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Absolute Zero
Chapter 3: Exhibition Tournament part 2
Round 4: Sakura vs Tenten
Sakura and Tenten stood across from each other still not moving as soon as Asuma said begin. The match would be decided by who goes made the first move or mistake. Deciding to make the first move, Tenten threw a kunai towards Sakura to see how she would react. The cherry blossom girl retaliated by deflecting it with her own kunai and throwing it towards the brunette. Moving her head to the side Tenten let the kunai wiz passed her head. Letting out a smirk Tenten threw a couple of shuriken and kunai towards Sakura. Watching the pink haired girl take out her own kunai and shuriken to stop it Tenten immediately pulled out a scroll and twirled as a hailstorm of weapons went shooting towards her opponent. Everyone, but Team Gai and the Jonin senseis had wide eyes.
"GREAT! An even crazier girl!" Shikamaru exclaimed only to receive a fist to the head courtesy of his loud blonde teammate.
"HEY WHO YOU'RE YOU CALLING CRAZY!"
"Ouch, who do you think I was talking too, you troublesome blonde!" the pineapple haired teen retorted only to receive another fist.
Trying to diffuse the situation so they can watch the match in peace Naruto grabbed Ino's attention. "Ino-san don't you wanna watch what Sakura-san can do, she might even be stronger than you."
"Forehead be stronger than me? Ha, fat chance." Ino responded as she stopped abusing her lazy teammate.
Giving Naruto a look of thanks Shikamaru looked back towards the fight.
Eyes widened at the hailstorm of incoming weapons, Sakura began to dash towards the side to avoid getting hit while throwing her own weapons to decrease the amount flying towards her. Though this proved to have some merit, the weapons kept coming out non stop proving her plan was all in vain as she finally got nicked by a couple of shurikens.
'Luckily the cuts are shallow.' Sakura thought.
Channeling her hands with chakra she began to heal her wounds while running with medical ninjutsu. Many of her fellow classmates looked at her in awe when her sensei explained that performing a jutsu like that while trying not to get hit by weapons is really difficult since it requires a lot of concentration and chakra control. Still trying to run from the hail of weapons aimed at her, Sakura spotted a kusarigama on the floor. Thinking fast she immediately grabbed the weapon and continue her run. Not hesitating she began to channel chakra through the weapon while spinning it and walk towards the path of incoming weapons, deflecting each one.
Seeing Sakura find a way to get past her weapons she tried to figure out a new plan until her weapons stopped coming out of her scroll. 'Shit looks like I'm all out, but I still got more from where that came from.'
Watching Tenten immediately reach for another scroll she quickly threw the kusarigama causing her to rip the new scroll rendering it useless. Silently cursing, Tenten picked up a katana from the floor and blocked another incoming strike from Sakura. Not stopping there Tenten made a piercing motion, twirling her katana causing the kusarigama's chain to wrap around her weapon. With a great heave she pulled the kusarigama out of the pink haired kunoichi's hand and tossed it away. Seeing she had the perfect opportunity Tenten charged towards her opponent. Getting within melee distance Tenten began swinging her katana with elegance.
Looking at Tenten's swings, Naruto easily deducted that she was a weapon master and must have been training since she was young. While Sakura got lucky by using her brains.
Tenten smirked as she finally gotten a couple of cuts on her opponent. Going for another assault she instantly closed the distance once again. Figuring out what Tenten was doing Sakura did a backwards cartwheel, kicking Tenten in the face. Using her chakra Sakura stuck a kunai under both feet while positioning herself upside down in a handstand position and immediately started…..break dancing? Without hesitation she launched the kunai with her feet, but not stopping there she clung onto other weapons on the floor with her chakra and launched them as well (A/N: Think of Mercury from RWBY when he break dances while shooting projectiles and Sasuke in the forest of death. Widening her eyes in surprise at being put on the defensive Tenten could do nothing, but deflect the onslaught of weapons. After about five more minutes of incoming weapons she noticed the amount of weapons around Sakura were decreasing.
'Great just a couple of more seconds and I can go in for the kill.' the bun haired girl thought.
True to her thoughts Sakura realized there was no more weapons and cursed, but before she could grab more Tenten threw her katan towards Sakura while picking up a metal bo. Rushing Sakura on the intent on finishing this she charged chakra into the staff and when her opponent dodged the incoming sword she never saw the staff coming.
'BAM' was the sound everyone heard when a chakra enhanced metal staff made contact with the pinkett's stomach. The impact caused Sakura to cough up air and saliva while sending her skidding across the ground. Clutching her stomach in pain, Sakura looked up and before she knew it everything went black. Tenten had knocked her out on the back of Sakura's neck with her hand.
'The winner is Tenten.'
Seeing Kakashi carry Sakura, Naruto decided to summon some clones to help Tenten pick up what looked to be a graveyard of weapons scattered all over the floor. After grabbing the weapons and the scroll Sakura ripped, the young blonde went to work on fixing said scroll. Giving Tenten a new scroll he told her to transfer everything from the old scroll into it. The panda head looking girl gave Naruto a look of gratitude. Who would have thought beginning fuinjutsu would help so much.
Round 5: Shikamaru vs Sasuke
Giving his arrogant Uchiha smirk, Sasuke walked to the middle of the field. Some things just doesn't change, eh? Before he could walk Naruto placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered a few words to him. Muttering 'Troublesome' Shikamaru lazily walked towards the center. Asking if both fighters were ready Asuma raised his hand, seeing both of them nod he swiftly brought it back down.
"Begin!"
Immediately both shinobis ran clockwise of each other. At the same time they both stopped, Sasuke immediately flashed through hand signs. "Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"
A great big ball of fire went soaring towards the heir of the Nara clan. An explosion echoed throughout the training ground. Many of his classmates cried out in shock that he would do such a thing to Shikamaru. Yet they didn't really say anything when Hinata was on the verge of killing Ino. He knew something like this wouldn't kill Shikamaru, he may be lazy and weak, but he is smart. 'If I were him I would have went behind and performed the Shadow possession jutsu'
Feeling a chakra spike behind him, Sasuke saw a shadow tendril reach for him. Thinking on his feet he backpedaled fast to try to get some distance between them. Seeing the shadow tendril stop right before him, Sasuke pulled out two kunai and tossed them towards Shikamaru. The Uchiha immediately realized his mistake, by throwing the kunais it gave Shikamaru's shadow some extra distance, capturing him.
Seeing the kunais still coming at him, Shikamaru pulled a kunai of his own and quickly deflected the two. Due to pulling out a kunai to block Sasuke's, he made said person pull out on his own. Bringing his kunai to his neck he made the Uchiha do said motion.
"Give up Uchiha-san or else you would be sent to the infirmary, you lost."Shikamaru said in a lazy tone.
"Hn. You're obviously smarter than that Nara-san." Sasuke stated letting out another Uchiha smirk.
Widening his eyes her heard a simple 'Poof' sound, the two kunais that were deflected disappeared and two copies of Sasuke were in their place. The two "Sasuke's" ran to Shikamaru and began to assault him. The Sasuke on his left kicked him in the side, releasing the "Shadow possession Jutsu". Not stopping there the clone on his right grabbed him and punched him in the gut knocking out the air out of his stomach. All in all it looked like two high school bullies picking on a weak freshman. After a couple of minutes passed the real Sasuke kicked Shikamaru down to his knees. One of the clones then put him in a headlock while the other one put a kunai to the Nara's throat.
"This is the gap between our abilities Nara-san" Sasuke stated giving an air of arrogance to flow around him.
Seeing his own student unable to continue Asuma sighed and called the match.
"The winner is Sasuke!"
"You did it Sasuke-kun!" the now awakened Sakura said in glee.
'She only got to see the end of it, but I guess is only natural for her to still retain her infatuation with Sasuke-kun' Kakashi thought with amusement.
'Though that was a tricky move Sasuke pulled off. If it wasn't for Naruto slipping those kunai into Sasuke's pocket then he would have most likely lost or tied it with Shikamaru.'
While everyone was too busy focusing on their own students and teammates Naruto slipped two kunais into Sasuke's pouch and when the two clones in the kunai dispelled they used the smoke as their cover to henge into Sasuke. 'That Naruto sure has gotten clever and his stealth surely has risen, but then again it is only natural for a kid who has led on numerous shinobi ranging from chunin-anbu in nothing, but an orange jumpsuit and paint the Hokage monument in bright daylight to be able to have quite the sleight of hand skill.'
Seeing Sasuke getting congratulated by Naruto and looked bummed out even though he won totally understandable. Afterall he had to have Naruto's help to win.
Round 6: Neji vs Choji
"Begin!"
Before any of the two fighters moved, Neji instantly spoke up "Give up you are fated to lose."
"I'm not going to give up! As long as free barbecue is on the line I will never falter! Chubbies rule!" the Akimichi replied as he formed his "Expansion jutsu and Human Boulder.".
Dodging to the side Neji realized that Choji can't change turns instantly. Knowing what he must do Neji dodged another attempt at getting rolled over, but this time he didn't hesitate, with a shout of 'Byakugan' the veins on the side of his head appeared. Neji sent a chakra palm thrust towards the Akimichi's side sending him barreling uncontrollably into a tree. Not stopping there Neji immediately got into his 'Eight trigams sixty-four palms stance' and began poking away. Shutting the Akimichi's pathways the Hyuga prodigy told Asuma that the match was over and to call it.
'Great Ino's my only hope to winning this bet. But she's up against Shino next. No I must have faith in her after all she beat Hinata!' the Sarutobi heir internally cried out.
"The Winner is Neji!"
"For those who won their matches you will move onto the next round!"
Round 7: Ino vs Shino
Round 8: Naruto vs Tenten
Round 9: Sasuke vs Neji
"After those matches then the winners will either have to fight in a free for all or it will be a one on one and the winner of round nine will fight the winner of the one on one." Asuma explained.
Asking if anyone had any questions and upon receiving none Asuma called the fighters for round 7.
"Begin!"
Without hesitation Ino released a flurry of shuriken towards the Aburame heir. The shuriken hit Shino directly only to be a bug clone. Realizing this was the same tactic he used on Lee, Ino turned around threw a kunai causing Shino to throw his own. Not stopping there Ino pulled out a few purple flowers and threw them at Shino. Upon further inspection Shino noticed the bottom of the stems were sharp, acting fast Shino jumped back dodging the flowers, but that was exactly what Ino wanted. The blonde kunoichi pulled out a little ball and once she threw it towards Shino upon hitting the floor the whole area around him gone up in purple smoke. 'Yes! My plan worked'.
Team 8 looked at Shino in worried knew he wasn't going to last against poison smoke especially with his insects. Team 10 shouted for Ino to turn around as the insects that created the clone began to suck out her chakra.
"EEEK! EW EW EW EW EW! SOMEONE GET THESE BUGS OFF ME!" the Yamanaka screamed in terror.
Meanwhile Hinata reveled in Ino's despair claiming karma for toying with her emotions. Ino instantly fell to her knees huddled over as half of her chakra was sucked out and only a quarter of the bugs got off. Looking up she spotted Shino right in front of her coughing. "Give up and i will let these bugs off of you." the Aburame heir stated putting a finger up to his glasses and raised it.
Giving Shino a glare while she was huddled over she immediately moved swiping at Shino's hand. Ino stabbed a kunai into Shino's hand. "How about you give up and release every single one of these bugs off me. That kunai I stabbed you with is coated with wolfsbane a poison that I have the antidote for. I made sure to coat my kunai with it during your match with Lee."
Cursing himself for his carelessness a small glint came over Shino's eyes which Ino could somehow tell through his shades.
"I guess the only logical thing to do is make this a draw."
A swarm of bugs appeared on Shino's arms as he slowly reached for Ino. Upon reaching her all the bugs on his arm travelled toward her body. Ino shrieked in terror as her whole body was covered in bugs sucking out her chakra to the point she only had a quarter left. Shino knew sucking all of it would result in her death. Before Asuma can sobbingly announce him as the winner, Shino passed out.
"It is a draw!"
Seeing their host pass out all of the kikaichu left Ino's body revealing her to be lying down in a fetal position. Asking for the antidote Ino immediately threw it to Asuma as she kept muttering 'gross'. All the girls except Hinata gave her looks of pity, even Kurenai, sure Shino is her student and she respects the Aburame, but never in her life would she want to suffer what Ino went through.
Asuma carried Shino to Kurenai while Ino was still stuck in the fetal position. Sighing at no one attempting to bring Ino, Naruto walked towards Ino and carried her bridal style over to Asuma. "You know you're going to have to get rid of your fear of bugs."
Ino began to calm as she felt Naruto's chakra. 'Warm'
Hinata bristled in anger and jealousy since she wanted to be carried by her blonde prince. Ino instantly forgot about the bugs that crawled on her as her sensor abilities kicked in and still continued to feel Naruto's warm chakra. Setting Ino down Naruto walked towards the field with Tenten.
"Don't go easy on me eh, Tenten-san." Naruto stated with a smirk.
Giving a smirk of her own Tenten pulled out a bo as the got ready. "Let me show you how a REAL kunoichi fights."
Round 8: Naruto vs Tenten
"Begin!"
Tenten rushed Naruto with her staff taking a swing at his head. Naruto ducked down as he was immediately brought onto the defensive. Making a piercing motion with her staff she was able to strike Naruto in the chest making him stagger, not stopping there she managed to strike him across the face sending him skidding back. Spitting out some blood that came out his mouth Naruto gave a grin. Reaching into his pouch he pulled out two silver trench knives. These trench knives were a gift to him from Asuma for mastering the leaf splitting exercise. Even though he wasn't good at channeling his wind nature chakra through weapons, this will prove to be a good time to practice. Taking a boxer stance the young shinobi took off. Appearing in front of Tenten he parried an overhead strike. Naruto sent wind chakra through the blades, the chakra forming on it looked unstable, but hey first times for everything right? Naruto sent a couple of jabs towards Tenten's arms to weaken her. Tenten tried to block, but she was too slow. The impact of the knuckle part to the trench knives caused Tenten to loosen her grip on her bo.
Naruto lunged forward and kneed Tenten in the stomach causing her to gasp in pain. He then followed with a powerful right hook to her side. Tenten screamed out in pain, muttering a quick 'sorry' Naruto jumped in the air and performed an axe-kick causing her to hit the floor, rendering her unconscious. Hearing Asuma announcing him as the winner, Naruto picked up Tenten's bo and the kunoichi taking them out of the way.
Round 9: Sasuke vs Neji
"Begin!"
"Give up Hyuga, the Uchiha are the elite of the elite. Not something your clan would know about." the arrogant Uchiha stated.
"Funny you should mention that Uchiha, if I recall your brother was the one to exterminate most of your clan leaving you and a quarter of them alive. But then again he probably killed off all of the true elites and left all the weaklings to finish them off later." the Hyuga said with a smirk.
Hearing Neji said this not only triggered Sasuke it triggered Kakashi and Naruto. Kakashi it was simply because his best friend was of the Uchiha, sure he was an outcast, but that was his friend's family. Naruto was something completely different, sure he didn't care that the most of that clan was gone. Most of his abuse when he was younger was because of that clan, but he had two saviors from that clan and they were Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui. They were the two Uchihas that were a part of anbu and watched over him, they were the reason why he wanted to be a shinobi. So hearing Neji say this made Naruto's blood boil.
"HOW DARE YOU MOCK MY DECEASED CLAN MEMBERS! AND DON'T YOU EVER MENTION MY BROTHER!" Sasuke yelled.
Sasuke's Sharingan activated, he had two tomoes in each eye. Sasuke chakra dashed straight for Neji with kunai in hand. Neji retaliated with a kunai of his own "Come one is this the best you can do Uchiha."
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
Jumping back Sasuke threw his kunai at the Hyuga prodigy only for said prodigy to throw his own. After having thrown his kunai Sasuke flashed through multiple hand signs and place a hand to his face. "Katon: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
Sasuke spat out a volley of fireballs flying towards Neji. Sasuke smirked since Neji didn't know that there were also shurikens in there so even if he had some way to make the flames disappear the shuriken will surely get him. What Sasuke didn't account for was Neji doing a substitution. Appearing behind the Uchiha, Neji got into the Hyuga stance. "You are within my divination."
Sasuke's eyes widened seeing the Hyuga behind him. He tried to jump away, but he was too slowly and was swiftly assaulted by the Hyuga
"Eight trigrams...Two palms-four palms-eight palms-sixteen palms-thirty-two palms. Eight trigrams…...sixty-four palms."
Being struck sixty-four times by the Hyuga he fell to one knee. Sasuke was lucky that he moved if not all of his chakra points would have been closed. He was too careless! He let his rage get the better of him! Looking up he saw Neji give an arrogant smirk.
"I guess the Uchiha aren't so elite after all."
Throwing a kunai at Neji, Sasuke was able to get on his feet. "A-at least I won't always be a slave within my own clan."
Those words made Neji's blood boil, grabbing Sasuke's kunai out of the air he rushed the Uchiha. Due to having his chakra points closed off Sasuke's moves became sluggard. He was able to fend off Neji, but just doing that made the Hyuga angrier. "S-shit my arm is getting tired."
Sasuke kept trying to step back, but his balance began to falter. Before he knew it his legs gave out and within his line of site was Neji with a kunai aimed at his throat. Sasuke closed his eyes bracing for the inevitable, but it never came, instead he felt a pair of arms wrap around him. Opening his eyes he saw Neji sprawled on the floor and himself in Naruto's arms. 'How did he get here so fast!?'
"Take a rest Sasuke, it's over you got to cocky. I'll take it over from here." Naruto said with a look of anger in his eyes.
Sasuke saw the anger in his teammate's eyes, but that anger wasn't directed towards him, instead it was directed towards the Hyuga. Before he could speak up it was Hinata that interrupted.
"U-um Naruto-kun could you not hurt Neji-niisan, he's not a bad person. It's just he's had a bad life growing up."
Naruto's eyes narrowed at the Hyuga heiress's causing her to flinch. "If you are saying don't kill him then I won't, but that doesn't mean I won't beat him to an inch of his life. It doesn't matter whether you have a bad life growing up or not, it is how you decide your life that counts. And I won't forgive him for badmouthing Itachi-nii's and Shisui-nii's name."
"Itachi killed my clan and you're trying to defend his name!? Shisui I understand, but Itachi!? And how do you know them anyway." Sasuke exclaimed, eyes narrowing.
"If he killed your clan members then he must have a reason, but the Itachi I know wouldn't kill his family members without reason. Someone like him that would save someone like me wouldn't do that, I could feel it."
'What? Itachi saved Naruto? From what?' Sasuke thought.
Running towards Neji, Naruto yelled at Asuma to start the match.
Round 10: Naruto vs Neji
Seeing Neji get up, Naruto flashed through hand signs. "Futon: Great Breakthrough!"
A big gust of wind blew Neji away sending him skidding away, but Naruto didn't stop there he immediately started throwing kunais and shuriken. Neji immediately got up from the ground getting into another stance, Hinata and the jonins eyes widened. With a shout of 'Kaiten' a big rotating sphere appeared around Neji deflecting all of the kunai and shuriken. Thinking there was some kind of end to Naruto kept throwing and throwing kunai, but Neji didn't stop not until Naruto did. Naruto gave up on throwing the shuriken and pulled out his trench knives. Naruto channeled chakra to his feet and dashed towards Neji once he saw the Hyuga begin to slow down. After coming to a full stop Neji with his Byakugan activated got into the Hyuga stance of the Sixty-four palms with a full blown smirk on his face.
"You are a fool to make the same mistake as the Uchiha."
Naruto mocked Neji with a smirk of his own "You were a fool to stop spinning."
Neji's eyes widened as all the kunai and shuriken began to transform back into clones of Naruto. It was now 51 vs 1. The clones immediately lunged towards Neji. Seeing that he was in danger he switched back to the Kaiten stance and performed it making half of the clones disappear. Charging with his last twenty four clones Naruto channeled wind chakra through his blades. "Oh no you don't not this time!"
Forming a cross formation Naruto created a cross slash with his knives causing blades of wind to fly towards the Kaiten. Seeing it had no effect on the dome Naruto channeled more chakra.
"Uzumaki style: Flying Swallow Barrage!"
Naruto began to send numerous blade of wind each one larger and sharper than the last. Sending one last blade of wind Naruto finally broke through the dome and made Neji stagger a bit. Without a moment's hesitation, Naruto with his clone's were upon Neji. A clone sent a vicious hook towards Neji's face sending him flying back towards a clone that was behind him. The clone wasted no time in kicking Neji's back sending him forward. Two more clones on both sides kicked Neji in the air. Seeing he wasn't going any higher the rest of the clones pitched in.
"U-" a clone jumped up and kicked Neji higher.
"ZU-" another clone jumped up off the other clone and kicked the Hyuga even higher.
"MA-" Naruto jumped, grabbing the other clone he spun them and sent it soaring towards Neji.
"KI!" the rest of the clones began swinging each other along with Naruto towards the now descending Hyuga.
They all began pummeling the Hyuga prodigy with all their strength.
"Naruto 24x Barrage!"
Before the clones can finish attacking the Hyuga, Neji flared his chakra did the Kaiten in the air dispersing the clones. Neji finished spinning trying to recover while in the air, but what he failed to account was Naruto's fist aimed straight for his stomach. Neji was sent soaring to the ground. Not finishing there Naruto flashed through some hand signs ending on the tiger seal. The jonins and Sasuke's eyes widened. He was using the Uchiha clan's jutsu.
"Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"
Naruto released so much chakra that the fireball was twice the size of a boulder that you would see in an Indiana Jones movie. Everyone looked in horror at the size of the fireball. He said he wasn't going to kill him! Kakashi and Gai both thought fast on their feet. Gai immediately went for Neji, grabbing the Hyuga prodigy they barely escaped the fireball. Kakashi meanwhile went through handsigns with anbu level speed ending with the bird sign.
"Suiton: Giant Vortex Jutsu"
A great vortex of water came out of the pond and met the fireball head on, both jutsus met dead on causing them both to cancel out. Water began to drizzle as Naruto landed on the floor. Before anything can happen Kakashi immediately began to reprimand his student.
"What were you thinking, you almost killed Neji! Do you know how much trouble you could have got in for killing the nephew of a clan head!"
"I didn't know how big the fireball was going to be since I am not a fire type. Was I careless Kakashi-sensei? Yes I was, but I do not regret my action. I only did what I thought was right and defended the clan of the person who saved me when I was younger. What better way than to use one of their best jutsu." Naruto blankly explained.
Before Kakashi could continue to scold his student, Neji came and interrupted with Gai supporting him up. "Hey orphan! How dare you try to make an attempt on my life! I am going to press charges!"
The Rookie Nine began to retort at the Hyuga's claim. Seeing an argument begin to ensue. They were interrupted with someone clearing their throat. Turning around to see who made that sound. They were all surprise to see the Hokage there with a raven black haired woman.
"HOKAGE-SAMA/JIJI!?" "KAA-CHAN/MIKOTO-SAMA!?" they all exclaimed.
The Hokage and the woman now known as Mikoto smiled at the group of shinobi. The Sandaime walked closer to the group. "What is this I hear about pressing charges."
Neji spoke up in respect "Yes Hokage-sama, I would like to press charges on this orphan for an attempt on my life with what was a simple spar."
"Jiji, I can explain I-" Naruto was immediately cut off by a hand of the Hokage, without looking at the young blonde's direction.
"You see you could do that and it might even succeed in getting passed. But you would have to think would you really win the case?"
"What do you mean Hokage-sama?" Neji asked narrowing his eyes.
"You see, you are no doubt a prodigy within the Hyuga clan and an asset to the village, but this orphan that you want to press charges on is no orphan. He is the son of the Yondaime the 'Yellow Flash',the heir to the Uzumaki clan's 'Red Death', the godson of the Toad sage Jiraiya, the godson of Uchiha Mikoto the 'Black Death', and my surrogate grandson! Not only that, but you who is a member of a clan of taijutsu users and knows strictly taijutsu is nothing to a son of a kage who has five elemental affinities with one of them being a bloodline. His value is indeed much more than yours." Hiruzen explained.
Everyone except a few looked at the Hokage in disbelief while Naruto narrowed his eyes at the woman next to him 'So this is the woman who was suppose to be my godmother, the mother of Sasuke, and head of the Uchiha clan.'
"Impossible!" was all Neji could say.
The Hokage's smile never changed "Indeed he is, but sure let's say even with all this let's place some charges on him. His only charge would be attempted murder on you a nephew of the clan heir. Not only did he do that, but he defended the Uchiha clan's honor in front of not only the clan head but saved a clan heir too from you! You disrespected not only a clan head, but you also attempted murder on a clan heir the child of said clan head. Now do you really want to proceed with the charges. Let me do remind you I WAS watching the whole thing from start to finish.
"N-no H-hokage-sama…" Neji muttered out defeatedly.
"Good! Now it looks like Naruto-kun is the winner and Kakashi-san won the bet. Now onto some punishment for Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke. You will be catching the demon cat Tora for free for one week straight and cannot take any missions until the weaks complete. You can all do team battles next time, for now go home and rest for the day."
The three genin in question gave a look of horror at having to deal with the blasted cat. Though Naruto looked like he was scared on the outside, on the inside though he began grinning like a mad man since he could just have a clone do it. Everyone went their separate ways except for the Hokage, Mikoto, and Sasuke. Kakashi was grinning like who just won the lottery telling his fellow jonin what to buy him for his bet. Naruto was going to go to until the Hokage stopped him.
"Naruto-kun, I would like to introduce you to your mother's best friend and godmother Uchiha Mikoto."
"Hello there Naruto-kun, it's so good to finally meet you." Mikoto said giving a lovely smile.
"What do you want?" Naruto growled with a cold stare.
"Hey Naruto that's no way to talk to my mother!" Sasuke said bristling with anger.
"And just how am I supposed to talk to the woman who betrayed my mother and let her child suffer! Where was she throughout the whole thirteen years of my life when I cried and begged for a mother figure or where was my godfather when I needed a father figure. Where was anyone when I was living out on the streets when I was kicked out of the orphanage!" Naruto yelled in anger.
Tears falling down her face Mikoto fell to her knees as she begged Naruto for his forgiveness. Sasuke had no words to say for he did not know whether Naruto was telling the truth or not. He did not want to call him out on it in fear of being wrong, but seeing his mother cry. It just can't be can it? A frown marred the Sandaime's face as he tried to get a hold of the situation.
"Now Naruto-kun I understand, but giver her a chance."
"Why give her a chance jiji? Why give a woman who is my godmother a chance when said woman has been in the village my whole life and made no attempt to contact me while my godfather who is outside of the village sent me gifts over the years!" Tears began to stream down his face. Not wanting Mikoto and Sasuke to see his tears he walked away.
"Please! Please! Give me another chance I know I don't deserve it, but please I want to be there for you!" Mikoto begged.
Hearing his footsteps stop, Mikoto turned her head to look at Naruto. Turning his head halfways he looked at Mikoto's eyes with his cold dead ones.
"There were many times when I would cry myself to sleep asking why I couldn't be loved and if I even deserved it. There were two who expressed love towards me the most, their names were Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, but the one who I was close to the most was Itachi. When Itachi told me he would introduce me to you I was nervous, but that day never came because the next day he betrayed your clan. I don't need a mother figure, but if you truly insist on wanting to be a part of my life then I will let you. This doesn't mean I forgive you Mikoto-sama."
Hearing that she will get another chance made her heart flutter, what made it flutter even more was that Itachi took care of him. Oh why did he have to betray everyone. She was not going to let this chance turn to waste.
"I won't let you down Naruto-kun!"
"Sure." he said sarcastically.
'I wish you were still here with me Haku-chan.'
And that's it for this chapter let me know what you think of it. Yes the Uchiha are alive, but only a quarter of it. The flashbacks of Naruto getting saved by Itachi and Shisui will show soon along with flashbacks of Naruto and Haku's three month relationship. Mikoto never approached Naruto ever since he was born because of reasons I will reveal in future chapters. He is more appreciative of Jiraiya because Jiraiya shows he cared by sending him stuff.
The fight with Sasuke and Neji is what I felt like would happen especially since Sasuke doesn't have chidori yet. Yes Naruto will use trench knives who knows how long, thats for you to find out. Yes Neji going to be a prick for a while lol. Naruto and Sasuke are going to be closer and so are other people, but Naruto is still trying to get over Haku's death and move on.
I will say right now I have other nice ideas for stories that I would like to start, but I rather focus on this first until it's almost if not completely done. That doesn't mean I'm not going to jot it down.
So yeah Favorite, Follow, and Review let me know what you think. And if anyone wants to beta read for me just send me a quick PM!