"Yet you're still alive," Shikamaru interjected with a bored demeanor, "So don't complain so much about it please because it'll just be troublesome."
"Put a sock in it Shikamaru," Naruto retorted with an annoyed tone.
"Naruto-kun," Lee spoke up eagerly, "We're all curious to know as to how you were able to advance so fast in just five days alone in the forest of death."
"Naruto," Sasuke said with a serious demeanor, "Tell me exactly what happened that triggered your transformation." If I can find out how Naruto managed to age and become this strong in such a relatively short time, I can use that to greatly improve in my training and become stronger.
"My transformation is something that can't be repeated by anyone," Naruto replied, "It's unique only to me and unfortunately, it's irreversible."
Sasuke wasn't satisfied with that explanation. Tsunade and Hiruzen hurriedly went over to Naruto and examined him. Tsunade was surprised that Naruto could now look at her face to face without having to look up at her anymore.
Jiraiya did explained that Minato's chakra influence was potent on the boy as a result of the concentrated amount that the boy infused into himself, Hiruzen thought, But I would have never thought in all my years that Yondaime's chakra would have had this great an impact on the boy's physiology.
I can't believe this happened, Tsunade thought, At first I found Jiraiya's words hard to believe but now that I'm seeing it for myself, there's no way to refute it.
"Naruto," Tsunade said after regaining her voice, "It's hard to believe that you've aged like this."
"It's nothing to worry about," Naruto assured.
"Nothing to worry about," Tsunade retorted indignantly, "You just lost two years of your life and you have the nerve to say it's nothing to worry about?"
Naruto sighed, "…Listen, nothing we do can change what happened to me, like it or not. We're just going to have to make adjustments to the situation."
"You could have at least found some decent clothes to put on before coming here," Tsunade stated. Naruto replied, "I could have but didn't. Since my original clothes were destroyed, like a trained ninja I improvised with whatever resources I found in the forest. After making it to the tower, I did ask ero-jisan for some change of clothes but he refused to grant my request."
Jiraiya gulped fearfully on hearing that. He was about to interject when…
"He wanted everyone to see that what I went through in that forest alone was a most cruel and challenging ordeal," Naruto explained, "And that I wasn't given special treatment just because of whose son I am. It was a harsh reality but I accepted it."
Tsunade wanted to say something but she couldn't find the right words to say. Jiraiya sighed in relief after hearing Naruto's explanation. At first, after hearing himself being mentioned, Jiraiya feared that Naruto was going to blow his spot and explain that he refused to give him new clothes because he wanted to exploit Naruto's situation for new ideas for his next best seller of Icha Icha Paradise. After hearing Naruto's reasons for his actions, the Toad Sannin couldn't help but admire the boy's boldness. Hiruzen and Tsunade saw how Naruto was maturing, and for Tsunade, it was too fast for her liking.
Sandaime remained quiet as he took another puff of his pipe. He, Tsunade, Jiraiya and the others all knew that Naruto was going to be bombarded with a series of many questions once the rest of the villagers behold his age appearance, and the fact that some of Minato's features were manifesting in Naruto's appearance wasn't going to help matters either, Sandaime realized.
"As much as I'd like to stand here and discussion Naruto's new looks Tsunade," Hiruzen interjected seeking to pull away attention from Naruto, "I believe that we have other important matters to take care of in regards to the remaining Genins here in this building."
Reluctantly Tsunade agreed with her former sensei's advice, "…Yes you're right. We'll deal with this matter at a later time."
Hiruzen nodded as he and Tsunade returned back to there original positions. Naruto went over to the remaining Genins. While walking passed Sai, Naruto looked down at the reserved Genin who gave him a small nod as though they were silently communicating with each other. Sasuke and Sakura caught this but they didn't know what to make out it, so they chose to ignore it, for now anyway. Looking at Sakura, Naruto took notice that her pink hair was now shortened and neck length. Without saying a word, the blonde continued on his way. Reaching his destination, Naruto went and stood between teams 8 and 10.
Hiruzen gave Anko a look that told her to refocus everyone's attention to what was the original objective of being present inside the building they were in. She nodded in understanding.
"Welcome and congratulations on passing the second exam," Anko said, and stepped back as Sandaime prepared to speak. All of the Genins turned to face the aged Hokage.
"Let me explain to you the true purpose of this test," Hiruzen said.
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