Naruto of the Homunculus
Chapter 12
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, Naruto would have gained the power of the ten tails and kicked Madara's ass when they fought without Kaguya coming in to mess up.
Before Hinata went down to the arena to have her match, Naruto caught her shoulder.
"What is it Naruto?" asked Hinata.
"Be careful," said Naruto, "kick his butt, but don't show all of your abilities just yet."
"Don't worry, Naruto," said Hinata, "I'll be fine."
With that, she gave him a quick kiss and leapt into the arena.
"You really are a ladies man," said Sakura with a chuckle.
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"So girlie," said Kankuro, "you're going to be my opponent? Shouldn't be much of a contest."
"I'm not some weak girl," said Hinata as she activated her Byakugan, "I'm a ninja of the Hidden Leaf."
"Match START!" said Hayate.
Kankuro knew that hiding his real body and using Crow to fight wouldn't work against her eyes so he unraveled the bundle on 'his' back and got out.
"So you've realized that trick is pointless," said Hinata.
"That doesn't mean I can't fight," said Kankuro as sand fell off the original body to reveal a puppet with three eyes and four arms.
Hinata reached into her second pouch and drew five odd looking kunai with ribbons tied to them. The puppet fired kunai and senbon from hidden launchers, but Hinata deflected them with her kunai and threw them at the puppet, embedding them in a circle in its chest.
"What was that supposed to do?" asked Kankuro.
"You'll see," said Hinata before drawing more of the kunai.
xXsceneXx
"This match is over," said Naruto with a smirk.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kurenai, "She hasn't landed a single hit on him, only his puppet."
"He's a puppet master," said Naruto, "Hinata has just set things up to eliminate his main weapon."
"With just those kunai?" asked Kurenai, "Is that some new skill you taught her?"
Naruto nodded, "Yep, one of the Namikaze clan's clan techniques. It's called, Alkahestry."
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Hinata channeled some chakra to her foot and used it to carve a circle in the ground in front of her and to carve a star into that circle. She then stabbed the kunai at each of the star's points and placed her hands on the ground in front of the circle.
"What are you doing?" asked Kankuro.
Blue energy arced from the circle and the puppet that had the kunai stuck in it arced with the blue energy before exploding into broken parts and weapons.
"What did you do to Crow?" exclaimed Kankuro.
"I deconstructed him," said Hinata before rushing at Kankuro and striking several of his chakra points with her Gentle Fist style, causing the Sand ninja to collapse, unable to move his body.
"Winner: Hinata Hyuuga," said Hayate with a cough.
Hinata headed back to the stands where she got a hug and kiss from her boyfriend.
"You were great," said Naruto.
"That was a strange ability," said Kurenai.
"It's one of the Namikaze clan secrets," said Hinata.
The board changed to show the next match pairing.
Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka
The rest of the ninja watched as the two rivals jumped down into the arena. Many of them had seen the change in Sakura's appearance and attitude, but they were still eager to see the outcome of the fight.
"Say Kurenai," said Kakashi, "how has Sakura's training been going?"
"She's been getting quite skilled," said Kurenai, "I think Ino will have a hard time beating her."
xXsceneXx
"Match: START!" said Hayate.
In the arena, Ino was looking anxiously at Sakura.
"Sakura, I…" began Ino.
"What are you doing Ino?" asked Sakura, "This is a battle, so if you want to beat me, then fight me seriously."
"Sakura," began Ino again.
"Shut up," said Sakura seriously, surprising everyone watching except Kurenai, Kakashi and her teammates, "if you want to talk then surrender and we'll talk after."
Sakura then whipped off her headband and tied it across her forehead like Naruto and Sasuke.
"But if you want to fight," said Sakura, "then do so with all of your strength."
"Alright then," said Ino, steeling her resolve as she whipped off her headband and placed it across her forehead as Sakura had.
Sakura pulled some shuriken from her pouch and began throwing them at Ino, but the blond managed to deflect the shuriken with a volley of her own. The battle of weaponry continued for a bit longer until both girls stopped and jumped back.
"You can't beat me Ino," said Sakura, "and I'll show you why."
Sakura made a handsign and Ino's world melted away to reveal a large field wit a black sky and thousands of sakura petals blowing in the wind.
"Genjutsu: Senbonzakura!" said Sakura before she vanished in a swirl of petals.
"What is this?" asked Ino, "Some kind of Genjutsu?"
The flower petals began to swirl around her body like a tornado, obscuring her vision. Suddenly Ino felt like the world was spinning around her and the floor dropped out from under her leaving her to fall, spinning into an abyss of spiraling cherry blossoms.
xXsceneXx
Back in the stands, the crowd watched as Ino collapsed as soon as Sakura said the name of her jutsu forcing Hayate to call the match and have Ino rushed off by medics.
"Winner: Sakura Haruno."
Sakura headed back to the others where Kurenai stopped her.
"That was a very good job," said Kurenai.
"Thank you Kuranai-sensei," said Sakura.
"What did you do?" asked Naruto.
"That was a Genjutsu technique I developed," said Sakura, "I spent some time training my skills with Kurenai-sensei before the exams."
"That was pretty good," said Sasuke causing Sakura to blush a bit at the praise.
"I'm glad you've done so well under Kurenai's tutelage," said Kakashi.
The ninja looked at the board as it changed to show the next pairing.
(battle between Kin and Shikamaru is same as canon so I'm going to skip it)
The Konoha ninja were impressed at how quickly and efficiently Shikamaru had defeated his opponent.
"That boy is quite skilled," said Kurenai to Asuma.
"He's one of the smartest kids in his generation," said Asuma.
"His grades weren't that good though," said Kakashi.
"The kid is a genius," said Asuma, "the only problem is that he's extremely lazy and puts in the minimum effort."
"Is he really that smart?" asked Kurenai.
Asuma nodded, "I once had him do an IQ test by disguising it as a game. His score was above average genius level."
The Jonin would have talked more, but the board changed to show the next competitors.
Temari vs Tenten
The two ninja jumped into the arena and faced off.
"Match: START!" said Hayate.
(Once again match is same as Canon.)
Tenten's attacks had proven completely ineffective against the wind user and she had been blown high into the air. Temari then closed her fan with the intention of having Tenten drop onto it painfully, but there was a blur that snatched the weapons user from the air.
"Are you alright, Tenten?" asked Naruto as he landed nimbly on the handle of a Kunai that was sticking out of the ground with Tenten in his arms.
"I-I am," stammered Tenten as she blushed from the closeness.
"That's good," said Naruto before jumping back to the stands and putting her down.
"Naruto," said Lee as he ran up, "I must thank you for helping my teammate."
"Don't worry about it," said Naruto, "it was no trouble at all."
"Naruto," said Lee, "your flames of Youth burn ever stronger! I can only hope to match you as your rival!"
"Um, sure," said Naruto.
The board then changed to show the next pairing.
Rock Lee vs Misumi Tsurugi
"Yes!" said Rock Lee, "Now it is my chance to show my burning flames of Youth!"
"Go Lee," said Might Guy, "show all of them the burning passion of your Youth!"
"Guy-sensei!" said Lee.
"Lee," said Guy.
"Guy-sensei!"
"Lee!"
The two ninja embraced in a manly hug of passion resulting in the same sunset scene with the crashing waves appearing behind them.
"RELEASE! RELEASE!" yelled Sakura as she tried to dispel the Genjutsu.
"Its no good," said Kurenai, "I can't dispel it either."
"My Byakugan can't tell if it's a Genjutsu either!" exclaimed Hinata, "As far as I can see, they've somehow warped reality!"
Meanwhile, Naruto was shivering in a corner muttering about Youth and green jumpsuits.
Lee and Guy finally separated, to the relief of the spectators and Lee jumped down into the arena to face his opponent.
"Hm," said Misumi, "while that was as intriguing as it was disturbing, it doesn't change the fact that you will lose this fight."
"We shall see," said Rock Lee.
"Match: START! *cough*" said Hayate.
Misumi charged at Lee as the spandex clad genin threw a powerful kick.
"Nice try," said Misumi as he caught the kick, "but you're mine now."
Misumi's body twisted bonelessly until it had completely coiled around Lee.
"By dislocating my bones, I can wrap myself around you like a snake," said Misumi, "and all I have to do now is break your neck."
"I do not think it will be that easy," said Lee.
Suddenly Lee used his legs to launch himself towards the wall of the arena, angling so that Misumi's body would slam into the wall. The two of them hit the wall hard enough to make a crater in the cement and when Lee got up, Misumi fell limp off his body, completely unconscious with several broken bones and cuts.
"Winner: Rock Lee!" declared Hayate as medics carried Misumi's broken body away.
"That was quite the Youthful battle," said Guy as Lee rejoined the others.
"Thank you Guy-sensei!" said Lee.
"Let's not go through that again," said Tenten as she kept the two of them from hugging and scarring the audience once more.
"It was a good fight," said Naruto.
"Thank you for your praise," said Lee.
(Choji and Dosu's fight is canon so skip)
Once Choji had been taken by the medics, the ninja watched the board to see who the final challengers would be and who would get a pass. The board stopped at two names and everyone gasped.
"Well," said Haku, "looks like I get a pass."
Naruto Namikaze vs Gaara
Stay tuned for the next battle: Insane Jinchuriki vs Alchemist ninja. Ciao Ciao.
