Hey y'all! Welcome back for the next chappie for Chasms of Sixteen. I hope you all are enjoying it so far. Hmm, well, we still have a ways to go until the Chunin Exam arc is done with unfortunately. Though it gives me some thought of how to improve on fight scenes as that's always been a struggle for me to write.
Anyway, enough of me blathering on. I hope you all enjoy what happens this time. Please remember to favorite, follow, and leave some nice reviews.
Chapter 38: Plume
Both shinobi step down onto the field. Sasuke is itching for a fight due to his pent up frustration and worries over the situation with Naruto put him on edge. It probably will help to take it out on someone. Specifically, some random nobody that he just happens to be in an anything goes match with a Sound nin.
"Haijime!"
The two male shinobi don't spend nearly as long gauging each other as the kunoichi have. They almost immediately go on the offensive, Sasuke leaping towards Dosu as the Oto shinobi prepares his attack. Sasuke sees the buildup of chakra, knowing it's something worrying. He figures out what it is when a wave of sound energy hits him from the side, bursting his right eardrum that causes him to fall to the floor in a gasping fit from the sharp sudden pain shooting through the area.
"Heh, looks like the great Uchiha isn't all that he's made out to be," Dosu comments, a small smirk gracing his lips.
The prone Uchiha smirs as well, "Guess again."
Dosu's eyes widen as a hand breaks through the surface underneath him, pulling him into the floor. The Sasuke he's hit with his jutsu disappears in a cloud of smoke.
I'm damn lucky Naruto insists I not only learn that move but learn how to use it, Sasuke thought, pulling himself out of the ground after his Doton jutsu.
That one he's learned, along with a few others, from a scroll Naruto has borrowed' from Kakashi. Though Sasuke doubts that their sensei realizes that he's lending something out in the first place. Sasuke has only recently been able to get the Kage Bunshin down, capable of only making one at a time if he plans on using higher level jutsu like his Katon due to his comparatively low chakra reserve. It's not even useful in a fight since he can't keep them around as long as Naruto can. They are only actually useful for distractions at one point in the fight (cloning multiple times in one fight is hard because, once again, Sasuke doesn't have as much chakra as Naruto and Kakashi do. Speaking of Kakashi, he's mildly surprised that Sasuke knows both the Doton jutsu he's used on him in the genin test along with the Kage Bunshin. The Uchiha has probably learned the Kage Bunshin from copying Naruto. Though he probably might not have been able to use it just by seeing it a few times with his Sharringan since he likely doesn't have enough chakra for it to effectively work. Well, apparently he does by the looks of it. Dosu fires up his arm technique again, aiming for Sasuke. The Uchiha has seen it before with his Sharingan when Dosu hit him, but he can't replicate it due to not having the device Dosu is using. besides, he doesn't know how to dodge it. Seeing the Oto nin gather his chakra like he has before Sasuke's clone has popped, Sasuke starts speeding through hand seals. He can't afford to let Dosu's attack go through or he'll lose for sure. His arms feel almost like they are on fire as he gathers the little bit of chakra he needs for his fire jutsu in his arms, the remaining gathering in his lungs, throat, and mouth. Like he has for the Kage Bunshin and the Doton jutsu, Sasuke ignores the feeling of his already damaged tenketsu being given further strain.
"Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!" Sasuke cries out, using one of his older techniques that perhaps Dosu likely never has seen it before due to how it's fairly hard to dodge if the target doesn't know how.
The Oto nin's concentration is interrupted for him to have to stop gathering chakra as he attempts to dodge the giant fire ball heading right for him. He still gets scorched along his right side. Almost immediately his sound device stops working as some of the interior wiring melts. This is really bad. He's pretty much been relying on his ability to produce sound waves to fight ever since he first has been able to access the speaker like armband. Though this is the backlash that happens when only having one trick to use. While Dosu tries in vain to get his techniques working again, Sasuke rushes at him to kick at him, using the taijutsu he's copied from Lee to send the Oto nin flying into the air. He finishes it off quickly, using the Leaf Shadow dance to appear behind Dosu to send him crashing to the floor with a single kick. He doesn't bother doing more, since the Oto nin obviously isn't going to be doing much more fighting.
"The winner is Uchiha Sasuke!" the exam proctor announces as Sasuke just walks off to the upper level to stand with Sakura without making a sound.
"Will the winning combatants please step down to the floor!" the Hokage exclaims to grab their attention as Sasuke, Gaara, Shino, Neji, Hinata, Kin, Temari, Lee, and Kankurou all step on down.
The raffle goes pretty much the same as it has last time. Though this time around Naruto, not Sasuke, is the one missing. Hinata draws number one, Neji number two, Naruto number three, Shino number four, Lee number five, Temari number six, Sasuke number seven, Gaara number eight, Kankurou number nine, and Kin number ten. The explanation goes on the same, too. The first match is between Hinata and Neji while the second one is between Naruto and Shino and so on. Match six is between the winners of matches one and two. Match seven is between the winners of matches three and four. Match eight is between the winners of matches seven and five. Match nine will be the final match, between the winners of matches six and eight.
"You will have one month to prepare while we send out invitations."
Oks, that's the end of chappie thirty-eight. I'm so sorry for the lateness of this update, but my original book series Lunar Blitz takes up majority of my time and focus. I try to work on and update my fanfics as soon as I possibly can. Thank you all for your patience and continued support. It means a lot to me.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed. The next chappie will be out shortly whenever I have it finished being revised. Hopefully that won't take too long of a wait for it though. Until then, please remember to review, darlings!