Last time, Sasuke has finally arrived to the tournament arena. During some delaying moments, Karui fought against Sasuke, where she was overpowered and defeated. Once Karui was defeated, Genma announced the next match was going to be N of Kumo vs. Uchiha Sasuke.
Audience
As everyone was waiting for the match to begin, Sasuke stood in the middle of arena floor, waiting to fight N. While Sasuke waited, many lords and Daimyos converse with themselves, predicting on how the upcoming match will turn.
"My, my… after watching the last match, it's obvious that Uchiha Sasuke is going to win. I'm glad that I've bet on the last Uchiha." Said a Daimyo
"Don't be too sure of yourself. From what I've gathered, the Raikage has guaranteed that N won't not only be chunin but also win the tournament. And for a leader to place his reputation at such an outburst, I believe the real the winner would be the Kumo shinobi." Said another Daimyo
"Well Damiyo-sama, you can never tell in gambling since there is always unpredictable." Said the first Daimyo, where he look across from him to signal his hired men.
With Naruto
Naruto had his eyes close since the end of Karui's match. As he stood still, he notice that Shikamaru and everyone else in the contender's waiting area were looking at him, like they were trying to figure something out.
As they were viewing Naruto, Naruto had his own thoughts, "Hm, judging from the fight, I'm guessing that Uchiha must have leveled up in some way… but of course, he must have done it in a rush, which just suits me just fine."
While Naruto was thinking about his match against Sasuke, the genin had their own thoughts, mainly Gaara had his own thoughts.
"Yes mother, soon you'll feast on his blood. Uchiha Sasuke… you'll prove my existence." Gaara thought, as he remembered the confrontation between himself and Sasuke during the training month.
Behind the contender's box
Two chunin were waiting in the shadows for Naruto to come across them so they can a 'discussion' with him about the next match. But, they were surprise when Naruto did something else when Genma announce the next match to begin.
Arena
The time limit has pass, where Genma then announce, "Alright, time for the first match of the second round of the chunin exam to begin. The first match is N of Kumo vs. Uchiha Sasuke." Which got the crowd excited for the match.
Sasuke, was already eager to face N after he defeated him back in the forest of death, look at N with much anticipation.
Naruto opened his eyes when Genma called out that the match was going to start. Naruto jump onto the rail bar then onto the arena, gracefully. When he landed on the arena ground, he slowly started to walk towards the center of the battlefield, where Sasuke waited.
As he slowly walks towards Sasuke, Naruto had an aura of calmness, as well as a serious and focus look in his eye, but held no signs of anger or vengeance. When he made it to the center, Genma looked at both of them.
"Alright, are you two ready?" questioning both of them.
"Yes" Naruto plainly answered, while Sasuke grunted in agreement. Genma took one final look at them, before his call the match to begin.
When the match began, Genma jump back, where both, Naruto and Sasuke, just look at each other, not moving from their position. As both look at each other, Sasuke activated his Sharingan as he grin on fighting N. After a bit of tense waiting, Naruto and Sasuke ended the tense standoff by suddenly rushing at each other.
As they closed in on each other, Sasuke started things off with a left punch. Naruto blocked it by swinging his left hand. It was there that Naruto use the block to swing his entire body around, delivering a right high reverse kick on Sasuke's head. Sasuke saw the kick coming, using his right arm to block it. Naruto use the moment of his kick to swing his body around to change his high kick into a side kick with his left leg. Sasuke quickly duck down, swinging his body to deliver a reverse kick. Naruto, used his right arm to block it, while delivering his side kick at Sasuke's chest. Sasuke was sent flying back, while Naruto use the momentum to perform a backflip.
Naruto landed on one knee while Sasuke skidded on the ground from Naruto's kick. Sasuke groaned a bit as he picked himself up where he narrow his eyes as he saw N, standing in front of him, naturally. Both, Sasuke and Naruto, got back to their battle stances preparing for their next attack. It was around this moment, that Sasuke decided that it was time to show the results of his training for the month.
Audience
After Naruto and Sasuke's first scuffle, many of the audience were amazed on their agility.
Killer Bee, Yugito and Omoi were impressed on Naruto reaction to this, especially Yugito. She could remember when Naruto was younger, that he used to be energetic and would just rush in like any other kid. Now, he has grown into a strong, honorable and respectable young man and shinobi.
Arena
As both Naruto and Sasuke size each other up, Naruto saw Sasuke smirk were he got himself ready. After the moment, Naruto and Sasuke once again rush towards each other. They both move pretty impressively against each other, blocking and counterattacking each other's taijutsu attack. It was only when Naruto was about to give a critical hit, at Sasuke's face with his fist, that Naruto figured out why Sasuke smirk.
(Naruto OST: Raising Fighting Spirit)
Sasuke, instantly, move from Naruto's face to his side. It was then that Sasuke gave Naruto a strong punch at the face, sending him flying and skidding into the ground. Naruto rub his mouth a bit as he look back at Sasuke, who took an interesting stance. As he look at Sasuke stance, he quickly got on guard as Sasuke immediately rush against him.
Naruto block the first strike, but was quickly being overwhelmed by Sasuke taijutsu attack. As Naruto was doing his best, he figured out why Sasuke's stance was so familiar. Naruto knew that the fighting style that Sasuke was using was Lee's style, Goken.
Naruto countered as he can against Sasuke's attack, but was unable since Sasuke used his Sharingan to predict every move that Naruto tried to hit on Sasuke. After a bit, Sasuke moved faster and suddenly did a high side kick on Naruto, where he quickly dodge and started to backflip quickly towards the arena wall, on the opposite side of the audience. He then backflip on the wall to avoid the shurikens that Sasuke threw at him. Naruto continued to backflip until he made it near the edge where he did a major rotated backflip where he landed on top of the wall.
Naruto looked down at Sasuke, who only smirk at him as he got into Lee's fighting stance. As Sasuke took his stance, Naruto panted a bit since Sasuke's hit were strong, where he was glad that he avoided most of his critical hits. It was also there that he notice Sasuke was panting rapidly.
Sasuke smugly look at Naruto at what he did on him.
"You thought that I was a waste of time. Let's see how you feel about it once I remove your mask after I beat you." Sasuke thought
Naruto look at Sasuke's mug face, "He has improved, but I can still see that he still has vengeance in his eyes, like Gaara. I guess it's time I start getting serious since I have more important things to do." Naruto thought as he decided to reveal one of his secrets.
(End Naruto OST)
Audience
As Naruto was preparing to start taking things serious, the audience cheered at what was happening. Almost the entire stadium cheered at how strong Sasuke has become. Ino and Sakura cheered the loudest since they had hearts in their eyes. Both of them yelled at how cool Sasuke is since he was in control of the match.
Asuma, Kurenai and Gai were completely stunned at how fast Sasuke was moving. Gai silently commented to himself that Sasuke moves as fast as Lee, without his weights.
"So that what you've been training him all this month for huh, Kakashi?" Asuma asked, where Kakashi nodded
"I can see that he has greatly improved in his speed and taijutsu, but surely you must have taught Sasuke something else?" Kurenai ask
"Well Kurenai, I believe that a secret that you'll just have to wait and see." Kakashi commented while looking at the fight. His gaze turned from Sasuke to N, and back again. He continued this since N's identity is bugging him.
"Kakashi…" Gai interrupted Kakashi's thoughts, "…the fighting style that Sasuke is using. That's…" Kakashi interrupted Gai as he answered, "Yes Gai… it's the same style that Lee use, Goken."
"As I thought… for a young genin to master this style to this level in such a short of time. So this is the unique powers of the Uchiha clan. But from seeing Sasuke's breathing, it must take a lot of stamina, since this styles take hard work and sweat." Gai silently commented as he saw Sasuke panting rapidly.
"Well in any case. This match belongs to Sasuke-kun. After all, unlike Lee, Sasuke-kun has the Sharingan which he can use to predict the opponents next move." Sakura commented, which Ino nodded in agreement.
The jounin agreed, while Lee look on with both envy and troubling feelings since the comment that Sakura said really hit him. But the other thing was on what he learned during his match with N.
It was at this time that Naruto sat on the ledge of the wall, pulling up his pants legs to reveal hidden weights inside, just like Lee did during the preliminary. As everyone saw this, they wondered on how much those weights are. Asuma suggested that N must have started wearing weights after the preliminary since his battle with Lee must have been to intense, where everyone else agreed. It was then that Lee spoke up.
"This match belongs to N…" which cause everyone to look stun at Lee's statement.
It was then that Chouji ask him, "What are you talking about Lee? Sasuke got this match pretty much in the bag considering that N isn't able to hit him yet."
Lee said, "Unlike me, N is just playing around with him."
Lee explained that during some of the taijutsu fights that both, N and Sasuke, were having, some of the moves that N could have dodge or counterattack easily, he let it happen. Lee pointed out that Lee use similar moves, but faster where N block or counterattack him. All this pointed out that N was just playing around with Sasuke.
"Lee, you're kidding me, right?" asked Sakura with a pleading voice that Lee was wrong.
Lee look on with seriousness, which Sakura and Ino look completely worried. Asuma, Kurenai, Gai and Kakashi look somewhat unease.
Kage's box
Since the match began, the kages admitted to themselves that both genin were pretty good in taijutsu. It wasn't until later that Sasuke took control and push N back. The Mizukage, Kazekage and Hokage were impress on both Sasuke's speed and skill as well as Naruto's agility and endurance.
A look at the match with a bit of concern since Naruto was being pummeled into the floor. But that change when Naruto started to take off his weights.
"I see… looks like he is going to stop playing around and show everyone what he can really do." The bulky Raikage thought
Arena
Once Naruto took off his weights, he stood back up, holding his weights, looking at Sasuke with unconcern look.
"Very impressive Sasuke, you've definitely grew a bit stronger since last month. But let's not be overconfident since now, the real match is about to begin." Naruto stated, where he drop his weights.
As his weights fell to the ground, many wondered on how heavy those weights are. It wasn't until they hit the ground that everyone went completely stun in silence. Sasuke also look wide-eye at what N drop in front of him. Naruto's weights created crater about just as big as Lee's, except it was about a quarter or less deeper than Lee's.
(DBZ OST: Vegeta knows his Son)
It was then that Naruto said, "Why are you so surprise. I thought your sensei told you about the match between me and Lee. Or is it because Kakashi didn't know that I was even using weights this heavy…" where Sasuke glared at N's playful statement, "… of course, the difference between me and Lee is that I had about a quarter more of weights than he did since I fought him while still wearing my weights against him."
It was then that Sasuke actually started to get nervous as N look at him with confidents.
(End OST)
Audience
As the audience look and heard Naruto's statement with his weights, many were now afraid that they lost their bets, for those who betted on Sasuke to win the tournament.
Sakura and everyone else were completely stunned at what Naruto said since defeating Lee, while still wearing that much weight, was considered to be suicide. Lee also wondered on why N did that since his chances of victory would have risen just like him.
It was around the time, that Killer Bee, Omoi and Yugito heard Samui and Karui approach them.
"So, he was wearing that much weight all this time." Karui asked dumbfounded
"Yes… with them, I'm an even match for Naruto. But without them, I'm nowhere near him in terms of strength and speed." Samui stated
"Karui… Samui… what are you two doing here? You should be resting in the medical room." Omoi stated
They said that they wanted to see the rest of the match. As they got themselves seated in with the audience. Haku also struggled to Zabuza and her teammates, where they had a similar conversation.
Arena
When Naruto drop the weights, Naruto look at Sasuke's face which had both shock and curiosity at why he had those weights.
"Oh… if you are wondering why I didn't reveal my hidden weights. Well, I needed to make sure that no one is capable of reaching that level of speed since it could cause me a problem later." Naruto stated
Sasuke was about to argue, but then saw Naruto leapt of the wall. He gently landed on the ground where the instant he touch it, Naruto suddenly disappeared. The next thing everyone knew, Sasuke was suddenly launch from the ground, where they saw Naruto doing Lee's kick. Sasuke was sent flying into the air, where all of a sudden, Naruto was now above him performing front flips where he then turned and gave a strong side kick into Sasuke's chest. Sasuke collided to the arena wall, where it left a mark of him being hit. After that, Naruto landed on one knee.
As Naruto landed on the ground, Sasuke landed roughly at the ground after Naruto's tremendous kick. Sasuke landed on his butt, where he held his chest from the pain that Naruto had gave him. He struggled as he opened his eyes, from Naruto's first kick, to see Naruto standing in front of him with his back turned.
Many in the audience weren't able to see on what just happened since the first thing they saw was Naruto landing on the ground, then the next seeing Sasuke being sent flying into the ground, and finally Sasuke being launch into the wall.
Kakashi and the other jounin rank shinobi couldn't believe on how fast N went just now. Kakashi and Gai had to acknowledge that N was faster than Lee. Sakura and Ino look pale on what happened to Sasuke. Chouji couldn't believe on how fast N was moving since he claimed to be faster the Lee. It was then that Lee said, "I knew it." With a knowing face.
Once Sasuke was back up, Naruto still kept his back towards Sasuke, which angered him the most. Sasuke immediately attack Naruto from behind using his increase taijutsu speed. Sasuke was about to nail Naruto in the face with his fist when Naruto dodge it and gave an elbow to Sasuke's gut.
Sasuke groaned as he step back from being elbow hard, but was suddenly surprise when Naruto move from his current position to Sasuke's face. He immediately gave Sasuke a multiple right hand jabs in the face, where Sasuke tried to block using his Sharingan, but Naruto's punches seem to bypass his defense. It was only when Naruto gave a hard left hook sending Sasuke to skid on the ground to the other side of the arena floor.
Sasuke once again struggle as he brought himself back onto his feet. As he did, the signs of how much of a beating that Naruto gave him were there. A small leak of his blood came out of his mouth. His face look beaten with a bit of bruising. As he stood back up, his mind was racing about something.
"Wh-What is going on? How could I not block any of his attacks? I know that I'm not as fast as him anymore, but even still, I should have been able to block his attacks with my Sharingan. Yet, he was able to move his body differently in the last second after I put up my defense." Sasuke thought as he remembered the battle while panting hard from the speed that he was using.
During the time Naruto jab at Sasuke, Sasuke used his Sharingan to predict on where Naruto was going to hit him. He was able to see all his jabs, where he put his arms to block and use to counterattack. But in the last second, Naruto diverge his punch slightly away from his defenses, giving N clear shots into the head.
"I don't get it… it's like he could read my mind on exactly on where I was going to block." Sasuke thought
Naruto look at Sasuke's face to see that he was both confused and frustrated on what happened. It was then that Naruto decided to play around with Sasuke head a bit.
"What's the matter Sasuke, trying to figure out on why I was able to bypass your defense to easily." Asked Naruto as Sasuke look at him with curiosity on wanting answers.
(DBZ OST: Vegeta knows his Son)
"If you must know, it's because I have power, a power that surpasses the Byakugan and Sharingan." Naruto stated, where Sasuke look at Naruto's sapphire eyes to see if he was lying but didn't. It was then to Sasuke's surprise that Naruto then took Lee's goken stance. Before he can comment about it, Naruto said, "Oh, like you're the only one with a Sharingan that can copy Lee's taijutsu. Just to let you know, I can too. After all, when Lee kicked you back at the beginning of the exam and my match as well as my fight with him, I was able to figure out the Goken fighting style to." Where Sasuke look a bit nervous.
Audience
As Sasuke tries to figure out on a way to beat Naruto, the audience were completely shock on what Naruto just stated, that he has a power that surpasses both the Byakugan and Sharingan.
"Impossible! There's no way that N has a power stronger than Sasuke-kun's Sharingan. It just can't be true." Sakura stated out loud
"I don't think he's lying. By the way he was telling it, he's does." Chouji responded with wide-eyes
"He may have a bloodline, but I'm sure Sasuke-kun can overcome it, right? Ino said where Sakura nodded in agreement, even though both were still kind of nervous.
The jounins had their own thoughts about it since for someone to actually admit that they have a more powerful ability than the Uchiha and Hyuga clans have, it is just crazy.
"Do you actually believe that N has an ability that strong?" Kurenai asked Asuma
"I don't know? It's possible but it's hard to tell." Asuma replied
Gai wondered on what N's ability might be, while Kakashi had only one possible thought.
"Stronger than the Sharingan and Byakugan… there is only one power that can beat both of them. Does this boy have the Rinnegan." While sweating nervously at the thought
Kage's box
As Naruto made his declaration about his 'hidden' power, the Kage's had their own thoughts about the matter.
A looked please at how Naruto got, not only Sasuke, the crowd and everyone in the stadium to be completely stunned at the fact that Naruto has a secret bloodline. He grinned at how everyone converse among themselves about the impossibility.
Mei looked really surprise since there wasn't anything about N, in the report she got from Zabuza and Haku. She looked on with curiosity to see on what N 'hidden' bloodline could do.
The Kazekage showed a more intrigue face as he widen his eyes at the thought of the possible powerful bloodline, stronger than the Uchiha.
The Sandaime Hokage had similar thought as Kakashi since, he also believe that this boy might actually have the legendary Rinnegan.
All their thoughts were focus on the match since they were wondering on what N would do against Sasuke.
In the shadows of the stadium, the three shinobi elders that were watching the matches had similar thoughts about it as well. At first, they were mostly interested in Sasuke and their Jinchuriki, Ko. But that change when Naruto made the statement to everyone.
Arena
Once Sasuke got back on his feet, Naruto decided for him to start going at him again. Naruto quickly rushed at him, where Sasuke used his own high speed to avoid the first blow, but Naruto kept stuck to him.
Naruto and Sasuke both fought a fast taijutsu battle, where Sasuke tried to use not only the Goken fighting style, but his families as well. Unfortunately, Naruto was able to not only block, he countered every one of Sasuke's own counterattacks to the point that Sasuke was starting to lose perspective of the match.
As they both fought against each other, Sasuke was able to get himself an opportunity to get Naruto to toss him in the air. Before Naruto could go after him, Sasuke performed several hand signs where he yelled out, "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu."
In mid-air, the giant fireball headed directly at Naruto where he couldn't get out of the way. The fireball engulf Naruto with its furious flames, burning the entire area. Ino and Sakura cheered at how Sasuke got N with his fire attack. As the flames engulf the area, Sasuke flip himself back onto his feet. As the flames died down, Sasuke looked carefully at his flames.
"There's no way that he could have dodge it… I know I got him." Sasuke thought
It was only when the flames died down that Sasuke's face turned from certainty to unbelievable. Right in front of him, Naruto stood in the center of the burned area, where he was now standing with his right leg a bit forward, his eyes closed, his hands now holding onto a sheath in his left hand on his waste and a katana on his right with the blade diagonally swung down behind him. As he stood in the center, the ground around him looked untouched (meter long).
Once the flames died down, Naruto brought back his sword in front of him and swung it in a horizontal slice in front of him, then sheath the katana in a cool fashion. Right as he sheath his sword, he opened his eyes as the sword click into the sheath where his eyes became more piercing at Sasuke.
Audience
As Naruto sheath his sword, the audience look stunned at what Naruto did. Many lords and Daimyos were surprise to see how N had survived the fire attack without any injuries.
The shinobis were completely surprise on how the Uchiha clan's signature fire jutsu didn't effect N. Chouji stopped eating his chips that he was currently eating, as he looked at N stance. Ino and Sakura were first cheering at Sasuke's comeback only to turn their cheerfulness to stun and fear. Kakashi and the other shinobi sensei look at N with amazement as N kept his cool in such a situation that he was given.
Omoi and Karui were stunned at what Naruto did. They both knew that Naruto is skilled in kenjutsu, but to see him use his sword to defend himself from the fire was something else. Samui smirk in surprise since Naruto was known throughout all of Kumo shinobi as unpredictable. Killer Bee and Yugito, along with their biju, was glad to know that Naruto had thought ahead on figuring out on how to deal with fire jutsu.
Zabuza was impressed that N is able to protect himself since he figured out on how he did, given the stance he had taken after the flames died down. Haku had her eyes completely astonished on how skilled N was given the small performance.
"Zabuza-sensei, I get the feeling that n might be a better swordsman than you one day." Haku stated
"I won't be surprise if your right, Haku." Zabuza replied
Arena
When Naruto sheath his sword, Naruto took his kenjutsu stance, where he had his hand ready to draw his sword the moment that Sasuke begins to attack. It was then that Sasuke decided to try something else to see how N was able to survive his fire attack.
Sasuke performed several more hand signs, where he then unleashed his Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu. Streams of fire came running right at Naruto where he remained calmed. Naruto just move forward, having his hand ready to draw his katana, just dodging the steaming flames with only a bit of distance and with great speed.
Naruto kept dodging until he jump into the air to avoid a collision of fire streams on where he was dodging. It was then that Sasuke continued his assault by throwing several shuriken at him in the air. Sasuke thought he had him, but Naruto threw a kunai, with a wire tied to it, at another side and pulled hard with his right hand to avoid being hit. When Naruto landed, he turn his body to the right, with his knee bend, to see Sasuke. It was then that Sasuke fired another Gōkakyū no Jutsu at Naruto. It was then at this time that Naruto grad hold onto this katana. At the right moment, Naruto instantly drew his katana with incredible speed in a diagonal slice, adding his wind chakra, at the fire like a samurai drawing his sword. It was at that moment, the fireball split in half, where the streams of fire went pass him while continuing to go directly behind him until Sasuke stop his attack. Once the attack stop, the flames died down again where Naruto stood completely unharmed.
"He used his sword to defend against my fire jutsu. How is he able to do it?" Sasuke wondered
Audience
When Sasuke fired his fire jutsu again, the shinobi were able to see Naruto draw his sword and saw the slice he made to cut Sasuke's jutsu. As many senior shinobis were able to figure it out, others were just confused on how N did it.
"Wh-what happened? N was able to stop Sasuke-kun's attack with a sword?" Sakura wondered
"How did he do that?" Ino asked
"I believe I can answer that question for you." Kakashi responded, "What N use was a move that samurais use but added ninjutsu to increase its power."
"A samurai move? I don't get it." Confuse Chouji
"I'm not surprise you don't know Chouji, after all you don't know any kenjutsu or face a samurai before…" said Asuma as he looked at Chouji's confused face, "… the move that N use is a kenjutsu move called Battojutsu."
Asuma explained that the battojutsu technique is made to specifically for attacks of which a sword, mostly with a katana, is drawn from its sheath. Because the sword is being drawn from the sheath, it adds more speed and power, bout 2 to 3 times, when it's unsheathed.
"Even with the battojutsu, N applied his wind affinity along with the sword to increase the swords sharpness, helping it increase its draw speed even more." Asuma finished explaining
"I still don't get it, how is all that link to how N defend himself against Sasuke's attack?" Kiba asked in confusion
"It's simple really. Because of the quick draw and wind affinity, N cutting the air around him which Sasuke's fire attack needs to increase its flame. With no wind to feed off, the fire jutsu will follow where the wind is creating a diverge point where the fire splits apart." Gai adding his two cents.
It was then that all the genin were able to understand on what N did, making them look astonished on N's skills.
"I get it now. In which case, once N draw his sword, the only thing he had to do was just stay put and be prepared for the next attack or use the flames itself to help him create a surprise attack since the opponent can't see through the flames without having some sort of jutsu or ability to tell. Making it a very powerful counterattack for any fire jutsu and shutting Sasuke's ninjutsu down." Kurenai stated
As the genin took all the information in, their attention was drawn back to the match as the flames died down, revealing that N wasn't hurt at all. As all this was going on, Hinata looked at N with even more fascinated look in her eyes since she saw N's eyes were even more piercing but still filled with kindness inside it. She blushed at the thought on seeing the face that those eyes belong to. She believe that N was either a cute or handsome man.
Arena
When the flames died down, Sasuke looked peeved at how N was playing around with him. He was about to move when N grab his katana with both his hands and rush towards Sasuke. Sasuke was barely able to draw out his kunai out to block N's first strike.
As Sasuke stop Naruto's slash, Naruto continued his engage Sasuke with his katana. Sasuke used his speed to dodge while using his kunai to block all of Naruto's slashes and thrusts. During some of which, Naruto knee or kick Sasuke which Sasuke block but left himself open for a punch or elbow strike combined with his kenjutsu leaving Sasuke with several cuts around his body. While Naruto attack Sasuke, Sasuke used his Sharingan to predict N's movements, where he also block with his knees and legs whenever N tried to hit him. It was then that Sasuke had an idea.
"Hm, since N is wearing that mask, I think he doesn't like it when people see his face because he's probably a freak. Maybe if I remove his mask, he might drop his guard for a moment, giving me a chance to deliver a serious blow and to finish this match. Once I beat this loser, I'll be a step closer on facing Gaara." Sasuke thought as he remembered about what happened earlier in the month training where he and Gaara converse with each other.
They continued with this until Sasuke drop some smoke bombs onto the ground, forcing them to move back and separate them, but not before Sasuke was able to surprise N by taking N's knee kick where he took the hit hard. Sasuke then grab the knee and pulled N closer to him, where he delivered a nice punch to his face making him to turn a bit which was enough for Sasuke to grab the mask. Sasuke grab the mask and tear it off. Naruto notice that his mask was about to somewhat choke him, where he instantly used his katana to slice off the piece that Sasuke was pulling, revealing more of his face. It was then that Sasuke pulled out his smoke bombs and drop them to the ground. The smoke bomb covered the arena floor where Sasuke tried to use it to his advantage. Sasuke used his increase speed to get behind Naruto, using his Sharingan to see N's chakra. Sasuke saw that Naruto had his hand on his face, like he tried to hide his face. Sasuke grinned at his plan work, he quickly moved in to deliver a critical blow, but was suddenly surprise when Naruto suddenly did a faint move, then delivering a high kick sending him into the air, where he was once again kick away towards the ground, skidding until he hit the wall.
When the smoke was beginning to clear, Naruto felt that his mask was now completely tear apart with only the neck part and bit of cloth around his head. Naruto used a free hand to rip the rest of his mask off and throw it aside. As his face was being revealed, Naruto said, "Huh… do actually believed that taking off my mask was going let me drop my guard for the moment, then you're more foolish than I thought you were Sasuke. Personally I don't care if everyone knew what I look like, but I just don't want to embarrass Konoha because of their actions." Making Sasuke growl in anger as he was being played.
Once the smoke cleared, everyone was now able to see what N's face look like. For many, they're curiosity on what he look like was answered. They were now able to see that along with sapphire eyes, he had long, spiky blond hair, tan skin. But the thing that got them looking at him was the fact that he had 3 whisker marks on both his cheeks. For Kakashi and Sarutobi, they went wide-eye as they finally recognize on who N really is.
It was then that everyone's thoughts stop as Sasuke ask, "You wear mask just to assure you don't embarrass Konoha. Why you do that since you're a kumo shinobi." With confusion
Naruto grinned as he narrow his eye at Sasuke, "It's because I don't want to shame the old Hokage anymore since I am his surrogate grandson." Shocking everyone in the stadium.
Till Next ch
P.S. Next chapter will end the fight between Naruto and Sasuke. Also, I'll be adding the proper soundtrack later on this chapter.