Naruto
Kitsune Oni
Author: Here we are, nothing but poorly written battles and some plot :)
Tenten wasted no time in starting when Anko signalled for them to begin. She immediately started throwing multiple kunai and shuriken at her opponent before opening a seal on her shoulder, sending countless weapons flying through the air and impaling themselves into Temari. Temari making no movement to stop any of it, just smiling s harmless smile as her skin was pierced and punctured, sending her blood flying whichever way. It was only when it was done did her smile fade, showing that she was starting.
The air slowly started to move around the building, pressuring the ones further away to come a bit closer. The moving became faster as each second past, causing various things to get picked up in the draft, all of it surrounding Temari, where a mini-twister was picking up around her, engulfing her in the pressure of air. It was only a couple more seconds until the weapons that were previously embedded in Temari were flying around the twister, all a slight blur to the untrained eye.
A small hand was seen reaching atop the twister, and when the hand clenched itself did the twister stop, sending all the stuff it was carrying flying in different directions and leaving a body that looked like it wasn't pierced at all.
"A little pain like that is nothing to me" Temari said sweetly, "How about we step this up?"
Temari then pulled out her giant fan, opening it slightly to reveal a crescent moon. She then twitched the fan slightly, causing a massive gust of wind to charge at Tenten, who barely dodged it before sending another barrage of weapons, which were swiftly deflected by the fan.
"My attacks are useless against her" Tenten thought annoyingly, "Looks like I'll have to use that"
Tented stopped dodging the fan attacks and stood still, deep in thought. This caused Temari to stop, whose curiosity got the better of her, wanting to see what her opponent was planning. A faded purple glow started forming around Tenten's hands, she slowly moved them around as if trying to feel for something, it was when her hands clamped onto something did Tenten open her eyes. She moved her hands together, one on top of the other, and slammed her palm into the ground, causing a small crater; she then pulled her hands up, palms still flat, as a bandaged sword floated up under it.
Temari instantly recognised the blade; being told stories about it many times by the elder during her training. The blade was wide and flat; it had two curved indents near the base, and two handles, which were connected to each other by a short length of cord, it also had two prominent holes near the tip. The appearance of this blade made Temari jump back a good two feet, almost trembling in fear.
"W-where did you get that?!" she yelled with almost-anger filling her voice, "A Genin like you has no right to have that!"
Tenten smirked before filling the sword with chakra, emanating it in the same faded purple glow as before. She then gave a giant swing of the blade, sending out multiple chakra shapes that pierced Tamari's wind defence and left big gashes in her skin, the blood filling out much quicker than the previous weapons, causing her to lose balance and almost fall over. She kept her ground though, and sent technique after technique at the now smug Tenten, who, though barely dodging the attacks, sent devastating attacks of her own back, which Temari couldn't dodge at all, leading to her incapacitation.
"Tenten's win by K.O!" Anko called with a smirk as Temari was quickly moved to the medical ward by her Sensei, and Tenten was greeted with cheers as she returned to her team, her sword sealed away in the special seal on her palm.
All that were present turned again to see the matchup of the next match.
oOo Timeskip two matches oOo
The matches of Kankurō vs. Kiba, and Shino vs. Abumi were obvious to many, but were a shock to others that Kankurō and Shino won their respective battles using wits and threats. There older Shinobi had no more thoughts on those matches as they were steeling themselves for the next fight, one that would test them on everything that is to become a ninja.
Haruno Sakura vs. Yamanaka Ino
oOo
"C'mon Billboard-brow" Ino taunted as she waited for Sakura to come down.
"J-just shut up Ino-pig" Sakura retorted, "Not all of us want to jump off things"
"This is why I'm better than you" Ino mocked with a laugh, "Shinobi always go for the quickest and easiest route"
Most of the spectators showed visible agreement to this, thinking back to the many times they took the quick and easy route.
"S-shut up, I am SO a bette-"
"Both of you shut up before a disqualify you both!" Anko shouted while summoning two medium-sized snakes. Both Kunoichi paled and quickly quietened down. "Now begin!"
oOo Timeskip for laziness oOo
"I never knew Ino could use that move" Kakashi said while covering his Sharingan, mentally skipping in joy for learning a Yamanaka technique, "I guess Sakura has a little ways to go before she can pass yet"
"And the same for my Ino" Asuma said as he watched his student faint, "But I give your student credit for surviving as long as she did"
Both Jōnin nodded in agreement before taking their respected students into the medic ward as the screen told the next match.
Hyūga Neji vs. Hyūga Hinata
oOo
"Give it up Hinata" Neji started as the Hyūga cousins readied themselves into their clans fighting stances, "Fate has promised me victory many times, today is no exception"
Hinata just scoffed before doing something that made most of the spectators gasp, she untied Hitai-ate and placed it in her jackets pocket. "Your fate has nothing on me"
Neji growled as he charged her, slamming his right hand into her chest, sending out a pulse of chakra as he did to stop her momentarily. It was odd then to the spectators who thought the match was over that Neji was sent crashing into a nearby wall, causing a large crater in it. They turned and saw Hinata in a stance that no one recognised.
"Where did you learn that?" Neji asked threateningly, "You were raised by the Hyūga's gentle fist!"
Hinata just chuckled as she went into a new stance, where her knees were slightly bent with one in front of the other, shoulder-width apart, he left hand flat and in front of her, and her right hand pulled pack and fisted. To most there they thought this was a shabby stance that Neji could easily beat, only Lee and Guy seeing otherwise.
Neji charged in again, blue lion heads forming around his fists as he punched with accuracy at her head. But Hinata easily blocked this by throwing her left hand up and grabbing his wrist, her right hand crashing itself into his gut, stopping his other punch from coming. She then spun herself around, sending her right foot into Neji's cheek, smashing him into the ground.
She walked proudly off the stage when the Hyūga prodigy made no movement, announcing her victory to the shock of the spectators, even her own Sensei was in shock.
"H-how did you do that?" Kurenai asked weakly, "I've never seen you do ANYTHING like that before"
Hinata giggle slightly before answering in an I-know-something-you-don't voice, "I've only had three trainers, my best one is the most secretive"
This just left Kurenai more dumbfounded as before, knowing nothing of another trainer, she just nodded, filing away her need for some research for another time as the next match was about to start.
"Then what about that nonsense with your headband?!" she asked dangerously, "I've told you the implications of doing that and you still did it?"
"But of course, sensei" Hinata said with a cruel smile, "I was better than Neji, so why should I respect him?"
Kurenai growled before looking away from her student and at the scoreboard, "We'll talk about this later"
oOo More match skips oOo
Chōji and Shikamaru left for the medic ward, both winning their respective fights relatively easily and wanted to check up on their teammate, who they had grown much respect for in their previous missions. Of course the Sound-nin were royally pissed, having no one to continue in the exam, leaving them to the mercy of their leader, who would be none too happy for their fail.
As some of the Shinobi cleared out, most remained to see the fruits of the final match, especially the contestants' teammates.
Gaara walked down the stairs in an emotionless manor while Lee 'youthfully' flipped over the railings, landing splendidly with the dust spinning around him.
"My apologies Gaara, but I cannot let you win this match" Lee said with serious in his voice, unlike his usual 'youth' self. Gaara merely 'hmphd' in response before Anko called for the match to begin.
oOo
Lee dashed forward at the blink of an eye and sent his right fist at this opponents head, but was stopped as quickly as he ran by sand coming from Gaara's back. Lee grunted before going into an all-round assault on the Sand-nin, who was easily blocking every attack with his sand, Lee's attacks barely denting them.
"That's enough Lee!" Guy yelled, "This opponent is too strong" he waited a moment for Lee's face to drop before yelling at his loudest, "SO TAKE THEM OFF!"
Lee looked up faithfully at his master before jumping up on a pillar, undoing the bandages around his wrist and legs, revealing four sets of weights. He immediately threw them onto the ground, causing giant ruptures where they landed, surprising most of the Shinobi, and visibly shocking Gaara.
"Now I can begin!" Lee called as he disappeared into the air, making no sound, leaving his presence unknown to everyone, Kakashi see tiny blurs here and there with his Sharingan. All while this was happening, Gaara's sand was going crazy blocking seeming non-existent, but powerful attacks coming from all sides.
While people would think this wouldn't affect Gaara, his siblings more than anyone else, they were wrong. His eyes were wide, moving everywhere he caught something, because his sand, while doing a good job at blocking the attacks, were barely making it there in time, something that has never happened to him before.
Very quickly did he coat himself in the sand, taking in all the attacks of his opponent while he thought about what he could do, and he could easily take the boy out if he tried, but he didn't want the Shinobi to know more about what he could do than what they already knew. He slowly started to notice that there was a pattern coming from the oncoming attacks, all coming at specific spots on his body.
The sand soon erupted in an explosion, causing Lee to stop and see a smirking Gaara, who forced the sand to spiral around him. This seemed odd to most there, especially the other Genin, but Lee was mentally grunting in annoyance, the spirals all were in areas he was most efficient in attacking.
"I'm sorry, Guy-Sensei" Lee said as he's eyes glowed for a second. He then appeared behind Gaara and easily through him into the air, throwing his bandages after and wrapping them around him. He jumped up quickly and latched onto Gaara, flipping them into a downward-spiral, both smashing into the ground.
When the dust dispersed, they saw a painting Lee and an unscathed Gaara, who had returned to his usual stoic self.
"Not enough!" Lee yelled as his body glowed blue for a split-second, halting his short-breath and strains, his body then turned red, a green aura soon appearing around him.
Gaara didn't have a chance to blink as his sand covered him once more, blocking the attacks that were now breaking his defence. Cracks after cracks could be heard appearing on the armour, as more and more light started filling the dark void in the sand. It wasn't long before the shield crumbled and Gaara was sent flying into the air, smashing his head into the roof before falling down, his gut landing in Lee's hyper-kick, forcing him to cough blood when he fell to the ground.
oOo
"What's wrong with him?" Temari asked cautiously as she and her brother watched Gaara painfully stand up, wobbling from the pain he was feeling, "This has never happened before?"
"That's because he has never felt this kind of pain before" Kankurō answered simply, before adding an answer after seeing a look of confusion on his usually-smart sister, "His sand has always protected him, his never had a scratched, never been cut, never had a broken bone. Everything he is feeling is new to him and his body... his body is having a hard time comprehending what is going on"
Temari nodded dumbly before looking back to her brother who was still coughing up bits of blood.
oOo
"Please give up Gaara" Lee said as he prepared himself for his next attack, "I don't want to hurt you more than I already have"
The thing Gaara did as a response shocked and scared everyone. He laughed, he laughed crazily.
"I shall do no such thing" he spat venomously, "The only time I'll stop is when that day comes"
A green aura soon appeared around Gaara, as if wrapping itself around him in a hug, Gaara soon composing himself.
"My mother has told me something" Gaara said as the aura was eliminating Gaara's worse wounds, "She wants your blood, and I'll make sure she gets it"
Sand immediately spiked from the ground, attacking everywhere Lee jumped to. It wasn't long until the ground was nothing but sand, moving around as if it were the ocean in a storm. Lee soon found himself engulfed in the sand, it was only when he was did most of the sand retracted into the ground, and the rest formed itself into a ball, slowly crushing Lee from the inside.
oOo
"That's enough!" Anko called, gaining everyone's attention, "Gaara, you've won, now drop the attack"
"No" Gaara said lowly, "I promised mother his blood"
Time stood still as all the Jonin there surrounded themselves around Gaara, but he just ignored them as he quickened the attack, enticing more screams from his prey, and stopping the Shinobi around them.
"Stop this now" Guy said dangerously with his he jabbed his kunai into the boy's throat, "You will release my pupil"
"I shall have his blood" Gaara said while clenching his fist, causing the ball to implode, blood and sand flying everywhere.
"You monster" Guy yelled, swinging his kunai to slice the boy's throat, but was stopped by someone wearing a black-ANBU coat, and had the Council mask on.
"Why did you stop me?" He asked angrily, tears falling down his face, "Why did you stop me from killing my pupil's killer?"
"Gaara didn't kill your student" the man said pointing to the corner of the room where Lee was currently being examined by the medics, "Gaara may have heavily wounded him, but he hasn't killed him"
Guy didn't hear that part as he was with his student, tears flowing strongly down his face.
The rest of the Jonin let go of Gaara, who was eyeing the council-ANBU furiously.
"Why did you save him?" he growled, "Why did you stop mother from having her blood?"
"Because that's not your mother"
Gaara froze, eyes becoming clearer and clearer, as the seal that kept the beast at bay started lighting up, Gaara's face turning into sand, before transforming into a wolf-like head.
"WHY DO YOU UPSET MY LITTLE ONE, SO?" the face growled out, shocking everyone in the room, especially Gaara's siblings.
"Because you set him on an impossible quest" the council-ANBU explained, "And if you really were his mother, you'd help him, not corrupt him"
This beast growled before spitting out a clump of sand, going faster than anyone in this room could ever hope of catching, and hit the ANBU's mask, cracking it. The mask continued to crack as it weakened, crumbling even, before falling off, revealing the face of the blond-haired boy who shouldn't have been able to walk, let alone save someone from a sand prison.
"Hello, Shukaku"