Chapter 12 of "I See You"- Shadowland & The Stampede
A/N: OmgOmgOmg. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY for not updating sooner. I've been really lazy over the Summer and that's really bad ]: Sorry for not updating sooner! Hope you like the chapter!~ P.S: I probably won't update this slow again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Kushina's eyes were closed and she was breathing deeply. Her eyes flashed open and the high officials stared in wonder and her eyes.
"Forfeit" snapped Hiashi. Kushina scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"Never! I told you I would never forfeit. I don't give up!" Kushina snapped. She made a hand sign but suddenly Hiashi was holding her wrist. She dropped her hands and shoved him off of her.
"Get off! Don't touch me!" she snapped. Hiashi's eyes widened and he smirked, triumphantly.
"You didn't mind when Namikaze Minato touched you! And he did much more than I did!" Hiashi shouted. Kushina's face grew drawn and her skin had a grey and green tinge. Minato's eyes widened as he felt the eyes of his comrades on him. He wouldn't stoop that low to make her forfeit…would he?
"Shut up! That's none of your business!" shouted Kushina. But she couldn't move. She was stiff and she could feel thousands of eyes on her in surprise. Everyone knew who Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina were. And everyone in Konoha knew that they were best friends. Kushina wasn't supposed to be busying herself with boys…until now that is. Ren glared down from his spot next to his father.
"Oh don't even bother, Uzumaki. I grabbed your wrist. You didn't mind when Namikaze was feeling you up. Isn't that why you were late? Because you were making out in the stairway? Right? Now it's obvious you don't value your ninja career over a good time, right?" Hiashi snarled. He was getting excited. This was fun, he noted.
"Shut up…this is not happening" Kushina moaned as gasps rang through the crowd. Suddenly she screamed in pain, clutching her neck. She fell to her knees.
"Ignore him! Now! It doesn't matter. He doesn't matter, 'Shina. He doesn't know anything" Minato whispered in her mind. Kushina nodded and the seal wrapped around her neck. She relaxed as his prescence left her mind. Now it was an open connection if she needed his help.
"So what's it going to be? You either forfeit or I send out transcripts of the exact conversation to every ninja in the village. I heard much more than the others. I was there from the beginning. My Byakugan is quite helpful when looking but I used chakra to enhance my hearing. I heard everything" Hiashi said, smirking. He had won as she looked down. She suddenly stood and raced forward, not giving Hiashi any chance to block it except for…
"Hakkeshō Kaiten" shouted Hiashi as a chakra shield formed around him. Kushina jumped to avoid the chakra and made hand signs in the air.
"I, inu, toru, saru, hitsuji!" Kushina said as she flipped to the other side. The sword appeared in her hand accompanied by a puff of smoke. She lunged forward out of the smoke as the jutsu stopped and sliced down. Hiashi jerked back to avoid the sword as it grazed over him. He smirked when it was wiped from his face. Kushina landed on him and threw her sword down. She was straddling him and he was squirming.
"You. Son. Of. A. Bitch!" she screeched with every punch. Everyone stared in shock at her bluntness. There was no technique whatsoever except brute strength. She realized what she was doing and flipped off of him. Hiashi grabbed her sword and poised it at her.
"Don't you dare move or I'll run you through" Hiashi snapped. Kushina looked at him in shock before she burst out in laughter. The Hyuuga stared at her in shock and disbelief.
"That sword will not obey you. The Chi no kenwill not obey anyone but me. It is a living object. And it will remember who it belongs to" Kushina said as she lifted her hand. She made a hand sign.
"What are you going to do now without your weapon?" demanded Hiashi. Kushina smiled.
"I don't need it. It will do what it was made to do. It is the Sword of Blood. It calls for blood every time it is summoned" Kushina said, smiling. As she said it. Her chakra flared out of her hands and she channeled it into the sword. Hiashi dropped it as if he had been burned.
"Your chakra…it's scalding hot!" Hiashi shouted. Kushina laughed and nodded.
"It is…that is the bloodlust. Come" commanded Kushina. The sword flew into her hand. She breathed deeply as the connection grew stronger.
"Here we go…" whispered Kushina. She slashed down with her sword and took deep breaths.
"I'm sorry, Minato…I need to do this. You can't send out transcripts if you can't move. Fūton: Atsugai!" Kushina shouted. The air grew still and the air collected in a mass and everyone slumped in their seats as the air pressure grew. The air was brought into a ball in front of Kushina. Minato cried out in pain and Kushina froze her eyes wide in pain as well.
"I'm sorry!" she shouted up at him. People stared as he fell to his knees and panted in pain as his energy was taken. It flew at Hiashi suddenly. As it connected with him he made a hand sign.
"Hakkeshō Kaiten" he shouted. The rotation began but he was blasted back by the force and he hit the wall. Kushina breathed heavily as the jutsu had used a lot of chakra. She gasped in air.
"You're still up!" she shouted as the dust cleared to show Hiashi struggling to stand. He flashed her a weak grin.
"Don't grin at me" she hissed. It disappeared and he sneered at her. She nodded and he struggled up.
"Just forfeit if you don't have enough chakra" Hiashi warned. Kushina laughed, shaking her head.
"When hell freezes over! Go ahead tell everyone that I flirted with my best friend. That we made out. I'm not ashamed and I don't give a damn. But if you do it remember that you're getting yourself a one way ticket into a world of pain" Kushina said, lowly. Hiashi flinched violently at the rage in her eyes. Kushina staggered up and raced at him, her sword ready. She slashed, violently as he dodged. The chakra in the sword sliced through his clothing and left burn marks on his skin. She laughed, harshly.
"I'm so sorry, Minato. I thought it would finish him," Kushina thought. She could feel Minato nodding. She froze and smiled softly.
"Is that all you got?" demanded Hiashi. He got into Gentle Fist stance. She held her sword tighter, scared of what she knew was coming. He wouldn't take her chakra. He wouldn't!
"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō" shouted Hiashi. He jabbed at her and she wheezed as she fell to her knees. Chiyoko had her hand outstretched. Kushina was quickly losing consciousness. This wasn't supposed to happen!
"Hmm…you're not as touch as you think. Selfish, dirty slut" laughed Hiashi. He kicked her in the side and he continued to kick her.
"You aren't alone, Kussssshina" hissed a voice in her ear. It wasn't Minato and the seal was closing. Something was cutting the connection.
"Who are you?" she whispered in her head. The voice laughed and was definitely feminine.
"I am…your essence…your Ryūketsu no me. I am Mitsuko, resurrected into your eyes. I will help me…if you let me. You hear what he's calling you. A slut! A whore! A bitch! Kill him. Shed blood" the voice shouted. Kushina shuddered as another kick connected with her body.
"Uzumaki Kushina you're nothing but a skank! A whore! A tramp! You think you're amazing but you're nothing but a hooker-in-training and Namikaze is your pimp, right?" Hiashi hissed, cruelly. She cracked an eye and looked up. Minato was glaring at Hiashi with such rage that he was shaking. Misaki, Haruka and Ryo were holding him back and he was close to knocking all of them over just to murder Hiashi.
"Proctor! I think we should continue the match. She's not dead…yet" Hiashi laughed, angrily. He punched down into her stomach and her back arched, blood spilling from her mouth. Her eyes closed and she saw her eyes reflected back at her.
"Give me control! Now! We are one and the same. Let your bloodlust reign!" Mitsuko shouted in her mind. Kushina nodded slowly and relinquished the hold on her mind. But she was in control of her body and Mitsuko gave her strength. A foot flew at her and she caught him by the ankle. She was up in a millisecond, holding Hiashi by the ankle in the air.
"You dare! You dare call the Uzumaki heir a whore! A SLUT! I'll kill you!" she screeched. She only flicked her wrist but he flew against the wall. She was suddenly in front of him, holding him by the neck to the wall. Her hair was floating around her and writhing like snakes. She was angry beyond repair. There was only one who could stop her and he wasn't allowed to intervene.
"Someone! She's going to kill him! Get Namikaze!" Chiyoko shouted, as Hiashi turned blue. The three comrades relinquished Minato and he jumped down into the arena, landing gracefully. Misaki landed next to him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't kill him! He's my cousin and might even be my betrothed. He's an ass but…just don't kill him" Misaki warned. Minato gave her a cruel and cold smile.
"I'll try my best. I can't make promises" he said. Kushina was cackling loudly and she punched Hiashi across the face. His head hit the wall and crack appeared in the wall.
"What the hell? You aren't Uzumaki" choked out Hiashi in short breaths. He attempted to take a deep breath but his broken ribs restricted him. He took a shallow breath.
"No. I'm not! I am Mitsuko, first female Uzumaki heir. Uzumaki Kushina's Ryūketsu no meis my reincarnation. She isn't a slut! She isn't a whore! She is who she is and if you don't understand that you die" Mitsuko cackled. Suddenly the writhing of her hair grew softer and Kushina was in control again. However, her bloodlust didn't relent and Mitsuko took control once again. If anything she squeezed tighter. She drew her sword and poised it at his stomach.
"Why shouldn't I run you through?" Kushina screeched. Hiashi couldn't give an answer as he was being choked.
"Oh you can't answer! Well, we'll have to make sure you don't say anything again!" Kushina cackled. She threw the sword forward and suddenly someone grabbed her wrist. She turned and threw her fist forward. Minato grabbed the other one and twisted her arms so that she was looking anywhere but him.
"I'll give you an answer. You aren't a soulless automaton. You're anything but. You're everything but a murderer. Don't become one now. You're not a slut. You're not a whore. You're amazing, great, and kind but you aren't a murder. Get on your knees…NOW!" Minato roared. Kushina fell at command and Minato placed his hand on the seal roughly and pulled back quickly. He worked quickly. It was like a dance as he drew on the ground a seal. Where he touched it quickly turned black like ink. Suddenly Kushina was in the middle of a giant copy of the seal on the back of her neck.
"Get out of the way! Now!" shouted Minato. Misaki grabbed Hiashi and jerked back. Chiyoko dodged out of the way as she watched in wonder.
"She was going wild before. What happened?" asked the Fire Daiymo from next to the Hokage. Ren answered.
"She said once that there was only one thing she would never hurt…her territory. That's him…Namikaze Minato one of the strongest ninjas in the village. She's his counterpart. They're like Yin and Yang. He is calm, calculating and kind to those who deserve his kindness. She is fiery, impulsive and cruel. Yet they seem to belong to each other" Ren said, bitterly. They watched as Minato took her by the face.
"Stop! Now…or I'll get Kasandora…I NEED UZUMAKI MINAKO! NOW OR IT WON'T WORK!" Minato roared. Minako jumped from the stands and landed lightly. She was wearing her customary long Whirlpool kimono. She walked forward gracefully, her head held high.
"Mitsuko?" Minako asked, quietly. Everyone could hear her as it echoed against the walls. Kushina looked up, grinning.
"Yes, Kasandora?" asked Kushina, in a voice that wasn't her own. Minato looked down at her coldly.
"You're not mine anymore, Kushina. Not anymore unless you get control of your body. If you don't you're a coward. Nothing but a coward. You're too scared to see the world and get hurt. Don't be a coward. Not like Hyuuga" Minato spat. Kushina's eyes widened.
"I'm no coward!" she screamed. Minato smiled, widely and nodded. He kneeled down and Minako followed him, standing, her face grim.
"No…you aren't. You took control. Now, I need you to do something for me. You're going to give Minako the sword. She's going to help me. You're dangerously low on chakra. Once our chakra connects it will cause a giant rope to appear between us. Mitsuko will control me as well. You have to, have to try to take control…for the both of us. She will cut the rope once I finish the seal. Understood?" asked Minato. Kushina nodded weakly. She threw the sword into the wall and Minako wrenched it out. Minato pressed his hands against her neck and drew back. Instead of a blue chakra rope it was a swirl of white and blue. Minato's back arched and he began drawing his hand back weakly.
"Give back the Chi no ken" commanded Minato as his eyes grew glassy. Mitsuko as Kushina smirked in triumph as she controlled his mind, his soul. However, will power made him continue to move the chakra through her body. He released the block chakra points.
"As your prophetess release your hold on Kushina's territory. You aren't allowed to touch one hair on him" Minako snapped, angrily. Kushina stuck her tongue out at her older sister.
"You were always such a stick in the mud, sometimes. Fine!" the possessed red head sighed. Minato's eyes grew clear and Kushina looked back at him, sending him a smile.
"You're hot…no wonder Kushina chose you to be her soul—" Mitsuko began. Minako silenced her with a harsh look.
"As Uzumaki prophetess I warn you not to relay information that affects people's futures. If you affect the future Kushina will not get her…salvation and no Uzumaki has been denied her salvation…except you" Minako said. Kushina's face hardened and she looked at Minato. He was glaring in concentration as she felt her chakra free. She started to stand when Minato appeared in front of her. She gasped as he touched her forehead and then the barrette in her hair. She felt chakra being channeled into it and suddenly the gigantic seal glowed with the white and blue chakra.
She tossed and tried to get up once again. Chains of chakra formed on her hands and kept her kneeling and looking up at Minato.
"Mitsuko…get out!" Minato commanded. Kushina's back arched and suddenly her eyes rolled back and glowed white. They rolled back in focus and Minato glared at her angrily as his chakra tried to penetrate her eyes.
"Make me!" Mitsuko snapped. Minato smirked and leaned in shielded them from the audience.
"I will…if you turn red, I'll know it's you" Minato whispered. He leaned in and kissed the corner of her lips and Kushina turned a deep red. Minato smiled and he channeled his chakra into her eyes. Her eyes rolled back and glowed blue. Minato smiled without humor.
"Good…now Minako cut it…she's going into me!" Minato commanded. Minako tried to slice down but she flew back. Minako's eyes widened.
"She drained the chakra out of it! It won't cut" Minako said. Minato groaned and took the sword from her. Some of the chakra escaped the rope and went into the sword. He stood tall but his eyes were becoming glassy.
"That's…enough…for a clean cut. You need both of our chakra. Hurry up" Minato snapped. Minako glared at him.
"I'm just as freaked as you with this new jutsu seal thing you have. Shut up" Minako ordered. Even as he was being possessed Minato couldn't resist rolling his eyes at her.
"Whatever, hurry up" Minato snapped. Suddenly his eyes mirrored the Ryūketsu no me. Minako rushed over to Kushina who was slumped and chained still.
"Kushina! Wake up! I need you to put chakra in here" Minako said, harshly. Kushina's head snapped up and she was grinning.
"I'm awake. Hurry up before she splits her spirit and takes control of both of us" Kushina rasped. Minako nodded and Kushina grabbed onto the sword and sliced her hand on it. Blood dripped on it and the sword gained an unearthly glow.
"Blood for it's mistress. That should do it" Kushina said. Minako nodded and stood. She threw it down and the force of the splitting forced the pair away from each other. Minato stumbled but stood up. Kushina sat chained. Minato flipped over her head and put a finger on her forehead and a one handed 'Tiger' hand seal.
"Release" he said, quietly. The chain's suddenly released and her sunk into the giant seal. The giant seal started to swirl inwards just as Kushina's did when it deactivated. Kushina screamed in pain as the seal closed. Her eyes flashed as she stared at Minato.
"I'll get you! I don't give a damn if you're her soulmate! I'll killyou" Mitsuko screamed in pain and rage. Minato's showed no emotion. He wasn't surprised in the least by the revealing of who Kushina really was to him. He already knew. He turned to Minako.
"Take that memory and throw it out. That little scream about who I am to Kushina. Do something about it" Minato said, coldly. Minako's shock was still evident. She made about eight hand signs.
"Tori, saru, hitsuji, uma, mi, tatsu, u, tora!" Minako said, quickly. She made a hand sign that previously hadn't existed.
"It's not a jutsu…" Minako whispered. Minato laughed bitterly.
"Get it out of her head!" Minato said. Minako nodded but looked back at him.
"I might mess up her mind. I'm not perfect" Minako said. Minato glared at her and shrugged.
"Beperfect" snapped Minato. Minako glared at him and nodded.
"Fine! As Kasandora I command you Mitsuko to purge the memories over your speech away from the Uzumaki heiress…prophecy…speech…coming!" panted Minako. She grabbed her eyes as she went into the prophecy. It wasn't a vision. Her eyes glowed silver.
"What the hell? Do we need a doctor?" demanded Chiyoko. Minato held up a hand.
"It's for you Minato…only for you, future leader. And where the journey may lead you. Let this prayer be your guide. The wind may take you so far away, always remember your pride…always remember her. Never forget her as long as you live. Forget and you both die. You must return in a year to stop the war that was never meant to be…" Minako said in a raspy voice. Minato nodded sharply. He picked up the passed out Kushina and Minako's eyes stopped glowing. Minako swooned and stood up, strongly.
"Let's go. I'd appreciate that I don't have my match right after hers. Thank you" Minato said. Chiyoko looked at the awestruck crowd and then at the Lord Hokage. He nodded once and Minato disappeared. Minako stood looking up into the stands. Her eyes flashed silver and she jolted. She looked up at the Lord Hokage.
"He is shunned. He asked you to say he was a hero. The Yondaime Hokage demanded it! He stopped the war! You should've done what they both asked. But he becomes a hero. That boy is the new Sage of the Six Paths due to you not honoring your promise to him. The jyuubi will never wreck havoc again. The moon will fall and a savior will ride. Those who surpass their mentors, the Sannin will fight to the end as the moon falls…you will not be their to witness it. The new Sannin will rise and the Snake will fall along with the moon as the Slug and Toad rises like the sun…" Minako hissed. She disappeared in a silver fog and Chiyoko stared in shock. The Hokage stared as well. Chiyoko cleared her throat. Ren appeared next to her.
"Um…I think they should get automatic Chunin status. He created that seal and she's…she's scary as hell. She should be Jonin dammit…announce the next match. Namikaze doesn't want to go next. Since he saved us from a massacre I suggest you listen" Chiyoko said. Ren nodded in agreement.
"Announce the winner. Hyuuga's almost dead" Ren said. Chiyoko nodded and stepped forward.
"In light of the circumstances of Hyuuga Hiashi's almost death the winner is Uzumaki Kushina!" Chiyoko said. The stands were quiet before erupting into cheers and applause.
"Who knew they'd like a bloodthirsty monster?" joked Ren. Chiyoko rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Shut up…it was a good show. We need his body out of here. Anyway…the next match is Endo Haruka versus Hyuuga Misaki!" Chiyoko announced. There were more cheers and medic nin rushed out and picked up Hiashi. They disappeared as soon as they had appeared.
"He's devoted to her. Don't mess that up" Chiyoko murmured, bitterly almost. Ren looked at his partner in surprise. She was smiling at him.
"What do you mean? Why does everyone think I'm interested in a thirteen year old!" Ren protested as they stepped to the side.
"Because you obviously aren't after the fortune telling Uzumaki who just told your father a dire prophecy" Chiyoko said, pointedly. Before he could respond to that she turned away from him and he knew that meant to drop the conversation.
Kushina jolted awake and her eyes widened as she saw Ryo and Haruka bent close up. She cringed into the familiar person that was holding her. She buried her face in his chest and shuddered at the memory of being possessed.
"She…she did that! I didn't do it! I swear!" Kushina screamed. Minato looked down at her, his face unfathomable. Haruka glared at him.
"You don't care about Kushina-chan! Comfort her. I have to go soon! I only have five minutes," Haruka commanded. Minato gave a humorless laugh and lifted her slightly.
"You don't know if that's Kushina. I sealed it but there might be lingering traces. Kushina, look at me" Minato said, softly. Kushina lifted her head and Minato's nose flared at seeing her eyes.
"That's not her. Not yet. She wouldn't listen to me. Deactivate your eyes, please" Minato said. Kushina nodded slowly and she closed her eyes. When she opened them again they were once again a vibrant green.
"She made me! She said that he deserved to die…that he shouldn't talk to the Uzumaki heir like that. I'm so, so, so sorry! I didn't mean it" Kushina said, frantically. Minato smiled at her and kissed the top of her head.
"I know you didn't. No one blames you. We have good and bad news. Which one do you want to hear? Haruka can tell the bad news. He can be the one who gets killed for relaying the news" Minato said, trying to make her smile. He succeeded. Kushina grinned at him and turned her grin on Haruka who was starting to look a little scared.
"Well, good news first, I think. We can keep Haruka here for a minute or two…unless you have to go make out with someone" Kushina joked. Haruka smirked at her.
"Kushina-chan, that's you. Only you make out with your best friend. Anyway, Namikaze tell her" Haruka snapped, jokingly. Minato nodded and held up his hand and sighed.
"Patience. Anyway, good news…most likely they're giving you Chūnin status and with my display of seals most likely me as well. Oh yeah, you also didn't draw any blood" Minato said, speaking of her proudly. Kushina smiled and then turned to Haruka.
"Bad news?" she asked, quietly. Haruka grinned and walked over to the gate and stood up on it.
"You almost choked him to death and you terrified a bunch of little kids. Bye!" Haruka said. Kushina stared at him in shock as he fell backwards. She heard a thump and Ryo looked over the railing and shook his head.
"The idiot fell on his head. He should've just walked down the stairs. It isn't that hard even with the little stamina he has" Ryo said. Kushina rolled her eyes and noted that Ryo looked tense.
"Are you okay? You looked worried" Kushina said, sitting up in Minato's lap. Ryo bit his lip and shrugged. He glanced at Minato who was smirking at him.
"Ask your boyfriend. He knows. He is your soul—" Ryo said. Minato glared at him and gave an exaggerated sigh. He put his hands over Kushina's ears tightly so that she wouldn't get to hear.
"Minako didn't alter her memory for her health. She altered it so we wouldn't have any problems. I'll tell her later…maybe in the next two years but not now. I'm going to let her hear again. No comments about who I am to her, got it?" demanded Minato. Ryo rolled his eyes and nodded. Minato let go and got a punch in the chest. He was surprised that Kushina wasn't groaning in pain. He was actually quite muscled with his constant training.
"What the hell was that?" Kushina snapped. Minato pursed his lips and raised an eyebrow.
"You obviously got your strength back pretty quickly. Anyway, what Ryo was talking about was the fact that he's afraid to face me. He's getting his wish, to fight me. But now that he's seen what I'm truly capable of he's not so sure. If I was able to seal your alter ego than I can surely fight. You got that right…" Minato said, grinning. Ryo glared at him.
"Yeah, no need to tell everyone that I'm afraid of you. That's not cool" Ryo snapped, to himself mostly. They didn't pay attention the fight that was happening just a few yards away. They heard Haruka and Misaki's shouts of pain.
"I wonder whose winning" Kushina remarked after ten minutes of silence. Ryo looked over the railing and grinned.
"What happened?" asked Minato. He couldn't exactly get up. Kushina was curled up on his lap and her blood red hair was all over the place at that point.
"Haruka isn't half bad. He slammed Misaki down but then she seemed to rotate on her side and do Rotation with her feet. She's…wow! She's doing Rotation with her feet and then…she's standing on her hands and doing Rotation. Haruka's just staring like an idiot. Seriously! You need to look. She's good" Ryo said, fascinated at the match and possibly the Hyuuga girl. Kushina got up to watch her two friends fight. Minato followed and stood next to her.
It was true. Misaki was effortlessly spinning on her hands with her feet spinning along with her. She balanced on one hand and jumped up. She got into the Gentle Fist stance.
"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō" she announced. She jabbed forward twice, then four times, then eight, then sixteen, and then thirty-two. Haruka could dodge some and he kicked out before Misaki could finish the final sixty-four jabs. Misaki wasn't prepared for it and it stopped her jutsu. She flew back but she threw her hands out to grasp the ground. She stood up straighter and took a deep breath. She looked down. Her light blue ninja garb was getting heavy. She took off her weapons pouch and unzipped her jacket. It fell away to reveal a light blue mesh top. She slid on a pair of black gloves. She took a kunai and cut her light blue pants up to her lower thigh. The bandages around her legs were much more pronounced now.
"Want to fight? Come on" Misaki smirked. She clenched her hands into fist and they glowed blue with chakra. She made a claw with one hand and Kushina looked into the stands. She could see Misaki's father smiling in triumph.
Haruka ran forward and Misaki took a deep breath as if she were getting ready to die.
"HakkeKuushou" Misaki shouted as she thrust her clawed hand out. Haruka flew back, hitting his back against the wall. Misaki ran forward and got into the Gentle Fist stance. She looked so graceful. She was standing right in front of him as he struggled to stand.
"Hakkeshou Kaiten" Misaki said, not giving Haruka a chance to get back up. She was spinning and Haruka continued to slam into both the chakra spin and the wall. Misaki stopped the jutsu and looked at Haruka. His face was bloody and there were bruises on his arms and legs.
"Don't stop now, Misaki…you can win" Haruka coughed. Misaki stared, her mouth slightly open. She glared at him and gave him a brutal punch across the face.
"Don't you dare! Don't you dare let me win, Endo Haruka! How dare you!" Misaki shouted, angrily. Haruka stood there as another fist flew forward. Suddenly Misaki was thrust backwards. Haruka stood, a sneer on his face.
"He was letting her win?" Ryo asked, surprised. Kushina froze and a smile burst on his face.
"Haruka…he knows that if she doesn't win that she'd get in trouble. He was trying to let her become a Chūnin" Kushina answered. Minato nodded slowly, his face surprised and a little impressed.
"You want to fight? Fine!" Haruka shouted. He shot forward. Misaki ran forward as well. Haruka took out a kunai and Misaki took out the kunai holding her hair in a twist. The dark blue mane hung behind her now. She snarled at Haruka. He was gathering chakra and instead of blue it was a pale yellow.
"His chakra is different" Minato remarked. Kushina nodded in agreement. They were about to meet.
"Hakkeshou Kaiten" she screamed as they met. She was spinning like a top and they were both blasted back. They both plummeted towards the ground. There were two giant noises as they impacted the ground. The rock shattered into two small craters. They rose gasping for breath. They glared at each other.
"You're pretty good" Haruka gasped. Misaki smirked at him and snapped her gloves back into place.
"You're not bad yourself. Unfortunately, you don't have the Hyuuga genius or chakra control. Come at me" Misaki smirked, gasping for air. Haruka charged forward. Misaki took a deep breath and centered herself. As she opened her eyes again she stared in horror at twelve different Harukas.
"Always be aware and never close your eyes, ninja rule 78" all of the Haruka said, smirking. Misaki cursed under breath as they charged at her. She slid into Gentle Fist style, one arm pointing directly down and the other up. They were closing in on her, quickly and all around. Suddenly the ground glowed green and she was in the middle of a Yin-Yang with the outside rimmed with a circle and kanji.
"Which of us is the real one?" the clones asked. Misaki sighed and judged whether she had enough chakra. Just enough.
"We'll see in a minute" she laughed. Suddenly she was serious and she gathered her chakra in her pointed hands. She activated her Byakugan as it had returned to normal when she had hit the ground.
"Hakke Hyakunijuuhachishou" she shouted. Everyone stared in shock. How did a Genin know Eight Divine Signs, One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms of the Hand? She jabbed forward in succession, never stopping. Two. Four. Eight. Sixteen. Thirty-two. Sixty-four. The clones had disappeared and only Haruka was left. He stood ready and sighed.
"It was good until I forgot you could do that" Haruka sighed. Misaki didn't relent as she saw an opening. One-Hundred Twenty-Eight. Haruka fell to his knees as she stood up straight.
"That's for trying to let me win" Misaki snapped. Haruka grinned and sighed, quietly. He touched her hand softly and she looked at him coldly.
"And this is for fighting me. I always leave my mark" Haruka said, quietly. Suddenly a kunai was sticking out through Misaki's hand. She fell to her knees and screamed in pain as a clone of Haruka's stabbed through her other hand.
"My hands! My hands!" she shrieked. Haruka grinned, tiredly. She screamed in pain as she stared at her bleeding hands.
"I know your blind spot. I'm no idiot. I may not have the Hyuuga genius but Endo genius is just as good. I don't lose without dealing damage. With what you did to me you had to lose the one thing that you can't fight without. No Gentle Fist for you" Haruka laughed, bitterly. Misaki screamed in agony as the clone cut in to her back. She spun around and dealed a kick. The clone disappeared and the kunai clattered to the ground.
"I'll gouge your eyes out! My hands!" Misaki screamed in agony. Blood streamed from the holes. She spun her leg at Haruka. Haruka laughed as he ducked. Misaki's eyes streamed with tears as she looked at the wounds.
"With my luck you might never use Gentle Fist again" Haruka laughed. Kushina stared in horror with Ryo. He was a genius…a clone was sneaking behind her as he mentally tormented her. They all knew she would use her hands again. She didn't under the mental torture.
"You ended me!" screamed Misaki. She threw a fist forward and Haruka caught it and squeezed it. Misaki shrieked in pain. She gave a bitter smile.
"You took away my hands. I'll take away something precious to you" Misaki screeched. Haruka's eyes widened as Misaki picked up the kunai that had damaged her hands.
"If can't have my hands you can't have your legs. I'll do Rotation over your legs. I'll crush them and I'll amputate them. Right here" Misaki said, grinning viciously at him. She got into stance.
"The chakra would potentially crush your hands if you used them" Haruka lied, quickly. Misaki laughed and shrugged.
"You're forgetting that I don't normally do Rotation with my hands unlike Hiashi. I do it with my feet" Misaki said. Haruka nodded slightly, signaling the clones. Suddenly they appeared next to Misaki. She looked at Haruka, smiling as the clones forced her on her knees. Haruka stumbled up and held up her hair.
"Should I take off your pretty head as well?" Haruka demanded. Misaki stared at Haruka and shook her head.
"You know what…I bet I could risk my hands for this. If I kill you don't blame me" Misaki said. She didn't even get into the correct stance. While still on her knees she pointed one arm down and the other one up.
"Hakke Hyakunijuuhachishou" Misaki shouted. She jabbed while on her knees and the clones disappeared. She turned and suddenly stopped. She lay on her side and took a deep breath.
"Hakkeshou Kaiten" she announced. Haruka flew back and hit the ground. Misaki held the kunai over her head.
"You really are Uzumaki Kushina's friend" Haruka smirked. Misaki gave a ruthless smile.
"You are as well. Ruthless as she is she picks friends equal to her own in mercy. No mercy and no hesitation. Goodbye, Endo Haruka" Misaki said. She threw the kunai down and Haruka's back arched. He gave a loud and tortured scream before slumping down, his eyes closing.
"You did good, Hyuuga" Haruka whispered before passing out. Blood oozed from the wound in his stomach. Misaki turned away and looked at the proctor.
"I am finished" Misaki said, stiffly. She groaned in pain at the holes in her hands. Chiyoko nodded, her eyes wide.
"This match is over. Hyuuga Misaki is the winner!" Chiyoko shouted. Medic-nin walked out but before anyone could pick up Haruka he was in Misaki's arms.
"I'll take my opponent with me. Thank you" Misaki said. Suddenly she was running quickly before going up the wall and into the balcony. Kushina stood there, not disturbed by the appearance of her friend.
"Let's go" Misaki said, stiffly. Suddenly, the air blew, blowing the Ruthless 5's hair. Everyone watched as the group transported one of their own to the hospital wing, almost dead by one of their own.
