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Gaara smiled. "I did not expect you to get past my defence so easily. I'll have to be careful, since that pattern of attack will always work on my defence. But you can't keep doing that for long, it sucks up too much Chakra."
Neji moved in, this time using different hand seals. "Hyouketsu no Jutsu!!" Now an Ice Beam was directed straight at Gaara. Instead of standing still, Gaara stepped to the side. That's when Gaara threw Kunais at him from all kinds of angles, except from the back. Gaara chose to resort to his Shield of Sand. Neji quickly came behind him and grabbed Gaara's Gourd. As Neji jumped away with Gaara's Gourd, he felt that the Gourd was slowly slipping through his fingers, as it changed to sand and fell to the ground.
Neji landed on the ground after the Gourd was completely out of his hands. He watched as the sand moved back to Gaara and reformed to the Gourd.
"That was. pointless.." Gaara stated. "Now.. it's my turn to attack.."
Neji braced himself, and steadied all his defences.
"Sanjuu Sabaku Kyuu!!"
There Where When is Now
Chapter 20
Neji watched as Gaara formed three huge arms of sand. Gaara smiled and made the three arms attack at different angles on different times. Neji easily dodged the three arms, though, as he had his Byakugan. He attached Chakra to his feet and started running very quickly. Gaara narrowed his eyes at Neji's speed.
'Too fast..' Gaara performed a one-handed seal. "Daisan no Me.." Gaara formed a Third Eye with his sand and made it watch his back.
Neji kept running to avoid getting grabbed by one of Gaara's sand hands. He performed a few hand seals. "Hyouketsu no Jutsu!" The Ice Beam struck a non-attacking sand arm and froze it completely. Neji ran for it and broke it in pieces. After that, he immediately had to jump away to dodge the two other Desert Coffins.
Gaara smiled as he watched Neji run. 'I should move more. but against an opponent like Neji that is just too risky. I'll have to resort to distance attacks.' Gaara thought as he performed more hand seals. "Suna Kyuutai." Gaara immediately did a second technique after that. "Suna Otori.."
Neji watched as Gaara made his sand surround him completely and turned into a huge sphere of Sand, he also noticed that the sand hardened a great deal. With his Byakugan he could watch past the Sphere of Sand and he could see what Gaara was doing. 'So, he's going to try and delude me.' Neji thought as he was still dodging the two remaining Desert Coffins.
Gaara's Third Eye was still present so Gaara could see where Neji was present. But, another Third Eye came into view, or was it Fourth Eye, then? This way, Gaara could see the entire arena, every angle.
Neji used his Chakra paralysis to disable Gaara's Desert Coffins and braced himself for another attack. 'Gaara's such a bothersome opponent.' Neji watched as, from out the ground, Gaara came to the left, Neji already saw this and appeared behind him, sticking a kunai in his back. The Gaara turned to sand, however. Neji frowned. 'He used Sand Distraction from within the Sphere of Sand. It seems he used another Sand Distraction immediately after he appeared here.'
Neji noticed with his Byakugan that Gaara would appear to his left. As Gaara came out of the ground, he immediately attacked with another Desert Coffin. "Sabaku Kyuu!!"
Neji stepped to the side to avoid from getting crushed by the gigantic hand. His eyes widened as the hand stopped in his movement and three Sand Clones were jumping out of the hand. They didn't give Neji a chance to jump away and engaged in combat. Neji gritted his teeth and used Heavenly Spin to blow the three sand clones away. "Kaiten!!"
During the spinning, Neji already saw with his Byakugan that Gaara's Desert Coffin was surrounding him already. So after the Heavenly Spin stopped, Neji immediately performed Chakra Paralysis to disable the second attack. "Chakra Chuubu!"
Neji was getting tired from activating his defences over and over again. Gaara wasn't any different, as he was wasting too much Chakra on getting past Neji's defence and actually hitting him.
'What a battle. When two people fight each other and both of them have an absolute defence, one can expect to see them try each other out. But they can't seem to get past each other's defences. Battles like these could take long. But the attacks they're both using drain a lot of Chakra.. I'm guessing they're both low on Chakra now.' Kakashi observed as he watched the battle with his Sharingan. 'It's too bad I can't copy those skills of them. Hyuga's skills are all possible because of his Bloodline. and there's something about Gaara's techniques as well.'
'Damn. Now there's no way I can get past that defence.' Neji thought as piles of sand surrounded Gaara's Sphere of Sand. Inside the Sphere, Gaara had also activated the Barrier and the Armor of Sand. The Shield would always be there, because it's automatic. "Ok, time to go all out." Neji let out.
Inside the Sphere, Gaara could hear the word and nodded. 'Indeed.'
Neji took a deep breath before throwing Kunai after Kunai at every pile of sand. After they were done exploding, Neji moved in and performed a difficult hand seals. 'This will drain a lot of Chakra.' Before actually letting out the first attack, Neji performed a second attack, with hand seals just as difficult.
"Buriza-Rakurai!!"
With that said, Neji released huge Ice spikes towards Gaara's Sphere, but they were all also surrounded by electricity from the Rakurai attack. As the attack was flying towards the Sphere, Neji ran quickly afterwards.
Gaara's Third and Fourth Eye watched as they saw Gaara's Sphere of Sand getting obliterated by the powerful attack. They also watched Neji soar right through the crumbling sand. Neji quickly took one hit at the Shield of Sand, appeared on the other side and performed the Chakra paralysis. And then.
"You are within my field of Hakke"
Neji's eyes widened as he saw the Gaara before him crumble to sand. 'Shit. During my attack, he used Suna Otori, I should've known.' And then, Neji was hit by one of Gaara's Desert Coffins and was rammed straight into a wall.
Neji picked himself off the ground and faced Gaara. "Devious." Neji panted slightly. "However."
Gaara's eyes widened as he saw Neji disappear and heard the words again from behind him. "You're still within the field of my Hakke."
Gaara didn't turn, but kept completely still. "Perhaps I am.. But you forget that my Barrier, my Shield and my Armor are all activated again. You've waited too long."
Neji gritted his teeth. 'Shit. he's right. My 64 Opening Points Attack is fast enough o get past the Shield of Sand, but it won't be able to penetrate the Barrier. I may have lost the battle now. But now I know of a way to beat Gaara. but I don't have enough Chakra left to perform the combo. This time. I lose..'
And Gaara washed Neji away with another Desert Coffin.
Aoba walked up to the unconscious form of Neji and nodded. "The Match is over! The winner is Gaara!!"
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"Ahh. this is so good. Don't you agree, Hyuga-san?"
Hiashi was proud, but couldn't help but nod as he smelled the ramen that lay before him. "Indeed."
Jiraiya began ramming his own mouth full with ramen. Hiashi watched Jiraiya and shook his head. 'How impolite.' And Hiashi neatly began eating his ramen.
Little did the two of them know, that Orochimaru and his henchmen were soaring past the village they were in and were heading straight for Konoha Village.
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Gaara was resting in the waiting room and the medic Nins were doing everything they could to recover Gaara and Naruto completely from the battles. They had to be perfectly fine for the finals. Everyone, the Jounins, the ANBU and of course the crows was psyched and couldn't wait for the battle to begin.
'Yes.. Now we will see how far Naruto has come.'
'Gaara's defences are very hard to beat, but some tactics are needed to get past it. Speed and power need to be at a high level. Naruto. how strong are you when you go all out?' Kakashi thought as he watched how the medic nins surrounded both Gaara and Naruto.
'The Chuunin Finals. and Naruto is in it.. That's just, unbelievable! I.. I'll cheer you on, Naruto. Naruto-san..' Sakura thought, respecting Naruto a lot more now.
The medic Nins were also taking care of Neji, so he would be able to watch the Finals as well.
Aoba in the meantime, walked to the Hokage. "Hokage-sama. should I give new rules for the finals?"
Tsunade looked at Aoba for a little while, before gazing back at Naruto. "No. just interfere as soon as there's a chance the two of them could die. I have a feeling this will be a very dangerous battle. Even you, might have trouble interfering."
Aoba nodded. "Understood, Hokage-sama."
A medic Nin suddenly appeared next to Aoba. "They're ready.."
Aoba nodded and jumped back to the center of the arena.
"All right!!" The crowd was a little noisy because of the excitement but had quieted down immediately as they saw the examiner appear again. "It's time for the finals!!" Aoba glanced at Naruto and Gaara in the Waiting Room. "Gaara! Naruto! Come down here!!" He yelled with a smirk. 'Damn. now even I might be in trouble.. once these two start facing off..'
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"I think this is the last one. Let me check. Byakugan!!"
Itachi frowned. 'The Byakugan and the Senshin-Byakugan need different seals to be activated? I guess it is kinda similar to my Sharingan and Mange-Sharingan.'
Dareda nodded. "Yes, this is the last house."
Itachi nodded as well. "Well, let's destroy this one with a big. bang.. then."
Dareda gave Itachi a puzzled look. "But, why did we have to be silent then?"
"If we weren't, we probably didn't get the chance to kill the Hyuga's here.. If we made too much noise, all of Konoha would have heard and then there would be Jounins all over the place. There's time to do that now. And when they arrive, we can go back and fetch. what we need."
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"The Chuunin Finals!! Uzumaki Naruto versus Gaara!! Begin Match!!"
Gaara, of course, began by putting up the defences. 'Suna no Yoroi, Suna no Sekisho..' Naruto narrowed his eyes as he saw small piles of sand appear all around Gaara as well. He saw what those things meant during the Neji-Gaara fight. 'Damn. I don't want to get hit by those damn things.'
Naruto suddenly gripped his right wrist with his left hand and made Chakra appear at the palm of his hand. From the looks of it, the Chakra was spinning.
'Ah.. the Rasengan.. He can do it without a clone now. that's pretty impressive..' Tsunade thought. 'I wonder if that attack will get past Gaara's defences..'
'The Rasengan, huh? This is a skill only Naruto will be able to do in our team.' Kakashi glanced over at Sasuke and saw that he had his Sharingan activated. 'Even with the Sharingan you can't learn the Rasengan. He must feel jealous. Oh well, Sasuke has the Chidori..'
"Rasengan!!" And Naruto released an enormous spiral of Chakra towards Gaara. Gaara's eyes widened. The Chakra whirls all around Gaara and rips the Shield of Sand, and all the little piles of Suna Bakuhatsu apart. And after that, it easily eradicated Gaara's Barrier of Sand as well. 'Shit.!? He's been training even harder than me..' Gaara quickly made a few Hand Seals. 'Suna Otori!!'
Naruto saw Gaara come out of the ground to the right of him. 'Damnit!! I wanted to hit him with this!! He used that cheap move of his to move his body underground..' Naruto watched as the Rasengan hit the walls of the arena and ripped through it. A sweat drop appeared on Naruto's forehead as he scratched the back of his head. 'Oops.'
'Impressive. that attack is truly dangerous; he just performed it like it was nothing.' Aoba thought. 'If these two go fully out, I doubt that I can keep them apart..'
Gaara narrowed his eyes. "You're good." Gaara started doubting himself a little bit. 'If he has trained himself even harder than me. than his other skills must be better as well. I guess it's time for me to use my new skills.'
Before Gaara could perform some hand seals, he heard Naruto utter a technique. "Kyoubou Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
"Sabaku Kyuu!!" Gaara immediately sent a hand towards Naruto's clone. And then, a déjà vu occurred.
The Kyuubi Clone Naruto had created slapped Gaara's Desert Coffin to bits and pieces of sand.. Just like Gai had done in the previous Chuunin Exam. Gaara narrowed his eyes. 'That clone. will be hard to beat..' Gaara gritted his teeth and made his Chakra surround him. The sand started whirling around him as it made roaring sounds.
Naruto's Kyuubi Clone did the same, only red Chakra was surrounding him.
"Suna Sukasshu!!" As soon as Gaara let out those words, the sand rushed forward and surrounded Naruto's clone. Meanwhile, Naruto didn't stand still and jumped over the sand and headed for Gaara, whose sand was now focused on Naruto's Clone. Naruto took the moment of surprise and appeared behind Gaara, kicking Gaara's Gourd of Gaara's back.
Meanwhile, Gaara's Suna Sukasshu was still busy against Naruto's clone. The sand completely enveloped the clone, and the clone had nowhere to run. The sand hardened, just like when it does when Gaara uses the Sphere of Sand. Inside the Sphere, where Naruto's clone was, the sand was choking it.
In TaiJutsu, both Naruto and Gaara weren't very good, but better than average. Naruto had the advantage, as he was faster than Gaara. Naruto started with a punch towards Gaara's face, as Naruto always started. Gaara duck and rammed his knee in Naruto's stomach, blowing Naruto away. Gaara's Gourd had turned to sand and was slowly returning to Gaara. Naruto had to be quick.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
Naruto created five clones. One Clone suddenly turned towards the sand that was returning to Gaara and made a few seals. "Gufuu no Jutsu!!" The clone had formed a small tornado and he blew the sand back with the little tornado.
Meanwhile the other four clones and the real Naruto had surrounded Gaara. "Naruto Rendan!!"
Gaara used the little sand that was around him to quickly use the Armor of Sand. 'Suna no Yoroi.'
Naruto began the combo of Naruto Rendan by kicking Gaara into the air, the other Narutos kicked Gaara further into the air. After that, one Naruto punched Gaara down again and the real Naruto ended with a harsh kick to the face, which caused Gaara to flail towards another direction. This was a little different than Naruto's previous Naruto Rendan. But the effectiveness remained the same.
Naruto's Kyuubi Clone was slowly losing inside the Sphere of Sand as the sand was choking him to death.
Gaara landed on the ground and immediately jumped towards the clone that was continuously blowing his Gourd to pieces. He got rid of it by a simple wave of sand and got his gourd back.
All of Naruto's Shadow Clones disappeared and Naruto stared at Gaara, who was unharmed. "So, you used that Armor of yours... you sneaky bastard.."
Gaara smiled. "It will take more than just that." Suddenly, Gaara's sand, that was choking Naruto's clone, dissolved and returned back to Gaara.
"Damnit, even my clone was beaten, you're good, Gaara!" Naruto smirked. "Now, then. let's go!!"
Gaara nodded. "Taiyuu Suna Bunshin!!" Five Sand Clones appeared before Gaara and were itching to fight Naruto.
Naruto created another "Kyoubou Bunshin!" to deal with the Sand Clones, so he himself could focus on Gaara. Suddenly, a thought came to him and he performed the Summoning hand seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: GamaSuma!"
And before Naruto stood the Warrior Toad, who was, probably, slightly taller than Kakashi.. Gaara immediately surrounded the summoned creature with sand. 'Damn, I use up a lot of my Chakra just to prevent him from attacking.' Gaara thought. Suddenly Naruto crouched and performed the elementary seals. "Katon, Aisu, Raidou, Mizu.. K-A-R-M no Jutsu!!"
As the wave of Chakra, which was embedded with all four elements was approaching Gaara, Gaara lost control of the sand and GamaSuma was freed. Gaara quickly jumped out of the way, before he got hit by Naruto's attack, which again made a hard impact on the walls of the arena.
Naruto's Kyuubi Clone meanwhile, was ripping Gaara's Sand Clones apart, only to see that the Sand Clones were returning to normal after every blow.
Naruto and GamaSuma stood next to each other as they stared at a calm Gaara. Suddenly, GamaSuma gave a slash of his sword and a fierce wind blast cut through Gaara's defence and sliced him at his knee. Sand crumbled and covered the cut again, revealing to them that the Armor of Sand was activated. 'The Shield of Sand and the Barrier of Sand weakened GamaSuma's Slash enough so it wouldn't penetrate the Armor.' Naruto thought. 'Which means my Rasengan and my Karm are stronger. that's odd.' Naruto gazed at GamaSuma and smirked. 'Of course, GamaSuma is probably holding back about 80% of his power. That's what I expect, anyway.'
Gaara performed several hand seals. "Suna Shuurajou!!" Gaara's sand hardened and sand spikes were formed. Gaara released a huge wave of Sand towards GamaSuma and Naruto. GamaSuma simply held his sword before him, but Naruto jumped away. GamaBunta easily cut through the sand with his sword and was slowly approaching Gaara through all the sand. Some of the hardened sand and sand spikes were heading for Gaara's Sand Clones and Naruto's Kyuubi Clone. But they also saw and jumped out of the way.
GamaSuma was advancing in a thin line through the sand of Gaara using his sword, but the rest of the sand was slowly filling up the fighting area. Naruto, Naruto's Kyuubi Clone and Gaara's Sand Clone soon wouldn't have any place to fight.
Aoba, too, was worried. He attached Chakra to his feet and quickly leaped up against the walls. 'What a battle.. The entire arena is almost filled with dangerous, hardened and not to mention, sharp sand.'
Naruto made the Kyuubi Clone disappear and smirked evilly. 'Now, time to use my own technique as well.. I have to make sure the crowd doesn't hear me when I say this, or anyone else for that matter.'
"Kyoubou Kyuubi!!" Naruto whispered. And waves of red Chakra surrounded Naruto. Naruto's eyes had changed from innocent baby-blue to ruthless blood-red. With one wave of his arm, Naruto blew away an entire wave of sand that was approaching him. He slowly turned towards the five Sand Clones. Naruto had increased his speed and power a great deal, using Kyuubi Chakra. Within a matter of moments, Naruto had ripped them apart. With that said and done, Naruto turned towards Gaara and saw that GamaSuma was getting closer and closer.
'Heh, to think that Gaara would give my summon such a hard time. But if Gaara released Shukaku right here and now, I would've summoned GamaBunta.. and then I would've probably used my Kyoubou Kyuubi to the fullest. This way, we're both not going fully out. It's quite impossible, since if I do, I'd kill him since he can't go full out, because there won't be a full moon tonight and.. He has a seal like I do and he still needs to get used to that....'
Naruto suddenly appeared behind Gaara. "Gaara. It's over.."
Gaara watched as GamaSuma suddenly stood before him and had disabled his Sand Carnage attack. Now GamaSuma and Naruto were at both sides ready to attack. 'Naruto. you've proven your existence..'
GamaSuma sliced Gaara's Shield of Sand apart, while Naruto, with Kyuubi Chakra easily got past the Barrier, started pummelling Gaara. And considering Naruto had his Kyoubou Kyuubi activated, the punches and kicks would hurt a great deal..
It didn't take long before Gaara was out for the count.
Aoba nodded and was happy he didn't have to interfere. "The Finals are over!!! Winner: Uzumaki Naruto!!"
Sasuke simply couldn't believe his eyes. He witnessed how Naruto had used great technique after great technique, and all were so effective against Gaara. Neji had beaten him, Gaara had beaten Neji and Naruto had beaten Gaara. Simply unbelievable. 'Naruto. where did you get all that strength? I couldn't copy any of your Jutsu's, except for your Karm no Jutsu.'
Sakura's mouth was wide open. She saw the battle unfold before her eyes, but couldn't believe how well Naruto had fought. 'Since when.? Naruto, you're amazing. How..?' Sakura was simply speechless as she watched how Naruto wasn't that tired at all, after having fought someone that's so dangerous.
Hinata, on the other hand, was looking a bit concerned. 'There was red chakra again. Is that.. is this Naruto-kun's Bloodline Limit? Naruto-kun.. I'm happy that you won.. But the expression you were wearing when you brought forth the red Chakra. you were sad. so sad..'
"Aahh? What the hell? How come Naruto is so strong?! Sakura! Hey! Wake up, Wide Fore-Head girl!!" Ino stared at the silent Sakura, and then turned back to Naruto, who was jumping around in the arena, enjoying the cheers that were given to him. 'Naruto. you grew from dead-last to the best.'
Neji smiled as he was still recovering. 'So, Naruto won. It seems Jiraiya isn't here. Which means we'll have to go back to our own teams again. I just hope I don't have to do boring missions anymore.'
'Well, Naruto won. I guess he needed to bring out a bit of Kyuubi Chakra. but judging from the fight, he didn't really needed to.. He could've won without it. I guess he was eager to use it.. I bet it's thrilling to find that your body just became a lot of times stronger.' Kakashi thought and then turned towards the Hokage. 'I wonder who will become Chuunin, though.'
The Jounin Instructors and the Genin that have participated in the Chuunin Exam were all lined up in the center of the Arena a half an hour later.
Tsunade stood right before them and grinned evilly. "I'm sorry to disappoint, but not all of you have become Chuunin. There isn't anyone here that is smart enough to be a leader, oh, only one, by the way." Tsunade suddenly turned towards Kankurou. "Kankurou, Sand Genin, you are hereby appointed as a Chuunin."
Kankurou's eyes widened. 'What the hell?! I.. I'm smart enough!? I. I made it. I actually made it! Hehe, I'm a freaking Sand CHUUNIN!!' But on the outside, Kankurou only had his eyes widened.
Tsunade continued. "There are four of you that surpass the abilities of the average Chuunin easily. Usually we judge you on everything. But now we couldn't ignore the fact that your powers and abilities are almost Jounin-level. Uzumaki Naruto, Gaara, Hyuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke."Congratulations, you are Chuunins now."
The four mentioned before, had their eyes widened. 'Chuunin..'
"HOKAGE-SAMA!!"
Three Chuunins landed right beside Tsunade. Tsunade frowned at the panting Chuunins. "What's wrong?"
One of the Chuunins looked Tsunade straight in the face. "The Hyuga Village!! It's under attack!! They are all.. They're all."
Tsunade's eyes widened. "Kakashi, Asuma, Kurunai, Gai, Aoba and Genma!! Take the other Jounins and head over there now!!"
Tsunade turned towards the Genin and the new 5 Chuunins. "The rest will stay here." Tsunade than faced the ANBU and motioned to them that they should follow the other Jounins.
"An attack on the Hyuga's?"
Hinata's and Neji's eyes were widened and both were tempting to run for their little village.
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As the elite Jounins of Konoha appeared in the small village in Konoha, they saw one burned down house and a few corpses on the ground.
'This reminds me of the Uchiha massacre.' Kakashi thought. "Let's run down all the houses. The ANBU will search for the enemy outside."
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In the stadium. Itachi had performed the Jutsu 'Feathery Sleep', which took out most of the people present in the stadium. Dareda and Itachi had hastily moved towards the stadium after Konoha Chuunins came to investigate on the smoke coming from the village of the Hyuga. They let three Chuunins escape and dealt with the others. They followed them and saw how the Jounins and the ANBU jumped for the Hyuga Village. Just as planned.
Now, Itachi and Dareda jumped down in the arena and stood face to face with Tsunade, the 5 new Chuunins and the other Genins.
"You. you are the new Hokage in this Village?" Itachi asked as he stared at Tsunade. He didn't have his Sharingan activated.
Tsunade didn't have a chance to answer as Sasuke suddenly erupted in a fit of rage and attacked Itachi. Itachi grabbed Sasuke by the neck and threw him back, followed by a few kunai that struck Sasuke in a few vital areas. "Foolish brother."
Dareda meanwhile, activated his "Senshin-Byakugan!" and faced the Chuunins and Genins. Itachi would be dealing with Tsunade and Sasuke.
In the crowd, Sakura, Hinata and Shikamaru were the only ones still awake. It was a bad move of Tsunade to send all of the ANBU away from here. On top of that, she also sent the Jounins away.
Itachi activated his Sharingan and watched Tsunade. "Tsunade, right? You encountered two other members of the Akatsuki, right? Hatsu Heishou and Teri Kinuta. They work for Orochimaru, now, if you wanted to know."
Tsunade was silent. This was Uchiha Itachi, a very strong Shinobi. 'This is dangerous. There are two missing-nins of S-class here. And I've sent all the Jounins and ANBU away. I know how to fight Uchihas, but Itachi is advanced. And he has someone with him. What can I do?'
Naruto suddenly yelled. "Kyoubou Kyuubi!! Full Power!!" Naruto glared at Itachi. 'It's Itachi.'
Gaara was tired from the fight, but prepared himself as well, surrounding himself with his sand and Chakra.
Neji activated his Byakugan and was ready to take all of them down. 'Should I use Sanmai no Jutsu again?'
Sasuke also prepared for battle and faced Itachi. "Sharingan!!" And the Curse Seal activated as well. "Brother, I will kill you!!"
Sasuke rushed forward, only to find that Itachi had already grabbed him from behind and landed a knee harshly against his spine. As Sasuke screamed out in pain, Itachi elbowed him in the face. After that, he grabbed Sasuke by his left leg and threw him away.
Naruto followed in a higher speed. Itachi dodged the fists and kicks that Naruto was sending to him. Itachi quickly grabbed Naruto by the collar and touched a place on his neck pretty hard. Naruto lost consciousness.
Dareda showed his advanced Byakugan to Neji as they stood facing each other. Gaara was standing beside Neji and was also staring into the slightly frightening eyes. "Hyuga Neji." Dareda suddenly rushed towards Neji and purposely slid a fist forward, so Neji would dodge. Neji dodged, but couldn't dodge the punch that came from the same hand. Neji had also hit a critical area in Neji's neck, which would knock Neji out immediately.
Gaara looked a little puzzled as he saw that both Naruto and Neji were beaten so easily. "They won't get past my defence so easily." He accidentally stared straight into Itachi's eyes. Itachi smirked.
"Mange-Sharingan."
"For the next 72 hours you will re-live the worst day you had in your life.."
Being in a very unguarded state, Dareda knocked Gaara out.
Tsunade suddenly rushed forward as she saw Itachi pick up Naruto. Tsunade appeared behind Itachi and gave him full hit on the face. As soon as the hit came, though, Itachi changed into a brown blob of mud. 'Kawarimi?' Tsunade could barely jump away as she heard Itachi's next attack. "Suiton Suikoudan!!"
Tsunade watched as the water wasn't directed at her at all. She watched as the massive water attack hit the remaining Genins with all its might. 'Shit..!!' The Genins were all down.
Suddenly Dareda appeared behind Tsunade and announced: "You are within the field of my Hakke, Hokage."
Tsunade smirked. "I don't care, I'm capable of taking that attack." Tsunade was getting too tired of her own mistakes and was getting enraged.
She turned to reveal several seals on her face. Dareda's eyes widened. "What the hell?!" The punch that connected with Dareda's face was extremely hard, Dareda flew right through the walls of the arena. Tsunade immediately turned to Itachi. "You want some as well?"
Itachi calmly looked her over with the Sharingan. 'I've never seen this before... those seals... are formed with her own Chakra. Specialised Medic Nin, ey? She took out Dareda so easily. No, wait.'
He watched beyond Tsunade to see Dareda climb out of the hole in the wall. Itachi immediately motioned to him to grab what he needed. They needed to get out of here as soon as possible. Tsunade was stronger than he expected.
"You two.. you two attacked the Hyuga Village, didn't you?" Tsunade said as her eyes were dangerously narrowed. "You will both die here!!"
Itachi gritted his teeth as he could barely jump away from Tsunade's earth shattering kick. He landed beside Dareda. "Dareda, this Kunoichi is very bothersome. We have to hurry. Does your Senshin-Byakugan have a plan?"
Dareda nodded. "No. She's really good, Itachi." They watched as the seals on Tsunade's forehead disappeared. "You'd think that she'd be weaker without those strange markings on her forehead. But my eyes indicate that she's even stronger now."
Itachi nodded. "I see. It's been a while since I went all out.. Time for me to take on the Hokage."
Itachi rushed forward and his hands became blurs as he performed hand seals.
Tsunade's eyes widened. 'What the. he's fast at Jutsu's. even faster than Orochimaru.'
"Suiton-Raidou Tate!!"
Tsunade knew better than to attack Itachi physically now. This technique he just performed, it meant that he was surrounded by a shield which would attack anyone who comes closes with electricity which effectiveness was improved by water. 'Clever bastard, he knows I'm mostly a physical attacker. Maybe I should summon.'
Tsunade stepped to the side to let Itachi soar past. Her eyes widened as he disabled his defence and grabbed both Naruto and Gaara. After that, he immediately leaped out of the stadium. In the time that Itachi had performed the technique for his Shield of Water and Electricity, Dareda had picked up Neji and also ran away..
Tsunade's eyes narrowed in fury. And then she watched as Sasuke leaped after them. "No!! Sasuke!!! Don't go after them!!"
Tsunade bowed her head as Sakura, Shikamaru and Hinata landed beside her. 'Naruto. now the Akatsuki has you, after all.. I wish Jiraiya was here too.'
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TBC
A/N: Does it seem rushed at the end? Oh well, I hope not. In the next chapter, a lot will happen. and there might be time-jump. Or, a sequel to this story, since this one just has too many chapters..
Goodbye ^_^
