Nearly a month had gone by since the Hidden Sand had attacked the Hidden Shadow and now everything was running smoothly again. The following sunday in the balcony of the coliseum which had been rebuilt Timothy, Shia, Alice, Cindy, Sago, Izumi, Minato and their pokemon all sat around around waiting for the fight to start.
"Looks like things are coming alone nicely." noted Timothy
"Yea, but it's going to take a minute to finish repairing the underground tunnels." stated Shia
"Well the good thing is that things are running smoothly again in the village." noted Sago
"I agree...the people of the village have forgotten all about the attack. To them its like it never happened." agreed Izumi
"That's a good thing...i think that the people knew that everybody was giving it their all to protect them and the village. With that they are happy to know that so many people are willing to give their life for them so no matter how much the village gets attack they'll always be happy." debated Minato
"Yea." nodded Alice
"Hay Shia was there any clues as to what happened to Ikiru?" asked Cindy
"I don't know...he was dead when we found him." shrugged Shia
"I've got a feeling that Antonio had something to do with it. His scent was in the house." stated Timothy
"But why did he kill Ikiru though...it doesn't make any sense." wondered Izumi thinking
"Maybe he didn't have any more use for him." guessed Cindy
"But if that's the case why did he join him in the first place?" wondered Alice
"And if so what did he want?" wondered Shia
"And if so...did he get it now that Ikiru is dead?" added Sago
Everybody was silent for a few minutes as they thought about what Antonio could've gained from partnering with Ikiru.
"Well maybe it has something to do with you Timothy." mentioned Shia
"Maybe, but if that's the case he would usually confront me face to face." noted Timothy
"I doubt that he would want to face you in a head on fight as powerful as you've become." noted Minato
"I guess." shrugged Timothy
"What about your contact...have you heard back anything from her?" asked Sago
"Not yet, but i'm sure that she'll be in touch." assured Timothy
"That's good...any how's Markus, Simon and Lisa been?" asked Shia
"They've been doing very good...there in the other balcony with everybody else." noted Timothy
"I'm glad that you were able to get through to him." nodded Cindy
"Why's that?" asked Izumi
"Kirk told me that it was Ikiru that forced Markus to agree to attack the village in the first place." replied Cindy
"Did he say how?" asked Shia
"He threaten to kill Simon and Lisa." replied Cindy
"So his hands were tied from the beginning." sighed Minato
"Well i wouldn't worry about it...Markus is a tough kid. I've got a feeling that he's got something big planned." smiled Timothy
"I bet." laughed Sago
"Pi...Pikachu." motioned Kachu
"Chu...Pika." motioned Kim
Both the Pikachu's jumped on the railing and pointed toward the doors of the arena which were opening up.
"Hay who's going to referee the rest of the exams since you let Daichi go on vacation early?" asked Cindy
"Jenny asked to fill in for Daichi so i let her." replied Shia
"Oh." said Cindy
They looked back out as Jenny walked through the doors toward the center of the arena.
...
In the arena Jenny looked around the stadium stands as the crowd cheered ready for her to start the fight. Jenny couldn't believe that she was going to announce that the rest of the chunin exams causing her heart to beat fast. She had always wanted to try announcing, but now that she had the chance she was extremely nervous and she felt as if her heart was going to jump out of her chest. When she finally made it to the center of the arena she took one more look around the stadium, before closing her eye's and taking a deep breath.
She raised her hand and looked around as the cheering crowd quieted down so that she could announce the match.
"Alright as you all know the a exams started with more than two hundred participants and only 20 of them made it to the finals of the chunin exams. Since then they have been battling to see who would make it to the semi-finals of the battles. Here our our four." motioned Jenny
She pointed to the large tv screen which had been replace after it was destroyed by Han and it suddenly clicked on. On the screen four pictures appear and flipped over revealing them to be pictures of Ash, Isabel, Lars and Brock.
"As you all may know the fight before was between Markus Suna and Kacy Kumoraseru, but because of the interruption the battle ended with neither fighter being declared the winner so both fighters have been eliminated. With that said that only leaves two fights left before the finals so lets see who will face each other." announced Jenny
The pictures on the screen flipped back over and began shuffling around the screen. Two of the pictures moved off the screen and the remaining two stopped side by side before enlarging themselves. When the pictures flipped back over it revealed that the two fighters that would be facing each other would be Isabel and Lars.
"Alright it seems that the two fighters will be Isabel Umi facing off against Lars Kumai. Will both fighter please come to the center of the arena." announced Jenny
Jenny began to wait as she took a few deep breaths and though she had calm down she felt her heart still beating fast. Though she had never been an announcer before she was enjoying herself and for the most part she couldn't wait to see the fight from up close. Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Isabel and Lars hit the ground after jumping from the balcony landing several feet away from her.
"Alright Isabel i'm not going to go easy on you." warned Lars
"Don't worry i can handle myself." assured Isabel
"I know...everybody told me about how your a Jinchuriki. This should be fun." smiled Lars
"It will be." agreed Isabel
They both walked in front of Jenny who was smiling at them and though they were ready to fight she could see that neither of them would go down easy.
"Alright let the fight between Isabel and Lars begin!" declared Jenny and she quickly jumped several feet away from them.
"Alright Isabel...come at me with everything you've got." urged Lars
"Ok...I'll give you everything I've got since you don't want me to hold back." replied Isabel
Isabel and Lars got into their fighting stance and begin to stare each other down ready to make a move. All of a sudden Isabel quickly created a few hand signs and Lars began to make a few hand signs just as fast.
"Water Style: Hydro Pump!" shouted Isabel
"Fire Style: Fire Stream!" shouted Lars
Isabel took a deep breath and spat out a large stream of water while Lars took a deep breath and spat out a large stream of fire. The attacks collided and began to swirl together creating a large swirling vortex of water and fire. They both stopped their attack and jumped into the as the whirling vortex of fire and water quickly turned into a cloud of steam. They both quickly began to quickly create another set of hand signs though it was much longer than the first, before they both took a deep breath.
"Not done yet...Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" shouted Isabel
"Right back at you...Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!" shouted Lars
Isabel exhaled a large stream of water which turned into a water dragon while quickly heading toward Lars. Lars quickly exhaled a large stream of fire which formed into a dragon and then collided with the water dragon in a large explosion.
To Be Continued...
