O.O Yare, yare... no need to get so upset. Though I must say that I don't care that it is hard for you to retain Spainish words 'o Gaara's girl, I cannot say that I will NOT use less Japanese words... in fact, if I learn some more, I will end up using... MORE! Eeeh... yeah. That's just the way things go...

ENJOY!


Eyes Like Fire

Chapter 6: Genjutsu Sisters: The Shizu-tachi Strike!

Hayate looked at Shizen, "Hai, immediately."

Shizen frowned, 'Lots of people here haven't even recovered from their battles in the Forest of Death! How are we supposed to fight?' She was about to voice her opinions aloud, but decided to hold her tongue.

"Ya, I forgot to mention this, but from here on out, you will have one-on-one battles, so please withdraw if you wish."

Lee went into a 'Nice Guy' pose, 'Iie! I will not withdraw. Gai-sensei, I will become a Chuunin, and make you proud! I will protect my nindo!'

Keiko looked at Lee, "Lee, daijobu ka?"

Lee stopped, blushing, "Ee… boku wa daijobu desu."

Shizen laughed, 'Lee-chan seems to be in high spirits today. Hopefully we won't have to face each other in the Preliminaries… I would feel horrible if I won and he wouldn't be able to go on, and probably he would feel bad if he knocked out me, too.'

Kabuto raised his hand out of nowhere, "Anoboku wa yamerukimasu." (Uhh… I quit.)

Hayate nodded, and looked through his clipboard of papers, "You are Konoha's Yakushi Kabuto-kun, desu ne? You may leave then."

"Hai."

Kabuto walked out of the room, 'It's your turn to watch now, Orochimaru-sama.' He smirked evilly and disappeared into the shadows.

Hayate coughed once more, "May I assume that no more people wish to retire?"

He looked around and saw no one objected, "Then, let's start the Preliminary Exams. It will be a one-on-one match. In other words, it will be like real combat. Since we have 26 people, there will be 13 matches – the winners will be able to advance to the Third Exam.

"There are no rules. You will fight the other person until the other person dies, is knocked out, or admits defeat. If you do not want to die, please give up immediately. However, I will judge that the match is over. I may stop you to prevent any unnecessary deaths. The thing that will hold your destiny…" He nodded for Anko to open up the screens.

Anko turned around and announced into her headset, "Open it." As soon as she gave the word, stone slabs were pulled away to reveal a giant screen.

Hayate continued, "…will be this electric bulletin board. It will randomly display the names of the two fighters for each match. Without further ado, I will now display the names for the first match."

Everyone looked up at the screen that suddenly turned yellow.

Shizen sighed, 'Not me, kudasai. I don't want to be first.'

It was Akadou Yoroi and Uchiha Sasuke.

"Those whose names are displayed, please step forward," Hayate announced.

The two stepped forward.

"The first match's fighters are Akadou Yoroi and Uchiha Sasuke. We will now begin the first match. Everyone except the two fighters, please move up there." He pointed to the two stage areas above the arena.

All of the Genin began to climb the stairs. The Sound-Nin and Suna-Nin went to the left and the Leaf-Nin went to the right.

Shizen and her group went beside Lee and his group.

Miko smiled, "Naoko-sensei!" She ran over to hug her beloved teacher.

Naoko laughed, "Yare, yare, Miko-san… don't use up all of your energy on me now." She looked at all of them, "I'm proud that you all made it to the Preliminaries."

Keiko smiled, "Arigato, sensei."

Gai looked at her, tears of joy flowing out of his eyes, "Such a beautiful teacher-student relationship! It melts my heart!"

Naoko sighed, "Gai-senpai, still the same as always I see."

He gave her a devilish look, "Naoko-sama, my students will give yours a run for their money."

She grinned, "We'll see about that, Gai-senpai. Just watch the match."

All eyes were on the two fighters below.

Shizen smirked, 'Let's see how great and mighty this Uchiha Sasuke-kun really is, heh.'

Hayate looked at the two, "Begin."

Shizen soaked the battle in, she gasped, 'He absorbs chakra with his hands! Take, take…' She smirked, 'Maybe Sasuke-kun isn't as good as he looks.'

The battle raged on, Yoroi grabbed hold of Sasuke's head and sucked chakra out of him.

Lee frowned, 'Sasuke-kun…'


Sasuke finally had won his battle, doing a blatant rip off of one of Lee's Lotus attacks.

The next match was Zaku Abumi and Shino… Shino obviously won with his chakra devouring bugs.

Finally, the bulletin announced for Miko to go up.

Miko smiled, "Yata! Who am I going up against?"

She looked up at the screen, 'Shizu Miko vs. Sabarashi Nodo.'

Naoko gulped, 'Sabarashi Nodo-kun…' She gasped, 'That's one of Tama-sama's students!'

Miko was about to jump down, when Naoko stopped her, "Ki o tsukete, kudasai."

Miko looked back at her sensei, nodding, "Ee, arigato gozaimasu, Naoko-sensei."

Miko faced her opponent, she gulped. He was very tall and had dark green hair and dull black eyes.

Hayate looked at them, "The third match of the Preliminaries will now…" He put his hand down, "Begin."

Nodo disappeared, Miko gasped, 'That's almost even faster than Lee without weights on!' He suddenly appeared in front of her and kicked her hard in the stomach, making her cough up blood. She was sent flying into the wall behind her. She winced in pain.

Keiko gasped, "Miko-onna kyoodai!"

Shizen bit her lip, 'Get up, Miko-chan! Get up!'

Much to Shizen's relief, Miko finally got up. She spit out some blood and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

She smirked, "Sumimasen, I underestimated you." She looked him straight in the eyes, "The real fun starts now."

Miko molded chakra, "IkuzoYumeike Kozui no jutsu!" (Dream Pond Memory Technique)

Nodo gasped, "I-I can't m-move…"

/Just give up, Nodo-kun…/

Nodo gasped, 'Who is that?'

/It's me, Nodo-kun… Shizu Miko… I'm inside you… well your mind, but still inside you./

He smirked, 'That's some technique.'

/Arigato, Nodo-kun! Now… itai! Nani?/ Miko winced, 'What's happening? Why isn't the jutsu working? By now, I should have been able to follow up with the drowning phase.'

"Looking for me, Miko-san?"

Miko gasped, "N-nani?" She felt herself being kicked in the back – she heard a crack, "Aaaaah!"

Keiko gripped the fence hard, "Kyoodai!"

He smirked, "Your technique is very original… but weak. Very weak." He put his index and middle finger together and poked her on the neck.

"Na-ni?" She felt herself fall into the darkness.

Keiko was shocked, "Miko-kyoodai? Miko-kyoodai!"

Shizen looked at Nodo, stunned, 'How could he have overcome that attack? It's impossible! Impossible! Her attacks are similar to mine… if I have to go up against him… no, I WILL go up against him… my attacks are superior to Miko's… I think.'

She scowled as Nodo passed by her, the medic-nin carting Miko away.

'Jigokugan!' Shizen stared Nodo in the eyes, causing him to shiver in fear.

'Obake-'

Lee shook her, "Shizen-chan! Yamete, kudasai! You can avenge your friends defeat in a match, not here! Doozo, Shizen-chan!"

Her eyes went back to normal, she nodded.

Gaara stared over at Shizen, he felt hateful and murderous intent arise from her eyes, 'Her eyes… her eyes… they were just like mine when she looked at him.' He smirked, 'I wonder what would happen if I ended up fighting her.'

The 4th and 5th matches Shizen didn't pay much attention to. She knew that Miko would have been happy to see her precious Kankuro-kun win in the 4th match. She was sad to see that Sakura and Ino ended in a tie, but deep down, she knew it was better.

'At least they both didn't die… They fought their hardest and proved that they were just as strong as the other… I think that's good enough,' she smiled.


A women with long ice blue hair watched the matches with her teal eyes, she smirked, "Hmmm… good batch this year." She looked over at the girl with purple hair, smiling, 'It's nice to see you again… Shizen-chan.'


Then it was the 6th match, Temari vs. Tenten.

Shizen frowned, it was a pity that Tenten didn't win, but Temari proved to be the better fighter. She winced when she found out that Temari was quite ruthless with her victims, and was happy when Lee stepped in to catch Tenten from a painful fan to the back, still, this was a life-or-death battle, not a tea party.

'I didn't know that she could control wind with her fan… it's almost as surprising as Kankuro-san and his puppets… I wonder what Gaara-san has on his back. What could one possibly carry in that gourd? Does he control water, or possibly something else.' Shizen's thoughts were cut short when it the screen announced that Keiko was about to fight.

She gripped her hands tight, "Yosh, I'll avenge Miko-kyoodai, I'm sure of it."

She jumped down, smiling when her opponent was from the same team as Nodo.

'Shizu Keiko vs. Yashiku Yaoko', the screen read overhead.

Hayate coughed, "The 7th match between Shizu Keiko and Yashiku Yaoko will now begin."

Yaoko did not make a move, nor did Keiko – it was a perfect stalemate. Each shinobi was waiting for the other to make their move.

The two moved at the same time; Yaoko and Keiko both got out their kunai and slashed at each other. CLANG!s and CLONG!s echoed throughout the whole room.

Yaoko smirked, 'Time to put my jutsu into effect…'

"Kopi Suru no jutsu!" (Copying Technique.) He smirked, 'Now whatever she does, I will do to her… heh heh heh, let's hope she uses a powerful technique, she won't know what hit her!' He laughed, his amber brown eyes filling with malice.

Keiko flipped far away from Yaoko, making sure he wouldn't be able to attack her when she performed this technique.

"Obake Oboeru no jutsu!" (Ghost Memorize Technique.) She smirked, "Ohayo, Yaoko-kun."

'Excellent, the jutsu was a success!' Shizen thought. 'All she needs to do is put the second part into play and she'll have him!'

Yaoko was shocked, "Okaasan? Demo… demo…" He was confused, 'I don't sound like myself… I sound like…'

"Kyoodai?" Keiko asked, in the sound of Yaoko's mother. 'Hmm… it must be the effects of the jutsu… I think.'

"Miru!" (Take form.) She now had successfully changed herself into Yaoko's mother.

He gasped when he felt himself change into Keiko's sister, Miko.

Keiko was confused, "Nani? Demo-"

She gasped, 'His jutsu must be able to copy whatever I'm doing… but… if he copies exactly…' It dawned to her, 'We'll end in a stalemate! Just like Sakura-san and Ino-san.'

She sighed, 'I guess I wasn't destined to be a Chuunin…'

/Shizen-chan… you have to become a Chuunin for me… Sumimasen, tomodachi./

Shizen was confused, /Nani? Doshite, Keiko-chan?/

/You'll see…/

Keiko stepped forward, "Yume!" (Dream!)

Yaoko was scared, "Yu-me?"

The two coughed up blood and fell to the floor.

Hayate walked over, checking their conditions, he coughed, "Since both challengers cannot continue, the 7th match will end in a draw. Neither examinee will continue to the Third Exam. We will now proceed with the 8th match."

Shizen shook her head, 'It can't be! Keiko-chan and Miko-chan can't both be eliminated! Naze? Doshite? Nande?'

Naoko put her hand on Shizen's shoulder, "You are the last one, Shizen-san… make Miko-san to Keiko-chan proud."

Shizen nodded fiercely, "Ee, Naoko-sensei."


She did not pay attention to the 8th match between Naruto and Kiba much, but she was surprised (and somewhat happy) that Naruto won. The match between Neji and Hinata was exciting… but she did not pay any mind to that either.

But she did pay attention when the bulletin said who would go first:

'Hotamae Shizen vs. Nashi Sugiru'


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