Chunin Exams, Second Stage
It was the day for the second stage of the Chunin exams.
Boruto had practiced the Uchiha's special shiriken technique with Sasuke.
He stared at the venue determined to show himself.
All that stemmed from one thing Sasuke said.
[Clink! Clink!
'Darn it!'
'For goodness sake.'
Ugh.
'Shuriken technique is Sarada's speciality, isn't it? It's because she's your daughter and had the blood of the Uchiha clan that she's good at it!'
'Boruto, if what you're saying is correct then..."
Poof! Poof, poof! Poof! Poof, poof, poof!
'This technique should be your speciality, should it not?'
'Shadowclones? Dad's technique? So he brought that up.'
'You can't talk your way out of this one, Boruto. Naruto can make over a thousand clones.']
'Just you wait, I'm gonna be a star in this stage!'
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!"
Poof, poof, poof, poof!
"I guess four is my limit..."
A limit he didn't know it surpassed most other ninjas including the Sixth Hokage.
A speaker crackled as Tenten's voice came through. [The second examination is a game of capture the flag. Protect your team's flag while assaulting the enemy's base. This is the time to display your skill in teamwork!"
Multiple flashy jutsus were cast. Some snuck around to sneakily take down the enemy's flag, some simply overpowered the enemy and some clashed together in a drawn out battle.
Metal Lee was doing very well against the three Suna genin. He overpowered everyone very much like his father during his own exams.
The only reason he lost was because Shinki used his black particle cloak to grab his flag when he wasn't looking.
Shikidai's team passed too.
"Looks like only one team's left." Tenten monitored the proceedings behind multiple screens along with Arubame Shino.
It was Team 7.
[I'll protect the flag, don't worry about it, you go attack the enemy.]
"We're counting on you Boruto!" Sarada replied back through her earpiece.
"In order to show off our strength to the Seventh, we have to win and pass the exam at all costs!"
[Heh. No need to remind me!]
Boruto surrounded his white flag. Facing off with him were three identical Kirigakure nins.
"Yo! Triplets! As you can see we have a five man group going on over here. You know which side's got the upper hand, right?"
The triplets exchanged smirks with each other.
"The upped hand?"
Fshuuu.
Bon, bon!
Bon, bon!
Bon, bon!
"Yeah, we know, cuz it's nine versus five!"
The three or- rather nine- Senka brothers unsheathed their swords and changed in.
[Gaah!]
"Boruto!" Sarada stopped abruptly.
[Sarada, keep going, I'll go back!] Mitsuki changed directions midair and bounced off a wire.
Boruto was outnumbered. The Senka brothers had left their flag unattended except for casting a simple genjutsu over it and ganged up on the only protector of Team Konohamaru's flag.
One would attack from the front and the other from behind. Each clone had to defend against two nins.
All the clones were taken care of and the last brother took down Boruto with a heavy punch to the cheek.
Boruto's teeth bit into his lips and they began bleeding.
The nins bolted for the flag at last.
Oh no.
Congratulations .......
Do your best on the next one too....
Boruto watched as they neared their goal. And he made a decision he would live to regret.
Mizu.
A scroll shot out and Boruto grabbed it.
"Suiton Dan! Oruka!"
A water style wave gushed out like a blooming King Lapis flower.
"Guaaaaaaaaaahhhrrghhaa!!!"
"Impossible! Releasing such a huge water style jutsu in a place with no water?"
The Senku brothers were stunned as they were washed away. They knew how hard it was, if not impossible, to conjure up water out of nowhere. Was this still genin level?
He had no time to think.
"Gah?"
Boruto had leapt into the air.
Fshuu. Click.
"Raiton Dan! Ibuki!"
A bolted of lighting shot into the water.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!"
The three of them were electrocuted till they steamed.
He landed atop his black flag pole.
[It's fine here now, keep going.]
"Got it."
Sarada stood amongst a hundred white flags.
Sharingan!
Her black eyes spun into red with a single tomoe in each iris.
The genjutsu dispelled and Sarada picked up the only flag left.
"Not bad, I couldn't even see the hand seals," said Tenten to Shino in the monitoring room. "I guess that's to be expected of the Seventh's son."
"Now we have four teams. All finished!" She entered their names on her writing pad.
A white coat stood at the exit and spoke into a secret receiver.
"He passed the second stage as well. It appears he used that this time,"
"Yes, yes, it's been video recorded."