Hey! So here's the second part of the Chunin Exams!
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Disclaimer: I do not own neither DB nor Naruto, all the credits go to Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) and Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Boruto).
"Oh, you're facing a foreign one..." Kiba said, turning to his teammate as he spoke, being ignored by him as the bug expert just turned in the opposite direction and started to walk towards the stairs of the platform they were in. "That is... quite rude..." Kiba cringed at his teammate's response before turning to look at the arena.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" A worried Hinata asked as she put her hands together in her chest while looking down at the arena, where her teammate was already facing who would be his opponent.
"I'm sure he will beat that guy easily." Kiba said with a sure tone, transmitting the feeling to his friend, who nodded in agreement.
Shino's cold stare was blocked by his black glasses. His opponent adopted his fighting stance as Hayate got ready to give the starting signal for the pair of Genin. The bug expert got his hands in the pockets of his gray jacket as he kept half of his head hidden behind his jacket. He analyzed the black clothes that covered his opponent's body, which helped him finish his plan.
"Go!" Hayate yelled, hoping that none of them would surrender.
Kankuro immediately went for his opponent, pressuring his opponent with punches and kick, all being dodged by the bug expert. Shino glared disappointedly at his opponent, who already had the Aburame's parasites inside his body. Kankuro continued his attack until he suddenly stopped moving. The covered object in his back dropped to the floor, causing him to start moving again, throwing several Kunai at the Aburame, taking advantage of his distraction. One actually hit him, in the right arm, although insects were quick to take it out and seal the injury.
"Surrender." Shino said after getting back to his straight stance, being followed by the noise of a crack, which surprised even himself. "I see... So it was a puppet..." The Aburame calmly walked to the side of object his opponent was holding in his back. "You are hiding in there, aren't you?"
A hand with a blade quickly escaped the bandages that covered it, aiming at the Aburame's legs, failing and working as a bridge for the stream of bugs that went out of Shino's sleeve. The screams of Kankuro were heard from inside the bandages, which made Hayate stop the fight and give Shino the win. Hayate summoned a normal-sized ninja lizard, who used a little blade to tear the bandages, revealing the almost bug-covered body of the puppeteer. The lizard used his saliva to kill some of the bugs, giving Kankuro the opportunity of surviving.
"What a useless piece of shit." Gaara said with an angry tone, turning his stare away from the arena. Temari looked at her little brother with fear, turning into relieve as she saw her other brother be saved by the Jounin of the Leaf.
"You're welcome, young one." The little lizard said, receiving a nod in response. The lizard nodded back before disappearing into smoke, leaving Hayate for himself once again.
Kankuro now had to go back and face his little brother, having chills just from imagining his hateful glare. He was received by a palm in the back from his master, the ninja Hayate had faced against during that mission in Suna, although the lizard expert still hadn't noticed his presence. Temari hugged him as she had been horrified at the thought of losing him, although she quickly stopped hugging him and just gave him a slight hit in the head. Kankuro laughed nervously, trying to relieve his fear for Gaara's reaction. The puppeteer was relieved to see that the redhead ignored his presence. Alive another day, huh? Not bad. Kankuro thought to himself.
The screen started to show several random letter, progressively forming an understandable word and stopping at another pair of names. "Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno." Hayate announced.
Sakura's eyes widened in astonishment while Ino, although surprised, was kind of excited to see how much her friend had improved. Naruto noticed the pink-haired girl's nervousness, to which he responded by placing one of his hands on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Sakura! I know you can do it!" Her green eyes were filled with determination by Naruto's thumbs up and typical wide smile. She nodded in response before walking towards the stairs.
"This win is yours!" Gohan cheered as Ino nodded back at him in reassurance. "We trust in you!" Shikamaru and Chouji nodded in confirmation, giving Ino even more motivation to wipe the floor with her once best friend.
She walked towards the stairs, finding the pink-haired girl in the way. The blonde-haired girl had noticed that her friend now had shorter hair, which made her curious, remembering how she decided to leave it long due to the rumors of Sasuke preferring girls with long hair. She gave her a quick glance before raising her voice.
"Why did you cut your hair?" She caught the pink-haired girl by surprise. "I thought Sasuke liked girls with long hair."
"That was just a rumor, I can't live based in rumors." Sakura replied, giving the blonde girl a smile.
Ino was surprised to witness the change her friend had also experienced psychologically. "Well, I guess that makes sense..." She said, turning her gaze to the referee, who was getting closer as they spoke. "I think I like my long hair, though."
"Yeah, it seems so." Sakura said as stopped for a moment. "Let's have a great battle, okay?" She extended her hand to her friend.
"Right." As Ino shook the pink-haired girl's hand, she noticed that it was sweaty, she glanced at the girl's face, her right eyebrow raised, finding a seemingly calm and honest smile. She imagined that her rival was just nervous, ignoring it and smiling back.
Gohan's and Naruto's cheers filled the arena as a silent Rock Lee hoped for Sakura to come out as the winner. Chouji joined the cheers as he finished his bag of chips, causing Shikamaru to stand next to his teammates, although not cheering Ino up. Asuma smiled at this, laying in the wall as he smoked a cigarette. Kakashi just admired how Naruto still cheered his friend despite everyone else rooting for or just saying Ino would win, showing his confidence and trust in the pink-haired kunoichi. He smiled under his mask as he turned to Lee, who seemed quite concerned despite being silent.
The two kunoichi adopted their respective, being Sakura's a defensive one and Ino's one Sakura knew quite well. "Go!" Hayate yelled, marking the start of the match.
The blonde girl started to quickly makes gestures with her hands, alerting Sakura of what was coming. She then placed her hands together in front of her, creating a circle-like space between her hands and pointing it to her opponent. The pink-haired kunoichi had already ran away, which forced Ino to move her hands to try and effectuate her jutsu, failing to as Sakura started to approach her with a kunai in her hand. The blonde kunoichi waited for the pink-haired one, a kunai of herself in her hand, which she used to block the attack of her opponent.
Sparks started to ignite from the kunai's as each clash was stronger than the last one. Ino jumped back and threw her kunai towards the pink-haired kunoichi, it getting deflected, winning time to perform her jutsu once again. This time, Ino was successful in her plan, getting into Sakura's mind and gaining control over her body, although her own body fell down to the floor in consequence of her jutsu. As soon as she gained control over the pink-haired kunoichi's body, the screaming voice of inner-Sakura was heard, disabling Ino's capacity of concentrating, which caused her to quickly lose control and be expelled from the pink-haired's mind.
"Nice try, Ino." Sakura said as she regained composure, her rival struggling to stand up as she was dizzy after the screams of inner-Sakura.
Ino clenched her teeth in frustration as her plan had failed at the first try, she never really expected her rival to have such a strong mind. Although the pink-haired kunoichi was quick to make a mistake, it being to let Ino regain composure. The blonde girl threw a handful of shuriken at Sakura, which the girl tried to dodge, failing to and deflecting one that aimed at her arm by the last second. As soon as Sakura put attention to her surroundings, Ino was already next to her, aiming a punch at her ribs and successfully nailing it. Sakura noticed that the punch wasn't as strong as it should've been, yet still kneeling down while covering her ribs because of the pain, being right there and then when she noticed Ino's strong respiration.
Gohan was the first one to notice the consequences of Ino's exhaustion from there training before the exams, as he felt the sudden fall of her Ki. "She's tired." Gohan said, getting shocked expressions from Shikamaru and Chouji as they were both surprised about Gohan's ability to notice that at such a long distance and about Ino being tired.
"Come on, Ino!" Shikamaru yelled as Sakura stood up once again. "End this now!" Asuma would normally smile at the Nara's unusual care, but he was also concerned for Ino's battle.
Naruto obviously noticed this, analyzing the blonde kunoichi as a result, noticing that she seemed to be quite tired due to her sweat and strong breathing. "She's tired." Lee pointed out as he looked at Naruto, receiving a nod from the blonde Genin.
"SAKURA! THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO WIN! COME ON!" Both Lee and Naruto yelled, motivating their friend to win the battle. Kakashi and Guy looked at each other with curious expressions.
"I see you're tired, I guess I do have a chance now." Sakura said, grabbing a kunai and dashing towards Ino before she could answer to her comment. The blade of the kunai brushed the blonde girl's arm, managing to make a little cut in it.
Ino had jumped to one side, dodging the pink-haired kunoichi's quick attack, with their last energy reserves. The blonde kunoichi threw a kunai at Sakura before she landed, causing her to fall in order to avoid it. Ino rushed to her rival, who was laying face down, sitting on her back and grabbing her wrists, disabling any attack possibilities. Sakura tried to resist her rival's grip, but she was finally defeated by a hit with the heel in the ribs from Ino.
"Release her to see if she can do something." Hayate said, to which Ino obeyed. Sakura did not move as the pain in her ribs was just too much to deal with. "Then I guess you're the winner." Hayate told the blonde girl, standing up straight and getting ready to announce the winner. Naruto and Lee watched with a disappointed expression as the pink-haired kunoichi wasn't able to stand up, which actually caused the cheers from team 10 and even Asuma, who had spent the entire match hiding his nerves behind his cigarette. "The winner is Ino Yamanaka!"
Ino fell down to the floor out of exhaustion, with a relieved smile in her face as Kakashi and Asuma appeared from a cloud of smoke to take their respective students. Team 10 continued to cheer.
"Want me to take you to the nursery?" Asuma asked as he kept smoking. Receiving a negative response from his student. "Alright then, but try to at least sit down while watching the rest of the matches.
On the other side, Kakashi had taken Sakura to the nursery without even asking, as he knew that she had to at least have some broken ribs after receiving those two hits in there.
"I want to see Naruto's fight." Her green eyes were filled with determination as she said this. That determination, that reminded to Rin's gaze, made him unable to deny her the right to watch her friend fight. He finally nodded in response before disappearing and appearing next to Naruto, who got scared.
"Thanks for supporting me." Sakura said as she sat down next to Naruto, who gave her a thumbs up and a wide smile. Lee cringed as he was ignored by the green-eyed girl, widening his eyes as she finally acknowledge him. "You too." He was satisfied even though she had been warmer with Naruto.
The screen had already showed the names of the next two contenders. "Tenten and Temari of the Sand." Hayate announced.
Both of the kunoichi, each one in opposite sides of the arena, started walking to the arena. They were really similar to one another, them being sure of themselves and actually quite talented for fighting, each having their own specialties, of course. Rock Lee cheered Tenten while Kankuro did the same for his sister, having Neji and Gaara apart, as they remained silent and uninterested about the match. Guy was also joining the cheers for Tenten, as he knew that if he wanted to keep his students motivated, he needed to cheer them up in important moments for them like this precise one.
The two kunoichi faced each other, Temari with a self-confident expression and Tenten a simply serious one, which showed who cared more about the match. As Hayate announced the beginning of the fight, Temari just got her giant fan to her side, which Tenten didn't take long to recognize as she was a weapon expert. Tenten didn't take long to try her first movement. She jumped up high as she summoned several weapons of all sorts, throwing them directly at the dark-blonde kunoichi.
A grin appeared in the Sand kunoichi's face as she opened one third of her giant folding fan and deflected all the weapons towards the place she had thought her opponent had landed, finding no one but explosive tags in the floor, which caused a chain of explosions as the weapons hit them after falling down. Temari had no problem avoiding the explosions, but the dark and thick smoke still supposed a problem for her, using her fan to get rid of said smoke. Suddenly, Tenten jumped out of the smoke, a chained scythe on her hand, and attacked Temari.
The Sand kunoichi was barely able to dodge her opponent's surprise attack, obviously not being able to use her fan quickly enough to push the brown-haired back. Tenten's scythe was still able to reach and cut some of Temari's hair, snapping her out of her over confidence. As her teeth clenched, her fan opened completely, showing her wish to finish the fight quickly. With force unusual for someone of her age, she raised her giant fan and agitated it several times, creating a wind blast aimed to catch the kunoichi from the Leaf.
"You're mine!" Temari yelled with an angry tone as the burst of wind caught Tenten in midair. Her grin suddenly distorted into a shocked face as several explosive tags exploded at both sides of her.
Unfortunately for Tenten, the explosions failed to fully reach the Sand kunoichi, although they still caused some minor burns in her legs and arms. Meanwhile, the gust was still causing several cuts to Tenten, who, after some minuted caught up inside the gust, finally fall down. Rock Lee's cheers had been silenced after her teammate had been caught up in the gust, but he was now totally worried for his friend. As Hayate announced Temari's victory, the Sand kunoichi laughed at how easy, according to her, it had been to defeat her.
"If you are this village's future, then it is doomed." a burst of laughter followed this phrase, although it stopped as soon as Lee entered with great speed at the arena, grabbing his teammate.
"That's how you treat a opponent that fought honorarily against you?" Lee asked with a annoyed tone in his voice. "Even after such a worthy fight..."
"Ha!" Temari gave the Genin a grin. "You call that worthy?" she pointed at the now unconscious and bloody body of the brown-haired kunoichi. "She was just unable to win from the very beginning, even if she did catch me by surprise once or twice."
Lee did not responded to the kunoichi of the Sand, and took his teammate to his master, who took her to the nursery. As this happened, the screen showed the names of the next to contenders.
"Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga." Hayate announced, causing Hinata to widen her eyes in horror.
Everyone that knew both Hyugas were perfectly conscious of what the outcome of the fight would be. Hinata started to tremble out of fear, even shaking her head trying to deny the truth. Kiba gave palmed her in the back and gave her a smile.
"Don't worry, I know you can win." Kiba said with a calm voice, failing to calm the little girl down.
"You have to go now, they're waiting for you." Kurenai said with a cold voice. "You'll find a way to deal with him, but for now, go down there."
The shy girl obeyed with no hesitation, now finding herself facing Neji, who stared at her with angry eyes. Her horrified face gave Neji even more confidence than he already had. Naruto decided to cheer for the shy girl, remembering a little experience they shared when they were little kids. Gohan, who had felt the energies of both shinobi, just hoped for the girl to go out of it safe and sound.
"Go!" Hayate announced.
"Let's go, Hinata!" Naruto yelled from the platform, acting as an impulse for Hinata, who suddenly gained the motivation to fight her cousin.
Both Hyuga were quick to activate their Byakugans, getting their palms ready for the battle. Neji obviously took the initiative and started a bombing of attacks, causing Hinata to be committed to defense from the very first second. For as much as the shy girl wanted to be able to give a decent challenge to her cousin and impress Naruto, she was just unable too, the overwhelming strength, speed and technique of the genius was just too much for her. Her lack of resistance finally paid off as one of Neji's hits finally reached the point it was aimed to, it being unfortunately Hinata's right shoulder.
"Now." Neji said to himself, aiming another hit at the opposite shoulder, achieving his objective.
Now without any usable arms, being both of hers numb by Neji's hits, every hit the genius aimed at her would hit her without any problem. Naruto's cheers stopped, which made the Hyuga girl lose part of her motivation. She was hopeless now, vulnerable to the incredible power of her cousin. Gohan could just look away as one of Neji's palm hit they Hyuga right in the chest, no fear of killing her in his intentions. Hinata fell down, unconscious, as Kiba's yells filled a mostly silent arena.
"The winner is Neji Hyuga." Hayate announced, glancing at Neji in a try of searching any trait of regret.
Guy shook his head in disappointed as Neji went back to his teammates, he always expected the best from his students. Kiba had ran to take Hinata to the nursery, but Kurenai interrupted him and took her herself.
So that was the chapter! I hope you liked it!
See you soon with the next chapter.