Chappie 1- Ice Cold vs. Ice Cold
"Ack teme, hurry up. If we ever get the last slot in the sparring session, I won't ever forgive you. You know as well as I do that the last ones are always the weak ones. As the saying goes, the first worm catches the early bird..." Naruto looked at the raven-haired teammate of his who looked at him with a weird expression.
"What?" Naruto asked the Uchicha who simply shrugged and sped up. Naruto then began to throw curses towards him which he returned with a glare.
"Naruto, hurry up if you don't want to pick on the bones of what's left. The sparring session should be starting about now, so would you please pick up your pace and stop grumbling, we will arrive in a few short while, you know." Naruto looked at his teammate with absolute anger but he realized that he was right so he fell in beside him while silently traveling. He had heard from the Hokage that they were fighting the best among the best shinobis from the Shiyuuki village that had just recently signed a contract with them. He didn't want to pick on the leftovers as well so he decided to reserve his energy for fighting the person he was going to face.
"Naru-kuuuuuuuuun~" A high pitched tone drifted towards his ears and he couldn't help but mentally sigh. He saw his girlfriend run towards him in a dramatic way and she seemed oblivious to the stares they got from everyone. He didn't failed to notice the strong chakra emanating from the seven hooded figures who were looking their way with mixed emotions of displeasure, amusement and was that anger?
"Atchi-chan, please get off me. The spars about to start and I need to be in top condition you know." Atchi nodded and followed his request, he looked towards Sasuke who was beside Hikari and talking with her in a casual way. They seemed a bit odd as a couple but better than anyone else.
"Ehem, since everyone is ready, we shall start the sparring session. Godaime-sama will choose first her contender and introduce himself or herself to the audience and to the other rival." Naruto excitedly looked towards the Hokage whose lips were starting to form his first name, he read it off as Uzu-. He felt so excited that he would finally be the first but Tsunade seemed to notice this and changed her mind.
"Uchicha Sasuke." Naruto felt his bubble burst at this, Sasuke smirked and stood on the middle of the arena while the man besides Tsunade was deciding on who to send out.
"Ren Kishimoto." One of the cloaked figures headed towards the center of the ring. Naruto observed that he had the same aura as Sasuke, cool and cold. As soon as he reached the middle, he removed his cloak slowly, his eyes were closed, however, once the cloak dropped, he opened his eyes that made everyone to gaze at a pool of black obsidian. Naruto noticed that the two had several resemblances, for example, Sasuke and the guy called Ren were both tall and pale and had this aura of coolness surrounding them. However, Ren was a bit cuter than Sasuke, even Naruto had to admit it. He had purple eyes and his hair was a silvery white with streaks of blue that gave him another kind of charm. Instead of the usual hairstyle, his hair was down and flowed with the wind while Sasuke's was black and looked like a chicken ass as Sa-someone used to put it.
"Uchicha Sasuke, 19." Sasuke said before readying his kunai and aiming it towards the other youth who looked at him and smirked.
"Ren Kishimoto, 19." Naruto could feel the tension in the air and watching Sasuke's back, he knew that he was pressured too. They were fighting someone in a different level, it was obvious in the way he stood without hesitation. Naruto could only hope that he was fighting someone like that too, especially since he was hoping for someone strong.
Sasuke looked at the youth infront of him. He knew and felt that he was different which made him more excited. The room was silent and nobody was making the first move, Ren looked at him with a smirk that clearly stated that he was better than Sasuke which irked him.
"Very well then, if you won't make the first move, I will." Saying that, he grabbed a few kunai and threw it at Ren. He followed it up with a great fireball technique which created smoke and obscured the view of Ren while it helped Sasuke since he had the Sharingan. He had turned it on, but he noticed that Ren stood still, not doing anything. As the smoke cleared, Ren looked at Sasuke, his eyes cold and calculating before smirking smugly and throwing several ice shards towards Sasuke's direction that were seemingly manipulated. Sasuke burned them with his Katon but it created mist that enshrouded them. Ren had vanished now and Sasuke looked for him with his Sharingan.
"Tss, stop charging in without a plan." He heard the voice of Ren and he realized that he was underneath him, he jumped up and out of the fog that had enshrouded them. He then tracked him down and used chidori which grazed Ren on the arm leaving it immobile and useless, but Ren had done a good job too since he had injected poison to Sasuke when he drew near him.
"Kuso..." Sasuke said while the people watched breathlessly at the fight. The fog was starting to lift up now and it helped Sasuke hide from Ren. However, as he was scanning the area, the poison soon took effect as it started to burn through his legs making him kneel on one knee and his face was contorted. The mist lifted up and the spectators made sounds of excitement when they saw the two glaring each other down. The two looked quite charming even though they were wounded and the two were smirking smugly at each other.
"Not bad, Uchicha."
"You too, Kishimoto... But no matter what, I'll win this match!" Sasuke declared, he tried to stand up but his eyes widened with realization. His feet were paralyzed and he tsk-ed at this, Ren was in the same situation as his left arm was hanging limply by his side. The sleeves of his jacket was torn from the Chidori's hit, he wouldn't be able to perform anymore seals since he had only one available hand. Sasuke immediately performed the Katon technique, but not before throwing two kunais on the ground just behind Ren. Naruto shouted about him being stupid but he ignored it. His eyes were cold as usual and he was enjoying the battle as much as Ren is enjoying it.
"Katon: Phoenix-Eagle technique!" The fire spread around Ren engulfing him and since the kunais thrown were able to restrict one's movement, he was sure that he was the winner. The smoke cleared up and revealed that Ren's body was substituted by a log. Sasuke looked around again and cursed as to not seeing him, but before he could move another muscle, he felt someone hold a sharp object to his neck.
"Don't move or I'll slice your neck off." Ren's voice rang throughout the arena and Sasuke clenched his fist in anger. He noticed that one of the cloaked figures was reading something, as if the fight was boring to watch.
"Tss..." Sasuke said while gathering up his chakra, he moved so fast that in no time, he had hit Ren's broken arm giving him enough time to create distance between them. Ren smirked at him while he regarded his chances of landing another critical hit on his enemy but Ren seemed to look at him confidently as if he had lost already.
"Sasu-kun, gambantte kudasai!" Sasuke felt his ears turn red, his girlfriend of two years was cheering for him and it was something that he would just brush but somehow, this got his spirit to regain it's will. However, fate was either not in the mood to side with him or Ren, even though he'd never admit it, was just plainly much more stronger than he was. For the moment he was about to attack and lunge on Ren, his legs were paralyzed again and he was drained of chakra from trying to keep the poison at bay and he stopped dead on his tracks. Ren approachjed him before injecting something again to his necks and going back to where he used to stand before the match.
"Gomen na Uchicha, I'm simply much more trained and better than you are. But, I daresay that your abilities precedes your reputation." Ren bowed to him and he simply picked up his cloak and walked back towards the side of his team. As he was being helped by his teammates to stand up, he couldn't help but notice how the other chakra signatures seemed familiar to himself.
"S-sasu-kun, are you alright? Here, let me help you heal that wound of yours. I'll detoxify it and soon you'll be able to walk, just take your rest, okay?" Sasuke nodded and watched as Hikari healed his wounds. He turned away and focused instead on the ground, ignoring the look others gave him.
Author's Notes:
Soooo, here goes another one of my stories. About my other story Metamorphosis, I'll be continuing it as soon as I get ideas, sorry if I can't be that much of an active author since I had been to caught up in different stuffs and forgot all about fanfiction. But anyway, here I am again to ligthen up your days ^.~. Just kidding, but anyway, you can comment about the things that you found interesting and if it has several flwas, tell me. But I daresay, please excuse them for the meantime.
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