The other mothers had all said the same thing; none had known that Naruto was at his current level. He even surprised them when he healed Kurotsuchi since everyone else would have just walked and left here there.
"I…" Kushina stared but never continued. She did not know what to say as he eyes were just fixed on the screen where her son was. Her children were all sitting by her feet now with Mina sitting on Mito as the sisters played together while Eiji was with little Kiba Inuzuka.
"Naru-chan…" She whispered as her bottom lip trembled.
Stadium Mikoto waited with baited breath as she waited for her son and her student to walk out on the field, not entirely sure who she wanted to win. She did not want to play favorites yet her mother side of her wanted her boy to win it even though she did not mind which of the two won in the end.
Fugaku meanwhile sat with a stoic expression along with many of the others members of the Uchiha clan. She did not need to guess who he wanted to win. He had told Itachi before they left for Suna that he was to win at all costs; so that he could show everyone why the Uchiha Clan was to be respected and feared. Itachi had said nothing and had just nodded.
Tsunade, Hiruzen and Shizune meanwhile sat little nervously knowing this would be the fight Naruto would have most trouble with. Fighting against a Sharingan was difficult on many levels and one had to try and not look them in the eye. If they did then it was all over. They had taught him all he knew and now it was time for him to put it to the real test.
Everyone chatted silently as Pakura looked up to the Kage box and saw the nod from the Kazekage indicating the ten minute break was over.
"The Final match of the Chunin Exams are about to begin! Would Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and Itachi Uchiha come on to the field?" she said as cheers immediately began to sound out through the stadium.
Both boys walked on to the field and stood in the center before they turned to face one another.
Naruto and Itachi looked at one another from across the field both with serious and focused looks plastered on their faces.
"Good luck Uchiha." Naruto said grinning at him as Itachi did the same.
"And to you Uzumaki." Pakura stood beside the two boys and saw they were both ready and just waiting for her signal. She took a deep breath, put her right arm in the air and then swung down.
"HAJIME!" Pakura called out as the match began though many were surprised when neither of the boys moved an inch.
"Mama why they not moving?" Ria asked from Mikoto's lap as she pouted that nothing was happening in front of her.
"Neither one are moving. There waiting for the others to make one tiny slip up so they can take advantage of it." Shizune said as Tsuande and Hiruzen nodded with a similar thought.
All the kages sat in the box waiting for one of them to make a move, being very patient and knowing what they were doing. The bodyguards were all doing the same. Then after a few minutes they finally moved. Both boys had a finger flinch at the same time and the other now tried to use that as an invite to attack.
Both Naruto and Itachi threw a kunai at one another which only met in the middle and made a loud clang sound out through the arena. The two boys pushed off from the ground and went forward and met each other in the middle as they began a taijutsu battle.
Itachi went for an upper cut which Naruto managed to dodge by stepping back before Itachi then tried to sweep the legs. Naruto jumped it and then shot his right leg towards Itachi's head which Itachi managed to block with his left elbow.
He then went forward and grabbed Naruto's shoulder and like earlier with Anko, flipped over him in an attempt to throw him.
Naruto however when he was thrown somersaulted through the air and made a kage bushin behind him which threw him back forward and shoulder barge Itachi which made the Uchiha take a few steps back.
Itachi narrowed his eyes and his Sharingan appeared. When they did Naruto immediately averted his eyes and began looking anywhere else but his eyes.
"Your Sharingan doesn't to scare me Itachi. As long as I don't look you in the eye then you can't put a genjutsu on me." Naruto said.
"But you will have to look up eventually Naruto. It's only a matter of time." Itachi said as Naruto took the handle of the Shusui out.
"Ittoryu: Sanjuroku Pound Ho!" Naruto said as he struck the air with great force and a massive swipe of dense wind shot forward at great speed towards Itachi.
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