Chapter 53 - Chuunin Finals Exam
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Bam… Bam.. Bam. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
A drum sounded slowly then fast signaling the start of the Chuunin Finals Exam, catching the attention of all the audience who's going to watch the Finals Exam.
As the drum stopped, a judge appeared in the middle of the Arena, with a cough, he said "Without further ado, Let's start the exams. Please step onto the stage, Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, and Hyuga Neji."
Thud!
A special kunai stabbed into the ground beside the judge and beside it appeared Naruto with a smirk on his face.
This sent goosebumps to the audience's skin, as if thousands of ants were crawling all over their bodies.
"4-4th Hokage's Jutsu… and the surname… N-Namikaze…"
"W-we treated the son of the 4th Hokage like a demon fox? How can we do that to the child of the hero who saved our lives…"
Gossip started to begin, as the judge once again coughed "Please be quiet. I shall now explain the circumstances of Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto's birth."
Naruto smiled and said "Uzumaki Naruto's fine. I already got my dad's hair color so it's okay to have my mom's surname."
The judge merely smiled and nodded as he continued to explain, "Uzumaki Naruto… A child that's been treated unfairly by all the villagers, although we don't know who spread the rumors and what their intentions are, Uzumaki Naruto is not the demon fox's incarnation."
"The child of a hero… treated like a plague by the village he saved himself… what would the 4th hokage think if he saw what happened to his son after they, husband and wife, sacrificed their life for him."
The citizens of Konoha paled at what the judge said, but truly… What would the 4th hokage think…
The judge looked at Hiruzen who was sitting far away as if asking for permission. Hiruzen nodded and the judge nodded as well.
"But… The child of the 4th hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, bore no grudge. He said he understood what the village felt, and he was fine being the target of venting. He wanted to help save the village who turned him away like a plague just like his dad."
Naruto's face, little by little turned a bit twisted as his lips twitched when he looked at Hiruzen who was on the verge of laughing as the judge continued to brag about his good heart, and thought angrily 'When the fuck did I say that?!'
Naruto just sighed and stood upright with his arms crossed. Waiting for the judge to finish but… the judge was really talented, Naruto came to this conclusion as he watched the audience tearing up, and biting their lips in sadness.
"While we were only thinking about ourselves, such a young child was thinking about our wellness?!"
"What a good-hearted child… as expected of the hero."
"Uzumaki Naruto is a hero!"
"That's right! Uzumaki Naruto is a hero!"
"Naruto! Naruto! Naruto!"
"Naruto!"
Cheers from left and right began as they looked at Uzumaki Naruto like a Saint, Naruto merely looked at the judge and smiled awkwardly "Can you please make them shut up? I know that old man's intention, he's planning on making me a hokage in the next several years right? I'm gonna shove that hokage title in his ass, I don't want it."
The judge merely chuckled and looked at Hiruzen again and with a nod, he coughed "Now! Let us begin the Chuunin Finals Exams!"
"On the Left, Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruto stepped forward as he looked at Hyuga Neji on the opposite side with a smirk on his face as if mocking him.
"On the right, Hyuga Neji!" Hyuga Neji also stepped forward with a vein in his forehead, incredibly irritated and affected at Naruto's provocation.
"The First Fight! Begin!" As soon as the judge waved his hand, Hyuga Neji with his right palm rushed in Naruto's direction to deliver a palm strike to his head.
Whoosh!
Naruto merely rotated his body to dodge slightly and connect a palm strike into Neji's stomach.
"Hm? Gentle Fist?" Hyuga Neji with his Byakugan activated noticed Naruto's way of fighting style but parried Naruto's palm strike and jumped away to judge the situation.
But Naruto wouldn't let him do that, Naruto applied chakra to his feet and appeared right behind Hyuga Neji and whispered "Over here." and rotated his body to kick Hyuga Neji's head from the side.
Hyuga Neji thought in shock 'So fast! I can't dodge!' dispersing chakra from all around his body, he rotated his body in an extremely fast motion "Eight Trigrams Palms: Revolving Heaven!"
Naruto's eyes widened but it wasn't enough to give him shock, so he let himself be hit and sent flying away to the wall on the side of the arena.
Crash!
Naruto was stuck in the wall like how a meteor would look like if it crashed into Earth.
Neji, with his ego fed with that strike that sent Naruto flying into the wall, snorted and said "In the end, that's all you are. weak."
Naruto stood up and patted the dust that was spread all over his body from the point of impact and breathed in, as he went into a gentle fist stance.
"Gentle Fist again? Are you trying to mock me with your half-assed 'Gentle Fist'?"
Naruto smiled and taunted with his palm "Come at me, you'll learn whether it's a half-assed one or a full assed one… that sounded wrong but you get my point."
The judge slightly laughed hearing Naruto's statement and continued to watch in interest what Naruto would do. He was a genius who could master the 'Flying Thunder God Jutsu' at the age of 12. He wouldn't be so dumb to not have a plan to win.
Neji snorted and dashed forward.
Naruto moved his hands fast but yet his arms were appearing so slow… This put Neji into alert. And went into another stance as he nearly reached Naruto saying "Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms."
"Hoh…" This was something he hadn't seen before, and caught his interest but sensing chakra in the tips of the middle fingers of Neji. he wanted to watch first so he let him go at him.
Hyuga Neji spun his body as he approached and poked his chakra points, Naruto defended them with Wind Sage Chakra Energy.
Hyuga Neji grit his teeth as he hit Naruto's chakra points.
"2 palms!"
"4 palms!"
"8 palms!"
"16 palms!" As Hyuga Neji was getting more and more hits at Naruto's body, Naruto simply stood up straight without moving a step back with a smile.
In return, it was Hyuga Neji that was gritting his teeth in pain, "32 palms!... 64 palms!" Hyuga Neji finally finished his technique and applied chakra to his feet and gain distance. He asked in disbelief as breathed heavily "Huff… huff… how…!"
His fingers were bleeding with marks of small cuts from small knives!"
Naruto walked slowly in Neji's direction as he smiled and mocked "That's because you're weak… Neji-kun… You couldn't even tell what I did…"
Neji stepped back slowly as he looked at Naruto in fear "That's impossible! I'm destined to become stronger! And you're weak!"
Naruto sighed at Neji's ego and went into a stance "Neji-kun… Elite is the result of hard work… You know that best, Neji-kun."
"I'll show you the result of my hard work. Tunneling Fang!" Naruto performed Kiba's taijutsu!
"Did he just!" Kiba stared at Naruto in disbelief, he learned that in just one time he saw it?! What a monster!
Neji obviously in fear, dodged slightly to dodge, but Naruto suddenly stopped and discharged chakra from all over his pores like Neji "Revolving Heaven + Wind Chakra Nature = Revolving Wind Heaven!"
Pshhhhhhh!
Huge amount of chakra discharged from Naruto's body like a bomb that sent Neji flying away also dealing damage from all over his body making him groan in pain "Arghhhhhhh!"
Naruto stopped for a while and smiled as he jumped up, while Neji was still falling to the ground "Tunneling Fang + Revolving Heaven + Wind Chakra Nature = Revolving Wind's Heaven Fang!" Naruto slowly rotated his body into a faster rotation, like a drill falling from the skies, that's not all!
His body was slowly surrounded by blue chakra then added with Wind Chakra. It was as if a meteor made out of wind was falling into the ground!
"Grit your teeth! Neji! This is what you call the result of hard work!" Naruto said as he laughed like a maniac while heading to Neji.
Neji who was still mid air couldn't do anything but receive the attack.
A few seconds later, the attack hit! Drilling Neji from the sky to the ground "Gah!" Neji with his pupils rolled up so much his eyes became all white, spurting out blood from the strike.
Naruto, who also noticed Neji's condition, jumped away as he dispersed the chakra covering his entire body saying to the judge with a smile. "It wasn't much."
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(A/N: Leave a power stone…)