Hey folks, I'm back again! This chapter was slightly tricky to write, since I honestly had no clue what the hell to do for it haha. I figure that I should give you a heads up; there will be a sorta lemon here. It'll be slightly smutty, but not a full blown lemon. I'll leave it up to you how you interpret it. This chapter will be rated M to be careful.

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Chapter 9: Start the Rift

"DIVINE DRAGON DIAMOND STRIKE!"

"DRAGON STRIKE!"

The two attacks collided in the center of the arena, struggling for dominance. Matao swung his blade down again, sending out another wave from the Divine Dragon Blast, this time without the diamond spears. "Not this time Koori! I will win!" He yelled as the attack went flying and pushed against the Dragon Strike along with his previous attack.

He smirked as he saw Koori's Dragon Strike start to get pushed back. His smirk was wiped from his face when Koori swung the blade, sending more energy to the Dragon Strike. "You will not win, you pitiful half-breed! I will kill you!" He yelled as the Dragon Strike started to overcome the Divine Dragon Blast.

Matao growled as his more demonic features became more pronounced and his fangs extended past his lips barely. His claws grew about half an inch and dug slightly into his palm and fingers drawing a small amount of blood. In his eyes the first tome of the Youkaigan appeared, followed closely by the second.

He hefted his blade up and swung it down, sending out to his surprise a pure black Divine Dragon Blast with a reddish tint. The two attacks collided and sent out an explosion that rocked the entire arena and sent spider web cracks all along the walls, covering the entire arena in a cloud of dust.

As the dust cleared, the entire crowd sat on the edge of their seats as they saw both Matao and Koori standing in the center of the arena, covered head to toe in blood, their clothes ripped to shreds as they stood there duking it out as their blades were stuck in the walls of the arena opposite each of them.

Matao caught a kick from Koori and threw him towards the wall only to gasp as he burst into a cloud of smoke. 'Shadow clone?' he was drawn from his surprise as a kunai nicked his left cheek sending a small spurt of blood into the air as he spun around and caught Koori's arm, only to be thrown towards the wall. He saw Koori flash through hand seals and a cone shaped Rasengan appeared around his hand, sparking with lightning chakra. "RASENRAI!" He yelled as Matao landed and held out his hand in front of himself and began to form a sphere of chakra, with small spikes of wind chakra poking out of it.

Matao glared at Koori as the chakra sphere began to spin faster and faster. Matao felt himself let out a psychotic grin as the giant blades of wind chakra expanded from three centimeters to three feet in less than a second. "Fear the sphere bitch. Fuuton: Rasenshuriken." He growled as his two tome Youkaigan blazed in his eyes.

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Kaijii's eyes widened as she saw the moves the two were using. Her head snapped to her left to see Naruto standing there, as she felt Sakura appear on her left. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at Naruto. "You actually taught him the Rasenshuriken? I thought that the only reason you're able to use that move is because of your sage mode." She whispered as she saw the two of them charging their attacks.

Her jaw dropped as she heard what Sakura said to the two of them. "He never taught him that jutsu. Matao learned it on his own, in half the time, and without the need for the shadow clones. He might be an idiot, but he's like a jutsu sponge. Since he was six he's been training with Kakashi-sensei and Naruto for his jutsu and with Lee, Gai-sensei, and Neji for taijutsu. He's also learned a few martial arts from some of the best masters in the world. Sakaki Shio for his Karate, Koetsuji Akisame for his Jujitsu, Ma Kensei for his Chinese Kempo, Apachai Hopachai for Muay Thai. He's currently learning how to use his sword from Kosaka Shigure." She finished as a look of pride stayed on her face.

Kaijii snapped her head back at the arena after she heard that. "So he's learned all that since he was six? What level is he at?" she asked the two of them, since she didn't want to take her eyes off the match, since the two of them were almost done charging up their jutsu,

Naruto gave out a quick laugh. "He's a master class at Karate, Jujitsu, Kempo, and Muay Thai. Sakura said he's learning how to use his sword from Shigure-san, but he hasn't even had his first lesson yet. They start as soon as he's healed up from the exams." He said, before he shushed Kaijii and Sakura since Matao and Koori had suddenly dashed at each other.

/

Matao threw his hand to his side and dashed at Koori, the instant that he did the same. The two made their way to the center, almost as if in slow motion. When they were in attacking distance, they both threw up their arms and slammed their attacks into each other.

The backlash from the clashing of the two powerful jutsu created a crater in the ground, as more slashes appeared on the both of them. As the lightning began to arc wildly, Koori felt his arm begin to go numb, as Matao's arm sent out a few spurts of blood from his own backlash. Then the attacks exploded, sending the two of them flying across the arena and into the ground, the both of them bouncing until coming to a stop.

Neither one stood up.

/

Matao could feel himself awaken, his entire body racked with pain as he forced himself to sit up and open his eyes to see the white walls and crappy cable of the hospital. He slowly looked around as he tried to figure out what happened. He suddenly heard the door open and turned to see Kaijii walk inside, a bouquet of flowers in her hands, wearing a black skirt and a red t-shirt. "Matao, you're awake!" She said as she jogged over and sat next to him.

He looked at her for a few seconds before he carefully placed his hand on his forehead. "What happened? The last thing I remember is that my Rasenshuriken collided with his Rasenrai and that it went boom." He glanced at Kaijii as she saw him deep in thought. "Who won?" He asked.

She smiled as she placed her hand on his shoulder as she let out a small laugh. "Neither one of you stood up so Kiba called the match a draw. That was a little over three weeks ago." She said as she saw him start to smile.

He laughed before wincing from the pain. "So neither one of us won? Dammit that kinda sucks." He said with a small laugh. "So is he still out, or is he up yet?" He asked as she cracked her back.

She popped her neck as she turned to look at him. "He got out of the hospital yesterday." She said as an annoyed grimace crossed her face. "He said that even though it was a draw he considered that a loss. He said the worst part of it was that he wasn't able to kill a… what he and the council made me call you before." She said, her voice quieting to a whisper as she almost said 'half-breed.' After the incident with Koori and the council she had sworn to herself that she would never say that again.

"The worst part is that Team 3 is dissolved as of the moment. Koori said that he wanted nothing to do with you and Rin has no idea what she's supposed to do, or which side to take." She said with a shallow laugh.

Matao rolled his eyes as he felt one of his ears twitched. He knew that Koori hated him, but to go as far as to want to kill him was without a doubt the most disturbing part. He had never once thought that Koori had had that much of a problem with him. 'Things will be tricky from now on.' He thought as Kaijii said her goodbye and left.

/

Koori stood in front of a training post, sending kick after kick at it. He couldn't believe it. He had lost. He had lost to a goddamn half-breed at that. "DAMMIT!" He yelled as he formed a Rasenrai around his hand and destroyed the training post.

He slammed onto a knee as he felt the drain on his chakra as it was almost completely depleted. He panted as a mixture of blood and sweat dripped onto the ground as he waited for his reserves to refill a bit. He heard someone approaching as he turned to look at them.

A man wearing a black cloak entered the clearing, and Koori could feel the man's gaze on himself. The man walked over and kneeled next to him and pulled back his hood, to reveal the face of Kabuto Yakushi. "I saw your match against the half-breed. You could have done a lot better if you'd had some proper training." He said as Koori glared at the man.

Koori spat out a small glob of blood. "I have exemplary training. I'm a top class shinobi from a proud, powerful clan." Koori growled out as Kabuto chuckled at his defense. "It's you who should take a look at your own training. After all, you were defeated as well by that bastard half-breed." He huffed out with a smirk as he saw Kabuto's face darken as a hand shot out and picked him up by his throat.

Kabuto grinned as Koori scratched at the demonic hand that was clutching him by his throat. "The only reason I had been defeated is because I had made a miscalculation. I promise you that I will not be defeated by the half-breed ever again." He then let out a quick laugh. "The way you are now, and the way you're training now you will not surpass Matao. Ever." He hisses out before he dropped Koori.

Koori growled at Kabuto, who was standing over Koori, his snake of a tail swishing back and forth. Koori stood up slowly as he glared at Kabuto. "What do you mean I'll never surpass Matao? I will defeat that miserable half-breed, and then I'll pin his corpse to the gates of this village as a warning to all the half-breeds out there!" He yelled as Kabuto's smirk grew wider with each word.

He reached out and placed his scaly hand on Koori's head. "Very good. Your desire to kill is incredible. You are without a doubt a full-blooded Matsurahira." He said, causing Koori's eyes to widen. "If you wish, I can take you away from this village. I can make you strong enough to kill Matao, as well as find your father."

Koori's eyes widened as he heard what Kabuto said. "When do we start, Master?" He asked, saying 'master' mockingly.

/

Matao woke up the next day and stretched before he took off his bandages, grimacing as he saw that his right arm was still covered in semi-healed wounds that had been caused by the backlash of the Rasenshuriken. He sighed as he wrapped the arm in bandages. He cracked his neck before he pulled on a plain white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. He yanked on a pair of sneakers before he made his way out of the hospital room.

He chuckled slightly as the nurse blushed slightly when she saw him approach the checkout counter. "Hello sir, are you ready to check out?" She said with a smile.

He gave her a nod as he stretched a bit. "Yep, I'm gonna head on out of here. I'm getting cabin fever from hell." He said with a laugh as he began to fill out the necessary paperwork.

As soon as he finished he handed it to the nurse who started to look over the documents. As she got to the last page she smiled and stamped 'approved' on the front and put it in her file box. "Everything's in order. Tell Sakura I said hi when you get home." She said as she waved goodbye as he started heading to the door as he waved at her.

He finally made it outside and smiled as he jumped up onto a roof and started to roof jump towards his apartment. He stumbled to a stop as he landed in front of the door and noticed that it was open. He drew Tetseijin, leaving it in its katana state, and slowly made his way inside, before he dropped Tetseijin at the sight before him.

His apartment was a mess; there were clothes everywhere along with empty sake bottles. He picked Tetseijin back up and slowly made his way to his room, as that's where the mess led. He felt his eye begin to twitch as he saw someone lying in his bed. In his bed lay Kaijii, completely nude, an empty bottle of sake next to her, as well as three more on the floor. He felt an evil grin appear on his face as a plan formed in his mind.

He quickly shucked of all of his clothes and placed Tetseijin in its stand in the corner before he messed up his hair. He slowly and carefully climbed into the bed next to Kaijii and began to feign sleep, and waited for the chaos to ensue.

And ensue it did godammit.

Kaijii slowly woke up, her head pounding form the amount of booze she had drank the night before. She opened her eyes slightly and smiled as she saw that she was still asleep in Matao's room. Her apartment had burned down from a stray fire jutsu and since Matao was in the hospital she decided to crash at his place. She loved how his bed was so much more comfy than hers ever was. She lowly turned on her side to see something she hadn't expected.

Matao laying sound asleep next to her, as naked as her. She quickly noticed that he wasn't asleep and that he had a small grin on his face. He had pranked her. She then did the only thing she could do at a time like this. She decided to get even. She moved closer to Matao and curled up against his chest, noticing that he tensed at the physical contact. She fought back a giggle as she felt him begin to stiffen against her. She moved her hand lower and grabbed his growing member and began to pull it up and down slowly, getting a slight moan from him as he began to slightly thrust into her hand.

She let out a small evil grin as she felt her hand start to slicken. She jumped slightly as she felt a finger enter her and begin to move back and forth. She fought back a groan from what he was doing with his finger. 'Little bastard knows what he's doing. But, what are we doing? I hadn't expected this to actually happen. I don't think I should be doing this with him. He's only sixteen for god's sake. I'm twenty-eight, it wouldn't work.' she stopped her hand work as she pulled back and let go of him and rolled away. 'We need to go back to being JUST student and teacher.' She thought as she felt her cheeks start to get wet.

Matao lay there, still in shock of what she had done, and how he had responded. 'I can't believe it actually went that far. I thought she'd either scream and jump out of the bed or grab my junk while yelling that I'd better get the hell out of the bed. I actually enjoyed what she was doing there.' He sighed slightly as he stared at her back. 'I wonder why she stopped…' he thought before he stood up and pulled his clothes back on and went out into the kitchen, quietly closing his door, to start making some lunch.

Kaijii lay there for a few more minutes, wondering why her cheeks were wet when she reached up and felt them.

She was crying.

She wiped her eyes on the pillow, trying to stop the tears. 'Dammit, dammit! Why won't I stop crying? Why does it hurt so much?' she thought as she tried to calm down. 'Why does it hurt so much when I try to think of him as nothing but a student? Why does HE always appear in my dreams and whenever I look at Matao?' She thought as she continued to cry. 'I have to keep my relationship with Matao as nothing more than teacher and student. I won't let him be used as a replacement!' she lay there, as the tears continued to go down her cheeks coming to rest on the pillow.

'But why the hell do they have the same name?'

/

Matao stood there cooking the eggs, along with some bacon and toast as he continued to bite into his lip, blood dripping off his chin and onto the floor as he tried not to focus on the scent of the tears coming from his room. 'Is she crying because I played that prank on her? I hadn't expected her to do what she did, and I figured that I might as well continue what she started.' He thought as he saw that the blood dripping off his chin was making a small puddle on the floor.

He sighed as he stopped gnawing on his lip and cleaned up the blood before he put the food on a plate and set it on the table. He slowly went back to his room and knocked lightly on the door. "Sensei? I made some lunch. It's on the table so eat it when you want." He paused as he heard her say something in affirmation. "Also, I'm sorry if I upset you. I was just playing a little prank, and I hadn't expected you to react like that." He then began to walk away from the door, when it opened and a hand grabbed him by his sleeve.

He turned to see Kaijii standing there with a blanket wrapped around her body, tears going down her face while she nibbled on her bottom lip. "I'm not mad at you, I just…I just don't want you to feel like you're a replacement." She said quietly. "I mean, you're sixteen, I'm twenty-eight, and we're sensei and student. It shouldn't be happening like this." She said as she began to cry again.

Matao smiled sadly, before he pulled her into a hug. I won't ever be a replacement. If you want to stay just sensei and student I'll understand. It you want something more, I'll understand that as well. It's all up to you." He said as she continued to cry into his chest as he stroked her hair.

He then pulled away from her and smiled before he let out a laugh. "Kaijii Meada, the Death Goddess of Konoha and number three in the bingo book. If anyone got a look at you right now they'd die laughing. You're actually nothing like the psychotic sadistic badass you let other people think you are." He said as she punched him in the chest, calling him an asshole.

He smiled as she did that. "You're actually very kind, self conscious, and you cry over the littlest things. You care what those close to you think and you'll do anything to protect them. I gotta say, I like this you, the true you a hell of a lot better than the you that gets shown to other people." He said as she blushed and punched him again. "I've got to go to training with Shigure, so I'll be back here around seven. Feel free to stay here for as long as you like." He said before he left her there with a smile on her face.

Matao made his way down the street, the Tetseijin at his hip. He was currently wondering what kind of training he was going to get from the greatest weapon mistress in the world. He was close to the training field when he was stopped by Rin, who had tears going down her face. "Matao! Matao! Koori's gone! He's left the village to follow someone named Kabuto Yakushi!" She yelled as Matao's blood went cold.

Wooooow. This chapter was for some reason pretty easy to write. I hoped you all liked that little scene I put in there. This chapter was a little bit shorter than some of the others. The story is about to reach its halfway point, so I hope you're all ready for a ton of action to come up! The next chapter should be up in about a week or two.

Btw, check out my college's creative writing club's website for some of my original work. The website is .com. My stories are The Angel's Cry, Countdown, and Birthed into Darkness. I'm trying to come up with a new story called The Kitsune and I. It's slow going since I can't think of a plot for it yet. Wish me luck folks!