The force of the wind jutsu hitting the meat tank sent the rotund ninja flying backwards until he bounced off of one of the stone walls lining the arena.
Choji came rolling right back at Naruto who simply stood right in his path and waited for him. When he got close enough Naruto cocked his leg back and gave Choji a chakra-enhanced kick that sent him flying once more, only into the stands this time. Choji released the jutsu to avoid crushing the spectators and ended up crashing into the stairs and rolling down them until he finally came to a stop at the bottom.
After a few minutes of him trying to regain his senses, Choji shakily stood up and faced Naruto, wincing with some blood coming from his lips, "You're… strong Naruto. I know I can't win here."
Naruto nodded, "But the important thing is that you tried. Do you want to continue?"
Choji looked up in the stands to his father. Choza knew what Choji was asking him and sat in contemplation before silently shaking his head. Choji turned back to Naruto and sighed, "I wish I could. But there's only one way that I can even hope to hang with you and my dad really doesn't want me trying it, it's really dangerous. I surrender."
Anko nodded and pointed to Naruto, "Shousa, Naruto Uzumaki!"
Naruto sighed, "I kind of wanted to see what you could do Choji. You have some serious potential, I can only imagine what you had up your sleeve, but I understand. Maybe I'll get to see it one day."
Choji held his ribs and smiled at Naruto before heading back to the waiting area.
Naruto grinned and looked up at the waiting area where the others were watching from. Looking at all of the jounin he held up all ten of his fingers and slowly ticked them all down until one thumb was left up before he slowly dragged it across his throat.
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Gai was marveling at the sheer raw power that Naruto had just shown against Choji, "He stopped him with a kick. Just a kick, nothing more. That's incredible, I wouldn't even attempt something like that."
Tsunade smiled at Naruto and looked back at her subordinates, "Last chance. Sasuke has to win or you all know what will happen."
Asuma shrugged, "Yeah we do, but I still don't see how that could be a punishment for losing a bet."
Tsunade chuckled, "Okay, just keep with that line of thought."
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Anko noticed the crowd beginning to buzz, mostly over how the "Last Uchiha" would wipe the floor with the demon. Naruto simply stood calmly and waited for the fight to come. Anko really had taken a liking to the kid over the course of the day. He was entertaining to her, whether intentional or not, and he didn't act much like his age. She also realized that he fought like a professional, she definitely had to seek him out for a spar or two after this was all over.
Anko nudged him to get his attention, "Last one gaki. How are you going to handle this one?"
Naruto shifted his eyes to her, "The same way I handled the rest of them; I'm going to kick his ass."
Anko smirked, "What? You don't think the Uchiha will pose a challenge to you?" She spoke in a sarcastic tone, "You think the 'almighty' Sharingan isn't enough for him to win?"
Naruto chuckled, "Nope. Hell I don't think it'll even help at all here. He can't copy anything I can do. I don't need hand-seals to make Kage Bunshin, even if he had the hand-seals for my Raiton: Denkai branch moves he still doesn't have the ones for Raiton: Denkai in the first place so they're useless, and my fuuton jutsu don't need hand-seals either. He can't copy anything I'm actually willing to show here."
"Finally dobe." Naruto noticed Sasuke walking up to him. This Sasuke didn't just have his air of superiority over him, he had a tinge of excitement rolling off of him. He was spoiling for this fight, "I can finally prove once and for all that I'm better than you. Get ready to lose."
Naruto had his arms crossed, "If you were really strong then you wouldn't have to prove anything to anyone. I'm just doing this for my career. If I don't show all of these idiots that I'm talented I'll never get a promotion."
Naruto looked to Anko who moved between them. She turned towards the crowd, "The tenth and final match! Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha!" The crowd roared for Sasuke as a smug smirk came onto his face. Looking at Naruto he flashed the famous eyes of the Sharingan making the crowd roar even louder.
Anko rolled her eyes, "…Showoff… Hajime!"
Sasuke dashed in, remembering how poor Naruto had been at taijutsu all the times that Kakashi had them spar in the past. Apparently he hadn't been paying much attention to the happenings of the day too much. Naruto slapped his initial punch aside and grabbed on to his ankle to pull him forward roughly before hitting him with a vicious clothesline to the throat.
Sasuke hit the ground hard holding his throat and coughing. Naruto walked around him slowly and let him get his breath, "You know Uchiha… part of me is telling me to just knock you flat on your ass, get my promotion, go home, and sleep until later disturbed."
A feral grin spread over his face however, "But it's a whisper compared to the part of me that's screaming to flat out humiliate your ass in front of all these people. So get up, because this is a long ass trail you're taking Uchiha, and this is just the first turn bitch."
XxX
The sand siblings were getting pretty fed up with how the crowd was treating Naruto.
"The demon just hit the Uchiha!"
"There's no way Uchiha-sama can lose to something like that!"
"It was luck! This entire thing has all been luck!"
Temari asked a man nearby, "How many fights have there been so far?"
The man kept his eyes on the current battle, "There have been nine so far. The brat beat everyone that was put in front of him. None of them have even been able to touch him."
Temari watched Sasuke shakily pick himself up off of the ground, "That isn't the same kid screaming all the time from the exams."
Kankuro nodded, "What happened? I wouldn't have even considered him a threat until he ended up beating us in the woods."
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