'Normal thought…'

"Kyuubi/Bijuu speech…"

"Normal speech…"

Jutsu name…

Chapter 36- The end of the Fourth match and Killer Kunoichi!

Sakura and Ino jumped away from each other. Then, they stormed towards each other again. Sakura did handsigns and two normal Bunshin's appeared next to her.

'Just normal Bunshin's?' Ino thought in annoyance. "This isn't an academy test, you know! Do you think you can beat me with such a basic jutsu?!" Ino stopped running and got into fighting stance. 'I can't tell which is the real one if I look closely…'

Sakura's eyes were shadowed by her hair, as she almost reached Ino. 'Accumulate Chakra to my feet…And stomp the ground!'

'She's fast!' Ino thought in surprise as the three Sakura's appeared before her. She blocked two of their punches, but then was punched in the face by the real Sakura as her clones dispelled. Ino fell to the ground and rolled a few meters from the impact of the punch.

Sakura looked at her seriously. "If you still take me as the crybaby Sakura, you're going to get hurt! Fight me seriously, Ino!"

Ino stood up and looked at her cheekily. "I'm glad to hear that. I'll go at you with everything I have, as you requested." She narrowed her eyes seriously.

"Hey, that wasn't too bad, Sakura!" Naruko cheered her on.

"She excels among the other rookies in basic movement done using Chakra. Sakura is quite complete." Kakashi taunted Naruko a bit.

"Huh?" Naruko turned around and looked at him with a pout. "Even better than me?"

"Yep." Kakashi eye-smiled.

"You're mean, Kashi-sensei." Naruko's pout deepened and she turned away from him, offended.

"Wah… Naru wait! I didn't mean to offend you…" Kakashi began to sweat. 'Nooo! Now Naru-chan is mad at me…' "Please Naru, I'm sorry." He touched her shoulder, but Naruko just huffed and walked towards the railing to look back at the fight.

Kakashi sweat dropped. 'Great…I just hope she doesn't sulk for too long.' He sighed and looked back at the fight, too.

Sakura stormed quickly towards Ino.

Lee clenched his fist in enthusiasm. 'Wonderful movement, Sakura-san!'

Ino stormed towards Sakura too, but they both blocked each other's punch. They jumped away from each other and they both simultaneously took out a shuriken and threw it at each other. The shuriken bounced off on another.

'But your opponent is strong too. Both your strengths are equal; this will be a long fight.' Lee thought excited.

A while later…

Sakura and Ino still exchanged punches. 'When did she get this strong…?' Ino thought in annoyance.

"I can win…I can…!" Sakura chanted determined.

"Why you…" Ino shouted, but then, they both punched each other in the face.

Naruko sighed. 'Can't they both just go all out?! Or is this going to continue like this forever…?'

Kakashi observed the fight. 'There's no end in sight if they continue like this…'

'This is a long fight.' Hayate looked at Sakura and Ino seriously. 'They have been fighting over 10 minutes already.'

Sakura and Ino breathed heavily as they looked at each other.

"There's no way you're as strong as me!" Ino shouted at her as she stood up.

Sakura stood up and smirked cheekily. "There's no way a slovenly person like you, who spends too much time worrying about her hair and make-up, is my equal." Sakura sneered at her.

Naruko furrowed her brows in confusion. 'But you worry over your hair and looks all the time too… And now you're saying that?' She shook her head in confusion. 'I don't get it.'

Ino gritted her teeth angrily. "Stop underestimating me!" She took out a kunai.

Shikamaru sighed. "Baka! She's taking that insult too seriously. Now we don't know what Ino is going to do."

"I don't like Ino acting that way…" Choji shivered slightly.

Sakura's eyes widened in surprise as Ino cut off some of her hair. Shikamaru, Choji and Lee gaped at her surprised.

Naruko blinked confused. "Why did she cut off her hair just now?"

Sakura huffed cheekily. "You're pretty simpleminded."

'Crap! She has totally lost it…' Shikamaru began to sweat.

"SEE THAT!" Ino shouted furiously at Sakura and threw her cut off hair towards her. "SCREW THAT!"

Naruko sweat dropped. "Wow, she's really angry about something unimportant like that…"

Kakashi sweat dropped at that. 'Look who's talking…' He shook his head in fondness.

Ino did a handsign. "I'm going to end this all by making you say 'I give up'!"

"Wait, is she going to…?!" Shikamaru shouted in shock.

'That seal…' Sakura thought surprised as she saw Ino making another handsign.

"Just as I thought, she's going to use the Shintenshin." Shikamaru sighed.

Asuma sighed too. "Geez, that baka…"

"I understand that you're in a hurry, but that's useless." Sakura said cheekily.

Ino narrowed her eyes and huffed. "We will see about that!"

"The Shintenshin no Jutsu… The user releases the mind energy and hits the enemy with it to take over the opponent's mind for a few minutes, as well as take control over the opponent's body. But that scary technique has a weakness. First, the mind energy the user releases can only move in a straight line and moves slowly. Second, if the mind energy the user releases misses the opponent, it won't return to the user for a few minutes. In addition to that, in the time the user's… your body will become like a doll and not move at all." Sakura lectured her.

"So what?! You won't know until I try!" Ino shouted angrily.

Sakura narrowed her eyes and began to run.

"Ninpou: Shintenshin no Jutsu!" Ino shouted and both she and Sakura froze in their steps, with their heads hanging down.

"Which one is she in?" Shikamaru asked as he looked at them both.

Suddenly Sakura giggled and looked up. "Nice try… Ino."

Shikamaru sighed. "There's nothing more she can do."

"She screwed up…" Choji mumbled.

"It's over now." Sakura said and just as she wanted to walk towards her, she noticed that she couldn't move.

"You've fallen into my trap, Sakura." Ino smiled. "I've finally caught you."

"Did you…?" Sakura said in shock and realization.

"It's just as you guessed. I was just pretending when I formed those seals. So, I could lure you into the trap. You can't move, right? It's a special rope formed out of running chakra through my hair. Now the match will be over soon." Ino narrowed her eyes and did the handsign. "Now, I definitely will not miss!"

"I understand what she did there that was pretty smart." Kakashi said as he observed the fight.

"That baka was just pretending to be mad." Shikamaru sighed. "Mendokuse."

Naruko narrowed her eyes. 'Let's see what's going to happen…'

Sakura tried to break out of the chakra rope. 'I can't move…'

"Now…Shintenshin no Jutsu!" Ino shouted and her body became limp.

Sakura's head was facing the ground, but suddenly she smiled. "Nice try…"

"She missed?" Choji asked in confusion.

"No…" Shikamaru narrowed his eyes.

"Sakura-san." Lee looked at her.

Naruko narrowed her eyes. 'I don't know why, but I have the feeling the one who spoke just now isn't Sakura…'

Sakura looked up and grinned cheekily. "…Sakura." Now, Ino was in control of Sakura's body.

Naruko narrowed her eyes and looked at Kakashi. "What's going on, Kashi-sensei?"

"Using the Shintenshin no Jutsu there was unexpected, but it worked." Kakashi explained.

"So, it's true…" Naruko bit on her lip.

"Does that mean Sakura-san is…" Lee asked in shock.

"Yes. Ino has taken over Sakura's mind."

'This is it…' Ino thought as she smiled in Sakura's body. 'Goodbye Sakura.' She slowly lifted 'her' hand. "I, Haruno Sakura, will give…"

"Sakura!" Naruko shouted for her. "Don't just give up!"

Kakashi looked at her fondly. 'I knew she would cheer for Sakura when she's in a bad situation…'

'Sakura' tsked. "Damn it! She's so noisy."

"You've come a long way! Don't just give up when you're in a tricky situation!" Naruko shouted and looked at Sakura determined. 'I know you can hear me!'

"It's useless telling me that right now." Ino said cheekily, but suddenly she was paralyzed in Sakura's body. "What…is this chill…?"

'Naruko sure is noisy.' Sakura's voice sounded inside her head. Ino's eyes widened in shock and she grabbed onto 'her' head. 'I can't believe I let Ino do this.' "Sakura! That can't be…!"

"What is it?" Hayate asked confused. "Are you going to give up?"

Suddenly Sakura began to scream. "THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO DO THIS!" Her inner Sakura began to push Ino away. 'Shannaro!'

'So which one is it…?' Hayate thought confused.

"Sakura…" Kakashi said in surprise.

Naruko smiled. "So, I did get through to her."

"What happened to Ino?" Shikamaru said confused.

'No…! I won't last long at this rate…!' Ino thought and did a handsign in Sakura's body. "Kai!"

The real Sakura sank to the ground and breathed heavily.

Ino looked at her as she breathed heavily too.

'No way! She beat Ino's technique?!' Shikamaru thought in shock.

"You have two minds…? Who are you?" Ino asked her.

Sakura smiled. "I have the strength to match my beauty. Girls need to be strong to survive."

Ino and Sakura stood up and stormed determined towards each other, ready to throw a punch. 'This is the last attack!' They thought at the same time and punched each other in the face, successfully knocking the other out.

Naruko's eyes widened in surprise. 'So, it's a draw…Looks like they're really equally strong.'

Hayate looked at them. "Both are unable to fight. Due to a double KO, nobody passes the 4th preliminary exam."

"Now, then…" Asuma said as he lifted Ino.

"Oh, boy…" Kakashi said as he lifted Sakura.

"Hey, Ino!" Shikamaru shouted as he and Choji ran towards her.

"Sakura-san!" Lee shouted in concern.

Naruko looked at Sakura and Ino, who were sat down besides each other. "Are they okay?"

Kakashi looked at her. "Yes. They're sleeping."

"They'll wake up in a bit." Asuma said as he stood up.

Naruko smiled as she looked at them. "They look peaceful now…"

She turned around and noticed that the next match was chosen: Tenten vs. Temari.

Tenten looked at Temari. "I'm getting psyched since I saw that match."

"Sunagakure's second opponent." Neji said seriously. "This might be an interesting match."

"Do your best Tenten!" Lee cheered her on. "Tenten use your youth power!"

"Go! There's no limit in your springtime of life!" Guy cheered her on, too.

Naruko giggled. "Do your best!" She shouted towards her. 'I really hope Tenten wins, she seems nice and not so rude like the kunoichi from Suna.'

"Fifth match, Tenten and Temari, step up." Hayate said seriously.

Tenten and Temari looked seriously at each other.

"Begin!" Hayate said.

Temari narrowed her eyes. Tenten's eyes widened in realization and she jumped away from her.

"Fight Tenten!" Lee shouted.

"Believe in your power, Tenten! Guy shouted too.

"Tenten, we're with you!" Lee shouted very loudly. "Fight with everything you have!"

"That's it! Show your spirit!"

Naruko covered her ears. "They're too noisy." She whined.

Kakashi petted her head. "Just deal with it… Guy is always this noisy."

"How can you do that, Kashi-sensei?! You have even more sensitive hearing than me." Naruko looked at him in suspicion.

"That's a secret." Kakashi eye-smiled.

Naruko deadpanned. "You wear earplugs, right?"

He sighed. "Okay, you got me. But don't tell anybody, okay."

Naruko giggled amused. "Okay, but for that, you'll let me play with Pakkun& Co."

"Fine." Kakashi gave in and looked back to the fight. 'I think Pakkun wouldn't even be bothered by it… They like Naru-chan a lot…'

Sandaime looked at the incoming fight. "Tenten's distance with the enemy is amazing. It's not too close and not too far. She can deal with both offense and defense."

"What's wrong?" Hayate asked as they both didn't make the first move. "Please begin."

Temari grinned cheekily. "You want to observe? This is just a warning, but if I start attacking, you will be finished in seconds. You're not skilled enough to see how I'll attack. Stop trying to look good. I don't mind, come on."

"You sure seem confident. Then, I'll go without hesitation." Tenten narrowed her eyes, jumped up and threw shuriken at her.

Temari just huffed as the shuriken missed her.

"I missed?" Tenten said in shock. "That can't be!"

"What's wrong? Was this attack just to test me?" Temari taunted her. "Or did you shrink up with fear and can no longer aim. I thought that I would have more fun, but it looks like I can't expect much more from you."

Tenten gritted her teeth.

"That can't be! Tenten's attack missed?!" Lee said in shock.

"That's impossible! Tenten is able to hit a mark a hundred times in a hundred tries." Guy said seriously.

"There's no way she can miss." Neji agreed.

"Yes…She didn't miss. She was forced to miss." Guy said utterly serious.

"Ehh?" Lee shouted surprised.

"She has a friendly attitude just like usual." Kankuro joked.

"This is pointless." Gaara said sternly.

"How unfortunate. Suna wins again." Shikamaru sighed.

"Huh? How do you know that? Please explain, Shika." Naruko tilted her head in confusion.

Shikamaru sighed again. "I'm not going to do that, it's too troublesome."

Naruko shook her head and looked back to the fight. "Fine, fine…"

'Calm down. Don't let her provoke me.' Tenten narrowed her eyes seriously. 'If she's dodging it, I just have to not let her dodge it.'

'She's measuring the distance between me and her. The next attack must be a big one.' Temari concluded and grabbed the fan on her back.

Tenten smiled in realization. 'I see. So, the fan was the trick.' She began to run one time around Temari and then jumped high into the air and took out a scroll. "How about that!" She opened the scroll and began to spin it around her body. She began to spin very quickly and different weapons began to fly towards Temari. But instead of hitting her, they were blasted back from a wind attack.

Tenten landed back on the ground. "What? My weapons…" Her eyes widened in shock. "What's the trick with her fan?"

Temari smirked cheekily. "This is the first star." She said, referring to the purple point on her opened fan. "There's two more."

Tenten narrowed her eyes.

"When you see three stars you're going to lose."

"Tenten! Don't let the enemy make you go at her pace!" Lee shouted at her. "Stay calm! Stay calm!"

Sweat run down Tenten's face and she bit on her lip. 'I know Lee. I was going to use this in the main matches instead of this match but looks like I can't hold back.' She looked at Temari determined and took out two scrolls.

"She's going to use it already?" Guy asked a bit confused.

"What is she planning to do with those scrolls?" Naruko asked Lee.

Temari huffed as Tenten did handsigns and put the two scrolls to the ground. "No matter what you're going to try, it's useless."
Tenten narrowed her eyes and did handsigns. "Soshouryuo!" And with a big puff of smoke, two dragons formed out of the smoke and began to rise into the air, later revealing the two scrolls. Tenten appeared next to the scrolls, in the air and she began to summon more and more weapons and threw them towards Temari.

"Even if you increase the number, nothing changed." Temari said cheekily. "Second Star!" She shouted and made wind with her fan. The weapons all fell to the ground.

Tenten looked at her determined as she landed on the ground. "I'm not done yet!" She jumped high into the air again and attached chakra strings on her weapons. While in the air, she lifted the weapons in the air and send them towards Temari. 'Did I get her?'

Temari just smirked and made wind with her fan, which now had three dots on it. Tenten fell to the ground, just like her weapons.

"Third star." Temari said as Tenten stood up again. Suddenly, she and her fan disappeared.

'She disappeared?!' Tenten thought in shock. She looked around. "Where is she?"

"Here!" Temari shouted as she flew towards her with her fan.

"Shoot…!" Tenten said as she turned around.

Temari jumped to the ground and grabbed her fan. "Ninpou: Kamaitachi!" She made a whirlwind and sent it towards Tenten, who got caught in it.

"Tenten!" Lee shouted in concern.

Inside the whirlwind, Tenten was being littered with cuts.

"That wind has chakra embedded in it." Neji said seriously. 'Tenten fought well, but she can't escape that tornado.'

"What?" Lee said in shock.

As Tenten fell to the ground, Temari let her fall with her back onto the closed fan. Tenten coughed up blood.

Naruko narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth. "How cruel…"

"Tenten…" Lee looked at her in concern.

"That was boring. Very boring." Temari looked at Tenten derogatory.

"This can't be…" Lee said in shock.

"It was just as Shikamaru said, Suna wins." Choji shrugged.

Shikamaru sighed. "That's why I said that."

"There's no way we'll lose here." Kankuro said seriously.

"The ninja from Sunagakure are something to be feared." The Sandaime said seriously.

"Fifth Match winner, Temari." Hayate coughed.

Suddenly Temari smirked. Naruko's and Lee's eyes widened. "Oh, no!" Lee vanished.

Temari threw the unconscious Tenten towards her weapons, who were laying all over the ground. But Lee caught her before she could hit them.

"Nice catch." Temari smirked evilly.

"Why did you do this?!" Lee shouted at her angrily. "Is that something you would do for someone who fought the hardest?!"

"Shut up. Take that piece of trash and leave." Temari said annoyed.

Naruko clenched her fist angrily and glared at Temari. 'Nobody is trash! We're humans!'

Lee gritted his teeth angrily and stormed towards her.

"Stop it, Lee!" Neji shouted, but it was too late.

"Konoha Senpuu!" Lee shouted and tried to roundhouse-kick her, but Temari just blocked his kick with her closed fan.

"You're just like how you look; you're stupid." Temari looked at him.

"Stop it, Lee!" Guy shouted as he appeared next to him.

"Guy-sensei!" Lee turned around in surprise.

"Temari, come back here." Gaara said sternly. "Stop dealing with this ugly guy, who's with his guardian."

"What?!" Lee glared at Gaara.

Naruko narrowed her eyes and studied Gaara. 'He's so…emotionless…and somehow really angry…'

Guy laid a hand on Lee's shoulder. "Just let it go, Lee." Then he looked up to the ninja from Suna. "Gentlemen from Suna, may I warn you about one thing. He's strong. You better be prepared for it."

"Don't lose to them, Naruko." Sakura said as she suddenly stood next to Naruko.

"Sakura. Are you okay now?" Naruko looked at her in concern.

"Don't worry about me. Worry about yourself." Sakura scolded her.

"Why?" She tilted her head in confusion.

"If you lose here, you're going to be a disgrace. You won't be able to face Sasuke-kun."

"Oh, yeah." Naruko giggled nervously, but then sighed. 'So, I'm going to be a disgrace if I lose…great.'

"Also…Thanks for before." Sakura smiled at her. "If I didn't have your support, I might've lost to Ino easily."

Naruko giggled cheerily. "Yeah, you're right."

A tick mark appeared on Sakura's head. 'Damn her…'

The electric bulletin board began to choose the next match.

"I want to be next!" Naruko shouted cheerfully.

"Me next, please!" Lee shouted too.

But then, the electric bulletin board chose Nara Shikamaru vs. Tsuchi Kin as next match.

Depressed lines appeared above Lee's head. "Damn it…"

Naruko pouted. 'I wanted to be next…'

Kakashi began to pet her head. "Maybe next time Naru."

Hey guys! So, that was this week's chapter. How did you like it? :) The next chapter is going to be Shikamaru's fight, so be excited. :D And slowly, we are getting nearer to Naruko's fight, yeah! ;) I hope you all are excited for that! Anyway, see you next chapter and have a nice day!

Shintenshin no Jutsu = Mind Transfer Jutsu

Soshouryuo = Rising Twin Dragons

Ninpou: Kamaitachi = Ninja Art: Wind Scythe Jutsu

Konoha Senpuu = Leaf Whirlwind

Reviews

'Tomoe Dragneel': love it

Thanks~ :)

'00-SilentObserver-13': Like how she was able to somehow slip in the deal to play with pakkun and co and how she really has kashi wrapped around her finger tightly it's funny
keep up the awesome work.

Thank you! :3 And Naruko was really sneaky with the deal. XD Maybe she knows Kashi can't say no to her :D.

'Guest' from 27.04.2018 : Im loving this fanfic a lot XD I hope the next chapter is coming out soon :3

I'm glad you like this story. :) Also, I'm working on the next chapter, it's going to be published next week, so be excited! ;)

'Neonwolfheart': Yo! I love this fanfic a lot, and I hope the next chapter is out next week!

Hi, the next chapter is definitely going to be published next week, maybe on Tuesday or Wednesday. :)