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Chapter 06 : Akito VS Ten-Ten
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When the two names first flashed up on the board, she had to admit, she was a little more than disappointed. Personally, she wasn¡¦t keen on fighting a ten-year-old boy whose behavior was close to Naruto¡¦s when he was younger. But when he managed to land on both feet after being thrown off the platform 10 feet above, she had to admit, she was a little impressed.
//It doesn¡¦t matter, though.// she thought confidently. //I¡¦ll still win.//
It wasn¡¦t enough to just simply hit her target anymore. Aim had never been a problem for her, the problem lied in the power, force of her weapons. Since then, she had learned that if she placed a small amount of chakra at the tip of her kunai, or shuriken, the force of it could rip small holes into trees.
//I don¡¦t care if he¡¦s Naruto-kun¡¦s teammate or not. He is not going to be able to defeat me.//
Meanwhile, the boy had finally strolled over from the spot where he landed, and was standing straight across from her. His gaze stared straight into hers. Suddenly, he was no longer a brainless idiot, but an opponent. A shinobi.
¡§Ready? Match, Start. ¡¨
Immediately, one of them revealed her weapon, while the other formed odd seals with his hand. Ten-Ten hurled her kunai at him, but in spite of all her practicing, she missed. Mainly because her opponent had simply vanished, and the piece of metal flew right through him.
//What?//
She circled around to see him sitting on the Hand Seal statue in cross-legged position.
¡§Is that all?¡¨
Immediately, she flung another shuriken at him, missing again, but coming very close.
//Kuso...// she swore. All that practice for nothing. He was dodging everything she was throwing at him with undeniable grace and agility. //I need to think of something else.// She stopped charging the Kunais with chakra, after all, it would be useless to miss again and waste precious energy.
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At the time Ten-Ten was formulating another plan, the other boy was sitting against the wall, watching her continuously throw useless miniature weapons at his Copy.
//It¡¦s like watching a good show.// he chuckled. Right after the match had started, he had created a Chi Bunshin, his specialty, and cast an Invisibility Jutsu on himself. Now he was watching her just as a spectator would. In the sidelines and away from the actual action.
//It¡¦s hopeless.// he thought. //Her aim is good, but the speed is horrible. Well... maybe not horrible. It¡¦s just not fast enough to catch up with Fake Me.//
//Can¡¦t she see, that no matter what, she can¡¦t hit me?// he mused. //I wonder what she¡¦ll do next.//
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It was impossible. The speed of him, the speed of it, it was incredible.
¡§This is unreal.¡¨ She murmured to herself, gritting her teeth. //He either has unbelievable Chakra stamina in creating clones, or this is his real thing. Maybe he was like Lee, and only practiced Taijutsu.// If that was the case, then it would be easy. Just wait for him to tire out. But what if it was an illusion?
//If it was an illusion, then what I have to do, is wait for him to run out of chakra, then the illusion will disappear, and he will reappear, and then I¡¦ll be able to attack.// But then came another problem. What if it wasn¡¦t an illusion? Then he could attack her when she least expects it, when her guard was down.
//What am I going to do?//
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Meanwhile, up above, Kakashi and Gai¡¦s teams were watching the match below apprehensively.
¡§Gai-sensei.¡¨ Lee said anxiously, ¡§Is that thing running around the area a Bunshin, or is it him?¡¨
¡§It¡¦s a Bunshin.¡¨ Gai said, almost equally concerned, ¡§But none I¡¦ve ever seen before. Neji, could you take a look?¡¨
Neji nodded, and activated his Byakugon. He took a sudden breath.
¡§What? What is it?¡¨ Sakura asked.
¡§That boy.¡¨ He said, ¡§It¡¦s a Bunshin, but I¡¦ve never seen anything like it.¡¨
¡§What do you mean?¡¨ Lee asked impatiently.
¡§Well, it¡¦s not really a clone at all. It seems like he¡¦s molded the air in his image.¡¨ Neji said. ¡§And the real thing... he¡¦s sitting in the corner watching it all happen.¡¨
¡§What?!¡¨ Lee exclaimed. At once, he turned his head and would have shouted Ten-Ten a warning, if Neji¡¦s hand hadn¡¦t clamped over his mouth that instant.
¡§Shut up!¡¨ he hissed. ¡§If you call out to her, she¡¦ll be disqualified.¡¨
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Akito watched, amusedly as his opponent darted her head from one side to another, trying to decide whether to attack or not. He glanced upward.
¡§Well now, looks like I¡¦ve been found out.¡¨ He murmured. ¡§Hyuga Neji of the Hyuga family of Konoha. Hmm.¡¨ He looked back at Ten-Ten, who looked ready to attack. ¡§Let¡¦s see what she does.¡¨
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¡§What did he do now?¡¨ Lee asked as he saw Neji¡¦s face twist into an angry expression.
¡§He waved to me.¡¨
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She lined up her two scrolls and summoned all her weapons, just like before. Then, using her Chakra strings, she forced them, one after another with speed enough to rival his, to fly at him.
One after another, never stopping, never pausing, Kunais, swords, shurikens, large shurikens, katanas, chains, scythes, all sorts of weapons bombarded and immobilized him. Then, one by one, she directed them so they would pierce his arms and legs, anything to stop him from being able to move at all.
And it worked. He was speared against a wall, and was stationary.
But then... he disappeared. Just like he had, ten minutes earlier.
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When all those weapons were summoned, Akito knew, with great dread, that he¡¦d have to actually get up and move. Fortunately, his clone was far away from him. Unfortunately, when the weapons were summoned, they were all over the place, and some of them fell in his path with so much force, he had to quickly focus Chakra in his feet and run sideways along the wall to a safer location.
¡§Well now.¡¨ He said softly with mock indignation. ¡§That wasn¡¦t very nice.¡¨
He turned and looked at his Air Clone, wincing a bit. ¡§That¡¦s GOTTA hurt.¡¨
He waved his hand, and the air clone dissipated into air. The look on her face was priceless. True, it was mean of him to lead her on like that throughout the whole thing, but it still was a bit funny to see her realize that she just wasted all her chakra on a clone.
He reappeared right in front of her. ¡§Gomen nasai... Ten-Ten-san.¡¨ He said. He then reached out and pressed his palm against her forehead. Her eyes glazed over, and she fell to the floor.
Gemma walked over. ¡§Ten-Ten is unable to battle. Shou-sha, [winner] Uzumaki Akito.¡¨
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AN: I said this once, I¡¦ll say it again. I¡¦m not good with battles. I¡¦m really horrible at them. But please, live with it!
This may seem like a story with no plot, but it¡¦ll get better. Promise!!!
Q/C/Anything relevant: icy_cloud359@kuririnmail.com
-Yume
Chapter 06 : Akito VS Ten-Ten
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When the two names first flashed up on the board, she had to admit, she was a little more than disappointed. Personally, she wasn¡¦t keen on fighting a ten-year-old boy whose behavior was close to Naruto¡¦s when he was younger. But when he managed to land on both feet after being thrown off the platform 10 feet above, she had to admit, she was a little impressed.
//It doesn¡¦t matter, though.// she thought confidently. //I¡¦ll still win.//
It wasn¡¦t enough to just simply hit her target anymore. Aim had never been a problem for her, the problem lied in the power, force of her weapons. Since then, she had learned that if she placed a small amount of chakra at the tip of her kunai, or shuriken, the force of it could rip small holes into trees.
//I don¡¦t care if he¡¦s Naruto-kun¡¦s teammate or not. He is not going to be able to defeat me.//
Meanwhile, the boy had finally strolled over from the spot where he landed, and was standing straight across from her. His gaze stared straight into hers. Suddenly, he was no longer a brainless idiot, but an opponent. A shinobi.
¡§Ready? Match, Start. ¡¨
Immediately, one of them revealed her weapon, while the other formed odd seals with his hand. Ten-Ten hurled her kunai at him, but in spite of all her practicing, she missed. Mainly because her opponent had simply vanished, and the piece of metal flew right through him.
//What?//
She circled around to see him sitting on the Hand Seal statue in cross-legged position.
¡§Is that all?¡¨
Immediately, she flung another shuriken at him, missing again, but coming very close.
//Kuso...// she swore. All that practice for nothing. He was dodging everything she was throwing at him with undeniable grace and agility. //I need to think of something else.// She stopped charging the Kunais with chakra, after all, it would be useless to miss again and waste precious energy.
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At the time Ten-Ten was formulating another plan, the other boy was sitting against the wall, watching her continuously throw useless miniature weapons at his Copy.
//It¡¦s like watching a good show.// he chuckled. Right after the match had started, he had created a Chi Bunshin, his specialty, and cast an Invisibility Jutsu on himself. Now he was watching her just as a spectator would. In the sidelines and away from the actual action.
//It¡¦s hopeless.// he thought. //Her aim is good, but the speed is horrible. Well... maybe not horrible. It¡¦s just not fast enough to catch up with Fake Me.//
//Can¡¦t she see, that no matter what, she can¡¦t hit me?// he mused. //I wonder what she¡¦ll do next.//
==============================
It was impossible. The speed of him, the speed of it, it was incredible.
¡§This is unreal.¡¨ She murmured to herself, gritting her teeth. //He either has unbelievable Chakra stamina in creating clones, or this is his real thing. Maybe he was like Lee, and only practiced Taijutsu.// If that was the case, then it would be easy. Just wait for him to tire out. But what if it was an illusion?
//If it was an illusion, then what I have to do, is wait for him to run out of chakra, then the illusion will disappear, and he will reappear, and then I¡¦ll be able to attack.// But then came another problem. What if it wasn¡¦t an illusion? Then he could attack her when she least expects it, when her guard was down.
//What am I going to do?//
==============================
Meanwhile, up above, Kakashi and Gai¡¦s teams were watching the match below apprehensively.
¡§Gai-sensei.¡¨ Lee said anxiously, ¡§Is that thing running around the area a Bunshin, or is it him?¡¨
¡§It¡¦s a Bunshin.¡¨ Gai said, almost equally concerned, ¡§But none I¡¦ve ever seen before. Neji, could you take a look?¡¨
Neji nodded, and activated his Byakugon. He took a sudden breath.
¡§What? What is it?¡¨ Sakura asked.
¡§That boy.¡¨ He said, ¡§It¡¦s a Bunshin, but I¡¦ve never seen anything like it.¡¨
¡§What do you mean?¡¨ Lee asked impatiently.
¡§Well, it¡¦s not really a clone at all. It seems like he¡¦s molded the air in his image.¡¨ Neji said. ¡§And the real thing... he¡¦s sitting in the corner watching it all happen.¡¨
¡§What?!¡¨ Lee exclaimed. At once, he turned his head and would have shouted Ten-Ten a warning, if Neji¡¦s hand hadn¡¦t clamped over his mouth that instant.
¡§Shut up!¡¨ he hissed. ¡§If you call out to her, she¡¦ll be disqualified.¡¨
==============================
Akito watched, amusedly as his opponent darted her head from one side to another, trying to decide whether to attack or not. He glanced upward.
¡§Well now, looks like I¡¦ve been found out.¡¨ He murmured. ¡§Hyuga Neji of the Hyuga family of Konoha. Hmm.¡¨ He looked back at Ten-Ten, who looked ready to attack. ¡§Let¡¦s see what she does.¡¨
==============================
¡§What did he do now?¡¨ Lee asked as he saw Neji¡¦s face twist into an angry expression.
¡§He waved to me.¡¨
==============================
She lined up her two scrolls and summoned all her weapons, just like before. Then, using her Chakra strings, she forced them, one after another with speed enough to rival his, to fly at him.
One after another, never stopping, never pausing, Kunais, swords, shurikens, large shurikens, katanas, chains, scythes, all sorts of weapons bombarded and immobilized him. Then, one by one, she directed them so they would pierce his arms and legs, anything to stop him from being able to move at all.
And it worked. He was speared against a wall, and was stationary.
But then... he disappeared. Just like he had, ten minutes earlier.
==============================
When all those weapons were summoned, Akito knew, with great dread, that he¡¦d have to actually get up and move. Fortunately, his clone was far away from him. Unfortunately, when the weapons were summoned, they were all over the place, and some of them fell in his path with so much force, he had to quickly focus Chakra in his feet and run sideways along the wall to a safer location.
¡§Well now.¡¨ He said softly with mock indignation. ¡§That wasn¡¦t very nice.¡¨
He turned and looked at his Air Clone, wincing a bit. ¡§That¡¦s GOTTA hurt.¡¨
He waved his hand, and the air clone dissipated into air. The look on her face was priceless. True, it was mean of him to lead her on like that throughout the whole thing, but it still was a bit funny to see her realize that she just wasted all her chakra on a clone.
He reappeared right in front of her. ¡§Gomen nasai... Ten-Ten-san.¡¨ He said. He then reached out and pressed his palm against her forehead. Her eyes glazed over, and she fell to the floor.
Gemma walked over. ¡§Ten-Ten is unable to battle. Shou-sha, [winner] Uzumaki Akito.¡¨
======================================================================
AN: I said this once, I¡¦ll say it again. I¡¦m not good with battles. I¡¦m really horrible at them. But please, live with it!
This may seem like a story with no plot, but it¡¦ll get better. Promise!!!
Q/C/Anything relevant: icy_cloud359@kuririnmail.com
-Yume