Chapter 27: CH 27
At 10:24 on the dot guess who managed to find his way into the arena. Being dragged by Sasuke, Kakashi let out a nervous eye-smile, "Sorry we were almost late. I accidentally covered both my eyes with my headband this morning and by the time I thought about it I was on top of the Hokage Monument."
Sasuke growled at the excuse while Sakura shook her head, "Then you should have seen the massive banner up there telling everyone about this."
Kakashi smiled at her, "Ah, but I did, that's why I found you two remember?"
Tsunade, with Shizune behind her arrived with a dead-pan expression on her face, "This isn't the kind of thing that I'm going to have to get used to with you Kakashi is it?"
Kakashi smiled at her, "No, no... I'm usually much later."
After a round of face-faults all around Tsunade straightened up and faced the audience, projecting her voice to be easily heard, "Ladies and gentlemen of Konohagakure no Sato, today we have a special attraction for all of you. You will get to see some of the most prominent genin in this village pitted against one lone genin in today's battles."
She pointed out to the tree where Naruto had long since stood up and begun loosening up, "The sole genin in question is Naruto Uzumaki!"
A chorus of boos rang out among the audience until Naruto used the technique Tsunade had used to project her voice, "Aww shut the hell up! You miserable bastards..."
Tsunade sweat-dropped at Naruto's dismissal of the crowd, "Right... Well then, the rules will be as follows. A one-on-one bout between Naruto and one of the genin to be selected by their sensei. If Naruto can defeat the opponent he is matched with he will be matched up with the next, and so on, and so forth until he is either defeated or runs through them all." She finished with a smirk. She motioned for someone to walk over, "The proctor for the bouts will be Anko Mitarashi." Anko came from the back smirking at the genin whose fights she would be refereeing. She turned to look out at Naruto, who was still stretching, 'Alright gaki, you've talked a big game and Ibiki seems convinced, let's see what you've got.'