A.N: Hi guys. It's been a few weeks I know I'm really sorry. As always I am ever grateful to my lovely beta reader xxchirushixx and my newest beta reader who will be helping me focus more on this Junablossom! I am going to ask you to be patient while reading this; all is not what it seems, especially in the Narutoverse.

Also want to mention that one of my readers has pointed out that I use some words that may be hard for non-native speakers to understand so from now on I'll be adding a little key with words that may baffle a few people:

1.-Ludicrous: ridiculous or hilarious because of obvious absurdity.

2.-Hightened: "her senses were still heightened from synchronising with…" to have heightened senses is for them to be sharper than usual because of the effect of something for example medication, fear…

3.-Enumerating: to mention separately or in order; name one by one; list.

4.-Evaluating: To examine and judge carefully; appraise.

5.-Mesmerized: To be spellbound; enthralled or hypnotized by something.

Disclaimer: as always nothing from the Narutoverse belongs to me other than the Seishin clan and its members ;)

~I will win!~

Akari watched as Takahiro made his way towards her from the other side of the field, his fist retracting aiming a direct punch to her face. Calculating the distance, as soon as he was five meters away from her she made the motion of an upper cut the way she would if she were aiming at his stomach, but instead of hitting him herself, the concrete broke and the earth pushed up a squared segment hitting him right where she wanted it to.

The technique dispelled as Takahiro fell to his knees holding his stomach with both hands against the pain a shallow gasp escaping his lips. Once he steadied his breathing he glared up at the girl with questioning eyes.

The onlookers stared down slightly perplexed as to what had happened.

"Did she just use an earth style technique?" asked Sakura coming up with no better explanation as to why the ground had suddenly shot up through the concrete.

"I didn't see any hand seals though," said Sasuke eyes slightly wide.

"No, you're right about the seals…that's her ability," said Kakashi calmly.

The members of Team 7 and Team Gai turned to look up at the Sharingan master, all with questioning gazes.

"What ability?" asked Naruto eyes clamped shut in a fox like manner, "What exactly happened?"

"Akari's mother comes from a nomadic tribe that specialize themselves in healing and passing down the voice of nature, they are what some would call shamans" said Gai looking at Kakashi as he spoke to make sure he wasn't getting his facts wrong.

"Not very many people know much about them actually, they never stay in a place long enough, always travelling where ever their instincts take them. The last time they were near Konoha was fifteen years ago when Miko-san gave birth to Akari. They spent three years wandering along the border of fire country, never coming too close to civilizations and never straying too far away from Konoha, as soon as Akari turned three they left with the morning breeze. They've never been seen in fire country since then," explained Kakashi in a voice that was very different from his usual teaching voice. It was almost as if he were reading out of a book, feeling the words written on the pages.

"But that still doesn't explain what just happened," blurted out Naruto, really confused now. Kakashi's explanation hadn't answered anything at all; in fact, he had only served to rattle his poor brain into forming more questions.

"So that tribe, they control nature or something?" asked Sasuke sounding sceptical.

Kakashi smirked under his mask as Sasuke's words brought a memory from long ago.

A man in his late forties sat down on a cushion in front of the small black coffee table that adorned Kakashi's living room, a reddish coloured book, whose lack of crease marks indicated it was brand new, lay slightly to the right of the Copy Nin. Both of them were talking animatedly to each other not having seen one another for quite some time. They were more acquaintances than friends but that didn't mean that when they saw each other they couldn't open a bottle of sake and talk about good times. Their current topic of conversation was concerning the girl that was currently sleeping in her bedroom.

"So after all these years," began the elder man, "she came back only to end up living with…you?" he chuckled as if the notion of the idea was ludicrous. While his cheeks had a slight tinge to them he wasn't drunk enough for his voice to sound slurry…yet.

"It's not like I actually offered to look after her," sighed Kakashi while pouring some more liquid beverage into the white haired man's cup. He wasn't as heavy a drinker as his companion, preferring to be able to control his mind and body at all times but he did have a warm fuzzy feeling in his gut.

"Heaven forbid," mumbled the elder man as he downed his recently filled cup. "So she's the one that comes from that tribe of nature controllers isn't she?" he asked indicating he wanted another refill.

"They don't control nature," interrupted a quieter girl's voice.

Both men turned to look at the young girl standing in her pyjamas in the doorway to the living room. It surprised them both that she had managed to sneak out of her room unnoticed. Maybe the alcohol really was starting to get to them.

Kakashi's friend turned his body slightly more to regard the girl better. She looked no older than twelve and yet the dark look in her eyes betrayed the fact that she had seen more than a twelve year old should have. That was the shinobi world though, you either toughened up or you died. "So if they don't control it what do they do?" he asked.

"Nature isn't something a person can control" she began slowly, "shinobi use chakra to create their own elements from the spiritual energy in their body or to meld a certain element into taking a certain form… but no one can actually control nature. My mother's tribe understood that, they appreciated all the natural resources they were given and thanked the earth for it. Whenever they used their shamanistic techniques it wasn't that they controlled nature, it was because they knew how to ask the environment for help…and the environment gave them what they needed."

The three individuals stared at one another for a while before Akari spoke up again. "I've told you about me, and I don't really appreciate the fact that you were talking about me behind my back, but I've explained what you wanted to know so answer me this: Who are you?"

The elder man grinned before getting up extravagantly and started jumping on his right foot in a side wards motion introducing himself as the great toad master Jiraiya before he tripped over in his drunken state and rammed his big toe into the couch before proceeding to hop up and down in pain. The young girl sweat dropped at the sight before turning around and going back to her room having clearly lost interest.

The memory made him chuckle as he stared down at the battlefield not once having lost eye contact with what was going on. Turning slightly, he directed his attention towards his students.

"You could say that," he answered Sasuke, not really concerning himself with the details; Akari could answer their questions better once the exam was over. "However, like her bloodline limit, it does have certain weaknesses or rules that go with it," he pointed down at the fighting couple below making them all turn to look at their teammate. "The first would be that she can't ``control'' what isn't there which explains why she's only using earth" he explained as they watched as Akari avoided and aimed continuous medium sized boulders at her enemy. Now that he had seen her technique he was avoiding them better however her senses were still heightened from synchronizing with her summon making his moves more predictable.

"See the concrete floor still attached to the ground," said Gai, pointing to the grey tiles sticking firmly in place where they had been ripped up from, "had that concrete been thicker she wouldn't have been able to get the ground to break it, the reason the floor here is so thin is because during battles it gets damaged easy so the thinner it is, the easier and cheaper it is to replace."

"The second weakness," continued Kakashi, "is that she can't manipulate her surroundings in any way that it wouldn't be found in its natural state, a look see what I mean," he said interrupting his explanation to make sure their full attention was on the battle below.

At that precise moment both teenagers used their psychic powers to levitate pieces of rock that had come loose and sent them flying at one another only to have them crash into each other forming clouds of dust and dirt.

"Ah I get it," said Sakura excitedly.

"Get what Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto trying to keep up with the drastic turn of events.

"In nature rocks don't float or fly that's why Akari-san uses Seishinryoku to levitate them and throw them as missiles," she explained to her teammate.

"Very good Sakura, a textbook answer," said Kakashi giving her his crinkled one eyed smile.

While Naruto still looked slightly bewildered, Sasuke turned and looked up at Kakashi. "And weakness number three?" he asked. The way Kakashi had been enumerating them made it clear that there was at least one more restriction.

"The third is the most obvious out of the lot," replied the older man as he turned his attention back to the battlefield. "Because no chakra is involved in the techniques they make up for a very poor attack, it's like the elemental chakra weakness grid," he said, however one glance at his students told him they had clearly gotten lost. He repressed the urge to sigh before reminding himself that none of them apart from Sasuke could use elemental Jutsu's, and it was obvious that the stoic boy didn't realize the depth of the situation.

"Allow me to explain Kakashi," interrupted Gai by patting his rival on the shoulder. Somewhere throughout the talk, Kakashi had forgotten that his own students were also interested in what was happening and that none of them really understood what was going on either. "As you all know there are five basic elements found in nature; earth, air, fire, water and lightning. Each one has a strength and a weakness. When a person uses an elemental Jutsu, depending on the strength and the complexity it is ranked from D to S, D being the weakest and S being the strongest. Now for example if we were to take a D rank fire Jutsu and a D rank water Jutsu, the water Jutsu would obviously overpower the fire Jutsu because it is fire's natural weakness. However if we were to use a C rank fire Jutsu against a D rank water Jutsu, the fire would overpower the water even though fire is naturally weak against water. The same happens with elements of the same type, the stronger technique will always win."

"So if Akari-san's techniques use no chakra…" Sakura trailed off already predicting the answer to her question.

"If Sasuke were to use a D rank fire Jutsu against her in a battle and she were to attempt to protect herself with nearby water, the fact that Sasuke's attack is fuelled by chakra would make his attack stronger," finished off Kakashi.

"But then she could just control my Jutsu anyway so she wouldn't need to protect herself," said Sasuke.

Kakashi remained silent for a few seconds before responding. "You just revealed the final restriction; she can only control elements in their true form. The fact that your fire Jutsu's are created from mixing your natural elemental chakra within your body means that that fire belongs to you, because it has your chakra signature in it, she can't control it."

A series of bangs had them all whipping their heads round to looks down to the battlefield again. It seemed that once again the two Seishin members had aimed rock hard projectiles at each other. Both were panting slightly now, and sweat was beginning to trickle down their bodies before silently dripping onto the floor.

"After that explanation, you've made it clear her techniques are pretty useless in a battle," said Sasuke starting to wish this battle would end.

Kakashi chuckled lightly before responding. "Shamans aren't particularly known to be good fighters…but if Akari has shown me something it's that nobody knows her weaknesses better than she does."

The tone of pride in his voice made them look up at him slightly surprised before looking back down at their teammate. Neither of them seemed ready to give up although both of them had tattered clothes and were covered in dirt by now. Naruto gripped hard onto the railing before inhaling deeply and shouting out;

"Akari! Stop playing around with that moron and beat him up already you're getting on my nerves!"

Silence fell across the whole stadium. Most of the spectators had turned to look at the blond after his outburst. Those who knew him back from the academy just shook their heads. This was Naruto after all. He was pretty much a done deal. However their attention didn't last long on him before looking back down at the match. Neither of the two contestants had stopped staring at one another, each one of them on opposite sides of the field regaining their breaths.

'Tch who does he think he is calling me a moron,' thought Takahiro to himself. 'I thought I could end this quickly but this battle has dragged on too long, I should have been able to bring her down by now dammit! It's really hot in here,' he thought as he quickly swiped his brow to free it from the accumulating sweat his gaze not leaving her eyes, those rich dark blue eyes. Her determination was unwavering while his resolve was slowly breaking. He couldn't let this go on any longer. Straightening up he studied the battlefield in search of something to help him.

Meanwhile Akari was studying her opponent carefully. He was worn out mainly because of the stress she'd been making him feel. She knew he hadn't expected her to come this far, especially not after draining her with Robbed Memory, however recovering some of her memories had served to fuel her determination. She couldn't give up until the bitter end, but she knew she couldn't win him with any techniques from the Seishin clan and her elemental control wouldn't deliver any damage that he wouldn't be able to withstand. Although she could tell by the way he was looking at the ground sticking out from the concrete that he was confused as to how she had done it. 'None of my techniques are strong enough to defeat him, unless I manage to stab him or make him feel enough pain to make him give up I won't be able to…' realization suddenly dawn on her as she remembered her father helping her to levitate objects.

"Listen up Akari, first and most important thing you should know is that to be able to use any of our clan's techniques you have to have a calm mind, any internal conflictions with yourself will make it harder for you to concentrate. Our feelings affect the way we think and the way we act sometimes making us do irrational things, however if you learn how to make yourself immune to conflictive emotions or at least to not let them be used against you, you'll be able to master any technique you want."

'I can win this,' she thought, surprising herself with how strong her conviction sounded, 'right now; I know what I have to do.' Raising her eyesight to once again be staring at the boy in front of her a small smirk began forming in the corner of her mouth.

Takahiro glared slightly at the way she was evaluating him. Was she underestimating him? "The hell's so funny?" he snapped.

"Nothing really, just thinking about how to defeat you once and for all," she answered calmly. She had to do this carefully; if he read into her plan the she'd be truly stumped.

"You're a bit cocky for someone who is clearly worse off than me aren't you? Don't go getting ahead of yourself!"

"What's a matter, don't know what to say to your clansmen when you tell them you were defeated by a half blood?"

"You've got some nerve," he snarled. "That isn't going to happen because I'm gonna-"

"I will win this battle," interrupted Akari, "no matter what you say."

Takahiro's eyes widened in shock. That gleam was back in her eyes. Not the determination. But the spark that proved that what she was saying was true. But she was no different to him. In fact she was inferior. She couldn't predict the future so then why was there that damn knowing look in her eyes? The same look his superiors gave to everybody else as they crushed their opponents will and smashed it to pieces. Why was he on the receiving end? He was better than her damn it all. His eyes widened slightly as he looked down at his hand and noticed they were shaking slightly. What exactly was this feeling?

Akari studied Takahiro carefully after she spoke. She had caught him off guard and surprised the hell out of him, but it still wasn't enough. She couldn't tell what was going on through his mind but she continued to stare him down, and then, she saw what she was waiting for, a flicker of doubt had crossed his eyes for barely a second but it had been there and it was more than enough. As soon as he looked down at his hands she was beside him in a second aiming a punch straight at his face.

The poor boy blinked up in surprise not having been expecting an attack and just barely managed to teleport across the field to avoid the hit when suddenly she was right beside him again. It was risky teleporting this much when she was already really drained, but her synchronisation with Kaito was starting to wear off. This needed to end now, it was all or nothing.

Takahiro kept trying to get his baring's about him but she was quickly cornering him, keeping him on the defensive. What was with this girl? Why was she so determined to prove herself? She lived in Konoha; she didn't feel the scrutinizing gaze of the clan elders everyday so then why was she fighting so hard. Even if she did win, it would prove nothing because the truth was there were people so much stronger than him out there. His thoughts were cut short when suddenly he felt something hard press against his back. It took him a fraction of a second too long before her realized she had done that weird technique to make the earth come out of the ground and at the same time he had tried avoiding her attack by jumping backwards. Her fist connected with his face with tremendous force, the back of his head slamming into the hard rock before he felt it crumble and was sent flying across the stadium floor.

The crowd gasped as they watched him roll a few time before he sent chakra into his fists and feet to stop himself. Both of them were once again staring at each other and panting heavily now. The clock seemed to be ticking slowly, unmoving and yet at the same time the whole world was changing. It was unnerving to watch as the two figures just stared each other down, neither of them moving. The only subtle change was the glowing of Akari's eyes that kept flickering before weakening and eventually fading.

Takahiro jumped to his feet determined to give her a punch of his own when suddenly a bolder of rock shot out of the wall to his left. The pressure had caused a pipe to burst sending water flying all over the place and just as abruptly as before she was next to him, constantly pressuring him into avoiding another punch. He felt his toes get wet as she forced him onto the constantly expanding puddle and by the time he realized her arm was covered in electrical currents it was too late. Conducting the electricity like a magnet the water made a quick job of spreading the numbing sensation through his body. It wasn't enough to kill him or knock him out but he could still feel his body tensing up. It was nothing like the lighting nature techniques he'd received from training back in Kumo and in the back of his mind he faintly registered that the attacked lacked chakra in it. The attack ended as quickly as it had come and when he opened his eyes he found himself locked in a perfectly formed full body shield and he realized that with it being hers and him not being able to dispel it, he was screwed.

"You going to give up, or am I going to have to make you?" she asked, her voice shaking slightly.

Where was she getting her strength from?

"Give up?" he asked quietly. "Who said anything about giving up? You can't retain me here, I've seen what you're capable of, just by maintaining this shield active you're running out of energy fast," he snapped out trying to regain some confidence in his voice.

"Is that so?" she asked. Clenching her fist, she made a sharp upward movement and not a fraction of a second later a rock imitated her movement only this time the point was sharp and pierced straight through the boys flesh just above his right knee.

"What the hell is going on down there," mumbled Naruto clearly confused once more by the turn of events.

"It's no use, I can't see a thing," said Neji deactivating his Byakugan, "nothing is happening."

Murmurs were starting to break out around the crowd each asking each other what was going on, trying to confirm as if what they were seeing was real.

Takahiro grit his teeth against the pain before his eyes started glowing and he formed his own shield around himself. "If I'm in here… you won't be able to hit me, and when you run out of energy, this match will be over," he panted out.

Akari looked down on his crouched form, sweat was streaking down her face and she was breathing heavily but the glow in her eyes was unwavering. Placing her foot on the water, she channelled the natural electricity flowing through her body from her nervous system and straight towards him. The shock of once again receiving another discharge made him release his technique. Recovering from her attack he looked up at her with big crystal coloured questioning eyes. What on earth was going on?

"I know the weakest part of your shield is at the base, I've seen through it already so I'll ask you again; Give up," her hands were shaking now and the pain in her head was almost blinding but she just had to hold on for another couple of seconds.

"I'm not going-" He was cut off by his own scream as another bolder shot up dislocating his shoulder. Grabbing on to it he looked up at her fiercely, "You won't be able to hold on for much longer!"

"I don't need to hold on for much longer if I tear you apart, now give up!" she screamed as yet another bolder shot up and broke the bone in his right arm.

Tears were forming at the corner of his eyes because of the pain and his will was quickly fading away, "I… won-"Another scream escaped from his mouth when his other knee cap was shattered.

"You won't be able to be a ninja if you can't fight anymore will you," she stammered weakly, "doesn't that mean anything to you?"

Takahiro choked back the ball that had formed in his throat as he looked up into her pleading eyes. It was then that he realized that this was hurting her more than it was hurting him. Feeling the last of his resolve fade away he shut his eyes to block out those damn deep blue orbs. "I give up," he croaked out, his voice just barely a whisper.

The silence that filled the room was bone chilling and thick. And just when it seemed as if it wasn't going to end, and they were all going to drown in it…

"The winner is Seishin Akari."

His eyes snapped open as he looked over to the examiner who seemed just as puzzled as the rest of the crowd. He looked down at Akari who was on all fours panting heavily, her forehead pressed against the cold concrete as if trying to cool down a fever. She was on the opposite side of the stadium which was weird because he clearly remembered her being in front of him a second ago. His strength failing him his knees gave way making him land in a crouching position. Surprisingly the fall hadn't hurt. Looking down at himself he realized he was actually intact, not a single bone out of place. Now he was really confused and it took his drunken mind a minute to rewind and think back on what had just happened.

"I thought you… you stabbed me," he said raising his shaking hand to confirm it was really his. She was looking at him now, he could feel it. And the murmurs going through the crowds asking if she had caught him in an illusion were starting to unnerve him. "I'm immune to Genjutsu so how…" his eyes widened in shock for the briefest of seconds before he spoke out loud again, "you wouldn't have?"

"It's exactly what you think," she said, her voice breaking due to the dry roughness she was feeling in her throat.

"What on earth is going on!" shouted Naruto jumping up and down grabbing his head as if the confusion hurt.

"Fake Memory," said Kakashi in a low voice catching his students attention, "The person it's used on is forced to see something that never happened but is real, it's not an illusion, it becomes a memory forever engraved in the mind of the victim, making it impossible to distinguish what is real and what isn't. Takahiro-kuns common sense is telling him what he just saw wasn't real but his mind and body are telling him it was. It's the polar opposite of Robbed Memory."

"B-but when did you? I would have noticed if yo-…" once again his eyes widened at the realization of the turn of events. He calmed himself before carrying on in a low voice, "It was when you punched me wasn't it? From that moment onward… everything is fake?"

The girl nodded lightly, the small movement sending her head spinning. The pain was unbearable at this point and her eyesight was starting to get fuzzy.

"But the water," he began looking over to the wall which was intact, not a single mark on it. It was clear he was still trying to piece things together.

"There is no ground in the walls for me to use like that… hell, I don't even know if there are any pipes running in there," she said grimacing slightly against the wild throbbing in her temples.

"No no no, you knew, my shields weakness, you knew it and you used the water… how did you…"

She chuckled lightly at his puzzled face before wincing. "I took a wild guess," she mumbled.

"A guess?" he repeated.

"When I kicked you off of me before and you went through the wall, you came back limping so I figured, either you hadn't been able to create a full shield in time, or your shield was weakest around your feet, judging by the speed you use techniques at, I guessed it was the latter of the two options," she explained while getting to her feet. Her knees where shaking terribly and it seemed like it took all the energy she had just to stay up right.

"But, your shield was…"

"You said it yourself, you've seen what I'm capable of…I'd never be able to create a full body shield like that let alone use my elemental techniques at the same time…" she was stumbling now, slowly making her way towards him.

Still refusing to believe what had happened he scrambled for something that made sense to him. "I'm immune to illusions…I would have notice you use Fake Memory so then how? How did you fool me?"

The crowd had been looking down on the conversation like a tennis match, their heads bobbing from one side of the field to the other all interested in the outcome events. Naturally none of them had seen what Takahiro had experienced. They had just watched the two teenagers stare at each other for what seemed like an eternity before Takahiro suddenly gave up.

Akari stopped in her tracks to catch her breath before answering his question. "It's because you doubted yourself, and by me gaining the upper hand in the battle that doubt turned into fear… in other words, even if it was for the briefest of moments you, a self-proclaimed pure blood was afraid of me, someone who you deemed unworthy to fight right from the very beginning." A slight venom had crept back into her voice at this point as she continued advancing and Takahiro found himself briefly wondering if she was going to punch him and thought that if she did, he probably wouldn't do anything to avoid it. Swallowing hard, he watched as she took the last couple of steps towards him. She was towering over him now and he watched wide eyed as she held out a shaking hand to help him up.

"But you know what? It was a great fight, deep down placing aside all the bashing and childish behaviour I had fun. Thanks for such a great match." She was smiling down at him now and once again he found himself mesmerized by the depth in her eyes except this time he decided to not fight against it. It was pointless anyway, at least this way he felt better. Taking her hand he got to his feet and they remained looking at each other not realising the light grip on one another.

"I…" he began before she cut him off.

"You're more than just you clan you know," she said sadly, looking at the ground her eyes strangely unfocused.

He blinked in surprise for a couple a seconds waiting for her to continue. What was it about this girl that kept him in a constant state of bewilderment?

Her breathing had evened out now and her body had gone numb, even the throbbing in her temples went by unnoticed. "It's okay to protect the ideals of your clan and to defend your clansmen, but… don't let them dictate who you should…be" she trailed of, the last of her strength leaving her as her body fell prey to the law of gravity making her fall backwards.

Tightening his grip around her hand he pulled her towards him and caught her limp form to stop it from receiving any further damage. He could hear the medic team mobilizing themselves behind him and in no time they were by his side pulling open a stretcher and praying her unconscious body from his arms.

"How pathetic," muttered Sasuke watching the scene unfold below them. He had been expecting his teammate to be a better fighter.

"What was that Teme?" growled Naruto, his male comrades words bursting the happy bubble Akari's victory had created.

"I said it was pathetic, she won because she got lucky, had that guy managed to last a couple of minutes longer in his dream world she would have collapsed from exhaustion and he would have won the battle… nothing great about that."

Before Naruto could respond by creating a heated argument Kakashi interrupted effectively shutting the blond up. "Do you really think that Sasuke? That she won because of luck?"

Sasuke just gave his teacher his usual aloof look as if to say 'What of it?'

"Hmm maybe she did get lucky in the end, or maybe Takahiro gave up because she forced him into a corner, but did you notice how throughout the whole battle she was analysing him and deducing her opponent's weaknesses. To be able to stand your ground, and use the battle field to one's advantage, I don't know anybody who does that better than her."

"Oh come on, she guessed his shield was weakest around his feet and like I said got lucky, it was a 50x50 chance and she took a hell of a risk when choosin-"

"And that's exactly why she won," interrupted Kakashi calmly. "Akari is the kind of person who gambles a lot with the possibilities given to her, the fact that she has a lot to lose also means she has a lot to win…it's exactly the same reason why she's so good at card games," he added jokingly making reference to the amount of times they had lost against their female companion. Card games were mind games and it was usually Sasuke or Sakura who were up against her last, their blond teammate having been eliminated the first due to his lack of foresight. Making a quick seal he appeared in the sparring area just as the medic team were making their way towards the corridor leading to the emergency room that had been set up for the duration of the exam.

"Get Genma to take her home once you've finished patching her up," said Kakashi's calm voice making the young Kumo Nin look up at him. He hadn't felt the man appear beside him.

"Hatake-san with all due respect, she's pushed herself beyond her limits she needs to be hospitali-"

"Once you've finished your job and realized that she'll be alright with an aspirin and a good night's sleep, get Genma to take her home, he should be one of the escort Jounin, it'll be an easy job for him, at least let her sleep in a comfortable bed," he continued as if he hadn't been spoken to. He knew her well enough to know she didn't need to be occupying a hospital bed for long. She'd be fine by the morning…hopefully.

Giving the Copy Nin a dirty look that clearly told him to not tell other how to do their jobs, he turned on his heel and walked away towards the door after his colleagues before turning and addressing Takahiro. "If you want to have that ankle fixed I suggest you follow me." Without waiting to see his decision he carried on walking down the hall.

Takahiro just stared at the doorway where the Medic Nin had been standing moments ago before letting out a deep sigh. "Dictate who I am huh?" he chuckled before limping out of the room as gracefully as he could. Now that his body had cooled down his ankle had swollen, making it difficult to walk in the tight shinobi sandles.

The rest of the crowd had now angled their attention back at the monitor on the wall getting ready to see who would be fighting next. All but one.

Orochimaru's eyes followed the male Seishin out of the room, a small grin playing about his mouth. The boy had definitely been really entertaining to watch. Maybe once he had obtained the Sharingan he could aim for a Seishin clan member again. Mental energy techniques were just too tempting to pass up. So far the Chunnin exams were going really well, they had served as a good source of information at the least. At that moment the flashing letters came to a stop announcing the next contestant's names;

Akado Yoroi Vs. Uchiha Sasuke

A wide grin split across his snakelike face. It seemed the exam was going to get so much more interesting.

A.N: I told you not all was what it seemed didn't I? I hope you really enjoyed the battle, they are really hard to write and by this point I hope my readers will trust me and give me a chance to create the story from here and trust me to not mess it up. I know where I want to go with this and I am ever grateful for all your support. Had Akari been created as a character to role play with I wouldn't have added the elemental manipulation techniques in fear of godmodding. But she was created to be a full character with her drawbacks and personality flaws and I wanted mysticism and spiritualism to play a great part in her life, I can only hope to have your trust and support to let me prove I can create a good well balanced story.

On a lighter note, chapter 9 probably won't take as long as this because like I said it's been haunting me for the past 3 weeks and because the picture has been finished for ages so yeah thanks to all my readers and rate, review and fav ;) Piece.