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"Arashi Himura and Kabuto Yakushi, are you two ready for this fight?" Asked Hayate to the two fighters standing in front of him. They both nodded and Kabuto pushed his glasses up and smirked. "Okay then let the sixth match Begin!"
They both got in fighting stances and looked each other in the eye. "You know Arashi; I have heard great things about you. I am particularly interested in how you got to go on an A-rank mission as a genin, a rookie no less. But also I want to test your power with my own."
"Well I don't think you're going to get to see that much because I'm going to end this quickly. I have gotten a bad vibe from you ever since we met, prepare yourself Kabuto."
Arashi suddenly disappeared from the sight of the genin, only the Jonin and Lee could actually see what he was doing. Of course this excluded Kabuto, who was wondering if it was an invisibility jutsu. 'It has to be some sort of jutsu; no genin can move that fast without a jutsu.' Suddenly He was hit hard with an upwards kick to his chest.
Kabuto went flying into the air, he was desperately trying to find Arashi but to no avail. Then almost as fast as the first kick he was hit with a jaw shattering punch that sent Kabuto shooting into the walls of the arena, leaving a small crater where he hit it.
"That is impossible! He is as fast as I am with my we…never mind" Lee said but clamping his mouth shut so no one would find out he had weights on. He then looked up to his sensei and asked. "Gai-sensei how is it possible for him to have that kind of speed? I hardly think anyone can train as hard as I do!"
"Now Lee, don't get jealous. You will just have to show them what real speed is in your match." He said patting Lee on his back.
Kabuto was still in the crater and was trying to move out but he was badly damaged so far from Arashi's attacks. He already had a couple broken ribs and a shattered jaw. He quickly focused his chakra to heal his ribs as fast as he could. When he was done he moved to get out of the wall, but as soon as he moved forward he saw Arashi appear in front of him faster than he could see. "Raiton: Lightning Laser Jutsu!" He said as the blue lighting gathered on his index finger that was pointed out like a gun. His finger with the jutsu being held back on it was pressing against Kabuto's face, right between his eyes. "I suggest you give up, I'm holding this back but if I fire it off you die instantly."
"Mhmh mhgimv mump!!" Kabuto tried to say but with his jaw in the state it is in, it came out inaudible.
"That is enough, I am calling this match. There will be no unnecessary death while I 'cough' am the Proctor! Winner…Arashi Himura." Said Hayate as Arashi dispelled his jutsu and stepped away to wave up at Hinata and Naruto.
Arashi quickly jumped back up to the platform right next to Hinata. He was quickly swarmed with the rest of the rookies plus Lee congratulating him and saying how that was the coolest match so far. "Arashi-kun, that was truly amazing. I am intrigued at how you obtained that level of speed. It rivals my own, and I would like to know what you did to get it." Asked the green clad ninja.
"Well Lee, I'll just say that I have done a lot of hard work. Nothing else can help in getting what you want." He said trying to avoid saying anything about his bracers.
"YOSH!! The Springtime of Youth flows strong in you indeed!!" Lee said to the disgust of everyone as he went back over to Gai.
"Arashi, when did you learn a Raiton jutsu? Also I've never seen or heard of that one before." Said Shikamaru trying to figure out his friend.
"Well you haven't heard of it because I made it myself. It's one of my favorites to do and it's also very deadly." He said as he slightly hung his head at the last statement.
"F-Forget about t-that Arashi-kun. I-It was s-something you did to p-protect me, do n-not dwell on it. Please." Hinata said trying to make Arashi feel better about the incident that had happed a couple days before.
Arashi almost instantly cheered back up from Hinata's words. "Thanks a lot Hina-chan that helps but yeah. I didn't want to kill Kabuto so I held it back, if I wanted to I could have shot it straight through his head…but I didn't!" He said with a grin.
'Hina-chan??' Shikamaru and Chouji thought as they looked at Arashi suspiciously. Kiba was fuming because he wanted to be the person to first call her that, but he hid his anger because after what Arashi just showed them Kiba didn't want to get on his bad side.
After they dispersed back to their team Naruto finally got his chance to give his congrats to Arashi. He basically tackled the boy and landed on top of him laughing. "Way to go Arashi!! You kicked his ass so hard! But couldn't you have made it go longer?"
"No, Kakashi told me to try and get it over as fast as I could, that something was up with Kabuto and he didn't want me to find out what it was. He was right; there was something strange about that Kabuto guy." He said as he walked over to Kakashi.
"Yo." He said while giving him a small wave. Then quietly he leaned in and said. "I thought I said to hold back a lot, you didn't need to release your bracers. I think you showed off a little too much out there."
Arashi just looked puzzled. "But Kakashi-sensei, I didn't release them. Also I was holding back a lot, but it did seem like Kabuto let me win. It came too easy."
Kakashi was shocked that Arashi could move that was with the bracers on. 'Damn this kid is going to be faster than me in a little while if I'm not careful!' "Yeah there is something up with Kabuto, I'll check up on it later."
Back down in the arena the medics were loading Kabuto on to a stretcher and were taking him back to get treated. Kabuto was glaring at Arashi deep in thought. 'Damn that kid, I didn't think he was going to be that strong, if I had known I would have taken it up a notch or just given up when I had the chance. If He hadn't told me to loose and find out some of his powers I would have at least fought back. Arashi is strong, very strong but if I was serious and not worried about being found out I would have won easily…but it would have been an enjoyable fight.' But Kabuto didn't know how much Arashi had been holding back or about his Kekkei Genkai.
Meanwhile the Sound Jonin had a very creepy look on his face as he was thinking over what had happened to his spy. 'Hmm, this is indeed very interesting. That Himura gave Kabuto some serious damage, and it even looked like he understood that Kabuto was holding back. Still, there is no Genin alive that can fully defeat Kabuto. Very interesting indeed, I will have to get some more information on this Arashi Himura. Perhaps I have chosen the wrong person to be my next container; I wonder how you would do against him, my Sasuke-kun. Maybe I should have put the curse mark on Arashi. Interesting indeed.' He snickered a bit but then turned to see the next match.
Arashi was waiting for the screen to light up and failed to see someone looking at him intently with a blush on her face. 'He is so powerful, and he stood up for me. He cares for people; genuinely cares for others and doesn't try to hide it like a certain Hyuuga I know. Neji you baka, why don't you open up to me more? I wish you were more like Arashi, plus he is pretty cute.' She thought with a blush. The screen the suddenly lit up and began to scroll through the remaining fighters.
'Shikamaru Nara vs. Tsuchi Kin' "Yeah you get 'em Shikamaru!! Come on you can do it!! You can win this no problem!! You got it all you have to do is tell yourself 'I can not lose!' Make that girl cry!!" Screamed Ino with Chouji's arm around her.
'Man when did she get so…enthusiastic?' "Hey you must have really hit her hard with one of your punches Sakura." He was then hit over the head by his girlfriend. "Gomen, Gomen!" Ino then went back to absentmindedly cheering. 'This is ridiculous!' Thought Chouji.
"Oh man this so troublesome! I mean come on; I have to fight a girl!"
"That's right just keep thinking that little man." Kin said under her breath, but Shikamaru heard it.
'This is not going to go well, we know these guy's ability from when we fought them in the forest, only problem is that she was the only one we didn't see do anything. Plus she had seen my jutsu!' He thought as Hayate started the match. 'Oh well nothing I can do.'
"Begin!" Hayate said.
Shikamaru got in his familiar hand sign and prepared to attack. "You're not going to use that jutsu are you?" Asked the sound ninja.
"Shut up! Shadow Possession Jutsu!" He shadow stretched out to try to grab Kin but she simply jumped back towards the wall.
"Come on is that the only trick you know? If so, this is going to be easier than I thought!" She said as she threw two senbon at Shikamaru. He heard that there were bells on the ends and ducked to avoid them.
He stood back up and scoffed at Kin. "You're making fun of my tricks? Let's see next your going to throw a senbon with a bell and a senbon without a bell. I'll react to the senbon with the bell but not to the one without. Simple but effective, only if your enemy hasn't figured it out." He then quickly dodged the senbon thrown at him, some had bells while most did not, verifying his theory.
"Now you're done little man."
She then flicked her wrist and the bells on the senbon shook, sending off sound waves. Suddenly Shikamaru couldn't move. "What's going on?"
Kin then started laughing and threw a senbon at him, striking him in the shoulder. "You see I use wires connected to the bells to shake them and give off sound. It makes a peculiar sound vibration that travels to the outer and inner ear. First comes paralysis and then hallucinations." Then Kin split off into about 15 other Kin's in Shikamaru's eyes. "Now it's time to have a little fun." But before she could throw the senbon she found herself unable to move. "What the hell!?"
Shikamaru simply laughed and stood up pointing Kin, she then was forced to point at Shikamaru as well. "But how? I didn't see any shadow coming at me!!"
"Well look at your wires." She looked down to see two tiny shadows running along her wire lines. "Don't you think it's weird that wires would have a shadow at that height?" Then the shadow got bigger until it looked like Shikamaru's regular jutsu.
"I can't believe that I got caught by this lame jutsu! But oh well I mirror your movements, you can't win because of that!"
Back in the stands Arashi was enjoying the fight so far, when he heard that Kin didn't get how she was going to loose he laughed. "Anou…w-what is so f-funny Arashi-kun?"
"Well it's just that Kin doesn't see that she is going to loose. Very smart of you Shikamaru, good job." He looked over to see Hinata confused. "Just watch Hina-chan, you'll see."
"Well it is true that you only mirror my moves but I decided that we would play a little game of chicken." He then pulled out a shuriken and so did Kin.
"You're crazy!! You wouldn't actually attack yourself!"
"Watch me." He said as he threw the shuriken at her and she did the same.
She watched as the blade came closer and close, then she saw Shikamaru bend backwards very fast into a bridge. 'I'll just do the same thing!' She pulled back, but she then slammed her head into the wall behind her very hard. She then fell to the floor unconscious.
"She didn't keep aware of her surroundings, that was her downfall." Shikamaru said confidently as he walked back to his team after Hayate called the match in his favor.
Now everyone was waiting for the next match to be announced. Lee was hoping he was next and Naruto was complaining. "Even that good for nothing lazy bum won his match!! When is it going to be my turn!?"
Kiba was listing off who else was left and was praying that he would go next. "This year's rookies look to be formidable, except one." Neji said to himself as he gazed over at Hinata, she caught his gave and instantly looked away and tried to hid behind Arashi.
"What's wrong Hina-chan?" He looked over to see Neji glaring in their direction. "Oh, don't worry about him. From what you've told me about him he is just a stuck up ass. I hate people like that, I hope I can fight him one day and teach him a lesson for being like that and for being so mean to my Hina-chan….uh.. I mean…f-for being m-mean to you, Hina-chan." Arashi said turning a shade of red reserved for Hinata.
She was dumbstruck. 'Did he just call me his Hina-chan? He has to like me! Or it could just be a slip up, no; Arashi is always so good with his words. I think he likes me!' She then burst out in a gigantic smile and inched closer to Arashi. 'But now is not the time for this, I could be in a match next!' She then turned up to see the screen light up.
It scrolled through the names and eventually stopped on 'Naruto Uzumaki vs. Kiba Inuzuka'. Then both boys jumped for joy, for different reasons. Naruto was happy that he got to finally fight and he could test out the jutsu he had perfected the night before. But Kiba was very loud with his reason. "YAHOOO!! We get to fight the kid Akamaru!! This is going to be easy!!" He yelled as he jumped down and landed next to Hayate.
But back up in the stands Lee was looking very down. "Aww man, I am going to die of old age before it is my turn to fight. I just want to show Sakura what I am made of; all I want is a chance. Is that too much to ask?
'Lee, you're just like Gai was at your age.' Kakashi thought as he turned to look at Gai. He noticed Kakashi was looking at him and quickly flashed the 'nice guy' pose with the teeth sparkle and all. Kakashi and the rest of his team simply sweat dropped.
"Hey he can't fight with a puppy! That's two on one, isn't that cheating??" Yelled Naruto to the coughing Proctor.
"No, like Shino's bugs and Kankuro's puppet Akamaru is considered a ninja tool so it is legal. Anyway begin the fight."
"Come on Kiba, I've been wanting to show everyone just how good I have become and why Team 7 is the best!"
"Well that is simple; Team 7 is good because of Arashi. From what we have seen he is amazing, I'm glad I didn't have to fight him. Just his idiot friend, Team 7 is supported only by Arashi. You and Hinata just hold him back." Hinata got a very depressed look on her face when Kiba said that.
"That's wrong, we are a team and we all are strong! I feel sorry for you Kiba, you have to fight me! Also you should feel lucky you didn't have to fight Hinata-chan, she would whip your dog ass!"
"Hinata? Kick my ass? You have got to be joking, she is weak that is why she needs someone strong to protect her. That is why one day I'm going to make her my woman!" He said with a smile.
Back in the stands Hinata had a look of disgust on her face at his last comment. 'Me with Kiba? That is just wrong, plus he wouldn't be like Arashi-kun. That is why I'm going to be with him.' She thought with a slight smile on her disgusted face.
Suddenly Arashi burst out laughing. Kiba looked up at him with a glare of death. As he turned around to face Naruto he was met with a fist to his face. Kiba went flying back and skidded across the ground. "What the HELL was that for??" Yelled Kiba as he got back up.
"Did you forget the match already started?" Naruto said with a laugh. "Plus you insulted one of my team mates, now I'm going to make you pay."
Kiba then decided to get serious. A hand sign later and he yelled out the jutsu "Quadruped Jutsu!" He then got on his hands and knees and his nails grew longed and he started to look more like an actual dog. Suddenly he shot forward at an incredible speed, He then slammed his shoulder into Naruto as he flew back landed in a heap. "Call the match this is over."
"NARUTO!!" Sakura yelled in concern, ever since the time they spent together she had started to look at him as a semi-team mate. Also in a more friendly way.
"I blinked and it was over. That kid is pathetic!" Said Kankuro.
Hinata simply smiled. Kiba then turned around to see Naruto back on his feet with only a trickle of blood coming out of his mouth. "How is that possible, you should be knocked out!!"
"From that little attack? I let you hit me Kiba; I wanted to see if your bite could back up that bark of yours. Guess what, it's not! You might as well use that puppy to make it more even. Also a little word of advice…DON'T EVER UNDERESTIMATE ME!!"
"Whatever, it's your funeral. Come on Akamaru!" They both rushed at Naruto, but quickly Kiba threw a smoke grenade at Naruto. It exploded and engulfed Naruto in a purple smoke screen. Naruto was then hit by several powerful blows from Kiba. Naruto knew that while in the smoke he couldn't see them but they could smell him. He darted out of it only to be hit by Akamaru as he jumped on top of him. "Fell right into our trap, good boy Akamaru!" Kiba said as Akamaru left Naruto in the dissipating smoke and went towards Kiba. All of a sudden Akamaru leapt at Kiba and bit him hard on the arm. "A-Akamaru??"
Then Akamaru poofed into the form of Naruto laughing and making dog noises. After he let go he got a face of disgust. "Blech! You smell even worse than the dog!!"
"What did you do with him?" Kiba asked in a panic.
Then the 'Naruto' that was lying in a crumpled pile on the ground turned into a Kage Bunshin holding onto Akamaru. "Well it looks like you have gotten better since the Academy, that's good because I'm going to go serious on you now."
"Good, because I want to seriously kick your ass!"
"To balance a Henge and a Kage Bunshin at the same time, that is just something Naruto shouldn't be able to do!" Shikamaru stated to his team.
'Is this really that little goofball I used to know?' Thought Kurenai
"Whatever happened but this isn't the Naruto we used to know." The Nara said in respect.
Kiba just laughed and flicked a small pill to Akamaru and he took one himself. Akamaru started to growl very loudly and then his fur turned red, in one kick he destroyed the Kage Bunshin that was holding him and jumped over to Kiba. 'Hmm Soldier Pills, that would work perfectly with Kiba's fighting style. He already fights like a wild beast; this should just make him more dangerous. Naruto better watch out, or he's done for.' Thought Asuma
"Man-Beast Clone Jutsu!" Kiba said as Akamaru transformed into another Kiba. "Now it's time for us to finish this match Naruto!! My ultimate taijutsu, Gatsuuga!!" Kiba spun his body as did the Akamaru/Kiba, making a spinning vortex of claws. The two streaks shot at Naruto and hit him dead on. Naruto fell back about 20 feet with a sickening thud, blood running down his forehead. "You're pathetic Naruto!! Always talking about how you're going to be Hokage. Tell you what I'll do you a favor and become Hokage myself!" He then started laughing manically
Hearing the threatening of his and Arashi's dreams Naruto shakily got up saying how he will never give up. When he got to his feet he looked Kiba straight in the eye and yelled. "Someone like you doesn't deserve to be Hokage! There is only one other person I wouldn't mind having the title over me, and IT'S NOT YOU!!" He then rushed at Kiba and landed a kick to the side of his head sending him into the wall. "Well any more tricks Kiba?"
Kiba got up and snarled ant him. "Looks like I need to take it up a notch!" He and Akamaru charged at him, Kiba then threw another smoke grenade at Naruto; enveloping him in the same purple smoke. "Come on Akamaru, Gatsuuga!!" They both wound up again for the attack and went crashing into the smoke cloud, circling around inside the smoke to land a hit on Naruto.
'Got to think, got to think!! How can I get him, oh I got it!' He then did something that made the two Kibas stop in their tracks.
When the smoke cleared there were now three Kibas standing in the arena. 'Very smart Naruto; you at least got him to stop the Gatsuuga.' Thought his sensei.
Kiba just started chuckling at the sight before him. "Very nice Naruto that might work on any other ninja. But not on me! I know it's you by your scent!" He then turned and struck the Kiba to his left. He went flying back and suddenly puffed into Akamaru. "What? Then that means!!" He then turned quickly and hit the other Kiba to his left. He then also poofed into Akamaru. "What is going on here!?"
"I'll answer that!!" Kiba snapped around to find Naruto in the air, he came down and landed a hard solid punch to his face; sending him flying.
"Amazing he tricked Kiba into knocking Akamaru out!" Kurenai said in disbelief.
"Nothing against you Kiba but I'm tired of playing around. Time to finish this with a new move of mine." He put up his hand in his favorite hand sign. "Kage Bunshin Jutsu!" Four other Narutos appeared and ran to a position circling Kiba. The original jumped high off of the clone in front of him. Kiba was still groggy form the punch so he couldn't move. The cloves rushed in and slide kicked him into the air. "U...Zu...Ma…Ki…"Kiba was now high in the air with the original Naruto above him, just as they were about to hit the ground Naruto connected his heel onto the top of Kiba's head. "Naruto Rendan!!"
Kiba's head bounced off the ground as he let out a painful groan. But much to everyone's surprise Kiba was not out, he struggled very badly to stand up but only go to one knee. "Good you aren't knocked out yet, now I get to try my new jutsu out on you!" Naruto did a couple hand signs and his arms then began to have little cyclones spinning around them going opposite directions. Naruto brought his arms up to form an 'X' with the bottom of it pointing at Kiba. He started to slide the cyclones against each other making a bright yellow energy form and point directly at Kiba. "Futon: Wind Slash Juts…"
"STOP!! I am calling this match!! Winner…Naruto Uzumaki!" Hayate said as he stepped in front of Kiba, making Naruto stop his jutsu.
"What why did you make me stop!?" Asked the victorious blonde.
"Because judging by the power behind that jutsu, if you would have preformed it then Kiba would have died instantly. Now go back to your team." He then turned to the medics. "Get out here; 'cough' this boy needs your help now!"
Everyone was shocked, not only by the fact that Naruto had won. But that his jutsu was powerful enough to force the proctor to stop the match. "YEAH NARUTO!! You sure kicked his ass!!" Yelled Arashi as Naruto came up the stairs with a huge smile on his face. He walked past Kurenai, Sakura, and Shino who all still couldn't move from shock.
Sakura only managed to get out. "How is that possible? He beat Kiba that badly!" But it only came out as a whisper.
Kakashi had a smile on his face beneath his mask at his student's accomplishment. 'Hayate, you were right to step in when you did, he would have killed Kiba if you hadn't. I know Naruto wouldn't have wanted that to happen.'
Lee was over congratulating the orange clad ninja while Neji was just glaring at him. 'There is something about that kid I really don't like. He defies destiny, it shouldn't be able to be done but he does.' He just scowled even harder at the boy.
"Y-You did great Naruto-kun!" Hinata said in a voice loud for her, but normal for everyone else.
"Yeah thanks Hinata-chan, but I probably shouldn't have been playing around with him as long as I did. Oh well I hope your match is next I can't wait to see you do your best." He replied.
"Yeah, me either. I want everyone here to see what a great ninja you have become Hina-chan." Arashi said with a smile as he placed his hand on her shoulder. She then turned beat red at his caring comment.
"T-T-Thank you Arashi-kun, I w-will make y-you proud to b-be my t-team mate."
"Don't worry, you already have." He said with a when a blush overtook his face.
Sakura couldn't help but see what was going on between Arashi and Hinata. "Awww, isn't that sweet Shino-kun?"
He calmly said. "Yes it is, but I'm sure Kiba wouldn't like seeing it though" Sakura just nodded in agreement.
"Well that sure was interesting; who would have thought the idiot kid would beat the dog boy!" Said Kankuro to Temari.
"Really also that he could use futon jutsu like that, I can't even do what he did right there. I have to use my fan; I can't do it without it!" She said in shock at the boy.
"Now 'cough' on to the next fight." The screen lit up and scrolled through the fighters. 'Hinata Hyuuga vs. Neji Hyuuga'
Hinata's eyes instantly dropped at the sight of the screen. 'I can't defeat Neji! I know I have gotten better, but there is no way I could beat him.'
She then felt herself in a tight embrace. She instantly blushed when she saw the green in his jacket. "I believe in you Hina-chan, you can do it." Was all he said as he moved her away from him and towards the stairs. She had never had more confidence in her life than in that moment right there.
She had an enormous smile on her face when she approached Hayate. "Are you two ready?" They both nodded. "Begin."
"Before we start this I want to offer you the chance to quit. If you decide to continue I will not be held responsible for what happens to you."
"I-I u-understand brother, b-but I w-will fight you n-none the l-less. I-I have s-s-someone who b-believes in me, and I w-will not l-let h-him down." She said as she turned and gave Arashi a blush held smile.
"You are a fool Hinata-sama; you think that by having someone who believes in you that you will be able to become stronger? You are a weakling and a loser; you can not change that fact. It is destiny that you will be as you are, you are too kind and gentle to be strong. You seek harmony instead of conflict; it is this inescapable fact that makes you weak as a ninja. It would be in your best interest to quit now." He said with a smirk.
Hinata's confidence was wavering from what it was before, she felt small and insignificant compared to Neji. She just wanted to run away and hide, she didn't want to fight because she thought she would lose... It chanced her that she looked to Arashi once more, she saw him mouthing words to her as to encourage her. 'I believe in you Hina-chan.' He mouthed it with a calm caring look on his face, a look that radiated warmth and confidence, support, and dare she think love.
As quickly as Neji had striped her of her confidence it was back and even stronger. "No Neji-san, I w-will not r-run this t-time." She then activated her Byakugan. "Prepare yourself nii-san! I will not give up!"
She then bolted towards him quickly making a juuken thrust at him; he quickly pivoted to avoid her blow. 'The weakness is gone from her eyes, she is confident in her abilities. I have never seen Hinata-sama like this before. There is almost ferociousness to the look in her eyes.'
They continued to thrust and parry continually, neither of them could land a blow on the other. Hinata had Neji on the run; she was putting everything she had into her attacks. 'Arashi-kun, I have always been there to support you and watch you grow and become stronger. Now I want to be able to show you just how strong you have pushed me to become.' They continued with their delicate attacks for a little bit longer until Hinata finally saw an opening in Neji's stance, she leapt at it and focused her chakra in the tip of her index and middle finger. She then shoved the fingers into Neji's stomach blasting a large amount of chakra through it.
Neji stumbled back and coughed up a fair amount of blood. "Impossible!! No one can get through Neji's style! He is a genius; there is no way that Hinata could land an attack on him!" Yelled his sensei. Neji simply whipped the blood from his lip and got back into his stance.
"You have indeed gotten stronger than you were Hinata-sama, but not nearly strong enough!" He rushed forward at a speed Hinata could barely see, Neji poised to land a blow to her heart but she luckily blocked it quickly enough. Once more they continued with their thrusts and parries, except there was something slightly different this time. To Hinata it was going the same as the first spurt of fighting, except she was feeling a strange prick on her arms a couple times a minute.
As with the first time around she saw an opening and went for it, she trusted for Neji's shoulder hoping to take it out with the attack. But she quickly was stopped by Neji with a poke to her arm and a juuken jab to her gut. She fell to the ground and coughed up some blood herself. "This is futile Hinata-sama you have been beaten. Look at your arms."
She slowly pulled her jacket sleeves up to reveal several tiny bruises all over her arms. "No, you c-c-couldn't have!"
"Yes, I did indeed. I closed off every one of your tenketsu in your arms. I have cut off your chakra flow to them so juuken in now ineffective for you. I have won, not give up."
She was still on the ground and was coughing up blood. Slowly she started to raise herself. "I…I will not g-g-give up…I said I w-wouldn't a-and I n-never g-go back on m-my w-word, t-that is m-my nindo, m-my ninja w-way as w-well." She said while still coughing up blood.
Quickly she threw herself into another round of fighting even without the use of juuken. 'Arashi-kun, watch me now. I have been watching you for so long, hoping that I could get closer to you. First we became friend and I was truly happy, I never was happy at home after my mother died but you changed that. You accepted me for whom I was and wanted to be around me. But when we would talk I would get nervous and wouldn't be able to talk much. So when we got put on the same team I figured that it would bring us closer. It has, I have lost much of my nervousness and it is all thanks to you, Naruto, and Kakashi-sensei. I have watched you for so long wishing for your eyes to soully be on me, now that they are, I will not let you down.' She thought as the battle raged.
All of her determination was in vain because Neji hit her with another hit to the stomach, sending her back to the ground spitting up blood. "Why do you fight against destiny Hinata-sama, it is pointless. You can't possibly hope to win, your destiny is set in motion when you are born; no matter how hard you try you can not escape your fate and I see you suffer because of it."
She slowly came back to her feet to the surprise of most of the people in the arena. "You are wrong brother; it is not I who fights against fate. It is you; also you are the one who is suffering more I think. You suffer because of the fate between the main and branch houses."
Neji suddenly took on a look of rage, a look of murder. He charged at Hinata with bloodlust dripping from his voice. He was going to kill her in front of everyone, and he was going to enjoy it. "Neji no!! The Match is over, you win!" Hayate yelled as he rushed in to try and stop Neji from fulfilling his desire.
"HINA-CHAN!!" Arashi screamed as he disappeared from the stands and appeared in front of Neji along with Hayate, all the rookie's Jonin except Asuma, and including Gai. They all were holding him back from getting to Hinata. If looks could kill then Neji would have died from Arashi's glare 100 times over. Without noticing it his eyes had activated and shone their brilliant silver color to Neji. Then with a very threatening voice Arashi whispered in Neji's ear. "If you ever hurt my Hina-chan again…I'll kill you!"
For the first time in his life Neji was afraid for his life. He didn't doubt for a second the threat that he just received. He backed up slowly with fear plastered in his eyes, he tried desperately to repress the feeling he was getting. After finally calming himself he spoke to the Jonin present. "So this is what you will do for the Main Branch?"
"Neji get a hold of yourself, you promised me that the family issue wouldn't come up." Said his green clad sensei.
Hinata then collapsed where she stood half from her injuries and half from what Arashi had done for her. "Hina-chan!!" Arashi yelled as he ran over to her leaving Neji scowling at him and the Jonin. 'Crap! She is hurt really bad, I'll have to do something and fast. Good thing you taught me that jutsu last night Yondaime!"
"That is what I'm here for, now hurry up and help her. Those wounds could be very serious if you don't help her now!"
'Of course.' He then did a hand sign and then his hands glowed green as he held them over Hinata's unconscious body. Pushing his chakra into her he started to repair some of the damage Neji had done with his juuken hits. By this time Naruto had jumped down as well and was locked in a heated discussion with Neji about fate and how a failure can rise up and do great things.
Reaching down Naruto picked up some of Hinata's blood from the floor. He then made a fist at Neji and said. "I promise I will defeat you're pompous ass for my team mate! You're going down Neji-teme!"
Neji simply scoffed as he went back up the stairs and said. "A failure like you could never defeat a person like me."
Kakashi quickly then went over to his other two students. He then saw that Arashi was treating her wounds on the spot and called for the medics. They then took over from Arashi who was gracious for the help. They then took Hinata back into the medical wing for intensive treatment. 'When did he learn a medical jutsu? I know I didn't teach it to him, then who did?' "Arashi, where did you learn that jutsu?"
Arashi went white at the realization that it would be almost impossible to explain it without spilling his secret to him. He then rubbed his neck and grinned at his sensei. "Well…you see…that's a secret!" He said laughing as he ran back to where he had been next to Naruto, who was still glaring at Neji. 'I barely got out of that; I really didn't want to get caught in that lie. I hope he doesn't bring it up again.'
"Arashi, you know he is going to. It's not like Kaka-kun to forget something that intrigues him."
'Kaka-kun?? Did you seriously call him that?'
"Of course, I was his Jonin sensei after all. He does deserve to know about you, he thinks I'm dead after all. Don't worry though I'm not telling you to do it now, only when you feel like it."
'Sure whatever and I'll be sure to call him Kaka-kun, I'm sure he will get it after that' Arashi could hear Yondaime laughing in agreement. 'I sure hope Hinata is going to be all right, I don't now what I would do without her.'
He then felt a hand rest on his shoulder, looking over he saw Naruto looking right at him almost as if he was reading his mind. "Don't worry; I'm sure she will be alright. Have faith, it's not like you to get all down like this. She will be fine dattebayo! Also when you go see her later I'm sure it would be the perfect time to tell her how you feel." He said with a sly look on his face.
"Naruto! Shut up they are announcing the next fight." Arashi looked up at the screen as it scrolled through names, but his mind was still only thinking about Hinata. 'Maybe I should tell her, but how would I?'
'Rock Lee vs. Gaara' Was what was shown on the screen. Lee instantly erupted in hysterics. "ALL RIGHT!! It worked I sure fooled them! By saying I did not want to go next earlier I tricked them into making me next. It is a form of reverse psychology!"
"Good job Lee!" Exclaimed Gai.
Meanwhile everyone around him sweat dropped at the idea of Lee tricking the computer into making him next, it was simply ludicrous. "Finally I can show my lovely Sakura-chan what I am made of!"
Gai then called Lee in close as to tell him a secret. "Lee, I got some advice for you. You see that gourd on Gaara's back?" Lee nodded. "Watch out for it, there is something fishy about it!" He said with a grim look.
'He just now noticed the gourd?' Thought Kakashi covering his face in shame for being associated with the Green Beast of Konoha.
Meanwhile Kankuro decided to go over and try to find out some information on Neji. He walked over and happened to stop next to Naruto. "Hey there, Naruto right? I was wondering if you knew any thing about that Neji guy. Something tells me we didn't see the full extent of his powers. What's his story?"
"I'm going to KICK HIS ASS!! THAT'S HIS STORY!!" Naruto exclaimed with his fist in the air.
'This kid is an idiot!' "You're funny. I like you" Kankuro said with a smile.
Naruto simply looked back at the guy who had bullied Konohamaru earlier and said with a foxy look. "Well… I DON'T like you!"
'I'm going to KILL this kid!!' He thought as he turned to see Gaara waiting in the arena next to Hayate.
Gai was fired up for his student. "ALRIGHT!! ROCK…AND ROLL!!"
"YES SIR!!" He exclaimed as he jumped down to the floor.
Hayate motioned for the match to begin, but the two simply stood there. Suddenly something shot at Lee who moved his hand and caught the object with a smile. "Why are you in such a hurry?" He asked as he dropped the cork to Gaara's gourd.
Rushing straight at Gaara Lee took off into the air. "Leaf Hurricane!" He yelled as he gave a spinning kick to Gaara, but surprisingly the kick was stopped by a wall of sad without Gaara even moving a muscle. 'I see a sand manipulating jutsu; it will not be easy getting through that. But nothing ventured, nothing gained!' Thought the mini Gai look-alike. The sand then suddenly rose up and attacked Lee, causing him to jump back to avoid the sand.
"WHOA!! He didn't even move!" Yelled the blonde to no one in particular.
"That was Gaara's Shield of Sand; it moves to protect Gaara on its own accord. Gaara doesn't have to move the sand moves on its own that is why he has never been touched."
Back down on the floor Lee was going through some vicious taijutsu attacks that were only getting blocked by the sand. While attacking he also had to consistently dodge the sand as it shot out to grab on to him. Whipping out a kunai Lee easily cut through the sand as it was trying to encircle him. Jumping up he threw two kunai at his opponent quickly only to see them get lost in a whip of Gaara's sand.
"Well is that all? I hope you haven't finished entertaining me. There hasn't been enough…blood!" Gaara said with a sick and twisted look in his eye.
Feed up with not being able to hit his opponent, Lee leapt up and decided to go full speed at the state he was in. He moved extremely fast and got to Gaara in a blink of an eye, but his attacks were still being stopped by the shield. "Whoa, he's almost as fast as Arashi was in his match!" Said Sakura as she watched her admirer.
Naruto and Arashi smirked knowing that Arashi had been wearing his bracers, but also because they could plainly tell that Lee was wearing some weights himself. They looked down to see him in another bout of intense taijutsu shots. All of a sudden Lee slipped on some sand underneath him, just as the sand was about to come down and crush him he jumped high into the air and landed on top of the statue on the edge of the fighting area.
"I just don't get it; he can see taijutsu won't work here. Why doesn't he try getting some distance and using some ninjutsu?" Sakura asked out load.
"Well it isn't that he isn't, it's that he can't. Lee has absolutely no ability in ninjutsu or genjutsu. You should have seen him when I first met him! No talent whatsoever." The remaining members of Team 8 along with Kakashi's looked at Gai like it was impossible for a ninja to have no abilities in ninjutsu. "A ninja with no ninjutsu is a rarity indeed, but we turned his disadvantage into a blessing by focusing all his time on taijutsu. Making him a master taijutsu specialist!" Arashi was taken back at this; the level of work that Lee must have gone through to get that good was astonishing. He gained a new respect for Lee that day. Gai then turned to Lee with a smile and shouted. "Alright Lee!! Take them off!" Arashi and Naruto instantly knew what he was talking about.
Lee's face lit up when he heard his sensei speak those words. "B-But sensei, the condition has not been met!"
"I know Lee, but this…is an exception!" He said striking the 'nice-guy pose'.
Lee took on an even bigger smile as he pulled down his legwarmers to reveal two ankle weights. Unstrapping them he stood back up with one in each hand. "Now, that is much better. I can move freely now!" He said as he dropped them.
'Dropping a few pounds isn't going to do much against Gaara.' The blonde Sand ninja thought as she watched the weights make their decent to the arena floor.
"BOOOOOM!!" Was the sound heard by everyone as the weights hit the floor making craters underneath them. "You think you went a little over board on the weights Gai?" Kakashi asked.
"Alright now GO!! Let the power of youth EXPLOAD!!" Yelled Gai to his favorite student.
"Yes sir!!" Lee yelled back as he disappeared in a flash. Everyone completely lost where he had gone except Arashi and Naruto. They were used to traveling at that speed and could keep up with his movements. To them when they looked at the craters it only looked like he was using at most 300 pounds while they were using 400 pounds.
Naruto leaned in to Arashi and very quietly said. "Ha, they think that is fast. It's a good thing we held back so much. Wouldn't want too much attention." Arashi simply let out a small laugh at this and nodded.
Lee had then appeared right behind Gaara and shot forward with a powerful punch, going straight trough the sand but missing his head by inches. Flashing away again he zipped around to knock through the sand again. Gaara was now getting worried; he had never faced anyone that fast before; he was going to go to extreme measures to beat Lee. "Looking for me? I am here." An explosion of sand came next to Gaara's head. "No, here…I'm here!" Then Lee appeared above Gaara in the middle of several flips. He then came down on Gaara's head in a hard kick that connected.
"Gaara's been hit! That's impossible!" Kankuro yelled out of surprise.
With a smile Lee rushed back at Gaara, but a wave of sand was sent his way to stop him. Lee simply darted around it and ended up behind Gaara, when he turned around he was hit full force in the face by a hard punch that sent him flying. Lee had a look of great accomplishment after he hit him.
Gaara stood back up slowly, but there was something very wrong about him when he got up. Bits of his face had fallen off and were collecting in a pool of sand underneath him. But what was really wrong was his facial expression; it was one of utter bloodlust. "This is bad, really bad." Kankuro said with Naruto looking at him with a questioning look. "You see that is Gaara's second defense, it is there in case something could get past the sand shield. The sand condenses on him and forms a sand armor around Gaara. For him to resort to that, this must he a hard battle for him."
"Wow, does that guy have any weaknesses!?" Yelled the exuberant blonde.
'Yeah, that sand armor is one big weakness. Unlike the shield Gaara has to use his chakra to keep it in place, and it uses an enormous amount of it. Too long with it up and he will he done.'
While Kankuro was explaining things to Naruto, Gaara had covered himself in sand again. Replacing his bloodlust with the normal emotionless face he always had on. 'This is not working, the only way I can get him is…with the Lotus!' Lee thought as he looked at Gai. His sensei simply nodded, knowing exactly what Lee was thinking about. Lee then slowly undid his bandages.
Suddenly Lee took off with blinding speed in a circle around Gaara making a dust ring form around him. "What are you waiting for? Attack all ready!"
"You asked for it!" Lee said as he caught Gaara with a strong kick under the chin that sent him into the air but not high enough for the Lotus. "How about this!" He yelled as he propelled himself up while delivering many kicks to Gaara's midsection. Gai was praying that Lee end it in one shot because of the after effects of the move. Just as Lee was about to wrap Gaara up he closed his eyes in pain, then twirled his bandages around the sand ninja. Shifting him around so that they were facing the ground, Lee began to spin the two very rapidly. "PRIMARY LOTUS!!" He yelled as he slammed Gaara head first into the concrete floor under them while leaping away breathing very heavily.
"He did it!" Sakura yelled. The smoke cleared to show Gaara with a shocked look on his face, all of a sudden he started to crack and fall apart. Lee was stunned at the fact that he had just given the Lotus to a shell that Gaara switched with right before the attack. Gaara then appeared in a blast of sand with the same bloodlust radiating off his face. "Lee look out!!" She yelled as Lee turned around to see his opponent.
Lee was desperately trying to dodge Gaara's attacks but because of the Lotus' side effect he was hardly able to doge most of them so he was pummeled into the wall several time. But he refused to give up. The genin on the Konoha side of the balcony were being informed by Gai and Kakashi about the Lotus and the 8 chakra gates. Suddenly Lee regained his speed and easily dodged all of Gaara's attacks. 'I will make you proud Gai-sensei. Forge ahead, push myself to the edge, and become the ninja I know I can be!'
"So that Genin, that 'boy' can open the 8 inner chakra gates?" Kakashi asked.
"That is correct." Gai said with a smile on his face.
Kakashi was visibly angry at Gai now when he said. "So how many of them can he open now?"
"Lee can open five of them."
"Gai I don't know what that boy means to you, but I have lost respect for you."
"You have no right to criticize me! You don't know anything about that boy!! He has something to prove and would happily be willing to give up his life to prove it." Gai then started to reminisce on the memories of Lee growing up and his early training with him. It just brought a smile to the Jonin's face as he saw Lee open the third gate.
"What's happening?" Sakura asked to no one in particular.
The air around Lee became thick and heavy with flowing chakra, his body began to get tenser and his veins began popping out more, his skin also took on a reddish look. "Third Gate, Gate of Life…OPEN!!" Power was now radiating from Lee, he looked more powerful than anyone could have imagined. Chakra then began to spiral around him and he took on a green aura around him, he was still growing in power and it seemed to be painful too. "The FOURTH GATE!! GATE OF PAIN…OPEN!!" He screamed in pain as even more power came rushing from his body.
He crouched down and speed at Gaara at a speed that Arashi and Naruto were no where near achieving. The force of him taking off was enough to destroy half of the arena floor. He once again connected with Gaara's chin sending him high in the air this time.
Then using his insane speed Lee began to pummel Gaara back and forth while he was still in the air, effectively stripping him of his sand armor and sending shockwaves from each hit. It truly was an amazing sight to behold. Kakashi had earlier pulled out his Sharingan and was watching to see everything; to him he could see that Lee's own muscles were being ripped apart. While Neji was in awe of the spectacle that was going on before him. 'Is that really Lee? Where did he get this power from?' He thought as Lee hit Gaara into the air once again.
"One more and we are finished!! The Fifth Gate. GATE OF CLOSING…OPEN!!" He screamed as he hit Gaara very hard with a punch that sent him shooting down like a bullet. Gaara then noticed that one of Lee's bandages were wrapped around him, with a sharp pull Lee heaved Gaara back up to him ripping off more of the sand armor. "Now to FINISH IT!!" He yelled as he struck Gaara with a foot and a fist at the same time sending him back down faster than before.
Gaara knew he would not make it if he took all the damage that he would take if he hit the ground. So he dissolved his gourd to cushion his landing. When he struck the ground it made a gigantic explosion and a crater where Gaara lay in. Lee rolled out of the explosion back to his normal self just barely conscious. When the dust cleared he was horrified to see that Gaara was not out cold or worse.
Gaara was almost out of chakra so he wanted to end it fast. "Sand Coffin!" He said as the sand reached over and took a hold of Lee as he attempted to scramble away with all the pain shooting through his body. "Sand Buria…" He was about to crush the genin when the sand around him erupted to show a very pissed off looking Gai. "Wh-Why did you save him? He failed!"
"It is because he is a subordinate whom I love!" Gai said with the truth emanating from his eyes.
'Love, that is one sentiment that Gaara couldn't possibly understand.' Though his sensei.
"This match is over, winner…Gaara." Said Hayate, who was very relieved that Gai had stepped in when he did, if he hadn't Lee's Shinobi career could have been ended with a shattered leg and arm. He quickly called for the medics to take his unconscious body into the intensive care area.
Gai turned around to help pick up his student but when he turned he was that Lee was still on his feet and in his fighting stance. He then looked in his eyes and saw that he was out cold. "Lee, fighting even when unconscious. I'm so proud of you!" He said in tears as he went over and gave his student a big hug before handing him over to the medics.
"That was amazing!" Naruto said
"I have never seen anything like it; I don't know what to say!" Arashi was in awe at what had gone on before him. Lee was someone who he now wanted desperately to train with and spar.
"What a great way to end the preliminaries!" Naruto said jokingly.
Wham! "How dare you forget my Chouji-kun!!" Hayate then called up for Chouji and Dosu to come down for their fight. "Go get him Chouji-kun, I love you." She said with a kiss for good luck.
"Thanks Ino-chan, I love you too and I'm going to try my best." He said as he worked his way down and put in some ear plugs.
"Chouji Akamichi and Dosu Kinuta, are you ready?" They both nodded. "Then begin."
Chouji instantly did a hand sign and started the expansion jutsu. He then went into the Meat Tank Jutsu and went flying at Dosu who easily dodged and made Chouji ram into the wall. When he stopped it forced him to stop, Dosu just went over and punched Chouji's inflated body and flicked his sound device. It radiated sound through Chouji's body and knocked him out. A very disappointing battle for Ino, she figured that her love would do something a little more. But she knew that the sound ninja was indeed powerful so she didn't think too much of it.
"The winner is Dosu Kinuta. This concludes the preliminary round, will all the winning contestants please approach us." Hayate said as he motioned to all the Proctors, Jonin, and Sandaime who were standing behind him.
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My GOD was that long, sorry if that took too long I'm at home for spring break and I've been kinda of busy.
Oh well I hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW!! I have been getting a depressingly low amount of reviews!! Also since only 3 people have even said anything about ideas for Arashi's summon I might go with their idea unless I get a suggestion I like better.
One more thing I think I finally came up with a person I can get Naruto with!!
SOOOOO review or I'll hit you with a Chidori to the face!!
