Sorry it took a while to get the chapter up. I was busy with some stuff and the Naruto New Years marathon was on and of coarse I had to watch it. They're only on vol. 3 or 4 ch. in the 30s and I'm waiting for the next ch. of vol. 32 to be released Ch. 289 or something like that. I'm so far ahead. Any ways here's the chapter and have a great new year.

Chapter 15: Maemi-San vs. Haru-Kun

Maemi and Haru stood, eye to eye. Their hands interlocked, pushing against each other. Both of them had them bared their teeth and growled from the strength they were using to keep the other at bay. With one last push they both leapt back to study each other.

Haru had his face paint on him. It went down the middle of his face, making his left side in red paint; but it was jagged at some areas. It pointed out at his eyes and inward at his mouth. His cloths were also red. His clan symbol was painted in the middle of his shirt in black. It was a circle with a line going down the middle, it pointed towards right at the top and left towards the bottom. It was like his face. Maemi got the hind fast enough. Haru and Haruko were strong enough alone, but they must have a clan jutsu that can merge them to make them even stronger. Hence the face paint and the clan symbol. Maemi had a new mission now beside beating him, keeping him away from his brother.

Haru suddenly started performing hand seals. Powerful jutsu… he thought. He noticed his lips move but didn't hear the jutsu. "Shit…" he muttered. Maemi quickly ran away from the others to make it harder for Haru to hit him.

Haru punched the ground, creating a small crater were his fist was. The ground cracked at the center of the crater and quickly moved towards Maemi. A wall of fire shot up from the crack. "Shit!" Maemi muttered again as he changed direction. The crack followed him. "DAMN!" He said. Maemi changed his direction again, this time towards Haru.

"Big mistake fool…" Haru said as he started to do hand signs again. Once again Haru muttered the jutsu so Maemi couldn't hear. He punched the ground again. A wall of earth rose in front of Haru, blocking Maemi's path.

Maemi quickly did the hand signs for the Iron sword jutsu. He then sliced the wall of earth across the middle and pushed up on it so he could jump higher. Time to show off a bit of Taijutsu… Maemi thought.

As Maemi started to descend he moved to be headfirst. He quickly put his arm out and grabbed Haru at the shoulders. Haru wasn't expecting this. Maemi made some quick moves and bent so he was landing feet first, facing the oncoming fire. As Maemi's body straitened he lifted Haru and threw him into his own jutsu.

A sharp pain surged in Maemi's side and ran up his body. He clenched his side and knelt down in pain. Clearly his body didn't like that move. As Haru hit the fire, the fire dropped back in the ground. Haru's body lay motionless on the ground. Smoke was rising from his body.

"Shit…" he muttered as he slowly began to stand, "did I just kill him." His body was still numb from pain, but it was lessening. Slowly Haru's body began to stir. At least his wasn't dead. Haru stood and turned to face Maemi. Maemi jumped back in shock, he wasn't expecting Haru to be like that.

His left arm was black and dead, or at least looked that way. It was blistered and smoldering. It was obvious that it had hit the fire when Maemi threw him into it. The shirt was also severely scored. The paint on his face and ran down his face and blended with his shirt. The paint ran because his head mildly hit the flam. Though it didn't cause any serious damage it did cause some minor burns. The gaze Haru was giving Maemi was of pure rage.

"Give up. You only have one arm and that means you can't use any jutsus." Maemi said.

Haru lifted his black arm and winced a bit. He then smiled in an disturbing way. "No… I can fight through the pain. I'll kill you for this…" He said.

"Fine. But it'll only be a matter of time before you can't take the pain any more." Haru smiled in that disturbing way again and, with his good arm, pulled off his shirt. Scars covered his body. Some scars looked new. It was obvious Haru was no stranger when it came to pain like this.

"Good. I was hoping to have more fun," Maemi mocked.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Haru said as he did the seals. "EIHEI NO JUTSU!" he yelled.

Maemi backed away from Haru. Eihei no jutsu was an incredibly strong jutsu. It basically drains you of chakra and stamina, and creates a drone with your strength but five times as strong as you are. If Maemi could destroy the drone, Haru would be defenseless. Or if Maemi could reach Haru, he could knock him out, canceling the jutsu before having to deal with the drone too much. Maemi decided to try to do the second plan. Haru was strong enough, the drone is only stronger.

The drone stood in front of Haru, who was know kneeling on the ground panting. It was mainly just a typical sci-fi robot. Human shaped; two arms, two legs, one head, etc. It's circular eyes were a deep red and Maemi knew they were studying him. Suddenly the drone raised it arm, its hand limp. A gun raised from it's arm.

"Shit…" he muttered. A spear grew from the gun's barrel. Maemi ran towards the drone as it fired. He jumped over it and kicked the drone in it's head. Siring pain ran from his foot up his leg. The kick didn't seem to phase the drone one bit.

As Maemi pushed off the drone it grabbed his leg and held him high up. Maemi dangled helplessly. The drone began to spin and threw Maemi into a wall. Maemi yelled in pain as he hit the wall with a loud crash. When he opened his eyes he was laying in the low levels of the stands. He quickly jumped back in the ring before the drone attacked him, putting the viewers lives in danger.

Dumb ass. The drones made of metal. I could of just used the Tetsu Souran jutsu to destroy it Maemi thought. He quickly did the hand seals, focusing his chakra on his hands. "TETSU SOURAN NO JUTSU!" he yelled.

The familiar faint glow of chakra surrounded his hands. He held out his open palmed hand towards the drone as it charged him. In one quick move Maemi closed his fist. The drone didn't crush as quickly as his hand closed but it was quickly reduced to no threat. Maemi threw the remains of the drone aside and walked over to Haru who lying on the ground. He had already passed out. The Eihei jutsu was a self thinking jutsu, until it was destroyed it thought for itself under it's creators wishes.

Maemi looked towards Michiko. Jiro was already helping her in the fight. Kido must really be strong to be taking the two of them on and not show any sign of slowing down. Maemi then ran towards them, ready to help them in any way he could.