Chapter 11
Kakashi stared at her in disbelief.
"Kita, what did you do?"
Kita looked up at him and a tear slid down her cheek.
"Kita!" He looked at her and then back at the arena.
Hikary picked him up and threw him against the wall. "WHY WON'T YOU GIVE UP?!" She screamed at him, he just gave her a weak smile.
She took him by the collar of his vest and dragged him across the room. Then she picked him up and threw him against the wall again. This time, he didn't get up. Hikary smiled and then narrowed her eyes. The prompter announced that Hikary was the winner of that round. The smiled again and started making her way up the stairs when she collapsed. The medics who were running towards Jason, didn't know what to do. Then more medics came out and ran towards Hikary. Kita ran down the stairs and stopped right infront of Hikary. She put her hand on her head and whispered, I'm sorry. She walked with her into the infirmary. Meanwhile, the next match was starting.
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Hikary woke up and put her hand to her head, Tadochi was sitting in between her and Jason, just sitting there, not moving, not looking at either of them, just staring out the window. She slowly propped herself up on her elbow.
"What's wrong Tadochi?"
Tadochi didn't look at her. "Nothing, it's just that, I lost my match, before it barely started. Because of Kita."
Hikary stared at him wide-eyed with shock. "Oh."
Just then she noticed Jason on the other side of him. She closed her eyes and looked away, he was so beat up, she could barely believe that she had done that. She opened her eyes and stared at him, willing him to move. Finally after minutes of staring his eyes flickered.
"Jason?"
He rolled his head to the side and looked at her. "I didn't hold back," and he smiled.
A tear slid down her cheek. "I'm sorry."
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The finalists all lined up, excluding Sasuke of course, waiting for their instructions on what to do. Hikary stood at the far side of the line with no one next to her. She stared down at her hands and clenched them into fists. She was going to win, no matter what it took. Shikamaru was getting all worked up because he had to fight twice.
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"What do you mean you're not training me?" Naruto whined. "You're training Sasuke aren't you?"
Kakashi-sensei sighed. "It's just a matter of interest, nothing personal, and besides I've found you a better trainer than I could be."
Ebisu came out of the shadows in the hallway and pushed his glasses up on his nose.
"WHAT? MY TRAINERS THE CLOSET PERVERT!! NO WA—" Ebisu quickly put his hand over Naruto's mouth to stop him from further embarrassing him.
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Kita looked at the two genin infront of her. She knew Tadochi was holding her words against her. And he was not someone to be trifled with. But she had to, he wouldn't have lasted more than a few seconds in a match against that guy, whoever he was. She had just had such a sense of foreboding that she had to pull Tadochi out.
Hikary looked up at her, "so where do I start?" She tilted her head with a smile playing on her lips.
"Come."
The only words that came out of Kita's mouth. The confusion clearly showed on Hikary's features. She got up and ran after her. They came to a clearing surrounded by trees with nothing but grass in the middle and a big boulder. Wide eyes stared at it.
"You're not going…to…make me…move that…are you?"
Kita flashed a wicked grin, "oh no, I wouldn't want you to exert yourself like that, I want you…to break it."
Hikary's head slowly turned towards Kita, "you're…you're kidding…right?"
"Now, why would I do that?"
"Because you're not insane!!" She yelled. "You don't actually expect me to be able to break that do you? It's huge and probably twice as thick as its height, you want to break my arm and my other arm and my legs and eventually my body don't you!" She started going hysterical.
A hand rested on her shoulder, "no I just have to know if you have the strength for this round. That's all." She shrugged. "But if you're not strong enough I guess that you're content to fight again next year instead." She put her hands up to the sky, which irritated Hikary.
"I do to have the strength….just not right now." She twiddled her thumbs and looked down.
Kita raised her eyebrow, "oh really? Hmm…I guess that we'll just have to fix that."
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Hikary
grimaced under the weight of the small boulder on her back, the
weights on her arms and legs and Kita yelling at her. The boulder
gained more weight and Hikary's eyes bulged as she tried to regain
her strength. "This…is" she gasped. "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
PUNISHEMENT!" Another deep gasp. "for nothing." The last part
came out more like a whisper. The boulder lost some weight as Kita
jumped off.
Finally after ten minutes of carrying the boulder
around with the weights Kita took it off. Hikary collapsed, breathing
heavily. The ground was cool against her hot face. She laid like that
for over15 minutes waiting for her breathing to return to normal.
When she pushed herself up off the ground the side of her face was
covered in dirt. The sun shone done fiercely on the exposed parts of
her back, causing them to turn red. She flinched as Kita put a cool
hand on the burning skin.
"Are you ready?"
Hikary sat on her knees and stared up at the sun. "Yes." Barely audible, the whisper floated into the sky. She stood up and started towards the boulder. Kita crossed her arms. 'Am I putting to much pressure on her? Maybe she doesn't possess the Agourashi trait.' She sighed, the Agourashi clan was so secretive and protective it frustrated her to no end, especially since they decided to flee to a different world apparently.
Hikary stood in front of the boulder, it was twice the height of her. She went to pick it up when Kita yelled out.
"No! I don't want you to carry it, I want you to break it."
Hikary spun around on her heels. "You're KIDDING RIGHT?!?!!"
There was that sly smiled again. "Well if you're not strong eno…"
"Shut up, I'll do it." She took a few steps back and put her hands together.
Kita looked closer; it wasn't familiar, 'is that a hand sign? No it can't be.' She waited.
Hikary gathered her thoughts and took several deep breaths. The wind lazily swept around her, caressing her cheek. The sun seemed to lose intensity as the gentle caress of the wind picked up. Hikary lifted her right hand up, the ice purpled mark on it glinting, and held it, she brought her left hand in front of her face. Her eyes snapped open and she took off with amazing speed. She jumped up and dived towards the boulder. In a cloud of dust Kita could hear the cracking of the rock. She was shocked, and a smile lit her face. The dust cleared and Hikary was standing there. Hunched over and smiling. She was standing in the middle of the split boulder, the two sides fell onto their sides and she snapped her head up.
"There."
Kita smiled, "you're ready…"
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There you have it, chapter 11. I hope you liked it, the next chapter should be coming soon, I'm sorry this one has been delayed, I'm in the middle of exams. Keep watching.(for the next chapter…this isn't a show…well you get the idea.) Review if you will! D