After treating Gaara I quickly returned to the hospital. I looked after Naruto for the next two days, I also visited Lee meanwhile.
Finally, naruto woke up the 3rd day after he fainted there was only one day left before the start of the third round of chunin exams. After I completed the discharge procedures and left the hospital with naruto.
I saw that Naruto was a bit depressed when he heard people talk about neji as number 1 rookie from last year, so I take him to Ichiraku ramen to lift his mood up. After eating ramen he appeared a little better. We then went home and immediately went to sleep in order to take enough rest for tomorrow's fight.
Next morning we were going towards the stadium for the chunin exams last round. Naruto insisted on going to training ground 7 before going to exam to which I agree after some persuasion. We encountered Hinata on the way.
Scarlet: Yo Hinata, what are you doing here?
Hinata:(shyly) Hello Scarlet chan, Naruto kun, I should be asking you what you are doing here aren't the chunin exams going to held at the stadium.
Naruto: You see this was the place where we became a genin. I suddenly wanted to come here.
Hinata: Really. But why?
Naruto: There is no need for a reason to come right.
Hinata: Yeah.
Naruto: Hinata, neji is your relative right?
Hinata nods.
Naruto: Is he strong?
Hinata hesitatingly nods.
Naruto: (depressed ) I see.
Hinata: But I believe that you will be able to defeat him Naruto kun.
Naruto: Of course I am really strong. (trying to smile confidently but fails)
Hinata:(with some confidence ) I really believe that you will be able to defeat neji, Naruto kun.
When you cheered for me at the previous match, I felt like I became a lot stronger. I felt like I became stronger than before. I think it is all thanks to you.
Naruto: Hinata, do you really think so? I might be strong in your view but I always try to act strong because I mess things up.
Hinata: That's not true naruto kun, Even though you make a lot of mistakes you learn from your mistakes and get stronger, I think that this your true strength naruto kun.
I felt like seeing them for a while more as they were really a cute couple but remembered that we had to go for the chunin exams. I then drag naruto with me and say.
Scarlet: Hinata thank you for making him regain his confidence.
Naruto: Be sure to come to watch me beating up neji.
I decided that I will make naruto raise his EQ a little bit and make sure that he will not be so dumb to not notice Hinata's love for him.
We then began to run for the stadium and barely managed to reach on time.
All the participants assemble and then the Hokage and the Kazekage have taken their seats.
The Hokage and Kazekage seemed to be talking about something. Gaara and his teammates stare the Kazekage for some time remembering words told by me.
The Hokage gets up and says.
Hokage: Ladies and gentlemen thank you for attending the Konoha's chunin exams, we will now start the matches with the 8 people who managed to pass the preliminary matches. Please enjoy the match.
Naruto was tensed seeing that Sasuke has not arrived yet, noticing which I say
Scarlet: Naruto, Sasuke went for along with Kakashi sensei, we all know how Kakashi always arrives late so you don't need to worry about it.
Naruto calms down after listening to me.
The examiner then says " Listen all of you, Even though you will have battles in a different environment all of you have the same rule that is, there are no rules at all. You will fight till you knock the other person out or you make them give up. However, If I decide that the match is over then I will stop the match, don't try to argue me over it understand.
Now the first match is Naruto Uzumaki vs Hyuuga Neji.
All of you except these two participants are to leave the ground."