51. Chuunin Exams First Phase [2]

Konohagakure, Ichiraku Ramen.

''Delicious!'' Naruto said as his vibrant, light blue-colored eyes seemed to shine slightly as he devoured the Ramen in an instant, today was a special day as Kakashi called the entire team - Naruto, Sasuke, Haku and Sakura, to eat within the Ichiraku Ramen. [1]

Looking over his brother, Sasuke, Haku and Sakura, that were all eating with a satisfied face, Kakashi sighed slightly 'It's time to give them the news, even if I hope that my brother can stay out of danger, it seems I'm still overprotective though I know that he's already strong...' he thought.

''I have good news, I'm sure that you four know about the Chuunin Exams, right? It's an event that happens two times per year, it'll happen in a few days. I've made a recommendation to the Hokage, I have inscribed all of you in the Chuunin Exams and now I'm asking - Do you want to participate or you don't? If even one of you doesn't want to participate, the rest won't be able to do so.'' Kakashi said.

The team of four looked at each other before Naruto said on their behalf ''Yeah, we had already discussed about the Chuunin Exams and we feel we're more than prepared, Nii-san, you asking us if we want or if we don't want is extremely obvious, you just want to brag to Bushy Brows that your team accepted the Chuunin Exams request instantly and that we are more than prepared about it...''

'NANI?!' Kakashi thought as his eyes widened slightly, it was as if his true intentions were seen through, the Team sighed at his antics, they had long been accustomed to their usually stoic sensei to be seen through and have his stoic facade broken by Naruto's remarks.

'...' They were all speechless before Sakura and Sasuke started laughing, as for Haku and Naruto, they were indifferent.

Coughing slightly, Kakashi said ''Since my objective has been completed, I'll go to confirm Team 7 participation about the Chuunin Exams, prepare yourselves because it'll happen in just a few days.'' without further warning, he disappeared.

Just as Kakashi left, Naruto felt an ominous and enormous Chakra signature entering the Village and walking through the streets alongside two small Chakra signatures, he could identify that the enormous Chakra didn't belong to a human, rather, Kurama confirmed something 'HAHAHAHA! That damn raccoon is here!' the fluffy Fox shouted.

'Jinchuuriki, eh?' Naruto thought before he disappeared with Wind covering his body, Sasuke, Sakura and Haku followed him because they were curious as to why the blue-eyed teenager suddenly left.

Naruto didn't need to close his eyes to sense others Chakra signature anymore, he found a way to fuse his Space-Time Perception, the name he gave to the perception he has when feeling Space-Time and Kagura's Mind Eye, it not only increased his perception to the point where he could feel the entire Village but Naruto didn't need to close his eyes anymore.

Suddenly, Naruto sensed Konohamaru's signature going into the direction of the unknown signature, without a second thought, he went to Konohamaru's direction, it didn't take long before he appeared in front of the boy.

''Yo'' He said.

With his sudden appearance, Konohamaru jumped out in fright before he said ''Huff, Naruto-nii-san, you almost got me there, too bad, I, Konohamaru, don't get scared by such things!''

''...'' Naruto was speechless.

Then, the rest of the Team arrived, eying Sakura, Konohamaru smiled mischievously ''Oh, isn't that pink-haired girl your girlfriend, Naruto-nii-san?''

Instantly, Naruto punched Konohamaru's head ''Don't even joke about that, I feel goosebumps just by imagining that...'' the blonde teenager said as Sakura fist cracked slightly but she decided not to hit him after remembering the last time she tried to do so, it ended up with her unconscious, just waking up in the hospital.

'Scary...' Konohamaru thought after seeing Sakura's expression, he knew that the pink-haired girl wouldn't dare do anything against Naruto because he was there when she tried to do so but the boy knew that she wouldn't hesitate to hit him, as such, he ran away immediately.

Just as he started running, he hit something - someone - and fell to the ground, a voice entered his ears and suddenly, a hand grasped his neck and lifted him in the air ''Can't you pay attention to your surroundings?''

Sasuke looked over and saw their headbands before he said ''For people far away from your Village, you Sand Ninja are so daring, eh?''

He didn't want to fight unnecessarily, however, Naruto was slightly pissed off, Konohamaru could be considered as his ''disciple'' since he had taught quite a few D-Rank Ninjutsu to him already and guided him in others, he appeared directly in front of the unknown youngster that had black-colored clothing that covered his whole body, leaving only his face visible, his clothing also has two cat-like ears at its top.

Naruto held the wrist of the youngster and the strength of his hand suddenly increased, his eyes stared deep into the youngster soul before he said ''I recommend you to release him if you don't want to lose your hand...''

The youngster shakingly released Konohamaru, that once again fell to the ground while breathing heavily, Naruto then looked towards the red-haired, short teenager with curious eyes, he could clearly feel the weak, half-assed Seal made to suppress the Bijuu inside him, however, what the blonde teenager was curious was the youngster's hair.

''Kankuro, don't shame our Village by doing this. You, blondie, what is your name? I'm Gaara of the Sand.'' The red-haired teenager named Gaara said while staring at Naruto's eyes.

''Naruto Uzumaki.'' Naruto replied in a simple manner, not because Gaara is worth of knowing his name but because of the youngster Jinchuuriki status, he could feel from the red-haired teenager's eyes that he had suffered due to that.

'Kit, lend me your body, I want to talk with the damned raccoon!' Kurama shouted inside his mind but Naruto ignored him, much to the fluffy Fox's anger.

Gaara stood in silence for a few seconds before he said ''Good. Remember me because I'll be the one killing you and the two behind you, the two with black hair, all of you will be killed by me.''

'...?' Naruto thought incredulously while Sasuke was furious by Gaara remarks, however, he knew the consequences of openly attacking someone of an allied Village like that.

Out of sudden, the blonde female teenager that was standing behind Kankuro and Gaara, looked over Sasuke before her gaze stopped in Naruto, her face showed a slight blush before she said ''I'm Temari, their sister, please don't mind their attitude!''

Naruto nodded and within that short span of time, the Sand Team left, soon after, the blue-eyed teenager widened his eyes as he felt an incredibly familiar but also incredibly strange signature entering the Village 'Uzumaki?!' he thought before his body disappeared, his speed was too high, even Sasuke and Haku couldn't even see his figure, it was like a faint blur.

Stopping in front of Konoha's entrance, Naruto looked towards a female teenager with long, red-colored hair, that girl was different from Gaara, he could clearly feel the Uzumaki blood within her, an Uzumaki could identify others just from their signatures, it's their Clan most famous phrases.

[1] Naruto's eyes color is originally a slightly darker blue, the reasons as to why his eyes were described as light blue-colored will be explained later in the future, if you feel curious about it and want a spoiler, join the discord and ask me about it, don't forget to drop all of the stones in your body, nyahahaha! 

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