Chapter 32 - Chuunin Exam(3)
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One of the guys blocking the way to the room looked at Naruto in surprise 'What the hell is this kid? Can he really hold himself against Kakashi-san' Obviously one of the jounin that was in the meeting with the hokage.
The jounin who was sent flying wiped the blood in his mouth 'He's indeed strong just like Kakashi-san said.
Naruto who was obviously annoyed continued "What? You won't undo it? I'll do it myself." With one hand seal he flared up his chakra and said "Release!"
The number room 301 changed into room 201 and another set of stairs leading upstairs appeared.
The jounin who was sent flying wanted to test Naruto so he applied chakra to his feet and sent a kick towards Naruto's face
Naruto snorted and applied chakra to his feet as well and dodged slightly. He jumped mid air and kicked the jounin in the stomach.
"Gah!" The jounin groaned in pain not expecting Naruto to be able to dodge it and counter attack at the same time. It's as if the kid had a pair of sharingan.
Naruto walked to Sakura and Sasuke's side in a cool manner in the sight of the genins watching and said "Let's go up."
"Yes." Sakura who also noticed the genjutsu and proceeded to follow Naruto
Sasuke snorted but also followed him from behind.
The man in the green tracksuit asked Naruto "What's your name? I'm Rock Lee."
"Hm?" Naruto turned his head and smiled, "It's Uzumaki Naruto."
Rock Lee nodded and replied "I'll remember it. I'll defeat you if we ever have the chance to fight."
Naruto chuckled in reply "Yes, dream big. One day you'll make it. You'll win if I die first and you lose if you die first."
Rock Lee's eyes looked as if it was ignited with fire and replied "I accept your challenge! This is the spirit of youth!"
Naruto smiled at this amusing guy who didn't get what he was trying to say and continued to room 301.
The two genins who blocked the way hid inside the room on the side and undid the transformation jutsu "Ow, ow, ow. That kid is a beast."
The jounin said "That's what you get for not believing what Kakashi-san said."
The jounin who got kicked laughed and replied "It's Kakashi-san you know? It's difficult to believe that a kid could go against him. Now I believe it, seeing with your own eyes is different from others telling it to you."
The jounin nodded and replied "In any case, Kakashi-san and Gai-san's pupils pass the unofficial first test, the kid in the green suit looks like Gai-san and is probably a beast in terms of taijutsu just like him."
"Indeed when I kicked him, he was solid like a rock. He probably goes along with Gai-san's ridiculous training. The exams are gonna be fun for us examiners too."
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Room 301… Kakashi was standing by the door waiting for his team. "Now you guys can properly take the exam."
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked
"Well… The truth is that you can only take the exam in teams of three."
"Huh? But you said taking the exam was an individual choice. You lied to us?" Sakura asked
"If I told the truth. Sasuke would have pressured you to take the exams. He's thirsty for power you see… Even if it wasn't in your heart, you would have taken it." He smiled with his eye
Sasuke snorted but it was something that he indeed would do.
"So if only Sasuke and Naruto had shown up?"
"The exam would have ended here, they would not be able to go further. But you came of your own will, you guys are my proud team. Now go."
They smiled at Kakashi's comment and proceeded to the room. Kakashi smiled as he saw their backs against him as they entered the room.
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"Hoh… there's this lot of people taking the chuunin exams?" Naruto commented as he saw the room packed with people
Sasuke in excitement clenched fist, unable to wait for the moment to fight.
Suddenly a blonde girl hugged Naruto from behind "Naruto-kun!!! You're late!! I haven't seen you in a while so I've been waiting in excitement."
Naruto replied with a smile that struck Ino in the heart like an arrow, "Long time no see, Ino."
Ino blushed and made some distance between her and Naruto trying to stabilize her fast beating heart.
"Ah… What a drag…" Shikamaru commented seeing Naruto and yawned
"Shikamaru, still the slacker I see…" Naruto commented upon seeing Shikamaru's lazy look
"I wanna go home…"
"I wanna go home too… I wanna flirt with Haku-chan."
"Haku-chan?" Shikamaru asked
Naruto displayed an inlove look and said "Yeah, a girl I brought home."
"This… is about to get messy… What a drag." Shikamaru commented
"Messy? Why?" Naruto asked in confusion
Shikamaru pointed in Ino's direction.
Naruto turned his head to look at Ino who had a scary smile on her face "H-Haku-chan? F-Flirt? A g-girl you brought home? Who's she?"
Naruto let out a dry laugh "Ahaha… Indeed."
"Stop indeeding me! Who's the girl!"
Naruto replied scratching his head "My future wife?"
Ino decide to not be embarrassed about it anymore and approached Naruto boldly wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck and said in a scary tone "You're mine, Naruto. Don't ever think of marrying another girl."
Naruto didn't know what to reply and felt an arm tug into his shirt "Hinata?"
Hinata looked him in the eye with a similar scary look, with her [Byakugan] activated "Future wife?"
Naruto with his high eq knew what was going on. It was a similar case with Ino "This…"
Sasuke nodded at this sight and thought 'This is why, I don't let any girls close to me.'
Naruto looked at Shikamaru with a pitiful look signalling 'help…'
Shikamaru yawned and ignored Naruto's plea for help and sat on the table with his head down.
Naruto bit his lips in anger thinking 'traitor!'
But a kind gentleman like a ninja with circle eye glasses came to help. "Now, now, girls… you're putting the man on the spot, not giving him any time to explain. Give him some space to explain."
Ino and Hinata turned their eyes to the man and calmed down as they nodded.
The man breathed a sigh of relief getting rid of their eyes from him
Naruto looked at the man with tears in his eyes as if he just met an angel.
"My savior…"
"*Cough* Hello there, I'm Kabuto."
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto."
"In any case, look behind you for causing such a scene."
"Hm?" Naruto looked behind and saw genins looking at him
Ino and Hinata also looked at them getting ahold of themselves and became nervous themselves
Kabuto explained "Those guys behind you are from the hidden rain, they have short tempers, everyone is nervous about the exam, quiet down before you cause a scene that might cause a bit of blood to spill."
Naruto chuckled, "Why would I care about these weaklings?"
"Weaklings?" a team in the hidden rain genins got angry and rushed to Naruto
Their eyes widened as they saw Naruto that was originally in front of them disappear. They heard a voice from above "You heard me. You guys are weak."
*crash*
Naruto kicked one of the guys above while Sasuke covered him as he dealt with the other two left by catching them with his arms and sending them crashing into the ground. "Weak."
"Nice assist! Sasuke!" With a thumbs up Naruto commented.
The rest of the genins sweated as they didn't even see them move.
"See? Weak?" Naruto nonchalantly replied to Kabuto as if he hadn't done anything badass.
Kabuto in awe looked at Naruto in disbelief then replied "*Cough* I'm jealous of your strength, if I had your strength, I would have passed the Chuunin exam, long ago."
Naruto asked in confusion "This isn't your first time?"
"Yeah, I'm weak you see… This is my seventh time."
"Seventh time? Why?"
Kabuto in confusion asked as he again replied "I'm weak."
"Really? I detected everyone here when I entered the room, while you… I only noticed you when you revealed yourself." Although Naruto wasn't a sensory ninja, he somehow detects the presence of people around him.
Kabuto got goosebumps as he was a seasoned spy, he didn't know Naruto had that level of perception. Kabuto with a helpless smile just replied "I have a weak constitution you see… so maybe that's why you didn't notice me."
Naruto chuckled in reply "is that so? I guess we'll leave it at that."
Kabuto breathed a sigh of relief that Naruto didn't interrogate him about it and said "In any case, as your senpai I'll provide you information for free."
Naruto nodded, "Sure, I won't say no to free stuff."
Kabuto nodded and showed his personal ninja cards and answered the questions of those around them and the Chuunin exam continued.
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(A/N: Three chapters done! We good right? See you tomorrow. Leave a power stone if you like the story. Thanks!)