Ok. I am sooo sorry for not updating sooner I've had a busy week and I'm kinda not allowed to use the comp on weekdays due to my low grades but….anyway I hope to make up with this new chapter… I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT!
Chapter 3:
First kill at 5?
As Natsumi went up the stairs towards her team she was met with expressionless Konoha nins, for a moment she just stared at them as they did the same, she cast and irritated glance at the horror struck genin ''what''? she asked, her voice colder than ice, the Konoha nins awoke from their staring and looked at the girl with fear in their eyes ''y-y-you ki-ki-kill-ed that konoha n-n-ninja'' Sakura said wide eyes. Natsumi, although it wasn't seen on her face, was curious so? She killed that ninja, so what she had already taken a life before why was this one any different? She was so busy trying to find out what the pink-sorry-excuse-for-a-kunoichi was saying that she dint notice Akira and Nao come near ''they haven't had their first kill'' Nao said from behind, Natsumi glance at her then faced the frightened genins once more 'sou ka' she thought as she simply watched them.
''Would you mind answering a question of mine''? Akira asked, Kakashi eyed wearingly but nodded ''why haven't they had their first kill yet''? he asked, once again Kakashi eyed him ''because….I still want them to have a childhood'' he answered, Akira resisted the urge to snort and simply nodded ''a childhood''? Asked Natsumi with her ice cold voice, she, for the past minutes had only listened to their conversation, but this made her speak ''when one puts on their head protector they lose all chances of having a normal childhood. Genin or jounin, ANBU or kage, sooner or later one will experience a 'kill or be killed' situation. And when that happens they lose their childhood, furthermore their jounin sensei's will not always be there to protect them'' Natsumi finished as she watched the next match.
Hyuuga Neji vs Gaara
Although Neji was known to be the Hyuuga prodigy he was still unable to defeat Gaara. At the end of the battle Neji could hardly move, he had six broken ribs, a fractured shoulder and a broken leg. The medics hurriedly rushed to his side along with his cousin who was greatly worried.
'He thought he could win by believing in destiny' Natsumi thought as she watched the medics take him away 'foolish' ''you said it kit''! exclaimed a rather loud demon lord, Natsumi chuckled at the weird reaction of the fox, she turned to see Nao and Akira, like her, awaiting the next match, she looked at the board and slightly smirked under her emotionless mask.
Nara Shikamaru vs Zaku
This particular fight did not take too long, in the end Zaku was outsmarted by the Nara heir. Who came out of the match unscratched
Shino had tied with a not so particular cloud nin, so therefor he was not qualified for the final test.
After all the matches were done all attention was directed to the hokage, who examined the finalists ''now that all the preliminary are over , we may begin the finals. Please pick a number from the box Anko will hand you'' he said, as Anko started to pass the box, once they were all done they opened it to see their numbers ''now that you know your numbers please check this chart to see who your opponent and when your match will be'' he announced as Hayate held up the chart.
First: Hyuuga Hinata vs Kizatetzu Nao
Second: Subaku no Gaara vs Uchiha Sasuke
Third: Kankuro vs Nara Shikamaru
Fourth: Rock Lee vs Natsumi
Fifth: Neshomaru Akira vs Temari
''With the analysis you've all done you have a month to train and come up with strategies.
Best of luck to you all''! the old man said as the gennin started to leave.
Natsumi and her team were currently in training area 32, they were allowed to have this training area while the others were given different training areas, Akira glanced at his two female teammates ''so what do we do now''? he asked to no one in particular ''what do you think about your opponents''? Natsumi asked her , both her teammates looked at her ''well my opponent is that sand girl, Temari. The weapon she uses is a huge fan, her element is probably wind and I'm pretty sure she isn't that strong'' Akira said, Natsumi nodded and turned to Nao awaiting her answer ''my opponent is the Hyuuga heir, Hyuuga Hinata. She doesn't seem like much, she lack confidence which is probably the source of her always losing to a branch family member. She has no weapon her element is unknown and her abilities are…well….she is not that skilled'' Nao said scratching her head sheepishly. Natsumi nodded ''my opponent is that Lee kid. He is obviously a taijutsu specialists….who does not have any other ninja skills. He does not use a weapon…I do not think he has a keke genkai and his element is unknown. He will be the first in a long time who will give me a descent fight'' she stated ''so? Are our opponents worth training for''? she asked with s smirk on her face, her teammates exchanged looks and grinned ''mine ain't'' Akira said as he stretched ''I'll train just to be sure'' Nao said as she got up ''hmmm….'' Natsumi thought aloud while Akira lay down on the grassy field, and Nao started training.
''Alright, we will begin the matches now that everyone's here'' said Genma, the proctor for the third exam said, he looked at the balcony the Hokage and Kazekage of Suna were sitting and waited for the signal the chunin was supposed to give to start the fighting, with a bod from the chuunin he turned to the genins ''ok so the first fight will be against Hyuuga Hinata and Kizatetzu Nao. Those who were not mentioned please go to the stands'' he said as the other competitors left the two girls to fight. Both girls stood apart from each other as the proctor looked between them both ''alright, the rules will be the same. The fight stops when one dies or when I stop the fight if needed'' he said as the two girls nodded and took a stance ''begin'' said Genma as he jumped away to let the two teens fight properly without getting them worried.
''Well Hyuuga I hoped you trained hard today'' Nao said as she slowly began circling the blue haired girl, Hinata began getting nervous 'Father is up there along with Hanabi-chan I cannot—no I will not let them see me lose! I will do my best to win this fight, I will gain my father's acknowledgement, I will prove I can be good at something if I can train hard enough and I will prove to Neji-nii-san that I can change'! thought Hinata as she looked at Nao straight in the eye, Nao narrowed her eyes 'her eyes have changed…she must have gained some confidence while training that or she has something up her sleeves…I have to be careful….that is not the same girl in the preliminary's' she thought as she charged at Hinata, the said girl ran through a series of hand seals at fast speed ''Byakugan'' she said as her vision changed ''shimatta'' Nao said as Hinata hit her shoulder pressure point causing her left shoulder to become useless and extremely painful, Nao winced at the pain, she looked up ahead to see Hinata coming at her with her palms held out, Nao's eyes widened 'kuso! She's planning to hit my other shoulder causing both of my arms to become useless' Nao said as she jumped out of the way just in time to avoid the hit. Nao panted heavily 'calm down Nao calm down. It's good that you trained for this otherwise you would have been dead meat. I may be good at medical ninjutsu and some taijutsu demo…..compared to Akira and Natsumi I'm not that strong…Hold it Nao you are strong and don't forget Natsumi's counting on you…you will not let her down'! she thought as she slowly got up to face Hinata who took another Jyuken stance and waited for Nao to make their move ''you know I'm sure glad I trained for this fight''! Nao stated as she smirked and closed her eyes 'channel the chakra to the wounded area, concentrate the chakra until the feeling of pain is gone, next build up the chakra until it leaks out' she instructed herself as she concentrated hard and soon enough green chakra started leaking out and healing her hurt shoulder.
Hinata stared at her with shock written all over her face 'remember what her brunette teammate said…she is one of the best medics in Ame…she's sure to know how to heel herself though most medics are only fit for healing not really fighting' Hinata thought to herself as she charged at Nao, Nao frowned…she wasn't done healing her shoulder yet….to do this technique it took a long time to be completed and a lot of concentration so if she didn't hurry up the process then she would take a bad hit. Nao was panicking….she had to speed it up or she'd be hit…Hinata was coming at her quickly, and Nao wasn't done heeling her shoulder yet; the result being Hinata was able to hit Nao in the abdomen, Nao fell to her knees, as she tried to hold herself up with her arms (to those who didn't get it both her arms are healed already). Nao slowly stood up only to see Hinata aiming her palm at her heart, her eyes widened as she jumped out of the way, Nao stared at the innocent looking Hyuuga, she looked like she was doing this to impress someone ''yare, yare little Hyuuga. Taking a killer shot like that…going for a hit in the heart…I saw how you acted before…from the looks of thing your doing this for someone…doing that move for someone not for yourself'' Nao said, Hinata's eyes widened slightly, she turned to look at the stands where her father, sister and cousin were sitting ''Outo-sama, imouto and Neji-nii-san are up there watching. I don't think their watching me though…outo-sama probably wants to watch Sasuke-san's match or your teammates' match. So far he has only called me a failure and a nuisance—'' Hinata said smiling sadly, Hiashi who was up in the stands could only stare in shock as his eldest daughter was speaking her mind in front of thousands of people when she was in his presence she only stuttered and said nonsense things ''—but…I'm here because I want to prove myself…I want to prove I can be strong''! Hinata stated ''Even if I have to change my ways I am strong'' she said as she charged at Nao with amazing speed, Nao's eyes widened…sure Nao was good but she was after all a medic not that built for fighting.
The temperature around the arena suddenly dropped as the two girl just stared at each other, Hinata was the first to make her move as she circled around the green haired girl, Nao watched Hinata closely as the mentioned white-eyed girl circled her, Hinata suddenly slipped and fell down, Nao smirked as she ran up to the Hyuuga with chakra scaples in her hand 'bad move Hyuuga, you'll get it now' she thought, but much to her surprise and to everyone else's that 'Hinata' disappeared , Nao's eyes widened ''kuso'' she sweared as she turned around only to be met by the Hyuuga's fist. The crowd cheered for the fight, truly most of them came to watch the Uchiha's match…but this match was taking them to the edge of their seats; who knew the Hyuuga heiress was so strong. Nao's back hit the hard wall, she coughed out more blood as she struggled to stand up, she looked angrily into the Hyuuga's eyes, Nao growled as she saw the confidence in her eyes, the green haired girl painfully stood up, she put her hands together forming a ram seal, green chakra began seeping out of her body, heeling her wounds and broken or fractured bones.
Once she was done she looked at the girl with fire in her eyes, she formed some hand seals ''suiton: Haran Banshou'' she yelled as water came out from the ground and flooded a bit of the areana not enough for them to have to water walk, with the help of the water surrounding them Nao made another set of hand seals ''suiton: Mizubushin'' she said as water clones of herself sprouted out from water, all of the clones including the real thing mixed themselves up and charged at Hinata who was now confused. All of them were coming at her at once, and hitting her, Hinata did her best to evade Nao's punches but even she, with all the fighting she did, did not last long and was hit in the face. Hiashi stood up to see if his daughter could still stand up, he saw Hinata slowly stand up with a whole lot of determination in her eyes, Hinata charged once more at Nao and engaged her in taijutsu.
Up in the stands Natsuko slightly frowned, Akira was the only one who noticed ''is there something wrong''? he asked, Natsuko simply laughed lightly though this laugh was one of her insane and scary laughs, at first her laugh was soft then it got louder and louder, Temari and Kankuro who were close to the blonde girl froze, they knew that laugh…they knew it all too well, it was the laugh their little brother laughed when he was itching to kill or having really fun killing. At last Natsuko stopped laughing and looked at the arena with a mad look in her eyes ''those two are almost out of chakra, if they use more they'd suffer from chakra depletion, Nao used to much of her chakra when she used her healing ninjustu and Hinata used up most of her chakra during the first few minutes of the match'' she said, Akira nodded but looked a bit uneasy, it's been a while since she had that insane laugh, it was a laught that even he and Nao feared a lot.
Both girl were exhausted, they've been striking blows at one another but neither girls stood down, they were both hard nuts to crack but now they looked completely warned out, they both looked at each other. Hinata's vision was getting blurry and so was Nao's, they knew they were almost all out of chakra, soon Hinata was getting wobbly but she still kept standing but with much difficulty, Nao was clutching her stomach…Hinata was able to slash her with a kunai and she din't have enough chakra to heal it. She looked at Hinata ''give it *pant* up little *pant* Hyuuga'' she shouted from across the arena where she was standing, Hinata shook her head ''iie''! she shouted back ''I have to *pant* have to prove that *pant* I *pant* can be strong''! she said and she charged at Nao with her palm outstretched ' I have just enough chakra to hit a pressure point and not become unconscious from chakra depletion' she thought to herself as she activated her Byakugan, Nao was still too weak to move, and she hardly saw Hinata coming, she breathed in deep and suddenly she felt a pang of pain near her heart, she froze and slowly looked down to see Hinata's palm hitting an important pressure point, she coughed up blood and fell on her knees.
She looked at Hinata who was standing proudly after her victory ''you know'' Nao said slowly ''your not so bad, people have just been ignoring you…they don't know what their missing'' she said as she fell, face first, on the ground, the proctor then appeared as some medics came to take Nao.
''Winner of the first match: Hyuuga Hinata'' he said as the crowds cheered her on, Hinata's eyes widened as she saw everyone cheering for her, she was so happy that she was crying , she slightly bowed and proceeded to the stands to maybe get treated for her wounds.
''The fight between the Uchiha and his opponent has been moved so the following match will be Kankuro and Nara Shikamaru'' said Genma as he chwed on his stick, Kankuro looked at his sister who gave hima a slight nod ''proctor'' he said ''I give up'' and with that he earned loads of complaints from the people, Genma's eyes narrowed and Shikamaru sighed in relief that was one less troublesome thing to do! Genma sighed ''since he gave up we'll move to our next match Rock Lee and Natsumi…please come down here'' he said as Lee 'youthfuly' made his way down to the arena, Natsumi made her way down slowly but she still had that crazed look. Both stood about 3 meters apart as the proctor said ''begin'' and jumped away.
Natsumi and Lee both jumped backwards a bit, each waiting for the other to make their move.
Natsumi's eyes travelled to the impatient red head on the stands, she smirked and decided to have some fun ''do you know what a leaf is''? she suddenly asked, Lee, who was a hit baffled by the sudden question, looked at the girl ''well yes a leaf is a fragile little thing alone but with other leaves it is a mighty tree'' he answered, Natsumi nodded ''a leaf is fragile yes. As fragile as this little village of yours though strong when they stand together…but…do you know what happens when and insane fox meets an insane racoon''? she asked smirking. Up in the stands Gaara froze, he caught what she meant by that and he smirked 'so she is the one…I sensed some evil in her more sinister than my own….with her sharing the same destiny as me and the strongest no less it would make sense….' He thought to himself. Lee looked dumbfounded ''well no. Is there any kind of fox and racoon like that''? he asked as he pulled put his little notebook, Natsumi almost face palmed but she resisted the urge, she looked at the black haired boy and shifted a bit while he was distracted ''when and insane fox meets and insane racoon that means trouble for the very fragile leaf'' she said as she dashed at him kunai in hand.
Lee dropped his notebook on the ground and put his hands over his face to try and block the blonde girls' speedy attack, when Natsumi saw this she smirked as her purple eyes gained black slit like pupils which were surrounded by the six purple rings, she pulled back a fist and charged at him, when she was about 5 meters apart from him she disappeared, Lee dropped his guard and looked around only to be met by a fist when he turned back, Lee flew across the arena and hit the ground with his back, he winced at the pain but decided to level the match and charge at her with the same speed, Natsumi frowned ''even if you speed up I will catch you'' she said just as she turned around to catch Lee's fist which was aimed at her face, Lee's face was shocked but he shook it off and yet again ran away from her only to be grazed in the cheek by a kunai the girl threw, he frowned and took out his own kunai and charged at her. Metal clangs were the only thing that could be heard in the arena and the only thing everyone saw was a green and blonde blur, yes that was how fast they were going and many were surprised to see how powerful mere genin could be—but then again what if they weren't just genin? What if they had the skills of a chunin or higher…well they'd have to see because this was yet another battle that would blow their minds.
Their battle started off as an all taijutsu fight, neither making an attempt to use any other move until of course Natsumi got bored.
Natsumi jumped back to create a distance between her and her opponent, her head was down and her bangs were covering her eyes, everyone was wondering what in the world was she doing until they all heard a low chuckle, that chuckle soon got louder until everyone in the stadium heard it, it was more of a maniacal laugh and everyone (except gaara) felt a chill running up their spine.
Natsumi was looking up at the sky and laughing like a mad man (girl?). Lee looked a bit uneasy it seemed his opponent wasn't so right in the head, soon the laughing stopped and he looked at the blonde to see her smirking in a very creepy way, it showed her pointy teeth.
Natsumi looked at Lee and studied him for a while before sighing ''I can sense your very powerful'' she said before grinning ''so why do I sense that you are holding back hmm''? she asked, Lee and Gai's eye's widened how did she know? Lee shook his head and looked at his opponent who was still grinning ''because I always save the best for last'' he said as he pose yet another 'Gai pose' as his teeth flashed. Natsumi rolled her eyes ''why don't we both go all out? Wouldn't it be fun? Everyone would be excited and might not want to watch the Uchiha's match anymore….and it will be fun to see blood…I haven't seen it in such a long time that my urges are getting uncontrollable'' she said as she laughed, Lee looked horrified but shook it off, he glared at the girl who was still laughing, he as fast as he could without taking his weights off, ran at the girl while she was distracted, Natsumi was still laughing but stopped just in time to catch Lee's fist, she glared at him and started squeezing his fist, he screamed in pain at what the girl was doing to him, she then threw him to the side as a cold aura surrounded her, she looked at him with cold eyes ''I said, we should take it up a level''!
She dashed at him while forming some hands seals ''fuuton: Shinku Gyokyu'' she said as she blew out a gust of wind from her mouth aiming it at the black haired boy, Lee was still in mush pain from her last attack and was not able to evade this attack so as a result he got thrown to yet another corner of the arena, Natsumi sighed and made another set of hand seals ''fuuton: Reppushou'' she said as she let out more air from her mouth which again hit its target and Lee with not time to get away was hit dead on. Natsumi laughed ''what a pathetic opponent! Cannot even fight back'' she declared just to get him going, soon it worked as Lee stared to let his anger show and he started to make careless attacks.
Up in the stands everyone watched as Lee got beaten and was barely able to land a hit on her, he was running out of breath from her earlier attacks.
Natsumi watched as Lee panted and breathed heavily, she grinned, she cracked her knuckles and her neck and started to shake a bit ''now that everyone is riled up….let the show begin'' she stated as she crouched down ''I will show you just how strong I am and I will not stop until you unleash all your power'' she said as dark chakra started surrounding her. Her nails grew about an inch longer so did her fangs, the genjutsu that everyone felt during the start of the exams was flicking and was showing little things about what was under that genjutu, she smiled devilishly showing off her fangs that could put the Inuzuka's to shame, she once more laughed like a mad man before rushing at her opponent with amazing speed.
As far as Lee and anyone else the only thing they could see was a faint blur, he's eyes widened, she was so fast even he was not as fast as this—everyone knew the outcome would be horrible.
A Kunai came out of Natsumi's palm and with the help of her speed started slashing Lee everywhere, if she would slash him in the shoulder next she's slash him behind his head and at the end of all this Lee had major injures and they were spurting out blood, Natsumi smirked as she looked at what she did, next she tried taunting the boy ''well little bot will you not show your true strength yet''? she asked, Lee glared and coughed up blood ''I will reveal it now but trust me…you won't like it'' he said as he released the first of the eight gates, Natsumi and every other trained ninja could feel a rise in his power, he then opened the second gate as swirls of chakra spun around him his veins started to show, he opened the third gate and started becoming red, everyone could feel the pressure that was emitting from him at this Natsumi frowned….she never knew he'd be able to open the gates , even if she was powerful she never managed to open a single gate during her training and at seeing this boy—this boty who had no talent in ninjutsu, genjutsu or kenjutsu and only had taijutsu to fight—he could open the gates in fact who knew how many he could open, in plain she envied him quite a bit. After opening the fifth gate Lee looked at the girl who was now feeling a bit uneasy ''I will start now'' he said as he dashed at her, as Natsumi was earlier he was a blur though now that he had opened five gates his speed surpassed Natsumi, Lee he'd back a fist and punched Natsumi in the face, everyone in the crowd gasped it was after all the first hit he landed on her, with the force of that punch Natsumi fell against the hard wall and painfully slid down, she winced at the pain, but unfortunately for her Lee was now to fast and she had little time to react, she had no choice, her was coming at her with a fist held back….
Up in the stands Akira's eyes widened 'holy shi—this kid is powerful…He's the first one Natsumi's age who' managed to land a hit on her…but unfortunately he matched up with Natsumi and so far not a single person's lived after a fight with her' he though as the wind blew harder, he sighed, the wind only ever blew like this if Natsumi was not feeling well or if she was ever sad or frustrated as the battle in the arena continued he couldn't help but remember the first time he met the girl.
~~flashback~~
A seven year old Akira was paying attention in class unlike his other classmate , he sighed he was the only one who ever listened to the teacher, soon though the door opened revealing a girl around his age, the girl had blonde, bright hair that reached her shoulders, bright blue eyes that held no life. She was wearing a black long sleeveless shirt that reached her mid-thigh; her bottom was black cropped pants that went a couple of inches below her knees, she had the usual black ninja sandals as well as a white vest that reached her waist with the design of a red fox on the back.
''Ohayou, I was told to come to this class so I can attend the Ame academy'' she said, her voice deprived of all emotion, the teacher nodded and motioned for the girl to come nearer ''ohayou my name is Katarino-sensei please introduce yourself to the class'' he said as he stepped aside ''ohayou guzaimas minna san, watashi wa Namikaze Natsumi. I'm very happy to be here'' she said as she looked at the sensei, Katarino nodded ''well Natsumi-chan please take a seat beside Akira over there...Akira please raise your hand'' he said, Akira being the goody goody student he was quickly raised his hand, Natsumi nodded and slowly walked over to where the brunette boy was once Natsumi took a seat katarino-sensei started explaining the different kinds of ninja tools. Natsumi was staring at the ceiling as she mumbled some words, it was starting to bother the boy, to him she seemed to be having a conversation but the main question was with whom? Soon class ended and all the students were told to go home, as Akira was goin on his way he noticed the new girl slowly walking to the same direction, he sighed and walked up to her ''hey Natsumi-chan…''he said, the said blonde looked surprised but then turned to him ''konichiwa'' she said ''Akira'' he said and all she gave was a puzzled look ''the names Akira'' he said she nodded and smiled a tiny smile, she then stopped and just looked straight ahead ''do you have a family Akira-kun''? she asked, at this Akira nodded dumbly, Natsumi's head dropped as she continued to walk she smirked as she was a few houses getting bigger ''your lucky'' was all she said before vanishing in the village.
~~flashback end~~
Since then Akira's been intrigued by the blonde but at the same time he was also her first friends as soon as Nao came along, they had their own little group and they were the only ones who understood Natsumi, they both respected her as she respected them, to most in their village Natsumi was very cold but when all those stares or looks were gone she would relax and be a little bit more social.
Down in the arena Natsumi's back was against the hard wall, she could see Lee difficultly pull back a fist 'damn' she thought 'if I get hit with this I'll be doomed…I'll unleash my full power now….just hope you'll come out alive boy' she though before facing Lee who was still charging at her with full speed, her purple eyes seemed to stare into his very soul as she screamed ''get ready leaf genin…this will be a fight for your life''! she said as she…
Hey!
I'm sooooo completely sorry for taking so long in uploading but our break is coming up so I do hope I'll be able to make up for this long haitus…..
Thank you to all those who've read all my stories and thank you to those who added me in their favourite authors and fave stories!
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FOR THOSE WHO REVIEWED!
TheBlackSeaReaper
Thank you sooo much for loving this story
And Natsumi is wearing an eye patch because if you go back to the first chapter in the flashback some idiotic person slashed her eye with a kunai. And you'll have to wait to see if she controls six other bodies _
Silferdeath
Your such a faithful reader! Thank you soo much!
Mangafox
Well he wasn't significant to the anime either he just got beaten by kankuro so if her dies no one will miss him lol
gabyxx21
I hope this satisfies you
ShadowCub
Yes unfortunately the hokage is too…too….good hearted and likes to think she'll come back…you know…he's old so he cant take it that much when he sees someone close to him run off like with oruchimaru he couldn't kill him…cuz he was he's old student
I hope you all enjoy this chapter!