Chapter 20

Sorry for the longevity of this chapter. I was enjoying myself and accidentally kept typing. And to those who are getting bored of all of the chapters, I'm trying to wrap it up.

Katsu stood there, watching his opponent, Hakuchi Chijin. At least, he was standing there when he pronounced the beginning of the match, then Katsu disappeared.

Chijin grinned.

"Do you really think you can fool me as easily as my partner?"

I looked at the boy. And, in fact, he did have a stones headband on!

As if Katsu had heard, he rose from the ground. Three of him, in fact.

Chijin started laughing.

"C'mon! Do you really expect me to fall for a simple jutsu like that? I can easily defeat you."

Apparently, he did. Chijin ran at Katsu, and split into three people, two. Each of him punched one of Katsu, and each of Katsu fell to the ground, turning back into soil.

Then they rose again, and vanquished Chijin's two clones, hurting him in the progress.

As he wiped off the blood dribbling down his chin, Chijin asked,

"What? He wasn't one of them! Where's the real one?"

In response, a figure rose up again, behind Chijin, and preformed seals.

"The idiot," said Amaya, "Chijin doesn't even notice him. But that is the real Katsu."

I looked at her.

"How do you know?"

"Soil clones can't perform seals. And, by the looks of it, that's Obutsuraion no Jutsu, his favorite, and most effective, jutsu."

Katsu stepped back, then turned and ran halfway up the wall as the earth began to rise. Chijin spun, and his face turned white.

Right in front of him was a giant lion made solely of dirt. It roared at him, soil splattering the scared boy.

He screamed, and ran for it. But as we watched Katsu control the lion, it ran at him, and swallowed him.

There was a silence, and then,

"BURP."

The giant lion belched, and out flew Chijin. He banged against the wall right below Katsu, who caught him. The lion disappeared, and Katsu jumped down. He dropped Chijin, and to the cheers that Amaya began, he was pronounced the winner.

When he got upstairs, I looked at him,

"Okay, that was cool. It's gonna take a lot to finish as well as you."

As Amaya congratulated him, but it was time for the next match. Can't we have our congratulations in peace anymore?

But, we watched a spiky haired girl fight a boy ho apparently didn't want to fight. Eventually, he gave up, and the girl was declared the winner.

And then, the fuss. We had gone on with the battles, but the crowd was anxious for a battle between two boys. As it turns out, it seemed that they were there solely for their fight.

How. Rude. I mean, there must have been some Kumogakure ninja to show up to watch my match! I was mad, and I wanted to fight. I was supposed to fight last, just like the last time, and I was itching for a fight. I looked over at Gaara. Once again, he was standing close to Amaya. She looked at me, and rolled her eyes. Then she walked over to me.

"It seems that Uchiha Sasuke hasn't showed up."

I blinked.

"Who?"

"Oh, of course, you wouldn't know. He's the guy who Gaara's gonna fight. Wait, how come you know Gaara's name and not Sasuke's?"

"He interests me."

She looked at me.

"Uh-huh."

Then she looked back, since the ninja had appeared again, and was saying that, yet again, they were going to postpone the match, and will the next fighters please come down please?

The last thing I saw before hopping over the balcony and stationing myself on the wall was Amaya walking over to talk to Gaara again.