Chapter 10: Glass Phoenix!
"Team Jolt wins with a devastating victory! Team Suna and Team Mist-1, you're up!" The announcer said once he had overcome the shock of seeing Gar single-handedly demolish six other jonin.
Gar left with a wave and Team Suna took his place on the arena. Across from them was Ao, leader of Team Mist-1. Behind him was a timid looking man with glasses and blue hair. There was also a man with a bubble blower who was wearing a yukata loosely and had hair in the same style as Shikamaru. The fourth member had unruly purple hair and sharp teeth and was wearing the typical Kiri jonin uniform.
The last two members appeared to be twins. Both had long brown hair and kind brown eyes. They had two differences, the first was their weapon of choice. On had a katana while the other had a hand ax. The other difference was their bust size. The katana user was flat as a board but her sister rivalled Tsunade.
"Team Suna requests a two-on-two." Gaara said as he stood in the arena, "It would count as winning two battles."
The announcer looked up to the Kage, "We'll have to go to the head for this one." Mei and Tsunade had their thumbs up while Ei and Onoki had theirs down.
"As acting Kazekage I vote yes." Gaara said to the announcer, holding his thumb up and glaring towards Ei and Onoki.
The announcer waited a few seconds before continuing, "It appears as if the first battle will be two-on-two! Team Suna pick your members first."
Gaara and Videl stayed on the arena while Hinata, Temari, Shino, and Shikamaru all left.
Team Mist-1 had picked Ao and the timid blue haired man -Chojuro.
"Chojuro! Make me proud!" Mei shouted down, causing the timidness of the man to disappear.
"BEGIN!"
"Sand Tsunami!" Gaara raised a hand, a wall of sand forming over him and falling towards Ao and Chojuro.
"Suiton: Water Pillar!" Both Kiri-jonin shouted at the same time, two large beams of water burst through the sand, leaving the jonin unscathed.
"Phoenix Kick!" Videl's voice rang out as she slammed a flaming foot into Chojuro's face, sending him to the ground.
Chojuro then drew his sword, the bandages falling away to reveal a dual handled broadsword that shone with chakra, "Hiramekarei: RELEASE!" He shouted, "HAMMER!" The blade changed shape, appearing as a large hammer. He swung it at Videl, who was charging him.
"Phoenix RUSH!" She shouted, using shunshin to run around the hammer swing and deliver a flurry of powerful flaming blows on Chojuro.
Ao dodged another flurry of sand shuriken as he closed in on Gaara, moving ever closer as he avoided hits, even those that come from behind.
Gaara unleashed a shout of effort as the encased Ao in sand and squeezed.
The Kiri-jonin saved himself by creating a cage of water and encasing himself. Hopefully he could last long enough for Chojuro to finish off the girl.
Videl screamed in pain as her arm was cut, hanging on by a thread of muscle. Chojuro had swung the hammer form down but switched to longsword, she managed to pivot enough to avoid death but wasn't fast enough to dodge entirely.
"VIDEL!" Gohan shouted from the stands, worried for his friend.
Gaara was holding Ao and couldn't help too much but did manage to knock Chojuro off balance with a claw of sand.
Videl rushed forwards and slammed her heel into the blue haired swordsman, shattering all the ribs on one side. She then took him and threw him out of the ring before appearing at Gaara's side with her arm in hand, "Let's use Glass Phoenix." She said. He nodded levitated Ao's box, sand going from the ground to surround it in the shape of a giant bird.
"Katon: Immolation!" Videl shouted after taking nearly thirty seconds to gather her chakra, a white-hot stream of fire engulfed the sand bird.
"GLASS PHOENIX!" Gaara and Videl shouted together once she released the flames. The sand bird was now made of glass and looked positively beautiful. The sun beamed through it and created a rainbow in the arena as Gaara willed the priceless creation to slam into the ground, shards flying everywhere. Ao's mangled body was left in the debris, the rise and fall of his chest signifying that he was alive.
"Gaara and Videl take the first match and two points for their team with a gorgeous combination jutsu!" The announcer called out, "Next combatants please!"
The katana wielding twin -Mina was her name. Walked up onto the arena with a death glare towards Temari, who was her opponent.
"BEGIN!"
Temari swung her fan, releasing a gust of wind that nearly ended the match right there, Mina managed to stab her blade into the ground and stay in though. Mina rushed forwards and swung, Temari closed her fan on the blade and twisted, disarming her opponent. The blonde smirked as she batted the brunette in the face with her heavy fan.
Mina stumbled back and Temari swung her fan once more, sending the girl out of the ring.
"Mist-1, choose your next combatant!" The announcer said. Utakata -the man with the bubble blower- walked onto the arena.
"Temari versus Utakata, BEGIN!"
Temari swung her fan once more, but Utakata raised a wall of earth to stop himself being blown away. He then jumped over and put his bubble blower to his mouth, "Suiton: Bubbles!" He shouted, stream of bubbles flying towards Temari, who waved her fan and popped them, creating a large explosion.
"Suiton: Acidic Bubbles!" He released a second flurry of bubbles, these ones with a purple tint to them.
Temari looked worried as she swung her fan, but the wind did nothing to the bubbles.
"Detonate." Utakata said as they neared her, they all exploded and she was sent flying to the edge of the ring.
"Please surrender." He said, lowering his blower.
Temari flung a kunai at him and rolled off the ring in defeat.
"Hinata, be careful, he's a Jinchuuriki." Shikamaru said as the Hyuuga heiress stepped up onto the field. Her Byakugan activating instinctively.
She nodded and took a sealing scroll from her pouch, unsealing a spear. Utakata raised an eyebrow.
"BEGIN!"
Hinata rushed Utakata, who was forced to dodge the flurry of jabs and retaliated with a kick to her ribs.
Hinata grabbed his ankle and channeled chakra into it, shutting down a tenketsu point in his leg. Utakata looked shocked and Hinata jabbed at him with her spear. He ducked but still got cut across the right shoulder. A smirk crossed Hinata's face as she pressed her advantage with another flurry of jabs.
Utakata weaved through each jab, but just barely. He saw an opening and went for a punch, his right arm wouldn't move though.
"The poison on my spear is strong enough to counter Naruto's healing factor for nearly a day, how do you think a lesser Jinchuuriki will fair?" She taunted as she jabbed at his chest and knocked him down. She spun her spear and pointed it at Utakata's throat, "Now surrender."
Utakata put his hands up, "I'm done." He said, leaving the stadium.
"Hinata Hyuuga pulled off an impressive victory over Utakata. That leaves Saizo and their sub Keli for team Mist-1, who'll it be?"
Saizo stepped up, moving a strand of hair from his eyes, "I won't go easy on you like Utakata did." He growled.
"BEGIN!"
"Dokuton: Poison Mist!" Saizo shouted, releasing a cloud of toxic fumes from his hands, covering himself.
"Eight Trigrams Sixty-four Air Palms!" Hinata, with a burst of speed, threw her spear into the air and palmed the air sixty-four times, each sending a vacuum through the cloud. She heard Saizo cry out in pain as he was hit.
"NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Saizo shouted, "Dokuton: Poisonous Pillars!" He raised his hands towards the air, the ground beneath Hinata cracked and geysers of liquid poison spewed up. She managed to dodge them, though the drops that did get on her burnt through her clothes.
"Eight Trigrams One-Hundred-Twenty-Eight Palms!" Hinata stabber her spear into the ground and moved her hands at near untrackable speeds, over a hundred vacuums slammed into Saizo, knocking him to the ground. Blood dripped from his ears, eyes, mouth, and nose.
"And with that Hinata leads Team Suna to victory!"
Hope you guys liked it. So Videl's nearly lost an arm, but Tsunade and Sakura are both there so who knows if that'll last? Next chapter will bee Team Sage vs Team Rock part 1! Look forward to it!
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