After the first round of the third task had finished, everyone was given 30 minutes to take a rest and gather their bearings before they moved onto the second round and onto their next fights.
Mikoto, Tsunade, Hiruzen and Shizune had come down from their spots in the crowds and wanted to see how the trio were doing and to make sure they had no major injuries despite already knowing they were all perfectly fine.
The adults praised each one of them, especially Naruto since his sword technique had apparently been the talk of the crowd since he used it. Watching him take down two shinobi's and a big rock golem in a single move was something to be impressed with.
"That was a great first round Naruto-kun. You are doing very well and you won it with revealing little of your strengths." Hiruzen said, greatly impressed with is surrogate grandson and students performance.
"Well deception is a ninja's main skill. Though I get the feeling the next fight with Kurotsuchi is going to a lot tougher. I'm going to have to bring out a few of my tougher cards and put them into play."
"Well just know you have our full support. You will show that Iwa Kunoichi who is the boss around here." Tsunade said pumping her fist in the air making Naruto grin.
Up in the Kage box Minato wanted to go down and speak with Naruto since what he saw amazed him. He did not realize Naruto was so far along in his shinobi training. In fact he made that match almost look too easy. 'Why am I only beginning to notice it now? What have I been doing not to notice how accomplished Naruto is becoming as a shinobi?'
He knew Mikoto would be a good fit for him as a sensei since Mikoto was a well rounded shinobi that was a sort of jack of trades in each of the three main shinobi fields. He did ask Kakashi since Kakashi had become quite the famous shinobi and could be a good influence and good sensei but Kakashi turned it down saying he did not have the time to play sensei.
'Once the chunin exams are over maybe I should test Naruto myself; maybe he took more after me in terms of being a shinobi.'
Back in Konoha though, Kushina was thinking the same thing.
She was a Kenjutsu master and what she saw from Naruto with that attack was very impressive. What looked like a single strike was actually multiple strikes that had been struck at such a fast speed you had to watch carefully to even see it.
She was currently standing outside of the Konoha stadium bathrooms as she waited for the twins to finish making their business so they could go back and not miss any of the matches. Mina was huddled next to her holding on to her skirt looking around the room since it was a new place.
'I wonder who taught him and why did he not come to me for training in Kenjutsu? Or did he ask me? Did he ask me and did I just brush him off?' She thought since she was wondering to what sort of shinobi training she had actually provided her son.
Once Naruto got back she too knew that she would have to talk with Naruto about where he got his skill set from.
Back in the Suna stadium the waiting bell signaled making everyone know that it was time for the second round to begin.
Naruto, Itachi and Anko went back to the box where they already found Kurotsuchi waiting for them. She looked over at them when they came in as well and looked Naruto over before turning away.
"Why does she keep doing that?" Anko asked since Kurotsuchi had kept glancing at Naruto and turning away quite a number of times.
"No idea. Maybe she is trying to figure me out. Strengths, weaknesses, what makes me tick; you know that sort of thing."
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The Prodigy Namikaze by SoulReaperCrewe
FanfictionNaruto was born five years before the Kyuubi attack and the fox was sealed into his younger sister. His parent don't have the time to teach him so he looks to others to help him become a great shinobi. Disclaimer: SoulReaperCrewe owns the story plot...
