Konoha Academy :
Training Grounds :
The Crowd was silent , as they watched Uchiha Sasuke walking away , The belief built over the years , since the start of the academy crumbled this instant.
Sasuke is best among us.
Even as 9 year old kids , the promicious nature of shinobi made them realize that even the best has lost . Maybe they already knew the outcome , because even before the match , everyone was silent , including sasuke's fangirls themselves.
Naruto stood alone in the silent training ground , the gossip seems to have stopped with sasuke's departure and also Iruka sensei following him. He takes everyone's silence and expressions in his eyes .
( ....... Were they waiting for final confirmation )
The kids couldn't hide the disbelief on their faces , even his own friends faces were complicated . At this moment Naruto's thought were
( should I go according to the plan and bea- Defeat Kiba and other boys .........forget it , just some kids , there's plenty of time )
Naruto puts his hands back in his pockets and heads back to Shino & others , approaching them , the silence was broken by Shino
" Congratulations , Naruto-kun "
" huh .....what "
" you did it , defeating Sasuke "
" ...yeah , right "
How many times have Uzumaki Naruto declared that he will defeat Sasuke and become The Greatest Hokage , maybe everyone knew in this class .
The class doesn't even remember the times this saying goes unheard any day , but seeing the reality , maybe they will realize soon and Shino the ever observant , clearly analysed this in silence .
" you were looking forward for this didn't you "
hearing Shikamaru , Naruto also looks at him in surprise when Choji also spoke
" you were distracted since morning , and you also put bandages around arms and legs for this fight "
" It was just Taijutsu .... but yeah I finally did it "
hearing him opening his heart and admitting his happiness and sense of accomplishment , they also remembered the days in academy and also Naruto's shoutings everyday .
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Hokage Office :
Looking at his crystal ball , The Third Hokage sits on his seat with anticipation to see today's young leaves sparring. A little leisure from his paperwork .
The Hokage had instructed Iruka to not start sparring early in the class year , the reason was , so which the first day or month doesn't damper any kids mood .
No one likes to lose .
Looking at Naruto coming over and standing in front of sasuke , Hokage smokes and waits , A combat is much different than basic physical assesment , it's never certain who will win in real shinobi fights .
Just when Hokage was smoking with his tobacco pipe , he saw Naruto taking his hands out of pockets and notices the bandages around his arms
( Odd , he doesn't wear them normally ..........except for training )
crouching low , Hokage saw Naruto's eyes glowing and the serious expression on his face .
A Powerful pulse of chakra was felt with His Hokage's senses coming from the Academy , recognization downed on him and the absurdity of it .
( 70% of Naruto's chakra is used by the Sealing Method to Suppress kyubi and with just 30% he has already reached this far )
Thinking this far Hokage also remembers another factor
" there's also Kyubi's Chakra interference ......and this chakra reserve for that age "
Hokage seeing the kids getting ready sighed for the uchiha clan survivor , But What he wants to know is how will Naruto defeat Sasuke , The process of it and this will also help him judge his character.
Uchiha Sasuke , someone who has defeated him again and again , over the last 3 years , someone that Naruto vowed to defeat and also considered an obstacle to his dream of becoming Hokage .
How will Uzumaki Naruto after getting stronger will treat this opponent .
The match begun and if not for zooming out the crystal ball , and taking whole picture , The hokage wouldn't have seen it from the crystal ball .
Naruto uses fullspeed , closes near sasuke from his right and sweeps his leg and put a fist in front of his face in an instant .
" Such progress in just a month "
The Hokage knew his training , progress and even had Iruka use those physical assesments to get better information , but
" The Data from just month ago is already .......... outdated quite a bit "
His rate of progress is fast , and it's not just those jutsu but even Taijutsu . If it wasn't because of Kyubi's chakra , his chakra control would have already been the same .
" His enormous Chakra is already an advantage and he seems gifted in taijutsu too "
The Hokage notices Uchiha Sasuke moving and walking out of training Ground and thinks to himself
( Alas..... poor kid ....... Konoha owes Uchiha too much )
Thinking up to here , The Hokage stood up and wears his iconic Hokage robes and heads to the last Uchiha Clan Survivor to make sure he grows up as brilliant as his Brother .
" An Inheritor for Will of Fire "
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Nara Clan head House :
Sitting in his home office with his friends Nara Shikaku , The Clan head of the Nara clan looks over the scrolls and letters scattered on his desk and hears Inoichi asking
" Soo ?"
" ...... It's good so far , every clan seems interested and plans to get together , even for a flimsy alliance "
" They all seem scared " Choza
" With how village treated Uchiha , It's obvious " Inoichi
" But wasn't there some problems with Uchiha too " Choza
" Moving without evidence and annihilating a whole clan is totally diffrent " Inoichi
" Even if Uchiha rebelled , The Village shouldn't massacre a whole clan down to newborn , executing the troublemakers or even assasinating them in shadows would have done the job "
Shikaku spoke seriously while massaging his head and Inoichi follows up
" First world war , Second world war and even in Third world war , All the contribution and the sacrifice of all uchiha's for the village ........even at Kyubi's night they obediantly sat , so which no one suspects them "
Choza also speaks up
" They were pretty uptight when in police force too , Konoha hardly had any internal problems with them "
Hearing his friends words , Nara shakes his head while thinking
( Only when they are gone will you remember their importance in life )
The Nara shifts the topic again
" The Inuzuka and Aburame are on board , even quite a few minor clans , only Hyuga's answer is unclear "
" Ughhh they are still stubborn with their neutrality "
" They have important and absolute position in Sensor division , afterall "
" They just want profit , without getting implicated "
The Nara considered all the factors to sway Hyuga's opinion , and finally remembers ' The Kidnapping case ' just 6 years ago
" Let's use ' kidnapping case ' , and make them on board "
" ........didn't Hokage put gag order on that " Choza
" A Stubborn clan like them , definetly remembers that humiliation , demanding Hyuga Clan's Patriach's head , and delievering their Clanhead's brother on a plate like some dinner " Inoichi
" Exactly , that and a little pressure to make them feel that if they do not move , they will be next after senju and Uchiha "
hearing everyone agreeing , Shikaku decides to think again later to arrange meeting with Hyuga Clanhead about the weakness and blindness of the current Hokage's Higher up's.
" How about Danzo , any clues "
" it's like he has disappeared ...... no clue " Inoichi
" Without Hyuga clan , it will be difficult to locate that rat from the sewers " Choza
The Nara clenches his fist and loosens it with a sigh
" Let's start collecting other things first then , what about the other matters "
" No clue of Jiraiya Sama either " Inoichi
" Tsunade sama was seen in west , but that information is from month ago , now no idea " Choza
" Do we really need them " Inoichi
"Their reputation is necessery to stabilize the village and even other nations " Shikaku
" It will be difficult , Jiraiya sama does not want to shoulder any responsibilities ...... he didn't even stay with Minato "Choza
" Tsunade-sama's condition is not ok either " Inoichi
" We can't stop trying , if they consider the village , then they will move otherwise we will "
" This is just a formality to notify them to interfare now , in the affairs of the village or keep distance from the village just as they have done all this time"
" Tsunade-sama , Jiraiya-sama .....even Orochimaru , They all left the village because they knew it's darkness most , I don't think they will interfare "
" Let's meet with Inuzuka and Aburame personally , without communicating with letters "
" um "
" That's Good "