What if Naruto had a hidden power that came to be when he fought Mizuki, a bloodline he never knew of? Then he would be known as the Kaze no Arashi, the Wind Storm!
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Kaze no Arashi
Chapter 16:
The Prelims Done: The Third Exam Revealed!
"I congratulate you all for passing the preliminaries of the Third Exam! You all have shown wonderful skills for genin!" The Third said, smiling while holding his pipe as he looked at the passing ninja.
Uzumaki Naruto, stood there with a small smile in knowing that he passed, Haruno Sakura, stood by Naruto, smiling in knowing that she showed everyone she wasn't as weak as everyone thought she was, Uchiha Sasuke, smirking at how he passed and shaking in anticipation in facing Gaara or Neji or even Naruto, Hyuga Neji , stood calm and focused with hands resting on his chest, Ten-Ten, holding a smile on her face for passing, Inuzuka Kiba, who was grinning at a happy Akamaru at passing, Nara Shikamaru, stood yawning and put his hands behind his head, bored, Yakushi Kabuto, stood straight and calmly at the Third, Temari, had a slight smile at passing, but inside she was worrying about Gaara almost releasing Shukaku, Gaara, stood calmly as always, Washimura, stood still and calmly while eyeing Gaara slightly, and, lastly, Bushido Kisuke, stood grinning in passing while also glad Naruto passed. The Sarutobi just stood there, smiling at how many of Konohagakure shinobi passed, eight out of twelve were shinobi of Konohagakure or so he thought.
"Now, I'll tell you about the third and final part of the Chunin Exam and where and when it will take place." This caught a few of the genin's attention.
"Do you mean that we aren't doing the Third Exam here and now?" Sasuke asked as the Hokage looked at the Uchiha and smiled.
"Yes, they will be held a month from now at an arena located in Konohagakure. This will allow for us to contact daimyo, kages and other shinobi leaders and officers. Also, it will allow you guys to train and strategize for the month about what opponents you could and will face. That will be a change from not knowing almost anything about your opponents. Thus, you will have a higher chance at passing with this knowledge, but that also means people will know some if not all of what you are capable of during the test. Now, you will each draw from the box to reveal the order of which you will fight in the exam." The Sarutobi gestured to Anko that was carrying a box.
Naruto gulped as he looked at Anko remembering what she did to him and quickly pulled out a folded piece of paper. Anko went, then, to Sakura, who pulled out one was well and looked at it as Naruto went ahead and did that as well. Naruto saw a giant "2" in black ink of the paper. He peaked at Sakura's open one while she was trying to see what Sasuke's one was. He saw a giant "7" on her paper as he sighed in relief that he might not have to face her if she was 7. Sasuke looked at his and held it in his hand so no one aka Sakura couldn't see what he had got. The others went to taking out their papers until Kisuke smiled at Anko and grabbed his.
"Alright, tell me what number you guys have and I'll have Ibiki post it on the paper he has." The Third spoke as Anko went back up to the Hokage and other proctors.
"I have #2," Naruto said as he watched Ibiki writing something on the paper in ink.
"I have #7," Sakura said, looked at Sasuke wondering what he got.
"#9," Sasuke stated as he looked bored, but was secretly wondering who he would have to face.
"#4," Neji said calmly.
"I've got 8," Ten-Ten said.
"I'm #1," Kiba said with a grin as Shikamaru yawned.
"#5," Shikamaru said.
"I have #11," Kabuto stated, moving his glasses up.
"#10," Temari said.
"#12," Gaara stated, cold and calmly.
"I've got #3," Washimura said, looking at Neji for a second.
"That leaves me at #6," Kisuke said, looking at Shikamaru for a second.
"Alright, now we will show you who you are facing in the exam," Sarutobi said as Ibiki finished the set-up and showed it off to them.
It had Inuzuka Kiba vs. Uzumaki Naruto as the first fight, Washimura vs. Hyuga Neji as the second match, then Nara Shikamaru vs. Bushido Kisuke in the first bracket of the exam. The next bracket was Haruno Sakura vs. Ten-Ten as the fourth match, Uchiha Sasuke vs. Temari as the fifth match and Yakushi Kabuto vs. Sabaku no Gaara as the sixth match of the first round. The winner of the first and second match would face each other, the winners of the third and fourth match would face off as with the winners of the fifth and sixth matches would face until the final three would go in a triple match.
Kiba was grinning at who he had to face and so was Naruto. Washimura looked at Neji, who looked back and smirked at him arrogantly. Sakura knew about Ten-Ten being a weapon expert at the most so she would have to rely on dodging the thrown weapons and strike the girl down when she could. Ten-Ten breathed in relief as she wouldn't have to face Neji until the free-for-all match if they made it that far. Sasuke was a little angry at not getting Gaara or Neji like he wanted, but he could possibly face Gaara once he beat the Temari chick and Gaara beat Kabuto. Temari looked to see Gaara a little agitated with not getting Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuga Neji or Uzumaki Naruto as he had to deal with the four eyed medic. Kisuke wasn't confident that he would beat the Nara, but knew that Shikamaru knew nothing of his abilities while Kisuke knew a little of Shikamaru', causing the Nara to curse at his situation, feeling how troublesome it was.
"Now, you all are dismissed!" Everyone began leaving; ready to train for the exam up ahead.
AN: I know this chapter is really short, but I'm busy with school and stuff and I wanted to get something out before getting to work on that stuff. I wanted the matches in the Prelims and some of the actual fights (except Naruto's as I noticed) to be different than usual and how they are in canon. Next chapter will bring in the training and preparation for the exam and, then after that, I'll get into the Third Exam and later, the Invasion of Konohagakure! Hope you review and tell me how you feel about the story or just the chapter. Thank you for reading!