Chapter 56 Aftermath

Konoha.

Death Forest Tower.

Battle Arena.

"Winner, Gojo Satoru!!"

The whole audience was silent before the voice of Hayate woke them up as all of them gazed at the men standing in the middle, unable to describe his mystery.

"Medical Squad, the contestants is hurt seriously, hurry up"

Hayate once again broke the strange silence as he shouted towards the Medical Squad, standing separately.

"Yes, Sir!!"

Hearing his words, they immediately got to work and putting the fainted Lee on the stretcher, they left immediately as Guy followed them.

Tap...

Gojo with his hands in his pockets walked back to the stands as everyone hurriedly gave him way like welcoming a king.

"Hehe~, what's with the shocked face, better get used to it~, the future holds much more"

Arriving beside Neji and Konoha Genin who stood together, Gojo said flashing a smile at them.

"Satoru, how did you become so strong?"

The first one to speak was naturally the ignorant and fearless Naruto, who said looking at Gojo with an exciting look in his eyes.

Maybe Gojo will tell him the same method and he can become as strong as him and win the heart of Sakura.

"Hmm~, I was always strong, weakness... I never got to feel it, sigh~ how lonely~"

Hearing his words, Gojo looked up towards the ceiling putting a lonely look and said but his words caused others eyelids to twitch.

"Too arrogant!!"

This was the thought of nearly everyone but they didn't show any dissatisfaction as this guy had enough to back this arrogant behavior.

"Satoru-Kun, here use this!!"

Ino without any fear arrived near Gojo and presented him a red towel, with red cheeks and expectant eyes.

"Yeah~, I needed it... ugh...too much air pollution!!"

Gojo smirked as he took the towel and began to wipe the non existent dust from his face nearly causing others to go mad from anger.

"Ino, right?, Thank You"

After cleaning his delicate skin, Gojo brought his face a mere inches from the face of Ino, his hot breath tickling her, as he pointed at the towel.

"Ugh...It's no big deal.."

Ino shyly took the towel back and stepped back a little, as even if she was bold, she was still inexperienced compared to Gojo who used to tease Utahime to death.

"Hehe~"

Looking at the towel in her hands, Ino smirked her thoughts wild as she put it carefully in the Ninja Bag, like some precious treasure.

"Uchiha Sasuke vs Yoroi"

While Gojo was teasing Ino, the second match finally began as two names appeared on the screen.

The bruised Sasuke with his hands in his pockets, went to the battle arena and his opponent from the sound village arrived also.

"I wonder... would Sasuke-Kun will be alright?, with that mark he won't be able to fight properly"

Sakura with a somewhat sad expression on her face said looking at the bruised Sasuke in the arena worried for him.

"If he couldn't control the curse mark...he will be disqualified...now it all depends on his will"

Hearing his words, Kakashi told the truth as this was decided after a thorough chat with Sarutobi and Anko.

"How can it be?, it's unfair"

His words caused some unwillingness to appear on Sakura's face as she felt bad for Sasuke and the Konoha Rookies also had some worry on their faces.

"Don't worry~, he's the student I taught for more than a year...he maybe a lot weaker then me in strength...but I know this much he won't lose to such a guy"

Assured Gojo looking at Sasuke in the arena but his words did cause some surprise on others, as they never expected there to be such a history between Sasuke and Gojo.

"The rules of the match are same"

"Start!!"

But Hayate spoke at this moment, announcing the start of the match diverting their attention.

*BOOM!!*

Sasuke affected by the curse seal couldn't display his full strength as he was suddenly punched in the stomach as he flew upside down hitting the wall.

"I can't die now...I still have to kill that man"

But remembering the past made Sasuke stand up again, surprising everyone and the one sided match began to change.

"Lion Barrage"

Bang!!!

In the air, Sasuke held Yoroi from his back and when they were about to hit, he moved back and kicked him in the stomach, as the latter collided with the ground coughing up blood.

"Winner Uchiha Sasuke!!"

"Amazing Sasuke Kun!!"

Yoroi was incapacitated as Hayate announced the winner causing Sakura to jump wildly in her place, happy for Sasuke.

Sasuke walked back to his place but Kakashi took him away ready to seal the curse mark left by Orochimaru.

"Naruto Uzumaki vs Kiba Inuzuka"

""Oh~""

Another match started as two names appeared on the screen as some interest appeared in the eyes of Gojo.

He couldn't wait to see how much Naruto had improved and could he use the power of the Nine Tails inside him like Gaara.