This is the best Kagami chapter I have written, I am really proud of it... please enjoy.
Tears fell down Kagami's face as he did something incredible, a rare feat... he created his own kenjutsu technique! Inspired by the advanced techniques of the scrolls Yugao had given him, he had started to play around for at least one hour a day to create something unique, sometimes writing other times studying the craft of the sword, and sometimes meditating on it and asking the Fox for inspiration. To his joy, he created one, just two days before the Third Exam.
Of course, to make the technique he had to make his own style, and to give a big middle finger to the Leaf he called it Laughing Fox. It relied on tricky movements, taking advantage of his incredible speed and strength far greater than most sword users usually had. The style itself was in it's infancy, he would still rely on the Dancing Moon mostly, but the Laughing Fox kenjutsu had potential as a great finisher. The move he created, the Moonlight Fox, required all of his speed, strength, chakra control and skill with wind chakra flow. He was beyond proud of himself, what he accomplished. So few could say they made their own jutsu, and he was among their ranks.
He had to practice it some more, and so wiping away his tears he approached a waterfall near his training grounds. The perfect move he created was actually inspired by the waterfall cleaving technique one used to master wind chakra, which he barely managed to do since unlike Naruto he could not make shadow clones. Resembling an Iado move, the technique was five super fast slashes at the four major joints and finally the neck. It was a fatal move and one he saved for Gaara, for it would penetrate his defenses. In fact it was made with those defenses in mind.
"I can do this..." Chakra exploded around his body, smoothing out as he focused on his control. The chakra became a layer of armor around him, swirling and tightly wound, reducing air resistance. Reaching for the blade on his back, he shifted his foot and moved. He ceased to exist, and when he came back to reality, the waterfall stopped as five ten inch long six inch deep scars carved through the bedrock.
Huffing and puffing, he fell to his knee, the control needed for this was beyond intense. It was beyond most Jonin, only his constant training had given him the means to perform this jutsu at all. Using wind to reduce his resistance and increase his speed, mixing with his natural speed and incredible strength it would penetrate even the greatest of defenses...
Or so he hoped...
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"Brilliant." Danzo muttered, smug and proud. "This is what our Jincuuriki should be, a powerful intelligent combatant,... that jutsu is brilliant and it cannot be copied, it has not handsigns, it requires perfect control and incredible wind chakra as well as a vast understanding of kenjutsu. The boy is as brilliant as his father. If only that fool Hiruzen was not watching him, he would have made an amazing member of ROOT..."
He could not wait to watch the Chunin exams, the boy would make an incredible showing and perhaps Danzo could make a wager on the boy... yes, that money would help ROOT very, very nicely.
'His potential with wind release far surpasses my own at that age. Perhaps I can entice him, gain his trust, this loyalty... he is darker than his brother, meaner. He is a true ninja... yes... he will make a perfect heir to my throne.'
With that in mind, Danzo began plotting, unable to wait until Hiruzen died during the invasion and he could get his paws on easily the most talented ninja of his generation. A boy with the potential to surpass even his name sake, Kagami Uchiha, a man even better than Hiruzen in some ways before he perished in the First War.
Yes... he would be patient, but he would do it... and the Leaf would thrive, from the ROOTS up...
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Shaking, Kagami listened to the crowd rage with excitement. Some part of him hated it as he hated them. 'Your cheers ring hollow, you bastards, your hate has left as many scars as physical wounds. One day you will regret it... but not now.' He put on a false, confident smile, masking his fear and hate as much as he could. Looking about he realized that Sasuke was not present, the idiot was late to the freaking Chunin exams... which fit since Naruto said that Kakashi was like that too. Dosu was also gone, oddly... Turning to the new proctor, he asked. "If Sasuke doesn't show, who am I fighting?"
"Kankuro."
"Good,.. that,.. that'll work just fine." He couldn't care less about Kankuro, he wasn't the real threat even without information on his combat style. Personly he was only slightly afraid of Gaara, having heard the boy tried to kill Lee in the hospital from Lee himself when he visited two weeks previously.
After they waved to the crowd, they were all sent away bar Naruto and Neji... despite himself, Kagami turned to his brother. "Don't die."
Naruto nodded, smiling. "I won't, I got so much stronger!"
'Your chakra isn't much stronger at all...'
Deep within him, the Kyuubi rumbled. "He has been training to use my chakra, my other half just told me as much.'
'Damn, seriously... how good is he with your power?'
"Meh,.. my other half dislikes him quite a bit.'
'I believe that..' Moving to the stands, he nodded to Shino. "I miss our spars."
"I do as well, after this we can spar again, my friend."
"Of course, we can... now let's watch my brother get his ass kicked." Naturally... Kagami was wrong as Lady Luck seemed to nursing something big for his brother. Naruto slapped the air, getting his ass handed to him over and over again. He was even unconscious for a good few minutes but the stupid proctor didn't declare he lost despite Naruto's clear ass whopping. Naruto, to everyone's shock, undid Neji's Gentle Fist with a pumping of the Fox's power and got one sucker punch in, beating a Neji tired from whopping Naruto's ass. "Seriously, he... god damn it, why does the world never actually punish him for being a moron! His taijutsu is still sloppy, his punches poor and his speed terrible and he still wins? God fucking shit damn.. AHHH!"
Shino had to stop Kagami from pulling his hair out. "It is not your responsibility to worry for your brother like this... but if you want, beating Naruto in a fight might help him to gain some humility that the world refuses to give him for his failures?"
"A great idea... my big brother is in need of a serious, beat down courtesy of me and boy will he get it." Growling, he readied himself to fight Kankuro... only for Kankuro to declare that he forfeited. "Damn... what's next then?"
Will Shikamaru Nara and Temari come down then?"
This fight was at least interesting and showed that just maybe, Shikamaru was actually quite smart, he just needed to be properly motivated for once... it was fun to see Temari wear herself out, using a third of her chakra making life far easier for him. He kind of wanted to hit Shikamaru, who was being kind of sexist with some of his comments, but the girl seemed very capable of beating his ass.
With that done, the Proctor turned to the stands. "Will Gaara of the Sands and Kagami Uzumaki come down to the arena."
Gulping, he did as he was told, jumping down, shaking limbs and terror in his heart but a real desire to show the fuckers of the Leaf that he could and would be great, they were wrong to hate and underestimate him. If they would not love him, like Naruto wanted, they would fear him...
Breathing deeply, he focused his chakra throughout his body, ready and willing to do whatever he had to in order to survive and tear Gaara apart as only he could. He could do this, he would do this...
No one would stop him... Believe it!
Gaara appeared in a swirl of sand, and the crowd went silent. There was a long pause and then the Proctor said. "Begin!"
Without pause, Kagami ran through his handsigns. " Water bullet jutsu!" And a massive stream of water slammed into Gaara's sand, blocked entirely but soaking it deeply. Satisfied, he threw himself into the air and threw three shuriken infused with wind chakra that tore right through the sand like paper and cut deep swathes into Gaara's armor. The boy gaped at him and Kagami knew he had a victory in the bag if he continued to use his plan.
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"Two elements, water and wind... clever, that is hard for some jonin to accomplish." Asuma started. " And he was smart enough to use water to loosen up Gaara's defenses and Wind to penetrate them entirely. How he managed wind chakra like that is hard, Flying Swallow is not easy to learn."
Kurenai nodded. "Will it be enough, even Lee with his incredible speed and strength, with the Inner Gates open could not win."
"You underestimate his plan. Lee was fighting the full power of the boy's armor, Kagami has weakened the shield entirely and created weapons that can pierce through practically anything... but I have a feeling he will be great without it. He was trained by Yugao, and we both know how skilled she is with a blade."
"Do you think he is good enough to do anything of note in just a few months of training?"
"I guess we will have to see."
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"He got through Gaara's shield using two techniques... how is that possible?" Kankuro groaned. It was not looking good, his brother looked horribly bloodthirsty having found a powerful foe.
Temari turned to him, frowning. "He's got power and skill, but that won't be enough to best Gaara, even that freak in the Green clothes couldn't beat him."
Shino snorted, gaining both of their attention. "Kagam learns fast, your brother does not stand a chance. Just watch."
And watch they did as something terrifying happened... Gaara was socked in the face once more as Kagami, using blinding speeds comparable to Lee's during the Preliminaries, blurred forward and socked Gaara so hard his armor chipped off and he went flying, barely being caught by his sand.
"Oh no..."
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Kagami had had enough of showboating, it was time to end his battle quickly. Channeling his chakra, drawing on his wind nature, he grabbed his blade and let his power fill the world around him before smoothing out. Then, with all his speed and power, he moved. He appeared behind Gaara, sheathing his blade. There was silence before Gaara screamed out, blood spurting out from his throat, shoulder and inner thighs, the boy collapsed, his sand soaked with his own blood for once.
"MY BLOOD, MY BLOOD, MY BLOOD!" And then to the amazement of everyone else...
Kakashi and Sasuke chose that moment to appear, in an overly dramatic Body Flicker filled with leaves. Idiots...
"Just in time, you two... I just beat Gaara." Kakashi's eye widened, he turned to Gaara in shock, the boy bleeding out. His siblings and sensei appeared in a blur, immediately trying to stem his wounds, but they were deep. "Call The medics, any more chakra and he would have lost his head." That was when feathers started descending and a wave of exhaustion overtook him. "Genjutsu! Release!" The technique was dispelled. "What now?" He asked as Temari and Kankuro grabbed a bleeding-out Gaara and left.
Kakashi frowned but before he could say a word, an explosion happened in the Kage booth distracting him long enough that Sasuke was able to shoot after the Sand Trio, leaving Kakashi and Kagami behind. "Damn it..." He rushed into the main area, where the other genin were as the proctor fought the Sand Trio's jonin teacher.
Kagami, realizing he had no time for orders, moved immediately, using his blade to decapitate three Ninja with a perfect Moonlight. Gathering his chakra, ran across the seats, dispelling any Ninja he sensed, from Genin to Jonin, it did not matter. They woke up and saw the battle, most being well trained enough to jump into action. Within fifteen seconds he had woken twelve ninja and killed four enemies.
He was used to acting alone, Kakashi wouldn't give him orders, so he would use his brain to do the most good. He was borderline Special Jonin overall, just like Gaara and Sasuke and Neji, High chunin at the least. He could be helpful, so that was what he would be.
Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.
This was a joy to write, I am extremely proud of Kagami and how he beat Gaara...
Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.