Naruto: The Prince of Lust

THE CHŪNIN EXAM

"Uzumaki Naruto," Genma called and no one expected what happened next.

Bursting through one of the many guest entrances of Section A, a flash of yellow and white stains the air over that section of the crowd. Faster than anyone can react, Naruto lands on the railing next to Kurenai's post, warping the railing from the pressure and heat of transferred kinetic motion, and in that moment, the Genjutsu Mistress of Konoha is as confused as the rest of the ninjas old enough to remember that attire, that hair, and that speed. There isn't enough time for their lagging minds to settle with the idea of the Fourth Hokage being alive, or even be stunned yet.

Kurenai has just enough time to read, 'Fourth-' before the Yondaime lookalike turns around and she notices Karin in Naruto's arms. Kurenai's eyes bulge as her melting mind curses, 'you're fucking shitting me!'

Rather frantically, he tells a dazed Karin, "stay with Kurenai no matter what. No matter what!" He turns to a flabbergasted Kurenai and she can barely think about the red pigmentation around his eyes or the gold irises with horizontal, oblong pupils before he tells her, "please take care of Karin for me. Don't let her go with anyone that's not me or Jiraiya." A beat passes, and Kurenai is embarrassed to be so stunned by this revelation that he needs to repeat, "Kurenai, do you understand?"

Snapping out of it, she takes Karin around the shoulders as she answers, "yes, yes, I- I understand."

"She can fill you in on what happened," Naruto stated as he hops back on the bent metal railing. "I mean it, no one but me or Jiraiya, and definitely no Root or Anbu."

Though that shocked her to hear, nothing shocked her more than when he turns to leap away. She manages to read the back of his coat. "The Fourth Sun," she whispered. A warmth deep within her spreads to every fiber of her being at the metaphorical thought of her sun burning brightly once again. Kurenai felt a longing to cry as she watches Naruto leap to the center of the stage next to his teammate. His landing disperses more energy through the dirt floor than it can tolerate, fracturing radially around him. Letting his coat flap along with his motion, the blond exhales as the last bit of his sage chakra ebbs from his network.

Naruto hopes he can get a clone to gather natural energy without interruption as he calls out, "I'm here! I'm here!"

At the sight of Naruto in a white coat, Genma nearly breaks his toothpick under clenched teeth. From Kurenai and Karin, Asuma, Kakashi, Hiruzen, Rasa, Mei, Mabui, Samui, Atsui, to the other nine Chūnin hopefuls around him and the entire arena at large; everyone is staring at Naruto with a wide mixture of shock, disbelief, anger, fear, longing, and hope. Despite his orange and black two-piece suit, the spiky yellow hair and white coat with the red flames makes it impossible for everyone old enough not to think of the Yellow Flash of Konoha; one of the most feared shinobi in the world and the adored Hokage who sacrificed his life to save the village. For the widely despised orphan, Uzumaki Naruto, to somehow look exactly like their fallen hero is the greatest shock of all.

The bleachers are so silent, Naruto can hear the cicadas clearly as his retarded imagination wonders if he landed in the wrong arena despite his teammate standing right next to him. Rotating around to inspect the ghostly-silent audience gives Genma, the other nine contenders, and anyone with enhanced vision a chance to read the back of Naruto's long coat. Many hundreds of minds echo or whisper the 'Fourth Sun,' written on his back as Naruto walks up to Hinata. Mei, in particular, finds the proverbial significance of his coat extremely telling. Only those versed in Land of Water myth and legend know of the Fourth House of the Sun. To see the Fourth Sun on his back brought back difficult memories of lost ones, making her crack her glass of champagne from the tightened grip of her fingers.

"Ne, Hinata-chan," Naruto groans, looking around from the audience to Temari, Gaara, and the other genin around. "I'm in the right place, right?"

Before recalling the microphone, the entire stadium hears the proctor interject, "you're late." For a moment, he's tempted to say, 'the son of the Yondaime shouldn't be late,' however, he eventually reasons that it's not his place to confirm his parentage so publicly. Still, he walks up to Naruto and inspects the living likeness of Namikaze Minato. Taking the liberty, the melancholy Jōnin latches the drawstring at sternum level from one flap to the other, ensuring the coat remains closed. With a satisfied nod, Genma turns about-face toward the village leaders in the highest seats of the center tower.

"Ho, ho, ho," Hiruzen laughs his slow elderly laugh, enjoying immensely Naruto's stunning entrance.

"Hokage-dono," Rasa gravely calls. "Who is this boy?"

With a smile, Hiruzen doesn't even turn to the Kazekage to answer, "that, is the most surprising ninja you'll ever meet."

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