Glaciers

Chapter 27

"As expected, a determined Nara is dangerous" Naruto smirked, Yuki smiled widely as they watched in interest.

Shikamaru formulated a plan and inwardly smirked. He jump to the side and throw a kunai and shurikens to Temari occasionally.

Temari blocked them all with her wind. Shikamaru had his shadow attacked Temari, Temari became alert.

"Humph!" Temari jump back to avoid the shadow.

Shikamaru followed with his shadow, before Temari blast him away.

Shikamaru was flung away and fell on the ground with a thud. He stood up and faced Temari. Temari was about to end the fight but found herself not being able to move.

"Checkmate" Shikamaru mouthed. Temari's eyes contracted and she forced her head to look down.

The kunais and shrukien lined up beside her, the shadow sneakily made a detour, using the shadows on the kunais and shurikens to sneak up on her, with Shikamaru's shadow moving like snake, Temari was caught off guard.

All she focused is that not letting the Nara get too close and she'll be fine. Temari underestimated Shikamaru too much and this caused her downfall.

Temari was angry however this was her own carelessness. Shikamaru practically had that victorious glint in his eyes but he did not openly gloat.

Retracting his shadows, Shikamaru's rigid and on guard postures slumped as he held his hand up.

"I surrender, I don't have much chakra left" Shikamaru was spouting nonsense, everyone knew this but who can blame him?

He's a Nara, and all Nara's are lazy as fuck.

Shikaku chuckled at his son's attitude and smiled at Yoshino's playful shaking on her fist.

"Honestly, that kid" she huffed and sat back down.

"He really is your kid, Shikaku" Chouza chuckled and Inochi followed.

"Winner: Sabaku no Temari!" Hayate announced.

Temari did not feel any satisfaction with her defeat. She knew that this Nara could have finished her off but he didn't and this is why Temari was dissatisfied.

"Why didn't you" Temari cornered the Nara on their way back to the room where the contestants are.

"Cause I am not as ruthless as you are. I don't want to be, its too troublesome, woman" Shikamaru shrugged, Temari felt like clubbing this boy with her fan.

Yuki pouted when she found out that her opponent had not showed up, she stomped on the ground as if a child throwing off a tantrum.

"Its not fair! Everyone gets to show off but me!" Yuki resentfully went back to Naruto's side.

"I am depressed, brother I want to eat meat or else I'll eat your little rabbit" Yuki shook Naruto's sleeves.

For the moment, Naruto almost forget that this girl was the Goddess of Winter and Time. Really, appearance could really be deceiving.

"Hm" Naruto nodded and handed the scroll on Yuki's hand whom unsealed her food and began eating on a pace that could compete with an Akimichi.

"May Namikaze Menma and Namikaze Narumi come down for the fourth match?" The Proctor called.

The two siblings looked at one another before jumping down directly.

"Whom do you think will win?" Yuki asked as Naruto lifted her up and made her sit on the shair and unsealed a table and placed it in front of her, putting down the huge plate filled with barbecue meat down.

"A tie. Both have enormous chakra reserves. Narumi is flexible and swift but as a girl, she lacked strength and her limbs is short because she's a girl. Menma is physically stronger and quick in his feet, Menma would most likely able to hit her before Narumi could with his longer limbs. Men had more powerful and longer limbs than females, everybody knows that." Naruto chuckled

"Of course" Yuki giggled

"The two of them possessed crafty minds. Being closed siblings, naturally, they know of each other's technique and would most likely have the same amount of Jutsu in their arsenal. The two mostly fight together rather than each other. They complemented and could sync perfectly, however, when they clash.... Hm.... " Naruto porpusely left the last part unsaid as he smiled mysteriously

Everyone agreed to Naruto's analysis. Kushina narrowed her eyes. To be able to know so much with a few interactions that could be counted in one hand. This kid really is not simple, Kushina noted.

'He has talent, great and brilliant mind, and rare bloodline limit. That child would fit perfectly is he is one of my ROOT, however he could be a potential threat of he run loose' Danzo thought.

'He totally read us!' Menma and Narumi thought

"Namikaze Menma vs Namikaze Narumi....ready"

The two shifted into their stance. A puff of smoke appeared in Narumi's hand and when it cleared, a beautiful red jilted tanto appeared in hand, Narumi shifted into her mother's Raging Red Tide Stance. Menma took out his kunai's and shifted into his Father's Humming Bird Stance. Sparks of lightning flew between Menma's eyes and Narumi.

"Set....."

The two released their gravity seals with a flare of their chakra, stirring the wind around them

"Fight!" after Hayate brought his hands down

The two disappeared from their placed and meet on the middle.

CLANG!

Sparks flew as their blades clashed. And just as Naruto had said, Narumi meet Menma's blade first however she was pushed back, Menma was stronger.

And just like that. The two siblings clashed. Dancing around the arena.

Kushina and Minato have the proud smile on their faces.

Naruto smirked. He called it. Those two is strong, but not enough to beat him.

With this though, Naruto chuckled.

'I wonder what expressions would they make after they knew it was me, their neglected family member Namikaze Naruto, after I totally crushed them under my heels?' Naruto's smirk was filled with anticipation and dark gleefulness.

'Waaaah! My Master' s mood became so scarily cool right now! ~(QwQ~)' Snowball shivered, inwardly lighting up the candle to the person whom manage to make his original calm and collected as a brick wall master to be like this.