Kizuna no Hodoku
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Second chapter! Hell yes! Though none of you people can see it, I'm sort of doing a little dance right now, celebrating I actually finished a first chapter and got onto a second one. I haven't yet received any reviews, so I can't answer any. I'm actually typing this right after I uploaded the first chapter... So, of course I haven't gotten any yet. Yay for being sick and hyper at the same time! (I'm always hyper when I'm sick... I wonder why...) Enjoy! Read and review, peoples!
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They reached the center of the arena, where Ino was standing, and faced each other. "Are you ready for this, Rai no Oukami? There's no way I'm losing to the likes of you."
"And there's no way I'm losing to someone who keeps bitching over the past instead of living in the here and now." Okita smirked and got into a fighting stance, Nadare doing the same.
Ino just stood there and smiled. "Match one of the Genin Exams, begin!"
The two twelve year olds jumped at each other, Ino ducking out the way. Nadare pulled out a few kunai, throwing two at her. Seeing the kunai coming at her, Okita leaned back, landing on her hands and catching the two kunai on her feet by channeling chakra to act like a magnet. Spinning around on her hands, she launched the kunai back at him, which he blocked with his third one.
Springing back up onto her feet, she drew her wakizashi and ran at him. He raised his kunai to block, though Okita put her sword into a crack in the stones of the arena and flipped over Nadare, landing on one foot behind him and kicking him in the back, sending him sprawling across the arena.
"You were so confident before the match began, where'd that cocky attitude go now, Nadare-chan." Okita said, forming hand seals quickly.
"Don't count me out so quickly." Whirling around, Okita saw Nadare behind her. Double-taking, she saw that who or whatever she'd just hit was still laying there. "Like it? I combined a Yukibunshin with Kawirimi no Jutsu." He punched her face and then kicked her across the arena, though she flipped in the air and skidded on her feet.
Her wakizashi still in her right hand, Okita reached down with her left hand and grabbed yet another hilt poking out of her waist-band. Pulling out a regular-length katana, Okita rushed at Nadare. "Get yourself ready for this!" Crossing her swords in front of her, she shouted. "Inuzuma no Mae! (Dance of Lightning)"
Her two swords seemed to glow a light yellow, or light blue-ish color that zigzagged, like lightning. Jumping at Nadare, she swung both swords at once, in an X pattern. Though the swords clearly didn't touch him, on the arm he was blocking with two rips opened in his clothes and he had burn marks on his skin underneath them. His arm also seemed to vibrate with numbness.
"What the hell did you do to my arm!" His left arm now hung limply at his side.
"It's electricity? Do you like it?" Okita mocked, sounding happy, and preparing to swing her swords again.
Think quick, Nadare! Damn it... Lightning likes metal, right? So, kunai... And, ninja wire! Okay... Quickly pulling out a kunai and ninja wire with his useful arm, Nadare pulled the end of the ninja wire through the round grip at the end of the kunai. Don't fail me now...
Grabbing the ninja wire, he twirled the kunai at the end and let go of some of the ninja wire, still holding onto the end. With perfect aim, it hit one of Okita's swords and began glowing the same way as well. Pulling it back in, he swung it at her again.
Still surprised at how he was using her power against her, Okita was too late at blocking and the kunai caught her across the stomach, both burning and scratching her, afterwards swinging up and catching her left cheek and across her nose.
Just then the buzzer rang for two minutes being up. Both of the fighters letting out a sigh and seeming to become a lot less tense. Ino walked back into the middle, having to yell, even with the microphone, just to get over the cheering of the crowd, though it was hard to tell who they were cheering for. "Okay, you two! Great job! Shake hands, you both gave each other a great fight."
Reluctantly they both came and shook the other's hand, and picked up any weapons that were theirs and left on the field. Medic nin's guided them to some cots over in the prepared area. The female medic-nin treating Okita began asking usual questions.
"Is anything hurting besides the cuts and the burns?" She was rubbing a sort of healing ointment on the cut on her face, which did sting quite a bit, and handed Okita the bottle of it so she could put it on the cut on her stomach.
"Not really... the bruises do... But I'll get over those."
The medic-nin smiled. "Good, it looks like your friend over there is doing well also. We just need to put some bandages on those before you go back to hand out with your classmates who're waiting to fight still." Grabbing a roll of medical tape and some strips of cloth to be used as bandages, she began to put bandages on the cuts. "You may want to find some way to stabilize your right knee, when you were trying to stop yourself after being kicked it looks like you got close to hyper extending it." She also wrapped it tight with bandages to keep it stable until there was a better method to and sent her back to where the other students were.
On the way around the bleachers, she came upon Nadare, though... Not as she'd ever seen him before. He was leaning against the wooden fence, his head buried into the crook of his elbow. "Damn it. How could I lose to her! If... If I can't beat her, how can I avenge my brother?" As he said each word he seemed to be closer to crying. He pulled back from the fence and kicked it as hard as he could. "Damn it!" He continued to kick it, the kicks losing strength as he began to cry more.
"N-Nadare?" Okita said, walking up to him, looking concerned.
"What do you want!" He said, turning towards her, wiping the tears off his cheeks and trying to stop the ones that were still coming. "I don't need your pity! I don't need anybody's pity! I... I-"
"Just calm down, I don't know about the rest of our classmates yet, but I think they'd be laughing at you for quite a while if they saw you crying like this. I picked up one of your kunai..." She handed it to him. "Also," She reached into a back pocket of her dark blue long shorts. She pulled out a handful of colorful candy. "Have some of these, they always make me happier. You're not the only one with a grudge against another person's village, so stop thinking you're the only one who doesn't have emotional scars that run deeper than any physical cut you could ever get."
"Confetti?" Nadare said, looking confused at the candy. "Ah, tha-"
"Don't say anything about it, even though I just came here, I still have a reputation to uphold. As far as anybody else knows, we're still hating each other's guts. Bye." She walked off towards the other kids, eating some of her own candy.
Nadare stood there, staring at the candy in his hand. Why is she so nice to me when I've been so mean to her? Though, I couldn't exactly say it was nice, more like caring. Girls are so confusing... He sighed before popping a piece of the candy into his mouth and walking towards the group as well, wiping one last tear that was left stranded in his eye away with his sleeve.
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"That was awesome, Okita!" Ame ran up to her, smiling. "I mean, I saw you practicing with your sword, but I never thought you'd be that good! I'm a bit upset that you beat up Nadare, though. He's just too cool. Do you like him?"
Okita looked disgusted. "How can I like him! He hates my guts just because I come from the village that killed his older brother. Anyway, I find the white hair annoying."
"You're strange, then. Every girl in our class likes him, but they don't show it because of Dema, she's practically claimed him as her own, though he has no clue about it. If you'd gone here your whole life, I'd be mad at you right now for not knowing, but your new, so... I can't do that!"
"Match 6, Nakagura Hatorou versus Mitarashi Ame!" Ino called out from the arena.
"Well, I've gotta go. Wish me luck." Ame smiled as she jogged off.
Okita waited a bit, not knowing exactly how to respond. "Uh, good luck?"
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The rest of the day went by with the matches, and Okita was really bored because she had to wait through the whole thing after her match. "Just my luck, I had to get the first match, and then be stuck waiting for hours."
"Yeah." Ame was sitting cross-legged on the ground next to Okita who was leaning against one of the training logs. "Who would've thought that it'd take this long. Well, I guess there are the other classes besides ours and all. That'd be over two hundred kids."
That was when the intercom system clicked on. "Thank you for participating or watching, everybody! This has sure been an interesting Genin Exam. We have lots of great talent this year! Now, go home and get some good rest, because tomorrow, bright and early, the results will be posted! And the day after that, Friday, we have the meeting for the new Genin at nine in the morning! Don't forget, and good night everybody!" The intercom clicked off again.
"Oki-nee! Oki-nee!" Hatorou's little sister ran up. "Kaa-san and tou-san are taking us out to barbeque for dinner!"
Okita smiled. "Okay, Chibana. But, don't call me your older sister, because I'm not." The little girl pouted. "Whatever, just not around your brother. He'll get mad at you." She smiled again and grabbed onto Okita's hand, leading her towards her parents.
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"Please enjoy your dinner." The waitress bowed then walked away, leaving the various types of food cooking on the grill in the middle of the table. Everybody just sort of sat there, except for Chibana, who right away began eating the vegetables. Hatorou was glaring at Okita, who was sitting there indifferently, and the parents were just looking as happy as they could be and were oblivious to the world around them.
"Well, we should be able to start eating the meat now!" Nakagura-san said, picking up his chopsticks after taking a drink of his coffee.
"Yes, lets start eating now..." Hatorou's mother said, taking one more drink of her herbal tea.
Both Okita and Hatorou just sat there, both of them having their arms crossed for different reasons. Because they're bored and don't feel like they should be here or because they're frustrated with the new addition at their dinner, respectively. "Both of you will eat and act like polite, civilized people!" Hatorou's mother grabbed the top of each of their ear's tightly and pulled.
"Ow!" The two Genin candidates said simultaneously, trying to get away. Though their ears weren't released until they both took a drink and picked up their chopsticks. Gawd, that was evil... I'm going to die before I get out of Konoha, and I don't think it'll be because of a mission.
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Japanese Notes: Adding -nee to the end of somebody's name is a sign of calling someone an older sister. And Confetti is a very addictive candy that once you start eating you can't stop. At least in my case. Kaa-san is mother, Tou-san is father.
Raise the roof! Second chapter is done! Wow, I think this is the quickest chapter I've ever typed while still being satisfied with it. Next chapter may be a bit boring, because all that's really going to happen is the introduction of all the people who become Genin. Though, it'll be sort of a semi-omake chapter, because there'll be some humor. Now, enjoy the profile and review! I'm going to draw pictures of the three main characters before I post the next chapter, though. So, it may take a bit longer. Oh well!
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Name: Yowane Nadare
Name Meaning: Yowane, complaining. Nadare, avalanche. He likes to complain a lot, so, I mean it sort of like 'an avalanche of complaining'. Haha.
Age: 12
Birthday: March 2nd
Height: 167cm (about 5'6")
'Theme Songs': Sum 41 - 'Hellsong', Hav - 'You Gonna Feel' (that's the starting song of Peace Maker Kurogane)