Chibi: Wow, I didn't expect to get so many reviews! I guess I'll turn this into a story, and violaqu33n, Coco-Minu, and Esoteric Memories all had good points in their reviews. Violaqu33n I will turn this into a story for you. Coco-Minu thanks for your constructive criticism, I normally don't write in POV's but I do know how annoying it gets when you flip flop between characters. I'll try to not make any POV's unless absolutely necessary. Esoteric Memories I didn't exactly proofread…my mistake…and that's one of my bad habits that I'm trying to break. I'm sorry it was rushed, and I'll try to space it out more now that I'm making it into an actual story. Thank you so much for your reviews! By the way, because of the outcome of the Ino vs Saku match, the plotline will probably be WAY more different, like the Sand and the Sound may not even end up attacking because I have very little knowledge on that part of the series so I will probably muck it up. Also, the match-ups for this round may not be accurate seeing as I have to figure out how to pair Ino up with someone. I might just make up a character though…

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Dattebayo.

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Second round of matches….

Ino watched with amazement as her teammate Shikamaru faced Sunakagure's Temari. The two had been going at it for ten minutes now. Temari's skill had slightly impressed the blonde, she hadn't seen many people surpass Shikamaru in both skill and power, and her new goal was to become a stronger kunoichi. She knew for a fact if she had to go up against the blonde, she would probably just end up withdrawing anyways, she had seen what had happened to Tenten, the innocent girl who loved to play with pointy objects. Come on Shikamaru… she cheered in her head, trying not to raise attention to herself.

As she watched, a grin spread to her face as she saw Shikamaru take the advantage. But then…No…is he lifting his hand…yes…wait…he's not performing any jutsus…oh kami…he wouldn't… but he did.

"I Nara, Shikamaru, would like to withdraw from the match." Ino's jaw dropped, the Suna girl's jaw dropped, practically everyone around her, except an emo looking red head boy, dropped their jaws in shock. Ino could see his opponent stuttering in shock. Ino shook her head. This is Shikamaru we're talking about…he must have some logical reason for doing that. She felt Shikamaru's presence next to her.

"I bet you're wondering why…"he mumbled, hands in pocket, lazy expression plastered to his face.

"Of course I am." Ino replied somewhat calmly, turning to him.

"Troublesome…"Shika groaned. "She would've won anyways…how troublesome…I had already had 200 different plans up my sleeve too."

This didn't shock Ino. Shika was a genius. "Well…if you think you did the right thing…." She was unbelievably calm at the moment.

"I told you she would've won already Ino. Kami…troublesome girls…" He moved on to speak to Choji and Naruto.

Ino looked up in time to see her name on the screen…

YAMANAKA INO

VS

SAYO MIKINARI

Ino leaped down to the battlegrounds, and looked around to see who she was up against. She immediately recognized the teal haired girl as the one whose comrades had pulled out before the preliminary matches begun.

"You're going down flower girl." Mikinari growled, crossing her tanned arms across her chest. Her green eyes showed no sign of mercy, but then and again, why should they.

Ino met the glare with her own, and waited for the signal to start.

"You may begin…"

Ino stood still; she was convinced to not lose this. That would mean being made a fool in front of everyone. She waited for Mikinari to make the first move.

Mikinari stood still as well. "I'm not going to make the first move, I hope you know that." She gave an ear splitting laugh, throwing her head back in the process and gave an evil smirk.

Ino pulled out a kunai, preparing to attack.

"Only a kunai?" Mikinari looked offended. "I only get to be attacked with a single kunai. Wow, you're gonna need to do A LOT better if you even want to think about having the chance of lasting for a minute."

Ino bit her bottom lip gently. She could tell this was going to be a long match. The girl was criticizing her every move. "Art of the Shadow Dopplegangers!" Ino doppelgangers surrounded Mikinari.

"Is that the best you've got?" Mikinaru set her hands on her hips. To everyone's surprise, a doppelganger, or so they thought, came behind her, and kicked her in the back, faceplanting her into the ground.

"You know." Ino began. "If you thought I'm one of those dumb blonde's, you're strongly mistaken." After that, she completely blocked all noises, she figured that was Mikinari's special ability, intimidation. Ino knew the move she had to finish it off with, but didn't know if she had the chakra, stamina, and ability overall to perform it.

Mikinari charged at Ino and she took her chance. Ino crouched down and kicked her leg up at Mikinari's chin, sending the girl flying up in the air.

Temari scoffed at the girl. "This move has already been performed twice." She grumbled to her brother.

"Not by a girl." Gaara replied coldly.

Ino leaped up after the girl, behind her, and poked her in the back. She swung around and kicked her in the abs. "How do you fight with no abs?" she asked smirking, and the two began to descend from the air, only 6 feet from the ground

Shika almost covered his eyes. "Ino you know you don't have the stamina or ability to do this." He prayed she'd come out alive.

"Shishirendan! Barrage of Lions!" Ino cried, twirling around to force Mikinari into the ground with a kick. She flew back, landing on the ground and panting heavily. "And now is where I pay for it." She found it difficult to stand up, her legs wobbling beneath her. She heard coughing, but due to her suddenly high level of fatigue, she couldn't tell if it was her or not.

Shikamaru couldn't believe it, Ino had actually performed it.

"Sayo Mikinari is unable to fight, the winner of the match is Yamanaka, Ino."

"Yay." Ino swayed a little before she blacked out.

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Chibi: I might make one or two more chapters for this story since it was originally a one shot. I hope you all enjoyed!