Ok, here's the next chapter! Thanks for the reviews! FIXED! This is a good 1900 words!
Standard Disclaimer Aplied
Sorry, I forgot the disclaimer last time.
---(The Clinically Chapter Two - Inner Self Unleashed! Time For The Truth!)
Sakura quickly ran toward Ino, while doing the handsigns for Clone Jutsu. Two clones appear next to Sakura.
'Just a plain old jutsu?' Ino thought, while also running towards Sakura.
"This isn't the ninja academy graduation exam! Do you really think you could beat me with a basic ninja art like that?!" Ino said.
Sakura continued charging Ino, who got into a defense stance.
'If I look carefully, then I find out which is the real one!' Ino thought.
'I'm gonna chakra to my feet for bursts of speed and then...' Sakura thought.
"What?" she whispered.
The first clone kicked Ino, then the other one punched her, and the real Sakura punched Ino, who fell back.
"I'm not so crybaby anymore! You play with fire, and you're gonna get burned!" Sakura said. "Lets see your best, Ino."
Ino got up, and said,"Its not like I needed your invitation, you know!" and wiped the blood on her mouth away.
The two ex-friends glared and Naruto yelled,"You're doing awesome, Sakura-chan! Awesome! Dattebayo!"
"Powerful strikes using chakra...Top notch considering she's a rookie. I've never seen Sakura this good." Kakashi said.
Sasuke glanced at Kakashi. 'Top notch? Her?'
"Hold on. You're not saying Sakura-chan's better than me." Naruto said.
"No, you're the greatest." Kakashi said, sarcasm dripping from his words.
'Sending chakra althrough your body and using it in conjuction with a well-timed jutsu. I'm gonna think that Sasuke couldn't have done it better. Well, even from the smart of her training she was extremely good at chakra control, so this isn't a suprise.' Kakashi thought.
Sasuke smirked slightly. 'Sakura, using chakra, eh? You've changed. But you're not stronger than me.' (Cocky much? Bleh, stupid Sasuke.)
Sakura charged Ino again, with bursts of speed.
"Yeah!" Lee said. 'Magnificent movement, Sakura-san.'
Ino also charged Sakura, with as much speed. Both holding a fist, ready to punch and...
The two were equal, both jumping back and throwing some shuriken, which also clashed with equal strength.
'No matter how good Sakura-san is, Ino-san is just as good. This battle will rage for quite a while.' Lee thought, holding up a fist for youth. (XDD, I just had to put that)
The audience watched. Attacks could be heard outside of the building.
'Man! When did she get this strong?!' Ino thought, holding up a fist, seemingly in slow motion.
'Uh, I can do this, I know I can! You little---!' also holding up a fist and then...
The fists colided on each other's faces. Both flying back. Both close to the end of energy...
"Woah..." Naruto mumbled.
'At this rate, this battle will never end.' Kakashi thought.
'Hm...They're equal, so this might go on for a while.' Sasuke thought.
The proctor looked around. 'This has been going on for so long, they've been at it for over ten minutes.'
Both panted heavily. But still got up.
"This isn't how this is supposed to go! How can you be evenly matched with me?!" Ino yelled, pointing accusingly at Sakura..
"Heh. I guess you're right, Ino. You're obsession with your looks and your hair can't be surpassed. I've been training too hard to worry about that stuff." Sakura retorted, with a sneer.
Ino growled and got a kunai out. "You're gonna pay for that! I've had enough of you making fun of me!"
"What a baka, she's falling for a trap. She's so rowdied up with Sakura, there's no telling what she'll do." Shikamaru said lazily.
"Aw man, I hate it when she's like this." Chouji said.
In slow motion, Ino grabbed her hair and pulled the kunai up to it. Sakura looked at her... And slash!
The others gasped.
Ino cut her hair.
"Huh, you think that'll help?" Sakura said.
'Uh, I think she's totally lost it this time.' Shikamaru cringed.
"THATS IT!! UGH!!" Ino said, throwing her hair between the gap between of the two of them. "See!! I don't need this!"
The strands fell down, Sakura smirked and/or sneered.
"And I thought she looked scary before." Naruto said, and cringed at Ino's new look.
"Alright, I'll put an end to this right now!" Ino said. "Get ready to tell everybody you lost to me, billboard brow!"
"Wait! Don't tell me she's going to..!?" Shikamaru said.
"Could it be?!" Chouji said.
Ino's team gasped, as Ino did a certain handsign.
'If I recall, that sign is...' Sakura thought.
"I knew I knew it! Its the Mind Transfer Jutsu handsign!" Shikamaru said.
"Oh man, that fool." Asuma said, rubbing his head.
"Look, I know you're frustrated, but thats pointless." Sakura said.
"Oh, yeah?! We'll just see about that!" Ino said, still doing that handsign.
"Ninja Art; Mind Transfer Jutsu. Its a jutsu that allows the user to take over their opponent's spirit and rest control of their body away from them, by discharging all of their spiritual energy, and striking their enemy with it. But there are major flaws to this formiable jutsu that makes makes it extremely dangerous. Fisrt, the user's discharged spiritual energy can only fly straight and it moves at very slow speed. Second, even if the spiritual energy misses the energy, it can't return to the user's own body for several minutes. And this, in battles are most often measured in seconds. And I should add, while the spiritual energy is gone, the user's body, your body, Ino, can't move at all. It will be a little more than a doube." Sakura explained.
'The Mind Transfer Jutsu is only used for spying, its not a battle jutsu. Ino, using that jutsu here will just be a bad idea. It will be a fatal mistake.' Asuma thought.
'Its a powerful jutsu. But, as long as Sakura could dodge it, its not really a threat. Plus, if she can avoid it, then she could attack Ino directly.' Kakashi thought. 'If that happens, Hayate will be forced to bring the battle to the end.'
"So what?! I don't care! I won't know unless I try!!!" Ino yelled.
"If you miss, its all over. You do know that, right?" Sakura said, getting into a stance to run.
'She's only supposed to use this with me! So I can immobilize the enemy first so she do that jutsu! If she uses it this way, it will never work!' Shikamaru thought.
'There's no way she'll get Sakura.' Asuma thought.
Sakura ran.
Gasps.
"Don't do it!" Shikamaru yelled from the stairs.
"Ninja Art; Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
Both heads fell limp. Their shoulders slumped. Ino fell.
"Did it work?" Shikamaru said.
"Heheh, what an unfortunate choice." Sakura said. "Ino."
"So, its all over, right?" Shikamaru mumbled.
"I can't believe she did it." Chouji said.
"You're done, Ino." Sakura couldn't move. "No way!"
Ino held a string of chakra in her hand tied Sakura to the ground. "You fell for it, Sakura. I finally got you."
"It can't be!"
"Hehehe, I'm afraid it can. All those handsigns earlier were just an act. To trick you into running right into the trap I've laid for you. And it worked." Ino said. "Now you can't move at all, can you? You're being held by a special rope made out of my hair with my chakra in it. Now you're trapped, I can take over your body. And make you say you're giving up on this match. There's no way I'll ever miss with this jutsu now."
'Now I see.' Kakashi thought.
"It was an act." Shikamaru said.
"You gotta get outta there, Sakura-chan! Quick!" Naruto yelled.
Sakura struggled. 'I can't move!'
"Now. Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
The crowd gasped.
Sakura moved and Ino slumped.
"Thats really unfortunate."
"Ino missed." Chouji said in surprise.
"No way." Shikamaru mumbled.
"Ino-san has...lost? And Sakura-san..?" Lee said.
"Nice one, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said.
"Wait." Sasuke activated his Sharingan.
"Not quite." Sakura/Ino said.
"I don't get it. Whats with Ino?" Naruto asked. "And with Sakura-chan. I mean, Sakura-chan's acting really weird, don't you think? This is her chance, do it already, Sakura-chan, attack!"
'Hm, its futile.' Shikamaru smirked.
"The Mind Transfer Jutsu worked." Kakashi said. "Sakura's done for."
"The Mind Transfer...Does that mean that Sakura-san has..." Lee said.
"Yes." Kakashi answered. "I'm afraid so. Sakura's spirit has been completely taken over by Ino."
"What..?!" Naruto said.
"Ino's spirit is inside of Sakura now. I'm guessing Ino's goal is probably..."
'And just like that, its over.' Sakura/Ino thought. 'Now then Sakura, if you'd be so kind.'
Naruto, Sasuke, and Lee gulped, and watched what was gonna happen next.
Sakura/Ino raised her hand. Hayate looked at her.
"Now, I, Haruno Sakura will would like to say that I with---" Sakura/Ino started.
"NO!!!!" Naruto yelled. "Sakura-chan! Don't!"
Sakura/Ino lowered her hand.
"Uh, man that kid's so annoying." Sakura/Ino muttered.
"You worked so hard to get here, Sakura-chan!! Don't just break yourself down by losing to that lame Ino-girl!!" Naruto yelled.
"Yell all you want. There's nothing you can do now." Sakura/Ino said, then she clutched her head. "What? Whats happening!?! Ahh!!!"
'Naruto's so annoying!!' a voice thought/said. 'Yeah! He's right! I can't let Ino beat me!'
"Sakura! This can't be happening!"
"Whats wrong? Are you withdrawing?" Hayate said. "Well, are you withdrawing or not?"
"NO, I WON'T WITHDRAW!!! NOT TODAY OR ANY OTHER DAY!!!!" Sakura yelled.
---(Inside Sakura's Mind)
"SHANNARO!!! YOU'RE MINE!!" Inner Sakura yelled.
'What in the world? How could this be?!' Ino thought.
---(Back Outside)
"Sakura..." Kakashi said.
---(Inside Sakura's Mind)
'No way!' Ino thought. 'But my jutsu is unbeatable!!'
"Ino. You're gonna be in way bigger trouble you've ever seen if you don't get out of my head, right now!!" Inner Sakura yelled.
---(Back Outside)
"Whats up with Ino?" Shikamaru asked. "Something is wrong."
---(Inside Sakura's Mind)
'No!! I can't hold onto her! Release!' Ino thought.
---(Back Outside)
And Ino's spirit went back to her.
Both were now breathing heavily.
"What...What are you?!" Ino yelled.
"Hehehe...I'm someone..." Sakura said.
She looked up. Her clothes now black and gray, her hair crimson red (unlike her usual bubble gum pink) and eyes; emerald green, instead of the normal jade green.
"Who...Who are you?!?!" Ino pointed at Sakura.
"Hehehe...Inner Sakura."
"WHAT?! Thats...Not possible!!" Ino yelled. "Why?! How?!"
"So many questions, so little time..." Inner Sakura said. "I'm Haruno 'Inner' Sakura, most Harunos have a Kekkei Genkai that must be unlocked, but their inner self is always with them. Look's like you help unlock me, Ino-pig."
Ino's pupils dilated.
"And both the outer and inner self have the abilty change from inner to outer, etc."
And poof!
Inner Sakura poofed behind Ino, and crack!
Sakura hit a pressure point and knocked Ino out. Ino fell, in slow motion, and Sakura just stood there with a emotionless expression.
"Haruno Sakura wins!" Hayate said.
And then Inner Sakura slumped and muttered,"Inner-Outer Change Jutsu."
Sakura fell to the ground.
The normal Haruno Sakura was back.
---(End Chapter Two)
Title Previews:
Chapter Three - Meet The 'New' Me!
Chapter Four - Time To Train
Chapter Five - The Escape
Jade-sama
