I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, I'm just a fan I enjoyed the anime but I love the fanfics even more, they made me fall for the whole franchise.
Chapter 77
Kiba walked with his teammate, Sakura Haruno, and Sensei, Kurenai Yūi the genjutsu mistress of Konoha. His form was savage looking with dried mud on his torn and worn clothing with a strong scent coming from him.
Nobody said a word as he led the way, even Kurenai found herself letting him do it. Kiba sniffed the air once and caught a scent in the air, his strong odor not deterring his enhanced sense of smell. What he smelled was Akamaru's blood mixed with another person's scent.
"Uchiha…" Kiba's eyes narrowed in the distance when he said this out loud and Sakura's heart skipped a beat in an instant at the word to come out of the Inuzuka's mouth.
"Where!?" Sakura asked excitedly with sparkling eyes looking like she was about to start shaking the Inuzuka where he stood. She quickly killed that excitement when she remembered Kiba's new hatred for her Sasuke-Kun.
"Grrrrrr" Kiba growled at Sakura, his elongated canines showing its sharp tips.
"Let us support your teammate and cheer him on." Kurenai spoke up seeing the tension building up. Kurenai in all honesty felt sorry for Kiba but also understood where her female Genin was coming from. Love for a young girl was something special and indiscriminative you were either in love or you weren't. The person on the receiving end of those feelings would always be exempt from their crimes or actions.
Team 8 continued moving, heading toward the Hokage's administrative building and Sakura again felt sorry for her reaction but after the nightmare she had the night before, the thought of seeing Sasuke after their previous argument and being able to apologize for what she said and how that could have made him feel had her forgetting about what he did after said argument.
Her body still felt agitated, a white snake was calling her to step forward, it looked ancient, old, and scaled like a dragon.
A giant albino rat snake looking to be bigger than a house and as long as five street blocks or it was a she, she sat on a sacred seat with her massive body wrapped in thick coils. The strangest thing about the dream was the fact the snake was stylish and wore clothes and accessories.
The coils had yellow circular bands. She wore a turban with two pointed edges and a red orb on top along with an orange headdress, a chain with a green orb around her neck, and deadly slit eyes.
'Stop thinking about it.' Sakura shook her head and took a breath to calm her thoughts. Guren said she was too distracted, unable to concentrate on what mattered. Sakura didn't know if the woman was talking about beauty or strength because after berating Sakura the woman looked at her reflection on a crystal she created and threw herself a compliment.
'I know what she means.' Sakura thought having understood where the real problem was. Orochimaru told her, Shino told her and her mother told her, it was Sasuke the love of her life. Sasuke is strong, Sakura knows that in her mind she just knows he is.
Sakura Haruno is not strong is another problem, how can she hope to win his affection if she cannot walk beside him? Would she always be that girl who needed to be placed behind someone for protection?
"I will not be that girl." Sakura whispered just out of her team's hearing range, Kiba heard anyway but did not give a fuck.
"Ryūchi Cave." Sakura mumbled, she did not know where the knowledge came from but she could clearly remember the name of the place she had found herself in.
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Walking through the hallways of the Hokage administrative building were a group of men of all ages and ranks. Located to the far back with a clipboard filled with A4 pages that he made notes on was Iruka Umino.
A little to the front of him to the left was the Anbu commander. He is dressed in a white cloak and black trousers with bandages tied around his right leg, arm guards, gloves, and black sandals. He has spiky brown hair and wears a mask with a dog motif inclusive of pointed ears, detailed eyebrows, and three thick stripes, with two along either side of his cheek and one on his forehead.
Nobody knew this Anbu's identity but the third Hokage seemed to trust the man completely. To the right of the Anbu was Shikaku Nara who has two scars on the right side of his face. His hair is tied up into a spiky ponytail, he has dark eyes as well as a goatee and he wore earrings. He wore a meshed shirt underneath his flak jacket, a deer skin coat over that, and hand guards.
He spoke quietly to the Anbu commander and spoke strategies. In front of them was The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and his former teammate Danzo Shimura having a discussion that every ninja there did their best to not overhear.
"You have finally gone Senile Hiruzen." Danzō spoke plainly as his cane tapped on the floorboard of the 7th floor. "I do not know what sensei was thinking when he chose you for the seat." Danzō finished looking unapologetic about his words.
"I see you still speak with comfort old friend, I appreciate that we can still speak our minds to each other despite my position and rank." Hiruzen replied in an authoritative voice that Danzō did not expect from the strongest man of their generation.
"Like me, you claim to love this village, that is to love its Hokage, and I as your Hokage have let you return to my village. I do not expect anything from you but for you to follow my orders." Danzō controlled his emotions and let nothing be shown but he was shocked by the no none sense tone Hiruzen spoke in.
"You have two strikes Danzō, old friend…." Hiruzen growled clearly not in the grandfatherly mood. "Due to your failures during the Nine-Tails attack, we lost a Hokage and due to your methods we almost lost an asset to the village." Both Hiruzen and Danzō knew what was meant by asset in that context of their words and both were wise enough to know that bringing it forward will hurt both of their credibility in the village.
The Uchiha Incident and all its events have to be buried forever or until they die.
"You have one last chance, your mission is to find me this crime lord in my village, and bring him to justice do you understand?" Danzō still in control of his emotions bowed to the hip at his Hokage in front of six pairs of eyes before getting dismissed by simply being walked away from first by the Hokage, followed by the two commanders and finally a Chunin teacher doing two jobs.
Danzō straightened his form when he found himself alone and only then did he show the unfiltered anger he felt. This is not the future he had dreamt of when he fought through the first shinobi war. He knew he had no respect from any of Konoha's official ranks and was unknown to the new population because of being cut out from all of Konoha's curriculum.
He held no power, Hiruzen is no fair leader either, anything but that. Danzō found him to be the worse of the two of them, but what did you expect from a student of the second Hokage? The most conniving man to ever walk the elemental nations, Danzō could still remember the death grip the man had on the villages running.
The Diamyō had no say, the populace had no say and the council had no say. Tobirama Sarutobi was a dictator in every sense of the word and he would never chose his successor to be otherwise. He had seen Hiruzen's real personality under all of that 'Will of Fire.'
"I will prove you were the wrong choice, old…friend…" Danzō's emotions got the better of him and he found himself baring his teeth. The relic of Konoha's past schooled his emotions a second later and marched forward the same way the group went.
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Neji walked silently a few steps behind Toneri Ōtsutsuki as they made their way to the seats available in the arena. He was stiff as a rod and aggravated, he had a very dangerous mission ahead of him that could turn him into a missing-nin if caught or suspected.
He could already see how Kō looked at him differently, it was written all over his behavior and actions. The Chūnin Hyūga had received early retirement due to his missing limb and traumatic experience that he did not remember fully but the way he stared at Neji when he thought he was not looking was revealing enough, Kō suspected him of the Hyūga elder's death.
Toneri took a seat in the row designated to the Hyūga clan head and his guests. His posture immediately became filled with jealousy when he spotted Naruto Uzumaki on the arena floor with Hinata Hyūga laughing and jesting with the heiress who looked so full of life and vibrant compared to how she was in the past few weeks.
Neji though felt fear grip his heart and the mission he was given all of a sudden felt riskier. Hanabi Hyūga is Hinata's younger sister and from her interactions with the villain of the leaf, he could only conclude Naruto was very fond of her.
"You know your assignment peasant, do not fail me again." Toneri told Neji who sat in the row behind him. Neji didn't say a thing and looked at the other participants on the arena floor. Sasuke Uchiha stood away from his team facing forward without a twitch but Neji could deduce that Uchiha Genin had a confidence boost recently.
Neji ignored Lee and skipped over to Shino who stood alongside Shikamaru Nara who looked mostly at Sasuke like he was the wild card in the finals. Neji couldn't blame him for being ignorant, the Nara didn't know the real villain was the one now tickling Hinata-Sama's waist from behind with the girl doubling over in laughter.
On the other side was the team from Suna they, just like team 7 had a member standing away from them. Neji balled his fists in anger, he was supposed to be down there but now those he called losers and degraded stood in the spotlight while he watched from the sidelines as a spectator.
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Ino heard a whistle and looked behind her, only for her heart to skip a beat when she saw a mane of blonde hair attached to a whiskered face with big blue eyes.
'Golden boy.' Ino watched as he approached her. they were located in the hallway leading to the spectator's section, she didn't know what to say. For the first time, she felt like she had her tongue caught by the cat.
"Hey, Sunshine." Naruto began smiling at her though she could see it was an unsure one. Ino noticed his eyes go down to her neck, she herself felt sad when his eyes became a little sad.
"I forgot to put it on today." Ino lied and Naruto shook his head.
"It's okay, I understand." The Yamanaka heiress knew lying to the blonde was those mission impossible kind of situations and simply nodded. "How are you?" He continued trying to make his smile more natural.
"You are a clone aren't you?" Ino rather asked and when the blonde nodded she felt sad.
"The boss is already in the arena." The clone spoke truthfully and the Yamanaka heiress nodded.
"With Hinata." That was not a question but the clone nodded anyway in affirmative.
"What do you want Naruto." Ino's emotions were beginning to get the better of her but heartbreak was not something she ever thought she would experience in her life.
"I wanted to say, thank you." That caught Ino off guard but she said nothing and let him continue. "For everything you have done for me, everything we shared, and your feelings for me." This time the smile became natural and beautiful making Ino miss the days the smile accompanied a kiss or a compliment.
"Why are you telling me this?" Ino asked feeling agitated when images of their fight at the preliminary rounds played in her mind. Naruto rubbed the back of his head and Ino saw him get serious it was always fascinating to see him serious it made his rough good looks look even more appealing.
"The boss said I wasn't allowed to hug you because of a promise he made but he did ask me to deliver a message to you." The clone explained and Ino listened.
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"Ahh welcome fellow Kages of the five nations." Hiruzen greeted all the Kages seated at their respective tables with two of their trusted Shinobi on either side of them hidden under hooded cloaks two steps away from their Kage's seated forms.
To the far right of the lavish Japanese-style room with great interior designs and four paintings depicting the Épicentre of the Leaf's great achievements. The first depicted Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's battle that created the Valley of the End.
On one side stood Madara Uchiha with the nine tails as his mighty steed in a mad dash toward Hashirama Senju who stood tall alone with only a sword in his hand and little floors growing next to his feet in the barren landscape they battled in covered in craters, scorched trees and mud.
The second portrait depicted Hashirama Senju walking with leashes in his hand that connected to 8 of the tailed beasts from 1 to 8 as each was given off to each of the other villages. Every Kage hated the depiction, it made them look like second best to the man who offered them all dangerous weapons and said 'There, it's now even'.
The artist captured the concept because Hashirama Senju was drawn as the biggest individual there, the tailed beasts barely reached the first Hokage's knees and the other villages were depicted as below the tailed beast's feet seeing as their symbols were located there.
Hiruzen got no reply and he sighed when he realized why when he too laid eyes on the work of art. Hiruzen did smile when his eyes landed on the third giant work of art.
The third canvas depicted the three legendary Sanin of Konoha above their summons, it had a dark background that was made to look pitch black and what came from it were Three intimidating animals glaring down at whoever faced them.
A giant toad to the right, a giant snail to the left, and a giant snake between them in the middle. On top of each summon stood their respective summoners. Each boasted with strength as auras flew out of them in waves.
"I believe all of you had a wonderful journey and welcome to the village……" Hiruzen sighed when he was cut off by who he could call a rival even if in strength back in their youth the fence sitter would be considered unworthy of such a title.
"Stop wasting our time Hiruzen." Ah the good old days, Hiruzen had to wonder before he laughed the statement away with a wave of his hand. The third Hokage proceeded to walk toward his seat with two ninjas following two steps behind him.
On his right stood Itachi Uchiha and to his left Fugaku Uchiha, the Kages suddenly felt tense. It was an unexpected development, never had an Uchiha Head walked behind somebody before, they were the type to stay behind and watch you leave instead.
"Such a tense atmosphere." A deep voice said gaining everybody's attention, though he already had it to begin with seeing as he was not the fourth Mizukage Yagūra of the Sanbi.
"How about introductions to lighten things up." The man was dressed in what looked like a normal black cloak with a hoodie over his head and a pitch-black mask with an eyehole that was obscured behind the hoodie that stopped just above where his nose should be located behind the mask.
"I am Tobi, the fifth Mizukage of the village hidden in the mists." He began, Hiruzen didn't like that the man seemed to be enjoying himself and a tad too relaxed compared to the rest of the Kages seating in foreign lands. "I like that one the most." The masked man said pointing up at the fourth picture on the wall.
The last picture depicted Minato Namikaze battling it out with the Nine-tailed fox in a woodland setting. The Nine Tails this time came alone with anger as he shot multiple Bijūdamas toward the leaf village from afar.
On top of the Hokage Stone Monument that depicted all four Hokages, previous and reining. Minato Namikaze stood tall facing the thousand balls of compressed chakra with nothing but a tri-prong Kunai held forward with both hands.
"The artist really understands how coloring and shadowing can bring movement into a picture simply by angle and lighting." Hiruzen was speechless, he did not expect that from a rival village's Kage.
"Ah yes true true." Hiruzen agreed and from the corner of his eyes, he saw Onoki the third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure scoff.
"I see a different angle where I am sitting." A, the Fourth Riakage of the village hidden in the clouds spoke up for the first time since he stepped into the room.
"A thousand Bijudama's for a thousand Iwa soldiers, I clearly remember hearing he only stopped one of those balls." It was a jab at Onoki and Hiruzen refrained from sighing knowing the short man was quick to let his emotions come between him and his reasoning.
"What did you say, boy, do not speak of my soldier's failures like they are my own. If I am not mistaken you lost to that person with your 'perfect' Jinchuriki on your side as a hostage." A, did growl at that reminder, the atmosphere in the room soured immediately and another comment was added to kill it.
"All of you behave like Genin." Rasa added in his own deep rough and intimidating voice which shook the glass and spilled the milk.
"I will not be spoken to in that manner!" A stood up and slammed his big thick muscular hands on his wooden table, breaking it into splinters.
"Raikage-San, I came here to talk diplomatics not to hear about your failures, be humble and sit down." The room was silent as the voice that seemed casual before became threatening as it echoed in the room they found themselves in.
The man was powerful, everybody realized that immediately as a pressure attacked them and force-fed them that information which they were also forced to swallow at the end of his words.
"Great Idea Mizukage-Dono, please take a seat Raikage-Dono." Hiruzen was requesting in tone only, every Kage worth their position understood it was more than that. A, also knew what was expected and he sat down, overreacting placed him in that situation.
"Ah, the events are about to begin, let us observe these talented children and how they do perform shall we." Hiruzen said finding a great distraction to put things at ease before continuing diplomatic talks.
As all the Kages nodded Hiruzen wondered who each brought for a protection detail seeing as they all hid behind cloaks to obscure their visage. The two next to the Mizukage the Hokage deduced held a legendary sword seeing the wrapped-up bundles on their backs.
Hiruzen did look back toward the third portrait depicting his former students. He betrayed Tsunade, Orochimaru betrayed him and now he was left with one-third of the team.
'A big storm is coming.' Hiruzen thought with his attention on the blonde child of prophecy who now stood seriously next to his teammates Sasuke Uchiha a promising ninja like his older brother and Hinata Hyūga a promising kunoichi of the Hyūga clan.
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"Congratulations on coming this far Genins, I am Yamato and I will be the proctor of these finals." Yamato began as he stood in the middle of the giant arena floors. The Genins stood at attention all ready for the fights to begin so they could duke it out.
"This is an elimination battle royal with only one rule, that you all do your best." At the back, Gara smiled devilishly at the encouragement leaking blood lust. All of his enemies knew nothing of his fighting style, they knew not of his ultimate defense, Gara was sure they would all cower in fear when they found out.
"To commemorate the first 5 Kage summit in which our first Hokage Hashirama Senju brought peace to the elemental nations and a new age of hidden villages!" Yamato paused as the leaf population from Ninjas to civilians cheered loud and proud for their nation's hero. "I Yamato Senju! his descendent will perform his secret jutsu!" The crowd got quiet at that not expecting what they heard, Yamato was not known to the leaf population or some of its forces he worked as a secret agent ever since he gained consciousness, an Anbu agent until now.
Tiger, Snake, Ram, Snake! The Crowd, the spectators, the Genin assembled at the arena floor and most souls in the proximity gasped at the Ninja claiming to be a Senju and a wood release user.
"Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees!"The crowd gasped, some fainting in their sits and others convulsing as plant life came onto the barren arena floor like it was in a rush as it split the earth like it was made of paper.
Gara found himself thinking back to his battle with the pink-haired Genin from Konoha and wondered if it was another genjutsu but a quick burst of his already chaotic chakra had him realizing it was not the case as he was raised upward by giant roots connected to an even bigger tree.
Naruto wrapped his arm around Hinata's waist to keep her steady as they found themselves several meters up, standing on a branch that was as thick as the one they had made their shelter in during the survival phase.
Sasuke had of course decided to dodge the growing trees like an instinctive decision and found himself on the now grassy land. He looked around at all the greenery that surrounded him and finally understood why only an Uchiha could challenge a Senju. This was the power of a God on display.
Lee landed on a branch where his teammates Shikamaru and Shino were carried off with his already big eyes growing bigger and sparkling in awe. Shikamaru only spoke of how troublesome this would make planning but the genius knew it also opened new opportunities, Shino stares.
Yamato took a deep breath and braced himself for another Powerful jutsu, he could not look weak or winded in the eyes of the foreign Ninja or spectators like the Diamyōs and important and influential individuals. The wood release user released his breath and began going through more hand seals.
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'Still as deceptive as always sensei.' Orochimaru in disguise standing behind the Kazekage of the sand village thought with a sickening smile under his hooded visage.
"What is the meaning of this Sarutobi!" Onoki demanded in an outburst as he left his seat and levitated in the air facing the third Hokage who smiled innocently at the people looking at him for an explanation from the Riakage, Kazekage, and Tsuchikage of their respective villages.
"That is Yamato Senju a descendant of Hashirama Senju, when he was young we found out he was gifted with our first Hakages bloodline limit and since then we have been secretly training him, he was an Anbu captain until recently actually." Hiruzen spoke with faux pride and he found his act worked because the expressions to reach most of the Kage's eyes except the Mizukage who only leaned forward to watch the spectacle below.
'Well done sensei.' Orochimaru praised understanding the ploy, Hiruzen was trying to scare the other nations. The wood release had a reputation that would only bring distraught to its enemies. Showing the gathered Kages such a bloodline was still available to the leaf and with its ability to subdue the tailed beast, the opposition will double check their forces before attempting anything.
"With the wood release Bloodline limit all terrain advantage went to Hashirama Senju in the battlefield and with his immense chakra reserves he could change said battlefield as many times as he wanted." The masked Mizukage spoke up looking to be praising Hashirama if his tone was anything to go by.
"What are you, a fan of his?!" Onoki asked with anger in his old whiny voice.
"Water Release: Waterfall Basin Technique!" They all heard Yamato's voice coming from down in the arena as he filled a section of the new jungle with water to create a lake.
"Oh, I hate the man." The Mizukage added with a casual tone as he leaned back on the lavish chair given to him and his fellow Kages, crossing his legs. "I do love his power." He ended in a cryptic tone making Onoki scoff and descend to his similar chair with a grunt.
"Showcasing the leaf village's strength to gain more business and invoke fear. You are a sly man Hokage-Dono." Rasa was not happy, he seemed almost agitated as he watched Yamato perform a doton jutsu that split a section of the arena and raised it to form a makeshift mountain in the woodland he created.
The Kazekage felt uneasy, Gara was their trump card. Nobody knew what happened to the Kyuubi since its battle against the fourth Hokage. Most assumed the man teleported the Bijū to an unknown location so without a bijū of their own Gara had free rein to cause massive damage but with a wood release user around Gara could be subdued before he caused too much trouble.
"I am simply putting on a spectacle Kazekage-Dono," Hiruzen replied smoothly with a smile clearly happy with the turn of events.
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Ino sat with her fellow rookie 12 who did not make it to the finals. Choji, Tenten, Sakura, and Kiba. They too were shocked by the turn of events not expecting to see a real-life wood release user and Senju.
"I did not expect that." Ino mumbled next to Sakura on her right.
"It feels like even we don't know everything that goes on in the village. Munch munch munch." Choji spoke up while munching from a packet of potato chips.
'Tell me about it.' Ino thought before looking to Sakura who had all her attention fixed on Sasuke Uchiha's location. "Do you think you can do that?" Ino asked her best friend who did not register her words, Ino sighed and looked back down at the arena.
"Introduce yourselves contestants so we can all have a better understanding of who you are." Yamato instructed with a booming voice as he made his way to the highest tree which was located in the center of the arena.
Ino watched as Sasuke made his way to the same tree and gave his name and clan name. Shino came next doing the same, Shikamaru after a bout of how troublesome everything was did the same. The sand siblings gave their names and clan names, followed by Hinata coming up to the highest tree to do the same. She couldn't help but smile when the blonde-haired Uzumaki came forward looking ready to put on a show.
'I wonder what he has planned.' She thought.
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"My name Is Naruto Uzumaki, Genin, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and hero of wave country." The Uzumaki began with a big grin before with that same expression he went on to remove his forehead protector in front of everybody, confusing them all. The forehead protector was dropped to the floor below leaving his forehead visible behind his hair.
"Some space if you don't mind." When he said this Hinata smiled shaking her head and moved backward. Sasuke scoffed but did move back followed by everyone on the tree. Naruto grinned and pulled out a tag from his hip pouch.
"This is a Talk Anywhere You Are Tag!" He exclaimed, his eyes twitching when Hinata giggle in the background. "Or a TAYA tag for short." With a hand seal, four clones appeared next to him and he handed each a tag before they moved to different sections and handed random people tags including Choji.
"This simple tag is inconvenient." The blonde went on to pull out four new and improved Taya tags. "With a partnership with Snow Country, we have modernized said tag to become what you see here." Naruto raised his right hand showcasing the four Taya in his hands.
"No matter your location." Naruto placed a Taya on top of another and it got swallowed inside. On the other side of the stadium, a Civilian gasped in shock when the Taya tag in his hand revealed to him a modernized Taya.
"No matter your needs." The blonde repeated the process and on the other side, another civilian gasped as he too received a modernized Taya from his tag.
"Whatever the message." Another civilian gasped when a Taya appeared out of his tag. The blonde had the population in the palm of his hands as people began whispering and getting interested in the slick-looking device.
"Transfer and receive, write and read copy and paste. All these features in the palms of your hand, talk to family and friends in faraway lands, deliver messages in an instant, save contacts, and speak in private." As the blonde spoke he looked to the booth the Kages were seated and found that two were up and very close to the glass window so they could take a closer look.
"I present to you a new age of communication founded by me Naruto Uzumaki of the Village Hidden in Whirlpool." The blonde-haired Genin proclaimed as he took out a forehead protector and placed it on. When he faced up once more it was safe to say he had everybody's attention.
On the new accessory was the swirling symbol of the Uzumaki Clan. The cloth was orange and the metal was black with the insignia of a whirlpool in burnt Orange.
"Oh, and it's for sale to all who want to buy it." The blonde mentioned casually with a tongue out and the crowd roared in approval as a frenzy began in the spectator area, some trying to grab tags from those who received it to inspect it closely. The new invention drew the eyes of the richest people in society to the poorest.
"Thank you." Naruto bowed and got serious once more looking up to face Yamato straight in the eyes seeing as the man was looking at him with clear anger for the stunt he pulled. Maybe some people did not catch it but Naruto had just cut ties with the leaf village.
Yamato looked back to the Kage booth and found that the Hokage was not happy seeing as he had his Kage hat down to hide his visage.
"Let the finals of the exams…….BEGIN!!" Yamato exclaimed the crowd roared in excitement and the Genin scattered with great speed. Yamato quickly Shuushined out of the arena and found himself in a secluded room where he was met by Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy.
Yamato proceeded to collapse on his knees breathing heavily looking almost pale. A group of medic nin was quick to come to his aid and perform a chakra transfusion. He was already on his last leg after performing all those large-scale techniques, he might be a wood release user but he was not a chakra powerhouse.
"He is abandoning the village." Kakashi said watching the happenings from a little Tv in their lounge room.
"Naruto-Kun is playing a dangerous game Kakashi." Might Guy said looking serious as he watched the boy of the hour Naruto Uzumaki standing on the forest floor with his teammates as they conversed.
"There is nothing we can do now but wait for the finals to finish so Hokage-Sama can have a word with him." Yamato spoke up from the sofa they laid him down in as the medic Nin worked on replenishing his reserves.
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Gatō who was clothed luxuriously with his head wrapped up under a fabric to hide his identity unless someone recognized him shook his head in approval of the blonde using the biggest stage in the elemental nations to showcase the new TAYA device.
"Am I to believe that is your prodigy Gatō-San?" The Daimyō of the land of snow asked as he was seated next to the man with his ninjas seating behind them along with Gatō's hood rats.
"Yes, we are getting old my friend. We must start forming our successors to continue our visions." Gatō lied trying to still be relevant to the world. The Diamyō nodded and smiled very happy with the turn of events, all this will only bring business and tourists to his nation.
"Then let us see how he does, I have high hopes for your champion Gatō-San and I have placed a lot on him." Gatō nodded at the man's words. He for one had no doubts the blonde would win these exams. There was just something about the boss that assured Gatō he would always be on top.
"Yes, let us enjoy the show." Gatō said feeling excited to see the turn of events.