Ahhh Yeah. It's quite some time isn't it. I guess I own my youthfull readers an explanation. Ya know in my first chapter I describet myself as almost 18. Now I'm 18 I needed quite some time to celebrate this event. I want also a result of my poll and needed time to write my first real action scene in this story. Hope you like it.
The white storm of Konoha
Chapter five – Sasukes task
"Ahh" yawned Naruto as he stood up eary in the morning.
I know, Naruto and early are some wors never being used in the same sentence without negation. But our number one hyperactive ninja was so exited of this day that he could only barely sleep. Today was the day of the prelims.
Naruto goes to the bathroom and made him ready for the day (I'm not going into detail because it's not nessasary and the fic is stil rated T ). After spliiping in his trowsers and shirt e made himself some brakfast which was surprisingly not Ramen but considered of an large omelette with cheese and tomatos and some baken. Yeah, yeah, this two weeks matured our Naruto.
If you really beleave that I'll sell you a second-hand car.
Keyword is Jiraiya. He took all of Narutos instant-Ramen and threatened to burn it if he eat any of this stuff before the prelims. You see, Naruto was forced to eat more or less healthy food. But still, Naruto seemed to like the idea of making his own food. Maybe he would keeping this habit.
As he was ready eating, or more inhaling his food he went outside to run a flew labs around the bloks and do some streching to warm up his muscles. Nothing to sweat or anything like that. After that little session he put on his geare. Kunai and Shuriken-puch same as Explosive-, smoke- and blind-tags. Ninja-wire and the whole programme. He looked at himself in his mirror. Not the coolest thing around what he wears. Black Ninja-bots and black trowsers and beige shirt with an net-undershirt slightlylonger then his shirt. It was definatly better then his old orange outfit.
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU
"Naruto let's call it a day. You#ve enough trained for this time."
"Kay sensai."
"But do me a favor…"
"Not the Orioke no Jutsu."
"No not this Jutsu. Maybe anothertime. But you should get ride of this ridicules orange jumpsuites."
"The shopkeepers wouldn't sell me any other clothes." Complained Naruto.
"What are you? Wimp or a Ninja? Be creative."
A so does Naruto. With a simple Henge no Jutsu he walked in the next shop and ordered his new outfit. In front of him a smiling seller. Aruto didn't know to either jump for happiness or crying about what shop-keepers would do to him if they would know it was Naruto standing in front of them.
FLASHBACK END
Out of an sudden mood he wrapped his hitai ate around his arm instead of his forehead. Back to the mirror he glared at his own head. He looked different without the whiskers-marks and threw his two-week training he lost some baby-fat. Not all but he looks deffinatly slimmer. His new head seemed him to remid him of somewhat. But he couldn't put his finger on it. He stepped away from the mirro grinning. Not his stupid grin but an honest hapy grin. He had decided more then one week ago to never put his mask of stupidy back. He would be Naruto from now on and just Naruto. Not some vessel or dead-least. Just Naruto.
But now it was time to kick some ass.
It's as I said. Just Naruto.
Ahh, there was it. Naruto took a nosefull of the fresh aire It smelled like tesion, like battle. The fighting place of the prelims was something beetweene a stadium and an arena. Littlebit smaller than the arena of the finals with less seats for spectators. But at this time Naruto didn't know that.
He only realised that there were three ranks. One for the Hokage, the fire-daymio and his wife, theire nearest staff members, Jiraiya and some ANBU for protection. One for Ninja, mostly Jounin and Chounin from Konoha and the Jounin Sensais of the other villiages. The teams who loosed the second exam were there as well. One for other above average earners like salesmen, minor politicans and others. And laste and poorly least (it was very small and cramped) the rank of the six teams which participated at this exam.
They stand in lines of three. Six lines, each for every team which was namely Konoha team seven till ten, the sand team and the sound team.
You want to know why Kabutos didn't get the second exam. Yeah let me just say. That Kabuto searched in the entire forrest for an marked uchiha who wasn't marked in reality und was allready in the tower. And don't let me tell you to much, he forgot the time a littlebit. And last but not least
I TOLD YOU ALLREADY I'M THE FUCKING AUTHOR AND IF I DIDN'T LIKE THE GUY IT'S Evil grinn
(And I guess it's clear now why this fic was rated as T )
After some inspiring words from the Hokage and the Fire-daymio (Ya know the whole bla bla and this two times).
A very healthy looking guy (lye, lye) begann to explain the rules of the prelimes. After the second repeat and the thousendst breacke threw coughing the wanna-be-chounins lost theire focus and began to use theire time wise.
Cough
Cough
Cough
"Hey Sakura. You cut youre hair short!"
Cough
"Yeah, Kakashi told me to take my ninja career siriously. So I cut it as a signfor him that I took his words to my hearth. It's more important to me to be a good Ninja then to be beautifull."
"Excuse me but I must say if anything you look more beautifull then less. The new haircut fits you. I was just surprised."
Cough
"The same thing I could say about you Mr. Kill-me-I-have-an-orange-jumpsuite. And now that I see it, whats about your whiskers-marks."
Cough
Cough
Cough
Cough
"Oh thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat." He elongates the last word to buy himself time.
Cough
Cough
'A lye, I need a lye and a good one too. Wait, I've acted rather dense in the past. Maybe that could working.'
Cough
"Ya know, it was an rather silly prank with an edding."
Cough
Cough
"I didn't even get the prank. This is surely the lamest prank I've ever heared."
Cough
"Yeah. That's why I washed them our it's out with them."
Cough
"OUT WITH THE PRANKS !?" almost cryed an furious Sakura
'Ok, who is this?" thought Sakura
'And what has he done with Naruto?' addet inner Sakura.
"No, with the lame ones?" chuckled Naruto.
Cough
Sakura regained her breath. Everything was allright.
Cough
"Argh, A kindom for a cough drop."
Finally the proctor decided to beginn the drawing of the fights. Ames beginn to rotate on the giant scorebord. Since…
"First fight: Shino Aburame vs. Konkuro no Sabaku"
(I keep the unimportant fights short because Naruto is our mainchar and ya know I'm the author )
For Narutos point of view the fight was rather uninteresting. Konkuros puppet cut bug-clone after bug-clone in little pieces.
"Sensai, how did Kankuro control his puppet?" asked Naruto.
Kakashi and some other of the Jounin-sensais decided to join their teams in the fourth rank.
"With chakra-strings. You can't see them because theire made out of chakra."
"Oh chakra-strings are made out of chakra. Have to keep that in mind?" said Naruto less sarcasticly and more amused. Kakashi gave him his famus eye-smile.
"But why can I see them now."
He was right. Suddenly the invisible strings of chakra went black and begann to collapse.
"I guess Shino eat his Chakra strings away with his bugs. This guy has quite some talent."
In the area Konkuro begann to sweat. His only weapon seemed useless and out of his range and now this Shino-guy, the real one this time this was for sure, begann to form a massive cloud out of his chakra eating bugs. He wanted to use his flamethrower know but he couldn't because it was in his puppet.
"Proctor: I forfait."
"Winner: Shino Aburame!" , yelled said man.
One look on the scoreboard later.
"Next match: Sakura Haruno vs. Ino Yakamura"
"Good luck Sakura-chan." Said Naruto.
First Sakura glanced to Sasuke who only brooded and gave her a 'Hn'.
"Thx Naruto." She said carefully before jumping down to the ring.
"I will not loose to you Ino."
"Neither will I forehead-girl."
"Hrmpf"
And the battle begun.
It was an fight with less more then the basics but not less impressive. The pace Sakura and Ino fight with Bunshins and kawamiri was impressive. Neither of the jounin could say after a while which one was the real and which the false Konoichi. Well except kakashi but he was reading his book.
Suddenly the real Ino and sakura clashed together with their Kunai and looked each other deep in the eys.
"It's over now" yelled Ino and showed akura the wire in which she was trapped. "I have you where I want you." She yelled another time and made the nessecary seals for her Shintenshien no Jutsu.
Suddenly all went dark around her.
It seemed like years for her till she get back to her body. An grinning Sakura both her with an Kunai stabing lighty in her neck.
"How…?" she asked breathless.
"Here's looking at you, Ino. It was a simple Genjutsu that mmade you try to change your mind with one of my clones." Grinned Sakura.
"Winner: Sakura Haruno."
„Next match: Temari no Sabaku vs. Tenten"
(I skip this fight because it's the same as before)
"Next match: Kin Tsuchi vs. Shikamaru ara."
(same )
"Next match: Zaku Abumi vs. Kiba Inuzuka."
(same)
(Hah, just kidding )
"I've heared how you fight. And I guess if I avoid your blast you're easy to beat." Said Kiba confidently,e gave Akamaru his soldier-pill and his fure changed to an red-brown tone.
"And I've heard of you Inuzukas with your enhanced senses. It doesn't make any different if you avoid my attacks." He started his blast and Kiba avoided it as said but he begann to howl and fell to the ground.
"Sadly sound is everywhere." Explained Zaku.
Sakura didn't know whats happening and wanted to ask kakashi but unexpacted to her he was kneeing on the flore, more surpringsingly Naruto lied at his side. Both stickung fingers wide into their ears.
"Naruto, Kakashi-sensai…" yelled Satura panickly.
"Didn't you here that sound?" asked Naruto painfully.
'Sometimes I hate these enhanced senses. Damed fox. Luckily he is gone otherwise I would kill him for that.'
After a few minutes Naruto was okay.
Unnessesary to say
"Winner: Zaku Abumi."
„Next match: Neji Hyuga vs. Hinata Hyuga."
(Same and pissed Naruto of)
„Next match: Gaara no sabaku vs. Rock Lee."
(Same and pissed Naruto really of)
„Next match:Dosu Kinuta vs. Chouji Akamichi."
(same, sorry guys but here comes the fight you waited long fore )
The situation in the audience was quite interessting. Some smirked, some sweated. Some has counted the names and knew wich fight would be the last one. Some were still curious.
In the fourth rank Naruto begann to grinn. This wont be easy but he wouldn#t want to have it like that. He watshed the scorebord to ensure it wasn't just a dream. But their it stand in bright and big letters.
Hayate Gecko coughted another time and yelled with slightly stronger voice.
"Last match: Ushiha Sasuke vs. Uzumaki Naruto."
Both, Naruto and Sasuke nodded and smirked at each other while jumping in the arena.
Sasuke turned his Sharingan on immediantly.
"Oh, te mighty Doujutsu. I'm honored."
"Shut up dope. I didn't think of you as equeal. I will only show you your place as dirt an my shoes."
Silence.
"Hn…!?"
"What is teme?"
"Not a singly smart answere?"
"Whats your problem?"
Sweatdrop from half of the audience.
"Ok, ok. How's about: less speaking, more fighting."
"Very good idea." Said Sasuke and charged at Naruto with amazing speed and began the match with Taijutsu.
Some minutes later it was clear that the style, speed and strength of both were allmost equal. Naruto dodged most hits while Sasuke blocked. Sddenly same shiha changed his style and was winning ground. Half a minute and a cruel kick later naruto was flying a few yards bachwards.
"If your own style isn't good enough you steal it just from an other Shinobi. It's pathetic to copy fuzzy-brows style." Muttered Naruto.
"I'll show you which one of us is pathetic when you're lying blody on the flore."
"We'll see." Said Naruto and created three Kage-bunshins to fight sasuke back. Named one destroyed all clones in less then five minutes but not without getting some strong strikes in his gut. He flic-flaced a few yards away from naruto and launched a handfull of Shuriken at him. Naruto dodged them all. And launched his own Kunai at asuke.
"Only one, how amusing."
"Shut up teme and take this: Shuriken Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu." And to the first Kunai launching at sasuke paired over 50 others.
Sasuke paniced, but the hell he would show anyone. He produced a Katon Goukakyu no Jutsu and melted the majority away but two Kunai embed themselves in his flesh. He ignored the pain like his fangirls.
"Take this dope: Katon osenka no Jutsu." Screamed a furious Sasuke and produced several fireballs at Naruto who dodged all of theme and even the shuriken which where hidden by the flames, but suddenly he couldn't move annymore.
"Shit, Ninja wire."
"Right teme, while you were dodging my Shuriken you ensnarl yourself in the wire I put on them. Now face your end. Katon Ryuka no Jutsu."
A very hot fire was now running along the wire straight to Naruto and engulfed him to flames.
"It's over dope. You have third-decree burnings all over the body at minnimum." Panted Sasuke as the flames died down slowly.
All the Jutsus and the use of his Sharingan hat burned him out. He deactivated his Sharingan and waited to be declared as the winner.
But hayate didn't. And out of the fire a voice boomed.
"This fights keeps as long as say it keeps." A a figure steped out of the fire looking like something beetweene a burned steack and an english steak. Bloody if you don't know what I meen.
But know it happened. Naruto begann to heal infront of the audience. The burns were healing, the wounds closed and the skin repaired itself.
"How could that be possible." Stammered sasuke.
"Said the guy with the blood-red eyes. Meet my new Kekai-genkai. I discovered it just two weeks ago."
'Just a half lye I guess.'
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU
Two weeks ago, after Jiraiyas test:
Jiraiya made quick handseals and his palms began to glow yellow. Hit punched Naruto in his stomach.
"That's calld a gravity-seal. Level ten to be accurate. Try to move with it, tomorrow you have to and I wont release it till the prelims."
Naruto made two mental notes as he crashed to the ground.
Training torture
Senseis slavedrivers
But the toad-sannin wasn't done yet.
"Where are your wounds?"
"Which wounds?"
"The wounds of the two Kunai I launched you four inches in your leg."
Jiraiya seemed to be lost in his thought a short while. But he gets a super idea from that. he grapped another Kunai stick it in Narutos leg as far es he could. He ignored the scream but onserved the wound interested. It healed immidiantly with a soft glow of chakra.
"It seemed fureball has leaved you another gift." he grinned.
Naruto grinned.
Sasuke switched his Sharingan on another time.
Both charged at each other.
"Fuuton tenkun-danan no jutsu (Wind release: Airbullet jutsu)." yelled Naruto and a bullet of compressed air was launched at Sasuke.
The sharingan-user launched another fireball at the windbullet, negate it but ignored the fact effectivly that his haringan fainted because of his low chakra capazety, and sprinted after Naruto which produced five Kage Bunshins. He was panting but not nearly exhausted. He has three-quarter of his total chakra left but wont win this match threw stamina.
Sasuke roundhousekicked all six narutos and all puffed into nothing but smoke.
Not knowing that Naruto produced a sixth kage Bunshin right in front of him to make it look like he was the hitted Clone, sasuke searched the field for his opponed.
'Right'
'Left'
'Front'
'Behind'
'Above'
"Below." screamed naruto and endet his Donton Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu as he embedded sasuke to his shoulders in the sand of the stadium.
"guess I win Teme."
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This shouldn't be possible. I'm an avanger. I must revenge my family. Must kill my brother. I need nobody to be the strongest. I'm an avanger..."
Some in the audience doubt sasuke to be sane at this moment till...
Naruto slapped the Ushiha. And it was a real bitch-slap. That brings Sasuke back to the real world.
"Hey Teme. Three things. One: If you're keeping on that avanger thing and do everything for power you'll end up very simmilar to your brother."
"Two: I don't believe your family would like to see you wasting your live for people who are dead now. You have a task indeed. You must not only live for you and your revenge. You must live for those you lost, too. Become as strong as you can and become as happy as you can. Not only for you, for all youve lost."
"Three: Haku, a shield merely older then us und stronger than Kakashi told me to have people to protect to love make you stronger then any training could make you. Use this advantage about Itachi. You have friends. he has nobody without himself. We can help you."
Naruto released a shocked Ushiha from his Jutsu and offer his hand to him.
Slowly releasing from his shock he glared at the offered hand and finally shake it.
"Winner: Uzumaki Naruto." decleared Hayata without coughing.
At first. silence.
Then: clapping from the Jounin.
Clapping from the Chounin.
Clapping from the genin.
Clapping from everyone.
Thunderous applaus.
In berlin its 01:55 in the morning. To tired to view over the grammar and stuff.
Look into my eyes,
look into my eyes,
the eyes,
the eyes,
not around the eyes,
don't look around the eyes,
look into my eyes,
you're under!
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Chapter six - Hayates rescue