"Winner, Kiba Inuzuka." Iruka called out as the boy whooped from his win. The taijutsu portion of the exam had revealed a few slightly interesting things; like the fact Chouji Akamichi was quite ticklish after Shino's insects swarmed him.
Shikamaru, for once, proved he could act beforehand...though he did it by forfeiting ahead of time when he was told to face Ino.
During this, the trio were once again talking after yet another one of Sasuke Uchiha's 'gimmie' moments. Iruka had marked him high for the Gauntlet, though he lost a couple of points since he wasn't supposed to take the trap with him. Though, since he made it through faster than Sasuke, he still retained a higher score. He was pleasantly surprised by that. At least until the brooder spoke up:
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"How did you get through that faster than me, dobe!?" The Uchiha said, stomping up in front of Naruto, Sakura right behind him, "Answer me!"
The blonde slowly tilted his head down until the two were looking eye to eye (It just me, or does anyone else find the idea of Naruto having to actualy look down at Sasuke entertaining?), "Excuse us?" He really wasn't in the mood for another one of the teme's power plays.
"You heard me!" The dark-haired boy grabbed his shirt collar in an attempt to intimidate him. "You're going to tell me everything, Uzumaki! "
Naruto responded by taking hold of the offending limb. Sasuke smirked inwardly, convinced that even though Naruto was taller, he was no where near his own abilities. Unfortunately for the Uchiha, six years of training, along with Venom's amplification, had given the blonde a very impressive grip. One that he was more than willing to demonstrate, as proven by Sasuke's scowl slowly turning to a grimace coupled by the sound of bones grinding together.
""LET GO OF SASUKE-KUN, YOU mpgh!!" Sakura screamed only to get her mouth webbed shut with Naruto's free hand.
"Uchiha, we've lost count of the times you've come up demanding we tell you what we know, but every time our answer has been the same." He increased the pressure, forcing Sasuke to let go and almost drop to a knee, the pain clearly visible on his face before throwing the hand down, "This'll be no different. Go away." With that, Naruto shoved him aside.
"You miserable..!" Sauuke growled. He made ready to attack the blonde with his unhurt hand when Iruka stepped in.
"All right, that's enough!" He said, giving the raven-haired boy a look that dared him to try something.
"No! I demand that loser tell me everything he knows!" Sasuke snapped as he took out a kunai, intending on using it. Though that came to a halt when a Juken strike, courtesy of Hinata, layed him out with a bruise already forming between his eyes.
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Sasuke had gotten a severe reprimand when he came to, though he tried to shrug it off. Thankfully, he back off for now.
Sakura on the other hand tried to jump on Hinata for clocking her crush, but the webbing reduced her to muffled noises. Though she seemed to think she'd get some payback when she was picked to face off with Nariko.
"Should I go easy on her?" Nariko asked her boyfriend and girlfriend (yes, Nariko and Hinata are Bi here) as the pinkette stormed onto the sparring ring, her posture indicating she felt she'd already won.
The two looked at each other for a moment, "Nah." They said in unison.
"Nari-chan, make it fast and we'll tell you where Anko hid the peppermint cookies." Naruto watched as her eyes widened and an even wider grin appeared on her face; if it was one thing Nariko Mitarashi had a weakness for it was anything with peppermint in it. The girl was as bad as Hinata and her cinnamon rolls.
The pigtailed girl almost flew into the ring and took a stance. She cocked an eye as Sakura began gesturing at her, since the webbing had yet to dissolve. From the way she was acting, it was apparent the pinkette was trying to make a disparaging remark about her figure.
"Hm, at least I have something to fill a bra up with, Little Miss Titless." Nariko responded. She punctuated it by cupping her 28-C breasts and giving them a jiggle. smirking as the insult did its job..along with noticing that it caught both Naruto and Hinata's attention. With a screech, Sakura charged at her with a fist drawn back.
"Ninja Arts: Kurumi wari: On'nanoko bājon!" Nariko yelled, instantly dropping into a split when her opponent got close and shot a hard right jab..
Right into Sakura's crotch. The impact was enough to lift her a couple of inches off the ground. along with the soft 'thud' that came with it making everyone wince. Nariko climbed back to her feet while Sakura slowly went down, whimpering a bit as she clutched her tender area in pain.
The chunin assisting Iruka cringed at the punch, "Is that legal?" He whispered.
"Sounds like something Anko taught her." Iruka sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. He waited till the medic on standby came up before calling Nariko the winner, watching her bounce into her fellow blonde's lap, telling him to spill the location of something.
Next up was Hinata against Ami, another Uchiha fangirl. When the match started, Ami showed that even though she and Sakura hated each other, their tactics were identical when she started off by trying to mock Hinata's taste in men as well as calling her a freak for being with a guy and girl at the same time. That lasted about thirty seconds until Hinata charged in and laid her out with a few well-placed strikes.
"Bitch." The Hyuuga heiress muttered before going back over to a laughing Nariko.
Naruto chuckled himself, "And that's why we make it a point not to piss either of you off."
Next up was a guy named Sai. Naruto didn't really know a lot about him except the guy talked about male genitalia a little too much for his liking. He proved that even more with the way he weirded out the poor guy that faced him; he forfeited rather than get near him.
"Ok, this is the final match for the exams: Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha."
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Heehee, cliffy!
Yes, I can be an evil bastard. But this'll give me a chance to put a lil meat in their match.
Kurumi wari: On'nanoko bājon: Nutcracker: Girl version.
Ok, I've decided to take Leaf Ranger's idea; Naruto, Hinata, and Nariko with Anko as their sensei. (Doubt I'll be putting Anko in the harem, but i may consider it if you can give a good reason)