get your father's crystal. Your begging techniques don't work on him." Hinata said.
" I know, I'm gonna have to really earn it with him. He won't make it easy for me and I wouldn't want him to.
(((((End Flashback))))
" (sigh) Seriously, if that boy doesn't want to be treated like a Mama's Boy then he should stop acting like one." Hinata asked.
" Well why the hell do you think we were attacking you!?" Leiko asked. In her mind, bringing back the crystal of a rival of the Hyuuga clan would have seemed to be a big accomplishment.
Hinata shrugged innocently. " I don't know, I thought you were just being jerks."
Leiko was speechless.
" So…did you still want to continue? Or go get someone else's crystal?" Hinata asked.
" Good day Uzumaki-san." Hijo said.
Hinata bowed then turned to walk away.
" Oh, Uzumaki-san, before you leave I think you might want to take a look at something." Leiko said arrogantly as she held up a blue crystal.
Hinata looked on curiously.
" Know where I got this from?" Leiko said.
Hinata shrugged.
" I got this from your student Ami." Leiko said with a smirk.
Hinata's eyes widened abit.
" Yup, that's right, and you want to know what's really funny? She just handed it over to me. Because she knew she'd just get her fat ass kicked." Leiko said preening herself.
" Come on guys, we need to move out." Hijo said.
Deciding to take their sensei's advice, Leiko and Suedo dashed off with him.
Hinata turned around and calmed herself " I know she's just a kid, but someone really needs to put that snooty girl in her place." Hinata said to herself.
In Central Konoha…..
" Byakugan!" Toba yelled as he scanned the area looking for his father. However, what he found instead was Ami Akimichi sitting on a crate with her hands to her face.
" Hey Ami-chan, are you ok?" Toba asked as he jumped down near her.
" T-Toba-kun Ami said as she wiped a tear away.
" Ami-chan what happened? Did you lose your crystal?" Toba asked.
Ami lowered her head in shame at this point, she almost felt unworthy to even be around the young Uzumaki.
" Hey, it's still early in the tournament, you can get more crystals." Toba said encouragingly.
" I…." Ami started but felt too hopeless to go on.
" Hey Ami-chan…." Toba said. " Here….." Toba then took out his own crystal and the one he retrieved from his mother. " Take these." Putting them in her hand.
" Toba-kun, but these are yours." Ami said.
" Nah, don't worry about it. All I'm concerned about is getting my Dad's crystal. Hey speaking of my Dad, have you seen him anywhere?" Toba asked.
" Gomen, but no. I haven't seen him since he threw those copies of your baby pictures down below." Ami said blushing.
Toba's face turned crimson red from embarrassment. " You saw those?…." Toba asked, feeling 2 inches tall.
" O-Only a few, but Toba-kun you were so adorable." Ami said blushing.
" Gah! Dad you always find a way to embarrass me!" Toba thought to himself.
" I'm sure you'll get his crystal Toba-kun. You'll find a way." Ami said.
" Arigato Ami-chan. Hey promise me you won't give up in the tournament ok? You're still in this." Toba said.
Ami blushingly smiled as she nodded.
" Awesome, see ya Ami-chan, good luck!" Toba said.
" You to." Ami said.
As Toba disappeared, Ami looked down at the crystals placed in her hand, it was then that she tightened her hand.
" I won't give up." Ami said as she disappeared.
Toba continued searching for his father until he came across Kurenai Yuhi fending off 2 other Jonin by trapping them within the branches of an oak. She then walked up and searched the Jonin for their crystals.
"Ohayo Kurenai-senpai, you didn't see my Dad anywhere did you?" Toba asked.
" Oh, hey Toba, sorry, I still haven't seen your father, are you still set on getting his crystal?" She asked.
" Yea, I almost had it to, but he pulled a fast one on me." Toba said.
" Well keep at it. Seek him out with that Byakugan of yours." Kurenai said.
" Hai, see ya later." Toba said before disappearing.
" You don't actually think that kid will do it do you? It's the Hokage, there's no mmf.. mmf" A Jonin trapped within the branches said before a new branch sprouted, covering his mouth.
" Who asked you?" Kurenai said.
In another part of town, Chotsu Akimichi stumbled back as he saw his twin brother in a headlock by their own mother.
" Come on son, don't you want my crystal?" Ino said smiling as she waved him to come over.
" 'Kaa-san, I'm not stupid! You're just gonna try to take my crystal!" Chotsu said.
" Dammit, get yer ass over here and help me!" Inodashi said struggling to get out of the headlock.
" What, and end up like you?" Chotsu said.
In another part of town……As Toba continued searching, he saw that a person coming the opposite direction was Kato Hyuuga. The 2 immediately stopped on the same rooftop. The tension was thick in the air as the 2 stared across from each other. When it almost seemed a battle was going to commence, Toba broke the silence.
" Have you seen my Dad?" Toba asked.
" No, have you seen mine?" Kato responded.
" No."
" Fine." They said in unison as they dashed off in opposite ways.
In another part of Town…..
" Come on Hanabi-chan, I've seen all your moves back in the academy days!" Konohamaru said as he ran up a tree and launched a shuriken at Hanabi Hyuuga.
Hanabi however, repelled them with a rotation. " You will address me as Hyuuga-sama, Honorable Grandson." Hanabi quipped as she ran towards him.
" I told you before not to call me that!" Konohamaru said.
Meanwhile Kisha and her father Kiba were sitting on a bench as Inimaru was trying to catch the wagging tail of Akamaru.
" So honey, what regulation did you want to enforce if you were to win this?" Kiba asked.
" You know, I was gonna declare a village pet appreciation day." Kisha said.
" Really? What's that?" Kiba asked.
" On this day, everyone brings their pet to a certain area of the village and give them all baths, no matter what kind of pet they have." Kisha said.
" Really? That actually sounds cool." Kiba said.
" Yup, and after that we have experts lecture them on the proper way to treat their pet, like proper nutrition and stuff." Kisha said.
" Honey, that's an excellent idea. Your grandmother will be happy to hear that." Kiba said.
" She'll be even more happy if it happens." Kisha said.
" Well honey…" Kiba said standing up. " If I win this, I'll set that regulation."
"(gasp) you will? 'Tou-san you're the best!" Kisha said hugging her father.
" But I want you to try to win to." Kiba said.
" I will, good luck!" Kisha said before dashing off with Inimaru running after her.
"Man, she's such a good kid." Kiba said before Akamaru came up nudging at his pocket.
" What is it?" Kiba asked.
As Kiba searched his vest, he found that his crystal was gone. " Gah! She didn't!" Kiba said.
Kisha ran with a red crystal suddenly in her hand. " Good luck 'Tou-san, you're gonna need it." She said as she ran off.
At the Hyuuga Manor, Neji Hyuuga was sitting on the front porch of the training field….
Suddenly, Kato appeared.
" What took you so long?" Neji said.
" Don't tell me you've been home the whole time." Kato said.
" Well….yes" Neji said.
" I have been looking all over town for you." Kato said.
Neji laughed. " That's funny. So I guess you want this." He said holding up his crystal.
Kato immediately got into his stance. " Byakugan!"
" I'll take that as a yes." Neji said jumping to his feet. " Let's go."
In another part of town, the 6th Hokage enjoys a leisurely strole…..
Suddenly, Toba jumps in front of him completely out of breath.
"That was such a cheap shot Dad!" Toba yelled.
"Heh." Naruto said scratching his nose. " I know how embarrassed you get about those photos and I used that t my advantage. If a shinobi knows a weak point about his opponent he exposes it. As a ninja, I thought I would have taught you that by now."
" Yea well guess what, you're out of tricks." Toba said as he got into Sui-ken stance. " I'm coming for ya."
" Ok, let's see you take this from me." Naruto said holding up his crystal.
Toba dashed toward his father.
" Just rushing forward? No plan? You have to know better than that." Naruto said.
Suddenly, as Toba was closing in with a spin kick, Naruto vanished in a flash of light.
" Nani?" Toba said. Using his Byakugan, he saw his father over a hundred yards away behind a mass of trees. Toba dashed forward running as fast as he could.
" Dad…it's that move, I had my Byakugan activated and didn't notice anything, so how the hell is it you got here in no time?" Toba asked.
" A little technique I'll let you in on one day." Naruto said. " But in the interest of fairness, I'll no longer use that."
" Then here I come." Toba said advancing more slowly this time towards Naruto.
" Much better, you're not just charging me like a maniac." Naruto said. " But……"
Suddenly Naruto brought up a hand seal. " Kage-Bunshin no jutsu!" what had to be at least 100 clones appeared surrounding Naruto.
Even with the Byakugan, Toba was having trouble distinguishing the real one.
" Fine, then I'll just have to attack you all." Toba said.
Toba charged forward into the middle of the Naruto army.
" Kaiten!" Toba yelled as a vortex dissipated some of the clones.
" Hmph, this should be very interesting son." Naruto thought.
The battle drew on for well over an hour as Toba attacked the numerous clones all over the forest. Toba realized he was running out of time and had to kick it into a higher gear. He fought as hard as he possibly could until there were only 10 clones of his father left. Toba quickly got into the stance of the 8 trigrams.
" 2 Palms!"
" 4 Palms!"
"8 Palms!"
"16 Palms!"
" 32 Palms!"
" 64 Palms!" Toba yelled as the clones of his father dissipated. Toba stood there sweating and breathing heavily. He then came to a realization, all the clones of his father were gone, but there was no sign of the original.
" What the hell!?" Toba yelled.
Off in a distance just beyond Toba's field of vision stood Naruto, who just casually walked away in the middle of the battle while his son dealt with his clones.
Naruto then looked at his crystal. " Sorry son, but I can't go easy on you."
Meanwhile……Shino Auburame stood on a rooftop, facing across from him was Bunraku.
" Shino Aumbrame, I heard you had some pretty intense battles with my father." Bunraku said.
" Hai, but of course that was a hundred years ago, your father was an excellent shinobi." Shino said.
" Arigato, maybe you would be the best one then to tell m how I compare to him." Bunraku said as Sanshuo (salamander puppet) crawled up the side of the building.
At the Hyuuga Compound…….
Kato fought ferociously against his father, forcing them to even take to the roof of the compound itself.
Neji parried away all of Kato's strikes. Kato paused for a moment to observe his father.
" Don't make the next move until you're sure it will payoff." Neji said.
" Hai." Kato then lunged at his father.
In another area………….
Shikamaru ran as his daughter and wife ran after him. " Why the hell are you 2 ganging up on me?" Shikamaru pouted.
" 'Cuz we like to cheat." Temari laughed.
" Yea, now quit whining and take your ass whipping like a man." Shikari called.
In Konoha central……The 6th Hokage realized that this tournament was making him hungry, so he decided to visit his favorite ramen bar. But he noticed something was awry as he walked towards it.
" Yo Ayame-chan, what's going on?" Naruto asked.
" Naruto, it's terrible, we have to close down the shop until tomorrow." Ayame said.
" Close down? What happened?" Naruto asked.
" Our shipper mixed up our order with something else. We don't have the necessary ingredients to make ramen." Ayame said.
" Nani?" Naruto said, comedic tears coming from his eyes.
" Hai, in fact, the last bowl of ramen we were able to make we sold to….." Ayame and Naruto then heard the sound of someone inhaling deeply through their nose.
" Toba." Ayame finished.
Naruto and Ayame saw Toba leaning on the side of the building taking in the fresh smell of ramen. " Thought you'd come here today." He said. " This ramen sure smells good, this tournament has really made me hungry."
Toba shifted his eyes to his father with a smile on his face.
" It wouldn't take much for to give this up though." Toba said. " Hey Pop, aren't you dying for a fix right about now?"
" Let me guess." Naruto said taking out his crystal.
" I didn't forget what you taught me about knowing an opponent's weakness Pop, I happen to know, you like ramen, like a junkie likes heroin."
" Oh enough. Here!" Naruto said trading his crystal for the bowl of ramen.
" YES! Yes I finally got it!" Toba said.
Naruto shook his head as he enjoyed his bowl.
" I gotta hand it to you son, I'm impressed, there's other ways to winning other than using force." Naruto said.
At the Hyuuga Compound…..
Kato Hyuuga fell to his knees from exhaustion. Neji stood breathing heavily.
" I'm not done yet." Kato said.
" Well I am." Neji said placing his crystal beside Kato. " I'm tired, I don't want to fight anymore, you take it, it's yours."
Kato looked down at the crystal, he then grabbed it.
" 'Tou-san! It's not the same thi.."
" Yes it is, I don't want to continue, I have to conserve my strength for a mission tomorrow. You've earned it." Neji said
" But…." Kato said looking down " 'Tou-san…."
Neji walked into the compound, though Kato could not see it, there was a smile on Neji's face. As Neji walked into his room, he flopped onto his bed. " My God, he's strong."
Later that day, hundreds gathered around to witness who would go to the next round. They saw the Hokage making his way down the street. But in front of him was his son, holding a red crystal in the air.
" Hah! Who was doubtin' me huh?" Toba said as he walked proudly. While Naruto merely walked with his arms crossed.
" Pff! I bet your father juast gave that to you." Miki said.
" No actually Miki, he managed to take it fair and square." Naruto said.
" Holy crap are you serious?" Kisha said.
" Yea Kisha, so much for all that crap you were talking earlier." Toba said.
" So what, you only got 1 crystal." Kisha said.
" Yea, but it was the one I set out to get." Toba said.
" Toba-kun…" Ami said smiling.
" Ami-chan, how'd you do?" Toba said.
" I…I didn't get enough to go to the next round, but I stuck with it and managed to get more crystals." Ami said.
" That's awesome! I told you all you had to do was not give up." Toba said.
" Toba-kun I waned to thank you. It's only because of you that I was able to keep going." Ami said.
Toba rubbed the back of his head bashfully. " Aw come on, I didn't do anything special."
" Arigato Toba-kun." Ami said.
" Alright son, I just gotta go check the numbers and we should be able to find out who's going to the next round." Naruto said. "Make sure to watch."
" Right Pop." Toba said.
Naruto then disappeared.
It was then that Toba noticed Kato walking up through the crowd.
" So….get your Dad's crystal?" Toba asked.
Kato stopped and looked over at Toba, the 2 locked eyes once again.
" Yea." Kato said before walking away.
"cool…" Toba said.
Toba looked up to see that his father had returned after consulting the committee which consisted of most of his friends and his wife, and also after hearing them laugh about how he lost his crystal.
" I hope you have all enjoyed this contest! The list of who will be going to the next round will be posted shortly! For those of you not going to the next round, I say train hard, sharpen your skills and do your best next time!" Naruto said form Hokage Tower.
The crowd roared. Toba along with them.
Off in a distant area near the Konoha gates. 3 hooded figures looked on.
" So…..Toba Uzumaki…." One figure said in a feminine voice.
" Sure, he's strong from what we've seen, but I don't think he's that important. I don't think we need him." Another figure said in a male tone.
" It doesn't matter what you want. It only matters what He wants." The last figure said in a male tone.
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Next Time.
Toba: Mom, Dad, I want to do this.
Miki: How will I ever know what I'm truly capable of if I turn this down.
Ami: Papa, please let me.
Toba: Next Time, Countdown To The Chuunin Exams!
Kato: 'Tou-san, 'Kaa-san, 'Jii-san, I promise I will make you proud.
More coming, My favorite review flavor is chocolate almond.