Summary: Goku Tsuguri is the class dobe and pariah of the hidden leaf village, what will happen when he discovers that he holds a legendary power and is the only one who can stop an ancient evil from taking over the world.
Pndg: I'm back again peoples! Would have updated sooner but I'm working on Nsc in tandem with my other story Pakc. Plus our end-of-term exams started a week after I started this chapter and I had to study.
Sasuke: Sucks for you. We ninja never have to do exams.
Goku: What about the chuunin exams?
Naruko: And the jonin exams?
Sasuke: Yeah, but those are basically several days of butt kicking.
Goku: With a slight chance of death!
Sasuke: Yeah, but at least we don't have to sit down writing stupid AND useless stuff for a week and a half.
Pndg: Screw you Sasuke!
Sasuke: Whoa! I didn't know you swing that way.
Goku: ….
Naruko: …
Pndg: Wh-What? THAT'S IT! SUPER HUMILIATING AUTHOR MAGIC GO! *zaps Sasuke*
Sasuke: *In much higher voice* What did you do to me!
Naruko: H-holy crap! You turned him into a girl! *falls to ground laughing*
Sasuke: I demand you turn me back!
Pndg: No! You're going to stay like that till you learn some respect!
Sasuke: What!
Goku: *Laughs* Look on the bright side *Chuckles* at least your fan girls will finally leave you alone…...Sasha *breaks down laughing*
Sasuke: %*&# you Goku!
Goku: You may be a girl but I still don't like you like that.
Sasuke: $%^&
Pndg: Naruko, the disclaimer please?
Naruko: I always knew this day would come. But I won't whine and bitch like Goku and Sasha.
Goku: Hey!
Sasuke: My name's not Sasha damn it!
Pndg: It is now.
Sasha: You've got to be kidding me!
Pndg: No I'm not. Naruko, if you will.
Naruko: Pokenarutodbzguy does not own Naruto, DBZ, or any of their characters, moves or locations.
Pndg: Good, now I've wasted enough of your time so
Sasha: Change me back!
Goku: Calm down...Sasha. *Goku and Naruko burst out laughing*
Sasha: God damn it!
Pndg: On with the
Goku: Can I say it?
Pndg: Sure, why not.
Goku: On with the show!
"Hey" Talking
'Hey' Thinking
"Hey" Summon talking
'Hey' Summon thinking
"Hey" Bijuu talking
'Hey' Bijuu thinking
"Kuchiyose no jutsu" jutsu/technique or flashback announcement
"Hey" Flashback
CHAPTER 4: COMPARISONS
"This is Exploding Fox in position."
"This is Psycho Sunshine in position."
"This is Raven Avenger in position."
"This is Phantom Eye I'm in position."
"This is Ero Cyclops checking in." Kakashi said as several snickers went over the line.
"Remind me why I let you pick the codenames?"
"I said I'd give everyone a codename that suited them perfectly. And I'll be damned if I didn't." Goku yelled defiantly causing his teammates to laugh even louder at their sensei's misfortune.
At this Kakashi bowed his head in embarrassment knowing it was his fault.
"Do you have the target in your sights?" he said trying to get them to stop laughing about it.
"Yes." Goku replied from his hiding point in a tree.
"Yeah." Sasuke said atop a small water tower.
"Uh-huh." Hinata responded hiding behind a wall.
"You bet." Naruko chimed sitting in a shop as the target passed by.
"On the count of three detain her but do not, I repeat DO NOT harm her."
"Understood sensei."
"One, two…..THREE!"
At his count the genin members of team seven burst from there hiding places and surrounded the startled target in the street much to the surprise of the civilians around them.
But their target had years of experience dealing with ninjas and almost immediately scaled a nearby wall before jumping onto a nearby roof in an attempt to escape.
"Sensei, the target is attempting to escape." Hinata informed their sensei over the line.
"Well don't just stand there chase her." He replied.
"Hai." The four responded simultaneously before jumping to the top of the wall and onto the same roof.
"Sensei we've relocated the target and are pursuing them." Naruko informed their teacher over the line.
"Good, now hurry up and catch her so we can be done. She escaped the last two times, don't let it happen again."
"Cause you've just been soooooooooo helpful!" Goku shot at him.
"You should get a medal for your extraordinary participation!" he yelled angrily at their teacher.
"Well if you have such a problem with my leadership method then hurry and catch her. Or do you want to be doing this all day?"
Instead of responding the genin just sped up not willing to let her escape again.
"Damn it! She's too fast!" Sasuke said in frustration as their target sped up even more.
"She's gonna get away again!" Naruko yelled in despair and rage.
"Dammit I've had enough of this!" Goku yelled as he started forming hand seals.
"Enton: Enerugīringu!" He thrust his hands forward and two yellow balls shot from his fingertips.
"Direct hit!" The yellow balls hit the target and she found herself constricted at the limbs.
"Jeez Goku why didn't you just do that in the first place?" Naruko asked in frustration.
"I would have but we were too far away to get an accurate hit." Goku explained to his teammate as they walked towards their restricted target.
"Plus you gotta admit. It was a pretty good work out." He said annoying her even more.
"Workout! You call chasing her through the city a workout!" She yelled at him.
"Monster? Baka she's just a"
"SHE IS NOT! SHE IS A DEMON FROM THE FOULEST PITS OF HELL! SHE GARNERS PLEASURE FROM WATCHING PEOPLE SUFFER TRYING TO CATCH HER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE'VE HAD TO DO IT FIVE TIMES ALREADY!AND I REFUSE TO DO IT AGAIN!" She screamed for all of Konoha to hear.
"YOU!" Naruko yelled angrily as they reached her.
"I SHOULD SKIN YOU FOR ALL THE TROUBLE YOU'VE CAUSED US!" She yelled to her.
"Baka she's very important to the daimyos wife, if you skin her then there'll be hell to pay."
"I DON'T CARE! SHE HAS TO PAY!" She yelled in rage.
"Baka keep your voice down." Sasuke said annoyedly.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO TEME!" She yelled as she rounded on him
"Well at least we're done now." Hinata said in an attempt to lighten the angry atmosphere for the target's sake. It wasn't that she had any sympathy for her. How could she after they'd have to catch her six times now. She just didn't want to go through the trouble of having to explain how the target had died.
"So! We'll just have to catch her again!" Naruko said in a less loud but no less angry tone.
"Well let's just refuse it next time." Hinata suggested ending the argument…for now.
"Oi depth perception. We caught the damn cat!" Goku yelled angrily to Kakashi over the line while Sasuke picked up the brown feline.
"Good, check for the red ribbon to verify." Kakashi replied ignoring the jab.
"Yep this is Tora alright." Hinata said as she spotted the red ribbon on her ear.
"Good meet me with the target at the hokage's office. Ero Cyclops out."
"Don't you think you should untie her now?" Hinata asked concerned not for the cats wellbeing but for the explanation they'd have to give about the marks it could leave.
"Fine." Goku said annoyedly as he snapped his fingers causing the yellow rings to disappear.
It proved to be a mistake as the first thing she did with her newfound freedom was to attack Sasuke's face.
"AAAHH! RETIE HER! RETIE HER!" Sasuke yelled as he was mauled by the animal.
"HA! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING A DEMON LOVER!"
"GOKU DO SOMETHING!"
"I don't know man. She really seems to like you." Goku said with a smirk while Naruko laughed in delight and Hinata looked on in concern at Sasuke's predicament.
"DO SOMETHING GOD DAMN IT!"
"Maybe you should help him Goku." Hinata said worriedly.
"Fine." Goku said as he did the technique again much to Sasuke's delight and Tora and Naruko's discontent.
"Here let me." Hinata said as she picked the struggling cat off Sasuke's face.
"Can we get going? I don't want to be around this psycho cat any longer than I have too." Sasuke said gingerly touching the newly formed scratch marks on his face.
"Whatever you say Ibiki junior." Goku said as Sasuke gave him the most heated glare he could manage.
At the Hokage's office
'Poor Tora.(Hinata)'
'So that's why she ran away. Can't say I blame her.(Goku)'
'Serves the thing right for mauling me.(Guess who)'
'TAKE THAT YOU STUPID &$*#ING CAT!(Go on, guess)'
These were the thoughts on the minds of team seven as they stood in the Hokage's office watching Tora get the life squeezed out of her by her owner.
"Thank you very much. I'll make sure my little Tora doesn't escape again." Madame Shinji said as she paid and left the office still squeezing the life out of the feline.
"Hey old man. You're not going to be sending us after that stupid cat again tomorrow are you?" Goku asked fearing his answer.
"No, I'll be sending team ten tomorrow." The aged kage replied much to team seven's relief.
"Good. Because if I ever see that damn cat again I'm going to deliver it barbecued." Naruko said angrily causing everyone in the room to sweat drop.
"Okay then. You guys meet at training ground fifteen in one hour." Kakashi said to his team.
"Why?" Goku asked suspicious of him.
"Let's just say that we'll be having a little fun." Kakashi replied as he shunshined out of the room.
"Something's up. What did he mean by that?" Hinata said suspicious of their sensei.
"It's probably nothing." Sasuke said though he too was suspicious of Kakashi.
"Yeah cause it's not like Kakashi's "fun" involves torturing us in cruel and unusual ways and calling it training." Goku said to the silent agreement of his teammates.
"Well you got me there, but it's not like we have a choice so let's go to Ichiraku's before we head over there." Naruko suggested in a much better mood having witnessed the cat's torture.
"Ok."
"Sure."
"Alright."
"Hold on Goku. I need to talk to you." Sarutobi said as the kids were leaving.
"Sure, I'll catch up with you guys later." Goku said.
"Sure." Naruko, Sasuke and Hinata responded as they left the hokage's office.
"What is it old man?" Goku asked as he took a seat.
"Well, it's about your…...abilities."
"What about them?" Goku asked sensing a serious issue.
"Kakashi came to me the other day after your genin exam to ask about several strange jutsu he had seen you use." The wise old Kage said taking a drag of his pipe.
"And it made me realise that people are likely to become suspicious once your powers become common knowledge. Some might even take it as a sign of the Kyuubi. Which is why it's important that we deal with this before it gets to that stage." He said seriously.
"I know. In fact Naruko asked me about it during the genin test." He responded just as seriously.
"And what did you tell her?"
"It was sort of short notice but I told her that I was one of the sole carriers of an ancient bloodline called the Saijin. Which wasn't a complete lie." He said shrugging his shoulders.
"Yes that could work." Sarutobi said stroking his beard.
"But you are aware of the repercussions of that right?" he asked the boy.
"What repercussions?" Goku asked him curiously.
"Well I'd have to tell the council of course. And that could lead them to want to run tests on you. People in general would treat you much differently being the container of the Kyuubi and the last holder of an ancient bloodline and some may even try to acquire it for themselves, especially once you unlock the full extent of your powers. Not to mention you might have the clan restoration act forced on you." He said solemnly.
"What's the clan restoration act?"
"The clan restoration act states that should the majority of a country or villages authority figures feel it necessary the last member or members of a particular clan or family will be required by law to take on multiple partners."
"Wow this is a lot more than I expected." Goku said leaning back in the chair.
"Yes. But you have to remember with great power comes"
"Great responsibility. I know. And besides, I'd much rather people think I'm the last member of an ancient clan than they know I'm from a different species all together."
"Good. But I must warn you that after I report this you'll have to come before the council." He said solemnly.
"I figured. But I'll get my story straight before then."
"Oh and by the way, if you and your friends put on as good a show as you did during the exam I may just have to give you a better mission soon."
"Wow really! Thanks jiji! No more Tora for this guy!" He yelled pumping his fist in the air.
"Wait…what do you mean by put on a show?" Goku asked with a confused look on his face.
"Oh you'll find out soon enough, now I believe your friends are waiting for you and as you can see I have quite a bit of work to do." Sarutobi said as he turned back to the mountain of paper work on his desk.
"Ok see you later I guess." Goku responded as he exited the office.
'I wonder if he knows that he could do that with kage bunshin? Oh well, I'll probably use that as a bargaining tool later.' Goku thought to himself as he left to go find his friends.
One hour later
"And they were green and had massive eyebrows." The rest of the genin was sitting around with horrified looks on their faces as team seven retold the story of the green things in the bar while their senseis talked about something completely inconsequential to this story.
"They started shouting at each other about doing thousands of insane amounts of exercise and started crying too." Naruko said as the looks on the other the other genin's faces grew even more terrified.
"After that they ran towards each other and started hugging and crying each other's names with a tropical background that not even my Byakugan could see through." Hinata continued for her teammate.
By this time the genin were shaking with terror but after what happened next the proverbial ^%&$ hit the fan.
"KAKASHI MY YOUTHFUL RIVAL! ME AND MY YOUTHFUL TEAM HAVE ARRIVED!" Gai said as he and his team appeared on the grounds.
"GAI SENSEI YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF YOUTH!" Lee yelled beside him while his teammates sweat dropped at the usual (I know what I said) display.
"HOLY #$%^ THEY'RE BACK!" Goku yelled in horror while the other genin cowered in fear. This proved to be the wrong action as it drew Lee and Gai's attention towards them.
"Look sensei it's the youthful genin from the other night!" Lee yelled pointing towards Goku.
"So it is Lee, and his flames of youth burn as brightly as ever!" Gai returned.
"SENSEI NOTHING IS AS YOUTHFUL AS YOU!" Lee yelled happily with tears in his eyes.
"NO LEE. YOU ARE THE MOST YOUTHFUL THING THERE IS!" He yelled tearing up as well.
"GAI SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
Lee and Gai ran towards each other and started hugging and crying again with the familiar background.
"SWEET JESUS THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN!" Sasuke yelled in absolute horror.
"BATTLE STATIONS! WE'VE GOT TO HOLD THEM OFF!" Goku yelled as he drew a kunai.
"*$#^ THAT! RUN FOR YOUR #$%^ING LIVES!" Hinata screamed as she and the other genin turned tail and ran for it.
"Well you guys did it again." A girl her hair in buns named Tenten said beside him.
"*Sigh* Come on, let's go get them. Gai, you stay here and uuum, guard the training field." Asuma said as he, Kakashi and Kurenai went to retrieve the fleeing genin.
"ME AND LEE WILL GUARD IT WITH EVERY FIBER OF OUR YOUTHFUL BEINGS!" Gai yelled excitedly much to the displeasure of their teammate Tenten and their other Hyuga teammate Neji who knew what was coming next.
"GAI SENSEI YOU ARE THE MOST YOUTHFUL BEING IN THE UNIVERSE!"
"LEE!"
GAI SENSEI!
"LEE!"
"GAI SENSEI!"
"WILL YOU TWO KNOCK IT OFF!"
Twenty minutes later
It took ten minutes to gather up the scattered genin and another ten to convince them that Gai and Lee were not alien monsters that had come to torture them into insanity. But now, after twenty minutes they could finally get the competition underway.
"Okay guys." Kurenai said holding up a jar with paper slips in it.
"I want you all to come and take a slip from this jar. Then read the number on it."
The genin each came up as Kurenai had instructed and took a paper slip from the jar.
"One." Sasuke said holding up his slip.
"Two." Chouji said with his hand in his bag of chips.
"Three." Shino said in stoically.
"Four." Shikamaru said lazily.
"Five." Ino said next.
"Six." Hinata said hoping that she didn't get stuck with an easy opponent like Ino.
"Seven." Naruko said after her.
"Eight." Kiba said itching for an opportunity to put Naruko in her place.
"Nine." Neji, Hinata's cousin said.
"Ten." Sakura said in horror realizing that if she didn't get to fight Ino she was going to get creamed.
"Eleven." Tenten said eying the potential competition.
"Twelve." Lee said from his position beside her.
"Thirteen." Goku said anticipating the coming battle.
"Fourteen." The person who said this was team eights newest and creepiest member Sai.
"In that case the matchups are as follows." Asuma said before taking a drag of his cigarette (Like father like son).
"First match, Sasuke vs. Chouji." At this Sasuke eyed Chouji assessing his threat level. Chouji however didn't notice because he was too focused on his chips.
"Second match, Shino vs. Shikamaru." Shino did as Sasuke had before and eyed Shikamaru assessing his skill while Shikamaru just sighed and thought about what a drag this would be.
"Third match, Ino vs. Hinata." Hinata sighed as well disappointed that she had gotten an easy opponent. Ino however was shaking in fear because she had learned not to mess with Hinata before.
Flashback
"Okay class today we'll be having a little sparring exercise today."Iruka said as he stood in front of his academy class.
"Follow me outside.'
A few minutes later
The first match that had been decided was Hinata and Ino. But for Ino it was more than a just a fight.
'Come on Ino. All you have to do is beat this mesu and Sasuke-kun will finally be yours.' Ino thought to herself as thoughts of Sasuke filled her head.
"You're going down!" Ino said boldly trying to intimidate the Hyuga girl.
Instead of responding Hinata sunk into her stance knowing exactly what Ino was trying to do.
"Watch this Sasuke-kun, I'll show you what you what a real woman is like. Then once I'm done with this loser we can go on a date." Ino said turning and winking at Sasuke who didn't seem to care. Hinata's reaction however, was a little bit different.
'Why that no good little Baishun-fu. I'll teach her to chase after my Sasuke.' Hinata thought angrily activating her Byakugan.
"BEGIN!"
End flashback
The fight certainly didn't last long. In fact, saying that Hinata tore into Ino would be like saying that Gai and Lee were just a little weird. Or that Orochimaru was just a little interested in little boys, or that Jiraiya was just a little perverted, or…well you get the point. We won't go into exactly what she did to her but let's just say that Ino learned not to mess with her that day.
"Match four is Naruko vs. Kiba." Asuma said to both Naruko and Kiba's delight.
"Match five is Neji vs. Sakura." He said as Neji sighed in disappointment and Sakura stared on in utter horror.
"Match six is Lee vs. Tenten." Lee swept Tenten off her feet and started yelling about how youthful their match would be while she yelled angrily at him.
"And the final match will be Goku vs. Sai." He said as Goku and Sai stared each other down, one wearing a grin that the other didn't quite like.
"Okay good." Kakashi said stepping forward.
"Let's get this going, Sasuke, Chouji front and centre."
The two boys soon stood across from each other on the field. Sasuke sizing up Chouji and Chouji eating from his bottomless bag of chips.
"Here are the rules. You fight till one of you is knocked out or your sensei decides to end it. Any jutsu or weapon you use must be aimed to incapacitate but not kill is this clear." He said as both boys nodded.
"BEGIN!"
(I could end it here and hang you off a cliff but I for one hate waiting and considering how long it's taken me to update I won't do that to you guys)
Despite Kakashi's yell neither boy moved to attack, Sasuke just kept staring, waiting for Chouji's onslaught but Chouji just kept eating while the others whispered from the side lines. Sasuke shifted from foot to foot anxiously, waiting for an attack that would never come.
After about a minute Sasuke realized that Chouji was just ignoring him. Driven by his rage Sasuke foolishly yelled out:
"Oi fat ass! Are we going to do this or what!"
At this the field became deathly silent as the others stared on in horror at what Sasuke had just done. Everyone knew how Chouji got when called that….Everyone except Sasuke it seemed.
Chouji dropped his chip bag as his face scrunched up in an expression of pure rage.
"What did you call me?" Chouji asked bristling with unconcealed anger.
"I called you a fat ass." Sasuke retorted clearly not intimidated by Chouji's mood.
"Don't say it again!" Kiba yelled horrified from the side-lines.
"Why? What's Fatty here going to do? He's clearly more interested in stuffing his fat face with chips than this fight." Sasuke however, didn't notice that Chouji got angrier and angrier with each word.
"NO ONE CALLS ME FAT ASS! I'LL KILL YOU UCHIHA! BAIKA NO JUTSU! Chouji grew to the size of a huge boulder and shouted his next technique.
"NIKUDAN SENSHA! Chouji tucked in his limbs and then rolled towards a very shocked genin.
"WHAT THE F**K!" Sasuke yelled as Chouji barrelled towards him at highly destructive speeds. He barely managed to evade as the human wrecking ball zoomed past him crashing into a tree.
'Damn, if I get hit with that I'm done.' Sasuke observed as Chouji dislodged himself from the now ruined tree.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY THAT EASY!NIKUDAN SENSHA NO JUTSU!" Chouji yelled as he converged on the avenger again.
"Oh no you don't! Katon: Gōka"
"Sasuke! No deadly force!" Kakashi yelled realizing what his student was about to do.
"WHAT!" Sasuke yelled as Chouji barrelled past him again.
"AND WHAT HE'S DOING DOESN'T COUNT!"
"At that speed it wouldn't do much more than leave you with a few bruises.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BEAT HIM THEN! HE'S A F***ING TANK!"
"You're a smart kid. Figure it out." He responded turning his attention back to his favourite book.
'Sh**!' Sasuke cursed mentally as he evaded another pass from Chouji.
'If I don't think of something soon I'll be crushed!'
On the side-lines
"It looks like d***lover isn't as strong as you claimed d***less." Sai said emotionlessly managing to piss off Goku, Naruko, Hinata, Ino, and Sakura at the same time.
"D***less! What the f***!" Goku exclaimed while Kiba laughed out loud and Lee and Gai spouted about "unyouthful language".
"Oh god! That's hilarious!" Naruko laughed out as Hinata looked at her disapproving, though she had to agree to a certain level. Sakura and Ino had different thoughts however.
"I don't care about Goku baka but" Sakura yelled.
"He insulted Sasuke-kun! He should've insulted Naruko baka or Hinata!" Ino continued angrily.
"Why don't you witches crawl back to whatever sewer you came from!" Naruko hissed as she turned on the banshees.
But before the argument could progress Kakashi decided to divert their attention back to the fight.
"As entertaining as this is I thought you'd like to know that the fights over." Kakashi said causing the genin to look back to the field. True to his words Sasuke had Chouji pinned to a tree with a kunai against his neck.
"Do you give up?" Sasuke asked pressing the kunai against Chouji's neck.
"I…I." Chouji replied dumbly fear in his eyes and sweat on his brow.
Before the husky boy could respond however, Asuma made the decision for him.
"Yes, he does." The bearded jonin said rising from his seat and taking another drag of his cigar.
"But Asuma sensei." Chouji croaked as Sasuke released him.
"No Chouji." He said silencing him.
"I have the authority to end this spar and if this had been a real battle you'd be dead by now." Asuma said sending chills down the genin's spines.
"Good job Sasuke. Asuma said as he passed the genin on his way to console his student.
"Dude what just happened?" Goku asked as Sasuke reached the grass where the genin sat.
"Yeah, one minute you were getting your ass kicked and the next you had a kunai to his neck." Naruko said throwing in her two cents.
"Well." Sasuke said as the others leaned in to hear him.
"I owe my victory largely to you guys."
"How's that?" Goku asked.
"Well he had to stop his attack because he ran out of chakra." Sasuke retold as his peers listened intently.
"He popped a food pill and was about charge when you guys started cursing about something." He said pointing at Goku, Naruko, Hinata, Sakura and Ino who all had the decency to blush. Be it for different reasons.
"I took the opportunity and charged him while he was distracted. Though I would've found a way to win eventually." Sasuke said in a relieved tone.
"Yeah right. He would've whooped your a** and you know it." Naruko said bursting his bubble and enraging his fan club presidents again.
But before anyone could respond Kakashi decided to make his presence known.
"Alright." Kakashi said.
"It's time for the next match Shikamaru and Shino. On the field."
"Troublesome. Can I forfeit?" He asked lazily while Shino got up calmly and walked to the designated sparring area.
"NO YOU CAN'T NOW GET YOUR LAZY BUTT OVER THERE!" Ino screeched in the unfortunate Nara's ears.
"*Sigh* Troublesome woman." Shikamaru said annoyedly.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Ino yelled as she raised her hands in preparation for the strangling her teammate would soon be getting. Fortunately Kurenai was there to diffuse the already disastrous situation.
"Ino is right Shikamaru. It would be disrespectful to forfeit a fight just out of laziness and these fights are for testing your capabilities against opponents of a similar level. So no, you can't forfeit" she said.
"Thank you sensei." Ino said proudly.
"So get your butt on the field!" she yelled at the sloth like genin.
"Fine, anything to get away from you and your incessant yelling. Loud mouthed girl." He said under his breath as he got up and walked away. Unfortunately though, said loud mouthed girl heard him.
"WHAT WAS THAT! YOU JUST WAIT TILL I GET A HOLD OF YOU NARA SHIKAMARU!" She screamed nearly popping the eardrums of the unfortunate genin beside her. Except Sakura, whose voice was just as loud if not louder than Ino's.
"Sigh, let's get this over with." He said ignoring the annoying blonde.
Seeing the look in his student's eyes Asuma decided to give him a little inspiration;
"Oh and Shikamaru." He said drawing the Nara's attention to him.
"If you don't go all out you'll have to run one hundred laps around Konoha."
"W-What? A hundred laps." The Nara repeated in shock.
"Yes. And I'm sure Gai would be more than willing to oversee your training. Right Gai?" Asuma asked his fellow jonin.
"That's right Asuma-kun, I would be happy to help Shikamaru-kun's flames of youth burn that much more brightly!" Gai said giving his trademark nice guy pose.
"Gai sensei is so cool. I too must help Shikamaru-kun's flames of youth burn brightly!" Lee said striking his own nice guy pose beside his sensei.
"I can't believe I'm on a team with them." Tenten said distraughtly while Neji nodded in silent agreement.
"You-you wouldn't do that to me would you?" Shikamaru pleaded to his sensei.
"Yes I would." Asuma replied calmly.
"But that's cruelty of the highest order!" Shikamaru replied, panic steadily rising inside him.
"Then I guess you'd better do your best." He replied with a cruel glint in his eyes. One thing was sure. This would not be an easy battle for Shino.
"Alright then." Kakashi said as he raised he hand in preparation.
It was no secret that Shino and Shikamaru, despite his laziness, were two of the most skilled genin to come out of the academy. A bout between them was sure to be very interesting. Between Shikamaru's brains and shadow techniques and Shino's near unbeatable bug jutsus.
"So who do you thinks going to win?" Sasuke asked the other members of team seven.
"Well I think Shikamaru's going to win." Naruko replied.
"He may be lazy but he's a lot smarter than Shino."
"Plus there's no way he'd risk running a hundred laps with Gai."
"Would anybody?" Hinata chimed in from behind her.
"I guess not."
"Guys it's starting." Goku said drawing their attention back to the competitors.
"HAJIME!" Kakashi shouted as he lowered his hand and disappeared.
Shikamaru wasted no time and quickly formed a hand seal sending his shadow towards Shino. However Shino was prepared for an attack, though not a direct one. He simply jumped out of the way avoiding the shadow.
"Hmmm. It is strange that one such as yourself would try such a direct attack." Shino said voicing his suspicions of Shikamaru's strategy.
"Things aren't always as they seem."
No more words were spoken between the two as Shikamaru's words gave Shino all the explanation he needed.
'So he is testing my abilities. In that case two can play at that game.' Shino held his arms to his sides two clouds of bugs flew out of his sleeves.
The bugs came together and solidified forming clones on both sides of him.
"Go." On his command both clones rushed towards a semi prepared Shikamaru.
"Kuso!" Shikamaru cursed as he drew a kunai and engaged the clones in close combat.
"Wow." Goku said as he watched Shikamaru attempt to fend off Shino's clones.
"And here I thought I was the only one who could make clones."
"What are you talking about? Everyone can make clones baka." Sakura said as Shikamaru parried a blow from one of the clones.
"I'm talking about physical clones." He replied as Shikamaru narrowly avoided a kick to the stomach.
"You can make physical clones?" She asked with an expression that mirrored the some of the other genin's.
"Yeah, shadow clones."
"What, but that's an A-rank kinjutsu!" Tenten exclaimed in surprise.
"What's a shadow clone?" Kiba asked curiously.
"It's like the clones we learn to make in the academy except they're real and can fight along the user. It uses so much chakra that most jonin can't use it." She said sounding as surprised as she looked.
"WHAT! There's no way you can do that!" Kiba yelled in horror.
"I can. I just prefer not to."
"Shadow clones are nice and all. But it just takes one good hit to dispel them."
"Well yeah but you'd think the numbers game would help." Hinata said from her seated position.
"It does but not only can they get in your way, they can hit you by mistake as well."
"But wait." Naruko said,
"Why didn't you use it during our genin test?"
"I did. But Kakashi came after me first. And once I found you guys they weren't necessary."
"*Pfft* I'll believe it when I see it." Kiba snorted.
"I'm with Kiba on this one." Sakura said reluctantly.
"Care to place a little bet on that?" Goku asked with an evil glint in his eyes.
"S-sure." Kiba said rather unsurely.
"What about you Sakura?" He asked turning towards the banshee.
"Sure, I accept." She replied confidently.
"Alright then here are the stakes." Goku said a wicked grin hiding beneath the surface.
Shikamaru took a swipe at one of the clones with a kunai and cut off the hand it put up to block. But as soon as he detached the appendage it reattached itself.
'Crap, I'll never get anywhere with these clones, so it's a good thing I'm in a position to attack the original.'
Shikamaru leapt away from the clones and once again formed a hand seal preparing to send his shadow hurtling towards Shino.
'What's he planning?' Shino pondered as he prepared to jump out of the way again.
But what he hadn't expected was for Shikamaru's shadow to move at twice the speed it had before.
'Damn. How?' Shino cursed as Shikamaru's shadow latched onto him.
"Shadow possession technique….success."
A look of recognition shock crossed his features as he saw it; whereas before Shikamaru had been facing the sun and he had been facing away from it…it was now the other way around.
"So you've realized it huh? The whole time I've been fighting in a circle." He said as he drew a kunai from his holster causing Shino to do the same.
"But it's too late for that now." Shikamaru said as he walked towards him.
"What's he doing?" Goku questioned as Shikamaru pressed his kunai to one of the clones cheeks. He soon got his answer;
"Forfeit." Shikamaru said as he pressed harder, causing a drop of blood to fall much to the surprise of the genin.
"How did you know I switched with a clone?" Shino asked as the others spotted the second black line connecting Shikamaru to what was apparently the real Shino.
"I knew that despite your surprise you'd never let yourself be caught that easily. You couldn't dodge fast enough so you substituted for your clone." He said shocking everyone but Asuma.
"Does that answer your question d***less?" Sai asked while Goku struggled not attack him.
"Oh my god that's hilarious!" Sasuke said bursting into laughter just like Naruko had while Goku glared at him.
"What's so funny d***lover?" Sai asked while Goku laughed as Sasuke had the exact reaction he had earlier.
"D***lover! What the f***!"
END
Pndg: And that's a wrap. Sorry I took so long but life's been really hectic lately.
Sasha: Change me back dammit!
Pndg:(Ignoring Sasha) And I know it's kinda short but I feel I owe you guys something.
Sasha: Do it now!
Pndg: Before we do this let's have the descriptions.
Jutsus
Baika no jutsu- Multisize technique.
Nikudan Sensha-Human boulder
Power levels
Sasuke-4,489
Chouji-2,500
Shino-2,916
Shikamaru-3,481
Hinata: Hey guys I'm back
Goku: Where the heck were you?
Sasha: Change me back
Hinata(ignores unknown female):Robbing a bank (holds up bags of money)
Naruko: Haha very funny
Hinata: It's not a joke
Sasha: Are you guys listening to me?
(Sirens wail)
Pndg: Ok jokes over
Goku: Well would you look at the time (Runs)
Naruko: Yeah I gotta go do a thing (Runs after)
Hinata: Me too (Runs with money)
Sasha: I'm not leaving until you change me back.
(Sirens get louder)
Sasha: Yeah well umm BYE! (Runs)
Pndg: (Gulp)Well I don't wanna get arrested so until next time ja ne. WAIT FOR ME! (runs away screaming)
Next time on Nsc
Sai gets what he deserves.
Ino is still as pathetic as ever.
Naruko shows Kiba who's the top dog
Sakura struts her nonexistant stuff
Lee delivers a youth explosion
Goku unleashes the beast
And the part you'll all be waiting for (not as long this time ^_^')
What were the terms of that bet?
Find out next time on;
NARUTO SAIYAN CHRONICLES!