Now it's time for the fun part! I've been waiting since I first started this stupid thing to get here! Without further ado, welcome to Naruto REVOLUTION!
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They had finally made it! All the trouble of having to fight off Team Eight, losing contact with Kurama and having to beat up a new village team and now they where here! They where at the good point now! The finals!
"Since we have so many examinees, we'll have to have a preliminary round first." Spoke the third Hokage.
Every male in the room had darkened. Nobody wanted a preliminary round; they where always hard and too much of a hassle. One such male felt like it would be a good idea to shove a Rasengan up someone's ass.
"(cough) Would it be alright if (cough) I took it from here (cough) Hokage-sama?" A man asked in the center of the small makeshift stadium.
Everyone had been located around the general area in a big circle around the stadium. It was lowered down into the ground, making everyone have to look down at the coughing man. He had a cigarette in his mouth, so it was easy to tell why he had a coughing problem.
"Alright Hayate-san. Be my guest!" Hiruzen said happily.
The wrinkles on his face seemed to brighten. He was a nice old man. If only they knew what he was thinking.
The old man took a glance to his left to see the sound Jōnin looking at the group with a deep look in his eyes that couldn't be read. Hiruzen knew exactly who it was by the slits on the man's eyes, but he wouldn't say anything. Not right now, he had to figure out what he was up to first.
"(cough) Everyone turn your attention to (cough) the screen." Hayate said.
All eyes where on the big mechanical bulletin board on the wall. It had a big VS in the center. They knew exactly what it was for.
"This (cough) thing is going to tell us (cough) who will be fighting who today." Hayate said simply.
"Rules are (cough) beat the other opponent until we say (cough) stop, he loses Conchesness or (cough) he or she is dead." Hayate said, hoping to let the severity of the situation sink in.
It didn't. Everyone was looking to brawl and hopefully kill some other people.
"This is too fucking troublesome." Shikamaru whispered loud enough for his teammates to hear.
Team Ten had been the first ones there, only because Shikamaru had cheated before they got in by steeling a scroll from the scroll vault; which wasn't really well hidden. He may have been the reason why there where still so many teams here. He was lazy to the core and he didn't care in the slightest.
"Don't cuss Shikamaru-Baka!" Ino whispered back.
She tried to sound intimidating but it went right over the lazy Nara's head. He was in general, too lazy to feel intimidated.
"We got this you guys!" Choji said happily.
They both glared at his optimism as he pulled out a bag of chips and began devouring it. He worked out so much that he would soon turn those chips into muscle cells. He was so different for an Akamichi.
"The first fight will be between…" Hayate looked up on the board.
The names spin in each board wildly and landed on two names.
"Shikamaru Nara VS Kin Tsuchi." Hayate said simply
Kin smiled deviously. She got to fight a Konoha weakling. It wouldn't turn out like the Hyuga girl. This time she would win and prove her worth to her village.
"Bullshit…." Shikamaru said simply. He walked over to the stadium floor and stood opposite of a Kin Tsuchi.
He wasn't looking forward to this fight in the slightest. He was just going to dog it until A.) She gives up B.) He beats her or C.) He gives into his laziness and gives up instead.
He didn't care much for the outcome, as long as after today he got to go home and take a long deserved nap.
"You (cough) may go on my mark….. (cough) Begin!" Kin rushed Shikamaru, throwing a flurry of Senbon in his direction.
Shikamaru avoided this by…. Falling on his back and not getting up. Kin looked at him weirdly, until she saw his shadow start moving.
It began to shoot from its spot attempted to grab Kin, who jumped into the air. Gravity some how got stronger and pulled her back onto the floor in a heartbeat.
She crashed with a thud, imitating Shikamaru's exact pose. He was lying on his back with his hands comfortably placed behind his head, as if not caring about anything at the moment. Kin took that exact same pose.
"What did you do to me asshole!?" Kin screeched.
Shikamaru reached into his pocket pulled out something not very suprising. A cigarette. He had a smoking problem and nobody seemed too surprised. He placed the cancer stick into his mouth with one hand and with the other, he snapped his fingers, lighting them on fire.
He placed the flame to his mouth and inhaled deeply. He might as well have been a pro because he started to create things with his mouth using the smoke like rings, farm animals and finally a deer. Kin imitated these things.
Shikamaru developed a smoking habit second year of the academy. He understood the Shinobe world earlier then the other kids. He didn't want to be killed, or captured, or threatened. He much rather preferred the notion of dying in your sleep. What better way then your garden variety cancer stick?
He took a deep breath in and blew out another cloud of smoke.
"You give?" Shikamaru asked.
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT SHIKAMARU! THAT'S CHEATING!" Came a scream from the balconies.
Naruto was leaned over the railing, his face turning red with anger.
All eyes where now on the blond.
"Why the fuck not?" Shikamaru asked.
Kin began to get infuriated. Was she not even worth the time of these stupid leaf idiots? She would show them. They would all know that she was worth their time.
"Because!... You just can't!" Naruto yelled, not really knowing what to say.
Shikamaru sighed. Blondes where stupid. He knew this from experience. They where the kind of people that you couldn't really hate, but you didn't like all too much cause they were so dumb.
Chakra flooded the ground bellow them.
Shikamaru felt his shadow weaken considerably as he propped himself up on his arms to get a better look at what was going on. The cigarette dropped from his mouth as he felt malicious chakra fill the air around him.
'Fucking chicks!' Shikamaru thought aloud, getting back up off the floor.
Kin now had black markings all around her body and an incredible amount of KI leaking off of her. She had overpowered his shadows. Bullshit.
"Kinjutsu: Senbon Ishuu!" She screamed, throwing a few senbon into the air.
This soon multiplied into thousands of them. The rained down Shikamaru, causing a cloud to block off all view of Shikamaru.
When they landed, they were surprised to see that Shikamaru was gone.
"Where the hell is he?" Kin asked aloud.
She looked all over, but he was gone. Like he had left the whole stadium. He was still underestimating her! She would kill him. She was tired of being ignored.
"That was to close." Came a voice from behind her.
There she saw Shikamaru pulling himself up off of the floor, through what looked like some stray shadow.
"Kage Unsou, success." Shikamaru said simply.
"How did you do that!?" Kin yelled.
"Kage Unsou allows me to fall into my own shadow to avoid damage. Shadows are intangible, so they can't be damaged." Shikamaru said simply.
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"How can a Genin have such an ability Asuma-kun?" Kurenai asked her fellow Jōnin instructor.
He smiled and looked at the Genjutsu Mistress next to him.
"Shikamaru can use that ability, but it waists an extraordinary amount of Chakra to use and it continually saps you until the Jutsu is dispelled."
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"I'll kill you!" Kin screamed, throwing more senbon.
"Kinjutsu: Senbon Ishuu!" She screamed again.
The Senbon multiplied from only a few to thousands. Shikamaru threw a Kunai at her, which she easily dodged. He than sank back into his shadow, avoiding another hit from the Senbon.
He came out of a shadow next to the wall and threw another Kunai, which she again easily dodged.
"You're becoming a real hassle woman." Shikamaru said.
She grew infuriated. Now this guy had to die.
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"Kaa-san? How come the grass is so yellow?" Asked a young Kin.
She had a very bright smile on and a slight smudge of dirt on her cheeks.
"I don't know Kin-chan." Her mother told her.
The woman stared out at the fields. It was a very dry season this year. It would cost them a lot. She'd have to go to work again if she had to. Kin would have to be on her own this year.
"Tou-san won't be happy…" Kin said sadly.
"No he won't, but don't worry about it! I'll tell you what! We can go make Cookies!" The woman responded.
Her voice was sweat and it had care filling every bit of it.
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"Shut Up!" She yelled.
She dodged another Kunai from a different angle and looked around for Shikamaru again. This guy was tough, she would have to make sure he didn't outsmart her. She was sure she had figured him out by now though.
He wasn't really a fighter. He was just throwing Kunai to get her close to a shadow. By the time that would happed, she would lose. She made sure to stay where there weren't any shadows. He couldn't win without them.
He threw another from behind her, which she barely avoided.
'This guy is really starting to piss me off.' She thought angrily.
He was now in front of her. He had an intense look in his eyes that if one didn't know him, would never guess those eyes belonged to someone lazy. Not in the slightest.
"I'm done toying with you." Karin said.
"Funny….. I was thinking the same thing." Shikamaru said.
He was holding something. It had to be small by the way he clenched his fist. It was shut tightly so nothing big could be in there.
Shikamaru moved his clenched hand backward quickly.
Karin couldn't move. It was as if someone had roped her. What the hell was going on? There weren't any shadows anywhere near her, so why couldn't she move?
Shikamaru pulled another Kunai out and slammed it into the wall next to where his hand was.
"Special Nara string. It's so small that it doesn't cast a usable shadow. It's also really strong so I guess I win." Shikamaru said, reverting back to his laziness.
Kin struggled, unable to get out, even with the extra chakra. She wouldn't let him beat her, even if she had to break the one rule she was given.
"Proctor, call the match. I'm going to go take a fuckin' nap." Shikamaru said simply, begging to leave.
Hayate opened his mouth to call it, until another wave of Chakra filled the air around them. It was dark and it was heavy. Shikamaru stopped walking and turned his head toward Kin. She was transforming. Spikes protruded out of her head and her skin was turning a very unnatural shade of brown.
Her eyes became dark and void of life. It was as if death itself had given her it's power. She grew taller and morphed, growing wings.
Shikamaru noticed the stings on the glint of the light. Some where beginning to snap.
He went back to his original spot where he had anchored them to the wall. He looked at the once girl become a monster.
"I won't lose to you! I'LL KILL YOU!"
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"Shut up Woman!" A man snapped smacking Kin's mother.
The woman fell to the floor.
"I-I-I" He kicked her in the ribs.
"Using precious resources to make Cookies?! What's wrong with you!?" The man screamed kicking her in the ribs again.
"What are you looking at you worthless piece of crap?" The man screamed at Kin.
She froze in her spot. She was scared. Her legs began to wobble and she couldn't help herself. Urine dripped down her leg.
"Look at that fucking mess! I thought you where potty trained you piece of shit!" He yelled.
Kin fell to her knees, tears spewing down her face.
"Your useless!"
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"I'M NOT USELESS!" More of the wires snapped.
Shikamaru's expression read total shock. His head was going over a million different contingencies. How was he going to beat her?
His face went hard. It was like looking at the face of a Hokage on the monument.
"Didn't want to do this." Shikamaru said.
He snapped his finger and a small ball of fire appeared over it. He pulled another cigarette out and lit it. He took a good smoke of it while he thought about his next plan of action. He didn't like it, not one bit.
"Are you scared?" Kin asked.
Shikamaru nodded. She smirked at her accomplishment. If only she knew what he was scared of.
"Sorry chick." Shikamaru said.
His voice was low and devoid of emotion. He took another drag of his cigarette.
"Don't be sorry! I'm not going to spare you no matter what you say! HAHAHAHA!" She had lost it.
Shikamaru looked back at the girl again. He realized that if she was from somewhere else. Or maybe if she had been treated nicer or something, he wouldn't have to do this. She was a monster though. It was her life or his.
He flicked the cigarette onto the floor in front of him. It caught something alight.
"My strings are flammable."
A blaze of light and heat engulfed Kin. She screamed out and fought the fire as it slowly ate away at her skin. She fell to the ground, rolled and squirmed in pain. The hair on her scalp was now gone as the stadium was filled with the smell of burnt flesh.
"AAEAEEAEAEEAEA!" It was a mix between a little girl and a dying pig.
It made Shikamaru feel sick. He didn't look away however. He watched as she slowly lost the will to fight the fire and it stole the life from her. She lay on the ground, officially dead. The fire didn't stop however. Everybody was too shocked or appalled at the scene to react. There where no disgusted faced, no looks of shock. Just stunned silence.
Nobody expected the exams to be like this, but when the fire finally died down, leaving a charred corpse in its place, and the spectacle was all but over, everyone finally got what they meant when they said this 'thing' was dangerous. People die. If it wasn't your enemy, it was probably you.
It left a horrible feeling in there stomachs and a nasty taste in their mouth. Nobody expected this from Shikamaru.
Shikamaru had just set the tempo.