Chapter 3: Heated battle!

Sasuke and Naruto stared into each other's eyes. Untill Sasuke decided to end the staring contest.

"Fire Element - Phoenix Fire Technique!" Sasuke yelled and let loose with a barrage of small but powerfull fireballs.

Naruto saw them coming and gathered some Chakra at his feet. They glowed orange. Naruto waited untill the very last second, then he jumped. The fireballs missed him completely.
Naruto turned his attention back to Sasuke, eager to release his own Ninjutsu, only to find that the Uchiha wasn´t there anymore. He quickly looked around for his opponent. Unfortunately, his opponent found him first.
Naruto felt a presence and turned around in the air, wich proved to be a big mistake. Sasuke came flying and brought his fist forward. It dug deep into Naruto´s stomach and the blonde boy coughed up some saliva.
Sasuke jumped away from the boy and let him hit the ground. The Uchiha quickly ran up to Naruto, who was just getting up, and pulled back his arm. Naruto saw this and raised his arms to block. Sasuke grinned at this and blurred away.
Naruto didn´t even have time to blink as Sasuke´s foot planted itself firmly into his jaw. Naruto was sent flying.
He coughed up some blood. Sasuke went down on all fours and then he jumped after Naruto.
He flew up behind the blonde boy and put his hand on his back. Sasuke then spun Naruto around so that he would meet his upcoming leg. Naruto managed to reach down with his elbow and block the kick. Sasuke grinned.
The blonde was playing him right into his hand. Sasuke then spun and made a gesture as if he was going to kick the boy on the other side, while moving his left arm upwards. Naruto focused only on Sasuke´s leg and failed to notice the other boy´s fist untill it was too late. Sasuke´s fist hit Naruto right in the very center of his face.
He was sent spiralling to the ground. Sasuke went after him and planted his right fist into his stomach, making the blonde cough up some more blood. Sasuke then spun around and lifted his left leg. Just as Naruto was to hit the ground, Sasuke planted his heel straight into his stomach. Naruto coughed up a big spurt of blood as the invading heel smashed into his stomach.

"Lion Combo!"

That finished the combo. Sasuke jumped away from Naruto after this. He waited patiently for the boy to get up.
Naruto coughed. (Damn that hurt! That Sasuke bastard actually hit me with the whole Lion Combo! I can´t believe I let him do that! Well, time to pay him back!) Naruto thought. The Kyuubi Chakra that was currently flowing in his Chakra Circulatory system made him recover insanely quickly. Naruto got up and growled at Sasuke.
The other boy was grinning madly at him. Naruto put his hands in a familliar pose.

"Mass Shadow Replication Technique!" Naruto yelled.

A large burst of smoke erupted from his body. When the smoke cleared, 230 Naruto´s were standing before the Uchiha. Sasuke chuckled.

"That won´t work against me and you know it. This technique is worthless against someone as powerfull as me." Sasuke stated.

"Heh! Never judge a book by it´s cover!" All of the Naruto´s chorused.

The replication team then jumped into the air and put out their arms. Then they all started spinning rapidly.

"Multiple Drilling Fang Attack!" All of the clones yelled.

The mass of clones charged at Sasuke. The blue haired boy jumped into the air and managed to avoid the first two clones.
He spun in the air and managed to avoid four more clones.
The clones that missed their target dug deep into the ground for a few seconds, then they resurfaced and made another attempt at hitting their enemy. Sasuke avoided all of the clones with ease. He avoided a few more attacks, then he decided to go on the offensive. Sasuke started kicking and punching whatever clone that came his way.
Every clone he hit, dissolved into a puff of smoke. After hitting 200 clones, Sasuke started to lose his patience. (Where is that damned blockhead? He is one lucky weasel to have lasted this long against ME! Oh well.
I will finish him off once and for all as soon as all his clones have been destroyed.) Sasuke thought. He sped up his actions and took out clone after clone. After destroying the 229th clone and thereby the last, Sasuke landed on the ground.
He looked around for the real Naruto, but all he could see was a bunch of holes in the ground.
Sasuke growled in irritation. (Does that blockhead really think he can fool me? It´s obvious that he´s hiding in one of these holes! And judging by the clones movements earlier...the holes should all be connected. That gives me an interesting idea...) Sasuke thought. He made some hand seals and jumped into the air.
Sasuke turned to one of the holes and put one of his hands at his mouth.

"Fire Element - Phoenix Fire Technique!" Sasuke yelled.

He sent one fireball into each hole. Then he landed on the ground. At first nothing happened. Then, a low rumbling announced that something was going on under the ground. Then, pillars of fire burst out from the holes!
Sasuke grinned to himself. His plan was working perfectly. He looked around at the fire pillars. (It shouldn´t be long before that idiot shows up.) Sasuke thought. Then, an extra loud rumbling caught his attention.
Sasuke turned to one hole in particular just in time to see cracks forming around it. The flames suddenly parted and revealed a big red ball. Sasuke frowned. (What the heck is THAT?) He wondered briefly. The red ball then dissolved, revealing nothing more than a lump of wood. Sasuke looked at it in question for a second, then his eyes widened in surprise.
Two strong arms suddenly grabbed him from behind and pulled his own arms upwards. Sasuke turned around and scowled at the one he saw. Holding him in a secure grip, was Naruto!
The blonde boy was growling at him, showing his current dislike for the other boy. Sasuke tried to snake himself out of Naruto´s grip but quickly found that he couldn´t. He yelled in frustration and turned to the boy.

"Let go of me right now, or you´re going to be sorry!" Sasuke growled.

Naruto however, didn´t. He simply tightened his grip on him. Sasuke´s brain analysed what Naruto had done and the solution came to him. It surprised him. (I get it now. When that blockhead used his Mass Shadow Replication and attacked me head on with the Mass Drilling Fang Attack, he dug into the ground and stayed there untill I had finished
off all his clones. When all of his Chakra had returned to him, he formed a shield and waited for me to use my fire technique. When I did, he let the fire push him up to the surface and as soon as he was above the ground, he used the Replacement Technique in order to confuse me! And after that, he snuck behind me and grabbed me.
All this...was all this really thought up by, by THAT blockhead? I don´t believe it! When did Naruto get this smart?) Sasuke thought. He growled loudly at Naruto again.

"You´re asking for it, Naruto! Prepare yourself!" Sasuke yelled.

Sasuke closed his eyes and concentrated. He focused hard, then his eyes snapped open. With a cry of rage, he released a massive burst of purple Chakra. This blew Naruto off him and sent him flying.
Naruto managed to land on all fours though. Sasuke relaxed slightly and the flow of purple Chakra calmed down. He faced Naruto with a grin of satisfaction. Naruto let out a real fox growl at this. (Damn it! It didn´t work! I thought I really had him there! Damn! What do I do now?) Naruto wondered.


Hey! Hey! I'm sorry if I missed to comment the last chapter!Remember, I am still a newbie at this! Well, with that said, on to chapter 4!