"Shut up!" Naruto retorted, "At least I know when to take showers so as to not smell like the pets you sleep with!"
Now everyone was laughing at Kiba, who was now fuming at Naruto.
"Why you-"
"Kiba that's enough!" Iruka yelled, "The same goes for you too, Naruto! Now Sasuke, Naruto, step forward and give each other the tradition shinobi greeting, a sign to show good sportsmanship and no hostility."
Naruto and Sasuke both made their way to the front where the match was to be held. Naruto made the hand sign of friendship but Sasuke gave no regard in doing likewise. He just looked at Naruto as someone who was inferior and beneath him.
"What's the matter Sasuke?" Naruto asked with annoyance, "Too high and mighty to follow directions?"
"I'll only do so with someone who I consider my equal," Sasuke replied, "You're not such a person Naruto."
"You're right teme," Naruto remarked, "I can never dream to equal or rival your selfish, undisciplined arrogance."
Sasuke snarled at Naruto who in turned snarled back at him.
"Show the dead last a thing or two Sasuke-kun!" Ino yelled.
"Don't take that crap from him Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled. Many of the other girls and even some of the boys were cheering Sasuke on to pummel Naruto. Hinata was the only one in the background cheering Naruto on, though not as audibly as everyone else who was cheering for Sasuke.
Naruto turned and looked at Sasuke's fan club with disgust and irritation. Hiruzen sighed to himself seeing such displays before him. He knew Sasuke behavior was a problem and clearly no progress was made in changing his character.
"Sasuke, Naruto," Iruka said, "Be professional about this before your Hokage! Now prepare to spar!"
Sasuke said nothing at he assumed his battle stance. Naruto stood there as though he knew of no stance to take. Everyone in the crowd expected to see a quick match, with Naruto as the obvious loser. Sadly, even Hiruzen admitted to himself that Naruto wasn't at Sasuke's level in many things in regards to being a fighter. But with regards to everything else, Sasuke failed when compared to Naruto.
"Ready," Iruka said, "Begin!"
As expected, Naruto charged head first towards Sasuke at a fast speed. He threw a quick right punch at Sasuke, which was easily avoided, as Sasuke side stepped Naruto to the left.
"Predictable," Sasuke mocked as the maneuver caused Naruto to seemingly trip forward, making him appear like he was about to fall to the ground. Things changed however as Naruto turned on his right foot and swiftly brought and swung his left foot up, effectively catching Sasuke's face in his range as he, Sasuke, passed him by. Sasuke was sent spinning and sailing to the ground with a facial bruise and busted lip as Naruto managed to regain his balance and keep from falling to the ground. Everyone was left stunned and utterly speechless after seeing how Naruto within mere seconds made a fool out of the now dazed and humbled Sasuke who was struggling to get back up while nursing the injury Naruto just inflicted on him.
"Did that just happened?" Shikamaru (age 9) asked, too shocked to believe what he and everyone else saw.
"That's what I'm trying to believe," Chouji (age 9) remarked.
"He caught Sasuke completely off guard," Shino (age 9) commented, "An outcome I was not expecting at the very least."
"It was a lucky shot!" Ino replied in denial, "There's no way Naruto could have hit Sasuke-kun that easily! It was just a case of extreme dumb luck!"
Regardless of what was being said, Hinata looked very happy and pleased that Naruto won the first match against Sasuke, though she never expected it to end so soon in Naruto's favor.
"First blood and round one goes to me Sasuke-teme," Naruto said with a large grin, "Ready for Round Two?"
Sasuke, hot with anger by what just happened, got back up and spat blood to the floor. The pain from the assault was still biting where he was struck with blood still trickling down from his busted lip.
"You're gonna regret that dobe," Sasuke replied as the got back in his fighting stance.
"Ready when you are," Naruto said. Iruka began the next match between the two boys. Naruto and Sasuke engaged in combat again, but after three minutes it ended with Naruto being flipped and tossed down to the ground on his back with Sasuke standing over him. All of the girls, but Hinata cheered for Sasuke, while the guys laughed at Naruto.
"I told you it was dumb luck that Naruto won that time," Ino said.
"There's no way Naruto would have beaten Sasuke-kun that easily," another girl said.
"But…Naruto-kun didn't take…as long to win the first match with a single blow," Hinata thought out loud, which caught all of the students' attention, including Sasuke's. Sasuke was about to give a retort to Hinata when…
"That much is true Hinata," Hiruzen spoke up, earning the attention of those hearing him, "During the first match, Naruto gave the deceptive display that he was attacking full hearty in recklessness. But from what we saw, Naruto's moves were clearly timed and calculated to the letter, totally catching Sasuke off guard. I'm led to believe that Naruto had it all planned out."
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