Chapter 57 - Chuunin Exams Second Phase [4] (2/2)

'Why must I go against him? He's just a monster regarding strength!' Tenten thought in annoyance, Naruto also sighed 'I thought I would have a good opponent to ''practice'', how boring...' he thought.

Then, the next few fights were Sakura Haruno versus Ino Yamanaka, which Sakura won easily by flickering behind the blondie and knocking her out, she came out of it with a wide, victorious smile.

After that, it was Zaku Abumi versus Neji Hyuuga, the long-haired Hyuuga won it easily by effectively avoiding all Sound attacks coming towards his direction and then leaving his opponent at near-death by sealing his Chakra Points.

''Nii-san, I'll sleep here, wake me up for any interesting fight, I'm too bored, this level is too low for me to even watch...'' Naruto said lazily before simply laying on the ground and starting to sleep, receiving strange stares from his fellow participants, as for Sasuke and Sakura, they were long accustomed to Naruto's antics.

The next few rounds weren't anything exciting, the ones that passed up to the current time were Uchiha Hensuke, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Haku, Neji Hyuuga, Shikamaru Nara, Temari, Kankuro and Dosu Kinuta, the last fight was going to happen now - Gaara versus Rock Lee.

Without Kakashi needing to wake him up, Naruto woke up by his own and saw who was going to fight and suddenly, he felt something bad was going to happen because Lee was going to fight something like him, a Jinchuuriki, one that was going to kill at any given opportunity, this had a high probability of happening because of Lee's personality that doesn't allow him to give up.

Even if he felt annoyed by Lee some times, in the end, he was still Naruto's friend, as such, the blonde teenager appeared in front of the green-clothed youngster before saying ''Lee, I know of your strength but be warned that if something goes wrong, if you happen to lose, give up immediately. You don't have to prove anything because you've already proven everything, don't forget that you're my eternal rival.''

Lee was moved by Naruto's words ''Don't forget that the youthfulness within your strength isn't just to win or to prove something, you can give up on the fight, get stronger and then beat the hell out of him.''

''UOOOH! Naruto, my eternal rival, you acknowledged me as your eternal rival too!'' Lee shouted as an unnatural amount of tears dripped down his cheeks, however, his face soon became serious as he nodded ''If things go wrong, I'll do as you say, thanks for the warning, my eternal rival! Now, let's beat the opponent with my power of YOUUUUTH!'' he said before going downstairs.

A fight regarding his honor was going to happen, where he was going to prove that someone hard-working could win against a genius, Lee originally didn't plan to give up no matter what, however, the words from his eternal rival reverberated through his mind, shaking his head, Lee's own eyes met Gaara eyes as the fight started!

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