[Chunin Exams Stadium- The Uzumaki Heir]
'Father has really outdone himself this time.' Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the sole male heir of the Uzumaki Clan thought as he looked at the stadium which hosted the first ever Great Chunin Exams from the stands.
For the first time in history, the Konoha Stadium held people not only from the Fire Nation but all the five Elemental Nations.
The Great Chunin Exams was one of his father's most ambitious projects, the first time the Kages of all five Hidden Villages were standing together in public on the same stage after decades of warring with each other.
'Still doesn't mean that the Hidden Villages have started to trust each other all of a sudden. One simply needs to look at the list of the finalists to know the truth.'
Indeed, not a single Shinobi among the finalists was from Konoha's former enemies, Kumo, Kiri and Iwa.
Most of the Shinobi from these villages had forfeited in the first round while the remaining had not signed the life and death contract for the second round, thus ending their journey in the Great Chunin Exams.
It was obvious that the three Hidden Villages didn't want to risk their precious Shinobi in what was basically a public stunt for them.
'And yet, even this was not enough to convince the Village Council to allow me to participate in the Great Chunin Exams.' Naruto thought bitterly.
Since Naruto was the last male heir of the near extinct Uzumaki Clan and probably even the last male, his life had been filled with the politics of the Konoha Village Council since he was born.
Not to mention that his father Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage often bent to the Village Council's demands because of his overprotectiveness for him.
Ever since the attack on his mother by a mysterious masked man on the night of his as well as his twin sister's birth which had almost led to the death of his entire family, the overprotectiveness of his parents for the two of them was off the charts.
Narumi, his twin sister who didn't look like him since she had red hair rather than Naruto's blonde, had it less worse than him as she had a part of the Kyuubi, the Nine Tailed Beast sealed inside her with the rest of the beast sealed inside their mother.
Kyuubi, being sealed inside Narumi, provided her with enhanced regeneration and even a part of his chakra should she manage to control it. Due to this, his parents could afford to be a little less hard handed with her.
However, Naruto, on the other hand, was left to face the full force of his parents' overprotectiveness while also facing the constant clamour from the Village Council.
'Hmph! Those Village Council bastards just want me to form a harem of their daughters and be their puppet. When will they stop pushing the Clan Resurrection Act for me to Father?'
The Clan Resurrection Act or CRA for short was an act which allowed the last male heir of a near extinct clan to legally form a harem so as to produce a huge amount of children for the proliferation of the clan.
While the CRA would certainly be extremely attractive to any hot-blooded male his age, Naruto was not interested in it a single bit.
The reason being that he had seen how helpless his great, oh-so powerful father was against his mother's anger far too many times.
If his great father could not control a single wife, how was he to handle multiple?
Not to mention that he had never thought of simply becoming a babymaker. Being the only son of the Hokage, he had some big boots to fill, the first one becoming as great a Shinobi as his father.
Though his twin sister Narumi would certainly like to contest that she would achieve that level first. After all, she had been loudly proclaiming her dream of becoming the Hokage since her Academy days.
Anyways, returning to the topic, because of the Village Council's pressure, Naruto's father Minato could not allow him to participate in the Great Chunin Exams despite the fact that he had been trained by Konoha's strongest corps, the ANBU since his Academy days and already had elite Chunin level chakra reserves.
His dear sister had only been allowed to participate because it would be extremely dangerous for a Jinchuuriki like her to participate in a Chunin Exams in another Hidden Village and it would take years for her to be promoted to Chunin otherwise.
It also helped that the Kyuubi's chakra provided Narumi with an extra layer of protection.
'Still can't believe that the Village Council's concerns turned out to be true for the first time."
And what a way it had been for them to come true?
During the second phase of the Chunin Exams, one of the most dangerous traitors of Konoha, Orochimaru had infiltrated the exam venue, the Forbidden Forest and his target had not been any examinee Genin but ANBU Captain Itachi Uchiha who was there for security detail.
Moreover, Naruto himself was there with Itachi at that time, having somehow managed to convince Itachi to take him along.
Thankfully, nothing had gone wrong as Itachi had been able to hold Orochimaru down while Naruto used one of his father's unique shuriken to summon him through his Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Naruto's mother Kushina Uzumaki's heart had almost leapt out of her chest when she had learnt that Orochimaru had attacked Naruto.
She had been ready to take out her sword and hunt for Orochimaru in the entire Forbidden Forest but fortunately, his father had managed to stop her somehow.
'Looks like they are finally going to start.' Naruto came out of his thoughts as he looked at the podium where all the five Kages had finally arrived.
"The Great Chunin Exams is a great step towards achieving peace for the entire Elemental Nations. For the first time after several decades,..."
Naruto's father, the Fourth Hokage had only started his lecture when Naruto heard something.
Something which was going to change the Elemental Nations like never before.
[System Loading….. 100%]
It was a crisp and clear voice, sounding like it was coming from some kind of device yet it was completely emotionless, like the speaker was not even human.
Immediately, Naruto became alert and swept his surrounding with his eyes to form an understanding of the situation. The initial purview made him realise that everyone had heard the same voice as him.
The spectators were in confusion and he could see the hidden ANBU trying to find the source of the voice.
[Greetings, Elemental Nations! I, the System, have arrived with the glorious purpose of teaching you how to be a true Shinobi!]
The voice made some grand claims yet its tone was emotionless as if its claims were no great matter.
By now, everyone's eyes from the Five Kages to the common spectator's were wandering, trying to find the source of the voice. Yet all the attempts were turning out to be fruitless, as if the voice was everywhere.
[No longer shall great potential be buried in war! No longer shall it be destroyed just because it faced a stronger opponent!]
The ANBU were openly running around the entire stadium now as the voice's claims continued yet their search had no result.
[The First Event is about to begin!]
It was at this moment that a blue translucent screen suddenly materialised in front of Naruto.
These words not only sounded in Naruto's ears but were also written on the blue translucent screen.
Seeing the first trace of the voice in front of his eyes, Naruto immediately slashed at the screen with a kunai. However, the kunai passed through the screen effortlessly as if the screen didn't exist.
'Genjustsu? Kai!'
Thinking that the blue screen was a Genjutsu, Naruto formed a hand seal, releasing a burst of chakra from his body. Yet it had no effect on the blue screen in front of his eyes.
Before Naruto could begin thinking of how to interact with the screen, a timer of 10 seconds suddenly appeared beneath the words on the screen.
Realising that he didn't have much time, Naruto ran his eyes once again through the stadium to see if anyone was experiencing the same phenomenon as him.
Most of the spectators didn't seem to be seeing in front of their eyes but a single glance at the finalists' stands told him that their expression was unusual.
Could they be seeing the same screen as him?
However, Naruto couldn't continue his stream of thought as the timer turned to zero.
[Let the Chunin Exams Battle Royale begin!]
As Naruto started thinking what these words could mean, his vision suddenly turned white.
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Author's Note— And so it begins!
As all of you can see, Naruto's situation in this world is different as his family is still alive and he also has a twin sister who has the Kyuubi sealed inside her instead of him. He is also hounded by the Village Council for CRA since he is supposedly the last male Uzumaki.
His personality is much closer to Boruto than the original Naruto. However, his twin sister Narumi's personality can be considered to be quite close to the original Naruto.
The rest of this world will be explored as the story continues.
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