The Love of a Perverted Ninja

ILI: yo!

Gaara: where did sasuke go? i don't like taking his place

ILI: mission

Gaara:sigh:

Itachi: you get use to it

Alien26: yes i did, here it is, and yes i know :cough it helps for something i added in this chapter cough:)

Matt and T.K.: ya... gaara's past is disturbing

Disclamer: i'm working out a deal... kinda... not really...no, no i'm not

Alien26 did most of this chapter so an extra thanks to him!

Hayate stepped up, coughed for a second, and said, "Now we move to the semi-finals of the exam." The screen lit up again, but this time with a tournament chart. This was what it read:

Gaara vs. Nara Shikamaru
Fujiwara Taiki vs. Uchiha Sasuke
Hyuuga Neji vs. Kawazoe Takumi
Uzumaki Naruto vs. Hamano Kazuma
Hyuuga Hinata vs. Avalon Kagome
Tenten vs. Yamashita Ayumi
Temari vs. Suzuki Taiki
Haruno Sakura vs. Shiraishi Takumi
Yamanaka Ino vs. Chiba Sachiko
The rest are O.C. vs. O.C. battles

Now, the first match is: Gaara vs. Shikamaru

Shikamaru instantly raised a hand. "I resign! I won't fight!" Hayate then declared Gaara winner as Shikamaru walked to the locker rooms. (A/N: this is a different place then the first round.)

Sakura took 20 steeps away from Ino. She was going to EXPLODE! "THAT LAZY-ASS!" she yelled then ran towards the locker rooms.

Shikamaru just wanted to grab his jacket. Too troublesome to get it later. But the locker slammed shut and he didn't even close it. Shikamaru jumped back in shock.

"NARA SHIKAMARU! WHAT DID YOU DO?" Ino yelled.

"Ino…this is the boys locker room," he said dully.

"SCREW THAT! WHY DID YOU RESIGN?"

"You…don't know what Gaara can do…"

"Yes I do! I saw him fight Lee and I've seen him the past two years!"

"NO! You don't understand! You have no idea." His voice started to shake and his eyes dulled, remembering yesterday. This scared Ino.

"What happened?"

"I-I don't want to talk about it…" Ino didn't know what to do. This is the first time she REALLY saw Shikamaru scared.

"Shika…" The only thing she could think to do was to hug him, so she did. The next thing she knew, Shikamaru had pressed his lips to hers. 'WHAT THE! OMG! SHIKAMARU IS KISSING ME!' But the young genius quickly pulled away, face as red as Hinata's.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" he kept saying over and over again, really fast. 'God, she's going to kill me!' But instead of getting mad, Ino smiled and kissed him again.

"Let's go back!" Shikamaru only nodded.

The next match is Fujiwara Taiki vs. Uchiha Sasuke.

Both contestants walked up to the center ring. Hayate jumped out of the way. Sasuke readied a kunai. Taiki held up a hand.

"Before we fight," Taiki said. "I would like to shake your hand. May the best man win."

Sasuke hesitantly grabbed his hand and shook it. Suddenly, Taiki pulled Sasuke up to him and kneed him in the stomach. He then punched him to the side, throwing the Uchiha across the arena. Sasuke, coughing blood, grimaced.

"That was a dirty trick," he growled. Taiki smirked.

"All's fair in love and war. I believe you've heard of this, no?" Sasuke smirked back. He suddenly disappeared, and reappeared behind Taiki, shoving his fist into Taiki's head. Taiki quickly got on his feet, turning to look at Sasuke. He started to grin. His metal backpack opened up to reveal four, large, steel legs holding him up (Co-AN: For all you Zim fans, you know what Im talking about.)

The Shadow ninja now stood a meter taller than before. The extra appendages quickly shot Taiki in front of Sasuke, head-butting him. Before the raven-hair could get up again, he was lifted up and punched in the stomach before thrown into the air like a rag doll. A smiling Taiki slowly walked over towards Sasuke, his sharp legs crunching the ground beneath them. Sasuke struggled to get on his feet, his body shaking with weakness.

"Get up, Uchiha," Taiki snarled, "so I can kill you the right way." Sasuke's eyes now were red, activating the Sharingan. He jumped towards where Taiki was fist ready to use. Taiki easily dodged it, but did not see the foot flying at his face. His head looked up at the ceiling, but the spider-like structure held. One metal leg aimed its tip at Sasuke, who deflected it with his kunai. Unfortunately, another leg inserted itself in his shoulder. He screamed in pain, gritting his teeth at the end. Taiki cocked his head to the side, making a cracking noise.

Spikes emitted from the sides of the legs, and through Sasuke. He screamed louder this time. Using the impaling leg, he threw Sasuke behind him, the individual spikes ripping his shoulder apart. Blood flowed from the tear like a river.

"He's losing a lot of blood," Sakura said, her emerald eyes fixed in concern on Sasuke. Sasuke shakily got up and started to charge up a Chidori. The spider legs slowly crunched over to him. When he was finished, Sasuke charged under Taiki, despite the blood flow. Taiki tried to turn around quick enough. Sasuke leaped into the air and shoved the Chidori into the backpack device. A large explosion resulted. When the smoke cleared, Taiki was on the floor, a hole in his body. The metal legs stuck to the ground like tombstones. Sasuke, still breathing, clutched his wound and tried to stay awake.

"Winner! Uchiha Sasuke!" Hayate yelled. The medic ninjas quickly carried Sasuke away from the arena to the hospital. As they exited, Naruto looked to see who was in the stretcher. He was leaning on crutches. Naruto stared at Sasuke's weakened state. When they were gone, he continued go up the balcony without the help of the crutches. Hinata's heart swelled with joy when she saw Naruto.

"Next match: Hyuuga Neji vs. Kawazoe Takumi!" Hayate said before coughing again.
Neji walked down the staircase, his eyes mere slits as he glared at Takumi. Takumi grinned back. Both stood in the center ring, waiting for the command. Hayate finally threw his hand down. Neji's eyes bulged as he activated his Byakugan. His eyes snapped wide open as he discovered a horrifying truth (no, he didn't forget his lunch)

"I was wondering when you'd figure it out," Takumi said in a nonchalant way. He pulled up his forehead protector to reveal a pearl white eye!

"How come he has a Hyuuga eye?" Naruto asked. Hinata bit her lip. There were rumors about a year ago that a shinobi had taken out one of the eyes of a branch house member and implanted it in exchange for his own. Looks like the rumors were true. She looked at Neji, worried about her cousin.

Neji, unusually tense, placed his body into the Gentle Fist stance. To his surprise, Takumi took the same stance. Neji charged. Both combatants were locked in a flurry of open-handed attacks, neither letting up the assault. During the fight, Takumi found a flaw in the attack and directed one hand to Neji's waist. Neji barely dodged it, wincing in pain. Takumi's lips spread into an evil smile. Neji sneered, then attacked again, using all of his training to defeat the Shadow ninja. Takumi only went faster in his attack.

Suddenly, Takumi used his index and middle finger to strike the area right under his sternum (the bone on your chest). Neji froze, and then coughed up blood on Takumi's arm. His eyes smoothed out as the Byakugan wore off. Red spots formed on his arm, revealing the location of his charka points. Takumi jumped and kicked Neji into the jaw. Neji tumbled on the ground before coming to a halt. He struggled to get up, but was never gotten the chance.

He tumbled across the arena, his mouth bleeding. Takumi then performed hand seals, holding out his hand when finished. Black charka concentrated in the palm of his hand, then shot towards Neji like a cannon. As it soared into the air, it took the form of a dragon with blood red eyes. The dragon collided with Neji's body, who screamed briefly. His body then hit the wall. Hayate quickly checked his pulse. He then screamed, "Medic!" before looking at Takumi. "Winner! Kawazoe Takumi!" (Co-AN: sorry, Neji fans!)

"Neji…" Tenten muttered, tears welding in her eyes.

"Shit," Tsunade mumbled. She quickly whispered something to Jiraiya and followed.