Chapter 15:

A/N: I would like to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter, as well as everyone how has followed and favorited this story.

Naruto's match against Neji in the chunin exams is something that he often thought about. While, at the time, he was a master with his mask he was able to beat Neji without showing off any new techniques, and rather his unusual tactics that he was known for. But there was a moment in time during that battle in which his mask almost slipped because he wanted nothing more than to beat Neji into next month.

Treating Hinata, someone he not only cared about but who was also innocent throughout their family affairs made his blood boil and Naruto never understood why Neji took it out on her instead of the clan heads.

Logically, Naruto knew that he should not fight Neji at full strength, the first and main reason being that it would blow his cover. But emotionally, he still couldn't shake the feeling that he should have done more to beat him, even if they were on better terms now and he had worked through his problems.

"Thanks for waiting everybody! The first match of the second round is a big match!" Naruto heard Present Mic announce. He wasn't sure how much more of that man and the crowd he could take before his ears would start bleeding.

"The man who won a huge victory in the first round and literally left the audience frozen-from the hero course, it's Todoroki Shoto! On the other hand, this guy barely made it past the first round! What kind of fight will he show us this time? From the hero course, it's Midoriya Izuku!"

Naruto sat forward in his seat, excited for the match to start. This fight would have a major impact on the two boys.

"Eh? Naruto? How long have you been here?" Iida asked. Naruto took his eyes off of the two boys for a second to glance at the class rep who was turned around in his seat and starring at him.

"Since my match ended." He told his classmate.

"Why have you been sitting back there the whole time? Come sit up here and join the class in our observations!"

Naruto considered his options for a second before reluctantly making his way forward and sitting next to the class rep.

"Start!" Present Mic yelled as soon as Naruto sat down. 'The fight has officially begun.' Naruto thought to himself as his eyes locked on the battle stage below him.

Todoroki wasted no time immediately sending an ice attack Izuku's way, which he countered by sacrificing a finger to shatter the whole things and send high winds over the crowd. Todoroki than made some ice behind him in order to prevent himself from getting blown out of grounds.

"Wow! Midoriya stopped Todoroki's attack!" Present Mic told everyone as the crowd started screaming.

Todoroki sent more ice Izuku's way which he stopped by breaking another finger. And the same thing happened again.

"Do you think Bakugou is right Uzumaki?" Kirishima asked Naruto, pulling him away from the match.

"Right about what?" Naruto asked the red-haired male.

"About this match being mainly about endurance."

"That is a possibility, but it would still be unclear who would win. Todoroki refuses to use his fire for more than melting his ice attacks, so he will stick to those. But we have only ever seen him use one or two ice attacks before he has already beaten an opponent. So it is hard to know just how much he can use before he runs out. Izuku can stop his ice attacks, but only for so long. He already has two injured fingers before the battle and has already injured three more, so he will only be able to stop the attack five more times before he runs out of fingers. If this fight is something that will come down to endurance, it is unclear who will win." Naruto told his classmates, before ignoring any further conversation and focusing on the fight happening below him.

Todoroki, knowing that his long-range attacks no longer worked, used an attack as a diversion as he made his way over to Midoriya to engage in close-range combat. The trick did work, as Midoriya almost got caught in the attack via his foot and sacrificed his arm in order to get out. Noticing that the two boys were talking to each other, Naruto put his skills to use and listened in on the conversation, blocking out all other noise.

"What, you're that beat up just from defending and running away? Sorry. Thanks Midoriya, that guy's face is clouded over thanks to you. With your arms like that you can't fight anymore, can you? Let's finish this." Todoroki said, before sending yet another ice attack Izuku's way.

"Todoroki keeps attacking with overwhelming power! Here comes the finishing ice attack!" Present Mic said.

Izuku counterattacked by injuring an already-broken finger in order to destroy the ice and cause Todoroki to set several iced walls behind himself in order to not be thrown off of the stage.

"You're trembling, Todoroki." Izuku told his opponent. "Quirks are physical abilities, too. There's a limit to how much cold your body can take, isn't there? And isn't that something you could solve by using the heat from your left side? Everyone's fighting with everything they've got. To win and bet closer to their dream. To become number one. You want to win with just half of your strength?! You haven't out a single scratch on me yet, you know! Come at me with everything you've got!"

"Midoriya what are you planning? Everything I've got? Did my damn old man buy you off or something? Now I'm angry!" Todoroki said before he rushed at his classmate. His movements slowed due to the frostbite his body was now fighting. Because of this, it allowed Izuku to read his attack and get a solid hit on Todoroki by using his quirk and punching him in the stomach. Todoroki was still able to get some ice on Izuku's arm though.

Todoroki sent another ice attack Izuku's way, albeit slower this time, allowing his classmate to dodge the attack. This game of cat and mouse continued for some time before Todoroki asked his classmate why he was going to such extreme lengths to beat him in battle.

"To live up to everyone's expectations! To be a cool hero! There's no way I can know all of your circumstances, or your resolve. But for you to become number one without giving it your all, to completely reject your father…right now, I think you should stop screwing around!" Midoriya said.

"Shut up…" Todoroki growled at his classmate.

"That's why I will win! I will surpass you!" Izuku yelled as he punched Todoroki in the stomach. "It's your power, isn't it?!" Izuku continued to yell at his classmate. These words seemed to resonate with Naruto's ice princess classmate as his eyes widened and a large-scale fire attack came from his left side.

"H…he used it." Iida muttered next to Naruto.

"Looks like Izuku finally knocked some sense into him." Naruto said, before turning around in his seat to face Sero. "After all, you can't accomplish what you want without giving it your all." Naruto told everyone but directed the statement at Sero. Sero looked shocked for a second, as if he didn't think Naruto would take his words to heart, before giving Naruto a nod, which he returned before turning back around in his seat and focusing on the battle.

His focus was cut off by Endeavors…enthusiastic scream of "Shoto!" before he went on to say, "Have you finally accepted yourself?! That's it! Good! It all starts from here for you! With my blood, you will surpass me…you will fulfill our desire!" He stated as he walked down the starts to lean over the battle arena. It also wasn't long before Naruto heard his ever so sarcastic and lazy boyfriend trying to keep his boss in check.

"Endeavor, please! Shoto is trying to focus on the battle at hand! You're getting too worked up over this! And don't say shit like that you don't know if that's his dream or not!" Shikamaru yelled at his boss.

"Endeavor suddenly shouts encouragement…? And his employee tries to calm him down I think?" Present Mic announced, confused, as everyone stared at the number two hero and his plus one-Shikamaru.

Focusing back on the battle, Naruto saw Todoroki prepare an ice attack, which disappointed him a little as he wanted to see a fire attack, but he had no room to be picky. He also saw Izuku starting up One For All in his legs to jump over Todoroki's ice attack. It was here that Cementoss called the match, as he got Midnights attention and started to make a barrier between the two boys. Midnight also activated her quirk, but neither of the boys stopped as Izuku moved One For All into his arm and attempted to punch Todoroki as the latter sent a fire attack his way.

Both attacks were intercepted by Cementoss but the walls he put up were destroyed by the attacks as debris and dust blew everywhere along with strong winds, knocking everyone back and almost blowing Midnight away.

"What happened just now? What the hell is up with your class?" Present Mic asked from the floor, as he was also knocked back by the attack.

"The air that had been cooled thoroughly was suddenly heated up and expanded." Aizawa explained.

"That's what created this explosion? Just how hot was that?! Hey, who won the match?" Present Mic asked, now sitting up correctly in his seat.

Once everyone was able to see again, Izuku could be seen passed out against one of the walls, out of bounds, as Todoroki starred at him with half of his uniform burnt off.

"M-Midoriya is out of bounds! Todoroki advances to the third round!" Midnight announced, as the crowd once again went wild, but soon quieted down as the all began to ponder Izuku's actions. Naruto didn't stick around for any conversation as he made his way down to get prepared for his fight against Iida.

"'You're in my way.' You're not going to say that?" Shikamaru heard the number two hero say. He was currently standing behind the man as they both started at the man's youngest son, who had burned off half of the upper part of his uniform. "You need to control your left side…if you continue to just let it all out, that would be extremely dangerous. But you have abandoned your childish tantrum and finally became the perfect upgrade of me." The man continued as he spread his arms out with a smile on his face.

Just as Shikamaru was about to reprimand his boss for what felt like the hundredth time today, he heard the youngest Todoroki speak up.

"There's no way I can abandon anything. It's not something that can be so easily reversed. It's just back than…for that one moment I completely forgot about you. Whether that's a good or bad thing, correct or not, I need to think about it." Shoto told his father before beginning to walk away.

"What your father is trying to say, Todoroki-san," Shikamaru spoke up, talking to the teen his age before he completely walked away, "is that now, because you are beginning to use your fire, he would like to offer to train you as someone who has mastered the power. How often you use the power is up to you, but you have acknowledged that you need the power in order to defeat enemies that are stronger than you. He just wants to help you make sure that when you decided to use that power, you have the ability to control it and use it correctly. We are not here to pressure you into interning with the agency, we are merely sending you a sales pitch. If you accept or not is completely your decision. Consider the offer, Todoroki-san." Once Shikamaru finished speaking he quickly guided his boss out of the room and back up to the stands to prevent him from saying anything that would make the situation between the two family members even worse.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, we are back in business!" Present Mic announced into the speakers that had somehow managed to not break yet from how loud the pro-hero was being. "In this next match, we have the average hero-course student that has somehow made it this far, Uzumaki Naruto!" He announced as Naruto walked onto the stage, with polite cheering from the class.

"Next we have a classmate of Uzumaki's, he also seems pretty average but is faster than the blink of an eye, it's Iida Tenya!" Present mic said to introduce Iida, as he also made his way onto the stage, a determined look on his face.

"I hope you know, Naruto, even though we are classmates I will not be going easy on you. I am here to win." Iida said to Naruto, who opted to just nod in response as he tried not to laugh at the serious tone in Iida's voice. 'I mean, come on! Who takes a sports festival this seriously?' Naruto thought to himself. 'No wait, apparently, my whole class does.' He added on as an afterthought.

"Start!" Midnight yelled, and Iida wasted no time rushing towards Naruto, probably in hopes to push him out of bounds. Naruto, however, stood completely still, with a relaxed stance.

"And the match has officially started! Iida wastes no time running towards his classmate, who stands still and looks bored! What is going on with Uzumaki? Does he even want to win?" Present Mic told everyone.

Naruto continued to wait just a couple more seconds, ignoring what his English teacher said, and waited for Iida's attempt to grab him, before grabbing Iida's outstretched arm and flipping the boy's body over his shoulder, and then rushing towards the middle of the arena at a speed that rivals Iida.

"Woah! Apparently Uzumaki has some more tricks up his sleeve! He's speedy! If you folks didn't catch that, Uzumaki stopped his classmate by flipping him over his shoulder before running to the center of the stage at a speed that's as fast as Iida's! How is he able to do all of this?! It's almost like he has multiple quirks!" Present mic yelled into the microphone, which also had yet to break.

"Uzumaki has an energy manipulation quirk, which explains how he was able to alter the ground in his previous match, as well as how he is able to enhance his body in certain ways like through the speed and strength that have been demonstrated so far in this battle." Aizawa's lazy and uncaring voice came over the speakers. Naruto was honestly surprised that his teacher was even paying attention to his battle, let alone adding his own commentary about it. He thought that his teacher would have fallen asleep by now

"Now Iida, you didn't think it would be that easy, did you?" Naruto asked his classmate, teasing him as he held a smirk on his face.

"I will admit that I did not know what to expect going into this match Naruto. However, I am glad that you are giving me a challenge! I will prevail!" Iida announced as he stood up and began to rush at his classmate again.

"Just because it worked the first time doesn't mean it will the second! You could get some serious long-range attacks with a quirk like that if you thought outside of the box, Iida!" Naruto said before he began running himself, right towards the edge of the stage where the little white line was that marked the bounds. Naruto made sure that Iida was using his full speed to race towards him, and that he wasn't too far in front of his classmate. He then placed his foot right before the white line and used the speed he had to do a backflip to the side.

While Naruto had the skill to pull this off, Iida did not, unfortunately. So, Naruto watched as his classmate desperately tried to stop himself, to no prevail as he slid right outside of the stage, and out of bounds, crashing into the wall.

Everyone went quiet, trying to process what happened, before Midnight raised her whip and said, "Iida is out of bounds, Uzumaki advances to the next round!"

"Alright folks, using Iida's own quirk against himself, Uzumaki was able to lure Iida towards the side of the stage and moved out of the way to prevent himself from running out of bounds! I mean just look at that acrobatics! Iida was not as lucky as he was unable to stop himself in time and slid out of bounds! Maybe he's not as average as we all thought!" Present Mic enthusiastically told everyone.

Naruto missed the angry and defeated look on his classmates face when he punched the ground, as Naruto quickly made his way back into the tunnel in which he emerged from, trying to avoid the screaming that the crowd was doing.

Naruto made it back to the seats where the rest of his class was just before the next match began.

"Hey man, congratulations on your win." Sero told him as he took a seat next to Kirishima.

"Thanks Sero." Naruto told him, throwing a genuine smile his way, which was reciprocated.

"Yeah Naruto! That wasn't the manliest match, but it was still fun to see you show off your skill like that! You're gonna have to teach me how to do that flip sometime!" Kirishima exclaimed as he clenched his fist in manliness with stars in his eyes, further convincing Naruto that Kirishima was the Rock Lee of this world. He did chuckle sheepishly while throwing a hand behind his back before telling his classmate that yes, he would teach him the flip sometime. Any further conversation was cut off by Midnights "Start!" as everyone payed attention to the next two classmates facing off. This round it was Tokoyami and Ashido.

Tokoyami wasted no time when the match started to send Dark Shadow Ashido's way. She tried to stop the shadow demon by releasing acid from her hands and shooting it at the demon, but it passed right through the shadows body. Ashido quickly stopped her attacks once she realized that it wouldn't work on her opponent and switched to skillfully dodging the demon, but eventually backed up too far and stepped out of bounds, giving the match to Tokoyami.

Another assault on Naruto's ears was led by the crowd. It appeared that his ears were starting to take damage as a small ringing noise could be heard for a few minutes after the crowd had calmed down, leading Naruto to ask Iida to repeat everything he just said, as the boy had made it back sometime during the match and was trying to talk to him.

"I said that I just wanted to thank you for giving me a challenge and exploiting my weakness to me. I will work harder on my reaction time and try to come up with ways to stop myself quicker at higher speeds. I would also like to thank you for giving me a worthy match, but I fail to see how I could make long-range attacks with my quirk, unless I had a weapon of some sort." The class rep told him.

"Oh, uh, no problem, I guess. And did I not say think outside the box? I can meet up with you later and brainstorm ideas for long-range attacks if you want me to." Naruto said.

"That would be very much appreciated, thank you for your help!" Iida said, as he did his signature hand movements before turning back around in his seat and ending the conversation.

The next match was Bakugou against Kirishima, who, thanks to his hardening, was immune to Bakugou's explosions. So, Bakugou resorted to dodging Kirishima's attacks until his quirk started to wear out, which allowed Bakugou to set off a series of explosions and knock Kirishima out resorting in his victory, to Tetsutetsu's dismay as Naruto could hear his complaints over the crowds yelling.

It wasn't long after that match ended that Izuku came back, to his classmates dismay. He declared that he wanted to watch properly, which quickly shut his classmates up to Naruto's confusion. But didn't have time to ponder on the thought as he left to get ready to face off against Todoroki.

"Start!" Midnight yelled, and Naruto's classmate wasted no time sending two ice attacks his way, forcing him to either face his classmate head on, or walk out of bounds. Naruto simply looked at his classmate, scoffed, and then sent a punch to each wall of ice, effectively destroying it.

"Unlike your previous competitor, my fingers won't break destroying your ice. Send all the ice attacks my way that you want, it wont work." Naruto told Todoroki, who now had a scowl on his face and appeared to be thinking about his next move.

It seemed that it only took a couple of seconds for his classmate to reach a decision as Todoroki began running towards Naruto in an effort to have a hands-on battle. Naruto complied, but resorted himself to strictly dodging Todoroki's attacks as he tried to figure out how to force his classmate to use his flames again, wanting to make sure that the last time was not a fluke. 'Earth style attacks won't work, he can just counter with his ice, and the same goes for ice style attacks. I shouldn't use fire because that's what I'm trying to get him to use, so that leaves water. He could counter with his ice but if he does, I can just make the next attack bigger so even if he did use his ice, it wouldn't stop the attack and he would be forced to use his fire to get rid of the water.'

Nodding his head, as if to confirm to himself that this was the plan of action that he was going to take, Naruto used his speed to back up from Todoroki before bringing his hands together in order to make the proper hand signals before saying, "Water Style: Water Dragon Missile!" which sent a giant water dragon Todoroki's way, stretching as high as the arena that they were in would go. Todoroki could potentially use his ice to counter, but that would soak the audience behind them and leave Todoroki drained from such a large-scale ice attack. So either way it would work in Naruto's favor. It seems that his classmate had also reached the same conclusion as he released his flames, causing the water to evaporate as well as creating a cloud of smoke between the two.

Todoroki used the smoke as camouflage and ran towards his classmate. Naruto allowed the attack to take him by 'surprise' as he had already gotten what he wanted out of his fight. He forced himself to have a late reaction time, allowing Todoroki to use his ice on him and completely cover his body in ice, excluding his head.

Once the smoke cleared and everyone could see the battle stage again, Midnight raised her whip and said, "Uzumaki is immobilized. Todoroki advances to the next round!"

Naruto's ears were forced to take on another attack full force as Todoroki took his time getting the ice off of his classmate, which resulted in Naruto's ears ringing for a few more minutes after the crowd had calmed down. He thought he was getting partially deaf from all of the noise today as he didn't hear Present Mic announce anything after Aizawa had spoken.

The next match was between Bakugou and Tokoyami. Bakugou, who seemed to figure out Dark Shadow's weakness after attacking with is explosions after a couple of times, was able to set off a giant explosion, releasing so much light that Dark Shadow was unable to protect him and Tokoyami, allowing Bakugou to hold down Tokoyami by his face as he left off constant explosions with his other hand, preventing Dark Shadow from attacking. Tokoyami ended up forfeiting allowing Bakugou to face off against Todoroki in the final match.

"It's finally the final fight of the U.A. sports festival! The top of the first years will be decided with this one match! From the hero course, Todoroki Shoto! Versus, also from the hero course, Bakugou Katsuki!" Announced Present Mic.

"Start!" Midnight yelled, and Bakugou was immediately faced with dozens of ice attacks, which he was able to avoid by smashing them with his explosions, before sending a giant wall of ice Bakugou's way, which he broke out of by setting off various explosions. He then jumped out of the ice and attempted to throw his opponent of of bounds, but Todoroki created an ice wall to prevent that from happening. Bakugou jumped at Todoroki again, but Todoroki caught his arm with his left hand. It seemed like Todoroki was going to use his flames against him but decided against it as he threw Bakugou away from him.

'Hey gaki, why isn't he using his flames? He would have won if he had done that.' Asked an ever so familiar voice in Naruto's head.

'Well, Kurama, trauma like the one Todoroki faced is not something that he can get over in just a second. When fighting Midoriya, Todoroki wanted to prove that he could beat him as he believes Midoriya to have a blood connection to All Might. When Midoriya spoke to him, his words resonated with Todoroki and allowed him to momentarily forget the stigma he had created around his flames and used them to win. When he fought me, he wanted to prove that he could beat me at what he thought was my full strength, so he also fought with his full strength, but that was mainly because of what happened in his previous match. In this fight, it's just so he can win the sports festival, which was important to him earlier but with everything that has happened to him today, it probably doesn't mean as much anymore. This fight just doesn't have the same significance as his previous battles. And because he is still trying to come to terms with his left side, and through that his trauma, he doesn't have the same thoughtless actions when using it. Coming to terms with that will take more than a day and he will still probably only use it when it is really needed, and he just doesn't see the need to use it in this fight.' Naruto explained to his fox companion.

'Wow kit, who thought anyone would see the day when you not only acknowledged mental illness, but also deciphered it. I have to say I'm proud of your growth.' Kurama said as he wiped away the crocodile tears that were running down his face.

'Shut up you oversized cat and stop exaggerating, I've always been like this.' Naruto huffed, but blushed from the compliment that was hidden through the fox's actions.

'Aww is someone blushing?' Kurama said, looking to tease Naruto further. But Naruto could not respond before he was shaken out of his thoughts by Izuku yelling, "Todoroki don't lose! Do your best!"

It did seem to work, as Todoroki used his left side and Bakugou began to make his way towards him from the air. But it seemed that Izuku's words didn't have the same impact as before as Todoroki put out his flames just before Bakugou attacked and used his ice instead. But Todoroki was knocked unconscious from Bakugou's attack as well as out of bounds.

Bakugou, who was refusing to accept his victory without fighting Todoroki at his full strength, started to shake his opponent and demand that he use his flames, but Midnight was quick to knock him out and then declare that Bakugou was the winner.

"The winner of this year's sports festival is from Class-A, Bakugou Katsuki!" Present Mic announced and another attack from the crowd was lead onto Naruto's ears.

"All of the first-year events for this year's U.A. sports festival have been completed. And now, we will begin the award ceremony!" Midnight announced, as fireworks and confetti cannons were set off, and three elevated platforms were created behind the pro hero by Cementoss. Bakugou stood in the number one spot, in restraints that he struggled against, still upset with his win. Todoroki stood in the second spot, his face unreadable, and Tokoyami stood in the third spot, his expression the same as Todoroki's.

All Might than came out to give the metals to each of the students, struggling with an angry Bakugou, before the sports festival was officially over.

With the festival officially over, Naruto was walking back to class with Sero and Kaminari, who were both talking about how they were going to train "Plus Ultra!" from now on and definitely win the next sports festival. Before Naruto could tease the two boys by asking how long the motivation would last, he sensed an ever-calming presence behind him, followed by the words "Do you have a minute Naruto? I want to Congratulate you on your win today."

Knowing by the tone in his voice, which sounded the same as always but being his boyfriend Naruto could tell something was wrong, he and his two friends turned around to be greeted by the sight of Shikamaru smoking a cigarette. To most the fellow teen would have looked relaxed, but by the way that Shikamaru had tilted his head, as well as how his eyes did not remove themselves from Naruto's, he could tell that his boyfriend was pissed at him. And if he had to guess, it was probably because he broke the low-profile rule that everyone had agreed on and got himself fourth place in the festival.

"Hey your Shikamaru right? Man it's been a hot minute, what's been up with you?" Kaminari asked as he greeted the boy in front of them.

"I know I just saw you a couple weeks ago but it's good to see you again Shikamaru." Sero greeted.

"Of course," Naruto said, answering Shikamaru's question as his fellow shinobi ignored the two other boys before turning to his two classmates, "You two can go on ahead without me, I'll catch up in a second." He said, before walking away with Shikamaru, only to be stopped a couple of seconds later by Kaminari's outburst.

"Hey wait a minute! I was wondering how you were able to get in but now I figured it out! You work for Endeavor, don't you? You actually got the job?! You're close enough to him to yell at him and tell him off on live T.V. and in front of a large crowd?!"

"I help the Endeavor agency analyze villain and vigilante fighting styles as well as Endeavor's fighting style and other pro-heroes that work there in order to aid them and help them take down their enemies. I need to have Endeavors trust, and him mine in order to work smoothly with him. The same goes for the other employees at the agency. So yes, I am that close to him. Besides, I help him correct his fighting style and help in train so he is used to me yelling at him by now." Shikamaru said in an uncaring tone that could rival Aizawa's before grabbing hold of Naruto's upper arm and dragging him into an empty room.

The two boys stared at each other in silence for a couple minutes before Shikamaru finally decided that he should be the one to break it. "I trust you know why I brought you here?" He asked, not bothering to hide his anger anymore.

"Yes, but you know why I did it Shikamaru, it had to be done, and as soon as it was, I stopped and dropped out." Naruto said in a half-assed attempt to defend himself.

"Oh I know why you did it but it is still something that put the mission in danger. Naruto, it wasn't life or death, and they have the resources for mental health here that we don't. Plus, Midoriya was already helping him. It wasn't something that had to be done. As much as you hate to admit it, we both know that you are getting attached to the people here. And that's fine to a certain extent but be careful about who it is and how far it goes." Shikamaru said, scolding him.

Naruto glanced down at the ground, understanding what Shikamaru said and agreeing with the man before he heard his voice again. "That said, I do agree with what you did. Yes, Midoriya did give him the first push but you made sure that the ball kept rolling. But, Jiraiya and Haru won't be pleased, and the Hokage will be pissed so be ready for that. But you did good." He said, before walking over to ruffle Naruto's hair before exciting the room.

Naruto stared at the door where Shikamaru had just left, dumbstruck by what he had just said. He would have never thought that Shikamaru would say that. The ringing of the bell signaling that class was about to start shook Naruto out of his trance as he made his way to his class.

"Good work. So there will be no school tomorrow or the day after. I'm sure the pro heroes who watched the sports festival will want to recruit you, but we'll consolidate everything and announce it when you get back. So rest well and look forward to that." Aizawa announced in his usual, full of joy way (read: extremely uncaring), before dismissing the class for their mini break.

Ans with that, Naruto prepared himself for the yelling that would happen as soon as he stepped foot into his apartment.

A/N: So what did you all think of this chapter? Shikamaru continues to try to help out with the Todoroki family. Naruto exposes more of his power to the delight of his classmates, but Shikamaru and the other shinobi do not feel the same way about this. The Stain arc is coming up next so more interaction with the LOV will be coming up. Continue to tell me your thoughts on who Naruto should do his internship with and what he should do during the battle with Stain, as well as what you thought about the various events that took place in today's chapter.