Chapter 25: Total Annihilation!

"Tenten of the Leaf, Temari of the Sand!" The proctor called, "Your match is next."

Tenten somersaulted to the arena from the genin stands, landing in a crouch. Temari walked down the stairs calmly.

The two stared each other down, "Begin!" The staredown continued for three seconds, before Tenten grabbed the scroll from her back and unfurled it, sending hundreds of shuriken heading for Temari, who grabbed the large fan from her back and swung it forwards, a gust of wind causing the shuriken to give the sandy blond a wide berth.

"Is that all you got?" Temari taunted.

"TENTEN!" Lee shouted, "SHOW TEMARI THE FLAMES OF YOUTH THAT BURN WITHIN YOU!"

"Thanks Lee." Tenten said, grabbing two tanto from the seal and swinging to her back once more. She charged at Temari but was swept away from a second gust of wind.

Tenten had no clue what to do, this enemy was her perfect counter, but she could overcome it, she had to. Her training with Videl hadn't been for nothing, she had learnt to use ki so that she could fulfil her dream of being a famous kunoichi NOT so that she could get tossed around by some second rate Suna-nin. Tenten grit her teeth and charged, when Temari swept her fan Tenten threw one tanto into the air and substituted with it, appearing in the air above the sandy blonde with her remaining blade held above her head in a two-handed grip, she swung the blade down as she fell, intent on cutting Temari, but the Suna-nin blocked the blade with her closed fan and -using brute force- swung it sideways, Tenten tumbling onto the ground, a crack in her sword.

"Fuuton: Gale Winds." Temari swung her fan towards Tenten and a small twister flew towards the kunoichi.

Tenten rolled out of the way and sent a barrage of shuriken, but they were blown away 'She hasn't moved one inch this entire match!' Tenten began to get frustrated, running circles around Temari and sending kunai and shuriken galore towards her but every attempt was crushed by the iron hammer of fate that had placed her against this particular opponent.

Tenten stopped and looked towards the proctor, "I give up, there's no way I can win." She hung her head.

"Tenten has surrendered, Temari of the Sand is the victor!" The proctor announced, "Could I have Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka to the arena!"

Sakura and Ino walked down to the arena and stood opposite one another. "BEGIN!"

Ino pulled a kunai loose and ran at Sakura, who stood still, "What's wrong forehead, scared?" Ino taunted as she got within slashing range, Sakura raised her arm as a check and the kunai shattered against it, the pinkettes arm being covered in stone right before the kunai would have taken it off.

Ino sputtered in shock, "How?"

"I trained instead of fawning over boys." Sakura scowled and cocked her fist back, punching Ino in the face and sending the blonde girl flying.

"Sakura Haruno is the winner by knockout." The proctor announced, "And I think we need a medical team."

Sakura shook her head and walked over to her longtime friend, hands glowing green as she healed the damage from her punch, "I've got the injuries, but you might wanna see if she has brain damage." Sakura said as the squad of medics arrived. The lead medic nodded and they took Ino away.

"Uhm, Shikamaru Nara and Yoroi Akado please come to the arena." The proctor called. Yoroi hurried down, only his eyes visible under his bandana and face mask. Shikamaru slowly walked down the stairs, eyeing his opponent and looking for any possible ways to exploit him.

"If this is gonna be boring can you just forfeit." Shikamaru said as he stood opposite his opponent, "I kinda wanna take a nap."

"Little brat, do you not know who I am?" Yoroi growled, "I'm Yoroi Akado, with the unique ability to absorb chakra."

"Oh?" Shikamaru looked bored, "Sounds like a useful ability, if it wasn't so limited" The Nara taunted, hoping that his taunt would get Yoroi to tell him it's weakness.

"We're shinobi, contact is not a weakness." Yoroi said, "How did this kid even pass the academy?"

"BEGIN!"

Yoroi rushed Shikamaru. The Nara stood still, beginning hand seals, when Yoroi was mere feet from Shikamaru the Nara mimicked the older genin's pose perfectly and both stopped moving.

"Capture complete." Shikamaru said as he reached for his kunai pouch -which was on the opposite leg as everyone else just so this combo would work. "I think I've won." Shikamaru lazily tossed his kunai upwards with a spin, catching it and bringing his arm up in a throwing fashion, "Surrender"

"I refuse" Yoroi smirked, knowing that Nara typically had lower chakra pools than the other large clans.

"Killing is still allowed?" Shikamaru asked.

"It is, though we frown upon it" The proctor said.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru threw the kunai into Yoroi's left leg, quickly throwing one into the genin's left arm at the shoulder -both limbs now useless- as he let go of his jutsu. Yoroi collapsed and Shikamaru walked towards him, "You lost as soon as you let me know about your ability." Shikamaru lectured, "I goaded you into telling me how to beat you without so much as breaking a sweat." Shikamaru pointed a kunai at Yoroi, the blade drawing a small line of blood.

"Winner, Shikamaru Nara!" The proctor announced, then called the next two chunin-hopefuls "Choji Akimichi and Arthur Yamikaze!"

Choji walked down the stairs, eating a few potato chips before scrunching up the back and throwing it in a convenient trashcan.

You'll do fine." Shikamaru placed a hand on Choji's shoulder as the two walked by each other.

"Thanks." Choji smiled as he walked passed his friend, no longer nervous about his impending fight.

An old man stood in the shadows, half of his face along with an entire arm were wrapped in bandages and the arm was suspended with a cast. His good arm was allowing his aged body to lean on a cane. He was Konoha's Shinobi of Darkness, Danzo Shimura.

"What business do you have in Konoha?" Danzo asked.

A shadow stepped into the light, revealing a man with black hair pulled into a ponytail that reached his mid-back. He wore a large straw hat and a black robe with red clouds adorning it.

"I came to see if you had kept your promise." The robed man said, his voice calm, "But Sasuke isn't safe is he? He's forgotten about his hatred and accepted his friends' company."

"That's not my fault. Hiruzen wouldn't let me recruit him." Danzo stammered, stepping back.

"You taking would have ruined him as well." The robed ninja said, looking up to reveal two fully matured Sharingan, which suddenly swirled quickly, changing shape to form a red eye with three spiralling black curves around it, "Tsukuyomi"

Danzo tried to scream but found himself in a black and white world where he was tied to a stake.

"This is punishment for your sins, three days of constant torture." The man said, walking up to Danzo and stabbing him with a sword, sliding the blade through the elder's stomach without problem, "Let it happen again and I'll destroy your precious arm." He spat.

"Itachi, please." Danzo begged.

"Too late." Suddenly hundreds of clones of Danzo appeared, a clone of Itachi appearing as well. Each Itachi clone performed the same feat as the original, silently pushing the blade through part of the old man.

"I will be having a chat with Hokage-sama as well." Itachi said, "And when you wake up don't scream, your guards might get trigger happy." And with that Itachi was gone.

So I know that this chapter was really short, but next chapter will be longer with Choji's fight against Arthur and Gohan against Misumi and also Goten against Kiba plus Itachi's conversation with Hiruzen. Hope you liked it -not that there was much to like unfortunately.