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Chapter 11 : A Terrifying Ability
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Everyone had a different reaction upon seeing those two names on the screen. Besides Kai¡¦s obvious annoyance about seeing her real name, the other two of the Uzumakis seemed overjoyed.
¡§Hey Kai!¡¨ Akito sing-songed as she made her way down, ¡§If you lose your match, you¡¦re treating us to dinner!¡¨
This comment earned him a death glare from her. ¡§If I win,¡¨ she said, ¡§You owe me 10,000 yen.¡¨
¡§Huh? What-NO! That¡¦s not what I-Aw...¡¨ he trailed off, continuing his conversation to himself, muttering an endless stream of curses, switching languages every now and then.
Kishumoru, her opponent also seemed to be applauding his luck. After all, how challenging could she POSSIBLY be?
//I will crush her.//
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¡§Start.¡¨
As soon as the words fell from Gemma, Kishumoru immediately charged at his younger contender. When he threw a powerful punch straight into her stomach, most people expected for her to do some flashy counterattack. Even if their expectations of her weren¡¦t all that high, they still expected her to at least dodge.
But she just stood there. Worse, she took the punch, fell back a good amount of meters, and the punch connected firmly enough to make the people who were watching want to cringe.
This... was it? This girl... this was all she could do? She couldn¡¦t even dodge a simple punch? She must have relied on her teammates throughout the whole first and second exams. For them, this was a big disappointment.
But it appeared that only the Jounins, Neji, and Hinata seemed to see something different. The image of the girl who was feebly getting up was shaky. The outline of her body wasn¡¦t solid, and the Hyuga¡¦s Byakugan confirmed that she wasn¡¦t real. So she was either a clone, or... something else. For some reason, it didn¡¦t look like a clone.
However, down below, Kishumoru had decided quickly, that this was the real thing. A clone would have dissolved by now, he reasoned, so now, he could use his full strength without worrying about his punching bag dissolving into air.
Quickly after his conclusion and decision, Kishumoru was true to his idea. Blow after blow, kick after kick, he landed them effortlessly on Kai. And he was beating her up quite badly as well. Time after time, she would get up and then get knocked down. Up, down, up, down, her movements resembling that of a beach balls. Yet because Kishumoru wasn¡¦t expecting for her to be so resilient, his punches were hard and took a lot of energy, so by now, he was beginning to feel a little drained.
//Who would¡¦ve thought a brat like this could have so much endurance?// he thought, after seeing the brat get up yet again. //It¡¦s already been 10 minutes. Why doesn¡¦t she just lay down and die? If it continues like this, it won¡¦t be good for me. Must end it... now.//
He stopped his Taijutsu, made a bunch of seals with his hands, and said out loud, ¡§NINPOU! AIR CUTTING BLADES!¡¨
Like the activation, his technique was exactly what it was. Air cutting blades. His arms glowed as he spread them apart like wings, then he brought them together at the front of his chest in a sweeping motion, folded his arms at the elbow, and let the two Chakra blades slice through the air. It knocked Kai back several feet, headfirst into a wall. When she fell, this time, she didn¡¦t move.
¡§Finally.¡¨ He muttered. ¡§Examiner, it¡¦s ov-¡¨ He cut off. What was happening to her? When he had looked toward the general direction of the wall Kai had just crashed into, he expected to see a crumpled heap of skin, bones, and blood. Either that, or of her fruitless effort of attempting to get up.
But what he least anticipated, was of the form of her slowly fading away into nothing. Little by little, she became even blurrier. Then, she disappeared completely.
¡§Hey, dude.¡¨ Said a voice behind him. ¡§What were you doing?¡¨
He whirled around. She was sitting lazily in an area of the gym that miraculously was everyone¡¦s blind spot.
¡§When did you stop fighting?¡¨ he asked, dreading the answer.
That comment seemed to enrage her slightly. ¡§When did I stop fighting?¡¨ she asked in a scary voice that seemed to barely conceal her wrath. ¡§I never started. If you had just taken enough time to look around you, you would have NOTICED that I was sitting here the WHOLE TIME you were wearing yourself out.¡¨
¡§Impossible.¡¨ He growled. ¡§No clone in the world is strong enough to withstand the beating I gave it.¡¨
¡§I never said it was a CLONE did I, now.¡¨ She said. ¡§I¡¦m not going to waste my time telling you my little technique. So too bad.¡¨
¡§You little witch.¡¨ He growled. //I think I¡¦ve stalled long enough// he thought, flexing his hands. //I got enough energy to punch her lights out. But I need her to be close enough and I don¡¦t have that much energy to begin with, so...//
In the meantime, Kai had stopped taunting Kishumoru, and had lapsed into deep silence. She was standing up, posture rigid, her eyes closed in concentration. Her hands had formed an odd seal. They were clasped together, index fingers joined, pointing up, and thumbs joined, pointing down.
//I have to knock her out before she¡¦s done with whatever Jutsu she¡¦s trying to do.// he thought. He summoned up the last of his strength, and rushed at her, planning to slip behind her and knock her out that way.
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Up in the stands, the two faces who had remained constant this entire time, were Naruto and Akito. The rest had contorted into agony, curiosity, surprise, and then suspense. What was that seal? What is she going to do? But they distinctly heard Naruto say to Akito, ¡§She¡¦s going to use THAT technique.¡¨ Now their interest laid in the question, what was THAT technique?
Kishumoru was advancing on her quickly, and suddenly, he appeared behind her, fist raised. Then, she suddenly turned around quickly, jumped back a bit, and opened her eyes, wide.
There was an immense explosion in the arena with the smoke and everything. But the sound of the explosion could not mask the sound of a loud, jarring shout of pain.
When the smoke cleared, the sight before their eyes made their stomach turn. Kishumoru, the Grass Nin, was lying face down on the floor, covered in his own blood. When they looked closer, they saw that the bleeding resulted from numerous little holes on his face, arms, and legs exploding.
The fear-inspiring thing was that the holes appeared to be his Tenketsus [chakra opening points]. For Neji and Hinata, they were both wondering if this girl could see Tenketsus. If she could, how did she hurt him so bad without even touching him?
The only person who could possibly know the answer and was willing to share it with them, was probably Uzumaki Naruto.
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¡§Examiner.¡¨ Kai said softly. ¡§I won¡¦t say it¡¦s over, but I¡¦ll say that if you don¡¦t carry him out quickly, he¡¦ll die.¡¨
¡§Winner, Kai.¡¨ Gemma said, motioning for the Medic Nins to come quickly.
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¡§Naruto?¡¨ Neji started, ¡§What...¡¨
¡§happened?¡¨
¡§Yea.¡¨
Naruto laughed nervously. ¡§Well... I could tell you. But then she¡¦d kill me if I gave out too many secrets. But I guess I could say that one of her abilities, is chakra manipulation.¡¨
¡§Chakra Manipulation?¡¨
¡§Yeah. She can focus on the other person¡¦s chakra, and turn it into her own. Once their chakra has been converted into hers, she can either decide to use it to heal, harm, or--¡¨
¡§Kill.¡¨ Finished Kai.
They whirled around to look at her. She didn¡¦t look mad. Just a bit annoyed.
¡§Naruto, didn¡¦t I tell you not to give away any more of my ¡¥secrets¡¦?¡¨ she asked.
Her stance, her posture, her voice, and facial expression all expressed some form of mild exasperation, but the shine in her eyes showed that she wasn¡¦t truly as mad as she was.
Naruto laughed with fake nervousness. ¡§I¡¦ll shut up.¡¨ Once she turned away, he mouthed to the others, ¡¥I¡¦ll tell you guys later.¡¦
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¡§Did you see it?¡¨ Kurenai asked.
Gai and Kakashi nodded. ¡§She is not normal.¡¨ Gai said. ¡§The ancestry of the Uzumaki Clan is amazing.¡¨
¡§Yes.¡¨ Kakashi said. ¡§And the greatest of them all, will one day be Naruto. But as of now, She is probably the only one who can compare to Uchiha Itachi.¡¨
What did the three Jounin instructors see? Kai had been wearing a black shirt with a long right sleeve, and a short left sleeve. Her left arm was wrapped in bandages, but only to her elbow. Right after the explosion, before everything was enveloped in smoke, her left sleeve had been lifted slightly, revealing a small, smoke shaped tattoo.
An Anbu tattoo.
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A/N: I DON¡¦T want to make Kai seem Mary Sue-ish, but based on this last chapter, a lot of people will think that she is. I¡¦m NOT trying to make her a Mary Sue. REALLY. She does have some flaws, which will be revealed later on.
About the ¡§She¡¦s probably the only one who can compare to Uchiha Itachi comment? That doesn¡¦t mean that she can fight him and win. That just means that she can COMPARE. Itachi became a Chuunin when he was ten. Remember? NO she cannot beat him. Yes, she can be beaten by someone else other than a sennin, because she has one MAJOR flaw. [Clue: Lee could probably beat her.]
Questions and Comments: icy_cloud359@kuririnmail.com
-Yume
Chapter 11 : A Terrifying Ability
==============================
Everyone had a different reaction upon seeing those two names on the screen. Besides Kai¡¦s obvious annoyance about seeing her real name, the other two of the Uzumakis seemed overjoyed.
¡§Hey Kai!¡¨ Akito sing-songed as she made her way down, ¡§If you lose your match, you¡¦re treating us to dinner!¡¨
This comment earned him a death glare from her. ¡§If I win,¡¨ she said, ¡§You owe me 10,000 yen.¡¨
¡§Huh? What-NO! That¡¦s not what I-Aw...¡¨ he trailed off, continuing his conversation to himself, muttering an endless stream of curses, switching languages every now and then.
Kishumoru, her opponent also seemed to be applauding his luck. After all, how challenging could she POSSIBLY be?
//I will crush her.//
======================================================================
¡§Start.¡¨
As soon as the words fell from Gemma, Kishumoru immediately charged at his younger contender. When he threw a powerful punch straight into her stomach, most people expected for her to do some flashy counterattack. Even if their expectations of her weren¡¦t all that high, they still expected her to at least dodge.
But she just stood there. Worse, she took the punch, fell back a good amount of meters, and the punch connected firmly enough to make the people who were watching want to cringe.
This... was it? This girl... this was all she could do? She couldn¡¦t even dodge a simple punch? She must have relied on her teammates throughout the whole first and second exams. For them, this was a big disappointment.
But it appeared that only the Jounins, Neji, and Hinata seemed to see something different. The image of the girl who was feebly getting up was shaky. The outline of her body wasn¡¦t solid, and the Hyuga¡¦s Byakugan confirmed that she wasn¡¦t real. So she was either a clone, or... something else. For some reason, it didn¡¦t look like a clone.
However, down below, Kishumoru had decided quickly, that this was the real thing. A clone would have dissolved by now, he reasoned, so now, he could use his full strength without worrying about his punching bag dissolving into air.
Quickly after his conclusion and decision, Kishumoru was true to his idea. Blow after blow, kick after kick, he landed them effortlessly on Kai. And he was beating her up quite badly as well. Time after time, she would get up and then get knocked down. Up, down, up, down, her movements resembling that of a beach balls. Yet because Kishumoru wasn¡¦t expecting for her to be so resilient, his punches were hard and took a lot of energy, so by now, he was beginning to feel a little drained.
//Who would¡¦ve thought a brat like this could have so much endurance?// he thought, after seeing the brat get up yet again. //It¡¦s already been 10 minutes. Why doesn¡¦t she just lay down and die? If it continues like this, it won¡¦t be good for me. Must end it... now.//
He stopped his Taijutsu, made a bunch of seals with his hands, and said out loud, ¡§NINPOU! AIR CUTTING BLADES!¡¨
Like the activation, his technique was exactly what it was. Air cutting blades. His arms glowed as he spread them apart like wings, then he brought them together at the front of his chest in a sweeping motion, folded his arms at the elbow, and let the two Chakra blades slice through the air. It knocked Kai back several feet, headfirst into a wall. When she fell, this time, she didn¡¦t move.
¡§Finally.¡¨ He muttered. ¡§Examiner, it¡¦s ov-¡¨ He cut off. What was happening to her? When he had looked toward the general direction of the wall Kai had just crashed into, he expected to see a crumpled heap of skin, bones, and blood. Either that, or of her fruitless effort of attempting to get up.
But what he least anticipated, was of the form of her slowly fading away into nothing. Little by little, she became even blurrier. Then, she disappeared completely.
¡§Hey, dude.¡¨ Said a voice behind him. ¡§What were you doing?¡¨
He whirled around. She was sitting lazily in an area of the gym that miraculously was everyone¡¦s blind spot.
¡§When did you stop fighting?¡¨ he asked, dreading the answer.
That comment seemed to enrage her slightly. ¡§When did I stop fighting?¡¨ she asked in a scary voice that seemed to barely conceal her wrath. ¡§I never started. If you had just taken enough time to look around you, you would have NOTICED that I was sitting here the WHOLE TIME you were wearing yourself out.¡¨
¡§Impossible.¡¨ He growled. ¡§No clone in the world is strong enough to withstand the beating I gave it.¡¨
¡§I never said it was a CLONE did I, now.¡¨ She said. ¡§I¡¦m not going to waste my time telling you my little technique. So too bad.¡¨
¡§You little witch.¡¨ He growled. //I think I¡¦ve stalled long enough// he thought, flexing his hands. //I got enough energy to punch her lights out. But I need her to be close enough and I don¡¦t have that much energy to begin with, so...//
In the meantime, Kai had stopped taunting Kishumoru, and had lapsed into deep silence. She was standing up, posture rigid, her eyes closed in concentration. Her hands had formed an odd seal. They were clasped together, index fingers joined, pointing up, and thumbs joined, pointing down.
//I have to knock her out before she¡¦s done with whatever Jutsu she¡¦s trying to do.// he thought. He summoned up the last of his strength, and rushed at her, planning to slip behind her and knock her out that way.
======================================================================
Up in the stands, the two faces who had remained constant this entire time, were Naruto and Akito. The rest had contorted into agony, curiosity, surprise, and then suspense. What was that seal? What is she going to do? But they distinctly heard Naruto say to Akito, ¡§She¡¦s going to use THAT technique.¡¨ Now their interest laid in the question, what was THAT technique?
Kishumoru was advancing on her quickly, and suddenly, he appeared behind her, fist raised. Then, she suddenly turned around quickly, jumped back a bit, and opened her eyes, wide.
There was an immense explosion in the arena with the smoke and everything. But the sound of the explosion could not mask the sound of a loud, jarring shout of pain.
When the smoke cleared, the sight before their eyes made their stomach turn. Kishumoru, the Grass Nin, was lying face down on the floor, covered in his own blood. When they looked closer, they saw that the bleeding resulted from numerous little holes on his face, arms, and legs exploding.
The fear-inspiring thing was that the holes appeared to be his Tenketsus [chakra opening points]. For Neji and Hinata, they were both wondering if this girl could see Tenketsus. If she could, how did she hurt him so bad without even touching him?
The only person who could possibly know the answer and was willing to share it with them, was probably Uzumaki Naruto.
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¡§Examiner.¡¨ Kai said softly. ¡§I won¡¦t say it¡¦s over, but I¡¦ll say that if you don¡¦t carry him out quickly, he¡¦ll die.¡¨
¡§Winner, Kai.¡¨ Gemma said, motioning for the Medic Nins to come quickly.
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¡§Naruto?¡¨ Neji started, ¡§What...¡¨
¡§happened?¡¨
¡§Yea.¡¨
Naruto laughed nervously. ¡§Well... I could tell you. But then she¡¦d kill me if I gave out too many secrets. But I guess I could say that one of her abilities, is chakra manipulation.¡¨
¡§Chakra Manipulation?¡¨
¡§Yeah. She can focus on the other person¡¦s chakra, and turn it into her own. Once their chakra has been converted into hers, she can either decide to use it to heal, harm, or--¡¨
¡§Kill.¡¨ Finished Kai.
They whirled around to look at her. She didn¡¦t look mad. Just a bit annoyed.
¡§Naruto, didn¡¦t I tell you not to give away any more of my ¡¥secrets¡¦?¡¨ she asked.
Her stance, her posture, her voice, and facial expression all expressed some form of mild exasperation, but the shine in her eyes showed that she wasn¡¦t truly as mad as she was.
Naruto laughed with fake nervousness. ¡§I¡¦ll shut up.¡¨ Once she turned away, he mouthed to the others, ¡¥I¡¦ll tell you guys later.¡¦
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¡§Did you see it?¡¨ Kurenai asked.
Gai and Kakashi nodded. ¡§She is not normal.¡¨ Gai said. ¡§The ancestry of the Uzumaki Clan is amazing.¡¨
¡§Yes.¡¨ Kakashi said. ¡§And the greatest of them all, will one day be Naruto. But as of now, She is probably the only one who can compare to Uchiha Itachi.¡¨
What did the three Jounin instructors see? Kai had been wearing a black shirt with a long right sleeve, and a short left sleeve. Her left arm was wrapped in bandages, but only to her elbow. Right after the explosion, before everything was enveloped in smoke, her left sleeve had been lifted slightly, revealing a small, smoke shaped tattoo.
An Anbu tattoo.
======================================================================
A/N: I DON¡¦T want to make Kai seem Mary Sue-ish, but based on this last chapter, a lot of people will think that she is. I¡¦m NOT trying to make her a Mary Sue. REALLY. She does have some flaws, which will be revealed later on.
About the ¡§She¡¦s probably the only one who can compare to Uchiha Itachi comment? That doesn¡¦t mean that she can fight him and win. That just means that she can COMPARE. Itachi became a Chuunin when he was ten. Remember? NO she cannot beat him. Yes, she can be beaten by someone else other than a sennin, because she has one MAJOR flaw. [Clue: Lee could probably beat her.]
Questions and Comments: icy_cloud359@kuririnmail.com
-Yume