Uzumaki Twins

Chapter 27

~Chika's pov~

Shikamaru's and Temari's fight ended and the last pair to be called was Gaara and Sasuke. Unfortunately, the latter had yet to turn up. Knowing that idiot as much as I do he will definitely be here. There's no way he would miss a fight worth it. Against Gaara he'll definitely consider the fight worthy of his attention. Sasuke's biggest rival is my brother but those much stronger he thinks will prove his strength. If he's weaker than them he'll get stronger so he can beat them. And that's how that boys mind works. Other than he's set on revenge against someone we don't know about. He told us that at the introduction of our little group.

All that's left to do is wait for the boy to arrive.

I stretched my senses out and saw no chakra amidst. No one's plans are in action and even if they were, they wouldn't dare. I'd put a stop to them soon enough. Then I felt something. Casting my senses out a little more, I searched for the disturbance. Glaring at the front rows, I started up the stairs, not ignoring the empty seat. Not so long ago a male sat there. He had brown hair and eyes, only his hair a slightly darker shade. He was average looking, but I couldn't see a headband on him. So either he's a civilian or he's keeping his village identification on another part of his body. Even average people like that couldn't get past me. So how did he manage to walk away without me having a least noticed him?

I placed one foot out of the watching area before I turned towards the centre ring. Sasuke and Kakashi appeared in a flashing entrance involving leaves.

Show offs, I thought and smirked.

I'm going to check out something.

Be careful Chika. Sensei replied.

Alert us if anything's not right. That from Akira and I felt Takane agree with him.

I sent them a little telepathic confirmation that I heard and respected their words. I then stepped out of the area and towards that chakra disturbance I felt in the air. Since Akira's little mind link jutsu's in play, I would be able to tell them in an instant that something's wrong. Thank God that there's someone like him in our village. How the past generations managed with Akira's little ability is beyond me. Ignoring my awe over my teammate's ability, I stopped when I reached the destination. I frowned and looked around. No one's in sight. The hallway was as empty as a ghost town.

I'm positive that this was the place I felt the particular disturbance.

I expanded my senses as I cautiously walked on. It mustn't be a coincidence that I responded to the chakra disturbance and then find nothing when I investigate. Someone knows about my ability to detect chakra and using my chakra to expand my senses so I can detect chakra in more ways than one. But who, besides my brother and Lord Hokage, would know about something like that? I've never revealed it to anyone, always kept it secret and always used it when no one was watching. For someone to know that about me makes me wonder how much they may know about me.

Was that the reason why I felt like not only was someone watching me but stalking me?

'I know you're there. So come out!'

I clenched my fists and readied my chakra in preparation. No one came out. I frowned and searched. Was there actually no one here? No I know someone's here. They must be skilled with hiding their chakra, that or they're not using it at all. Yet I can sense something but not its exact location. It's around here. Whatever or whoever it is doesn't want to be known. Not by me anyway. It's too bad really because I'm going to find them and really give them a lesson in not to draw me out for absolutely no reason.

I unsheathed a kunai from my holster and stalked down the corridor. 'You might as well come out. I know you're here!'

Would actually calling out bring them out from hiding? Probably not. It's worth a try though. They might be anticipating my moves, dictating when they should make theirs. If I'm their target then I won't be coming easily. They should know that if they've been stalking me for quite some time. Either way they're going to regret leading me out here to do God knows what.

I placed chakra on the kunai until blue chakra lengthened the blade. Its glow cast light in the dimly lit corridor. No windows were on any of the walls, only small lights fixed into the walls provided ample light. My chakra brightened up the corridor more and provided strength I didn't feel. Whoever led me here must have a plan for the leaf village otherwise they wouldn't try to take out one of those providing security. What could they be after? Was it the Hokage or something else just as important to the village?

'My, my, you really do know how to use your chakra don't you?' the missing man stepped out from another corridor to be illuminated by the glow coming from my kunai.

For someone in average height, size and with brown hair and eyes, he has quite the menacing feeling about him. There was a dangerous glint in his eyes that didn't settle right with me. His arms were crossed over his toned chest. I tried to discreetly search for his headband. I couldn't find it. Whatever village he's from he's completely going against ground rules put in place for outsiders to follow during the Chunin exams. One of them was for them not to interfere with anyone involved in the exam, either the participants or security.

'You're in violation of the rules. Surrender yourself quietly and things won't need to go out of control.' Tagged him!

Hold him there, we're on our way! Sensei's voice filled me with relief.

The man didn't move but he didn't seem fazed by me either. In fact, I could say he looked chuffed. I narrowed my eyes at him and raised my kunai in a defensive position. I don't know what drove me to it but I jumped away from him. He raised an eyebrow before a full out grin worked its way on his face. I realised why something big and blue burst its way through the floor. My eyes widened as it towered over me, its jaw opened large and it struck. I dodged to the left, landed on the wall and jumped behind it. I quickly turned and deflected the blow with my kunai. I stared at the sword only an inch away from my eye.

'Very good. You saw my Spirit Guardian's attack, even mine. Most impressive. But how long can you last against the pair of us?'

Spirit Guardian huh? I don't know what the hell that is or why the hell a large lion that looked not quite there could have such power. I looked out the corner of my eyes as it turned to face the pair of us. It wasn't like any lion on this planet. It was the same height as the corridor, the same width, yet when it attacks it leaves enough space for one to get out of its attack range. It has incredible speed and its power… Gods its power! I can feel it from here. It's smothering, makes me want to bow down to it so I don't get on its bad side. How the fuck did this guy even meet this creature?

That's not a demon! Juuku voiced desperately.

Get out of there! Now! Jyubi snapped just as desperately.

What's going on? What the fuck is that thing?

I kicked the man away from me and jumped just as the blue lion struck down. Smoke engulfed the area and I coughed as it got down my throat. The man suddenly appeared out of the smoke and I only barely blocked the attack. We ducked when the lion swung at our heads. He kicked my feet out from under me. Landing harshly on my back, I sucked in air as quickly as I could and rolled to get away from the pair of them. He swung his sword down and I jumped to my feet and pressed my back to the wall, only just managing to dodge the blade. The lion swung for my legs. I jumped up, and pushed against the wall, landed on the other wall and kicked the lion in the head. It hit the opposite wall with a big crash, sending smoke sprawling around us again.

It's a fucking Spirit Guardian.

Yeah, I got that.

I back flipped away from them, landed on my hands and pushed backwards. Landing on my feet, I charged and slashed at the man. Blood gushed out from his shoulder. I jumped away as the lion's paw struck down. I was starting to tire. For some reason it felt like my chakra was being drained. I used to my chakra to enhance my vision so I could detect chakra through sight. Shit! That didn't look good. The lion was sucking my chakra from me, powering itself at the same. Chakra from the man was also going into the man but he wasn't growing tired. Instead he was being energised.

Spirit Guardians are not like normal creatures from other realms. They're the enemies to us demons. Not only do they suck chakra from their opponents, but they were once Gods. They blame their fall on us demons and now they're nothing more than powerful entities stuck here. They're just below Demon Slayers. Demon Slayers are Gods that think the world doesn't need the demons to balance.

Wait. Are you saying these Demon Slayers are trying to kill all demons?

Yes, that's what he's saying. If all demons are killed the balance will be broken and the world will be plunged into chaos. Catastrophe will be everything Kuro. The world won't survive.

You're going to tell me to stop that from happening, aren't you?

If that isn't too much trouble. I'd rather live, as will Juuku. It's down to you to make sure that you don't die.

Thanks for the boost, Jyubi; I really needed the save the world crap on my shoulders.

We'll lend you strength when you are of need of it.

I blocked the man's attack. I ducked and slid through his legs just as the lion struck down when I stood before. I slashed at the Spirit Guardian's paw. My chakra enhanced kunai bounced off its skin. My eyes widened in shock and then its paw slammed me into the wall. I coughed blood out my mouth and crumbled onto the floor. I looked up from under my fringe, glaring at the pair of them. I haven't been fighting with them long and I already feel overpowered and weak. Is this really my limit? What happened to being a specialised ninja? I took too much credit of that title. I think my whole team did too. Just because we're more than the average genin doesn't mean that we're stronger than most. We really should have been working harder to become stronger rather than doing nothing.

'You would have stood more of a chance if you had used their power.' His feet came into my vision. I looked up at him and glared. The feel of blood at the side of my mouth made me want to lick it up and spit it at him. Did he know about my demons? Does he know what his Spirit Guardian actually was? Was that the reason why he was here in the first place; to destroy all demons?

Fuck! Where's my team? Why aren't they here yet?

'Don't worry, Chika Uzumaki, you won't be killed. There are other plans for you.'

Great. Just what I wanted to hear. I think I'd rather take death than deal with whatever he's got planned out. Wait, better not actually. Juuku and Jyubi are counting on me to keep them alive. I can't die and I can't let them have me either. Why can't I access their power in the first place? Was that bastard Spirit Guardian blocking me? How the fuck was it blocking me in the first place?

This wasn't good.