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Chapter 4- The Secret Ploy, Semi-Finals Are Coming!
"Deal," Sakura and Naruto answered confidently.
Genma dealt quicker this time, his hand becoming a mere blur that cards seemingly spat out from.
"Ante up," He ordered calmly.
Everyone tossed in a 100 dollar chip into the pot.
"Damn!" Kiba thought angrily, "I have to make up for that screw up!"
He peeked at his two cards and a 9 of hearts and a 10 of Spades.
"Useless for now!" He thought angrily, "I check,"
Hinata regarded her teammate worriedly then looked at her own cards. One was a 10 of diamonds and the other a King of Clubs.
"M-M-Me too," Hinata stuttered.
"I'll go all in," Naruto declared confidently.
"And I'll check," Sakura added.
"What the hell!" Kiba thought shocked, he turned to Hinata and nodded his head.
. Suddenly a shadowy figure stepped out and scooped Akamaru into his arms and clamped its mouth shut and began to make a mad dash for the exit.
"Hey!" Kiba cried, "Get your hands off my dog!"
He stood up quickly and took off in pursuit of the dopnapper.
"Kiba-kun!" Hinata cried starting to stand.
"One member of the team must be present at all times," Genma interrupted, "So unless you ant to give up stay where you are,"
Hinata obediently took her seat.
The figure turned the corner quickly.
"Damn!" Kiba snarled hurling himself around the corner.
Akamaru stood there fiercely with a shred of orange cloth in his mouth with his tail swaying angrily.
"Orange!" Kiba cried angrily, "NARUTO!"
He immediately scooped up his dog and ran back to the table.
"Naruto!" Kiba snarled, "You tried to kidnap my dog you damn bastard!"
"Um…I was here the entire time and so was Sakura," Naruto replied.
"Why you…" Kiba began.
"Sit down and let's get back to the game," Genma sighed impatiently, "What'll it be?"
"Go for it Hinata," Kiba growled, "Let's teach these idiots a lesson!"
Hinata immediately activated her Byakugan to see Naruto's hand.
She turned and flashed her hands twice under the table towards Akamaru. One with three fingers using her thumb, middle, and ring finger and again this time curling her fingers like claws using her last three fingers. Akamaru barked out loudly in shot bursts as
"Tch, so a 6 of spades and a Queen of Hearts, what an idiot!" Kiba thought, "I'll check,"
"Um…I-I think I'll fold," Hinata mumbled.
"Doesn't matter," Kiba chuckled, "I've got this game won!"
The flop came out a 6 of clubs, 7 of diamonds, and 8 of hearts.
"Straight!" Kiba thought laughing silently, "I've got this game won!"
"Check," Kiba called out.
"Check," Naruto replied.
"Check," Sakura echoed,"
"Maybe it's Sakura who's got something," Kiba thought.
He turned to Hinata and gave another nod.
Once again the Hyuuga heir activated her Byakugan to peer into Sakura's cards.
She held up her pinky finger under the table and waggled it back and forth.
Akamaru barked out his findings in a code only Kiba understood.
"Two aces," Kiba thought chuckling, "I was right, too bad straight beats pair,"
"Next card comes 10 of clubs," Genma declared flipping out a card.
Once again everyone checked.
"Final card is a seven of Clubs," Genma declared.
Everyone checked again.
"Show your hands," Genma instructed.
"Hah!" Kiba laughed, "I've won! Straight is mine!"
"Ouch," Sakura winced.
"Yeah," Naruto sighed, "Too bad though,"
"What?" Kiba asked confused.
Naruto held up his hand and snapped his fingers.
Suddenly Akamaru disappeared in a cloud of smoke revealing one of Naruto's kage bunshin.
"W-what!" Kiba cried.
"And now my cards," Naruto sighed flipping over his cards.
He held an 8 and 9 of clubs.
"Straigh flush beats a plain flush any day," Naruto smirked, "You're done,"
"B-but…how…" Kiba stammered.
"Kinda simple really," Sakura giggled, "Naruto used Kage bunshin to make multiple clones, I'm sure Hinata didn't notice the lack of chakra flow in Naruto, anyways one of the clones grabbed Akamaru while another preformed Henge no Jutsu and replaced Akamaru, and I easily deciphered your code,"
"That's my Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted happily.
"Damn!" Kiba spat, "I can't believe it!"
"So Kiba's out, that leaves Hinata versus the two of you," Genma sighed.
"Um…I fold…I don't think I can win," Hinata mumbled pushing her chips away, "G-good luck Naruto-san,"
"Hinata-chan?" Naruto stammered, "Don't do that! Always try your best; you should face us no matter what!"
"I-I know but…this is just for fun…and I really want you to win," Hinata stuttered nervously.
"Well…thanks Hinata!" Naruto cried happily.
"Um…g-good luck Naruto-san!" Hinata cried before running off.
"Naruto's so dense sometimes!" Sakura thought frustrated as she regarded her teammate's confused look.
On the other table Tenten's eyes twitched angrily.
"I-I can't believe we were beaten!" Tenten thought angrily.
Sweat dripped from her tired face as her teammate Lee had already fainted.
"Those two…they played upon ever weakness and ever one of our advantages!" Lee thought.
"Damn," Tenten murmured, "I never expected that!"
"Well we're just that good," Ino smirked, "So now we get to face fore-head girl and fox-boy!"
"Munch this should be fun!" Chouji remarked.
"Get ready for the semi-finals!" Tsunade cried, "Good luck to both participants!"