Naruto

Icha Icha One-Shots

Chapter 1 - Taijutsu Training

A/U: I do not own Naruto.

I do however own Shizuka Midori, please ask permission before using her.

Midori has dark green hair and blood red eyes, she is also calm and collected and tends to think ever action through before doing it. She does have a temper and her personality sort of flips when it takes over, making her impulsive and dangerous to herself and others.

About a month, maybe two months ago I got into Naruto and spent these past two months developing a character who was originally made for Kisame, but as time went on, I changed her love interest into Kakashi and continued to develop her, making sure to tweak her perfections and imperfections so they make sense.

My OC Midori can be found on my Deviant Art account if anyone wants to see what she looks like in more detail. The link is on my profile!

Alright, that's enough ranting, enjoy chapter one of Icha Icha One-Shots!

Midori and Kakashi stood about four, maybe five meters apart, both looking serious and determined as they stared at one another.

"Do the same rules apply?" She asked, tugging on her gloves, cracking her knuckles as she prepared for the day's training.

"Yes...We fight until one of us is unable to move without being killed..." Kakashi said, tugging on his gloves and cracking his knuckles as well. "Weapons are allowed, Genjutsu and Ninjutsu however cannot be used..."

Midori smirked and got into a fighting stance. "Alright, this is point blank Taijutsu, distance can be accounted for, however not too far, and we cannot enter the coverage of trees, as that's where I have an advantage..."

"Is it really fair that you have so many more advantages than I do in this situation?" Kakashi asked, his tone teasing slightly as he also moving into a fighting stance. "After all, you're much more advanced in Taijutsu than in Ninjutsu or Genjutsu..."

"Oh stop complaining..." Midori said, her smirk widening. "You're the one who accepted the training..." She narrowed her eyes. "I'll even let you use your Sharingan..."

"That arrogance will get you killed in a life or death battle..." Kakashi said, his own eyes narrowing, the conversation will come to a close soon, and all hell would break loose in that same second.

"Try it, I could use a challenge..."

"Ah, you want a battle with your life on the line?" Kakashi asked, smirking beneath his mask. "Are you certain, Midori-chan?"

"Do I ever speak before considering my words?"

Kakashi hummed. "I suppose not..."

Then the silence stretched and a leaf fell from the trees, both Midori and Kakashi aware of it's movement as it slowly descended towards the dirt below.

The moment it hit the ground, they would begin.

And it did, the second that leaf brushed the dirt, both Kakashi and Midori kicked off from the ground and towards one another, not wasting a breath as they thought of the many ways they could make this turn to their advantage and slay the opponent.

Midori swung the first punch, which Kakashi dodged, along with another and another before quickly swinging her leg towards his head, which he caught by the ankle and lifted her, swinging her around twice before letting her do, forcing her into the air.

Kakashi bent at the legs and rocketed into the air, pulling back his fist and thrusting it towards her as she looked down with wide, alert eyes.

A deafening crack was heard as Kakashi's fist met Midori's nose and she was flung further into the air, while Kakashi did a flip and landed on the ground, watching as she continued falling towards the earth below.

Midori also flipped in the air and landed on one knee, her hand instantly covering her nose as she glared at Kakashi with one eye open, her face warped with pain.

Kakashi didn't give her a moment to check her injury and kicked off towards her once more, causing her to gasp and jump back to dodge his kick, landing on her feet and crossing her arms in front of her face to block another punch. Then she smirked and grabbed his wrists, swinging her leg up to kick him in the chin, which he blocked by kicking her other leg, knocking her to the ground, releasing both his arms.

Midori rolled quickly when Kakashi slammed his foot into the ground where she had been, swiftly getting to her feet and glaring at her partner, before darting towards him, punching at him multiple times, watching as he dodged and blocked each and ever one of them.

At this rate, they would be out of breath before doing any damage to one another.

Midori dropped to the ground when Kakashi expected her to punch and took him by surprise when she swung her leg forward and swept him off his feet, knocking him to the ground and forcing the air from his lungs.

She dove onto his chest and straddled him, lifting her fist, her own bloody face twisted with killer intent before she drove her knuckles towards his head.

Kakashi blocked her punch with his own hand coiling around it and swung his fist to punch her, which she caught with her hand, both of them locked together in a battle of might, both their arms trembling at the pushing force they applied to both limbs, trying to stop the other from breaking free.

Midori grunted when she felt her fist moving back and his fist coming closer. Dammit, she had to turn this in her favor. Her mind whirred, working, thinking of many possible solutions to this impasse they had reached.

Once clicked and for the next moment she thought the possibilities over. She could do it, if she angled herself right.

Suddenly she let out a cry and thrust her head forward, slamming it hard against the unprotected side of Kakashi's forehead, just missing his temple.

Kakashi let out a noise of pain and pushed Midori off him, sitting with a hand on his head as blood tricked down his forehead and over his right cheek, before dripping from his chin.

Midori sat a little away from him, panting slightly as she and Kakashi both got to their feet at the same time, catching their breath before darting towards one another once more.

This time Kakashi reached into his shuriken holder and pulled out a kunai, slashing at Midori, who gasped and back flipped to avoid the blade, before she pulled her own out and locked it with his.

Both of them glared at one another before pulling their fists back and thrusting them at one another, both of them connecting with the other's face and staggering back with cries of pain.

Midori covered her face with her hand and glared at Kakashi through her fingers with her angered, blood red eyes. She felt blood run down her lip, he had slammed his knuckles into her jaw, and she could feel the throb of pain through her entire lower face.

Kakashi did the same, his black eye just as strong as her's as blood continued to drip from his chin, now mixed with the blood from his damaged nose.

"Damn it!" Midori snarled, pulling out another kunai and spitting blood to the side before she ran at Kakashi again, who pulled out another kunai as well, mirroring her and running towards her as well.

Both of them clashed in a battle of blades, dodging and slashing without a moment's hesitation, they were treating this as a life or death scenario, both of them would be injured in this battle.

It depended on their skill who would receive the least injuries.

Midori ducked to sweep his feet out from under him, but he caught on quickly and kicked her in the chin, causing her to fall back with blood spraying from her lips, looking up just in time to see a kunai being driven towards her chest.

She gasped and rolled to the side, forcing Kakashi's kunai to dig into the dirt, which he abandonned when he saw Midori slash at him.

However he wasn't fast enough as she sliced a deep cut into his left arm and kicked him in the chest, sending him staggering back.

Kaskashi was forced to drop the kunai as his arm became useless, he tsked and watched as she kicked off towards him once more.

He had to turn this back in his favor.

Kakashi grabbed a shuriken with his only able hand and tossed it towards her. Midori gasped and used her kunai to block it, before backflipping away from Kakashi's foot as it came into her line of sight.

"You need to do better than that!" She snarled, pulling out her own shurikens and holding them between her fingers, her other hand still brandishing a sharp kunai. "Especially when I get serious!"

Then she kicked off towards him once more and Kakashi's eye narrowed, before he swiftly tugged his forehead protector up, revealing his Sharingan to the light.

He was going to need to use this.

Midori tossed the shurikens at Kakashi and he quickly dodged each and every one of them, pulling out a kunai and locking blades with her as she swung at him.

"I guess I should be flattered..." Midori grunted as she pushed against his blade with both hands, seeing as he could only use one. "After all, only great Shinobi get to see your Sharingan..."

Kakashi chuckled as they drew closer, their faces inches apart, the killer intent visible in both their eyes at the intensity of their training. "I guess you are..." He said, then suddenly lifted his useless arm and punched her hard in the side of her face, sending her rolling away.

He had been bluffing!

Midori cursed when she came to a stop and spat blood, gasping and rolling to the side when she saw a shadow above her, watching as Kakashi's foot dug into the dirt where she had once been.

"Dammit!" Midori cursed, quickly getting to her feet and cracking her knuckles, coming at him without a weapon, having lost it during her tumble.

Kakashi blocked the attack with his arm and swung his kunai at her, which she caught with her hand, blood dripping from her palm as she pushed against the blade.

She took her training just as seriously as she had always done.

She grunted and swiftly swung her knee into his chin, sending him staggering back, having snatched the kunai from his hand during that time and flipped it so she was holding the handle, the blade drenched in her blood.

Kakashi quickly recovered and jumped back as she slashed at him, causing him to land by his stuck kunai, grabbing it and tugging hard to release it.

He watched as she ran towards him, quicker than before, knowing the danger that approached her if she didn't stop him before he released the blade.

However she wasn't fast enough as Kakashi gave the kunai another hard tug and pulled it from the ground, diving towards her, ducking from her blade and stabbing her hard in the stomach, too far to the left to hit any organs, but enough to stop any good movement for a while.

Midori's eyes widened and she coughed up blood on Kakashi's jacket, before she knee'd him in the face and jumped back, panting hard as she held the injury, Kakashi having pulled the blade from it just before her knee connected with his chin.

"It's over, Midori..." Kakashi said, dropping the honorific during the fight as he held the blade, pointing to his right as her blood dripped from the tip. "No one can move well with an injury like that..."

Midori scoffed and thought of her options, she couldn't allow him to win, especially if this was training, so she straightened up, pointing her blade to her right, as if challenging him.

"Try me..."

Kakashi's eyes narrowed and he twirled his kunai once before coming at her once more, watching how she moved with his Sharingan.

She never acted without thinking, just what was she planning.

Suddenly she ducked as he thrust his kunai towards her again, and swept the one foot he had on the ground out from under him, straddling him before he could move and pinning the hand holding his weapon to the ground with her left hand, holding her kunai high in the air.

This was it!

Midori thrust it down towards him, but Kakashi caught her wrist, stopping the blade just an inch from his nose, sweat sliding down his cheek at the sheer proximity.

The woman above him grunted and jumped back, grabbing four shurikens and tossing them at him, Kakashi looked up to see them approach and rolled to escape them.

Midori cursed, holding her bleeding stomach again as she panted, her Chakra low from the energy she had spent during this fight.

Kakashi got to his feet and stood about four meters away from her, panting himself, his arm bleeding sluggishly and his face covered in blood, more than her's since his face had been her main target.

"Sh-shall we continue?" Kakashi asked, aware of her exhaustion, wondering how far she was willing to take this.

"N-not until one of us can't move!" Midori said, smirking as she clenched her fist. "I will finally beat you!"

Kakashi chuckled at her determination and pointed his kunai to his right once more, glaring at her with just as much determination. "Then come! Show me how you've improved!"

Midori snarled and kicked off towards him, slower than before, her kunai poised to strike as Kakashi followed suit, both of them meeting in the middle, their blades clashing and sparks flying between them.

Both of them locked eyes as their blades pushed against one another, before Midori went to knee Kakashi, who caught it with his other hand. "That move won't work again!" He said, tugging her leg and forcing her to the ground, slamming his foot against her chest and causing blood to spill from her lips.

She had felt something crack.

Midori tsked and lifted her head slowly, one eye closed and the other twitching with the pain flooding through her system.

He was far too strong with his Sharingan, but she wasn't going to be best again! She thrust her fist into his knee and heard a crack as he cried out and staggered back, his leg bent at a slightly odd angle.

Midori got to her feet and ran towards him, grabbing the kunai he dropped, now holding both with her arms formed in a cross.

Kakashi watched her with narrowed eyes, he couldn't move far with a broken leg and knew he had to stop her another way.

At the same time that she slashed at his chest, Kakashi thrust his good leg out and slammed it into her stomach, causing blood to spray from her lips and her kunais to drop from her grip and clatter against the dirt.

Kakashi stood there, his broken leg shaking beneath his entire weight as he winced at the pain, watching as she stared at his stomach with wide eyes, her chin dripping with blood.

He slowly bent his leg and moved it away from her before placing it on the ground, watching as she fell to the ground and curled into a ball, coughing up blood.

He had landed a hard kick slap bang in the middle of her stomach, if that hadn't immobilized her, then nothing would.

Midori grunted and lifted her head, one eye open and her lips drenched in blood as Kakashi lifted one of her kunai and pointed it at her nose.

"I win..."

Midori cursed as Kakashi dropped to his knees, letting the kunai fall too as he gripped his broken leg, both of them riddled with different injuries and drenched in their own blood.

"Th-that wasn't training..." Midori grunted, coughing up a little more blood. "That was a full blown fight..."

Kakashi nodded, dropping onto his ass and holding his broken leg with one hand, the other handing over his knee. "Yeah, I think we got a little carried away..."

Midori let out a soft laugh. "You think?" She asked, slowly managing to sit back herself, holding her stab wound, it wasn't fatal, but it hurt like hell. "Damn..."

"Are you alright?" Kakashi asked as tilted his head to the side, getting a glimpse of her injuries. "That training was the most intense one we've had so far, are your injuries severe?"

Midori shook her head, wiping the blood from her nose with the back of her hand. "No, they're fine, not deep enough to be fatal, I'll be alright once we get back to the village..."

Kakashi chuckled and nodded, pulling down his forehead protector to cover his Sharingan and indicating a smile with his one visible eye. "Yeah, it'd be best to go back and get looked at before doing anything else..."

Kakashi got to his feet with a groan, his broken leg screaming in pain as he held out his hand for Midori, who took it and grunted as she got to her feet.

"Here, lean against me..." Kakashi said, taking her arm and draping it over her shoulder, knowing she would have difficulty moving.

Midori was too surprised to defy him as he started moving, making small noises of pain as his broken leg trembled, still using it as he helped her down the path.

His injuries were worse, yet he still had the strength to both beat her, and held her when she couldn't move far herself. Even if she had caused him more damage than he had her, she knew he had won.

She knew it would be a long time before she could beat him, even if she was more skilled at Taijutsu.

His heart was just too strong for her to surpass.

A/U: What do you think? I tried to make this fight as intense as possible, as if it really was a life or death battle.

The inspiration for this chapter came from watching Kakashi and Obito's fight. (Which I haven't seen yet, so please don't spoil it for me.)

I hope you liked it!

Please review, all comments and advice are appreciated and welcome! I take criticism well, and I don't judge the people who give it, so comment away!

Thank you for reading!