ARGH! So much for making it before the weekend… sorry bout the delay, I've been a bit more busy on Thursday and Friday then I expected to be… and then I couldn't log in… anyways, now this chapter is finally done! Thanks for all the reviews on the previous one. Here are the answers to the questions that appeared in them:
When will Konohamaru and his comrades appear: well, to answer this one I can promise they will appear, but it will be long way from this point… and I'm not planning to give them a big part, sorry (but they'll show what they've learned during this whole time)…
Why was it Anko that married Kakashi: well, to put it simply – coz she seemed the most fitting for that part. Tsunade was already taken (kinda… plus it'd be weird if Hokage's husband would become Hokage after her, right?)… since I based my story on manga only, all the girls that appeared in the anime are out (Ayame is one of them)… and when it comes to Shizune, she doesn't seemed like a Miss Kakashi material (leave out the fact that they never really talked… in Anko's case they spend some time during eliminations at least)… and when it comes to Kurenai… well, I don't know, Asuma seems to go better with her anyways… but the most important factor is the real reason… however I cannot let you know it now, coz it might spoil few things that will happen much later into the story…
ANNOUNCEMENT: my exams are getting closer and this time around they'll be rather difficult (plus I also have other duties) so it's hard for me to say when I'll be able to update again… I'll try to keep the two-week update system, but I can't promise I'll manage… sorry.
Now, without further to do, here's the next chapter of "Naruto: Next Generation":
Chapter #37: Old Debts
Title Page: simply Kai sitting on a huge scroll
Kiba and Akamaru finally arrived at the tower. After asking the chuunin in charge if anyone finished the exam already, they headed to the room that was assigned to them for the time of the third exam. As the dog jounin opened the door, he instantly asked: "Aren't you a bit too early… Naruto?"
The blonde jounin just walked over to the examiner: "Yeah, but with all that going on around I think it's better if you'll have some back up… dog breath…" and with that a tiny smirk appeared under his nose.
"You know I could kick your ass for this?" replied Kiba with a smile as well. "It's not like I forbid you to stay, but I think I can handle things for now… nothing seems to be off so far, coz my nose didn't warned me about it…"
"But there are people who can trick even your nose…" reminded Naruto.
"Yeah, there are…" nodded the dog ninja. "Well, since you'll be staying here anyways, do you want something to eat? Akamaru and I were just about to grab some meat… and no, we don't have any ramen…" he added with a tiny smile.
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"You know, I have a strange feeling we've already been here…" announced Hanamaru as he carried sleeping Rei on his back. "I think I recognize that tree…"
"Of course you do…" nodded Kogane. "That's because it's the same one Kitsune marked with an 'x' about an hour ago! We've been going in circles! What the hell is with you people? The tower was supposed to be in the straight line from the gate!"
"Genjutsu?" purposed Toku, without paying much attention to his female teammate.
"Possibly…" replied Kitsune as he carefully looked around. "Seems like we've gotten ourselves in a trap already…"
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"It seems that I'll have my rematch sooner then I expected…" announced Futatsu as he picked out both his katanas. "I have no interest in your girlfriend however, so she can leave at any time…" and with that he turned to his teammates. "Reiji-san, please let me handle this…"
"Whatever…" replied the bold ninja. "But hurry it up… we came here to become chuunin and wasting too much time on two brats, who doesn't even have a scroll with them would be meaningless…"
"Of course…" nodded Futatsu as he stared back at the two, young gennin.
"Ibuki, you better stay out of this as well…" announced Kusari without turning away from the katana user. "As long as you won't interfere it'll be just one on one… this is our best chance at surviving this… if you were to interrupt, his teammates might attack as well and we'll be instantly dead…"
"Okay…" replied the young assassin. "But are you sure you can handle this?"
"We'll soon see if I can…" came a response and at the very same moment Futatsu charged at the chain user.
Acting on instinct, Kusari made his chain circle around him, creating a primitive barrier, surprisingly however, it was all he needed to block Futatsu's attack. The metal-nin cursed under his nose as his swords got deflected by the circling chain.
Instantly the sharp end of Kusari's chain shoot towards the swordsman, the metal-nin however manage to block that assault by simply crossing his swords in the way of the leaf-nin's weapon.
Without wasting another second, Futatsu cut from the left, aiming to cut Kusari's head off. The leaf-nin instantly bended over, thus avoiding the attack and the moment the swordsman blade went over his head, he smirked as the other end of his chain circled around Futatsu's leg and made the metal-nin lose his balance.
"Dammit!" Futatsu cursed under his nose as he stabbed one of his swords into the ground, thus breaking his fall. Using the same sword as a propping stick, he jump and without letting go of the handle he kicked Kusari right in the face.
The leaf-nin flew back, but kept the ball end of his chain wrapped around Futatsu's leg and thus made him flying with him. As Kusari finally landed on his feet, he launched a kicking into the head of the metal-nin that was flying right at him.
The moment his kick connected, the chain around Futatsu's leg let go and the swordsman was send flying against a nearby tree.
Instantly the chain user threw several shuriken at his helpless at that moment opponent, but as the shinobi stars came closer to him, Futatsu used the katana he still held in his hand to deflect all the incoming objects and ran to his left to pick up the sword that was still stuck in the ground.
"Man, this is pathetic…" complained Hogosha (the one with metal protectors).
"You mean Futatsu or that Leaf brat?" asked Naginata (the girl with the stick).
"Probably both…" replied the one wearing metal protectors. "Futatsu, for crying out loud, finish this already… this is getting boring!"
The swordsman just gave him a quick glare and then, with a sigh, he picked out a scroll, saying: "I prefer to keep this for the last exam, but oh well, it's not like you guys will even make through this one…" and with that he glared at the two leaf-nins.
"What the hell is that scroll for?" asked Kusari puzzled.
"I have no idea…" replied Ibuki. "But you should keep your guard up, Kusari…"
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Funbo's teammates observed their companion fight from a distance, not getting involved. Both Takaru and Kai were furiously attacking the older Tanken, yet so far they failed to land a single blow on him.
The blonde ran behind the young assassin and jumping up, he aimed a kick right at his opponent's back, just to have in blocked by the stick the older gennin was carrying. A second later the son of Tsunade attacked Funbo's legs with his own by crouching while he spun, in an attempt to make him lose balance, however also this time Ibuki's brother managed to avoid the attack by jumping into the air.
Before Kai even noticed, Funbo already spun in mid-air and landed a powerful kick in his stomach, thus sending the boy flying back and then, to Takaru's surprise, he stuck the end of his stick into the ground. Instantly the older Tanken used his weapon to bounce off the ground at an incredible speed and hit the son of Tsunade in the face with both his feet. As the scar-faced gennin went flying back, the young assassin spun around his stick and landed safely on the ground.
"Dammit!" yelled Kai as he performed his standard technique. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" and instantly four of his clones charged at his opponent.
"Useless…" announced Funbo as he spun around, bending his knees a bit and attacked the first clone's legs with his stick. Bushin's feet left the ground and the moment they did so, the young assassin grabbed it by the shirt and tossed it right at the another clone that was coming right at him. As the bushins collided, they both disappeared in the cloud of white smoke.
As the other, two clones lunched their fists at him, Funbo just shoot his stick into the sky, hitting both bushin's hands and making them shoot to the sky as well. As the two blondes looked amazed, the young assassin used this chance, lowered his stick to his torso level and pushed it forward, hitting both clones in the faces and sending them flying back, disappearing in the cloud of white smoke the moment they hit the ground.
"The first time you landed that hit on me, was because I got a little careless…" announced Funbo calmly. "Now that I know about your shadow clones, I know that I have to stay alert in order to not miss one… you won't get me the second time on such a lame trick… even if you increase the number, fleas will still be just fleas…"
"Insei Tooriame!" the older Tanken heard Takaru's voice coming from behind and as he glared back, he noticed a storm of small fireballs coming right at him.
Acting on instinct, Funbo jumped back and flipped in mid-air, thus avoiding several bullets and then landed on his left hand, making all the rest pass him on both his left and right side. A tiny smirk appear on his face, which then turned into a surprise when he saw Kai charging right at him with his fist ready. In an instant the young assassin spun on his left hand and landed another kick in the blonde's stomach.
As Kai was coming flying right at Takaru, the son of Tsunade jumped into the air to avoid the hit, yet his eyes widen at the sight of Funbo who instantly found himself next to the scar-faced gennin and gave him a powerful blow in the stomach with his stick, thus sending him flying back as well.
As both rookie gennins landed at Kumiko's feet, she looked at Ibuki's brother with her eyes widen. "With this much ease he is able to beat both of them… he's a monster!"
"Funbo…" Horohoro said to his teammate, gaining the young assassin's attention. "I hate being the fun spoiler, but do keep in mind that they're just kids… and more importantly, with playing around, you're wasting time… hurry it up and finish, so we could pass this exam…"
"Alright…" replied the stick user with a bored tone. "Since Ibuki's not around anyway, I guess there really is no point in making this longer then needed…"
"This is not good, you guys…" announced Kumiko. "Attacking without a plan in this case won't work! That guy's on a totally different level!"
"So what are we suppose to do, just give them our scroll?" replied Takaru sarcastically.
"Not necessary…" responded the kunoichi. "I have a suggestion…"
And so this chapter ends. Hope you liked it and that you'll leave me a review once you're done.
No jutsu this time around, but here's another character profile to make it up to you guys:
Name: Kobushi Galu
Name origins: his last name, 'kobushi' means simply 'fist'… why I gave him such clan name you'll find out in the right time… as for his first name, Galu doesn't really mean anything (or at least I couldn't find any meaning behind it) but I just liked the name itself, so it stayed
Age: currently 13 years old
Birth Date: 12th of October
Blood type: B
Height: 149,0 cm
Weight: 51,4 kg
Favorite food: anything with meat
Village: Hidden Leaf (Konoha)
Current rank: gennin
Team: team led by Hinata; his teammates are: Igaku Mikka, Inuzuka Tsume, Benda Kokoro and Hatake Senkou
Bloodline limit: none
Family: he's the only son of Kobushi Genko, the head of Kobushi clan, which is a rather small one… he doesn't like to talk about his mother, so very few people actually know anything about her
Techniques (used so far): none
First Appearance: 29th chapter
And that's really that. Thanks for reading and till the next time, hopefully.