To the stage went Sakura. She awaited this Akio and down he came, turning out to be the other Taki male. Sakura pulled on her gloves with excitement. She recently had gotten new combat clothes to accommodate the fighting style that Lady Tsunade had taught her. She brought her fists up and waited for the large genin to make his first blunder of the day.
Kakashi watched with surprise. Sakura was a medical ninja and a genjutsu type, yet she readied herself for taijutsu. It was completely bizarre based on what he knew about the pink haired kunoichi. He saw the male on the floor begin to sloppily rush toward her and expected her to dodge and fall back. Sakura had dodged, jumping into the air, but falling back was not on her itinerary of things to do in this match. She brought her fist down on her opponent as he was forced into the floor, it rupturing somewhat, causing cracks and one of the concrete tiles to come up.
The silver haired sensei watched in awe. What was Tsunade thinking when she taught Sakura that? Sakura had potential in genjutsu, and that was what he had expected she would improve upon. This was a much different approach the young girl's training and much more effective than he could have imagined.
Sakura raised another fist and began to bring it down on the enemy when she was flung off by the hulking monster of a genin. How old was this guy anyway? Sakura threw some shuriken and him and jumped into the air while he was distracted by them. She brought down her fist on his head and he was driven to the ground again. She jumped off of him as he got up weakly. He took a breath and looked to her.
Gaara smirked at Sakura's extreme improvement and almost scary strength. Lee was cheering from behind "That's right Sakura! You are the greatest my flower! Let the power of youth guide you!" Gai had joined him is similar babble as they proclaimed the various great things about youth.
Gaara could barely think with all the noise not two feet away from him. He tried hard to concentrate on the battle and ignore the two green suited weirdos. It was hard but things were starting to pick up again as the Kiri nin ran at Sakura, intending to do some damage of his own. He swung at her and now she began to fall back as Kakashi had originally expected. She kept jumping back, expertly dodging his less than graceful strikes.
Soon though, she hit the wall. When he attempted to strike this time she dropped to the floor and threw a kunai at his gut. It got stuck shallowly but that was easily remedied. She aimed at the kunai with another powerful hit. It sunk into his gut, passing through his stomach, just barely avoiding his spine and exiting out the other side. He stumbled backward, grasping at his abdomen.
Her counter had been effective and now was the time to finish this match cleanly. She ran toward her opponent and aimed for his head. She made contact with the not surprisingly dense skull of his. His head slowly turned as he resisted. It had reached its limit and he flew backward, crashing into the wall and falling unconscious. The proctor watched on in shock as the room fell completely silent. Everyone stared at the genin across from her.
One of the jounin ran up to the kid and checked for a pulse. They sighed in relief "he's alive! Quickly, get him to the infirmary!" Medical nin entered and placed him on a stretcher. It took four of them to lug him out of the arena. Sakura returned to the stand to find an awestruck Kakashi.
"Well it seems you have… improved." He said cautiously. They cleared the arena, making a quick repair the damaged floor. Once again names were displayed for the next match. "Rock Lee vs. Toru".
Lee clenched his fists "and just as I thought my opponent would be you, Gaara! Perhaps we will clash in the finals. For now though, I must fight another!" He proclaimed.
"Lee, you have an opponent now of unknown strength and ability. That can be one of the toughest opponents to beat. Now, go fight a youthful match and claim your place in the finals!" Gai instructed.
"Yes Gai sensei! Your words have made me realize the true error of my assumptions! I shall fight this battle to its fullest!" Lee yelled to the other insane man in front of him. He then rushed enthusiastically to the stage and looked for his opponent. He didn't see any more unknown males. It was quite strange. His opponent did not seem to be there.
Author's Note: Oh boy. Don't ask what the hell is wrong with me because I have no idea.
