Jizouko sized up her opponent as her hand shot into her weapons pouch and selected a few senbon, it didn't look like he'd be very light on his feet so the thin needles should do the job.
Daisuke barely dodged in time, earning a scratch on his cheek as he move out of the way as he threw a fistful of shiruken at her.
She caught them easily and threw them back at their original owner and followed them with a kunai knife of her own that dug into the wall not far from Daisuke's head.
Judging from the golden eyed boy's expression he was not expecting her to come out swinging into the fight. Jizouko smirked as she charged forward with a fist drawn back; this would take no time at all.
"Wow," Sakura gasped as she watched the fight below. "I had no idea that Jizouko-chan was so good!"
"Yeah!" Naruto agreed with a nod, "It's like she's a different person."
"It is to be expected of someone like her," Lee shrugged his green clad shoulders slightly.
"What do you mean, Lee-kun?" Sakura asked, leaning forward so she could see him better.
"Yeah, bushy-brows, what're you talking about?" Naruto chimed in as he turned his squinty eyes on the black haired teen.
"Jizouko-chan is thought to be one of the fastest rising stars of the shinobi world," Lee blinked at the two. "How could you not know that? Did she not train with your team for a while?" he asked in confusion.
Sakura's eyes turned back to the familiar striped head of hair bobbing around the arena as she traded blows with her brown haired opponent.
"Yeah, but she was never like this…" Sakura trailed off, referring to the aura that radiated from the violet eyed girl.
"She entered the Ninja Academy at age five, two years before others her age," the cold voice of Lee's male team mate cut in to the conversation.
"An entire year before you," Sakura quietly finished the train of thought.
"Yes," the pale eyes boy closed his eyes as he nodded in confirmation.
"She was barred from entering the Chunin exam last year and the year before because she was believed to be too young," the black haired Jounin joined in.
Throughout the exchange Naruto had stayed uncharacteristically quiet, his eyes trained on Jizouko's moving figure. This test kept revealing more and more interesting opponents for him.
Jizouko leaned back until her spine curved into a bridge to dodge Daisuke's punch. The second her hands touched the ground she brought her feet up into a handstand, catching him on the chin along the way.
Daisuke stumbled back a meter or so stunned from the attack. Jizouko brought her feet back to the ground in an arc so she was in a crouching position from which she pushed off of the ground and drove her shoulder into Daisuke's diaphragm, sending him skidding until his back hit the far wall and the air rushed from his lungs.
"You're good," he gasped as he used the wall to remain on his feet.
"Only when compared to some," Jizouko said as she got into a fighting stance, expecting him to continue their battle.
"I know when I've met my match," Daisuke claimed as his eyes searched for the proctor. "I concede this battle to you, Moriyama-san. You're much more skilled than I am."
Jizouko looked deep into his golden hues for a moment before she relaxed from her stance.
"The second match goes to Moriyama Jizouko," Hayate declared after a pause. "Please speak to the medic nins about your wounds."
Jizouko allowed herself to be escorted to the medical bay by a man dressed in white with a large red cross on his chest.
"Moriyama-san," the medic who had been attending to Jizouko's wounds sounded slightly annoyed as she turned her head to look at him.
"Hm?" she hummed in acknowledgement.
"I've only been trying to get your attention for the past five minutes," he sighed with a shake of his head. "You're free to go, just be sure to not put too much stress on your muscles, they need time to heal," he instructed as he looked over a clip board before moving on to another task.
Jizouko stayed seated on the examination table for a moment longer before jumping off and pulling back the curtain that separated her from the rest of the room.
"If I may," Daisuke's voice sounded from nearby, "you seem very distracted, Moriyama-san."
Jizouko turned to look at the teen that was addressing her and gave him a crooked smile. "I'm just not used to people calling me 'Moriyama-san'," she explained as she moved closer to him. "I'll get over it."
"Perhaps I can make it easier on you," he suggested with a kind smile, "what would you rather be called?"
"Just Jizouko is fine," she said as she picked at a snowy white bandage wrapped around her forearm.
"That is a very strange name, Jizouko-chan," Daisuke mused aloud with a thoughtful look.
"It's not like I got to choose it," Jizouko said with a frown, "it was given to me one day and it stuck."
"But still, it's not every day that one meets a girl named for Jizou-sama…" he trailed off as if it was some great mystery.
"Well, if you knew the whole story then it wouldn't be so weird," she reasoned with a smile as she leaned against the examination table Daisuke was seated on.
"Would you mind telling me? I don't believe I'll be leaving here for quite a while and I do enjoy a good story," Daisuke prompted as he looked down at her tanned face.
"Maybe another time," Jizouko denied as she pushed off of the table and began to make her way back to the arena.
"Until then." She heard Daisuke say softly before a medic came by and drew a curtain around him.