Extra chapter for march break
As asked for all new chapters I write will only have the stats on the bottom.
fixed as of may 13th after being told it was not up properly.
Taking note from Hiruzen, Jiraiya called out. "Heiress of the Hyuuga Clan, Hinata vs Eldest son of the Fourth Kazekage, Konkuro. Begin.
Remembering his tricks from the prelims Hinata started by activating her Byakugan. Confirming her opponent was himself and not another puppet Hinata charged at Konkuro. Seeing the petite girl charging at him, Konkuro pulled out his puppet from last time, Crow. With Crow meeting her half way, Hinata ducked down and to the side while moving her hands close to the puppet, before continuing her charge. The puppet fell to the ground, his strings cut but got back up and was put back in between Konkuro and Hinata. Hinata jumped just in time to the side. Glad she kept her Byakugan on Hinata severed the chakra strings attached to the puppet again before using the technique she spent last month creating. "Twin Loin Head." Crow was smashed into thousands of pieces. This time Konkuro was the one slack on the floor.
"How? Crow was made by the Sasori of the Red Sands. No-ones ever been able to break one before."
Konkuro stood and charged. "I'll kill you, you bitch!"
"Air Palm." Konkuro was knocked back several feet due to Hinata's currently low skill with the jutsu, but before he could regain his footing Hinata continued. "You are within my divination, Eight-trigrams Sixty-four palms."
With Gai in the Kage booth, Naruto in a bathroom break and Jiraiya being non-partial (besides his student) the last strike managed to hit in the proper spot. Konkuro's body slumped to the ground, to not get back up again. Hinata stopped in her tracks. That had been her first kill. She didn't know what to do or think so she just stood and stared in shock before. "Winner by death Hinata!" Jiraiya walked over to Hinata before quietly talking to her. "First kill?"
Hinata could only nod mutely.
"We all have to do it. Thats part of the job, kid."
Hinata didn't respond this time.
Jiraiya ran his hand though his hair before thinking for a second. "My godson had to kill on his last mission too. As far as I know it was his first kill, I could be wrong but either way It had to be done, so he done it. Your first kill will always stay with you, He did it to save the life of his friends in wave. Your's was an accident but remember the truth of the matter, and remember not all truths are known when something happens. If you get curious about my God-son ask Shikamaru, Ino or Choji, I'm sure one of them would be glad to tell you about what he did for them in Wave. Now go and rest for a few minutes and try to clear your head. Your next mach will be in a few minutes and you could be fighting a friend from class or foe from Kumo, you need to get over this at least temporarily." With that Jiraiya shooed Hinata off to the stands.
In the Kage booth most of the members had a frown on their face. The only one was the Kazekage. "Hyuuga Hinata, such strength. Too bad Kumo doesn't have any Kunachi like her eh, Ay-Dono?"
"Are you insinuating something? I am not my father! He might have found it excitable to kidnap from other villages but I do not! After years of him being dead I'm still trying to defend myself from his mistakes!"
"Don't worry I know the Kazekage is acting like a snake but maybe thats his way of pretending his son wasn't just killed, right Kazekage-Dono?"
"Eh, yeah I guess. Sorry Ay-Dono that was out of line." 'Damn, I thought I could cause some discord among those two, who else can we try? Also note to self when I grab Sasuke-Kun, grab that Hyuuga bitch as well.'
"Anyway? Hyuuga Hinata, yes or no?" Asked the Hokage.
"It is nice to see a fellow girl hold her own against guys, she gets my vote." mused the Mizukage.
"Anyone able to get rid of those damn puppets permanently gets my vote." said the Raikage glaring at the Kazekage. Hiruzen could see it was more of a fuck you Suna than actually wanting her to advance.
"I disagree. Just like those damn Uchiha, they can only use their eyes." spouted the Tsukage.
"She fights well but you saw how she did after hitting the final blow. She is too weak to be in the field let alone leading a squad." supplied the Kazekage.
"I have to disagree with the Kazekage. That seemed like it was her first kill. Show me a ninja who could kill without remorse on the first time, and I'll show you a monster that should be put down." Konan said.
"Three for, two against, I yet again choose to hold on for a later time." With that Hiruzen signaled Jiraiya to start the next match.
Jiraiya called for the next match.
Heir of the Nara clan, Nara Shikamaru vs student of 'The Perfect Host', Omoi!"
Omoi walked down to the arena floor, while trying to think about ways to beat the shadow user. The former lazy-ass known as Shikamaru on the other hand simply jumped down. After seeing just how bad things could get on a real mission and seeing just how out classed him and his friends were in the forest, Shikamaru decided there was not enough time to laze about, not if it could be spent training to keep his friends alive. Had it not been for Naruto, his team would have been killed twice already. Choji and him had both started to train seriously in the last month knowing that Naruto wouldn't always be there to save Team Ten's collective asses. As Shikamaru stepped in front of Jiraiya, across from Omoi he took stock of what he had to work with. Naruto statue, three-quarters of an earth dome, ice shaped as Sasuke laying on the ground in chunks with the feet still fastened to the ground, shards of Konkuro's puppet sticking up in the ground (while the puppet pieces were small they were numerous, each giving off about an inch of shadow each), and the trees the arena originally had. Shikamaru smirked. "Too easy."
"Begin!"
Omoi jumped back several times. He saw how the boy could use his shadows to ensnare his enemies and didn't want to loose, especially that quick.
Shikamaru sent his shadow out as far as possible with the objects littering the field before making them go inward in a spider-web like pattern. Omoi looked shocked. He had not expected this. Omoi knew he was beat choosing to minimize his losses he put his hand up to quit. Unfortunatly the shadow of his had touched the shadows on the ground. -SNAP- "Shadow neck bind. Kumo trash." Shikamaru than spat on the body of the only Kumo-nin to actually make it to the finals.
"Nara Shikamaru wins by kill."
Shikamaru just crossed his arms waiting for his next match.
"Maybe the Leaf aren't getting as soft as we were led to believe?" Oonoki said thankful for his grand-daughter not being among the body count.
"I take it this was the message you meant to send Hokage-Dono?" asked a seething Ay.
"Actually the message we wanted to send was of peace. Those Gennin will be held accountable from me personally for this."
"So far half of the foreigners fighting Konoha-nin were killed today. Obviously you are not in as much control as you want us to think." The still masked Kazekage smirked.
Hiruzen glared before sighing. "Shikamaru?"
"He has the skills needed but his emotions on the field could get his team killed." mused Oonoki.
"The brains are there but as stated, his emotions control him too much it seems." piped up Konan while the others just shook their heads no.
"Disappointing, I was hoping to promote him but as you said he needs to get control of himself first. I think I might send him for counseling after these exams but I thought if anyone from this pool held a grudge against Kumo it would have been Hinata from that little kerfuffle from when she was a child?"
Signaling once again to Jiraiya to continue Hiruzen looked at his guests. 'Damn it Naruto I knew this was a bad Idea.'
"Kekki Genki Gentle Fist vs Secret Jutsu Shadow Style. Hyuuga Hinata vs Nara Shikamaru!"
Hinata was doing little better than she was a few minutes ago.
"Hinata, Naruto would never forgive us if we struck the other down. Lets fight but not with intent to kill, Ok?"
"Ok." Hinata rushed into a taijutsu spar with Shikamaru "Why do you seem to hate Kumo so much, and what happened in wave? Jiraiya-Sama told me to ask you about it." The two combatants continued strike for strike while talking, while Jiraiya was the only one close enough to hear them talk. To every one else it looked like the match was going strong while they were really only sparing. "... and after we got back to the Hokage's office you could see in his eyes how nervous he was. I still have this feeling he went AWOL to save us but I can't figure out how he knew where to find us or if he didn't why Hokage-Sama would send Naruto without back up."
"But at least you were only threatened with kidnapping, when I was little I actually was kidnapped. Thankfully father killed them and rescued me not far out of the village."
"Well that would explain one of them, but Zabuza said others as in more than one. I'll look in to it later, something doesn't feel right about this exam."
Disengaging from the spar Hinata called out. "I forfit. Good luck Shikamaru, you'll need it to fight Naruto."
"Wait, Naruto? Fuck! If I remembered I had to fight Naruto I would have quit first. You played me bitch!"
Up in the Kage booth Hiruzen shook his head. It was like they weren't even trying to show off any more. That last fight was too anticlimactic. Looking to his fellow Kage (and Konan) it looked like they all thought so as well. He Signed to his student. Hopefully the two bug users and the Kazekage's youngest would be entertaining enough for them.
STATS
free - 0
bijuu control 2/9
nin 0/25
gen 0/25
tai 0/25
fuin 5/6
med 0/6
req. tsunade arc
senser 0/6
enlightnement 1/1
earth element 1/6
earth 2 req. wind 6
fire element 1/6
fire 2 req. wind 6
lightning element 1/6
lightning 2 req. wind 6
water element 1/6
water 2 req. wind 5
wind element 5/6
ying/yang element 0/6
req. earth,fire,lightning,water and wind level 5
barrier 0/6
req. fuin 5, sensing 1 and ying/yang 1
chakra absorb 0/6
req. invasion
chakra trasplant 0/6
req. chakra absorb 3, med 3
kin 5/6
req. ying/yang 4