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Stands
The genin from the rookie 13 and Team Gai, who had not made it to the finals looked like fish out of water as they continued to stare at the scene that had just unfolded in front of them. The jonin weren't any better. The only one who appeared normal was Mikoto, well as normal as she could get.
"Mmm...Naruto-kun's so strong!" She moaned dreamily, she had never even imagined that Naruto would be able to do things like this at such an early age.
The rest of the shinobi ignored her fantasies as one thought ran through all of their minds, 'Was that real? Did all of that just really happen?' Those thoughts were understandable. What Naruto just did was like something out of the Princess Gale movies.
Kushina and Kakashi were the first to recover as they quickly Shunshined away from the stands, most likely to see what kind of condition their student was in. Kakashi was worried about Nawaki, the boy was his sensei's and Kushina's son so he was like Kakasi's little brother. Kushina had mixed feelings about what had happened. She was overjoyed that Naruto was safe and unharmed, she thought that he had been killed when that combination Katon jutsu hit. She had thought that she lost the son that she had never had.
But now she was extremely worried because of Nawaki's condition. She had managed to catch a glimpse of his motionless body in the rubble and what she saw struck her hard. Nawaki was covered in burns, especially the left side of his face. It looked as if the wounds had already been cauterized too, that meant not even medical ninjutsu would be able to heal him fully. His body was in a position that human's hould not have been able to bend at and he was soaked with blood. She hoped that Tsunade would be able to heal him.
Those who remained in the stands were left to slowly recover as their brains began to process what they had just seen.
"Asuma-sensei...just what was that?" Ino managed to force out of her throat.
Asuma wished he could answer his genin, he really did. But he was just as dumbfounded as Ino was at the moment. "I can't quite say for sure...I've never seen a Katon jutsu quite like that before...but it seems as if Naruto is immune to fire...and has a unique affinity for that area of nature manipulation..."
Sakura was confused, "Asuma-sensei? I've never heard of nature manipulation before. What is it exactly?"
Most of the genin and jonin of the rookie 13 were still gobsmacked at the match they had juts witnessed, but they still had enough common sense to stare at her with their flattest expressions. Even if very few of them knew how to use elemental jutsu, they had at least heard about it or witnessed it from their senseis.
It was Kurenai who answered her this time, "Sakura...every member of your genin team uses nature manipulation and you still don't know what it is?" She received a shake of the head from the pink-haired genin. Kurenai sighed, what have her senseis really taught her? "Nature manipulation is the ability to mold and define one's chakra into a specific element. There are fie main elements, fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water. Every person has at least one innate element, this is called an elemental affinity." Kurenai explained.
'Though elemental training is usually reserved for when shinobi become chunin or jonin! Just what has Obito been teaching his genin?' Kurenai thought to herself. She had always taken it easy on her genin, some would even say that she mothered them. Perhaps why they had not grown much since they left the academy. Maybe that's why they aren't participating in this tournament. Was she wrong with how to train her team?
"Oh that's why Natsuki, Narumi, and Nawaki can use those elemental jutsu. I thought that was something that had to do with the clan that they came from." Sakura said as if she finally realized something.
The rest of the rookie 13 thought it best not to make any comments or questions to avoid a lecture from their sensei, though they couldn't help but wonder how Naruto had gotten so skilled in fire manipulation. He never showed that kind of skill in the academy, but he had just easily defeated their rookie of the year. None of them could match up to the Uzumaki-Namikaze siblings, and yet two members of Team 11 had just trounced them.
Inuzuka Hana vs. Chojuro of Kiri
The hour was up in the blink of an eye. Those who had yet to compete had been busy making their last minute preparations and coming up with an assortment of strategies. Hana had been sitting on the floor of the combatant's booth for the better part of the last forty minutes thinking of all possible moves that could be made and all of their possible outcomes.
She was fighting one of the newly selected Seven Swordsmen of Kiri. Him being chosen to take up that title would mean that he is incredibly skilled in Kenjutsu, despite how young he is. Everyone of those swords has a special ability, the one that he possessed was able to form his chakra into the shape of any kind of weapon. This would be a close battle.
'What am I thinking? I told Naruto that I'd give him the fight that he'd always been looking forward to between us, and he'll hold me to that. There's no way I'm losing yet, not after I've come this far!' Hana thought to herself, determination burning in her eyes.