"Will Zaku Abumi and Karui of Kumo come to the center of the field please? Shikaku asked. Karui gave a wide grin as Naruto patted her shoulders.
"Kick his ass Nee-chan," Naruto told her. Karui nodded and gave Naruto a small wink.
"You know it Otouto," Karui replied and left the group to go to the arena. Everyone found the first match to be interesting so they were all waiting for the second one to start in a hurry. Zaku made his way down to the field also, but Karui raised and eyebrow when his arm looked to be bandaged up.
"Hmph, with that arm he might as well forfeit," Karui thought to herself and before she knew it, she was standing in front of Zaku with Shikaku in between them. Karui looked over Zaku's form for a bit, but didn't say anything. If the guy wanted to get the crap beat out of him for being too stubborn to quit then that was all fine for her.
"Begin," Shikaku yelled and moved back. Karui threw a kunai at Zaku and followed up with a shuriken, but both were blocked by Zaku's own kunai. Karui ran at Zaku and quickly erased the distance between the two fighters. Zaku jumped in the air to avoid a heavy side kick to his face. Karui grinned and drew her sword at the Oto genin and jumped in the air also. Zaku gasped and tried to maneuver through Karui's blade strikes, but he was having some trouble.
"Damn bitch," Zaku said sucking his teeth. He then pointed his hand at Karui's chest and before the Kumo genin could react, she was sent flying from a burst of air that hit her body. Karui gasped when the air blast hit her. It felt like her entire body was hit by an intense pressure that could make her bones snap.
"Okay, that hurt," Karui said placing a hand on her chest to stabilize her breathing. Zaku grinned and sent another wave at Karui. The Kumo genin gasped and quickly rolled out of the way of the blast. Even with his broken arm, Zaku kept sending blast after blast at Karui with his good arm and she was getting pissed off by it.
"Run bitch run!" Zaku called out and Karui was getting all the more pissed off with each 'bitch' comment. She noticed the distance between her and Zaku was increasing and she slightly cursed, but then not a minute later, she grinned.
"Alright I'll go with that plan," Karui said throwing a kunai at Zaku. The Oto genin was about to block, but the kunai passed him an stuck itself to the wall behind him. Zaku raised an eyebrow before turning back to Karui.
"Your aim sucks," He said with a grin, but Karui ignored it and threw another one to the wall. Naruto, Omoi, and Samui widened their eyes at what Karui was doing. It was over now. I would take a miracle to get out of what Karui had planned for Zaku. If he didn't move now then it would all be over. Yugito chuckled along with Bee as they watched the match. They didn't know the technique Karui was using, but based on the way she threw her kunai, they could fathom a guess for what she had planned.
Karui threw two more kunai at the ceiling and now Zaku was getting pissed off. He thought Karui was wasting him time and he would have none of that. Zaku quickly sent an air blast at Karui who managed a simple yet amazing backflip that dodged the pressurized air bullet. She right hand coursed in raiton chakra and she grinned.
"It's over now. Raiton: Chen no Keimusho( Lighting Release: Chain Jail)," Karui yelled out and immediately the raiton chakra in her hands flew to the kunai at the exact points and with quick swipe, she sent the lighting raced down to the ground. Zaku looked shocked, he was in a prison. A lighting prison. People were generally surprised at the act while Naruto cheered for his sister.
"Damn you bitch, you think this thing can hold me? I'll blow it away now!" Zaku said surprising everyone when he used his other arm and aimed both at the wall. He pushed all his chakra into the attack and fired it at the jail. It was such a powerful blast that Karui's hair was blowing and she had to cover her eyes. It didn't matter what he did, that jail wasn't going to go away. Now normally raiton chakra is weak against fuuton chakra, that was a positive, but Zaku's air blast were in a confined space so they it didn't have as much of an impact as the Oto genin would have liked. It was then that Zaku noticed the jail getting smaller. Karui grinned when she saw Zaku getting trapped even more in the chain jail.
"You should forfeit, if you don't you'll be crushed. That jail is going to get smaller and smaller until your electrocuted to death," Karui said as she rubbed the back of her head. Zaku widened his eyes at her and gritted his teeth. Karui could tell he was frustrated, but that's the way the Shinobi world works. It might suck, but there is nothing you can do about it.
"I forfeit, now get me out of this damn cage," Zaku said and Karui released the jutsu. Shikaku looked at the troublesome genin girl and sighed.
"That winner is Karui of Kumo," Shikaku said to everyone. Naruto grinned and started cheering for his sister. Karui blushed from his praise and walked back up to the platform.
"Nice one Karui-oneechan. You played him real good," Naruto said with a thumbs up.
"No kidding, I thought you'd kill him for calling you a bitch so many times," Omoi stated and Karui's lips twitched for a second and was about to retort, but was stopped by Naruto. She then sighed and simply scratched the back of her head.
"Well I think I did good anyway. Better than you right Samui?" Karui asked and Samui gave a light grin while she closed her eyes.
"I wouldn't go that far Karui," Samui replied and Karui blushed in embarrassment.
"Well now it's only Naruto-kun and Omoi. You both better make it," Yugito said with a smile that left no room for debate. Naruto immediately nodded while Omoi sighed, but agreed also.
The board lit up again and everyone turned to see the names.
Sabaku no Kankuro vs Shino Aburame
"Will Sabaku no Kankuro and Shino Aburame please come to the floor?" Shikaku asked. The two fighters quickly made it to the as they stared each other off. Naruto and his team watched the match with interest since it would be likely that one of them would be fighting the two in a match or something like that.
"Begin," Shikaku yelled.
The fight was rather interesting. Kankuro and Shino both seemed to be long distance fighters. Shino could control insects and Kankuro could control puppets. There weren't that many puppet users in the world so to see someone using one was a nice change. Both of them really gave it their all in the fight. Shino would use his bugs to attack and drain Kankuro's chakra and Kankuro would use the poison that his puppet held to weaken Shino. In the end, Shino managed to hold out in the fight the longest before both fighters passed out. Luckily for Shino, he passed out just before Shikaku declared him the winner of the match.
"The winner is Shino Aburame," Shikaku said and everyone clapped for a good match. Asuma carried an unconscious Shino back to Kurenai's group and she quickly thanked him. The board lit up again and showed the next two names.
Kin Tsuchi vs Kiba Inuzuka
"Kin Tsuchi and Kiba Inuzuka, please come to the field now" Shikaku said with a yawn. Kiba grinned and Kin narrowed her eyes with a smile of her own.
"Yahoo, alright Akamaru let's go and kick her ass," Kiba said and his dog barked in agreement. Kin simply rolled her eyes and jumped to the center arena.
"Watch it dog breath before I make you send you to that stupid doghouse in the sky," Kin said taking three senbon in her hands. Kiba placed Akamaru on the ground and he gave his own grin.
"I'd like to see you try," Kiba returned and Shikaku rubbed his temples. This job really was too bothersome for him. Shikaku raised his hand and looked from Kiba to Kin.
"Begin," He yelled and jumped back. That fight was interesting to say the least. Kiba and Akamaru made a deadly combination against Kin and the Inuzuka had managed to actually get on her nerves with his combination techniques. Kin could actually say that she barely made it out of that fight because, Kiba was stronger than her, faster than her, and overall was just plain better since it was technically two-on-one. However, she found his one weakness in the fight. She found out that Kiba's senses were sensitive, very much so. It only took Kin and her bell senbon to send Kiba spiraling to the ground in pain as he clutched his ears. Needless to say, Kin got that victory rather easily, even if she was slightly banged up.
"The winner is Kin Tsuchi," Shikaku said with a tired gaze. It made everyone sweatdrop that he could be a Chunin exam proctor with such a laid back attitude. The board lit up again and immediately Asuma's team turned to the female of their team.
Sabaku no Temari vs Ino Yamanaka
"Sabaku no Temari and Ino Yamanaka, come to the field please," Shikaku said to them. Sakura grinned and turned to her rival.
"Try not to get your butt kicked Ino-baka," Sakura yelled and Ino's eyebrow twitched.
"Oh shut up forehead. I'll sent beat her senseless," Ino said walking to the field. Temari smirked, but somewhere she was depressed. Why the hell did she have to get one of the damn fangirls? Life just wasn't fair.
Both girls entered the arena and glared at each other. Temari held her fan at her side and glared at Ino.
"Ya know, I might not even need to open my fan to kick your ass," Temari stated and Ino's lips twitched into a grit.
"Hmph, don't underestimate me. I'm not just another pretty face after all," Ino said and Temari mentally exploded. She hated kunoichi like this. Those who only cared about their looks and so forth. Temari had undergone intense training for her career as a kunoichi, it sickened her that someone like that could even adorn her village's headband.
"Begin," Shikaku yelled. And begin it did. Temari wasted no time showing Ino what a kunoichi was supposed to be. Ino, having not trained seriously, couldn't keep up with Temari's swift movement. It was kind of harsh from everyone's perspective, but it might have been necessary for Ino to grow up. Ino tried to counter Temari's hits, but her body wasn't conditioned to handle such strength and most of her attacks failed her. Temari was sure she didn't even have to use her fan, but she didn't want to seem too arrogant. In the end, Ino was quite a mess and unconscious. Temari simply stood over her and turned to Shikaku who mumbled something about vicious women and not controlling their tempers.
"Sigh, winner is Sabaku no Temari," Shikaku said and Temari simply walked off leaving Asuma to handle his female genin student. It seems that someone had to comment on the fight after all was done with.
"Man after all that talk Ino-baka couldn't do anything after all. I knew she couldn't fight," Sakura said huffing at Ino for embarrassing herself in front of everyone which made Naruto glare at the pink haired genin. Whether Ino lost or not, it wasn't Sakura's place to belittle her. At least she tried and that was all that really mattered in the end. The board lit up again and two more people were selected.
Shikamaru Nara vs Omoi
"Shikamaru Nara and Omoi of Kumo come to the field please," Shikaku said glaring at his son. Shikamaru sighed and rubbed the back of his head.
"This is bad. My opponent is probably pumped like everyone. This is so troublesome," Shikamaru said casting a glare at Omoi. It shocked him when he saw Omoi sigh and rub his head also. Omoi didn't seem to notice that he and Shikamaru were mimicking as he walked down the stairs.
"It's hard to get him motivated isn't it?" Yugito asked making everyone nod. Karui leaned up against the wall, but said something without looking directly at Omoi.
"Don't lose idiot. All four of us are going to make it, got it?" Karui asked and Omoi simply nodded.
"Dat boy will be alright! We've trained him to be so tight. Oh yeah!" Bee rapped and everyone turned to Yugito who was embarrassed to say that only she could understand what Bee was rapping.
"We've trained him so now we will simply trust him to do well," Yugito said rephrasing Bee's words to something they could understand.
Omoi and Shikamaru made it to the field and everyone saw Omoi having a tired look on his face. Granted, he knew when to be serious, but something about his opponent simply made him feel the air of non-seriousness. Shikaku looked from his son to Omoi and raised his hand.
"Begin," He said and jumped back. Omoi and Shikamaru settled for staring at each other for a little bit since neither wanted to seem too anxious to start. Everyone was on edge of who would get the ball rolling and then Omoi just shrugged his shoulders.
"Well I guess I'll go then," Omoi said grabbing his sword and charging at Shikamaru. Said Nara widened his eyes for a minute and took out a kunai to intercept the blow. The two weapons clashed if the sparks flying around where anything to go by. Shikamaru then saw Omoi go through a one-handed handsign and immediately jumped back.
"First mistake," Omoi thought and threw a shuriken as Shikamaru. The pineapple haired genin easily dodged the projectile, but then he widened his eyes to see Omoi rushing at him with his sword blazing in raiton chakra.
"It was a trap? Great, another strategist," Shikamaru thought and pulled out a wire full of kunai. He then took out three more burst kunai and threw them at Omoi.
Omoi dodged the three burst kunai left and right as they edged themselves into the wall behind him. Omoi was just about in front of Shikamaru when said genin threw the wire full of remaining kunai at Omoi.
"Damn," Omoi softly said and quickly backflipped through the kunai as he managed to only get a few scratches on his body. However, Omoi backed up too much and he knew something was wrong when he saw Shikamaru smirk. He widened his eyes when he saw Shikamaru's previous burst kunai behind him which exploded. Omoi tried to rebound, but with a flick of his wrist and hands, Shikamaru used the wired to pin Omoi to the wall as the fires exploded around him. Everyone widened their eyes as they thought that Shikamaru went too far for a simple elimination match, but Naruto and his team weren't worried while some had to voice their concerns to them.
"What's wrong with you people? He just killed one of your teammates! Are you guys mad?" Sakura shouted making Samui, Karui, and Naruto turned a bored gaze to the girl.
"Please Omoi wouldn't die from something like that. Believe me, I've tried it," Karui said making Samui and Naruto chuckle. Yugito sweatdropped along with Bee, but everyone turned back to the field.
"Plan success," Shikamaru said, but then he heard a yawn from the other side of the floor. He turned to see Omoi alright and unscathed.
"Man that was close. I thought I was gonna get blown all the way back to Kumo," Omoi said sucking on his lollipop for a little bit.
"I guess it's my turn now," Omoi said sheathing his sword and used both his hands to do a jutsu.
"Kumo no Shushu( Cloud Gathering)," Omoi said and out of nowhere, clouds began to form and cover the entire field. Everyone couldn't see anything and simply waited for the outcome. Naruto grinned and closed his eyes.
"It's over now," Naruto thought with a grin on his face.
Shikamaru cursed his luck as he couldn't see the places in front of him. Omoi's form was completely gone and Shikamaru had no way of finding him.
"It's over," Omoi said as the cloud dispelled. Shikamaru saw Omoi's sword right at his throat and one wrong move would mean the end of Shikamaru for good. The genin Nara sighed and simply held up his hands in a forfeit.
"So damn troublesome. I give up," Shikamaru said and Omoi dropped his sword. The two backed away while Shikaku sighed. That's just how his son was after all.
"The winner is Omoi of Kumo," Shikaku said with a sigh. Shikamaru sighed also and rubbed the back of his head.
"I knew I should've forfeited. What a pain in the butt," Shikamaru said walking off and missing the grin of his father's face. His son really was a Nara after all.
Omoi returned to the platform and his team congratulated him on a good fight. It was really amazing to see Omoi fight with such a laid-back attitude.
"Nice job Omoi. Your really can be serious if you want to huh?" Samui asked and Omoi settled for sitting on the ground and looking at Shikamaru leaning against the wall and going to sleep.
"I suppose I can, though doing it is too much of a bother to actually do. That Nara's got the right idea. Wake me up when it's Naruto's match," Omoi said going to sleep. Karui sweatdropped along with Samui and Naruto and she almost threatened to strangle him, but held herself back. There was nothing she could really do anyway.
The board lit up for another time and everyone turned their attention to the screen.
Sakura Haruno vs Tenten Higurashi
"Sakura Haru-, you know what? You both should know the drill right now so come on. This is too bothersome to keep saying," Shikaku stated making everyone chuckle at his laziness. Even Sarutobi and the other jonin had to smile. The Naras were still the legendary genius slackers as always.
"Alright it's my turn. I'm gonna show Ino-baka how a real kunoichi fights," Sakura said as she walked over to the stairs. Everyone rolled their eyes and turned to Tenten who was flipping a kunai through her fingers.
"Yosh Tenten, go and let your flames of youth roar!" Gai yelled out and Tenten sweatdropped. She really did have a weird sensei after all. She sent a glance at Neji who simply nodded his head and continued to walk off.
Both female kunoichi entered the field and squared off against each other. Sakura cracked her knuckles and sent what little KI she could at Tenten.
"Well Tenten I hope to have a good fight with you," Sakura said and Tenten glared at the pink haired kunoichi.
"Likewise Sakura," Tenten returned and Shikaku raised his hand in the air.
"Just begin already," He said backing up. Tenten threw a kunai at Sakura and the pink haired genin managed to block the sharp object, but only for a bit until she saw Tenten throw a shuriken at her. She blocked that one, but Tenten wasn't finished. She threw a kunai in the air and Sakura scoffed.
"Where are you aiming?" Sakura asked as she cocked her fist back, but before she could hit Tenten, she noticed that said girl was quite a bit of distance from it. It then hit Sakura like a ton of bricks she was being distracted while Tenten was doing her preferred long range style fighting. Tenten grinned from her accomplishment of putting some distance between her and Sakura, but then pulled out a scroll.
"Sakura do you even know what being a kunoichi is about?" Tenten asked and Sakura raised an eyebrow. She really couldn't answer that question at all and Tenten sighed.
"If you don't know then it's pointless telling you it," Tenten said as she threw four kunai at Sakura. The female of Team seven managed to dodge all of the strikes aimed at her as they embedded themselves on the side of the wall.
"Is that all you've got?" Sakura asked. She didn't know that she would later come to regret those word with a passion.
"You've got no idea what I've got," Tenten thought with a grin. It was then that her left fingers twitched and Sakura saw a faint, slimmer of wire and widened her eyes. Tenten smirked and clutched onto the wire tightly. Due to said action, the wires constricted around Sakura and she was immediately slammed into the wall unable to move because of said wires.
"Get ready now," Tenten said unsealing her two scrolls. Each shot into the air with Tenten right in the middle of them. She unsealed a large multitude of weapons in the air and grinned as she launched them at Sakura.
"Sōshōryū( Twin Rising Dragons: 1000 strikes of blades)," Tenten yelled sending the blades at Sakura. Everyone widened their eyes and thought Tenten was going to skewer Sakura alive and things weren't going well for her at all. Sakura was scared. She was going to die and she would never be able to impress Sasuke. Was this how Ino felt?
"I give up!" Sakura yelled and Tenten immediately stopped the barrage of weapons. She allowed the weapons to fall to the floor and saw Sakura crying as she released the pink haired girl. Shikaku looked at Sakura and then at Tenten who seemed to be picking up some of her weapons.
"The winner is Tenten Higurashi," Shikaku said and Tenten walked away, but not before casting her own glare at Sakura.
"That's one of the way a REAL kunoichi fights," Tenten said walking off. Sakura looked at the ground and before long she walked off also, but not towards the platform. No, Kakashi and Sai watched Sakura leave the entire stadium and walked off somewhere.
"Well that's not good," Kakashi said with a sigh. Sai merely nodded and took out a paintbrush and some paper.
"Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-san may be a wimp, a loser, a flat-chested girl with no sex appeal whatsoever-,"
"Please get to the point now Sai," Kakashi said with a sheepish chuckle. Sai nodded and continued to draw on his paper.
"But she'll get over it. You taught us to learn from our failures so that's what we do. Sakura-san will be fine. Though she still doesn't have a future with that flat-chest of hers," Sai retorted since it wouldn't be himself to not insult someone after giving a compliment and Kakashi knew it too.
"At least she'll act more seriously on her training...I hope," Karui said to her teammates. Naruto and Samui nodded, but Omoi just stayed quiet since he was asleep.
The board went through the random names again and lit up with the next people.
Hinata Hyuuga vs Neji Hyuuga
Hinata widened her eyes while Neji narrowed his own. The two fighters walked down the stairs and stood across from each other. Everyone seemed to feel the tension in the air coming from the two. Neji looked at Hinata like he was looking at his biggest prey ready for a take down. Hinata's eyes avoided his own and Neji gave a grin.
"Hinata-sama, you should give up right now. Face it your not fit to be a shinobi. Your too kindhearted," Neji told her. Hinata widened her eyes, but then they settled. Naruto's eyebrow twitched at that comment. What the hell was this? Kunoichi Beat down Day?
"Y-Your wrong Neji-niisan. I-I can change if I want too. I-I know I c-can," Hinata said and Neji rolled his eyes.
"Hinata-sama stop trying to act tough. It doesn't suit you at all," Neji told her. Naruto gritted his teeth at that comment. That ass had no right to say anything like that at all!
"Hinata-san kick his ass! Show him he's wrong! Show him people can change!" Naruto yelled out making everyone look at him. Even the two Hyuugas. Hinata slightly blushed while Neji scowled at the Kumo genin.
"Don't be absurd. She could never-,"
"Thank you Naruto-san," Hinata said as she went through some handsigns and her byakugan flared. Neji turned to her and sighed.
"Fine Hinata-sama, I'll not be responsible for what happens to you," Neji told her. Shikaku sighed as he raised his hand. This match really would be troublesome.
"Begin," Shikaku said and jumped back.
To Naruto that match was unbearably hard to watch. Neji and Hinata were evenly matched for a bit, but Neji had more experience and more training so he had the advantage. Hinata stood strong with each onslaught of Neji's attacks, but she could only do defense while Neji released blow after blow on her. Hinata had even tried to strike back a few times, but it was all for naught. Hinata had lose quite a bit of blood from the fight. She looked really bad and in the end, Neji won the fight easily. Hinata was carried away in a stretcher and Naruto instantly erased the distance between him and Neji.
"What the hell is wrong with you! You don't do that to your own family!" Naruto told him. Neji scowled and 'hmphed' as he looked at Naruto, or more precisely his Kumo headband.
"I don't want to be lectured by someone like you. You Kumo shinobi don't care about anyone, but yourselves. If you don't want me to do the same thing to you, then I suggest you get out of my way," Neji said and was about to walk away. Naruto looked at the blood on the floor from Hinata's fight and with his sword, he dipped in said blood and turned it to Neji.
"Watch yourself Hyuuga. If I'm not facing you in the first match of the Chunin exam finals, then your ass better fight until I get to you, cause I'm gonna kick your ass to the ground for what you did to her," Naruto said and Neji just walked off.
"Whatever Kumo trash," Neji said in a cold tone. Naruto narrowed his eyes and jumped back up to the platform with his team.
"You alright Otouto?" Karui asked and Naruto sighed.
"No I'm not. Family doesn't do that to family. I'm make sure he gets what's coming to his ass," Naruto said making Samui and Karui look at him with some worry. They always did worry about him when he would make reckless promises like that, but that was one of the many things they liked about their little brother.
"The winner is Neji Hyuuga," Shikaku said and immediately after that, the board lit up again.
Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze vs Dosu Kinuta
Naruto grinned when he saw his name and looked at his bandaged opponent. He looked downright creepy, but Naruto didn't care in the least.
"Alright Lil nine. Go and show dat fool why you is so fine. YEAH!" Bee rapped and Naruto nodded. He quickly jumped off the railing and onto the floor. Dosu followed and the two glared at each other.
"Well I get the loudmouth Uzumaki brat. I'll make sure to have my fun with you before you lose," Dosu said and Naruto rolled his eyes at his opponent.
"Bring it on dattebayo," Naruto said cracking his knuckles. Samui and Karui grinned while the latter started to wake up Omoi. Said genin yawned and scratched the back of his head.
"It's Naruto's turn?" Omoi asked. Karui and Samui nodded. Omoi stood to his feet and watched Naruto staring at his opponent.
"Go on Naruto-kun. Show them what your made of," Yugito said to herself. Kakashi and Sarutobi grinned also.
"Show us what Kumo has taught you Naruto. Make sensei proud," Kakashi thought while Sai turned to his sensei.
"Namikaze? Sensei, is that Kumo genin-," Sai was met by a smirk and nod from Kakashi, but the white haired jonin them put a finger to his mouth telling Sai to keep quiet about it.
"So he's the Yondaime's son. I wonder why he's in Kumo," Sai thought, but didn't dwell on it long.
Sarutobi stood looking down at the fight and he beamed with a small sense of pride.
"Minato, you would be so proud of what your son has accomplished here today. If only you and Kushina could see him now," Sarutobi said mentally. He could really see Minato watching over the Chunin exams and Kushina being the proctor as they watched Naruto fight. That would be quite the sight to see.
Shikaku looked from Naruto to Dosu and sighed again. This was going to be troublesome also.
"Begin," he yelled out. Dosu immediately erased the distance between himself and Naruto and let out a punch. Naruto maneuvered through the action and tried to counter with his own, but his eyes saw Dosu grin as he flicked the gauntlet and suddenly it vibrated. Naruto's ears ringed and he screamed out his pain. Karui, Samui and Omoi widened their eyes when they saw Naruto fall to the floor. Kakashi and Sarutobi narrowed their eyes but didn't say anything.
"What happened to Naruto? He was fine a minute ago," Karui said looking worried for her brother. Omoi narrowed his eyes and so did Samui.
"That guy did something. I don't know what, but Naruto doesn't just fall to the ground for no reason," Samui said and continued to watch.
Back in the fight, Naruto gripped his ears and soon the ringing stopped allowing him the relief he wanted.
"Are you alright Naruto-kun?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto shook his head.
"No Kyuubi-chan. I just felt my ears get the blast of a lifetime. What the hell happened?" Naruto asked in thought. Kyuubi had been rubbing her ears to since she could feel what Naruto felt and that noise sure as hell did hurt.
"I'm not sure, but I think that guy did it. For a second I saw him flick his gauntlet. It must have something to do with sound. Looks like this might be tough for you," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded in agreement. He then stood to his feet, but the world around him looked weird and slightly twisted before he fell back to the ground.
"What the hell? M-My balance," Naruto said and Dosu laughed.
"It seems your beginning to understand the terrors of my sound. This gauntlet amplifies vibrations and these vibrations are sensitive to the ears. The inner ear is what helps you balance so that's why your acting like a clumsy idiot. Face it, with my gauntlet you aren't going to hitting me," Dosu told the blonde. Naruto narrowed his eyes at his opponent and slowly stood to his feet.
"Alright, this could be fun," Naruto said gripping his swords. He had to find someway to fight Dosu and he would. He wasn't going to lose here so easily.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and quickly backed up a few feet. He wasn't sure if this would help since virtually nothing travels faster than sound, but he had to put some distance between himself and Dosu. Naruto had managed to regain his sense of balance and quickly formed a handsign.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto yelled out and then five clones came out surrounding Dosu. The sweated for a second, but it didn't last long as he had hit his gauntlet making the sound screeched out making all the clones wince. Naruto was a little further back so it didn't really affect him too much. When three of the clones dispelled Naruto grinned. He received the info from his clones. He remembered Kyuubi telling him about the training method so he decided to put it to good use.
"Alright so it's go a range. Obviously everyone else in the stands can't hear this voice so he must be limiting it to the arena with his chakra. Either that or he only has a set range that he can send the sound to. Wait, I just thought of something good dattebayo," Naruto thought with a grin. Samui, Karui, and Omoi saw his grin and wondered what Naruto came up with. Kakashi, Sarutobi, and Yugito all wondered the same thing, but knowing Naruto it might be either good or bad.
Naruto looked at his swords for a second and then turned to Dosu.
"Alright I'll stop you with this," Naruto said as he slammed his swords into the ground. They each stood upright in the ground and Naruto turned to Dosu.
"Now then. I'll try this," Naruto said as he quickly went through another set of handsigns.
"Katon: Hissatsu Tamashi Honoo( Fire Release: Certain-Kill Sprit Flames)," Naruto yelled as he sent multiple fires at Dosu. It seemed to be similar to another katon jutsu, but this one was more powerful and of a higher rank in Kumo.
Dosu saw the fires coming and he quickly dodged them all with great agility. He smirked as he flicked his wrist as the sound started to spread. Naruto grinned as he stood behind his sword and sent a raiton chakra coursing through them. He sure as hell hoped this worked or his ears would be in for it. The sound traveled and Naruto covered his ears, but he smirked when he saw his sword humming and then immediately stopped.
"I was right. His sound can't hit me as long as my swords vibrate enough to disrupt the noise. Then it'll turn back to regular sound. I can take him now," Naruto said as he took his swords and ran at Dosu. Dosu gasped and quickly through a kunai at Naruto, but the blonde deflected it and returned it with his own kunai. Dosu was now in some deep trouble. Naruto swords were acting as a sound barrier and combined with the raiton chakra that Naruto kept coursing through the swords, it would be impossible for his sound to stay the frequency it was tuned to. Naruto dropped his swords and charged at the cornered Dosu.
"Lariat," Naruto yelled as she slammed his arm into Dosu's throat. The sound genin gasped from the hit as he was slammed head first into the wall. Naruto chuckled slightly while Dosu was passed out on the floor.
"I think that takes care of that," Naruto said with a cheeky smile. Shikaku looked at the unconscious Dosu and sighed.
"The winner is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze," Shikaku said to everyone. Suddenly cheers erupted from Karui while Omoi and Samui settled for giving Naruto their smiles. Naruto returned back to the upper platform and Dosu was carried away.
The screen lit up AGAIN and settled on the two new names.
Choji Akamichi vs Sai
Sai sighed and told Kakashi to wish him good luck in his fight. Asuma had told Choji that if he won it would be free BBQ to which the rounded genin immediately agreed to it. Both glanced at each other and Shikaku raised his hand.
"Begin," He shouted. The fight was rather short and quick. Sai was obviously better than Choji. The Akamichi had a tough time even getting near Sai as the faking smiling genin used ink beasts to fend off Choji and his attacks. The fight was completely one-sided with Sai ending the fight without even getting hit by Choji once. In the end, Sai was able to knock out Choji with a swift kick and that was the end of it. Sai then said an unnecessary comment about wondering if he should have slowed down a bit.
"The winner is Sai," Shikaku said and Sai went back to his previous position. Shikaku looked and everyone and he gave a sigh of relief. They were finally down to the last two and he was ready to get it over with.
Rock Lee vs Sabaku no Gaara
"Since it's only two left then the board is unnecessary. Rock Lee and Sabaku no Gaara come down," Shikaku called.
"Alright GO LEE! Show your opponent your flames of youth!" Gai yelled and Lee's eyes started burning with intensity.
"Yosh I shall not lose Gai-sensei. If I do then it will be ten thousand laps around Konoha," Lee said as he jumped down. Gaara followed in a sand shunshin and the two stared at each other.
"Begin," Shikaku said for the final time. Rock Lee was quick to erase the distance between him and Gaara as he let out a punch, but it was instantly blocked by Gaara's sand. Everyone wondered how Gaara blocked Lee's attack without even moving and Lee chose a different tactic. To everyone the fight was quite intense. Gaara just wouldn't move while Lee was all over the place launching kick and punch in rapid succession. Shikamaru, now being up, had asked Gai why Lee wouldn't try any ninjutsu or genjutsu. The other teammates and fighters wanted to know also and Gai responded by saying that Lee had no talent for ninjutsu or genjutsu, but his taijutsu is the most exceptional of any genin he had ever seen. Everyone then went back to watching the fight.
The fight seemed to be interesting. Lee was still having trouble with Gaara's sand and its attack was something else entirely. Lee had not choice, with Gai's permission, but to remove the weights on his legs which made a huge crash. Everyone sweatdropped when they wondered how the hell Lee could even move like that with such heavy things on. It was then that Lee shocked Temari when he was able to slam Gaara's face with his fist. It was the first time Gaara had ever been hit. It didn't stop there as Lee managed to get the upperhand on Gaara and kick him into the air. He then performed what he called an Omote Renge and spiral Gaara into the ground. Gaara was pissed off that he was getting beat en presumed to give Lee more of a beating, but the genin stood fast and even went to a forbidden level to where his skin turned red and the chakra was nearly visible around his body. Lee got such an extreme boost of speed and strength that no one could even follow him at all. It ended with Lee slamming Gaara into the ground, but the sand user wasn't done. Lee was exhausted and it seemed that he wouldn't be able to move. It was then that Gaara used his sand to crush Lee's left arm and leg. He was about to completely destroy Lee, but Gai interfered. Kyuubi had told Naruto that Gaara was most likely unstable due to another bijuu she called Shukaku. Naruto made a note of that for later and watched the stretcher carry Lee away.
"The winner is Sabaku no Gaara," Shikaku said rubbing the back of his head. It was then that all the winners lined up and waited in front of the Hokage.
"Nice job everyone. Those of you who have made it will go on to the Chunin exam finals. I'm sure you're all tired and could use some rest. That is why you will be taking the following month to prepare for the exams. This years the finals will be different as there will be two-on-two matches between participants. Think of it as a tournament," Sarutobi said and while wishing everyone the best of luck. He walked off. Shikaku posted the list on the board and left with a sigh and goodbye. Everyone looked at the list while Naruto read the names.
"Match 1: Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze and Karui of Kumo vs Neji Hyuuga and Sai
Match 2: Shino Aburame and Sabaku no Gaara vs Omoi of Kumo and Tenten Higurashi
Match 3: Sabaku no Temari vs Samui of Kumo vs Kin Tsuchi. This is a three-way battle,"
Everyone looked at the list one more time and nodded. They would all be back in a month and it would be fun to see how much everyone improved. Naruto glared at Neji and vice versa. Both got exactly what they wanted. The finals for the Chunin exams begin in a month.