The hokage then welcomes everyone and asks that no one leaves till all the matches are finished. He then says 8 candidates, but I look down and see Sasuke is missing.
"That's odd what happened to that ninja from the sound?" I ask confused.
"Wouldn't that be 9?" I look around then back down to the arena.
"He must have dropped out," I tell Hikaru who is still sleeping. The lady comes back and sits in front of him. Then the boy that looks like Kento comes and starts talking to Hikaru. They start whispering to each other and then he looks over at me and smiles.
"Eww.." I say quietly.
"Yamouri, this is Zai," Hikaru says confidently while pointing to the Kento look alike.
"Oh hello," I say kindly.
"Nice to meet you," he says and takes a seat next to Hikaru. He then points over to Kiba and Hinata and that one girl Kiba was with earlier.
"That's Kaira, she's my girlfriend," he says while pointing at her. She looks over at us and then back at the arena.
"Oh really? Then why is she with Kiba?" I ask confused. He turns red and stays quiet and Hikaru changes the subject.
The first match is finally about to begin the others leave the arena. Only Naruto and Neji remain
"Whoo!" I cheer. I don't know who to cheer for specifically since Neji is on my team and Naruto is my friend.
Hikaru wakes up and grabs another bag of chips.
"Poor Naruto, this match should end pretty quickly," he says. I look at Naruto then at Neji.
"Naruto isn't as weak as you think," I think to myself while looking at Hikaru.
"Begin!" Shouts the Procter as a strong wind blows by while Naruto vows to win. The crowd cheers very loudly.
"Yay!" I cheer. Hikaru is slumped in his sit all sloppy like with his legs happen.
"Didn't you learn manners?" I ask annoyed. He just shakes his head and continues making a mess of chips.
Neji gets into his usual stance for battle and takes a step forward while Naruto just stands there.
"Come on already!" I sigh.
Suddenly Naruto throws kunai knives at him and he dodges them easily while Naruto runs up to him. I gasp loudly and hear Kiba call him an idiot for going up close.
"I hope this doesn't end too quickly," I sigh again and continue watching. They go right into hand to hand combat. Neji hits one of Naruto's chakra points, but he missed. Neji looks angry.
Naruto then makes shadow clones and they take out their weapons. Naruto runs up to him and kicks him. Neji gets rid of his clones in a matter of seconds.
"Oh man.." I say quietly. Neji is strong, maybe too strong for Naruto..
Neji and him start talking. Probably about all the stuff Neji was telling Hinata. Looks like he just got Naruto excited.
Naruto makes clones again and the fight really starts to heat up. Neji hits one of his points and Naruto starts to bleed, but then he disappears.
"Whoo! Way to go Naruto!" I cheer quietly. He tricked Neji. Neji then uses his rotation and Naruto falls to the ground.
"That's one of Neji's special defenses," I tell Hikaru quietly as he is shocked at the sight. He was really getting into it.
"Neji can see 360 degrees with his byakugan," I explain to Hiakru and Zai who are obviously lost.
"He is about to use his special defense, the 8 trigrams palm rotation," they look at me in awe.
Neji does another of his rotation and once again Naruto falls to the ground.
"This is getting intense, "I sigh and slump in my chair. Once again his clones disappear.
"Come to think about it Neji's defense is like Gaara's," I tell them and they look over at Gaara who is watching the battle with his arms crossed.
Neji starts using his gentle fist and hitting Naruto all over his body. In a flash he hits all of his chakra points and Naruto falls to the ground shaking. The Procter walks forward near Naruto.
"It can't be over already…" I say sadly as I look at Naruto struggling to get up.
"Come on Naruto! Show Neji what you got," I whisper. I should be cheering for Neji, but his over confidence really angers me. Maybe it's time someone beats him to show him who is boss.
Naruto then stands himself up and shocks Neji's pants off.
"Naruto shouldn't even be breathing, let alone standing," I say quietly.
"Alright Naruto!" I cheer.
Neji takes off his headband and shows a mark on his forehead.
"Whaat is that?" I think to myself. "I've never seen that before."
They talk for a few minutes while Hikaru and Zai whisper between themselves.
I try really hard to listen in. Neji is talking about his past I think. He mentioned something about a cloud ninja..
"So is this why Neji is so bitter?" I think to myself. "Because his father was killed." I look down at the ground.
Neji hits Naruto in the stomach and he flies back again.
"Naruto…" I look over at Sakura and Ino who have their eyes glued to the arena.
Suddenly Naruto starts to use some sort of new chakra. I watch in awe as I wait for what is going to happen.
"What is he?" I shout excitedly. "I had no idea…" A strong wind blows and Naruto prepares to attack. In a flash Naruto appears behind him and then Neji uses his rotation.
"This is so cool!" Hikaru shouts.
Suddenly Naruto runs towards Neji with his chakra flowing everywhere and Neji quickly tries to use his rotation and block it, but a huge explosion occurs and a puff of smoke.
"Neji!" I shout as I stand in my chair to see what just happened.
Neji comes out of the ground struggling to stand. I look over to the other and wait to see if Naruto is going to stand up as well. Naruto comes flying out of the ground and punches Neji's face as he flies up in the air and he lands on the ground unable to move. Naruto wins the round. The audience goes wild cheering for him. I sit there with a smile on my face.
"I can't believe Neji was beat," I start to say, "I'm glad it was you, Naruto."
The next match is supposed to be Sasuke and Gaara, but Sasuke still isn't here..
The medics take Neji on a stretcher and I look around for any sign of Sasuke. Then a thought runs threw my mind.
"What if Gaara already killed him?" I think to myself as I stare at Gaara's face.
~.::.::.::.::.::.~ A few minutes later ~.::.::.::.::.::.~
The crowd is getting angry waiting for the next match to begin, but there is no Sasuke.
"Man he sure likes to try and get attention not showing up," Zai tells Hikaru.
Some people start booing and others are cussing and what not.
I take a big sigh and wait for what the hokage is going to say. The Procter then says Sasuke's battle will be postponed and they are going to jump ahead to the next battle. Shino and that sand shinobi are next. Suddenly he blurts out that he withdraws and the crowd gets even angrier. Which means Shikamaru is up next.
"Shikamaru!" I gasp. Hikaru looks annoyed and Zai looks confused. Temari gets to the arena first by flying on her fan. Shikamaru looks like he is squirming and Naruto pushes him and he falls of the ledge and falls back first into the arena.
"Alright Shika!" I shout. Ino starts cheering as well. He doesn't really look that excited. Shikamaru just lays there and people start to throw food at him. They keep booing.
"BOO! SHIKAMARU" Shouts Hikaru at the top of his lungs.
"Hey shut up!" I tell him with a fist. He sits back down and looks the other way. Temari starts running towards Shikamaru with her fan raised. She plans to crush him. The Procter didn't even say begin, but Shikamaru dodges it and is standing on his kunai on the wall. Temari gets angry and swipes her fan, but Shikamaru is gone.
Another blonde girl starts to cheer for him I look over and recognize her as the girl that was with Zai and that girl named Kaira.
"What a weenie, he's hiding in the trees!" Shouts Hikaru. This sure is a boring match so far. I figured Shikamaru would make things a little interesting. Temari uses her jutsu, the same one that she used to defeat me. I use my arms to block my face from the strong wind current that she made. He attempts to use his shadow possession jutsu, but it doesn't reach her. Shikamaru just sits there starring at the clouds like he does when I'm drawing.
"Come on Shikamaru.." I sigh and slump back in my chair. "You'd think he'd shake his laziness away for at least a good 30 minutes, but noo.."
Shikamaru just sits there doing something with his hands.
"Is he thinking?" I think to myself as I wait in anticipation for his next move. Temari reveals all three moons on her fan and Shikamaru hides behind a tree.
"Ugh.." I sigh. Shikamaru almost catches her in his shadow, but she jumps away again.
I see Shikamaru used his jacket as a parachute type thing to increase the length of his shadow. She moves again and places her fan in the ground and starts to think too. Suddenly she starts to make hand signs, but she freezes and Shikamaru's shadow becomes visible.
"Alright Shikamaru!" I shout jumping up and down. Suddenly he blurts out that he quits and Temari wins the match.
"ARG! Shikamaru!" I shout and sit back down. Hikaru starts laughing hysterically as the audience cheers.
Now it has to be Sasuke and Gaara's match, but still no Sasuke.
The crowd is getting very angry.
"Stupid Sasuke," yells Hikaru. Him and Zai start making fun of Sasuke and how lame he is for making everyone wait so long for him.
The Procter says the ten minutes of waiting are up.
"So the match is canceled.." I take a big sigh and put my things back into my backpack.
Suddenly Sasuke and Kakashi appear in the middle of the arena surrounded by leaves. Sasuke is wearing a different outfit.
"Well it's about time," I say calmly. The audience cheers and I look over by Sakura and Ino and see Lee with Guy-sensei.
"Lee!" I shout in excitement and wave. He smiles and waves back. I look at Gaara as Sasuke calls him to get down to the arena. His face turns into a creepy look and I get a shiver down my spine again.
"Yamouri?" Hikaru asks.
"Huh?" I turn towards him. I must have zoned out again. I look down and see Gaara has finally arrived in front of Sasuke. I get a knot in my stomach.
Finally the match begins.
"Have you noticed," Hikaru starts to whisper but in a very serious tone.
"Huh? Notice what?" I ask him. He looks around and then at me.
"There are Anbu black opps scattered all around the audience.
"What?"I ask shocked I look around and see for myself.
"Why are they here?" I think to myself. "Could they be here to make sure Gaara doesn't… No that can't be it…."
Suddenly Gaara's sand starts to come out of his gourd. I tighten my grip on the chair in front of me.
"So it's finally begun," I say. Gaara starts to hold his head and he starts to shake.
"What the?" I shout I stand in my chair to see what is going on. His sand falls to the ground. Sasuke throws a shuriken and Gaara's sand forms some sort of clone. Sasuke runs up to it and punches it and it grabs a hold of his hand.
"Oh man.." Hikaru says. Sasuke appears behind Gaara really fast, just like Lee.
"Geez he keeps stealing poor Lee's techniques," I say quietly. Sasuke punches his face and he flies back.
"When did Sasuke get so fast?" I gasp as he kicks Gaara in the air again.
"Man he is getting beat!" Shouts someone from behind as Sasuke continues hitting Gaara.
Gaara does a hand sign and forms some sort of ball around him.
"What is he planning on doing?" I think to myself as I examine it closely. "I've never seen anything like it." Sasuke runs up to it to punch and then spear like things stick out. An eyeball sort of thing starts to form above them.
"What the hell?" I shout. I hear Naruto yelling at Kakashi. Something about Gaara not even being human. I look down at the battle again. Sasuke attacks the ball shield thing again.
No matter where he hits the spears automatically shoot out at him.
"What is he doing in that ball?" Asks Zai totally confused at the whole situation.
"I'm getting a really bad feeling," I tell Hikaru and Zai. Their attention turns to me. The breeze changed.
"The same kind of feeling before Kento's betrayal. Why do I feel like that again right now?" I think to myself. Sasuke starts to form some sort of lightning ball in his hand.
"What he can use lightning?" I shout in shock. Sasuke starts to charge towards Gaara in his ball. He makes impact and breaks threw. Suddenly Gaara starts to scream. His scream makes me cover my ears.
"I've never heard something like that," I gasp. Some sort of arm thing comes out of Gaara's shield.
"What is that?" Hikaru shouts. Gaara's shield falls to the ground and he's holding his bleeding shoulder.
Suddenly white feathers start to fall from the sky and my vision starts to go blurry I look over at Hikaru and Zai who are lying on the ground. That breeze goes by again.
"Whaaat's happening…" I ask and fall back in my chair as it goes black.
