Naruto and Sakura enterned the stadium. Kakashi saw them enter and greeted them then asked "Where's Sasuke?" Sakura said "he's little busy but will be here soon." Kakashi noded a d wished Naruto good luck as his was the first match. Naruto nodded and looked at Neji. Neji smirked and both of them entered the arena and stood facing each other. Neji started speaking "Hey you, Failure, Looks like your friend is not here to save you today. Let me prove that a failure will always be a failure. There's no changing that!"
"Dogs that bark doesn't bite. Just fight a d lets get it over with." Naruto said as he stared at Neji who activated his Byakugan eyes. "Hanabi" Hiashi called out. "Watch this match carefully.Nobody has inherited such a strong Hyūga Kekkei Genkai. To say nothing of your older sister, in this aspect.Perhaps it is stronger than yours as well," Hiashi said. "More than Onee-chan and me?" Hanabi stared in surprise.
Genma walked between the contestsnts and asked if they were ready and said " The First Match between
Naruto and Neji kept staring at each other, with none of either party willing to make the first move. Neji ran towards Naruto and sent a palm strike towards Naruto's chest which Naruto deflected by using his palm against Neji's lower wrist to make it exit over Naruto's shoulders, following which Neji sent another palm strike and Naruto deflected it again. Naruto yawned while saying "Allow me to show you, the result of my hard work," and he raised two fingers on each hand and put them perpendicular to each other.
'Shadow Clone Jutsu' he muttered and 5 clones popped up. Shadow Clone?" Neji stared at Naruto weirdly. Naruto nodded towards the clone and stood back. 'Their chakra network and distribution look the same, even my Byakugan can't differentiate it from the original' Neji thought. The shadow clones ran towards and attacked Neji. "WHAT?" Hinata, Karin, Kiba, Chouji, Lee, Gai, Tenten, and Neji stared at Naruto's speed. 'He's faster than Lee' Gai thought as he stared at Naruto.
Meanwhile, Neji who was at the receiving end had twisted expression across his face. Naruto's clone sent a fist, which was blocked by Neji But another clone sent a kick and the attack continued and Neji was being pushed back. "Damn it!" Neji found it extremely hard to deal with five Narutos at the same time, who were flying around him like an annoying flies. Punches countered with palms. Kicks countered with side steps. Neji managed to dodge them all by a hair's breadth.
Sounds of punches and kicks being blocked echoed around the stage as Neji and the two clones kept fighting at close range. Meanwhile, the original Naruto stared at the scene with his arms folded. It was quite the sight for everyone at the stadium. 'Look at that battle, Naruto just stands at the side while the clones do his work for him, while I had to battle two girls all by myself. Man, I would sure as hell love to learn that shadow clone jutsu' Shikamaru thought as he continued to watch the battle.
'This Naruto guy is so strong that he only sends out his clones for battle.' Hanabi thought. The people around the stadium slowly started to change their view of Naruto as they continued to watch the battle. "Damn it!" A man cried as he crushed the fan he held in his hand. "I've bet too much on the Hyūga to win, now this yellow-haired kid is ruining everything for me." the man cursed. "Calm down, Master I am sure the profit from the next battle will more than make up for the loss from this one." The man's subordinate who was sitting in the next seat said."Hmph. I will not take any risks. As soon as this match finishes, send those two jounins that we hired to take down that sand kid." The man ordered. "Yes At once master" The subordinate accepted the orders and went his way to inform those two that were mentioned.
Meanwhile, Neji who continued to battle against Naruto's clones slowly lost control over his rate of breathing and found it hard to recover any energy to keep facing off against the clones.
"Haaa" The clones raised their fists.
'Hakkeshou Kaiten'
Neji released a ball of chakra around him. "Shit!" Naruto's clones cursed, following which Neji stated to spin along with the huge chakra ball which sent the two clones flying away. Kankurō and Temari were stunned. "That's Neji's defense" Tenten and Lee murmured at the same time despite being seated in different columns. "Neji's defense?" Kiba, Karin, Choji, and Ino stared at TenTen. "Yes. It is said that in order to learn the technique, one has to be a part of the head family. Not only that, the person must have great control over his released chakra which is so hard that even jounins struggle to do it," she explained.
"Mm!" Hinata nodded and said "The chakra released can repel any ninjutsu attacks."
"Father, how does he know that jutsu?" Hanabi asked. That jutsu is passed down from generation to generation within the main household, Neji, however, recreated the same technique on his own," Hiashi explained. Neji panted as he turned towards Naruto. 'Damn it. He stood over there without so much as stepping in to fight while he tires me out'. Neji thought as he stared at Naruto. Naruto looked at Neji's tired expression, following which he raised two fingers on each hand and put them perpendicular to each other. "NOT THAT AGAIN" Neji panicked.
'Shadow Clone Jutsu' Naruto muttered as 5 clones appeared again. "Go for it Naruto, tire him out with those clones of yours". Kiba shouted and Akamaru barked. "You think that will work?" Neji asked following which he muttered 'Hakkeshou Kaiten' and started to spin then The clones were repelled out of existence. Seeing this Naruto did some hand signs and muttered
'Wind Release-Devine wind' & 'Fire Style-Running fire. A circle formed on ground level, and created a massive flaming hurricane which headed towards the spinning Neji.
The flames covered Neji's Kaiten and deprived the surroundings of oxygen. Suddenly Neji stopped spinning and was thrown back and hit the wall creating a cloud of smoke. Naruto disappeared and appeared with a kunai placed on Neji's neck looking at Genma and said "The match is over". The crowd was shocked. Hiashi grabbed his clothes as though he had been humiliated. "Father…" Hanabi murmured. "WINNER UZUMAKI NARUTO!" Genma announced. "OOOOOOOHHHHHHH" The crowd went crazy as they applauded. "The boy completely overpowered the Hyūga. Was the Byakugan just a gimmick?" Some people asked. "I guess he's just strong." Others voiced their opinions out. "Good" Naruto grinned as he posed with a victory symbol at the crowd.