The next day, Team Ebisu arrived at the arena and it was packed. They saw ninjas from villages they had never even heard of. "Wow, this is a lot of people." Konohamaru commented. "Are you scared Konohamaru?" Moegi asked with a smile. "No. I feel confident." Konohamaru said sternly. The three Genin left in the tournament had been informed of the arrangements for the day's fight, so they didn't have to be called to know to be down in the arena. When Konohamaru went down, he saw the Cloud Genin Jishaku and glared at him. "Today's match will be between Konohamaru Sarutobi of the Leaf Village, and Jishaku Boufuu of the Cloud Village!" The proctor announced. The crowd cheered when both names were called. "Are you two aware of the rules?" The proctor asked. Konohamaru nodded and looked at Jishaku, who was still staring back at Konohamaru. Konohamau noticed how tall the ninja was. Konohamaru wasn't short, but the ninja was almost an entire foot taller than him. "Good. Shake hands and take five steps in opposite directions." The proctor instructed. Both Genin hesitated, but they finally shook hands and took their steps. "Good luck to both of you! Let the match begin!" The proctor announced. The crowd went wild. Jumping up and down in their seats. This caused Konohamaru to get excited as well. "It's payback time." Konohamaru stated with a smile.
Konohamaru ran full speed at Jishaku and attempted to punch him in the face. Jishaku deflected Konohamaru's attack. While Jishaku was deflecting Konohamaru's attack, Konohamaru felt a tiny jolt of electricity go through his body. "Lightning Style: Polarization Jutsu!" Jishaku said quietly. Konohamaru jumped back and didn't notice anything at first, but then he saw that the metal rings that were attached to Jishaku's ears pointed at Konohamaru. "That can't be good." Konohamaru thought. Jishaku then threw two kunai at Konohamaru. Konohamaru was about to jump to dodge them, but then Konohamaru remembered the fight in the Desert Basin. Konohamaru took out a kunai and tried to deflect the two coming at him, but he quickly realized that this was a dumb idea, because his kunai began trying to kill him too. "I'm gonna have to catch them." Konohamaru thought. Konohamaru caught one of the kunai with his right hand, another with his left hand, and his own with his teeth. It took Konohamaru only three seconds to realize the error he had just made. By catching the kunai that were thrown at him, he was unable to use jutsu for the moment because the kunai handles were stuck to the palms of his hands. He was unable to use any weapons because they would only backfire on him. When Konohamaru realized all of this, Jishaku smiled big then attacked Konohamaru. Jishaku ran at high speed and kicked Konohamaru in the chest. This sent Konohamaru to the ground. Jishaku took out three shuriken and just let go of them. They instantly flew toward Konohamaru's face. Thinking quickly, Konohamaru rolled over when the shuriken came close to his face. They stuck in the ground and stayed there. Konohamaru then got up and began kicking and punching Jishaku. Jishaku then pulled a kunai out with a paper bomb attached and smiled. "Crap!" Konohamaru thought as he started running. Jishaku let go of the kunai and it flew toward Konohamaru. Konohamaru ran and hid behind a tree. The kunai hit the tree and exploded.
The explosion was big and spread fire to the other trees. When the smoke cleared Konohamaru crawled out of the ashes. He noticed that the kunai were no longer stuck to him anymore. He also noticed that the crowd was cheering loudly. "Come on! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Konohamaru said. Konohamaru created one clone of himself and it ran to attack Jishaku. The clone began to hit Jishaku, and again Jishaku used the jutsu. This time, the clone's fist became stuck to Jishaku's chest plate. Jishaku began to beat the crap out of the clone. Before the clone disappeared, Jishaku's earrings stopped pointing at the clone. This knowledge was then transferred to the original. "That must be how he knows that the jutsu is still in effect. The rings are metal and so they point at the magnetized object. That may give me an advantage." Konohamaru thought. Konohamaru then created another clone to attack Jishaku. This clone threw four kunai at Jishaku. Jishaku grabbed a kunai and threw it in a random direction. The four kunai that the clone threw followed Jishaku's kunai. Jishaku then destroyed the clone of Konohamaru. The clone's knowledge was then transferred to Konohamaru. "So, he must be able to control the length and power of the jutsu. I've almost figured this out. Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Konohamaru exclaimed. This time, two clones of Konohamaru were created. Both of the clones attacked Jishaku. Jishaku didn't use his jutsu this time, and used his own power to destroy the clones. "That's it! You can't magnetize more than one object at a time! It's over now. Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Konohamaru said excitedly. Three clones of Konohamaru appeared.
The three clones then went into the usual attack formation. One clone crouched low to allow another clone to jump on his back and go into the air. The aerial clone then threw a windmill shuriken at Jishaku. Jishaku simply moved out of the shuriken's path. The third clone then appeared behind Jishaku. Jishaku grabbed the clone attacking him from behind, swung it around to destroy the frontal clone, then threw it at the aerial clone. "Rasengan!" Konohamaru said as soon as Jishaku finished. Konohamaru drove Jishaku straight into the arena wall. When the Rasengan stopped, Konohamaru tried to move, but his hand was stuck to Jishaku's chest plate. Jishaku grabbed a kunai and was about to stab Konohamaru. "Rasengan!" A clone said. The Rasengan hit Jishaku in the face and knocked him unconscious. "The winner is Konohamaru Sarutobi!" The proctor announced. The entire arena cheered loudly. Konohamaru walked back to his teammates. "Konohamaru, that was awesome!" Moegi said. Konohamaru didn't reply to what Moegi said and only pointed at Udon. "Tomorrow, I'm not going to pull any punches! I will defeat you by any means necessary!" Konohamaru said. Udon smiled and walked away. The Kages were talking about the match between Jishaku and Konohamaru. "That was skill!" Tsuchikage Onoki said. "He had to be skilled to beat Jishaku. That's not an easy fight." Raikage A said. "I am very impressed by this generation of Leaf Genin." The Otokage said. Everyone stopped because that was the first time they had heard the Otokage speak. "I too am impressed by the Leaf Genin. Tomorrow's match will probably be the most exciting one." Gaara agreed. "I think both of them deserve Chunin." Mizukage Mei said. "I would give Chunin to all of them if I could." Tsunade said. The other Kages nodded in agreement. Gaara then stood up to speak to the crowd. "Tomorrow is the last match of the last portion of the Chunin Exam and the promotion ceremony. That is all." Gaara announced as he left. Everybody left the arena. Udon walked back to where his teammates were and confronted Konohamaru. "I won't pull any punches either. I will come at you full steam. Get ready, because tomorrow will be one of the hardest fights of your life." Udon said.