The Hikarinin Exams
Chapter Four: Unexpected Interruption! Dosu and Haku Return!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"We've come," said Haku, "to put an end to the Hikarinin exams, and get revenge on the people that killed us."
"And we've gotten a lot stronger, fools. Prepare to be torn limb from limb." he said.
Sasuke walked out from the crowd, staring at Haku. "So have we." he said. He leapt toward Haku with one fist held back. He slid past Haku, attempted to punch him…
and got a fistful of water.
"Water clone!?" he said in a panic. Instantly a sharp piercing sensation in his back confirmed his suspicion. He attempted to stand up and remove the senbon, but Haku simply kicked him to the ground again.
"This time," said Haku, "I'll kill you for real!"
"No. Let me." said Dosu. He began to fashion out a combination of hand seals extremely fast.
"Forbidden Technique; S…"
"KONOHA SENPUU! (Leaf Whirlwind)" yelled a voice from the crowd. Instantly, Rock Lee flew out and interrupted Dosu's jutsu with a whirling kick. Dosu flew backwards a distance, and landed.
Of course, who would have expected him to land at the feet of none other than Sabaku no Gaara?
"So…" said Gaara, "Me killing you once just wasn't good enough?" he asked.
"I…I…I…." Dosu was apparently at a loss of words.
"SABAKU KYU! (Desert Coffin)" he said, extending one hand toward Dosu. The sand enveloped Dosu, lifting him off the ground as it did. He attempted to break free but the sand slowly crushed his body.
"First…" said Gaara, "I'm going to break everything but your spine." he said. Clenching his fist tighter, the sand became tighter as well. It closed in on Dosu, causing him to scream as his bones snapped.
"SABAKU SOSO! (Desert Funeral)"
Gaara completely closed his hand.
There was an explosion of blood.
"Now…" said Gaara, his sand shielding him from the blood. "I'm going to finish the other one too."
He and everyone else looked around for Haku, but he was already gone.
"Gaara…? Why'd you come?" asked Temari.
"I'm here," he said, "for the Hikarinin Exams."
The jonin looked at eachother and began to talk quietly. Finally they decided it would be okay to let Gaara into the Hikarinin Exams.
"We've decided to allow Gaara to participate in the exams, however some things will have to be changed in order to accommodate this." said Yuuhi Kurenai. "We'll handle this when it comes."
"Right off the bat, the next match…" said Kakashi, "will be…
Sabaku no Gaara
versus…
Sabaku no Kankuro."
The crowd gasped. They looked at the two, talked for a moment, then left the arena, leaving Kankuro and Gaara behind.
"You should listen to your brother more…" said Kankuro.
"Don't tell me what to do." responded Gaara.
Everything fell silent. The match was about to begin.
That was a quick chapter. Nobody expects Kankuro versus Gaara. What do you think? R&R, please.
