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Chapter 3: Fire and Ice-Which will Triumph?
"Next match! Uchi Katonari of Konoha vs Razekai Kanko of Hidden Rain!"
Kanko's eyes looked like that of death. Ice shimmered in his eyes and served as a doorway to his frozen heart.
Neither of them uttered a word.
Suddenly, without warning he threw senbons at Katon. Katon activated his Sharingan just in time and dodged them.
Kanko said, "I give you 2 minutes." He completed a flurry of seals:
"Hijutsu: Makyou HyouShou!" (Demonic Ice Mirror)
Frosty Mirrors formed a barrier around Katon. 'Hmmm…I can feel an immense amount of chakra coming from the mirrors. He is using too high a level of ninjutsu too early in the fight. He must have a low chakra reserve and little stamina. He'll want to end this fight as quickly as possible. I guess I'll have to prolong it.', thought Katon.
"Katon Ryuuka no jutsu!"
Beams of fire shot at each mirror but didn't have much effect. Some water dripped down and formed puddles beneath the mirrors. Katon ran toward a space between two mirrors to try to escape but he was hit and sent back.
'What!', thought Katon.
Suddenly, Kanko's voice rang. He was in the mirrors.
"I can move faster than you in these mirrors. I can move from one mirror to another. ", explained Kanko.
Suddenly, there was a blur of movement as Kanko demonstrated his demonic speed.
"It's useless. It's time to end this meaningless fight.", said Kanko calmly.
"Hijutsu: Sensatsu Suishou no jutsu!" (Secret Skill: Flying Water Needles)
Senbon needles started to fly in from every direction from the mirrors. Using his Sharingan, Katon could see Kanko moving swiftly to each mirror, throwing some needles, and going to another one. Even though he could see them coming, he was not fast enough to dodge the attack. But he moved quickly enough to deflect many needles heading toward vital spots. The ice glistened with light which reflected from the sun. On the ground were many senbon needles that stuck to the ground or lay on the ground deflected by Katon. Suddenly Katon performed some seals:
"Katon: Karyuu Endan no jutsu!" (Fire Element: Dragon Flame Blast!)
At first a great flame arose from Katon's mouth. Quickly the fire shaped into a dragon and reared toward the mirror where Katon had just spotted Kanko going into.
"Hmph. Let's have some fun.", said Kanko. Using the puddles of water from the mirrors, he countered Katon's move:
"Suiton Suiryuudan no jutsu!" (Water Element: Water Dragon Blast!)
An almost identical dragon soared from the puddles to meet the fiery dragon head-on. The combination of such powerful techniques cancelled each other out and created condensation. The area suddenly became filled with thick vapor heavily blurring everyone's vision. Katon suddenly ran to the end of the mirrors. Couple of seconds later he ran toward the middle. When the vapor cleared Katon was gone. The crowd gasped with excitement.
"Nani! How could this have happened? Did I obliterate him by accident? Did he get caught in the explosion?", wondered Kanko. In the crowd, Hyu Suitoshi quietly grinned as he looked on with his Byakuugan.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside of the mirrors:
"Katon Housenka no jutsu!" (Fire Element: Phoenix Fire no jutsu)
The mirrors were hit by the multipile fireballs from behind.
A surprised, hurt Kanko dispelled the ice mirrors when he saw that Katon was outside of the mirrors. A look of bewilderment was on his face.
"B-b-but how did you escape from my mirror? I was watching you the entire time! I saw your shape heading toward the middle of the mirrors!", he stuttered.
Katon replied, "Figure it out."
But before Kanko could make another move, two kunai appeared from behind, held by two hands. As fast as a cobra, one kunai went to the side of the neck and the other went in front of the heart. The Katon in front of him disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Forfeit. You lose.", gasped the real Katon.
Both shinobi were exhausted. There were injuries and wounds on both of them. There were burns and punctures on various parts of both ninja's bodies. It was obvious that both were almost depleted of chakra. Kanko suddenly stopped gasping for breath. He straightened his shoulders.
"Uchi Katonari! I am not weak. I cannot lose to a weakling."
The crowd gasped thinking Kanko was crazy.
"But you are no weakling!", continued Kanko.
The crowd collectively sighed in relief.
"I am honored to have fought you. That was a great fight indeed.", finished Kanko.
Suddenly, in a blur Kanko took out a kunai from a hidden wrist holster and got ready to deliver a mortal blow to Katon. He turned right into Katon's ready kunai. His neck slammed into the upper kunai, while the lower kunai impaled his heart.
Katon took a step back in shock.
"I…I…I…", he stammered as he started at his bloody hands in open shock.
Kanko's corpse fell on its knee and fell down on his fron t imaling the kunais even more. The crowd gasped. Even some shinobi looked away from the gruesome., unintended scene. A crimson pool of blood grew under the body. The Kage's muttered and showed their displeasure at Razekai Kanko's lack of honor on the battlefield. The Mizukage's face was solemn.
The crowd slowly recovered from the shocking events. Katon was still on his knee, eyes wide open, staring at his scarlet hands.
"I…I…k-killed him..I didn't mean to!…H-he turned into my kunai! ", cried Katon.
Suprisingly, the Mist referee walked over to Katon and put his hands on his shoulder, "It's okay kid. It wasn't your fault.", he whispered. Medics came and hauled the body away.
"Winner: Uchi Katonari!", shouted the referee.
.Katon, recovered from his shock, retured to his seat with his team. They comforted him with words of wisdom and kindness. At this moment, they weren't four mischievous pranksters. They were true friends who stuck together thorough thick and thin. They sat in solemn silence for a while.
"We will have a transmission for an hour!", shouted the referee.
The boys decided to go to the medic ccenter to have Katon looked after. Kazen and Doton were dying of curiosity although only Kazen showed his desire for knowledge so openly.
"I can't wait any longer! How did you beat him?", ecstatically shouted Kazen. Kazen looked as if he was about to open his 1st present on Christmas.
Suito laughed, "Yosh! Katon, can I tell them? I saw it all with my Byakuugan. Man…was it genius!"
Katon nodded his consent.
Suito started explaining it, "Well you see, after the two dragon blasts combined, the smoke covered Katon. He used that time to run to the edge of the mirror and create a Kage Bunshin. The Kage Bunshin formed outside of the mirrors. Then-"
"Wait, why didn't he just leave the mirrors? Since Kanko couldn't see, then he would've been fine.", asked Kazen.
"Well, then Kanko would know where he was. Just listen to the rest. Then he henge no jutsu'ed (Transformation skill ) into one of the needles that Kanko threw at Katon. Then when the smoke cleared Kanko was surprised and dispelled his mirrors because he was wasting chakra. Katon used the kage bunshin as a diversion. Then when Kanko was busy with the clone, he got in position to get the win."
"Wow! You thought of all this in 2 seconds, Katon?", wondered Kazen out loud.
"Psh! No. I thought of it during the 10 minutes when I had a crapload of needles coming at me. I'm not that smart.", replied Katon.
Doton just sat there quietly thinking.
"Well it's time for the next match. I wonder who's up.", wondered Hanate out loud.
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Thanks for reading this! Whew was that long! Probably one of the longer things I've ever written besides my Research paper. Anywho, Read and Review! I need encouragement. It's my fuel for fanfics! Thanks!
P.S. - I had written the explanation as part of the new chapter. The new chapter had some comic relief in it as well, but when I went to look for it, I couldn't find it :(. So I added the explanation to chapter 3 and decided to restart chapter 4. :(
Sorry all.