This chapter is longer because I really wanted to end the tests this chapter
Sonic: Aww! What's wrong Sasu? I bet you thought I couldn't fight.
Sasuke: (scowls) Wait, back up. Sasu, really?
Sonic: (shrugs) I nickname a lot of my friends.
Sasuke: (crosses arms and looks away) You are not my friend. What I said before was just in the spur of the moment. Hn. You are barely a worthy opponent.
Sonic: (grins) Bro, you mad, or nah?
Sasuke: I'm not mad! I'm just…
Sonic: (leans closer) Juuuusssssssstt?
Sasuke: Just surprised that you can do what you did earlier! There, are you happy now?
Sonic: (smugly grins) Very.
Tests (2/2)
"Just give up, hedgehog. You will not win this fight" Neji boasts as he walks to his side of the field. So, Neji is a physical attacker…he hits the person's pressure points. I have to watch out for that. "You won't stand a chance since you will not be able to move in three minutes." I just shake my head.
"Ready?" We both nod at Kakashi. "Begin!"
"Byakugan!" Neji shouts immediately and his eyes strain. I cringe when I see all the veins around and in his eye. Ouch. He starts to circle around me and I don't move. A little nervous of what's to come. He does this for a minute, then smirks. "I suggest you quit now, so you won't embarrass yourself out here." I stand my ground. Sonic the hedgehog is not a quitter!
"Fine." He remarks before leaping at me, palms forward. I try to dodge to my left, but he catches my left shoulder. I gasp and clutch said shoulder. I can't feel or move my arm! Dammit, this is bad! I back up some and look at Neji. He has a smug look on his face that lasts a moment before turning into an expression of intense focus.
He runs towards me again with impressive speed and reels back his palm, covered with chakra. Before I even think of moving, Neji hits me square in the chest. I double over in pain, the breath knocked right out of me. I hear Neji chuckle. "Just one more hit, and you'll be out like a light."
I straighten back up, wincing in the process. I have to think of something, fast! I won't to be able to dodge this time; I know that for sure. He has to touch me to do damage, but what if…? I got it!
"You just won't give up, will you?" I shake my head and glare. He shrugs only to come at me, hopefully, for the last time. When he gets close enough, I turn around, back facing Neji, and stiffen my quills a little. I feel two hard hits before a very high pitched scream rings in my ears.
I turn around to a pitiful sight. Neji in on the ground staring at his hands slightly shaking. I sorta feel bad for him, but this is what Sakura is for, right? I walk up to him and try to touch his shoulder with my right hand, but it didn't even twitch. Mentally face palming, I touch him with my left hand. He wakes up from his reverie and glares at me. He then gets up silently to walk over to the others.
Geez…what a sore loser. As soon as I get back to the sideline, Sasuke walks up to me with a worried glint in his eyes. What? Sasuke worried. Nah, I must be imagining things.
"Can you move your arm at all?" I shake my head then Naruto comes over.
"Neji's hands are mangled!" Not really. Just a few nasty paper cuts. "Man, your quills are nothing to play with!"
"Yeah!" Lee agrees, not in an obnoxiously loud voice this time. "I want to be next to test your youthful spirit!"
"Heh, your gonna have to wait Lee. I want to go next and ladies first!" Tenten cuts in.
Lee deflates. "I guess you can go…"
"W-wait!" We all look at Hinata. She starts to push her fingers together. "S-shouldn't Sonic get his arm f-fixed first?" I forgot about that! And she does have a point…
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Neji's hands needed healing too ya know!" Sakura says making her way over to me. She crouches down and starts to work on my shoulder. The effects are immediate. I have feeling in it again! Sakura steps back. "Now rotate your shoulder." I did so and she smiles. "It healed perfectly!"
Tenten clasps her hands together. "Now that's done. Let's get this show on the road!" I smile at her. She reminds me of Rouge, well, a less gem obsessed Rouge.
We reach our spots. "Begin!" Yells Kakashi.
Tenten just stands over there and looks me over, like Choji earlier. I stare back. She said she could summon weapons to use. How is she going to use that here? A flash of white knocks me out of my focus. I look up to see dark clouds overhead; it's going to rain soon, and I can totally use that to my advantage.
"Alright! Are you ready for this Sonic?" I watch her cautiously as she does those weird hand sighs again. "Don't worry! I won't hurt you, badly." She finishes the signs and shouts, "Twin rising dragons!"
She jumps high into the air with two scrolls whirling around her. Then there is a poof and now at least fifty sharp metal weapons are floating suspended in the air, all pointed at me. I step back in half fear, half awe. She wasn't playing when she said she could summon them at will!
She laughs. "Don't get scared now!" With a flick of her wrist, she sends the barrage of metals charging towards me. Ok! It time for some quick stepping here. I have to do it perfectly if I don't want to be turned into a hedge-kebob.
I start weaving my way through the weapons. I duck and dodge quickly for a few more seconds before they stop coming. Panting, I look at Tenten how has returned to the ground. Her eyes are comically wide. "How in the heck did you dodge all those!?" I just grin. She scowls. "No! I'm not done with you yet!"
She runs forward carrying a sword that I didn't know she even had. Then…she trips on one of her scattered weapons on the ground.
Talk about ironic.
She falls head forward, eating dirt, and trying not to laugh my tail off, I walk over to touch her shoulder. She groans as she spits dirt out of her mouth. I grab her hand and help her up. "Thanks." I give her a smile and we walk to the others. Before anyone says anything, thunder roars and it starts to rain.
"Aww..my hair!" Ino whines and Tenten scoffs.
"Calm down. It's just water." Ino crosses her arms and pouts. I chuckle. I don't really mind it. Kiba then comes over and pokes me in my nose.
"I think we all have come to a conclusion here: you, my friend, are a little speed devil." I push his finger away and grin at him. They got most of it, but they don't know just how fast I can go. "But that doesn't change anything. You still aren't going to get past me!"
"Hey…!"
"You'll get your turn Lee! Just hold your horses." I just sigh and, looking over, see Sasuke staring at me. His eyes are mostly unreadable, but I see the curiosity buried underneath those black pools. I raise an eyebrow and he looks away with a grunt.
"So Kakashi sensei," Naruto turns to the ninja in question. "Are we gonna continue in the rain?" The jonin thinks for a second, then glances at Tsunade.
"It's fine with me if it is with you, Tsunade."
"The rain makes this more interesting." She replies with a grin.
"So troublesome…"
"My food's gonna get soggy!"
"Suck it up." Sasuke glares at Shikamaru and Choji; they both shut up.
"Can we start now?" Kiba half whines.
"Yeah." Answers Kakashi.
"Woo!" Kiba runs to his spot while a jog to mine. This guy's energy is contagious!
"Ready?" I can barely hear Kakashi over the pouring rain and pounding thunder. In fact, I can hardly see Kiba at the other end of the field! "Begin!"
I squint to see Kiba give himself and Akamaru some kind of pill. My eyes widen when I see Akamaru change from white to red and when Kiba's appearance becomes feral.
"Let's go Akamaru! This will be a piece of cake!" The pup barks in agreement beside him. How are they so confident in themselves? Didn't they see what happened to the six before them?
Kiba gets on all fours and starts to growl. Then Akamaru beside him turns into Kiba himself! Man, what else can they do?
"Fang over fang!" Kiba yells and the duo starts to turn around rapidly, forming two identical mini cyclones. Plan, plan! I need a plan here! Frantically looking around, I spot the same tree I knocked out Choji with. This should be easier because it's raining and traction on the ground isn't going to help the duo's case at all. I start to back up closer to the tree slowly and hope neither of the two can sniff out my plan yet.
They obviously didn't because they charge me a ridiculously fast speed, not matching mine of course. I wait for a split second longer because there are two of them, and I don't want one the turn at the last second. They are literally a foot away when I jump up and let them both slam into the tree underneath.
Again, there is debris everywhere, but the rain quickly clears it out. I land in front of them and turn back to see Kiba with swirls in his eyes. Akamaru has his head stuck in the tree, trying but failing to pull free. I grin and pull the puppy free. He shakes and licks my hand. I go and squat in front of Kiba. Snapping my fingers in his face, he come to.
"Oh my head…" He grumbles as he stands up. Rubbing his head, he looks at me. "Maybe I underestimated you…" I raise an eyebrow. Ya think?
When he starts to walk, he stumbles a bit. Getting up next to him, I take his arm and toss it over my shoulders so he can have some support. He looks thankfully at me and we make it to the others, Kiba almost pulling a Tenten twice.
Sakura takes Kiba off my hands and Lee bounces up to me. "Yosh! It is finally my time to shine!" Ok, two things: 1. Why are there stars in his eyes? 2. What in the hell does 'yosh' mean?
Lee bounds over to his side of the clearing and before I could, Sasuke walks over to me. He is looking over at Lee. "Looks like you really have some kind of talent." He turns towards me with a smirk. "Just don't get too cocky out there. I do want to go against you, after all." Same for you too, bud. I leave for my spot with a two fingered salute.
When I get to my spot, Lee, who had been jogging in place, stops and makes his way towards me. He holds out a dripping hand. "Let's have a good fight!" I grin and shake his hand. He runs back to his spot as thunder roars overhead. I turn my head towards the crying sky, feel the water run down my body, and take a deep breath. Now let's focus on Lee, the real physical attacker.
Because I can't directly attack him, I am going to have to block and dodge until I get an opening.
"Are you ready?" Kakashi shouts and we both nod. "Begin!"
After a moment of silence, Lee speeds over to me with surprising traction on the wet ground. I have great traction also because my custom shoes are made for any terrain, but Lee doesn't seem to lose his balance once. That could be a problem.
Next thing I know, Lee is right in front of me, sending a punch straight for my face. I just as quickly block it and immediately feel pain in my arm. Dammit, this guy can hit hard! I'm pretty are that spot is gonna bruise.
Lee then follows through with a kick to my abdomen. I stop that leg cold by grabbing onto it. Then Lee uses that to twist and use his other leg to kick me in my side. It would have hit if I hadn't let go and backed up quickly.
"You even might be faster than me!" Lee gushes. Might? He will change that observation real soon.
He rushes again and soon it becomes a collection of Lee punching and kicking while I try to block every single one of them. One of us eventually has to give, and it ain't going to be me! I think blocking another kick by Lee. He then backs off and I sigh in relief, at least I get a little breather. I put my hands on my knees and pant.
I glance up at Lee to see him with his eyes closed.
"You are in for it now, Sonic!" I glance over to Neji with my brow raised, but he just smirks at me, saying no more. What is he talking about? I turn back to Lee. He's just- my brain stops functioning for a moment.
I see Lee, but he is surrounded by a bunch of that blue chakra stuff. I flinch when he finally opens his eyes and stares at me. He then couches down only to disappear from sight. Standing back up, I search around everywhere for him. The rain isn't helping much. Where in the hell did he go? He was just here!
All of a sudden, there is a sharp pain in my stomach, and I propel into the air. I look down at the ground just in time to see Lee disappear again. Sensing someone nearby, I see Lee flying in the air behind me in the corner of my eye. I gasp. How…?
Lee's shouting snaps me out of my stupor. "Shadow of the dancing leaf!" Lee tilts my body so it would by belly up, then he is using momentum to turn around. Ok, if I don't act right now, I'm pretty sure I will be part of the ground if Lee kicks me downwards as hard as I think he will. When his leg is right above my stomach, I grab his foot, twist him so he is under me, and let go. I inwardly chuckle. His face is priceless!
I land on the ground safely after Lee falls to the ground. He lies on the ground, I guess still in shock, a few yards away from me. I walk up to him, kneel down, and touch his shoulder. Lee snaps his gaze onto me and sighs. After I help him up, he wipes the mud from his face.
"How did you do that?" He asks as we make our way back to the others. "No one has evaded my jutsu before! Not even Sasuke over there!"
Sasuke scoffs. "I still say it just caught me off guard…"
"Well Sasuke, looks like it's your turn to take on little blue here." Sakura comments looking over Lee.
"Yeah, it is." He looks at me. "And this is the farthest you will go." Finishing with a smirk, he walks to his spot, hands in his pockets.
"Good luck Sonic!" Ino cheers me on.
"Don't lose to Teme! You still have to fight me, remember?" Naruto taunts and I grin at him. I didn't forget.
I jog to my side and realize that the storm has let up and that you can now see specks of blue in the gray sky. I glance towards Sasuke to see him staring at me blankly. It's a little unnerving, but I know it's just to psych me out. I just put my hand on my hip. He has the eye thing that tracks the opponent's movements…well he just met someone that won't work on!
"Ready?" Sasuke grunts while I nod. "Begin!" Heh, this is about to be over real quick!
"Sharingan!" Sasuke shouts and then his eyes turn red with three dots. I almost want to take a step back, but I steal myself and stand still. He takes a couple steps towards me, trying to look intimidating. It isn't working because I grin and walk forwards. Sasuke seems confused by my confidence, but he put up a guarded stance anyway.
I stop about two yards away from him and wave. He puts up an eyebrow and my grin widens. Then, faster than the human eye can even catch, I run in circles around Sasuke. Now, if he can't see me with those special eyes, he should see multiple copies of me in the form of afterimages.
When Sasuke starts looking around in confusion, I know my theory is correct. Score! I chuckle silently when he tries to punch one the fakes, only to have his fist phase through. He's eyes widen and he tries to focus, but he doesn't get anywhere. He kicks another one to get the same effect.
Thinking he has had enough torture for right now, I stop behind him and tap his shoulder. He spins around to look at me with wide eyes. He hesitantly pokes my and realizing he is actually touching me, pulls away.
"How…how did you fool my Sharingan?" Sasuke asks incredulously. I just grin at him. No one is perfect, even I have my flaws. I do a 'come on' with my hand and start to walk away. Not hearing footsteps behind me, I turn to see Sasuke still staring at me. Sighing, I go back to him and flick his forehead. He slowly blinks and raises his hand to where I touched him, but doesn't move otherwise. Did my little stunt surprise him this much?
Shaking my head, I grab his wrist and pull him to the others, who aren't faring much better. We make it and Sasuke sounds like a broken record.
"but I didn't…didn't see your chakra…didn't…"
Naruto is the first to regain brain function out of the whole group, including Kakashi and Tsunade.
"How did you make multiple shadow clones without making any chakra? And a better question: how did you learn how to?" Shadow clone? I'm pretty sure it wasn't a shadow, or a clone either… so I just shrug, not really able to explain myself.
"It is interesting how you did it without chakra…" Neji thinks out loud.
"Yeah! I didn't sense that he used any either!" Kiba agrees, then shrugs. "Well, I guess it doesn't really matter." Kiba hits Naruto on his back. "It's your turn now Naruto!"
Naruto grins smugly at me. "Sure is, and this time it's a real fight! Get ready Sonic, you're gonna get creamed!" I roll my eyes. It should be the other way around.
Sasuke, finally returning from whatever world he was in, speaks up. "Don't get too cocky Dobe. If Sonic surprises us like he did back there, you might be in trouble."
"You've seen me fight Teme! I'm so good, I might as well be better than you!"
Sasuke scoffs. "As if." Before anyone else can say anything else, Kakashi cuts in.
"Congrats for making it this far Sonic. We all have learned some…surprising things about you." I grin at that. "Now is the offense portion of the test. You now will be going against Naruto."
"That's right!" Naruto boasts. "OW!"
"Shut up and let him finish, you baka!" Sakura yells after she punched him in the head.
"Right…" Kakashi continues. "The rule will change. In order to win, one has to pin the other down. Oh, and try not to break any bones out here. If you do, it'll be longer before we get back to the house because bones need longer time to heal." He eye smiles. "Nobody got time for that, understood?" I nod again, itching to start. Naruto must be thinking the same thing.
"Ok, ok Kakashi sensei! Can we start now?"
"Yep! Now get ready!" Naruto runs over to his spot and I walk over to mine. However I hear Tsunade's faint voice.
"He's interesting, isn't he?"
"Hmm…" Kakashi hums in agreement. That means I'm special around here. Hopefully that doesn't get me in any trouble…
I get to my spot and take a deep breath. I get to punch and kick this time, my specialty!
"Go for the gold, Sonic!" Sakura cheers me on and Naruto pouts.
"Hey!"
She chuckles, "You too Naruto!"
He turns from Sakura to me. "Ready to lose, Sonic? Why am I even asking?" He chuckles and I smirk at him. That attitude will bring him down alone.
Kakashi calls out. "Ready Naruto?"
"I was born ready!" I hear I muffled 'Dobe' in the background and snicker inwardly.
"Sonic?" I give him a thumbs up.
"Begin!"
Wasting no time, Naruto calls out, "Multi-shadow clone jutsu!" About fifty Narutos appear on the field, impressive, but it isn't enough. "Surround him!" The real Naruto orders. The clones then stand in a circle around me. The real one joins as well. "What are you going to do now against my fifty clones?"
I can do a lot, Naruto, a lot.
First I gotta get rid of all the clones. I grin at Naruto and then run quick enough around the circle to create a strong wind that knocks all of them back a good distance. They all poof out of existence when they hit the ground, except Naruto, who unfortunately lands and slides for a bit on his right arm. The rocks on the ground cutting it and drawing blood.
Naruto stands up and touches his arm. He winces then brings his hand up to his face, seeing the blood. Naruto snaps his eyes towards me and I grin, crossing my arms. "So, you were holding back all this time, huh? Well you got your speed, but I outclass you in power, believe it!"
Fat chance of that, even though I'm not the strongest, that title belongs to Knuckles, I'm not a soft hitter. With a battle cry, Naruto charges at me, fist raised. When he gets close enough, I quickly sidestep to the left. I turn to see Naruto try to keep his balance from missing me. He is so losing this. He turn towards me again.
"How? You were just right there!" He shouts pointing to the spot I was in seconds before. I just shrug. He huffs and charges again. This time, I move to the rights when he is about to hit me. "I'm gonna have to try something different." I hear Naruto growl to himself. Whatever he does isn't gonna work, can't he see that?
Naruto does some hand signs and then looks at me, seeming to be waiting for something. I blink and he does his war cry again. Again, I step to the left when he gets close enough, and when I do, I get a face full of fist. My head gets forced to the right to see a Naruto, the one coming at me, disappear. It was a clone! Naruto was waiting for me to blink so he could switch! That sneaky bastard.
Now I taste the blood in my mouth. Ok, it's time to get serious. I turn my head back to look at Naruto, who has a mocking grin on his face.
"See? I told you-" He is silenced by a hard kick to his jaw following a swift punch to stomach. He flies back and slides a couple feet. Powerful kicks made from years of running.
He groans as he gets up. He is covered in the mud from the storm earlier; he has a couple scrapes from the ground and a pretty bruise on his left cheek, thanks to my right foot.
Naruto rubs his bleeding lip and winces when he brushes over his bruise. Growling, he comes at me again, but this time I am not going to dodge. I am gonna take this head on.
The result of that is something like what Lee and I did. The difference is that Naruto is getting hits on me and I am on him at the same time. This goes on for about ten minutes. Just us punching, kicking, and blocking. It's starting to get tiring, so I decide to put a stop to it. I bring up my foot to Naruto's stomach and push hard. He stumbles back a ways.
We are both panting with hands on our knees. I have multiple bruises and cuts from Naruto's kunai, on dangerously close to my eye. Naruto isn't fairing any better, if not worse. He has bruised like me, but a lot more cuts from my quills. He also has bite marks on his arms.
Heh, guilty as charged.
After a couple of minutes of silence, Naruto wheezes out, "Ok, no more playing games." I couldn't agree more. "Shadow clone jutsu!" Didn't he do that trick already? But the clone doesn't come at me, he goes behind Naruto. The real one holds out his hand and the clone starts to scratch at it.
I feel a sudden breeze and see that it is accumulating in the palm of Naruto's outstretched hand, becoming blue in color. It is taking the shape of a ball and increasing in size. I just stare at it. If that thing hits me, I'm out for the count!
When he finishes, he dispels the clone. Naruto glances at me and smirks.
"RASENGAN!" He yells and runs towards me. I stare at the sphere in horror.
"Move Sonic!" I snap out of it when I hear Sasuke's voice. At the last second, I move out the way but the surrounding wind knocks me to the ground. I try to get up, but Naruto is already on top of me, pinning my hand down on the ground. I start to struggle.
"It's all over now! I won and you lost! Stop struggling, you can't go anywhere. I got your hands pinned!" He laughs, and he's right. I can't move my hands, but I can still move my legs! Bad move on your part Naruto!
I position my feet so they are in between me and him, then push with all my strength. He soars backwards with a shout and crashes into the tree I used against Choji and Kiba. That tree has been so helpful to my today!
Naruto hits it with a thud and he groans, sinking down onto his knees.
"Hn. Better than I expected out of you, Sonic." I hear Sasuke say, but my eyes don't leave Naruto's slumped form. At Sasuke's voice, however, his head snaps up to stare at him. Jealousy is written all over his face. I guess he has never gotten such comment from Sasuke, and for the latter to give it to me, a stranger really, must be really hard for him.
Naruto starts to growl loudly and he snaps his eyes over to me. I cringe because they are not their usual crystal blue, but a blood red. Also, he looks more feral. The whiskers on his cheeks are darker, also his teeth and nails are longer. I haven't seen him take any soldier pills, but the most noticeable thing about Naruto is that he is surrounded by red chakra. I glance to the audience and see that they aren't really phased by this, like they have seen it before. Kakashi and Tsunade, however, look a little nervous.
I turn back to see that Naruto is on his feet standing by the tree, dark red eyes boring into mine. I don't know what to do, so I just stare back into those blood abysses.
I blink.
I then feel a sharp pain as Naruto uppercuts straight into my chest. I hear something break.
"AAHH!" I scream as I am propelled into the air. At least my voice is working now. I fly for before hitting the ground hard. The pain in my chest increased so much that it feels that it is on fire. I try to move my left arm, but stop when pain shoots into my elbow. Damn, must've broken that when I landed.
I lift my head groaning only to cough up a good amount of blood. Opening my eyes, Naruto is standing were I once was, on the other side of the field.
"Naruto! You hit him too hard!" Sakura cries out.
Naruto just crosses his arms, and looks over to me. His eyes are back to blue. "I did that so he couldn't get up, and I got him his voice back!" He smirks and start to walk away to where the others are. I start to tremble with anger.
He thinks he is so high and mighty! He didn't even win yet and he is walking with his head high. He also goes against Kakashi's wishes and breaks my goddamn arm and lord knows what else! Well screw Kakashi!
Who's ready to go faster than the speed of sound? Hell yeah, I'm ready!
So I slowly rise up, causing Naruto to look back at me from halfway across the field. I stand straight, ignoring the pain in my chest and left elbow. I'm gonna need one hand for this. I look straight into Naruto's eyes and give him the most evil smile I have ever done. No one has ever made me this mad, even Eggman! He seems unnerved, and the smile widens. I move into a track runner's position.
"Here I come!"
Then I speed towards him, kick him to the ground, and twist his arms to his back in less than a second.
"H-How?" Naruto sputters.
I answer by twisting both his arms until I hear two cracks. What? He broke my arm and I don't know how many ribs! Naruto moans in pain and I hear footsteps coming closer. I turn to see Kakashi, Sakura and Tsunade. Kakashi comes up to me with a smile on his face, the other two look worried however.
"Congrats Sonic, you've won! Now would you get off my student, if you please." Tsunade and Sakura both agree with minute nods. Naruto doesn't deserve to be helped, the way he was acting. Jealousy of all things! But if I don't get off him, who knows what his friends will do.
I stare at Kakashi, then look down at Naruto, whose face is twisted in agony. I sigh and step away from the blonde. As soon as I do, the pain in my chest returns ten-fold. I drop to one knee.
"Dammit." I whisper.
Tsunade comes to help me up while Kakashi and Sakura help Naruto. We lock eyes, I give him a wicked grin, and he looks away scowling. I am cheering on the inside. I won against this arrogant dobe, as Sasuke would say. And there is nothing Naruto could say that can change that.
We make our way to the others in silence, and when we get there, no one makes a sound. I carefully sit down in the grass, away from the others grouping around Naruto, using my right arm. I glance over there to see Kakashi and Sakura help Naruto all the way to the ground and I grin.
Tsunade, the only one not near Naruto, checks me over as Sakura does the same to Naruto. Tsunade is the first to speak. I guess it's procedure here to shout out someone's injuries to the world.
"Minor cuts and bruises but a deep cut under the right eye. A broken left elbow and two cracked ribs on the right side." Everyone looks at Naruto with half disappointed, half impassive looks.
"Naruto…" Ino says. You can tell she is one of the disappointed ones.
"What?"
"You know what you did was wrong." Naruto looks over to me and I just stare back impassively. He just grunts and drops his head. Now Sakura starts to say Naruto's wounds.
"Minor cuts and bruise but a very dark bruise on his left check. He also has many bite marks on his arms." The others turn towards me, and I grin to show off my canines. Sakura continues. "Lastly, he has two dislocated shoulders." Everybody now looks at me with wary dispositions. Don't blame them.
Finally Sasuke speaks up. "It's a tradeoff, broken bones for broken bones." Now Tsunade and Sakura start healing me and Naruto. Kiba speaks up next. "That fight had to be the best one I've ever seen! You know, until…" He doesn't even have to say it. It was when either Naruto or I went bat shit crazy. I'm leaning towards when I did though. "Also, Sonic, who know you can break the sound barrier?!" I grin, but then cough up more blood.
"Yeah, I would like to see the extent of Sonic's abilities." Neji speaks up. There are murmurs of agrees until Tsunade cuts in.
"There will be no asking of questions until he is fully healed, understood?!" Everyone nods.
Thirty minutes pass and Tsunade is finishing up my elbow, the last thing she needs to heal. Sakura had finished with Naruto five minutes ago because Tsunade took her time healing my ribs to make sure they were in the right place.
I look up into the find it a navy blue and the moon high. There is no sign that it ever rained here, besides the moist ground. We have been out here fighting all day! And the odd thing is, I don't feel hungry. Guess the French toast held me over.
The others are having little conversations about the questions they want to ask me or about random stuff that doesn't hold my attention. I take a deep breath and feel the cool wind fill my lungs with fresh air. Then Tsunade pulls away from me.
"Move it and see if it hurts or not." I nod and bend my arm, no pain. I smile at her. "Ok, then you're all fixed." As soon as she says that, Kiba jumps up.
"Alright! Question time!" Everyone, including Naruto, gets a little closer to me. Naruto is the only one glaring though.
"First off." Choji turns from me to Naruto. "Why did you go all psycho on Sonic?"
Naruto looks at the ground and shuffles his feet. "I guess I overreacted when the teme complemented him when I was trying to make myself an equal to him, that's all."
"You shouldn't get all worked up about that, you idiot."
"Shut up Teme! And… you saw him out there." I think that is a complement.
"Naruto, you shouldn't be like that over a loss."
"I know, but I was so sure I was going to beat him! I mean, just look at him!" Ok, that isn't one. I scowl at him and growl quietly. I flinch when someone put their hand on my shoulder. I turn and am surprised to see Shino shaking his head. Somehow, this calms me down.
"Yeah, speaking of Sonic." Shikamaru starts and everyone stares at me. I sigh, here it comes. "What I would like to know is-"
"Wait a minute!" Tenten interrupts. "I'm sick of the bad vibes between these two, how about we make them apologize!" She finishes pointing back and forth between me and Naruto.
"YOSH!" Lee yells and I cover my ears to minimize the damage. "IT WOULD MAKE THEIR YOUTHFULNESS SHINE!" I take my hands down, and everyone is eyeing my cautiously.
"That's a good idea, Tenten, since we know that Sonic can speak our language." Ino agrees.
"Naruto." Kakashi says. "You first because you had the worst attitude." Naruto glares at Kakashi.
"Fine." He turns to me and speaks softly. "Sorry Sonic."
"Aww! Now was that so hard?" Kakashi coos, and he is at the receiving end of a glare again.
"Now it's your turn Sonic." Shikamaru yawns.
"Sorry Naruto." I then get up and stretch. "Oh and guys, I don't feel like answering any questions today. See ya at the house!" I speed off before anyone says a word
