Hello everyone, guess who's already back? Hehe I know I know you all missed me and I have great news! I have a shiny new laptop and I will be returning to update my story once more for you all! I'm extremely happy to have it and to make a return to the site. Also I'm sorry ahead of time if the chapter seems a bit rushed, I gave myself a deadline to finish by so I could make my return, so please if you have any criticisms try to be positive and don't be rude in your critique okay? I really hope you all like it. And without further delay I'll get out of your way and let you all read!
Naruto Reborn: Sasuke Uchiha
Chapter 3 pg 6
Before Xiba could even get a strike in she found that Ami had moved, sidestepping the attack while sending an upward palm forward that hit the canine female in the gut.
*Background music: Courtesy Call*
Being shocked by this she had no time to prepare as she fell to her knees, gagging as Ami jumped away from Akamaru just as he attempted to bite her.
Ami then resumed her unique stance, much to the Ire of the few Hyuuga in attendance currently. Xiba then managed to get to her feet, charging forward again as she used her Fang Over Fang tactics to wear down at Ami's defense and hopefully leave her vulnerable.
Each attack sent her way was dodged or somehow countered, but that's not to say Ami wasn't taking damage though. Scratches here and there, occasionally a bruise, sometimes a good strike would slip through. Both females battled with ferocious intent, wanting to bring the other down to prove their superiority.
Jumping away from each other the two girls glared, neither one wanting to quit. Both were a bit worse for wear, but neither seemed to have dealt any lasting or battle ending injuries.
"You're not bad Ami, but I'm not about to lose to the dead last. You may have gotten stronger, but I'm gonna take you down. I'm pulling out all the stops now, no holding back!" Xiba announced as she made a hand sign and became more feral looking. Eyes narrowing and fangs growing along with claws, even up in the stands Naruto silently admitted that it was an attractive look. And when Akamaru jumped on her back and became an exact replica he couldn't help but bite his lip and shift.
"I was about to say the same thing" Ami said, smirking confidently as she herself made a hand sign. Her own feathers became a bit more feral, eyes narrowing, claws and fangs, whiskers darkening a bit. At first one would swear she'd used her inner demon, but when she spoke she shocked everyone. (1)
"Me and Hinata have been doing a bit of work with our sensei's help, we've been studying the arts of various clans and working on a way to create our own versions to create a strong fighting style to complement our own team fighting. What you're about to see, is that style. One that we've not even shown to Sasuke yet!" She called out as she growled.
*With Naruto*
Even Naruto was shocked at this, Hinata and Ami had been working this hard to create a style just to help him? He had a mix of pride, and a slight blush at how Much that meant to him. Not to mention the slight blush at the idea of how Hinata, Xiba, and Ami must look when in that feral form. Shaking his head he quickly focused and shifted, mumbling something about stupid girls.
*Back On The Field*
The now feral Ami jumped high into the air to avoid the hurricane of claws that was Xiba, flipping backwards to dodge Akamaru as well. She received a small gash on her arm as she dodged, but it gave her just enough time to bring down a hard reverse Axe kick on the rising Xiba's forehead.
The kick sent the canine female straight down, making her crash into Akamaru as they both hit the ground and rolled to their feet. But before either could move they found themselves unable to move as Ami landed.
*New Background: War of Change*
When Xiba and Akamaru looked they saw that Ami's shadow was currently connected to both of theirs as she stood up. At this point she turned and chuckled, doing a few motions to show that the two were indeed forced to follow her actions. (2)
"H-How are you doing this, only the Nara clan has the ability of shadow possession!" Xiba yelled, Akamaru barking in agreement as Ami smirked.
"Now if I told you that, I'd be ruining my own trick wouldn't I?" Ami said with a small laugh as she continued to move, making Xiba move in sync with her somehow.
Xiba herself was trying hard to figure out what was causing her to move the way she did, catching a glimpse of something she then smirked and then she gave a whistle to Akamaru. Akamaru catching on to what Xiba needed and instantly jumped into a rotating drill, using his part of the fang over fang. But oddly rather than hitting Ami, Akamaru simply passed over Xiba and cut something over the feral female, freeing her to move.
"It was a good trick there, you hid ninja wire around me and wrapped it around my body in a way that would make it so I'd shadow your movements just like the Nara clan jutsu. Sneaky, but now that I'm free I can do this!" Without further warning Xiba and Akamaru jumped into a fang over fang combo, with Ami taking a good amount of hits from it as she jumped and dodged the best she could. At first it seemed Ami was on the ropes here, taking quite the beating from the heavy barrage of combo strikes from Xiba and Akamaru.
But then suddenly the tides turned once again…
Just as Ami took another heavy hit and was sent rolling, Xiba went in for a finishing blow. Aiming a heavy claw strike at her to end the battle once and for all. But before the strike landed Ami acted, pushing out tons of her chakra before rapidly rotating her body in a move very easily noticeable to everyone.
"Rotation!" (3) Ami called, hitting Xiba with the dome of chakra and sending her flying. It didn't end there though, Ami had more in store for the Canine female. Dashing forward she created four shadow clones, having one handspring her into the air high above the flying Xiba. The others went to work setting up a move Naruto knew all too well.
"U" Xiba received a kick to send her up.
"Zu" She received another kick, sending her even Higher.
"Ma, Ki" Two more clones simultaneously kicked her, making her reach the Highest point of the attack.
"Ami Barrage!" The real Ami yelled, delivering a spinning flip axe kick to the face that sent the poor female to the ground with enough force to make her nose bleed and to make her cough up blood.
After the attack was done, Ami landed and took a breath as she settled back into her Trickster Fist stance. Her clones landing in a circular formation around her to give her a better field of vision, and all of them were shocked to see 'Xiba' burst into smoke and reveal Akamaru. The pup had taken the beating for his companion. Just then Xiba came in, having used fang over fang to tunnel into the ground for a surprise attack.
Ami was caught off guard and took a good hit, being sent rolling away as Xiba moved to take out the clones. Before she could get out a strike though she heard Ami.
"And now to end this, with a special Jutsu I came up with just for such an occasion!" Ami yelled, making a hand sign as her clones did the same "Ami's Big Bang!" As the jutsu was yelled out all the clones burst, making semi powerful explosions. It wouldn't be enough to cause more than minor burns and cuts, but it would still sting a lot at that range. Xiba was sent high into the air once more, but this time Ami took no chances, creating one more clone she had it grab her and hurl her at Xiba. Spinning around she delivered a huge double kick to Xiba's abdomen, pushing hard with her feet to send the girl to the ground as she landed in a baseball style slide and got into a stance again, ready to deliver another blow if needed.
*End Music*
It wasn't this time, Xiba was out like a light from that last strike. Having knocked the wind out of her and then sent her crashing into the cement floor, there wasn't much hope for getting back from that one. At first everyone was stunned, save for the few who knew Ami well enough, no one had thought that she could've defeated someone from a bloodline clan. Slowly
Ami dropped her stance, taking a deep breath of relief before slowly lifting Xiba up. Handing her to the medical ninja as the Proctor raised his hand.
"The winner is Ami Uzumaki" He called as he gestured that Ami could go back to the stands.
There were a few other great battles that happened, Naruto even found himself Cheering during Shirayuki's impressive win as well. But finally came a moment that Naruto dreaded…
Hinata Hyuga vs Neji Hyuuga.
As Hinata and Neji made their way down to the small arena they met eyes briefly, Neji giving a cocky Smirk while Hinata held a look that did unnerve him a bit. In her eyes was sheer determination, a look that said she didn't plan to lose, not in the slightest did she intend to make this fight easy on her cousin.
"You should know Hinata, that if you don't surrender I will win. It is destined to be so, nothing you do will-" Neji was interrupted by Hinata making a gesture with her hand, holding it straight out in front of her before Thrusting her arm to the side. Her hand then closed into a simple thumbs up as she looked over her shoulder a little at Ami and Sasuke, she was going to make them proud.
"I'm ready to begin proctor-san" She said in a soft and polite voice, but in her tone there was none of that shyness that Neji remembered.
-What happened to her after joining this team, it's like she's a new person- Neji thought, before trying to speak to her again. "Ignoring me won't change the fact that you're still too weak to fight-" Again the Hyuuga prodigy was stopped mid-sentence.
"Neji, I would rather we settle this with combat. Not with words, I know you are strong and I respect that. I ask that you look passed your own nose long enough to test my strength yourself instead of assuming I'm weak. It will be a mistake you regret" Hinata spoke, that same irritating soft tone that was beginning to piss Neji off. To think she could even be competition for him was ludicrous, and he would show her.
"Combatants ready?" The proctor looked between the two, seeing them both nod before bringing his arm down "Begin"
With no further encouragement needed Neji rushed in, planning to swiftly bring down his opponent. Activating his Byakugan he went in for jabs to Hinata's shoulder joints, intending to paralyze them and leave her vulnerable. Hinata had other plans, though, as she activated her own Byakugan and turned completely sideways. This caused her to slip right between Neji's arms and left him open as her elbow found its way into the bridge of his nose, leaving the wide eyed Hyuuga male jumping back and holding his face for a moment as Hinata slipped into a stance similar to Ami's from before.
"I don't know how you suddenly got so confident, or where this newfound strength is coming from, but it won't save you. Fate decided the outcome of this battle the minute-" Again Neji found Hinata interjecting mid sentence.
"Trickster stance: Air Punch(4)" After finishing the name of her attack she thrust her closed fist out toward Neji, creating a small burst of wind that knocked him off his feet and made him slide back a little.
After getting back to his feet Neji looked at Hinata, clearly surprised by her sudden combat prowess and strength. Moving back to a safe distance to observe her and to get a general idea of what this Trickster Style was. Hinata would have none of that though as she then went on the offensive, dashing forward as she pulled a small pellet from her hip pouch and hurled it at the ground in front of the white eyed boy. In a burst from the smoke pellet the field was shrouded thickly in a purple colored mist. This however caused Neji to smirk.
"Do you really think your little smoke trick is going to-" He stopped though and felt his eyes widen as he suddenly came to the realization, he couldn't see her, the smoke was somehow actually blocking his Byakugan's vision! "But, h-how is that-GLK!" He choked on his own words as the lavender eyed Hyuuga burst through the violet smoke and sent a punch into his adam's apple, forcing him to keel over to try to catch his breath as the assault continued. A roundhouse toward his head, a punch to his kidney, an all out attack from Hinata intent on doing as much damage as she could before the smoke dissipated.
*In the Stands*
"Wow! She's wrecking him in there! She's doing awesome Sensei!" Ami shouted as she fist pumped and smiled brightly watching her friend.
"That may be true, but she is also exhausting herself by straining so much to do damage to him" Came Obito's response, watching as Hinata jumped back and the smoke cleared. Showing a battered but still standing Neji, and a panting and slightly exhausted Hinata. "She won't be able to take much more of that, she will need to regain her stamina before she can continue this" He said with a grim tone, causing both Naruto and Ami to turn back with a bit of worry for their Teammate.
-You can do this Hinata, you're so much stronger than you know. You don't have to win, just show him how strong you can be- Naruto thought while his eyes watched intently.
*Back in the Ring*
Hinata was pretty tired after the assault, but she wasn't quite done yet. She still had something up her sleeve, and just needed an opportunity to use it. But now Neji seemed to be even more pissed now, and he was about to get serious.
Dashing forward he got into his Gentle fist stance again as he closed in on the exhausted Hinata, sliding close as he smirked and then spoke. "Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms!" He called out as he began to strike at her chakra points brutally, to which Hinata couldn't do much except dodge the ones she could and try to block the attacks. The final one slamming her stomach before she could stop it and sending her rolling away. Coming to a stop she coughed up a bit of blood and lay there for a moment, gasping and struggling to get up.
"Don't bother trying, I have sealed off several chakra points in your limbs. You won't be getting up any time soon princess." Neji said cockily while turning his back to her, looking to the proctor. "Call it sir, she's not getting back u-"
"S-sorry to disappoint you Neji, but I'm.. not done yet" Came a voice that only served to piss off the white eyed boy even more than before, causing him to look over his shoulder to see Hinata was rising slowly to her feet. Though she staggered a bit when she did, she still managed to get completely upright before she slowly slipped into her trickster stance once more.
"Now Neji…. I will show you the progress we've made, and how strong I've become with my team. I'll show you my new technique, and I'll end this fight one way or another!" She called out as she suddenly flared chakra through her system, wincing in pain as she felt her chakra points force open from the flare. This of course surprised even Neji, as he didn't know the Hyuuga clan heir had enough power to force them open like that.
He didn't have time to think on this though, as the lavender eyed princess spoke once more.
"... I'm coming for you cousin"
Aaaaaand that's where I'll end it for now, gonna save the big finally for the next chapter. What is Hinata's new technique?! Stay tuned and find out!
(1): Trickster Stance: Beast Mimicry: One of the Jutsu of Ami and Hinata's custom style. Using a minor transformation Jutsu along with a small surge of their own chakra to increase chakra flow and potency for a short time the Jutsu mimics the effects of the Inuzuka man beast Mimicry
(2): Trickster Stance: Imitation Jutsu: Another Jutsu created by Hinata and Ami. Using a mixture of subtly placed wires, senbon, and kunai to force the Target into a puppet like state similar to the shadow imitation Jutsu used by the Nara clan. The wires channel the users chakra to create a forced movement on the Target and leaves them at the mercy of the user
(3): Trickster Stance: Rotation: A simple Jutsu created for the trickster stance, by focusing the chakra around the user in a large quantity and then spinning it creates a dome, obviously reminiscent to the Hyuuga rotation
(4): Trickster stance: Air Punch: Channeling chakra into the fist the user can then punch in outward to create a directional burst of wind. Similar to the air bullet technique, but not requiring wind chakra nature to perform.
(A.N) Hey everyone, I am thinking of pulling down one of my less updated stories and replacing it with a new Idea, but I will need to get a few opinions from you all, the loyal followers who stuck with me up to this point, and so I'll be putting up a pole for you guys to vote with on the ideas. I hope that I hear from you all!
Ja Ne!
