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Chapter Nineteen
"Hinata Hyuuga vs Yoroi Akado," Hayate announces, "The two chosen please come forward."
Hinata steps forward as well as a Genin from Kabuto's team wearing a mask and glasses covering his face.
"You have been chosen for the first match, Hinata Hyuuga and Yoroi Akado," Hayate says, "Are there any objections?"
"No," Hinata answers and Yoroi says the same.
'Good luck Hinata,' Kiba thinks, Shino mirroring his thoughts.
"Alright then, let's begin the match," Hayate says, "All other genin than the two opposing candidates, clear the area and move up to the upper level."
Kurenai stops next to Hinata and places a hand on her shoulder, "You can do it Hinata," Kurenai says before heading up to the balcony, Kiba and Shino following her.
Soon it's only Hinata, Yoroi, and Hayate standing in the arena. The two Genin facing each other.
"Everyone ready?" Hayate asks.
"Oh I'm ready," Yoroi says, he makes a hand sign and focuses his chakra to one hand, his other reaching behind him to his weapons pouch.
Hinata nods, activating her Byakugan and slipping into her Gentle Fist stance.
"Begin!"
Yoroi throws five shuriken as soon as Hayate finishes, aiming at the Hyuuga across from him.
Hinata avoids the shuriken and runs forward, her Byakugan giving her a fierce expression as she thrusts a palm at Yoroi's shoulder.
Yoroi side steps the attack and tries to grab her arm, the hand glowing with chakra, Hinata's eyes widen, 'That must be some sort of Jutsu, whether it is or not just like my own hands I can't let his touch me,' the Hyuuga thinks as she jumps backwards, putting place between the two.
She reaches behind her into her own weapons pouch and pulls out some shuriken, as Yoroi pulls a kunai out. Hinata narrows her eyes and throws them at the Leaf nin.
Yoroi deflects her weapons and Hinata uses this to her advantage and appears behind him, and thrusts her palm into his back, Yoroi stumbles forward as he coughs harshly, but turns and attempts to grab her with a chakra covered hand but Hinata is already gone.
She appears behind him and swipes his legs from beneath him, Yoroi falls to the ground and Hinata stands up quickly and attempts to knock him out with a kick but Yoroi is already up and he is able to grab her arm before she can get out a range.
Hinata's eyes widen and she cries out in pain as Yoroi sucks the chakra from her body, 'I shouldn't have let him touch me,' she thinks, her earlier thoughts coming true.
Hinata fights through pain and kicks Yoroi in the stomach, making him stumble back and then appears in front of him and thrusts a palm into his face with all her strength and knocks him out, as well as breaking his nose.
"The winner is Hyuuga Hinata," Hayate announces.
Medical staff come in and pick Yoroi up onto a stretcher and take him away, as Hinata grabs her arm and heads up to the stands where her team waited for her.
"That was a quick match," Kurenai says, "Good job."
Hinata smiles weakly, "I should've been more alert, he was able to suck the chakra out of my body with his Jutsu. I knew covering his hand with his chakra was a bad sign, but I was still caught off guard."
"That was a good match though!" Kiba says, "All that matters is you won."
"The next two opponents will now be chosen," Hayate announces.
Team Eight focuses on the panel as it flips through the names left and finally lands on two.
"Shino Aburame vs Zaku Abumi."
The two chosen walk down to the arena and stand across from each other.
Shino analyzes his opponent, noting Zaku's broken arm, 'I wonder what happened to him...'
"Are the two candidates ready?"
Shino and Zaku both nod, "Then begin!"
Zaku runs forward and uses his one good arm, using a powerful Jutsu with blasts Shino aside.
Zaku grins, "Have you had enough yet?" But his eyes widen in shock and disbelief when his opponent stands up and faces him.
"W-What!" Zaku grits his teeth in anger, before his eyes widen in horror seeing bugs crawl out of Shino's face, 'Bugs are crawling out of him as if he's a hive!'
"Good job, you've successfully creeped everyone out," Zaku says with a smirk, "What happens next?"
Zaku gasps and turns, an army of beetles was crawling towards him from behind, "There a rare species of parasitic beetles that attack their prey in a swarm eating its chakra, an army this size can suck you dry in a minute. Your only intelligent option is to forfeit the match, as you can't fight two opponents at once. If you use your good arm to confront me, my friends will swarm you from behind. Conversely if you use your good arm to keep them at bay then you have me at your blind side," Shino says, "Either way your defeat will be certain, and unpleasant. It's always best to have an ace in the hole."
Zaku grits his teeth and glares down at the ground, his form trembling as he remembers what happened to him in the Forest, 'That's it! That's never gonna happen again!' He lets out a yell as he pulls his arm from the sling, "Now you've done it! Now you've made me mad!" Zaku points his broken arm in the direction of the bugs, opening his fist, "Like you said yourself! Always have an ace in the hole. Right!"
Shino's hands, having formed a sign, drop to his side as he watches his opponent carefully.
"What the! I thought his right arm was shot!" Kiba says in surprise.
Zaku let's out another roar but instead of using his Jutsu his chakra seems to expel from the middle of his arms, "W-Whats wrong with my arms!" He looks down at his hands and sees Shino's beetles plugging the wind canons in his hands.
Zaku glances behind him at Shino when the other Genin appears behind him, "When I was distracting you with my helpful advice, I sent some of my friends to plug up those bothersome wind holes in your hands, both hands just to be sure. While one ace is good, two aces is better."
Zaku tries to attack but Shino knocks him to the ground easily.
Hayate kneels down and looks at Zaku's injuries from the beetles, "I see that this ones had it..Shino Aburame wins."
Shino nods and walks up to the balcony to join his team once more.
They put Zaku on to a stretch and took him out of the arena.
"Congratulations Shino!" Hinata says.
"Good job," Kiba says with a grin.
"I just want to see you do the same," Shino responds to Kiba who grits his teeth.
The next match up happened to be Sasuke Uchiha vs Misumi from Kabuto's team.
"Sasuke, don't use your Sharingan. If that curse mark activated, I'll have to stop the match before it continues," Kakashi says.
Sasuke grits his teeth but says nothing as he walks down to the arena and takes his place across from the other Genin.
The match begins and Misumi charges towards Sasuke, "First move, a sure fire victory!" He yells as he attempts to hit the Uchiha but Sasuke holds his arm back, their arms shaking as they try to overpower the other.
Misumi's eyes narrow as one of his arm stretches around Sasuke's, his leg wraps around him, and his other arm wraps around Sasuke's neck.
"I dislocate everyone of my joints and soften my body, and with my chakra I can control it perfectly," Misumi explains.
Sasuke glares over his shoulder at him, "That's just wrong."
"The more you struggle, the tighter I squeeze," Misumi states, "Forfeit now."
Sasuke suddenly transforms into a log, and the Genin drops it, but it's to late as Sasuke appears and kicks him in the gut, and then launches him into the air, and appears above him and sends him down with another kick, "Lions Barrage!" He yells, the other Genin is knocked out and Sasuke's declared the winner.
Kakashi takes Sasuke out of the arena, and the Sound Jounin follows them after a few minutes.
The next match is soon announced, "Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka..please step forward."
The match between Ino and Sakura is a fight between the two rivals, and ends in a tie with both Kunoichi knocked out. Halfway through the battle Kakashi had returned but Sasuke was no longer with him, as the Jounin took Sasuke to a room at the hospital to rest.
Hinata looks at the two kunoichi, 'That was quite a boring battle, I don't hold anything against the two but that seemed to be a battle to get over the grudges they have against each other. They were both equally matched.'
"For the fifth match, Tenten and Temari," Hayate announces.
The battle is over soon enough, with Temari completely defeating Tenten.
'Her wind Jutsu is powerful,' Hinata thinks, 'Tenten may be a weapons mistress but she didn't stand much of a chance when the Sand Ninja can blow back all of her weapons at her.'
The next battle is Shikamaru against the female Sound Ninja.
The battle seems to be on the girls side with Shikamaru having taken damage from her sound attacks, but Shikamaru wins in the end as he outwits the other ninja.
The next battle is announced, "Kiba Inuzuka vs Naruto Uzumaki."
The two stand across from each other, "I've been waiting for this! Sorry Kiba, don't take it personally if I blow you away!" Naruto states.
"Hey! That's what I was going to say! Only not so politely," Kiba says with a grin as he crouches on the ground and places Akamaru on the ground next to him.
"Why are you bringing the puppy?! He's just going to get in the way!" Naruto shouts.
"Ha! I never enter a battle without Akamaru," Kiba says, Akamaru barks in agreement.
"Come on! Isn't that against the rules or something?!" Naruto yells.
"No, like the bugs for the Aburame, he's a tool that can be used. It is within the rules," Hayate says.
"Ugh..whatever! I do my best work with a handicap!" Naruto states.
"We'll see about that, Akamaru! Stay right here and leave all this to me! I got it," Kiba says with a grin as he stands and faces Naruto, Akamaru growls but doesn't move.
"C'mon Naruto! You can beat him!" Sakura shouts.
'The moment has finally arrived,' Shino thinks.
'You can do this Kiba, sorry Naruto. Your my friend too but Kiba is my teammate and Team Eight will make it to the finals together!' Hinata thinks.
'Sorry Kakashi, but Kiba's got this one,' Kurenai thinks.
'This should be the case if Naruto is anything like he was back in the academy. But I can't underestimate him now..Naruto is an unpredictable ninja,' Kiba thinks as he looks over Naruto.
"Look I feel sorry for you so I'll finish you off in one shot," Kiba states.
"Yeah? Is that right? Your dumber than you look if you think you can beat me!" Naruto says.
"You sure talk tough for such a little squirt," Akamaru barks in agreement to Kiba's words.
"When your ready, you may begin," Hayate says.
Kiba crouches down as he concentrates his chakra, 'Ninja Art Of Beast Mimicry: All Fours Jutsu,' Kiba thinks as he crouches on his hands and feet, chakra surrounds him and his nails sharpen and his features become more beast like, "Here I come!" The Inuzuka charges and knocks Naruto down.
The Kiba stands with a smirk as looks back to Hayate, "This guys gonna be out for awhile, you can call the match."
"Thought so," Shikamaru mutters, 'I knew Kiba would try and end it quickly..but I don't think Naruto will go down so easily either.'
"Told you so," Kurenai says, 'I know those two are friends but Kiba won't hold back because of that.'
"What was that! I blinked and it was over, that kids pitiful," Kankuro says looking at Naruto's fallen figure.
'Naruto, I knew Kiba would try and end it quickly but I didn't expect him to use so much power...but then again it's always all or nothing with those two,' Hinata thinks.
Kiba starts walking away as Naruto's hand twitches and he gets up on his knees, "What! No way," Kiba says looking at Naruto in shock.
Naruto gets up on his feet and looks up at Kiba, "Dont ever underestimate me!"
"Yeah Naruto!" Sakura yells.
Hinata smiles, 'I knew it, this battle will be interesting.'
"Ha! I just wanted to see what you got!" Naruto says, "Frankly you hit like an old lady!"
Kiba grits his teeth and growls.
"You have a better chance of winning if you send that puppy into fight for you!" Naruto taunts.
"Your gonna regret that," Kiba says, "C'mon Akamaru!"
Kiba and Akamaru run forward as Kiba pulls out smoke bombs and throws them, surprising Naruto as the two then start to hit Naruto from all directions.
Naruto runs out of the smoke but Akamaru runs towards him and bites Naruto, knocking him back into the smoke.
The smoke clears and reveals Akamaru sitting next to an unconscious Naruto.
"Yeah Akamaru! We won this fight!" Kiba yells, Akamaru runs forward and everyone is shocked when Akamaru bites Kiba's arm, "What are you doing?!" Kiba asks in shock.
"Surprise! Got you!" Akamaru transforms into Naruto, who's still biting Kiba's arm.
"Get off!" Kiba yells and knocks back Naruto, who coughs and spits.
"You smell worse than the dog!"
Kiba notices a clone holding Akamaru and growls, "Alright."
"What do ya know? You got a little stronger I see, but nearly strong enough. Now I'm getting serious!" Kiba says.
"Bring it on!" Naruto yells.
Kiba stands up straight, and takes a deep breath and releases it, closing his eyes before looking up with a smirk. He places his hand in his weapons pouch, "Naruto, if I were you..I'd let Akamaru go."
He pulls his hand out and throws a pill into Akamaru's mouth who bites down on it. Kiba eats his own as well.
Naruto's Clone looks down at the dog confused and his eyes widen in shock when Akamaru's fur turns a dark red and the ninja dog kicks the clone and jumps to Kiba's side as the clone disperses.
"What did you just feed him! And why's his fur all red?!" Naruto asks.
"Looks like he's going in for the kill already," Shino says, Hinata and Kurenai nod, the match having their full attention.
"Let's go Akamaru!" Kiba yells as he crouches down and makes the same handsign as before, "Beast Minicry!"
The smoke disperses revealing two Kiba's, one crouches on top of the other, "Man Beast Clones!"
"He's got a crazy look in his eyes all of a sudden! Wait no fair he took something! He ought to be disqualified!"
"Food pills, there just another tool and they are allowed," Hayate says before coughing.
"Ahh! Your no help at all!" Naruto yells.
"Let's finish this! All Fours Jutsu!" The two chars and Naruto jumps back as a dust cloud forms where the two clones hit the ground,
Naruto barely dodges the attacks as the two Kiba's attempt to hit him.
'They got me off balance! Can't counter attack! All I can do is try to keep on my feet! And dodge them!' Naruto thinks before jumping into the air.
"Now I got ya!" One Kiba says as the two Kiba's run towards Naruto who is mid air, "Man Beast Ultimate Taijutsu! Fang Over Fang!" The two spinning Kiba's knock back Naruto with a powerful Jutsu.
Naruto hits the ground, his hand twitching, "I will...I will be Hokage! I will!"
"How ya gonna do that? By lying on your face?" Kiba taunts, "I got news for ya! I'm gonna be Hokage!"
Naruto shakes as Kiba laughs at him, "Come on! Do you really think a weakling like you can be Hokage? You must be weak in the head!"
Hinata frowns slightly, 'Kiba's getting really into the battle, it doesn't matter whether Naruto's his friend or not at this point. He wants to win.'
Naruto slowly gets back on his feet, struggling as he looks down at the ground, "Sorry but..you can forget about being Hokage..because I'm the top dog around here!"
The battle continues as the Kiba's use Fang Over Fang again, knocking Naruto to the ground again.
Naruto is still up and this time they throw smoke bombs and use Fang Over Fang again.
The smoke clears and Naruto wipes at his face and stands up.
Throwing more smoke bombs they attack again using Fang Over Fang, 'Gotta figure out a counter attack..problem is which one is really Kiba? And how do I tell them apart?'
Amidst the smoke Naruto transforms into a Kiba Clone again an when it clears three Kiba's are facing each other.
"I see you've gotten better at Transformation Jutsu, but I can still tell you apart! I can smell ya kid!" Kiba says as he knocks out the clone he thinks is Naruto.
"Games over!" The clone transforms into a knocked out Akamaru, "Huh?!"
'No way! It's impossible!' Kiba turns to the other, "So it's you! Your messing with me!" Kiba turns and punches the other clone who transforms into Akamaru.
The Akamaru behind him transforms into Naruto and attacks Kiba from behind, the Inuzuka landing beside an unconscious Akamaru.
"You little squirt," Kiba growls.
"A smart Shinobi knows how to use his Jutsu! Otherwise it'll come back and bite him on the butt. Dummy," Naruto says.
Kiba growls as he bites his hand, 'Gotta keep calm. I still have the advantage,' Kiba thinks as he pulls out several shuriken in both hands, 'If I keep my head, I can win this match.'
Naruto grins, "Hmph, so are you finally getting serious Kiba? Good! That means it's time to unveil something special I've been saving! My super secret killer move!" He yells as he makes a hand sign.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Kiba says, "Ha! Super Secret Killer Move! It's a bluff!"
"Yeah? Come here and find out!" Naruto taunts.
'Stay calm, stay in the game,' Kiba thinks before charging, 'Beast Mimicry! All Fours Jutsu!' Kiba knocks Naruto back, "Well What are you waiting for?" He knocks Naruto to the ground again.
Naruto gets up again, "He's coming so fast I don't have the time to build up my chakra!"
Naruto is knocked back by another hit from Kiba, the Inuzuka was to fast for him.
Kiba attacks from above and Naruto catches this attack and throws him back. Kiba's feet skid against the ground as he charges again, knocking Naruto back.
He hits the blond again and knocks him to the ground once more.
"See Naruto! You never had a chance!" Kiba taunts.
Naruto slowly gets on his feet, his back facing Kiba, "I absolutely..will not...lose!" He turns and faces Kiba, "Guess your out of luck!"
'I just need to find his weak spot,' Naruto thinks, "Is that all ya got? Are ya tired??"
Kiba growls, 'He's on his last leg, this next one outta to do it.'
"Ready for my brand new technique!" Naruto yells as he makes a hand sign.
"Got for it!" Kiba yells, running passed Naruto before charging at him from behind.
Kiba crouches down as he prepared to attack when Naruto farts in his face.
Kiba backs up and covers his face yelling out in disgust, "Ugh! Nasty!" Kiba coughs.
Naruto grins, "I wish I had planned that! But now is the time to unleash my new technique! Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Naruto creates multiple clones and they charge at him, attacking him and sending him in the air, and three kick, punch and knock him to the ground, "Uzumaki Barrage!" Naruto knocks him to the ground and remains standing, breathing deeply.
His clones disperse and Naruto is announced the winner after Hayate confirms Kiba can't get up.
"Yes Naruto! That's my teammate! Way to go!" Sakura yells as Lee cheers on the hyperactive blond.
Hinata smiles, 'I shouldn't have underestimated Naruto,' she thinks, Naruto runs up the stairs and walks passed him, "Naruto!"
Naruto stops and turns to her, Hinata passed him the salve, "It's a healing ointment, you forgot to take it remember?" Hinata asks.
"Oh yeah! Thanks Hinata!" Naruto grabs the ointment and returns his teammates.
Hinata turns to look at Kiba before turning to Naruto with a smile as he walks away.
The medics take Kiba and Akamaru out of the room on a stretcher, Hinata meets them down there, "Here's some healing ointment for you and Akamaru," Hinata says, handing the Inuzuka the container.
Kiba smiles at her, "Thanks Hinata. Sorry for disappointing you and Shino, I guess I'll be cheering you both on in the next round."
"We'll now pick the names for the next match," Hayate says as the panel begins flipping through different names.
"Neji Hyuuga vs Kankuro!"
To be continued...
AN: Longest chapter yet! I didn't expect Kiba and Naruto's battle to take up half the chapter! I know I didn't really go into detail about some of the fights, mainly because they were canon. I really just wrote down Team Eight's fights as well as Sasuke's. I wanted to show the fight scenes because while two of them were canon the other two weren't.
I want to apologize for my horrible fight scenes, I've never been good at writing them and I'm sorry you had to read them lol.
To Hinatapaths: Thank you so much! I'm very happy you reviewed! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Next chapter is the last of the battles!
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