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The finals for the Chūnin Exams begins and Naruto's the first to fight against Kurotsuchi the granddaughter of the Tsuchikage, she reveals his full heritage to the entire village making them realize their mistake, but its too late. The blonde also reveals his hidden Kekkei Genkai to the entire village, what will their reaction be as well as the Council? Will they be able to seek forgiveness?
The stadium was packed with many visitors both local and foreign. There were Daimyo's from other countries that were there as well to watch the promising Genin fight each other as well as make bets. The foreign merchants that serve Naruto many things came to see him fight knowing he would do just fine and didn't have to worry about him at all, hell they even made bets on him having full confidence he'd win.
The Jounin who's students made it through the Preliminaries who are Kakashi, Asuma, Killer Bee, and Baki were sitting with each other eager to see their students fight. Actually Kakashi wasn't here seeing as how he was running late as usual and Killer Bee was sitting with the Konoha Jounin much to their confusion but didn't comment on it. Those who didn't make it to the Finals, Sakura, Ino, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Choji, and Kiba were watching from the stands seeing the competitors were there except Sasuke who was missing for some reason.
"The finals should be interesting," Asuma took a puff from his cigarette, "Training for a full month gave them enough time to prepare, so this should be interesting."
"How's Choji doing by the way?" Kurenai asked with worry.
Asuma smirked, "He was pretty depressed he didn't make it to the finals, but I told him that he had nothing to be ashamed of. He took down his first opponent in the Preliminaries rather quickly and should feel proud of his achievement. When I told him that he perked right back up."
"Choji did do really well in his match against that Ame ninja," Kurenai frowned down towards the arena staring right at the Iwa kunoichi, "Just be glad he didn't go up against the Tsuchikage's granddaughter."
"Yeah, no kidding." Asuma agreed.
Anko and Zabuza were grinning from ear to ear making the two Jounin look over at them, "What are the two of you grinning about over there?"
"How much money we're going to make, I betted on the blonde gaki to win his match and destroy that Iwa kunoichi. All the dango's I can eat." Anko grinned.
"Heh, gonna have to buy some new swords for the kid after he wins." Zabuza smirked.
Haku smiled, "I have also made a bet on Naruto. I have full confidence he will win."
"I have no doubts about that at all." Asuma agreed.
"Neither do I, please tell me you didn't bet on Shikamaru?" Kurenai looked at him with suspicion.
"Nah, betting's not really my thing." Asuma shrugged.
"Good."
Yamato then showed up and saw Killer Bee, "Bee, you're sitting over here?"
"Yeah!" Bee grinned.
Yamato sat next to him, "Let me guess you bet on Naruto, didn't you?"
"Yo, bet on Naruto bro and Yugito, fool, ya fool!" Bee grinned.
The wood user simply sighed and shook his head.
Asuma and Kurenai sweat-dropped at the rapping but didn't comment on it, "Y-Your not going to bet on Karui and Omoi?"
"Yo! Karui and Omoi good, but need more to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, fool, ya fool!" Bee rapped.
"I-I see." Kurenai smiled nervously.
'What the hell did he just say?' Zabuza and Asuma thought.
Meanwhile the rest of the rookies were having their own conversation about the final matches.
"I'm getting excited." Tenten grinned with anticipation.
"These finals should be interesting," Neji said with a small smile, "I look forward to seeing Hinata-sama win her match."
"I look forward to seeing Naruto-kun show me just how youthful he really is!" Lee grinned still in his hospital clothes as well as leaning on his crutches.
Neji sighed, "Lee, you should be resting in the hospital."
"I am fine, Neji-kun!" Lee gave him his trademark pose.
Neji simply shook his head in defeat, while Tenten laughed nervously. Stubborn fool.
Kiba was glaring down at Kurotsuchi, "I hope Naruto takes her down. I still can't believe she killed that guy in the Preliminaries."
Akamaru barked in agreement.
"She's from Iwa," Neji told him, "All of them there are arrogant and have no qualms about killing, we too will eventually take a life in the near future and might as well prepare for it."
"Not to mention she's the Tsuchikage's granddaughter, and is probably the arrogant type." Tenten added.
Sakura was worried and it showed on her face, prompting Ino to call her out on it, "What's up, Sakura? What are you worried about?"
"Huh? Oh, well Sasuke-kun's not here yet." Sakura said.
Choji ate his chips, "He's fine, he'll get here when he get's here."
"Choji's right, Sasuke's not the type to not just show up for his own match even though its last." Ino grinned.
"Right…" Sakura smiled.
Hokage Booth
Hiruzen was sitting next to the Raikage who had shown up with his two bodyguards Darui and C.
"It's good to see you, Raikage-sama." Hiruzen smiled.
"You as well, Hokage. I hear you have some promising Genin this year." A turned to the man.
Hiruzen smiled, "Yes, you have three promising ones yourself."
"Karui, Omoi, and Yugito are the most promising of their generation. By the way, who's Yugito going up against again?" A questioned.
"That would be Omoi." Hiruzen chuckled at A's deadpanned look.
A sighed, "As much as I find Omoi to be promising, compared to Yugito he'll only last about 5 minutes. 15 if she's merciful."
Hiruzen chuckled.
"By the way, where's the Kazekage? With all three of his children participating I thought he'd be the first one here." A wondered.
"I was wondering the same thing myself, he should be here soon." Hiruzen knew the real reason having heard the information from Jiraiya and Hayate. It was by a pure blessing that Jiraiya's toad got to Hayate in time and saved him from being killed. As if summoned the Kazekage soon appeared, "Ah, Kazekage your finally here."
"It would appear I'm the last one here, Hokage-dono, Raikage-dono." Kazekage/Orochimaru bowed politely to them.
A automatically knew something wasn't right with the Kazekage but made no comment on it but still kept his guard around the man as he sat down next to the Hokage.
Hiruzen stood up to address the crowed, "Those that came to witness the finals of the Chūnin Exams, I welcome you! We have a lot of talented Genin this year and hope they perform greatly for your enjoyment!" the crowd cheered.
Genma Shiranui eyed those that made it to the finals while chewing on a senbon needle, he had to admit that he was pretty impressed by those that made it to the finals. He eyed the Iwa kunoichi though with suspicion, she still had that smirk on her face that made him wonder about it and made a mental note to keep an eye on her.
"Alright, congratulations on making it to the finals but that doesn't mean you can get lazy so look sharp. There are a lot of people here, some of them nobles who came here to see you fight so don't make fools of yourselves in front of them." Genma told them.
"Whatever, just get on with it already." Kurotsuchi was getting impatient and wanted to get started already.
Genma frowned at her but continued anyway, "Before we begin I'll explain the rules for this part of the exams which are basically the same as the Preliminaries. Since I'm the proctor for this part that means my word is law, meaning that this is a one on one fight. You will fight until your opponent is either unconscious, forfeits, or is killed, while killing is usually frowned upon it's still allowed. If I say the match is over then its over, disobey me and I'll be forced to take drastic measures."
Shikamaru looked around, "We're missing someone."
"Dosu Kinuta has dropped out, meaning that there will only be six matches." Genma lied smoothly. They actually found Dosu's body on top of a roof nearby that was beyond recognition. He had a pretty good idea who was responsible for the Genin's death but made no comment on it.
Naruto didn't seem to care that Dosu wasn't here and figured that he was probably killed because that was the only explanation. Dosu wasn't the type to just forfeit, so he had to have been killed. It was either Gaara or Kurotsuchi, but he had a feeling the kunoichi wouldn't even waste her time on the Oto ninja so it had to be Gaara.
"Now then, lets begin. The first match will be between Naruto Uzumaki and Kurotsuchi, the rest of you go up to the competitors box and wait for your matches to start." Genma told the rest of the competitors.
Hinata gave Naruto a worried look but at the same time blushing because of the black sash around his eyes believing it suited him very well.
Shikamaru sighed but not before giving Naruto a glance wondering why the hell does he have a black sash wrapped around his eyes? People already know he's blind so what's the point? He then eyed his opponent, the Iwa kunoichi Kurotsuchi the Tsuchikage's granddaughter. He shuddered remembering how she easily killed that Ame Genin during the Preliminary event.
'Troublesome blonde. You better not die.' Shikamaru thought as he stood on Shino's left side while Hinata stood on his left side.
Genma eyed them both wondering how the hell the village pariah was even going to fight and was honestly surprised he made it to the finals of the exams. The boy looked completely calm and collected unlike his opponent who was still smirking, seriously what the hell was Iwa doing here anyway?
"The first match of the finals between Naruto Uzumaki and Kurotsuchi…begin!" he got the hell out of there by standing off on one of the arena walls.
Naruto felt him leave with a sweat-dropped, 'He got out here quickly, now didn't he?'
"Hmph, finally I can exact revenge." Kurotsuchi smirked.
Naruto tilted his head in confusion, "Your still upset I beat your teammate during the Preliminaries? You Iwa ninja sure can hold a grudge."
"Oh I'll get payback for N don't worry, I'm talking about how your father The Yellow Flash slaughtered half of our people during the war!" Kurotsuchi yelled.
Naruto stayed calm but inwardly he was cursing her for revealing his heritage out in the open, 'This idiot!'
"Real idiot." Kurama and Gyūki agreed.
The entire stadium froze after the whole revelation and stared at Naruto with horror on their faces, there was no way he was the son of their Yondaime it had to be a joke, right?
Naruto tiled his head again, "Out of curiosity do you have any proof that I'm his son?"
"Oh please, you look just like him! Not to mention we took some of your hair and blood from the hospital while we were here and it was a 100% match! You're that bastard Yellow Flash's son, so don't even try to deny it!" she yelled.
"I'm not denying it because your not wrong, but you should look around you though." Naruto sighed at her stupidity.
She raised a brow but looked around and saw the looks of horror on the villagers faces, while the shinobi were cursing themselves for having failed to notice that Naruto had the same features as their Yondaime, same blonde hair and blue eyes! The rookies and some of the Jounin couldn't believe that Naruto was his son but the girl said so herself. DNA doesn't lie, that and the blonde is basically a carbon copy of the man except he's blind.
"What the hell? What's with the pathetic looks on their faces?" she wondered.
"That's because no one here knew I was his son until now thanks to you, they were too busy trying to either kill me or have me banished because of my burden," Naruto told her, "Even when I lost my sight they found pleasure in mocking me simply because I'm blind."
Kurotsuchi busted out laughing, "You mean to tell me that these people who preach about the "Will of Fire" didn't even realize you were his son?! That's so pathetic! Will of Fire my ass!"
"I'm inclined to agree with you on that one." Naruto agreed completely.
"Hey, your last names Uzumaki right?"
"It is."
"So you're related to the Uzumaki clan that was once alive back in Uzushiogakure?" She was getting a sick pleasure out of seeing the faces of the Konoha villagers and ninja's gathered around. They didn't know that he was that man's son. Fucking hilarious.
"My mother Kushina Uzumaki was originally from there, she along with the rest of the survivors migrated to different places and she came here. She then met my father they fell in love and here I am, so yes I am an Uzumaki from the Uzumaki clan. I'm probably the last one." Naruto theorized not having really thought about it until now.
"Heh, gramps told me that those swirls on your ninja's jackets and forehead protectors symbolizes the friendship between Uzushiogakure and Konohagakure, is that true?" she was interested now.
"That's right, the Kage at the time from Uzushiogakure Ashina made this arrangement with the Shodaime of Konohagakure Hashirama after he married Mito Uzumaki and brought her here to Konoha." Naruto admitted no sense in hiding it now.
"Holy shit! You're a an Uzumaki and a Senju?!" Kurotsuchi's eyes were bulging out of her head.
"I'm only part Senju actually, but yes I am a Senju regardless." Naruto corrected.
"That means you're related to the Shodaime, Nidaime and Tsunade Senju!" Kurotsuchi exclaimed.
"…I suppose I am." Naruto said after just now realizing that the Shodaime had a brother, he also forgot about Tsunade. He should really stop forgetting about his relatives otherwise he'll make them mad.
The hits just keep on coming for the villagers of Konoha, so not only did they torment their beloved Yondaime's son but he's also the last of his clan that gave them their red swirling symbol, but he was also related to their Shodaime, Nidaime, and Slug Princess Tsunade Senju! If they didn't feel sick with themselves before they did now.
The rookies were sitting there gaping but also feeling sad that Naruto had go through such a hard life. And they were no better themselves.
"Naruto's the son of the Yondaime…wow." Ino stared at the blind blonde.
Kiba's jaw was hanging wide open.
"You must admit, the resemblance is hard not to see. I myself am ashamed for not having realized it sooner." Neji admitted.
"I still can't believe the villagers taunted him because he's blind, that's so disgusting." Tenten frowned.
"That is most unyouthful!" Lee agreed.
Sakura sat there in shame, her mother had told her that it was okay to belittle Naruto because he was an orphaned nobody, and she actually listened to her! She felt so ashamed and disgusted with herself that she had tears streaming down her eyes.
'Naruto…I'm sorry…'
Kankuro blinked in confusion, "I don't know why their acting like this, hell I knew he looked like the Yondaime Hokage, the features were obvious."
"Yeah no kidding, he looks really handsome with that black sash around his eyes." Temari blushed a little.
"What a bunch of fucking morons." Karui rolled her eyes.
"I kinda figured it out the first time I saw him." Omoi rubbed his chin.
"This village should be ashamed of themselves for treating him in such a way." Yugito stated.
Shikamaru sighed, 'These foreign ninja could tell right away but the people of the village couldn't, and neither could we.'
Hinata felt sad for Naruto because the people of the village were so horrible towards him and made him suffer for a long time.
"What about all that crap about the Yellow Flash killing the Kyūbi? That's a lie isn't it?" Kurotsuchi smirked.
Naruto didn't say anything at first believing that the old man would get angry but since he was already revealing many things because of her there was no point in keeping silent about it, "That's not true…that was a lie the villagers fed themselves and spread it across the village and the young generation. A human can't kill a Bijū, and the Yondaime knew this so he sealed it inside a newborn baby. He died right after the sealing."
The younger generation that were gathered glared hard daggers at the older generation for feeding them such lies, the older generation couldn't even say anything or deny anything.
Kurotsuchi, "Really? Who was the kid?"
"I'm not sure." Naruto lied smoothly, "If your done asking questions, can we start now?"
"Thought you'd never ask." She floated in the air.
Naruto created a shadow clone and gave it his sword, "I won't be needing it for this fight, just pure Ninjutsu and probably some Taijutsu if she ever comes down from the ground."
The Shadow clone nodded and opted to stand over next to a shocked Genma not even looking at him and instead kept its eyes forward.
"Let's do this!" Kurotsuchi smirked, "Yōton: Sekkaigyō no Jutsu (Lava Style: Quicklime Jutsu)!" expelling a large quantity of quicklime from her mouth she shot it towards the blonde.
Naruto did the familiar hand sign that Sakura knew all too well, Rat → Dog → Tiger: "Mokuton: Mokujōheki (Wood Style: Domed Wall Jutsu)!" a wooden dome appeared around Naruto protecting him from her attack as it became hard around the wood dome. He let the wood dome come down, 'I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that I pretty much shocked everyone, right?'
Kurama was laughing his ass off while Gyūki grinned, the shocked faces were completely hilarious!
Stands
Zabuza was howling with laughter seeing everyone's shocked faces, "You dumbasses! Look at your faces!"
"Zabuza-sama, there's no need to laugh." Haku smiled, but it was obvious he was finding the situation to be pretty hilarious.
Gai blinked with surprise, "That was…the Shodaime's famous Mokuton! Naruto-kun truly is youthful!"
Asuma and Kurenai weren't surprised because they already knew about it.
"Looks like Naruto just surprised a whole lot of people just now." Asuma looked around seeing the shocked faces of everyone, civilian and shinobi.
"Yes, I can only imagine what the council might do now that they know he has the Shodaime's bloodline." Kurenai scowled.
Ino's eyes widened, "What the hell?! That's the Shodaime's Mokuton! Since when can Naruto use it?! Sakura did you know about this?!"
Sakura said nothing and just simply watched the match still disgusted with herself for how she treated Naruto in the past.
Choji blinked, "A-Amazing…"
"Holy crap!" Kiba yelled.
"So that's the Shodaime's famous Mokuton…" Neji stared on in awe.
"Wow…" Tenten stared.
"YOSH! NARUTO-KUN'S FLAMES OF YOUTH ARE MOST POWERFUL!" Lee had flames in his eye full or excitement.
Competitors Box
Shikamaru stared at the blonde in complete disbelief, 'Naruto has the Mokuton! The Shodaime's kekkei genkai! This proves he's part Senju.'
Hinata smiled as she watched Naruto use his kekkei genkai Mokuton, 'You can do it, Naruto-kun!'
Hokage Booth
Hiruzen went from furious at the Iwa kunoichi to feeling pride for Naruto as he used the Mokuton before everyone; it was obvious the blonde didn't care what the villagers or the council thought and neither did Hiruzen. Jiraiya did say that Naruto would surprise him during the finals; this must be what he meant.
A whistled clearly impressed, "So not only is he an Uzumaki but also a Senju? Well it shows, since he's using the Mokuton right before our very eyes."
"Indeed." Hiruzen agreed.
"But seriously Hiruzen, you allowed your people to treat the boy as a scapegoat? I threatened everyone in our village that if they so much as tried doing that to Yugito or Bee I'd slaughter them." A frowned towards the crowd.
Hiruzen sighed, "I had laws placed that prevented people from hurting the boy, but that proved to do nothing as they would still do it anyway or at least try to. They would also insult him to his face; mock him for his blindness, and other things but he simply ignored them. Naruto has lost complete trust in both the villagers and shinobi of this village…and I don't know if he'll ever trust them again."
"I wouldn't either if I was him," A agreed, "If one shinobi doesn't trust his village then that trust can never be regained again once its been lost."
"What a true statement, I must say Hokage-dono that I am somewhat disappointed in your village." Kazekage/Orochimaru stated with a hidden smirk. He was hoping the blonde would use the Mokuton and now he has, oh how much he wanted the boy. The very first blind ninja ever and he possesses the Mokuton kekkei genkai and has mastered it was what Orochimaru was hoping. Sasuke or Naruto? Who should he use as his new body first?
Arena
Kurotsuchi glared, "Yeah, your a Senju alright."
Naruto smirked for once, 'I'm only part Senju, but oh well. Might as well accept that I am a Senju and that's that.'
She clicked her teeth and used another technique, Tiger → Rat: "Yōton: Kaisekifū no Jutsu (Lava Style: Ash Stone Sealing Jutsu)!" she spewed out black ash from her mouth and towards Naruto.
Bird → Hare → Serpent: "Mokuton: Jukai Heki (Wood Style: Tree Wall Barrier)!" he created countless wooden branches that grew at high speeds and blocked the black ash from getting to him, but the blonde wasn't done just yet as he made the Snake hand sign, "Mokuton: Jukai Kōtan (Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence)!" multiple trees started growing all around the arena growing as tall as they could see, even blocking Kurotsuchi's view of Naruto.
She looked around, "Dammit! Where the hell is he?!" she started flying around the forest trying to sense where he was.
Naruto jumped on one of the trees from behind her and quickly got to work, Tiger → Ox → Dog → Rabbit → Snake: "Fūton: Daitoppa (Wind Style: Great Breakthrough)!" a powerful gust of wind slammed into her from behind sending her hurling far away from him as her back slammed into the tree behind her making her fall to the ground.
She got up slowly and glared, "Dammit! I won't lose to that bastards son!" she declared.
Naruto knew he had to end this match otherwise she could get violent really fast, he clapped his hands together, "Fūton: Reppūshō (Wind Style: Gale Palm)!" he sent a powerful gust of wind towards her.
Kurotsuchi countered this, "Yōton: Gomuheki (Lava Style: Rubber Wall)!" she created a torrent of lava in front of her that formed into a wall taking in the powerful wind attack without even breaking proving just how durable it is.
'So she can create a lava wall then. I know she's an earth style user too, but she hasn't used any yet.' He thought still standing up on a tree branch.
"Let's see how you handle this!" she smirked, Dragon → Tiger → Hare: "Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Style: Water Trumpet)!" she released a large jet of wind from her mouth through her hand as though she were playing the trumpet.
Naruto's eyes widened as he jumped back and away from the water technique, 'She's water style user too?! Well she is the Tsuchikage's granddaughter, so I shouldn't really be surprised. Time to get serious then.' Snake → Ram → Hare → Dog → Snake: "Mokuton: Mokuryū no Jutsu (Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu)!" a wooden dragon sprouted up from the ground and shot towards Kurotsuchi who's back was still too sore to fly and instead jumped back away from the dragon that seemed to follow her movements.
"Damn!" she swore, Dog → Boar → Tiger → Ox → Rat → Bird: "Yōton: Yōkai no Jutsu (Lava Style: Lava Monster Jutsu)!" spewing acidic flow from her mouth she sent it at the wooden dragon and watched it melt before her eyes. She landed safely back on the ground and Naruto appeared behind her quickly and got to work.
"Fūinjutsu: Kekkai Hōjin Sanrenshiki (Barrier Method Formation — Triple Formula)!" three sealing formulas were on the ground around her making her eyes widen.
"What the-" before she could finish an explosion was set off sending her flying until she slammed into another tree and fell to the ground but she wasn't unconscious and got back up, "You…what the hell was that…?"
"A Fūinjutsu technique, you forget I'm part of the Uzumaki clan and Fūinjutsu is our specialty." Naruto told her, 'But still…we've already wasted enough time talking, this needs to end. I'm going to have to use that on her to end this match.'
"Bastard!" she charged at him giving him enough time to perform another seal his clone read from the Uzumaki scrolls and hoped that it would work. She was close enough to send a kick towards his head but at the last minute he moved away and brought his hand up to her stomach, his fingers glowing blue, "Gogyō Fūin (Five Pronged Seal)!" slamming his hand into her stomach she cried out in pain as she was sent flying away from him and rolled on the ground a few times before coughing and getting back up slowly, "What the hell…was that?" she then noticed something making her eyes widen, "My chakra…I can't feel it!"
"That's because I blocked off the chakra flow," Naruto told her getting ready to end this, "I'd tell you to forfeit but something tells me you won't and you need to see the medic for your back." He said making the Snake hand sign, "Mokuton: Kajukai Kōrin (Wood Style: Deep Forest Bloom)!" flowering trees grew at a rapid pace from underground, as soon as the grew the flowers started releasing pollen in Kurotsuchi's direction making her eyes feel heavy but she tried to stay conscious, key word: Try.
She was stubborn though and walked towards him slowly, "Damn…you…we will…have our…revenge…on you…Yellow Flash…!" she past out just as she reached him making him sigh in relief.
'Finally…using Gogyō Fūin (Five Pronged Seal) and Mokuton: Kajukai Kōrin (Wood Style: Deep Forest Bloom) takes up a lot of chakra and I can only feel a little, meaning she went down just in time before I could run out.' He thought.
"I will restore some of your chakra for you." Asura told the blonde.
Naruto felt like his body was on fire but it was actually glowing white just like it did in the Forest of Death, 'Feels good to have some chakra restored, now I can take this forest down.' Making the Snake hand sign the forest he created as well as the flowers went back into the ground leaving only him and an unconscious Kurotsuchi before him. He felt someone poke him, using his senses he felt it was his shadow clone.
'I honestly forgot I created one at the beginning of the match,' he sweat-dropped, 'Sorry shadow clone.' Reaching his hand out the shadow clone gave him back his sword but he didn't dispel it since he needed the clone to help him get back up to the competitors booth, 'Why's it so quiet?'
"You just revealed your status even though that girl kinda helped you confirm it to these stupid people, used Senju Hashirama's Mokuton, and just proved to these idiots that you shouldn't be underestimated and your wondering why it's so quiet?" Kurama deadpanned.
'…Okay, point taken.' Naruto thought hearing Gyūki laugh in his head.
Genma approached with a smile, "Winner, Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki!"
Naruto's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, 'Seriously?' he thought as he heard the crowd start roaring with cheers for his victory making him feel even more annoyed than ever, 'Whatever, I don't care.' He started walking away with the help of his shadow clone up to the competitors box, 'Kurotsuchi basically revealed that she and her two teammates came here for the sole purpose of killing me because of my dad, and also revealed to stealing some of my hair and blood samples to prove their claim. The old man might be forced to kill them but I don't think the Tsuchikage will allow that. What a mess.'
Hokage Booth
Hiruzen smiled proudly at his surrogate grandson, 'I'm proud of you, Naruto.'
"That was impressive. He kept his cool as soon as the match started, even when that girl revealed his heritage he didn't get mad or lash out and stayed calm even kept a cool head when the match started. The true signs of someone who is truly Chunin material, hell maybe even Jounin material." The Raikage grinned.
Hiruzen chuckled heartily, "If Naruto heard you say that he'd probably think you were joking. He honestly believes that no one makes Chunin on their first try and would say he's not Jounin material because of his age."
"Ha! We'll I say the kids ready! He has my vote for Chunin!" A grinned.
"And I agree." Hiruzen smiled.
"I agree as well, now the real problem is what to do with the girl? She revealed in her earlier rant that the only reason Iwa participated in the games was to kill the boy because of who his father is, even went as far as to steal his blood to confirm it." Kazekage/Orochimaru reminded.
"She should be executed but that old fool Ōnoki won't allow that and try to declare war if you try it. I can't believe that old fool actually had his own granddaughter come here to try and kill the boy, what the hell was he thinking?" A frowned.
"It's just like you said Raikage-dono, he's an old fool. And once an old fool, always an old fool." Kazekage/Orochimaru stated.
Hiruzen's face became serious, "I will be sending him a letter once the exams are over and will deal with both him and his ninja's."
"Heh, I almost feel sorry for the old fool. Almost." A grinned.
Jiraiya then chose that time to appear, "Yo!"
Hiruzen rolled his eyes, "Jiraiya, you missed Naruto's match."
"No I didn't, I was watching from another angle and I gotta say the brat did excellent." Jiraiya grinned.
"That he did, I'm proud of his growth and can't wait to see how the other participants fair in their matches." Hiruzen smiled.
Stands
"WE'RE FUCKING RITCH!" Anko and Zabuza hollered.
Asuma had covered his ears, "Alright, alright we get it already, just lower your damn voices."
Kurenai giggled at them, "But still…Naruto was amazing in his match and now people will take him seriously."
Zabuza scoffed at her, "Who gives a shit about what these morons think. What makes you think the kid even cares about whether these morons take him seriously or not? I'll tell you this now, he doesn't give a damn what they think at all. The kid's lost trust in his own damn village and it shows."
Haku nodded, "I'm afraid Zabuza-sama is right, the people of the village have lost his trust and he will continue to ignore them as he's always done until they can regain his trust back."
"Who cares about that! LIFE SUPPLY OF DANGO'S HERE I COME!" Anko hollered from her seat while also jumping up and down from her seat making the people around her shake their heads.
Zabuza laughed his ass off, while Kurenai and Asuma shook their heads at the woman.
The merchant from the Land of Iron that sold Naruto the sword was in the crowd smiled at the blonde, "Naruto-dono did most excellent. I made the right choice in giving him that sword."
"The boy didn't need it for this battle but I wonder how good he's gotten?" a merchant from Takigakure wondered.
"He told me that he was getting better at it everyday thanks to Zabuza-dono." The man smiled.
"Hmmm, I wonder if an alliance with this village is even worth it?" The Takigakure merchant wondered thoughtfully.
"I'm thinking the same thing my friend."
Competitors Box
Naruto and his Shadow Clone made it to the competitor's box still ignoring the cheering crowd. It really amazes him how humans can go from hating you all your life to starting to like you all of a sudden. Thinking about it now, it's actually really annoying, like right now. The blonde stood next to Shikamaru who kept eyeing him as soon as he arrived, Naruto simply dispelled his clone as soon as it gave him his sword.
"Annoying." Naruto stated.
"So you don't care?" Shikamaru asked.
"I'd rather not give you my honest opinion on that right now because there's someone hiding from within the shadows." Naruto said motioning the shadow user to look behind them.
Shikamaru looked behind the blonde and saw what looked like someone from ANBU appear but it looked different and felt different, 'Is this really someone from the ANBU?'
"Naruto Namikaze, you are to report to the Council room immediately." The ANBU said in a toneless voice.
Shikamaru flinched at the tone, yeah this guy can't be ANBU. They at least have some emotion in their voice but this person's completely emotionless. Like he's not even human.
"First off my name is "Naruto Uzumaki, not Naruto Namikaze." I may be his son but I have no intention of changing my last name. Did Hokage-sama call the meeting?" Naruto questioned.
"You are not authorized to know that."
"Then I'm not going. Please leave." Naruto told him not even bothering to look behind him.
Shikamaru felt like something bad was about to happen, and it won't be good at all.
"If you do not come willingly you will be forced."
"You're more than welcome to try, but I suggest you don't. Please leave." Naruto repeated.
'This feeling I'm getting from him. I don't feel any emotions, almost like he's not even human. Is he someone from ROOT that Yamato-sensei warned me about?' the blonde wondered.
Before anything else could happen Yamato appeared in a puff of smoke glaring hard daggers at the ROOT Agent disguised as an ANBU captain, "If Hokage-sama didn't call for the meeting then I suggest you leave now before I bury you underground. Oh, and tell the war hawk Tenzo says hello."
The ROOT Agent flinched then disappeared back into the shadows where he came.
Yamato sighed with relief, "Good thing I got here just in time, looks like the council didn't waste time at all. You okay?"
"I'm fine, but that person was not from ANBU. I felt no human emotion…and that's disturbing." Naruto frowned.
"Yeah, that's the war hawks fault. You can relax now though, I'm pretty sure they won't bother you. For now anyway." Yamato disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Naruto…" Shikamaru began to speak.
"Just watch the match and forget about it, Shikamaru." Naruto told him.
The shadow still looked like he had something to say but wisely kept his mouth shut.
Genma got the crowd to quiet down so he could announce the next match, "For the second match, Hinata Hyūga and Karui!"
Naruto smiled, "Do your best Hinata-chan."
Hinata blushed with a smile, "Right!" she ran down the stairs and appeared down in the arena facing Karui.
Stands
"Alright! It's finally Hinata's turn!" Kiba grinned.
Neji eyed the cloud ninja but not with disdain, but that doesn't mean he was secretly wishing that Hinata would brutalize the young Kumo ninja.
"Karui uses Lightening based attacks, will Hinata be okay?" Tenten wondered.
"She'll be fine! There's no way she'll lose to that Kumo Genin!" Kiba declared loudly.
Choji nodded in agreement.
Sakura didn't even bother to comment with the other Rookies, feeling disgusted with her actions for how she treated Naruto all these years and wondered if he could find it in his heart to forgive her?
Kurenai was a little worried for her student. While true she did beat her cousin Neji Hyūga, but this was someone from Kumogakure no Sato so she was right to be worried.
"Relax, Hinata will be fine." Asuma assured her.
Kurenai was still anxious but smiled at Asuma's reassuring words to her, 'He's right. Hinata will be fine.'
Hokage Booth
"What are your thoughts on the match, A?" Hiruzen asked in curiosity.
A took the time to think about it then came up with an answer, "Karui is very skilled in swordplay but she might have met her match with the Hyūga girl."
"An honest and fair assessment." Kazekage/Orochimaru commented.
Hiruzen chuckled as he watched the two kunoichi stared at each other from the other side of the arena, 'This should be an interesting match. The girl's Kenjutsu is indeed very impressive but Hinata's amazing herself.'
Arena
Hinata was completely calm as she faced her opponent from Kumogakure no Sato. Some of her clan members still held a grudge against them for trying to take the Byakugan and she knew her father still held one over the death of his brother and her uncle. She would not lose this match! She would do her best to win!
'I can't lose! I will not lose!' She declared within her mind.
Genma appeared in between the two seeing how they looked serious and ready to get this started already, "Okay you two, you know the rules. Are you ready?"
Both girls nodded.
Genma nodded in understanding, "The second match between Hinata Hyūga and Karui…begin!" he got out of there quickly.
Hinata activated her Byakugan and Karui wasted no time in charging at the Hyūga heiress and Hinata waited for the red head to get in close before she started dodging her precise sword strikes. She moved so nimbly that Karui couldn't get a single hit on her at all.
The Hyūga heiress figure she wasted enough time and started going on offense forcing Karui to dodge the best she could, but was having a hard time keeping up Hinata as the girl wasn't letting her get the chance to retaliate.
Competitors Box
Naruto was calm throughout Hinata's match. True he couldn't see it, but he knew in his heart that she would win just like she won against Neji. Karui was still skilled in his opinion even though her match against Akatsuchi proved he went down voluntarily; she was still a skilled kunoichi.
'Karui uses lightning style just like half of the shinobi in Kumogakure no Sato do, so she might use that against Hinata or simply use the same technique she used against Akatsuchi. Whatever she plans to do Hinata should be able to counter it, she just has to be careful.' He thought.
Stands
"All right! Hinata's kicking ass out there!" Kiba grinned.
Choji nodded as he ate his chips, "Her and Karui are really strong."
Neji crossed his arms, "No matter how skilled that kunoichi is, Hinata-sama will not lose."
Tenten smirked, "Is that so?" she teased.
He looked away with a small blush.
"HINATA-SAN'S YOUTHFUL FLAMES ARE BURNING BRIGHTER THAN EVER!" Lee shouted at the top of his lungs.
"I AGREE MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT!" Gai agreed.
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
They embraced each other much to the horror of everyone else who were forced to witness such a terrifying event.
Zabuza shut his eyes quickly, "Dammit! What the hell kind of Genjutsu is this?!"
Haku had his eyes closed as well, "Don't look Zabuza-sama!"
"Gai you asshole! I'll castrate you for this!" Anko yelled.
"I'll help you with that one, Anko." Kurenai glared at the green jumpsuit ninja.
Arena
Karui jumped back to gain some distance between the two, "Not bad for a Hyūga, lets see how you handle this! Ninpō: Rairyū no Tatsumaki (Ninja Art: Thunder Dragon Tornado)!" her blade became incased in lightning as a lightning dragon appeared and came at Hinata.
Hinata jumped back herself waiting for it to come at her, once it was close enough she wasted no time in countering the jutsu, "Hakkeshō Kaiten (Eight Trigrams: Palm Rotation)!" a purple sphere surrounded her as she started spinning around to keep the lightning jutsu from hitting her. The lightning dragon slammed into the barrier unable to break through it was cancelled out just as Hinata stopped spinning in place. The Hyūga heiress wasted no time in appearing before Karui using her stunned reaction as an opportunity to finish this, "Hakkeshō Sōshutsūha (Eight Trigrams Twin Back Pierce)!" she hit Karui sending the kunoichi in the air but didn't stop there as she jumped in the air continuing her assault with more hits then a final concentrated hit with both palms sending Karui flying back down to the ground creating a crater. Hinata landed back on the ground and stared into the smoke with her Byakugan still activated not wanting to be taken by surprise. Once the smoke cleared everyone saw Karui was unconscious.
Genma appeared to announce the winner, "Winner, Hinata Hyūga!"
Everyone cheered for the girl making her blush slightly as she walked back to the competitors booth still blushing not expecting such a large crowd to cheer for her, 'I wonder how Naruto-kun felt when it happened to him?'
Stands
"HELL YEAH!" Kiba shouted with glee.
"That's what I'm talking about! Hinata totally kicked ass!" Ino pumped her fist in the air.
Sakura showed a small smile, "Yeah…she did…"
"She's gotten really strong." Choji commented.
Tenten turned to Neji, "She won and didn't get a single scratch on her either."
Neji smiled softly, "Yes, she did very well."
Kurenai sighed with relief as Hinata won her match, "That girl is really amazing."
"No kidding. That was a new move she used to finish tat Karui girl off." Asuma commented.
"That's a strong kunoichi you've got there Kurenai, I like her." Anko smirked.
"Don't even think about it, Anko." Kurenai deadpanned.
"Awww, you're no fun." Anko pouted.
Yamato looked over at Killer bee, "How do you feel about her losing her match against Hinata?"
"Karui fought like a beast but needs more training to keep it up, yeah~!" Bee rapped.
Yamato sighed lowering his head, "Its no use…I have no idea what he's talking about."
Competitors Box
Naruto smiled, "She won."
Shikamaru eyed him, "You already knew she'd win though, didn't you?"
"Who knows?"
"Troublesome."
"Hinata was impressive. I am proud to be her teammate." Shino commented.
"Karui will be complaining when she wakes up." Omoi stated the obvious.
Yugito chuckled, "She'll get over it."
"Doubt it." Omoi said.
"Now that's how real kunoichi fight." Temari stated crossing her arms remembering that stupid match she was force to watch between Sakura and Ino. It was embarrassing.
'I'm not touching that one.' Kankuro thought.
Gaara didn't care and kept his eyes on Naruto throughout the whole match, his mother screaming for the blonde's blood.
Hokage Booth
Hiruzen noticed A wasn't all that upset about Karui losing, "You seem rather calm."
A crossed his arms, "She did well, but needs more training. Karui can still improve."
"I agree." Hiruzen agreed.
Kazekage/Orochimaru said nothing as he waited for Sasuke to hurry up and appear so they can start the invasion.
Arena
Genma announced the next match, "The next match will now commence between Omoi and Yugito Nii!"
Competitors Box
Omoi raised his hand in the air, "Excuse me, but I forfeit!"
Stands
"WHAT?!" Ino and Kiba bellowed.
"He just gave up?! What the hell?!" Kiba yelled.
"Well…she did beat you with a single jutsu, so maybe he's forfeiting because he doesn't want that to happen to him." Choji reminded.
Kiba looked away embarrassed.
Competitors Box
The crowd the booed Omoi who didn't care about the booing at all. He'd seen Yugito fight back in Kumo even though it was against Killer Bee and he'd be damned if he went up against her. That'd be suicide.
'Forgive me, Raikage-sama but I stand no chance against Yugito-san.' Omoi thought.
Yugito was amused by the fact that he forfeited.
Hokage Booth
"That was a wise decision." A had the urge to laugh actually, his bodyguards didn't even comment.
Hiruzen chuckled, while Jiraiya had the urge to laugh his ass off but decided to be on his best behavior.
For now.
Arena
Genma calmed the crowd down, "Winner by forfeit…Yugito Nii! Next match Temari Sabaku vs. Shikamaru Nara!"
Competitors Box
Shikamaru watched as Temari flew down to the arena using her fan waiting for him to get down there. The Nara had absolutely no interest in becoming a Chūnin and he wasn't interested in fighting another girl either and was about to forfeit too, but before he could.
"Shikamaru…if you even think about forfeiting this match I'll toss you down there with the help of my clones." Naruto told the Nara heir with an evil smile.
Shikamaru knew he was screwed.
'Troublesome blonde.'
Next Time: Invasion of Konoha