Dark and Light, Two Sides to a Coin
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I do own your soul.
Hello all. I am alive, and finally ready to bring you the next chapter. I have been so busy, that I have literally had to go to my friend's house to use a computer. Anyway, to all reviewers, THANK YOU! I actually have reviews. To all, I hopefully have improved my typing skills.
And now, the third chapter:
From Out of the Boredom
"What is everybody looking at?" Magus was currently the center of attention. "What the hell do you mean, you're a demon!" Sakura yelled. Magus just grinned, "It's what my family was called." That got everyone's attention.
"We were simply called demons because our chakra was similar. It's really no big deal if you ask me." With that, Magus walked over to a bench and sits down, pulling out a vial of some strange liquid, and downing it in one swig.
The tension in the air was still high, but it was broken by, no, not Naruto, but by Negi, as he started to come to. "W-where a-am I?" was the first thing out of his mouth. "Serves you right for being a jerk." Was Sakura's reply to him. For a minute, Neji looked around, then with a sigh, he started to get up. "I apologize for my earlier actions, I was just really annoyed today and needed to vent, but is still no way to act." With this, he bowed his head slightly.
"Don't worry about it, no one got harmed, except you." Was Sira's reply, "But what was annoying you?"
"A lot of things, but for some reason, I feel like someone is watching me, but that is my problem and not yours." Negi's voice was a bit edgy. Naruto just laughed, "You're just being paranoid." Neji just shook his head, "Maybe Naruto. Anyways, I must be going, once again I apologize. Good day." And with that, Negi walked off.
'He doesn't seem like such a bad person.' Sira thought. "So, since that's settled, what shall we do now?" Everyone looked at Sira, then at each other. What should they do now?
While everyone pondered this, everyone's favorite late ninja dropped from the sky (well, tree really). "How is everyone?" Kakashi didn't miss the glares from Naruto, but he didn't really care. "Some old friends of yours arrived just this morning. They've been looking all over for you. Shikamaru and his team are with them right now." With that, he went back to his Icha Icha Paradise as he walked off.
Sakura thought for a moment. "Who do you think he means?" And before anyone could say anything, "The sand." came out of Sasuke's mouth.
For a moment, both Naruto and Sakura's faces were blank. Then "WHAT THE HELL!" came out of Sakura's mouth, and "Cool, maybe I can have a rematch with Gaara." came out of Naruto's mouth. Naruto obviously wasn't affected. "Why would they be here?" Sakura was still confused.
"Sakura, you need to get with the program." Sakura turned to face Magus as he stood up. "So you know what's going on then?" Magus just grinned, "Not a clue." Sakura fell over at this. "Have anything to say, Ace, ya damn mime." Ace looked up from his book, "No comment." And that was that.
After a minute or so of slight bickering between Sakura and Magus, Sira looked around for a moment, then back at the group. "Does anyone else realize that the air got a lot dryer?" Ace nodded his head, and Magus just laughed. "Not really. But I do smell a lot of blood in the air."
With that, a gust of wind, Filled with sand, flew around them, making everyone look in its starting direction.
"It's been awhile, Uzumaki Naruto."
Sure enough, standing not ten feet from them was Gaara of the Sand, his siblings Temari and Kankuro, Shikamaru (looking annoyed might I add), Ino, and Choji.
For a moment, time stood still. No one said anything, but you know how these moments end, with "HEY GAARA, HOW YA BEEN!" stated the incredibly dense and hyper blonde. With that, the new guests joined with the group.
"So, what has everyone been doing here?" chirped Ino. Sira looked her way, saying "we're trying to decide on what to do, any ideas?" With this, Ino's eyes lit up, but before she could open her mouth, Magus let out a loud "YES!" getting everyone's attention. "With this many people, we can have a little tournament, any objections?" Ino, Shikamaru, and Sakura would have said something, if it had not been for the deadly glare they got from Magus.
"Good, now that that's settled, let's decide who fight's who. To decide this, lets each pick a number from this hat." With that, he pulled a small hat out from behind his back. Gaara looked towards Naruto, giving him a slight glare, before asking "He is he?" "Just another genin from a different village." Simple reply, but Gaara was still a bit edgy. As Sira put the pieces of paper in the hat, Gaara thought 'these three. I don't understand why but, something about them is making me want to let Shukaku out.'
"OK, all ready." Sira got everyone's attention before continuing, "The matches will be decided by what number you get. So, here we go, and no switching numbers." One by one, each one choose a piece of paper, and one by one, wondered who would be fighting who.
After Magus chose the final number, he decided to get things rolling. "All right, listen up. Get in line and when your number is called, step forward." Once the line was made, Shikamaru raised his hand. "What are the rules of the matches?" "Simple really, one-on-one matches, no time limit, first one to admit defeat or is knocked unconscious loses. If you interfere with a fight, you are disqualified, and there is no space limit, anything else." At this, Shikamaru shook his head.
"Number one and number two, please step forward." Gaara and Sira stepped up simultaneously and faced each other. "Gaara of the Sand V.S. Sira, the Metallic Queen, ready…
FIGHT!"
Chapter 3 End.
So, here it is. Took me forever, quite literally, to get this done. Cliff-hangers are pretty fun to do. Anyway, it may feel a little rushed, but not really. I had to put Gaara in because A.) It was vital for the story and B.) HE ROCKS!
Anyway, thanks for reading and I promise that this time, more chapters will appear a lot quicker.
P.S. Here are the match-ups:
1.) Gaara vs. Sira
2.) Hinata vs. Temari
3.) Sakura vs. Ino
4.) Ace vs. Kankuro
5.) Naruto vs. Choji
6.) Shikamaru vs. Magus vs. Sasuke
They don't know this order, but I thought you all might want to know. By the way, a lot of them have new moves, so don't be surprised if some of the fights don't turn out the way you think. Heheh D.
This is the Overlord of DARKNESS, signing out.
DARKNESS CONSUMES ALL
BOTH BIG AND SMALL
THE LIGHT SHALL NEVER WIN
SO LET THE END BEGIN