64. Chuunin Exams Third Phase [2]

Konohagakure's Great Arena, Waiting Room.

''So you're going to fight against Shikamaru, how do you feel about that?'' At the side, Sasuke asked Naruto, whose face was indifferent.

''Why do you ask even though you know the question? I heard that this 'Dosu Kinuta' isn't weak but you will pass to the next stage without even fighting.'' Naruto said as his light blue-colored eyes seemed to shine slightly, Sasuke was confused but decided not to ask about it.

Then, Naruto went near Haku and patted his shoulder ''Yo, Haku! I heard that you're going to fight against Hinata, I hope you don't injure her heavily but considering that you're gentle, you won't do that, right?'' his narrowed eyes scared the long-haired, slightly feminine youngster, that shuddered after remembering all of Naruto's punishments.

''Y-Yes...'' Haku said while stuttering slightly, scaring some of the participants, they all wondered exactly what could be so scary that even his teammate is shuddering and stuttering like that.

'I feel bad for Haku but I won't interfere, I don't want to pass through that hellish training again... rest in peace, Haku.' Both Sakura and Sasuke thought in sync while looking with pity towards the long-haired youngster.

It didn't take long before they were called to the middle of the Great Arena, looking around, they noticed that the Great Arena was filled with people ''I hope you all can behave, don't look too much, don't be too loud. This place is filled with important figures, don't shame your Village, I'm the new Proctor to the Third Phase because of reasons I won't tell you.'' the new Proctor said in a tone that only them could hear.

''Proctor, Dosu Kinuta isn't here, what will happen to his opponent?'' Sakura raised her hands before asking, the new Proctor said ''If he doesn't arrive when his fight against his opponent, the opponent will automatically pass to the next round.''

''Now, the ones called, stay in the arena, the rest can go to the Waiting Room. For the first round of the Third Phase - Sakura vs Kankuro!'' the new Proctor said but before the fight could start, Kankuro had already given up.

The fight ended in an instant, Kankuro used his puppets, however, they didn't had enough mobility, speed or power to go against Sakura, that took them out one by one before Kankuro ended up smashed in the wall.

''Since the first round happened like that, we'll go for the second round! Naruto Uzumaki versus Shikamaru Nara!'' The new Proctor said with slight fear after seeing Sakura's power as the crowd roared in excitement, all of them naturally knew of them, both Naruto and Shikamaru were known, even though Naruto was hated by everyone, he was also known as a genius and so is Shikamaru.

As they entered the Great Arena field, Naruto looked towards Shikamaru ''Good luck, Shikamaru, I hope we can have a good battle!'' the blonde teenager said even though he knew that the result wouldn't change.

Shikamaru looked lazily towards Naruto and didn't say anything, the new Proctor then said ''May the battle begin!''

With the sound of the new Proctor's voice, Shikamaru did a hand sign as a pitch-black shadow came out of his feet, chasing towards Naruto, that was simply standing in the same place, just as the shadow was about to touch his own feet, he jumped towards the Great Arena wall.

Then, he noticed that the Shadow tried to go further but couldn't 'It's range isn't high, hm?' Naruto thought before taking out ordinary Shurikens from his pouch and throwing them towards Shikamaru, that dodged some and blocked others with a Kunai.

Then, he took a Kunai and threw it towards the sky, at that time, Naruto was once again at the ground after calculating the distance Shikamaru's shadow could get to, he stepped back slightly and saw the shadow stopping just a few centimeters from his body, just then, it expanded after coming in contact with the shadow of a Kunai that was slowly falling down.

The things around him passed in slow motion in Naruto's eyes as he slowly stepped aside before throwing a Hiraishin's Kunai towards Shikamaru.

Shikamaru smiled after moving his head to the side slightly, his shadow successfully got to Naruto, paralyzing the latter 'I won the moment you underestimated my Kageshibari!' he thought as the Kunai passed by the side of his head.

Just as Shikamaru was about to raise his hands and make Naruto give up, his sight blurred slightly before he fell to the ground, unconscious.

The entire Great Arena was filled with silence before the crowd roared as the new Proctor said ''This round is Naruto Uzumaki's victory!''

''Wooooah! Did you see that? He appeared behind that Nara brat in an instant, I didn't even see him and at the next moment, his opponent was unconscious! He's amazing!'' One of the spectators said with a shock-filled voice.

''Didn't you notice? He appeared exactly where that Kunai was, I know that! Isn't that the Technique from the Yondaime-sama?'' Another spectator stated as everyone looked towards him in shock.

A male spectator looked towards Naruto hesitantly before he said ''Now that we look at him... doesn't he look exactly like the Yondaime-sama? He's blond and have blue eyes, even his hair is extremely similar to him and he's even using Yondaime-sama's technique, can it be that.... he's the Yondaime-sama's son?!''

They all turned to look towards Naruto once again before noticing all of the similarities, Hiruzen was hearing all of that while frowning, he understood what that meant, Naruto used the Hiraishin no Jutsu in public with the pure purpose of revealing who he is.

'My only option is to reveal it, Naruto has clearly stated it through this round that he wants it to be revealed, if I don't reveal it, it will show I'm not on his side, if I reveal it, it'll show I'm on his side and that I'm worthy of his forgiveness, something I've been trying to get for a whole 8 years! Sigh, it seems I'm too old for this sh*t.' Hiruzen thought as the Kazekage and spectators' eyes were all on him.

Standing up, Hiruzen walked and said in a clear tone, enough for everyone to hear his voice ''You're all correct. Naruto Uzumaki, he's the son of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage!''

Instantly, everyone's eyes widened slightly, even his own teammates, former classmates and opponents, no one noticed, though, a cold glint in Naruto's eyes and the small, almost unnoticeable smile on his face.

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