(Kiba vs Naruto)Kiba walked down the stage with Akamaru with a massive grin on 'This is going to be a piece of cake' he arrogantly thought. Foolish child.
Naruto was nowhere to be seen. The crowd was looking for him but he wasn't there. "Due to Unpunctuality Naruto Uzumaki is Disq-" Hayate wasn't able to finish his statement as he was cut off by the monotone voice of Naruto Uzumaki "I'm right here" he called. Hayate spun around only to see Naruto semi-submerged in his shadow. 'I heard he could do this but not to this extent' Hayate thought in wonder.
"Start the match, the weakling just wants to stall for time" Kiba called. Naruto fully emerged from the shadow and stood directly across from Kiba. "Hajime" Hayate yelled as he jumped back.
Naruto had no time for dealing with children as he wanted to go speak to Gaara. He wouldn't sully his hands and feet fighting a child. He activated his storage seal as a scythe appeared in his hands.
(Back in the stands)"I didn't know Naruto used weapons. He always seemed like the hand to hand type to me" Kakashi said. "Kakashi!" Sasuke yelled, "Make me that weapon," he asked obnoxiously. Everyone began to stare at him as if he was insane. No-one even had scythes in Konoha till now.
(Back in the Arena)Naruto looked at wasn't going to come to him so he did the smart thing and simply made the hand sign for 'come'. Kiba obliged running towards Naruto with his trusted puppy in tow.
"I will end this now, Gatsuuga" Kiba yelled out as he became a spinning drill of sorts coming towards Naruto. Akamaru seeing the foolishness if his plans stayed behind.
Naruto discretely activated his Sharingan and looked at Kiba. He raised his scythe into the air and brought it down directly on Kiba's arm cutting it off.
The stump that was now Kiba's arm spurted blood rapidly ad Kiba cancelled the attack. Falling to the ground and rolling in pain.
Naruto manipulated the shadows and sewed Kiba's arm back to his body. He couldn't go about maiming clan heirs, could he? "Call the match," he said looking at Hayate as if daring him to say otherwise.
"Winner of the Match Uzumaki Naruto" Hayate roared splitting through the silence that had enveloped the Chuunin exam stadium.
Naruto looked at the downed form of Kiba sat him up and jumped into his shadow effectively disappearing from view and avoiding all useless questions he would be bombarded with if he went back up to the stands.
(Hinata vs Sakura)
Sakura ran down the stairs ready to prove herself to her Sasuke-Kun. She really hadn't done that much training and was more focused on dressing herself up for the Chuunin exams.
Hinata on the other hand had worked her butt off to get as strong as she was today. She was going to prove herself as not a failure with brutal efficiency if need be.
They stood across from each other staring for what seemed like hours. Till the voice of Hayate rung out through the stadium again. "Hajime" he yelled.
Hinata quickly ran towards her foe and began going for her tenketsu. She had taken the time to memorise the general area of most of the tenketsu so she had a fair idea of where to hit. She sent her strikes with grace and accuracy but she missed one thing. Sakura wasn't someone who relied on Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. She used pure Taijutsu. And while she may not have been the best at it her punches packed a lot if the force behind them.
As Hinata was about to hit her in another one of her Tenketsu. Sakura hit her with a killer right hook to the side of the face which sent Hinata sliding backwards. It was Sakura's turn to push her back. Sending wild swings like a crazed madman made them difficult to predict without the aid of the Sharingan. Hinata was getting pissed. She wouldn't lose to a fangirl who had not put in a single hour of training. "You are in my field of Hakke" She whispered.
"Hakke Rokujuu Yonsho" She yelled hitting all sixty-four of her tenketsu with deadly precision and grace. She even hit some of her organs just to make sure that her stubborn foe stayed down. This time though she did.
"Winner Hyuuga Hinata" Hayate yelled signalling the matches end. 'You did pretty well... for a Fangirl' Hinata thought though at the last part she thought with disgust. How dare those wannabes to try to sully the name of Kunoichi like that.
(I'm sure you didn't expect me to make Sakura that decent in the fight. Well, I did I thought that I bashed her a bit too much so yeah. The matches are the same as Canon so Dosu, Shino, Shikamaru, Temari and Ino pass Ino's match is a bit more note worth so I am going to write about it below)
(Ino vs Matetsu)
Ino had trained an awful lot more than Sakura and had conditioned her body to be stronger faster and more durable than her fangirl rival. And today she was going to show it. She was going to prove to herself and everyone that she deserved to be here.
She studied her opponent carefully. She was of similar build to her. She had no signs of that much physical conditioning. 'She must be a Long-range user' she thought triumphantly. Her sensei Asuma had taught the team a few fire Jutsu in case they ever needed it.
She had her strategy now all she needed was to wait for the proctor's call.
"Hajime" Hayate called. His throat was beginning to feel sore from all this shouting.
Ino jumped back to gain some space from her foe. She observed her foe for a bit before charging at her. Instead of gaining space to attack like any long-range user Matetsu ran straight at Ino. Ino threw a punch at her but it passed straight through her. Like she had become intangible. Matetsu sent a punch to her solar plexus forcing her to double over in pain. Matetsu hit hard. She had done partial training to make their fists and feet to be as hard as diamond.
'She isn't better than me in Taijutsu she just hits harder. Calm down Ino' She mentally reassured herself. She went in for another Taijutsu bout. She jumped into the air sending a flurry of Kicks towards her head. But they all seemed to be passing through her. "Don't bother trying to hit me. I can turn any part of my body intangible" Matetsu exclaimed she loved the expression on Ino's face when she said that. The way it twisted into horror brought perverse pleasure onto her face.
Ino shrugged off her shock and went for another attack. She went for a kick. Blocked. She went for a punch to her side and it became intangible. She chose to leave her fist there inside her as she sent her other fist to hit her face. It connected.
(Back in the stands)
"It seems Ino has figured it out," Asuma said with pride. "What?" Sakura thoroughly confused
"She can only make one part of her body intangible at a time and Ino is exploiting that. By leaving her fist in her abdomen it forced her to stay intangible in that part of her body allowing her to exploit that weakness" Asuma said seemingly radiating pride for his student.
(Back in the Arena)
"Don't get cocky" Matetsu said as she sent a punch to Ino's face. If it connected it would smash her skull right open. She raised her arms to block the hit. The blow broke her arm.
Ino jumped back thinking up another strategy. Taijutsu wouldn't do it.
She flashed through hand signs "Haisekishou" said Ino as she ejected a cloud of ash from her mouth. Matetsu knew whatever she was planning wasn't going to be good but there was nothing she could do except hide "Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu" she whispered as she disappeared into the ground. She just had to wait it out. After a few minutes, Ino dispersed the Jutsu and used the opportunity to regain chakra. She looked at the hole she had disappeared into and did something nobody would have expected. She cut off her hair. She took off the tuft of hair and set it next to the hole and stood back to regain chakra. Matetsu soon came out f the hole and found out she couldn't move. Ino's hair had been used as a trap. Matetsu could easily break out of it but the brief moment she was stuck gave Ino all the time she needed to perform her jutsu "Shintenshin no Jutsu" she roared. She used the jutsu to enter the mind of Matetsu and force her to forfeit. "I forfeit," Matetsu said in a monotone voice due to her being under the effects of the Shintenshin no Jutsu.
"Winner by forfeit Yamanaka Ino" Hayate yelled thoroughly impressed with the show of tactics and skill of Ino.
Hiruzen stood up from his seat in the Kage booth and looked down proud of the winners of the preliminary matches.
All of you pull out a number card from inside the box.
"1" said Naruto in a monotone voice
"2" said Gaara in a bloodthirsty voice
"3" said Neji
"4" said Hinata
"5" said Shino
"6" said Dosu
"7" said Temari
"8 troublesome" said Shikamaru
"9" Ino squealed
"Uzumaki Naruto vs Sabaku No Gaara
Hyuuga Neji vs Hyuuga Hinata
Aburame Shino vs Dosu of the sound
Sabaku No Temari vs Nara Shikamaru
Ino Yamanaka vs Winner of fourth match"
finished Hiruzen in a voice that commanded immediate attention. "You will have a month to prepare and train for the finals of the Chuunin exams. Good Luck," said Hiruzen as he walked back into his office.
(Hokage Office)
"Jiraiya I want you to approach Naruto and offer to train him. From his introduction he seems to respect those with power so he might like you" said Hirzen to Jiraiya who had been standing across from him
"Hai sensei I will be sure to report anything to you and see if the seal is intact" Jiraiya said
(Get cliffhangered punk... okay sorry there will be another chapter today don't get your panties in a twist)
