Whether it was Might guy, Asuma or even Ankk, they were all in shock at what Chiba had said but he wasn't finished yet.
"Second gate, Gate of healing, OPEN! Third gate, gate of pain arghh-" Chiba gritted his teeth from the pain of opening his gates without any training.
"OPEN!" Chiba's entire face turned a dark red as thick veins began to bulge all over his face and body, visible streams of chakra poured out of him.
Unlike all other Ninja who open their Eight Chakra Gateways through long and hard training, Chiba could control every aspect of his body, which includes his chakra pathways!
If Chiba wanted to, he could open all eight Gates right now but he felt like even with his powerful healing ability he might permanently injured himself opening the fifth gateway without any training.
Chibas smiled eagerly at Asuma, wanting to continue the fight but Asuma had the exact opposite reaction.
'Ive train four years to reach this point, and he achieve that in seconds... What's the point of this fight, just so I can see that all of my hard work was useless... I should just give u-'
"DONT BE DISCOURAGED!" Might Guys loud voice cut through Asuma self pity and looked over at his bushy browed friend.
"I've seen you train everyday until failure, don't give up before you showed him everything you've got! Remember Asuma, the lotus of the Leaf Village blooms twice!SHOW HIM THE POWER OF YOUR YOUTH!!!" With his iconic thumbs up, Guy flashed a bright smile that cause Asuma to smirk.
"I wasn't giving in idiot, I just need a few second to prepare my mind!" Asuma said with a blush, making it known to all who watched that he was embarrassed at almost giving up.
"Chiba! This will be our final clash, prepare yourself! Fifth Gate! Gate of Limiting! OPEN!"
Chiba gulped subconsciously as he could physically see just how much stronger Asuma had become by opening the Fifth gate, but his smile only grew deeper.
'Forget about my past life as an old man!! I'm living this life now! Ill be as prideful and egotistical as I want!!'
Grasping tightly on to his handle blade, Chiba preparing to end the battle in one final attack as the all consuming desire to win overcame him.
'Gravity Blade!' A purple light began to condense onto Chiba blade as he could barely hold it up, the energy was visible to those watching and they just knew that this would be the end of the battle.
Chiba watched in shock as Asuma threw away the knife in his left hand as he placed both hands on the other knife handle, he then began directing chakra from his 5th gate into it!
The chakra pour into the blade until it suddenly extended past the blade and made a longsword out of chakra!
'Gateway Sword!' Asuma mentally yelled as he looked at Chiba, who had a similar smile to his.
Asuma realized how dumb he was being, too afraid to ask Chiba for a fight when he could clearly see Chiba was wanting to fight as bad as he was!
Looking at his rival with clear eye, Asuma stepped forward without anymore fear or hesitation, not caring if he won or lost this fight anymore.
Chiba saw that this blade had most of Asumas chakra, if he wanted he could easily use his Future Sight and dodge Asuma's final attack but Chiba refused! He want to use everything he had to crush Asuma's everything!
Activating Sora well beyond its limits Chiba immediately felt his muscles ripping, he had to use Life Return just to keep his muscle from tearing away completely before he took one step forward and appeared before Asuma! The two were milliseconds away from clashing blades!
Might guy had to activate his second gate just to see what was happening as Anko had completely lost sight of the battle long ago, she only heared the clash of metal and the occasional sparks but it didn't matter as both Might Guy and Anko couldn't see what happened next.
From the side, Chiba sensed an extremely fast moving human enter his Observation Haki as it instantly arrived next to them. All Asuma saw was a yellow blur as he immediately felt his world turn upside down as both he and Chiba we're flung away from each other.
Chiba immediately realized what had happened as he deactivated his gravity blade and began to slow himself down but
Asuma wasn't that quick. He was sent flying backwards as he let go of the knife, making the Chakra go volatile and created a mini explosion that destroyed a few tree.
With an angry start, Asuma looked up at who ruined the final bout with his rival when he suddenly saw Chiba half kneeling infront of a handsome yellow hair man in plain casual clothing!
"Hokage!" Deactivating his inner gates, Asuma nearly fell over as he unsteadily rushed over and kneeled next to Chiba as they both gave each worried looks, Minatos face was one of anger.
"You boys mind telling me why your using such powerful jutsu just for a spar? If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were having a battle to the death!" Minato said as he gave Asuma a dirty look.
It was one thing for a chunin to go all out against a Jonin, but it was another thing completely for a Jonin to go all out against a Chunin.
"Sorry Hokage-sama, we were just too caught up in the spar." Chiba said as the feeling of disappointment washed over him, internally playing out who would have won the spar if they hadn't of been stopped.
"Caught up in a spar huh? Chiba, your chakra levels were well surpassing that of Jonin! I was having dinner with my beautiful wife for the first time in weeks! When she noticed her students chakra had suddenly flared up alongside another and demanded I investigated!" Chiba sensed that Minato was playing up his anger as he was just annoyed at the two of them, but needed to vent.
"It's been three months as the Hokage and paperwork has only grown larger since I first took office, and when I do find a rare break those darn Konoha officials take up the majority of my time!"
Chiba and Asuma looked at each other in puzzlement, wondering if he was angry because they were going to hard for just a spar, or he just needed to vent his frustration.
"We're sorry Hokage-sama, we promise to not do this again." Asuma said, wanting to immediately to the hospit and have the medical Ninja help connect his torn muscles.
"Alright, your all free to go except you Chiba. My wife personally want to have a talking with you." Minato said deviously.
"Uh I actually have to uh, buy some groceries..." Chiba said as he suddenly remembered that he had Fuinjutsu practice tomorrow.
He tried to activate Sora on his damaged legs before he suddenly felt himself being pick up by the back of his shirt.
"I don't think so! If I have to miss my dinner, then you have listen to my angry wife!" As Minato said this, the three other managed to slip away before they somehow get punished as well.
"...Okay, I'll go willingly..." Chiba said desperately as Minato wearily let him down and they began to walk towarda Minato's home in silence.
Despite having such an intense battle, the village was very quite as Chiba felt the peace that shrouded the surface of the village.
Chiba felt like this world, despite it's violence and war, had something that his past life didn't, and that was unity. It didn't matter if you were a traitor that murder his clan or a shadow leader that committed thousands of vile deed, they did it for the sake of the village and the ones they cared about.
'Maybe its just the brainwashing that had done it, or maybe the humans are just more compassionate in this world than my past.' Thinking this, Chiba's and Minato had walked close enough that his observation Haki had washed over Kushina and Chiba sensed some that made him compelled to speak.
"Uh Hokage-sama, I know this might be too personal, but may I speak freely?" Chiba said as he came to a stop. Turning around, Minato looked down at Chiba's serious and steadfast face.
"You can call me Minato when we are alone, you have already reached the Jonin level at the age of ten and are my wife's only disciple after all. Your the closest to becoming the next Kage level ninja, and yes you may speak freely." Minato said.
"You know my sensory technique is rather special as it can cover the whole village, but it can also sense the emotions of others..." Saying this, Minato had a slightly shocked expression. It was the first time he heard about reading others emotions, not from a jutsu, let alone a sensory technique.
"Go on" Minato said slightly impatiently at what chiba had to say.
"I sense a great loneliness within Kushina sensei, her only friend is Mikoto-sama and I'm her only disciple. Before I knock on her door for our Fuinjutsu lesson, she is always eminating a feeling of sadness and loneliness. Above all else, she yearns to spend more time with you!" Chiba said with a slight anger in his tone at Minato.
Moving his head downward to the side, Minato felt ashamed as he had thought this but Chiba confirmed it. Letting out a deep sigh, Minato looked at Chiba.
"I know, but what can I do? There are rules implace that state that only i, the Hokage, can make rulings on matters pertaining to the village. These are rules that were made when creating the village, I can't even hire a qualified assistant as they are an additional liability" Minato's heart ached at the thought of his wife sitting alone in that house.
"If I'm not mistake, you know shadow clone jutsu and that teleportation jutsu right? Why don't you just make multiple shadow clones and have them run the office, if something really big or important shows up, they can dissipate and you can teleport to the office to take care of it. If you want to, you could probably spend the majority of your days with Kushina sensei!"
Minato looked at Chiba with shock, it was such a simple idea and yet he didn't even think about it. Taking his hand and ruffling it through Chiba's hair, he looked down at the Uchiha with a genuine smile.
"My wife sure knows how to pick out a good student" Chiba felt Minato's stress and unhappiness beginning to leave his body as happiness became his main emotion.
With a smile on his face, Minato opened the door to his house for Chiba as he felt Kushina's anger and worry. Preparing himself to get a stern talking to, Chiba entered the Hokages home!