Sorry about the late arrival of my new chapter. Been busy with Homework, Projects, Reading, etc. The next chapter will be published later on, but probably next month if not January!

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The lava was pretty hot but the dragon Ikamaru summoned could flow through it with ease. Ikamaru's excitement rised as the dragon burst up speed but still kept control. As the two traveled for miles, Ikamaru sort of noticed something: Some of the cave walls weren't exactly in their best form. "Sakira, aim for the left wall and use any type of fire-based attack you want. Just break through"

"I can't" The beast said in a loud female voice.

"What?!"

"I can only use water and ice based jutsus"

"Damn" Ikamaru took out a kunai and wrapped a tag around it. He threw it onto the wall and boom went the wall. A small hole appeeared out of the smoke but it was still too small for Ikamaru to fit through. Ikamaru tried again and threw an explosive kunai at it but it missed and went right into the hole, which was followed by a large rock behind that wall thumbeling onto the hole and sealing it forever. "DAMN!"

The two kept on flowing while still searching for weak spots. Luck wasn't on their site at that time, though, and found themselves taking minutes, maybe hours, wasting time. Ikamaru did wonder why they hadn't arrived at a point where they could rest; Any pieces of dried, cooled lava would have done much good for resting. Ikamaru's eyes began to hurt and so did the dragons. Then Ikamaru had an idea.

"You said you can use water and ice jutsus, didn't ya?"

"Why, yes. Did you just notice" The elegent and histerical beast had told him.

"... Try freezing the lava. Then we could arrive faster by just sliding down"

"Maybe... But where do yo think we're going to 'arrive'? The North Pole? We must be thousands of kilometres/miles away from that cave we were in and even farther away to your little destination you've been thinking about"

Ikamaru paused in surprisement. "You can read my thoughts!?"

"Yah. Didn't ya read Eragon?"

"Well.. can you still get there? I have... something to do there"

"It's 11 miles/kilometres away but we'll have to get off in Stone Village to get to your required destination"

"Meh. No other way"

MEANWHILE

The crowd stayed still as they couldn't understand what was happening. Their expectations were high for this match, hoping that it'd be a great, long, ninja fight that would keep the viewers on the edge of their seat. None of those expectations were met. Not a single one. Hayaku, struggling to breath, was paralyzed by the swift, agility move. It was faster than anything he had seen. He could feel the bastard's cold breath as he held him high up in the arena. The arena wasn't like most arena's you've ever seen. The base was held high in the clouds with a steel tower. The viewers were able to see from down below with the latest technology: Chairs, equipped with food, souveniers, dating tips, and a mini plasma tv!

Hayaku looked down but regretted it greatly after seeing how long the drop would be if he let go. Hayaku had no way to get out; His feet couldn't reach the man, he couldn't move let alone breath, and he didn't even have enough chakra for a jutsu. He thought he was finished! But then...

"Where is Ikamaru" the words came out of the stranger's mouth.

Hayaku looked confused. How'd he know about Ikamaru? Hayaku knew he had to answer.

"I...I-I do...n't know!" The words came out faint. The man got ticked off and squeezed his hands harder.

"TELL ME!"

"I...told...you...I..don't know!!" Hayaku squeezed out just enough chakra to chakra punch him off of him. The man let go and Hayaku fell to his doom. Or did he? Hayaku had just caught the edge of the base. He grabbed ahold and tried to climb back on, but the man kicked him in the face which sent him back down. Luckily, he used his remaining chakra to stick to the tower's sides. Now Hayaku was really pissed off. He gathered up the rest of the chakra his body held and did some hand signs. He held his hand close to the base's bottom and unleashed his jutsu. Flaming spikes appeared out of the base and attacked the man. Hayaku couldn't really see what was going on, but he waited. Then he heard a noise. He looked ahead of him and saw blood raining down.

Ewwww... is he dead? Suddenly, he felt a surge through his nervous system as if something, was changing it. His body felt gruesome pain as something was happening. Something strange. Then his eyes grew from a emerald green to a flashing gold. He let out a blood-curdling scream, and he lost total control of his chakra. And if you did your math, then you would know that he had let go of the tower's sides, and he fell off. But the weird thing was, he had a smirk on his face.