Watching Genin fight eachother was boring. That was the conclusion of every Uzu shinobi who came to watch the Chuunin exams in Konoha.

Until it was their turn.

"Match 9: Hyuuga Hanabi of Konoha versus Hinata Shoyo of Uzushio!"

Shoyo grinned as he jumped down the battle grounds. Finally!

Hanabi calmly walked her way down.

"Ready... HAJIME!"

"You should give up, kid. Did your parents send you to the wrong place?" Hanabi sneered arrogantly.

"Hey! I resent that!" Shoyo fumed. How dare she insult his height!?

"Really? Then show me what you got, weakling... unlesss, your whole village is weak."

That was the wrong thing to say, as the Uzu teams winced when she coughed out blood.

Hanabi looked down in shock, barely seeing a spiraling ball of wind before it dispersed. What was her jacket now was torn and bloody from the sharp cuts of the Chakra ball.

She looked up, and suppressed a strong flinch at what she saw.

Shoyo stood terrifyingly still, head tilted to the right, orange bangs made ominous shadows over his eyes. And his eyes, they were remnants of death itself. What were once warm chestnut brown were now slitted bronze-like eyes of a bloodthirsty predator.

"You should really think more before you speak. Because out there, it's what causes your downfall." He said coldly, an air of anger to his voice.

"Mhm, added to 'Facts from Scary Shoyo' book." Denki muttered, writing it down in his scroll.

Hanabi glared at him, preparing to teach the brat his place. There's a gap of 10 feet between them, it's her advantage.

Shoyo shifted his leg, and-

-kicked Hanabi from behind. She skitted, arms cross where Shoyo kickes, Byakugan eyes wide in pure shock. The audience gasped at the display of speed. They only blinked, and he's gone. Again.

Only for him to punch Hanabi from behind, again.

It continued on for a long time, but Shoyo never decreased his speed. What a stamina monster. Hanabi, however, collapsed from exhaustion on her 37th attempt of trying to catch up.

"Winner, Hinata Shoyo of Uzushio!" Team 1 and 2 cheered.

Naruto watched with pride as his Shinobi beat the other village's Genin, Konoha or no. Seems like those training sessions with him payed off after all. Shoyo is one determined and bold kid. Naruto chuckled in amusement at the memories.

"Kageyama Tobio of Uzushio versus Kirishima Eijirou of Uzushio."

The dark haired boy grinned, while Eijirou leaped down to the arena. "Tobio! We'll fight eachother like real men!"

"Don't be so confident!"

"Are both ready? ..HAJIME!"

Eijirou quickly applied Chakra to his second layer of skin, turning it bedrock hard and narrowly avoided breaking his arms blocking a Chakra ball similar to Shoyo's that hit it's target perfectly.

The ball dissolved, and Tobio readied another, eyes locked on the battle form of Eijirou.

Throughout the whole fight, all the other Genin couldn't help but sweat and shiver in intimidation and fear at the pure display of power and dominance on both Shinobi of Uzushio.

Like Shoyo, Tobio's reserves are big. But unlike the sunny child, Tobio is smart and calculative in a fight (something that doesn't happen often with Shoyo). Unluckily for him, Eijirou also possessed those traits, but with more physical power to add onto his list.

"Winner, Kirishima Eijirou!"

So it was understandable Tobio lost fair and squair.

"Hahh,... that was tiring!!" The ravenette groaned. Eijirou laughed at his friend, and offered him a hand. Tobio doesn't hesitate to take it, grinning at the other.

"Next-"

Everything after that was a blurr. Nothing really interesting happened aside from the fights of the Uzu nin and some Konoha nin.

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(A few hours before the "Forest of Death" events)

"Mizu no Kokyu, Roku no Kata: Nejire Uzu!"

There were screams as the group of Oto shinobi were caught in the twisting whirlpool current that appeared from the sword of the Samurai.

Heads were severed within seconds, some of the bodies were slashed into parts. The samurai looked at them in sadness and clapped his hands twice, head slightly bowing to show respect.

Suddenly, a crow flew on his shoulder, carrying a scroll. He looked at the texture and signature, and blinked. From the Uzukage?

The crow flew away as the samurai sheathed his black sword.

"...A sneak attack from Orochimaru?.." His hand trembled and crumbled the scroll. He took a glance at the wooden box on his back, and pocketed the scroll.

"Wait for a bit, Nezuko, Tamayo-san and Yushiro will find a way to turn you back. That bastard will pay." The samurai with brown scarlet hair was greeted with silent snores.

He then sniffed the air, and walked off to the direction of Uzushiogakure.

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Orochimaru observed the Chuunin exam's Genin fights disguised as a Jonin from Kusa. The Uzu kids have great potential, and have such special abilities, what a shame they aren't in his army. They do look a bit familiar though.

Sasuke, who's a jonin now, glanced at the orange haired kid from Uzu. He reminds the Uchiha of Naruto, his brother figure and rival. He wished he found out his thoughts of the blonde sooner..

"Uzukage-sama! Kurama-sama!" Suddenly the Uzu teams tackled the two figures who just walked in. Wait, Uzukage?

"Hey guys! How are the battles so far, Shoyo, Tobio, Eijirou, Denki, Mina, Yogi?"

"Boring!!" Mina pouted making the other nations' Genin glare.

"Kuro, Kousuke?"

"Troublesome."

"Could've been better."

This started a lot of whispering.

"Are they underestimating us?"

"Why are they so casual around a Kage?!"

"Red hair... is the Uzukage an Uzumaki?"

This caught the Rookie 11, now Jonin 11's attention.

They were told after the banishment about Naruto's conditions and heritage, and it was safe to say they all have a lot of respect for the Jinchuuriki they thought was dumb. Especially Sasuke and Sakura.

"Well, Katsuki, Izuku and Shoto are already here, they're watching you guys fight."

This made the two teams, more of Eijirou, Denki and Mina, beam.

"Well you kids enjoy, i'll go check the village, there's a samurai i would like to meet."

And with that, the Kage vanished into red and golden streaks, shocking the people who knew of what that meant.

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Boom! Chapter 8! And it was the worst!!

Lols bye!