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Konoha Stadium ( Chunin Exams FInals ) :

The calendar had bled into early November, bringing a crisp, chilly autumn breeze that swept through the stadium. Yet, despite the cold air, the atmosphere inside the colossal Stadium was boiling With Will Of Fire .

The massive crowd leaned forward with anticipated gazes, the echoes of the Third Hokage's grand opening speech still ringing in their ears. The stage was set, and the first round of the Chunin Exam finals was finally ready to be unleashed.

Down on the Natural field Arena , Shiranui Genma casually stepped up to handle the official introductions for the opening match. All the while, the two contestants stood several paces apart, silently sizing each other up.

(How should I play this?)

Naruto locked his focused blue eyes onto his opponent. Despite knowing the massive, gap in raw power between them, he had absolutely no intention of letting his guard down. After all, simply winning this match wasn't his primary goal today.

If Naruto just wanted a quick victory, his base speed and high-level taijutsu would be more than enough to end the fight in a fraction of a second. But what he actually needed right now was to put on a show of total dominance. When you are looking to make a statement, dominance must be displayed flawlessly—even if you are technically just stepping on an ant.

(.....Well, Technically speaking, he isn't exactly a normal ant, but still.)

Looking at the heavily bandaged Sound ninja with only a single, lone eye visible through his wrappings, Naruto found himself entirely unimpressed. In his evaluation, while Dosu wasn't a standard, run-of-the-mill genin, he wasn't anything truly spectacular either.

Dosu fit comfortably into the bracket of a Special Chunin—someone who possessed a highly specialized, dangerous gimmick but lacked well-rounded fundamentals in chunin Category .

(Honestly, if we're talking about destructive Power, I think that Zaku guy was actually stronger & Troublesome than him.)

Shaking his head to clear out the stray thoughts, Naruto focused back on Dosu. He noticed the proctor, Genma, taking a few deliberate steps back, lifting his hand high into the air to signal the start of the exams.

( Allright , COmbat Mode ACTIVATE )

Naruto activated all his Combat skills as he also focused seeing Shiranui GEnma Speaking

"Ready... 3... 2... 1..... BEGIN...!!"

Dropping his hand, Genma leaped back, instantly clearing the center of the field for the two genin. But a second later, a wave of murmurs rippled through the audience.

' huh ? '

' what are they doing '

' be patient kiddo '

' Mm '

Both the exam proctor and the thousands of spectators were visibly surprised to see Naruto and Dosu just standing there, continuing to size each other up without making a single move.

Naruto himself was mildly surprised by the lack of action from his opponent . Any normal, competent shinobi would have blitzed forward to close the distance or instantly leaped backward to establish a safe zone for their respective jutsu.

Naruto waiting around to see what his opponent would do was one thing, but what exactly gave this bandaged junkie the confidence to mimic his patience?

( .....If you know the gap between your enemy & yourself then you should take initiative ...whether to fight or to run ) Naruto thought in disappointment as he Looked at his opponent and noticed something .

Noticing the intense, unblinking stare coming from Dosu's exposed eye, Naruto was the first to break the silence.

".....You got something you want to say ?"

Hearing Naruto's casual, conversational tone, Dosu's lone eyebrow twitched in deep, volatile annoyance.

From Dosu's perspective, the blonde kid standing across from him looked completely nonchalant. Naruto wasn't treating this like a life-or-death finals match; he was standing there as if he were facing a helpless five-year-old kid instead of a deadly shinobi.

Even though Naruto was technically in a loose combat stance, his body language and his eyes carried a heavy, passive look of utter condescension.

(.....THiS ARROGANT BASTARD....!!! )

What rubbed salt into the fresh wound was a bitter memory from just days prior. When Dosu had solemnly sworn to his master, Orochimaru-sama, that he would bring a flawless victory to prove his absolute loyalty, his lord—the single person he dedicated his life to—had done nothing but laugh in his face.

Orochimaru had simply let out a mocking laugh and vanished into the shadows, leaving Dosu kneeling entirely alone on the cold ground. Dosu had understood the unspoken truth right then and there:

even Orochimaru didn't believe he stood a Single chance against this Blonde .

(...I will prove my absolute worth to you, Lord Orochimaru. Just watch me.)

Forcibly calming his raging emotions, Dosu locked his single eye onto Naruto, his voice grinding out through his bandages like sandpaper.

".....You are..."

"...Huh? What about me?" Naruto blinked, tilting his head.

"....ANNOYING!"

Dosu violently kicked off the dirt, the explosive momentum sending a cloud of dust into the air. He instantly flooded a massive surge of chakra straight into his specialized gauntlet, activating his signature tool.

[Melody Arm]

Closing the distance in a literal blink, Dosu generated a high-frequency vibration and swiped his armored hand violently toward Naruto's chest.

*BANG*

PUFF!

The definitive sound of an impact echoed, only for Naruto's form to instantly disperse into a thick cloud of smoke, leaving Dosu's armored fist to crack violently against a heavy wooden substitution log.

Seeing the target on the ground, Dosu's single eye instantly narrowed. His highly trained ears twitched at a faint sound, and his head snapped to the side.

A few meters away, Naruto was casually strolling over with leisure, his posture completely relaxed. In fact, the blonde's hands were stuffed lazily inside his pockets as if he were just taking a peaceful morning walk through the park rather than Fighting the Finals .

" Alright let's begin "

(...Seriously... so incredibly annoying.)

Dosu didn't waste a single breath. He pivoted on his heel and rushed forward once again, desperate to close the gap. While his sound-based ninjutsu was an absolute nightmare to deal with in close-quarters combat, its overall lethality dropped drastically the further the sound waves had to travel.

It wasn't that long-range attacks were entirely ineffective, but the further the distance, the more chakra he had to continuously burn to maintain a lethal frequency. Against a monster like Naruto, utilizing standard-range sound attacks would be entirely mediocre.

( .....In the end , It will I who will lose Chakra first )

That was why Dosu knew his only path to victory was to stick to him like glue and force a taijutsu war.

Leaping into Naruto's immediate personal space, Dosu rapidly built up his chakra, preparing to overwhelm the kid with sheer volume.

[Resonating Echo Drill]

Dosu began unleashing a rapid-fire barrage of high-frequency sound blasts designed to completely disorient an opponent's equilibrium, This is his derivative jutsu that He also used to deflect incoming projectiles, and even hatter solid wooden traps or logs .

Dosu's hands became a blur, throwing a relentless flurry of rapid jabs and heavy punches directly at Naruto's vital points.

Yet, Naruto didn't even flinch. He simply shifted his upper body—moving fluidly left, right, up, and down, dodging every single high-speed strike with absolute ease.

And the entire time, his hands never once left his pockets.

Seeing the display, the massive audience inside the stadium started boiling over with excitement. They had witnessed plenty of high-level Genin matches over the years, but typically, a superior shinobi would always choose to end the fight as quickly as possible to preserve their chakra. That was the standard, logical way a professional ninja operated.

But watching Naruto effortlessly weave through a lethal storm of front-line attacks with a nonchalant grace, completely refusing to even pull his hands out of his pockets, left the entire crowd watching in pure, amazement.

Dosu stared at the blurry, shifting form of the blonde dodging his combinations, his mind racing with desperate venom.

(.....Arrogant fool! Just keep dodging! The second these high-frequency sound waves bypass your ears and disrupt your inner ear balance, I am going to ki——)

Suddenly Naruto effortlessly ducked under another sweeping strike from Dosu's left hand, but this time, Naruto decided he was done playing defense.

In a sudden, terrifying burst, Naruto violently ramped up his base speed. The sudden acceleration was so extreme that Dosu's visual tracking completely failed, causing his combat form to collapse for a fraction of a second.

Capitalizing on the opening, Naruto pivoted hard on his planting foot. While keeping both of his hands firmly inside his overalls pockets, he threw his entire core weight into a devastating, high roundhouse kick.

SMACK!

But this wasn't just a standard, orthodox roundhouse kick meant to simply clip the side of an enemy's skull. The moment the bridge of Naruto's foot made high-velocity contact with the side of Dosu's head, Naruto fluidly bent his knee, curving his leg like a vice-grip hook and rotated his hip .

He tightly coiled his Leg or the bridge of his foot directly around Dosu's neck and collarbone. Leveraging the immense kinetic force of his entire body, Naruto treated his leg like a massive, heavy sledgehammer—violently dragging Dosu's entire airborne frame straight down toward the earth with force.

(Huh?!) Dosu barely had time to register the terrifying sight of the dirt rushing toward his face before the impact hit. The crowd watched in jaw-dropped silence as the blonde's long leg hooked the Sound genin's collarbone and slammed him into the floor like a ragdoll.

BOOM!

[Neck-Drag Takedown: Kubi Nage]

Naruto casually looked down at the cratered dirt. Dosu was currently laying completely flat on his side , his face buried deep into the ground while his fingers twitched involuntarily from the sheer trauma of the impact.

(...Alright, time to break your toy.)

Without pausing for a single beat, Naruto fluidly lifted his opposite leg, driving a heavy, vertical axe-kick straight down onto Dosu's exposed forearm—targeting the fragile mechanical components of his Sound Gauntlet.

*BOOM*

CRACK!

The iron shell of the gauntlet shattered violently under the immense physical pressure. Before Dosu's body could even register the pain, Naruto smoothly transitioned into a follow-up snap-kick, planting his Snadle directly into the center of Dosu's chest and launching him flying backward across the stadium.

BANG!

Dosu's body skipped across the dirt field like a stone on water before crashing to a halt on the far side of the arena, sliding into a completely unmoving heap.

Executing a flawless, mid-air backflip to bleed off his residual momentum, Naruto landed perfectly balanced on his original starting spot. His hands remained stuffed casually in his pockets as he narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the crumpled form of the Sound genin across the field. Naruto's gaze sharpened as looked at the Genin

(....Come on, get up. I specifically calculated the trajectory and force of those strikes to make sure I didn't knock you out cold..... You need to pull yourself together and get back up to dance for me and this crowd.)

For a long, agonizing moment, the stadium remained dead silent, the dust slowly settling over the field.

' whoa did you see that '

' yeah , I never saw anything like that before '

' um , so awesome '

' he didn't kick him away at that time but forced him down to ground for another consecutive strikes '

Then, deep within the far side of the arena, a finger twitched. A low, agonizing groan escaped the bandaged genin's throat. His One shattered gauntlet scraped against the dirt as he dragged his battered body upward.

It was a painful, agonizing process, but there, under the eyes of thousands, Dosu was once again standing—slowly, with a bleeding head and a completely shattered gauntlet.

Naruto offered a slow, appreciative nod at the display of raw grit. and then In front of all the Spectators , he calmly slid his hands completely out of his pockets. His posture shifted, entering a textbook, high-level taijutsu stance.

(Good. If you went down from just that, this would be a waste of my time.)

Whoosh!

In a fraction of a second, Naruto closed the distance between them, blurring across the dirt field. The casual holding phase of the match was officially over, and the crowd held its collective breath as the distance vanished between two Genin Yet again .

The Difference was this time it was Naruto who was Moving .

Despite his injuries, Dosu's survival instincts and Combat experience kicked into overdrive. Anticipating Naruto's sudden frontal entry, the Sound genin didn't panic or retreat; instead, he aggressively whipped his leg around in a wide, sweeping Elliptical Kick to force Naruto to respect his space.

( ....can't let him roam-free )

Seeing the kick with his Eye skills , Naruto cleanly dipped his upper body beneath the high-arcing kick, stepping right into the pocket of Dosu's defense. Realizing his kick had been evaded, Dosu instantly pivoted on his planting foot, bringing his remaining good arm down in a heavy, desperate Hammer Fist aimed straight at Naruto's head.

Naruto raised his left forearm, absorbing the downward strike with a solid, controlled block. The impact vibrated between them, but because Naruto was consciously pulling his power back to prolong the show, he didn't immediately shatter Dosu's guard.

Instead, Naruto fluidly slid his hand past the block, driving a crisp Palm Strike into Dosu's chest, quickly following up with a sharp, rolling Shoulder Butt into the Sound ninja's frame.

*bang*

The combined force pushed Dosu back several feet, but the controlled impact gave him just enough leverage to snap back into a defensive stance. Shaking off the rattle in his chest, Dosu gritted his teeth. He could tell Naruto was intentionally pacing the fight, and he refused to let himself be treated like a mere training dummy.

( .....messing around ......holding back against me .....This Hypocrite ) Dosu Thought with Gritted teeth as remembered the Blonde's reaction in prelimanaries .

Lunging forward with renewed aggression, Dosu initiated a tight sequence of Grappling & Clinching, Because of the distance between them , Dosu grabbed on Naruto's clothes , successfully forcing Naruto into a chest-to-chest lockup to neutralize the blonde's footwork & Speed .

Trapped in the close-quarters grapple, Dosu immediately drove a fierce Knee Strike upward toward Naruto's midsection. Naruto quickly brought his own knee up, meeting the strike shin-to-shin to cancel out the momentum. Sensing the stalemate, Dosu immediately threw his head forward in a sudden, violent Headbutt.

(...eh ? )

Naruto's eyes widened slightly at the sudden aggression. He tilted his head back just in time, causing their foreheads to merely glance off each other. The sheer force of Dosu's desperate rally achieved exactly what the Sound ninja needed—it created a solid pocket of breathing room, forcing Naruto to take two deliberate steps back to reset his balance.

(Not bad, junkie. You've actually got some fight left in you.)

Seizing the brief window Dosu had just earned Naruto thought , Dosu took a breath to gather his stance and then pressed the advantage, spinning his body to unleash a sharp, horizontal Elbow Strike aimed squarely at Naruto's jaw.

Naruto fluidly ducked beneath the whistling wind of the elbow strike, weaving smoothly through the airspace. From his low, evasive position, Naruto's right hand snapped out with lightning precision. His fingers tightly compressed into a rigid Crane Beak formation, cleanly tapping a highly sensitive nerve cluster on Dosu's active shoulder.

[ Gentle Fist : Naruto version ]

It wasn't a lethal blow, but the precise sting instantly numbed Dosu's arm, causing his offensive momentum to completely stall out.

With Dosu's guard momentarily dropped and his balance compromised . Naruto smoothly rose from his stance, spinning gracefully on his heel to generate effortless rotational force. He launched his leg high into the chilly autumn air, bringing his heel down like a falling axe.

*Bang*

Naruto carefully measured the force of his kick, ensuring the strike carried just enough downward velocity to drive the exhausted Sound ninja ruthlessly back down onto his knees in the arena dirt, completely subdued but explicitly conscious.

After all, simply winning the fight was never the ultimate goal.

( .......don't underestimate me , you ARROGANNT SH*T )

But Dosu was far from finished. Despite the agonizing pain radiating through his shoulder and buckling legs, the Sound ninja refused to let the match end on Naruto's terms. Riding the downward momentum of the axe kick, Dosu gritted his teeth through the agony, coiled his remaining functional arm, and viciously drove a blind, desperate low blow straight toward Naruto's crotch.

*BANG*

PUFF!

Instead of sinking into soft tissue, Dosu's knuckles collided violently with a solid, heavy block of timber as a thick cloud of white smoke erupted into the air. Naruto had substituted away .

Dosu's single visible eye widened in pure shock as he stared at the wooden log.

(I didn't see his hand seals again.... Not even a twitch! How the hell is he able to execute sunstitution jutsu at such ridiculous speeds in the middle of fast-paced taijutsu exchange?!)

While Dosu stood utterly bewildered by Naruto's terrifyingly fast hand-seal manipulation and seamless jutsu execution, Naruto dropped out of the sky, landing lightly on his feet several meters away.

A single drop of cold sweat trailed slowly down the blonde's forehead. He let out a shaky breath, casually wiping his brow.

(Holy hell, that was close........ That bastard almost took away Hinata's happiness )

Naruto looked back across the dirt field at Dosu. The Sound genin was once again dragging himself back up to a standing position, his breath coming in ragged, uneven gasps as he tightly gripped his injured shoulder.

He was battered, his gauntlet was ruined, and he was clearly running on empty Tank , but his eyes still burned with a stubborn refusal to yield.

Seeing this, Naruto decided it was finally time to up the tempo of the match. He had already thoroughly demonstrated his superiority in physical combat to everyone watching in the stands and Now It's time to end Taijutsu Exhibition .

Suddenly Dosu's eye's widened as he saw Naruto's hands suddenly blurred into a hypnotic, rapid-fire sequence of seals, the sheer speed casting a shadow over the dirt.

A confident, sharp smirk tugged at the corner of the blonde's lips as he spoke, his voice echoing clearly across the silent arena.

" Time for fireworks "

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Author's Notes :

I wanted to end this fight in just one chapter , but then I thought it will be too boring , so I extended it a little bit .

Of course , For anyone questioning , I repeat again THat Naruto is clearly holding back for showmanship , fanservice and also his own goals while keeping some of his cards hidden .

Now onto Ninjutsu and the fight , You can comment if you prefer any suggestions .

I don't know if I should write Temari vs shika or Sasuke vs gaara fight , what do you think .

It's such a DRAG ..!!!

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