Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Chapter 82 ( Chapter 82 )

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Chapter 82

Preliminaries part 2

Sasuke stiffened a bit as his name was called for the next match. Not paying any attention to the village or the name associated with it. An age old fear from before started to encroach upon him.

Minato seeing this alongside a carefully hidden Umiko placed an arm around Sasuke's shoulders as Umiko sends a gentle mind touch from her hidden area.

“What is it?”

“Will you be mad at me if I lose or even withdraw?”

“No”

Surprised etched on his face, Sasuke heard the echoed response in his mind from the woman whom had already gotten into his heart with the gentle hug she had given him when he arrived.

“If you are not ready Sasuke, then you are not ready. In fact if you decided to quit being a ninja I would not be ashamed of you.”

Somehow hearing those words Sasuke leapt down and cracked his fingers and body as he approached his opponent. Confused at the moment, Umiko giggles as she had understood the fears the former Uchiha was possessed with at the time.

“He was afraid you would be ashamed of him.” The black haired woman said softly to his mind. “He still has issues from his life before, I think he needed to hear you say that Minato.”

Understanding at her words, he sends a loving image to make her get all flustered at the back of his mind. Now looking down, he observes the battle of his new son in the Chuunin exams....

“GO TEME OW!”

The audience going silent for a moment as does both competitors, Sasuke just shakes his head as Sasami starts chewing Naruto out under the amused stares of many. The little girl pulling ears left and right, everyone returns to the match that is about to begin.

“Sasuke Namikaze...ready?”

A nod of the head is all it took, before it began. A mist forming as his opponent was of that, Sasuke tried out his new eyes, and that which it made it disappeared in mere seconds. His disassembly of it happening, the crowd watching is in shock at the new ability.

“That's not the Sharingan....what is it?”

“Something new!” Sasuke roared as his hands had already started to do the Grand Fireball technique. Promising to stick to simple and not the more powerful jutsus in his arsenal, the Mist ninja dodged in the nick of time. Countering with a water dragon of his own, the fight had begum....

As the hits and jutsus went head to head, those from Cloud watched with pride. Ayeka among them, she cheered for the quiet dark haired youth as he landed hits left and right,

“Why does he not use his full arsenal sensei?” Asked a young boy, whom although he and his team did not make it through, he had heard of the reputation of each of the Namikaze's sons. One of which the Raikage had yet to hear about, along with the news of a soon granddaughter.

“To be fair I believe Minako.” Akira Takedo stated calmly. Being there and in charge of the Cloud delegation, the older man had understood and even respected the fact that although he did not want to.

The Fourth was asking them for help in protecting his closest loved ones. Already Akira was bound to agree to it by the order of his own Kage back in Cloud. But still finding that he and the others would be placed not just with one but three children to look after. One of blood and two by adoption...?

He knew the old Raikage would be pleased.

“What do you mean?”

Looking down Akira smiled, “Take a good look and you will see.”

The genins looking down at the match in confusion, it had taken them a few moments, before a boy named Hiriyuki figured it out. “He's barely using any chakra!”

“Yes, the rumors you have heard about Sasuke Namikaze formerly Uchiha is quite true. He is indeed more of a jounin in skills as not only was he taught by the Copy ninja Kakashi Hatake. He was also taught by the Sannin Orichamaru....”

“Then why is he not a jounin all ready?”

“It would not be fair.”

Turning around, Minato had come and smiled as he affectionately ruffled the hair on three of the children as he passed by. The fight having moving closer to this end, the Fourth looked proudly as Sasuke had hit the youth in front of him, sending him into the wall.

“Sasuke knows he would and can easily beat many of those if he so wished it. So does Naruto. But it would not be fair to those who have worked so hard, that to be taken out as fast as I know both can do so? He and his brother both would make more enemies then what they need.”

A dawning awareness overcoming their features, the children resume looking towards the continuing match between the now tiring out genin from mist and one of their Kage's grandchildren.

Stepping forth, Sasuke moved with astonishing speed. Barely making any hand motions, the youth did not know the commotion he caused as delivered kicks and punches faster then any have ever seen.

Seconds later the Mist Ninja was down for the count....

“Winner Sasuke Namikaze.”

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Elsewhere in the arena

Unbeknownst to them who were cheering and watching as one of the Kages greeted the winner with a hug and a smile of a proud father. The one still seethed....

He would bide his time and wait still. Ironically he found the idea to repeat what happened years before to be a good one. To time it right with the invasion that his master had told him the Sound and others were planning on making of Konoha and its allies.

Still he longed for a good kill, something to make them sweat that someone amongst them was hunting.

Spying the two girls who were looking at the blonde....

He smiled.

He had heard and found himself coming with something to entertain himself now. After all he will help the blonde bane of his existence and those of his masters out. He will make the choice for them...