Walking through the empty corridor, he couldn't help thinking that things would've been much better if he'd gone for that clone technique instead… but what was done was done, and there was no changing the past. Instead, he needed to clear a not so bloody way out for his hostess, now that he's rescued her and ****. Hmm, but which way to go first… no darkness sensed down the right, but looking at the end of that hallway, it's already been cleared of living obstacles, so going to the left, with one walking source of darkness, is the way to go.
At least now he had **** so things were definitely going to look up. A tap on his shoulder from behind, and he turns his head, seeing his hostess's mouth moving, but only white noise is coming from it.
(Welp, here's what all three of you guys wanted.)
Naruto looked at the two people that were miffed at his words, and pointed at "Tenten-chan, I'll fight you first!" With that, he brought his hand up to the hilt of Soul Eater, but didn't draw her yet, since he wanted to see how Tenten would open. A little hum in his head showed Riku's approval of that.
Tenten grinned at Naruto, and, after a quick nod from Gai-sensei, launched herself at the blond, tonfas lashing out in quick combos, the occasional kick working in as well. Naruto was surprised he managed to dodge as many of the tonfa strikes as he did, but the kicks weren't very strong, so he didn't bother blocking them. After a few more seconds, Naruto slashed Soul Eater from her sheath, slicing the wooden tonfa down the middle, an action that surprised both combatants, before Naruto capitalized on it with his own kick at Tenten, the brunette jumping back before twirling her tonfa-and-a-half.
"Well, that's surprising. But half a tonfa is still a weapon, so I'm not out yet!" That said, Tenten charged again, but Naruto charged at her in the middle of her little speech, and began slashing at her repeatedly, adding some sloppy stabs in whenever he thought they'd hit, which seemed often, but both were holding back to keep from injuring the other too severely.
Lee punched the air as he watched the two spar. "Yosh! This youthful spar between teammates is sure to help Naruto-kun understand that a fighter need not merely range or blades, but understanding of his weapon as well!" Neji crossed his arms in front of his chest, keeping silent, since he wanted to keep his (undoubtedly sarcastic and spiteful) comments to himself. Gai-sensei's arms were crossed behind his back, analyzing Naruto's sloppy style of swordfighting... but there was definitely something odd to the way his sword was shaped and seemed to blur.
Naruto's grin as the fight went on did not diminish, as he slashed upwards once, and as Tenten dodged to the side, the blond brought his free hand up, pointing at her. "Dark Fire!" Jumping on instinct as he called out, the small white fireball that launched from his hand surprised Tenten, and she went over Naruto's head, bringing her intact, but now scarred, tonfa down at his head, a move that cost her another piece of tonfa.
Neither combatant nor viewer paid mind to the smell of burning wood for very long, but the crashing tree definitely caught all attention. Naruto blinked, and scratched his head, chuckling sheepishly. "Oops."
Tenten gaped at the felled tree, as there was a rather sizable chunk of it that had exploded off it before the two parts just came undone, and Gai-sensei walked over to inspect the stump. Rubbing his chin, bushy eyebrows raised as oddities were seen in the bark. "Naruto-kun, would you mind telling me why it looks like it exploded only from the middle out?"
Naruto shrugged, sheathing Soul Eater as he walked over to his new sensei. "That would be because Dark Fire just works like that. Soul Eater couldn't really explain it to me very well either, since it just knows that the hind part of it blows first." Naruto looked at his new teammates quizzically on seeing their own disbelieving looks. "What?"
"Naruto-kun, I have seen many of Tenten-san's explosives at work, and it never goes behind the explosive tag." Lee wondered why Naruto blinked so much before a tilt of the head. "Yes, that is the truth, Naruto-kun. It was also told to us in class."
Naruto made a sound of acknowledgement before scratching his head. "I musta been kicked out've that class, too." Gai-sensei wondered what Naruto meant by that, but Neji scoffed while Tenten and Lee frowned.
"What class weren't you kicked out of? You're a hopeless dobe, fate has decreed that fro-"
"Oh shut up, Hyuuga. I make my own fate, not some all knowing force crap." Neji growled at Naruto for his statement, and was about to rush him when Gai-sensei spoke up about the match possibly continuing. "How so? Tenten doesn't have working tonfa."
To prove him wrong, and show off that she had improved to her teammates, Tenten pulled out a scroll from the weapons pouch just below the back of her hip, and unrolled it, looking through for the right spot. After a few minutes, Tenten pricked her thumb with the tip of her sandle, and spread the blood across a character, a puff of smoke coming from it. "No working tonfa, huh?" Tenten smirked at Naruto as she rolled up the scroll, and kicked the steel tonfa into her hands.
Naruto chuckled, and drew Soul Eater as he got into a ready stance, curved blade toward the sky, tip pointed at Tenten, cat's eye near Naruto's ear, left foot forward, and left hand cupping air. "Alright, let's get started." A wave of his hand was all Tenten needed to rush Naruto, a little slower because of the weight of the new tonfa, but Naruto still only saw a pink, green and brown blur as he began defending himself. None of his counters sliced through the steel tonfa, but Naruto had a feeling the fight would be over soon anyway, since Tenten added the kicks in again, but Naruto was able to block most of the ones that would've done too much damage.
After a minute or so, Gai-sensei called out for the two to stop, and Tenten's jump away from a counter slash of Naruto's went from tactical retreat to obedience, as she began spinning one tonfa in her hand, the other hanging limply as Naruto sheathed Soul Eater. "Very good, Naruto-kun! I am surprised you managed to last as long as you did against Tenten-kun, as she is my second longest lasting student." Neji looked at Gai-sensei in surprise, as the Hyuuga boy had been rather sure Tenten was the weakest member of their team. "Tenten, good work with your tonfa, I am happy to see one of my cute students diversifying their repertoire of techniques." Tenten grinned at Gai-sensei, crossing her hands, and tonfa, behind her head.
Naruto did some light stretching before looking at Gai-sensei. "So, what now, Gai-sensei? Do we go on a mission to save a princess or king or something?" The blond was bouncing slightly as his hopes soared. They came crashing down rather quickly.
"Naruto-kun, until you have proven you're able to protect yourself, you shall not be saving so much as a cat from a tree!" Lee and Tenten couldn't help chuckles at their sensei's rather serious look for such a silly statement.
