Collage has been horrible lately, but I'm glad I've managed to sit down to it and finish this chapter so fast. I hope that you'll enjoy this chapter at least as much as I did when I wrote it down. It's rare for me to be this satisfied with the final 'product' :D
Thanks for all the reviews for the last time. I'm glad you all enjoyed the previous chapter and hope that you'll like this one at least as much. Besides the second match, I also have a very special surprise for all of you to celebrate the fact that this fic went over 50 chapters and still has a pretty high popularity.
SPECIAL SURPRISE (you might enjoy it, so please read): this is the thing I've been working on for some time now (and a reason why I was looking for drawers). In hope you'll have a little fun, I've prepared two quizzes concerning this fic. At first I wanted to make "Which N:NG character are you?" quiz, but with so many gennin it'd be too big (at least in my opinion), so I've made a different test. For both guys and girls, on my profile page, you'll find two links leading to my N:NG love compatibility tests (one for guys and one for girls). The results you may get are just Konoha gennin (it still gives 8 results for guys and 12 for girls), but I hope you'll find it entertaining none the less. And, if you'll like the idea, I'll make more quizzes in the future (you can give me your ideas for them as well).
With that said, I believe I can get on with the show:
Chapter #52: Blood Brotherhood
Title Page: Galu is in the gym and is lifting weights
Names stopped changing on the screen and finally the second pair of the eliminations was revealed: KOBUSHI GALU versus CHISHIO KUMO. The young leaf-nin only took a quick glare before jumping down from the platform, yet the moon-nin took his time.
"Just a brat?" asked Kumo a little annoyed. "I was hoping for a challenge… with an opponent like that, I won't even have to use my bloodline limit to win…" and with that statement he jumped down as well, leaving his twin brother with narrowed eyes on the platform.
"Second match!" announced Lee as the two participants stood in front of each other: "Kobushi Galu against Chishio Kumo… BEGIN!" and immediately he jumped away, which turned out to be a wise decision, considering that the fight began right away.
Kumo charged straight at the leaf-nin the moment he heard the command and jumped into the air, aiming a spin-kick at his opponent's face, but surprisingly for him, Galu easily blocked that assault. As the moon-nin began to come down, the Konoha shinobi spun on his foot and lunched a spin-kick of his own, aimed at his opponent's stomach.
As Kumo was send flying back once the kick connected, Galu put his foot down, back on the floor and charged right at the moon-nin, who still haven't landed on the floor and at the same moment when green-haired of the twins hit the ground and bounced of it, the leaf-nin slammed his fist into his stomach again, thus sending him flying once more.
Without wasting a second, Galu jumped into the air and came down with his fist ready. As Kumo crushed against the floor again and laid flat on it, he noticed his opponent coming from above, ready to attack once more. In a fraction of a second the moon-nin flipped back, thus getting out of the leaf-nin's fist way, which hit the floor hard, making it crack slightly due to the impact.
But Galu didn't waste any time and immediately spun around, lunching another kick at his opponent. Kumo was so surprised that he didn't manage to react in time and received a powerful blow in the face, which send him flying yet again.
"Galu-kun seems to be winning…" noticed Mikka quietly with a trace of relief in her voice. Senkou only smirked behind his mask as he stated: "Why do you sound so surprised? It's not like he could lose in the first place…"
"Dammit, I didn't know this Galu guy was that good!" yelled Kai as his grip on the rail tighten slightly. Takaru didn't reply however. He only narrowed his eyes as he threw a quick glare at the green-haired leaf-nin: "Such speed and strength… he's taijutsu skills are really something…"
"Doesn't look like your brother's gonna make it…" Tasuki announced with a smirk as he looked at Nobu. The blonde remained silent though, his eyes still set on his twin: "Don't be stupid, Kumo…" he asked his brother like he could use telepathy.
Meanwhile, down at the battlefield, Kumo got back to his feet, breathing a little faster then usual and set his eyes on the leaf-nin with fury showing in them. Galu seemed to be unmoved by that however and only announced calmly: "You might wanna give up… you should be able to tell that you can't beat me…"
"Don't underestimate me, brat!" Kumo yelled back and performed an instant set of hand seals. As he did so, Nobu's eyes narrowed, followed by Tasuki's smirk widening: "Well, this just gotten more fun…" and with that he glared at Teela, who still haven't shown any emotions, yet was observing the fight bellow closely.
"Hijutsu: Ketsueki Isshidoujin!" and in a flash Galu felt incredible among of chakra collecting in his opponent's feet and hands. Then, suddenly, Kumo charged forward again, moving much faster then he was before and smashed the leaf-nin's surprised face with his arm. Most people gathered in the room widen their eyes in owe at seeing that, not sure what just happened.
"What's going on?" demanded Tsume as she looked back at her teammates gathered on the platform. "Just a while back that Moon guy couldn't keep up with Galu and now he moves so fast that it makes Galu look like he was standing still be comparison!"
"It's chakra…" replied Kusari calmly, without taking his eyes off the fight as a single drop of sweat run down his face. "That moon-nin transferred large among of it to his feet and hands, thus making himself move more easily and faster, as well as making his punches more devastating then they were before. I've heard about such a clan in Tsuki, but thought it was just a rumor…"
"A rumor?" asked Kogane confused. "What's this all about?"
"It's a bloodline limit…" announced Hinata calmly, yet worried a little about her subordinate. "Galu's opponent has to be a member of the clan that possessed the ability of Blood Brotherhood. It's a special trait that appears in the bodies of twins and triplets of a certain, Tsuki family. Basically, that ability allows the siblings to use one another's chakra by executing a simple chain of hand seals…"
"Meaning that guy just drained his own brother from chakra?" asked Hanamaru nervously. "But isn't that… well, cheating?"
"It may appear a little unfair…" nodded Naruto without looking at the chubby gennin. "But this is still a bloodline limit. Forbidding that moon-nin to use it would be like not allowing the Hyuuga to activate his Byakugan…"
Meanwhile Kumo charged furiously at Galu, forcing the young leaf-nin to make several steps back as he keep on blocking the attacks lunched by the Tsuki shinobi. Finally the Moon twin managed to land a blow on his opponent's stomach, making him once more to take few steps back, just to keep his balance.
"What, done already?" asked Kumo with a smirk. The leaf-nin didn't say a thin however. He just began a quick set of hand seals. To most people surprise though, he didn't complete the technique. He stopped halfway and lowered his arms.
"Giving up already?" asked the moon-nin with a wide smirk. But Galu merely replied, with no emotions showing on his face: "No… there's just no point in me using my thumb card on someone as weak as you…"
"Say what?" now Kumo's eyes narrowed. You could tell he's anger was slowly taking over, as the leaf-nin stayed calmly while announcing: "You're missing something… you see, just now, you only managed to hit me, because I wasn't prepared for that, considering how easily I kicked your butt around just few minutes earlier. Even with the speed-up you received there's no way you can take me down…"
"Stop talking bullshit, brat!" yelled the moon-nin, losing it completely as he charged straight at the green-haired boy. Galu however only bended his knees slightly and as soon as his opponent reached close enough, he lunched a punch into his stomach, making the twin let out air as the attack connected.
Kumo took few steps back while grabbing his stomach. Galu used that time to attack again. In a flash charged with a sliding attack, kicking the legs from bellow the moon-nin, making him fall back on his back. But before he managed to hit the floor, the Konoha shinobi lunched another kick into his back this time, using his other leg and thus sending the green-haired twin of Nobu into the air in stead of hitting the floor.
As Kumo flew up, Galu got back to his feet instantly and jumped after him. Once the two found themselves on the same height, the leaf-nin slammed his foot into his opponent's stomach from above, thus sending him crushing against the floor.
As Galu landed safely on his feet, Kumo made an attempt to get back up, but didn't got further the rising his torso up, for once he did that, he fall back onto the floor, unconscious. Lee slowly walked over to the moon-nin and after a short examination, he announced: "Winner: Kobushi Galu!"
"That's right!" Tsume yelled loudly, throwing her hands into the air. Galu only smiled slightly at that and slowly walked towards the stairs leading back to the platform.
"He doesn't stand out, but that was surely impressive…" stated Ibuki simply, in her 'not really carrying' tone. However the moment Galu got back to his teammates, she threw him a quick glare with her eyes narrowed. "A lot of strong people gathered here indeed…"
"What took you so long?" Senkou asked his teammate with a smirk appearing behind his mask, but the green-haired boy didn't reply. In stead, Kokoro just looked at the son of Hokage with a little accusing glare and the masked boy immediately turned around to observe the arena bellow once again.
"That brat was quite interesting…" announced Funbo with an evil smile appearing on his face. "Wouldn't you agree, Hitomi?" and with that he looked at his teammate, who had her eyes set on Galu for a split second, but then trailed of to look at Takai once more. The older Tanken never received the answer to his question.
"Kid stuff…" complained Taka a little bored. "I sure hope that's not the level everyone around here presents, otherwise I'll die of bore before my turn comes…" but none of his teammates seem to pay any attention to his whining, which annoyed him slightly.
"Say, Kumiko, what was that technique Galu wanted to use just now, but in the end decided against it?" Kai asked the brown-haired kunoichi curious, but she only replied: "How should I know? The set of seals he used was something I've never seen before… and the chakra he collected… it seemed a bit strange…"
"Strange?" Ibuki cut in, a little interested. But in stead of the young genius, Kusari was the one to respond this time: "It didn't really seemed like he was executing a ninjutsu technique, even though it required seals and chakra gathering…"
"This just keeps getting better and better…" stated Takaru with a smile as Lee spoke up again: "Let's choose another pair of contestants!" and everyone's eyes turned to the screen again. Reiji just took a quick glare at it, but for some reason he looked away the next moment as if completely uninterested who was up next.
Names began to change on the screen at an incredible speed, just to stop few seconds later, revealing yet another, two gennin: HOGOSHA versus HOROHORO. The metal-nin wearing protectors, who stood next to Reiji, only smirked: "Probably just some small fry…"
The blue-haired Leaf shinobi said nothing. He only spun on his foot and headed towards the stairs leading to the arena, receiving one 'good luck' from Taki. Hogosha on the other hand jumped down like the previous, two fighters did. As the two finally stood in front of each other, the atmosphere became a little heavy.
"Third match: Hogosha versus Horohoro!" announced Lee loudly and with a one-second pause, he concluded: "BEGIN!"
---winning, losing… every battle has an end and yet another two stand before each other---
And so this chapter ends. Hope you liked it. Please leave a review once you're done.
Well, considering this was mostly a taijutsu battle, there's not much to write in jutsu encyclopedia, however there's one thing I can make a description of:
Hijutsu: Ketsueki Isshidoujin (Secret Skill: Blood Brotherhood) – a bloodline limit of the Chishio clan for Hidden Moon Village. This trait can be awaken only in twins or triplets among the family. Basically, it's the ability to 'borrow' your one's sliblings chakra and use it as your own after executing a simple chain of hand seals. Once the user receives that burst, he/she can perform more powerful attack or use the chakra to support his physical skills (like Kumo did)..
And I believe that's really that. Thanks for reading. Hope you'll leave me a comment once you're done.
Best wishes and until next time!
