Disclaimer: Do I really have to go through all of this again? Ok, if I must…I do not own Naruto.
A/N: Ok, another chapter. Let's see how much I can screw this one up.
Chapter Three:
The day went by great for our girls, except for being chased by fan girls a couple of times. Other than that, it was great. They hadn't been targeted yet so everything was going ok. Hinata got shoved into a locker, but that was normal.
That was…until gym arrived.
The girls went into their locker rooms, changed into the short blue shorts and white tee shirt that was protocol, and went into the gym. They were greeted by a blinding white light.
"Are we dead?" Ino asked.
"I don't think so, I can still feel my legs," Sakura said.
"Yeah we can't be dead, volleyball tryouts are next week," Tenten whined. She was majorly into sports and tried out for most of them.
"G-g-guys, I th-think it's j-just G-gai-sensei," Hinata said, shielding her white eyes with her hand.
"Yes it is I, youth filled flowers. Are you ready for the first gym class this year?" Gai asked, still having a huge smile on his face.
"Yes we are, Gai-sensei. Thanks for asking. Um…what do you have planned for our first day back?" Tenten asked. She loved PE, and sometimes Gai would tell her what he had planned for the day.
"Today, my beautiful Tenten, we are going to practice taijutsu. Isn't it great?" he asked.
"Yes!" Tenten said. She loved hand to hand combat. She trained with Lee, another loser in the school who was also the best.
Tenten grabbed her friends and went off to the side of the gym, so Gai couldn't blind them anymore.
"Aren't you guys excited?" Tenten asked.
"No," "No," "Not really,"
"Why not?"
"Because, we really aren't good at taijutsu," Ino said. She was ok, but compared to Tenten and Lee who she and the others practiced with, she was mediocre.
"Yeah," Sakura said yawning. "And besides, last time we practiced this, someone broke my glasses,"
"Oh yeah, I forgot," Tenten said, her spirit's coming down. She loved this, but it didn't look like her friends were going to have much fun.
"Well, I am going to try," Hinata said quietly. She was hoping to get Tenten's spirit's up. She knew how much Tenten loved it.
"Great," Tenten said, all happiness coming back.
Everyone was gathered around Gai, as he started to explain what they were going to do.
"Ok, today everybody, we are going to practice taijutsu. So, everyone find a partner!" Gai said, watching as they all went to their friends. He frowned; it wasn't what he had in mind. He wanted them to go with people they hadn't practiced against. "I change my mind. I will pick partners. Bree with Neji, Sarah with Naruto, Shikamaru with Georgia, Miriah with Sasuke, Hinata with Samantha, Ino with Michelle, Sakura with Searra, and Tenten with Katarina. Now, I want you to stretch out and then on my whistle begin. No weapons or jutsu's of any sort. Just hand-to-hand combat. I want you to keep going until either one of you is defeated, or when I blow my whistle. Ok, everybody spread out. Ready…begin!"
As instructed they found their partners, spread out, and had began fighting. Unfortunately, Gai had not picked partners well, for all of the girls that were paired up with the guys just gave up and were defeated.
It was a different story for the girls though; they had the four leaders of the Sasuke-Naruto-Shikamaru-Neji fan club. And they were ready to kick some butt because Sakura, Hinata, Ino, and Tenten were sitting by their 'loves.'
With Hinata and Samantha…
"Are you ready to get your ass handed to you, Hinata?" Samantha asked. She was going to make Hinata pay for sitting by Naruto, when she was the one who should be sitting by him.
Hinata didn't respond, but instead taking up a defensive stance that she had made up herself with the help of Lee and Tenten.
Grinning, Samantha cracked her knuckles and launched herself at Hinata.
With Sakura and Searra…
"You are going to get your butt kicked, Sakura," Searra said, ready to strike. Searra was known for being quick, and using her resources.
"Maybe…" Sakura said, and took up a defensive stance. She was smart, and used what was around her. She was also strong.
Searra leapt.
With Ino and Michelle…
"Ready for your demise, Ino," Michelle asked. She had liked Shikamaru for a long time, and she would rather be dead than let Ino sit by him. (Did that make sense to you?)
"Bring it on," Ino said with a smirk.
Michelle sprung.
With Tenten and Katarina…
"Hope you are ready for a major defeat, and an even bigger beating Tenten," Katarina said. She was known to be the most vicious of all of the fan girls, and the most jealous. Also the strongest, along with Michelle, Searra, and Samantha.
"Not today Katarina," Tenten said coolly, taking a defensive stance she had worked years on to perfect. Tenten had hated this girl for a long time, and she was going to win this fight.
"We will see…"Katarina said and jumped towards Tenten.
The boys had already finished, and their partners were staring at them. They were now watching the other matches that were going on. So far nothing had interested them.
"Well, that was lame," Sasuke said.
"I know, they didn't even try to fight," Naruto said.
"Troublesome…" Shikamaru stated.
"Hn," Neji said, crossing his arms.
"Are there any interesting fights going on?" Naruto said eager for some blood.
"No, just some between the losers and the head fan girls, and some normal weakling fights," Sasuke said yawning.
"Well those will all be over soon. I mean, do you remember last year when those losers didn't even now how to kick correctly. And those fan girls are ok, for girls that is," Naruto stated laughing.
"You are right," Shikamaru said. He was bored.
It was true. The last school year, the losers had not really known anything about hand-to-hand combat, except for Tenten. Tenten though, didn't have a lot of practice, and was easily defeated in most matches. It was another source for the ridicule they got. This year though it seemed to be a little bit different.
"Look," Neji said pointing to the fights going on between the girls and the fan girls.
"Oh my god," Naruto said staring in disbelief.
With Hinata and Samantha…
Samantha threw punches and kicks right and left at Hinata, who dodged them all with a little bit of difficulty. When the opening came, Hinata shot out and gave her an upper cut to the jaw. It sent her reeling.
"What the hell!" Samantha yelled at Hinata.
Hinata merely got back into her stance waiting for her to attack again, which she did. Every throw and kick that Samantha sent at Hinata was avoided, making Samantha madder and madder. And as she grew madder, she grew crazier. Hinata had more trouble dodging the blows, and a few got through her defense.
"Just as I thought. You really are a weakling. You haven't gotten any better than last year. You are just a weak little girl, and a loser too," Samantha said laughing at Hinata. That is where she made her mistake.
With Sakura and Searra…
Searra was fast, faster than Sakura had expected. She got punched across the face sending her tumbling backwards. Instead of letting her get up, Searra kicked her in the back when she was down.
Sakura immediately got up, seeing as they weren't playing a fair fight, and got ready to attack. This time she knew what to look for, and at the right time caught Searra's leg as she tried to kick her. Taking hold, she twisted it hard, causing Searra to go flying the other way.
"You whore," Searra hissed as she brought herself off of the ground. Doing a few quick hand signs, she did a jutsu.
"Hey, those aren't allowed," Sakura yelled.
Searra just smiled.
With Ino and Michelle…
Ino and Michelle were exchanging blows. For every hit Michelle got on Ino, Ino gave back to her harder.
Ino's hand shot out and landed a firm punch on her jaw, and tripped her so she fell on her butt.
"Give up," Ino said calmly. Blood was trickling down her cheek where Michelle had got her.
"Never," Michelle spat at her, and tripped Ino so she was the one on the ground. Launching herself into the air, she brought down a swift axe kick onto Ino's stomach. A few cracks could be heard.
"Fine then, be that way," Ino said smiling as she got up.
With Tenten and Katarina…
Katarina stood barely five feet from Tenten as she circled around her like a hawk. Tenten was her prey now, and she was the hunter. The prize would be Neji. On Tenten's left wrist was a quickly darkening bruise that wrapped around. Her pinkie was bent at a strange angle.
Waiting calmly, Tenten watched Katarina as she sent more and more insults Tenten's way. She wasn't going to let it get to her. She knew this had to do something with the fact that she was sitting by Neji.
"You can have the cold hearted Hyuga for all I care. He is just a bastard," Tenten said, breaking Katarina's constant string of insults.
"Oh, I will have him. But you broke rule number one of the fan girl code. Don't ever sit by the prince without my permission. And now you are going to pay dearly," Katarina said in a sweet tone that made Tenten cringe.
"Like you own him," Tenten said just as sweet. Sick and tired of just waiting, she launched herself at her, doing a few flips, and landing a kick to Katarina's side.
"Did you see that? Did you? Did you?" Naruto said jumping up and down and pointing at the fights that were going on.
"Yes, we do have eyes," Neji said bonking him on the head.
"There might actually be some good fights…troublesome," Shikamaru said.
"Hn," Sasuke said.
"I wonder who will win?" Naruto said.
"Does it matter? It is either a loser or a stupid fan girl," Shikamaru said.
"Still, it is interesting," Neji said effectively shutting the two up.
"Hn," Sasuke said.
With Hinata and Samantha…
Hinata appeared behind Samantha before she could even blink, grabbed and flipped her. She backed away and waited for Samantha to get up. When she did, she found a fist flying at her face.
Before she could even put her hands up blows rained down upon her. They hit her everywhere, and Hinata didn't stop for while. When she did Samantha fell to the floor, and Hinata put her foot on her stomach.
"I win," Hinata said quietly, confidence filled in her words. It made Samantha look at her with even more hatred.
"This round Hinata, but you will get it. I promise you," Samantha said. Hinata's foot applied pressure, effectively knocking the breath from her.
"I can handle it. And you can have Naruto. Why would he even notice me in the first place? I am a loser if you haven't noticed, and he is a popular," Hinata said removing her foot, as she began to walk away to watch her friends fight.
"Dude, your cousin can kick butt," Naruto said as the fight ended.
"Hn," Neji said. He couldn't believe that Hinata had become that strong.
"What is her name again?" Naruto asked.
"Hinata…I think," Shikamaru said.
"Why does it matter, they are losers," Sasuke said.
"So, they could be targeted?" Neji asked.
"Yes," Shikamaru said.
"Look," Sasuke said pointing to Sakura's fight.
With Sakura and Searra…
Finishing her hand signs, Searra started running towards Sakura. Sakura got ready to defend herself. Being the smartest person she was she already knew what jutsu Searra had preformed. Sakura had memorized thousands of them, and Searra had just done what to enhance her speed to an even better degree.
Sakura knew that in one hit she could effectively end the fight. She was probably the strongest out of the four; she just needed to land the right punch.
Searra appeared behind her, but Sakura did a front flip to avoid any damage. Searra didn't wait any and attacked again, swinging all of her weight and hitting Sakura across the face. It left her slightly off balance, and she wasn't expecting Sakura to be so fast.
Sakura recovered fast and appeared at Searra's side. She put all of her weight into a punch that went right across Searra's face, sending her a couple of meters back to land into a wall. She didn't get up.
"You will pay for this," Searra hissed at Sakura lifting her face to meet hers.
"I bet I will, but I will be ready for it. Why so mad at a loser Searra? Sasuke will never be interested in me, you will probably be the one who gets him," Sakura said, turned around, spotted Hinata holding bandages and ointments and headed her way.
Searra slumped down some more.
"Wow, I didn't know Sakura was that strong," Naruto said.
"Either did I," Sasuke said, amazement slightly on his face.
"Why does it matter again," Neji asked confused at their faces.
"Yeah, I mean they are losers," Shikamaru said as if they had forgot.
"I know, but if they were strong, wouldn't they be a little bit more fun to target than the rest of the losers at this school?" Sasuke said.
"True," Neji said, and started pondering on this.
"Cram it and watch," Shikamaru said pointing at Ino and Michelle.
Neji and Sasuke shut up, but if it was anybody else who had said that he/she would be dead right now.
With Ino and Michelle…
Ino's cracked rib was slowing her down considerably. She was still able to dodge most of the blows coming her way, but she couldn't dish any of her own out. She was stuck on the defensive.
Michelle had a smirk on her face, and it was written all across her face that she thought she was going to win. Ino was not going to let that happen, she would not win.
Michelle threw herself at Ino hoping to knock her down again, but Ino grabbed both of her arms. She brought up her knee into Michelle's stomach, and then brought her fists down on her back. Michelle fell to the ground.
"I can take whatever crap you are going to dish out to me. So can my friends. Take your stupid 'prince charming' and his friends, I don't care. All I want is to be left alone in this school. It's not my fault I have to sit by the lazy bum," Ino said waiting patiently for Michelle to get up off of the floor.
"Right, I forgot you are a loser," Michelle said smirking as she wiped dirt off of her cheek.
Ino didn't respond, but the rage on her face, and the swift kick to Michelle's neck, showed what she was feeling. Michelle didn't get up. Ino spotted the girls that were done and walked over.
"Hey, how did it go guys?" Ino asked Hinata as she bandaged Sakura's arm.
"I won," Sakura said.
"S-so did I," Hinata said moving towards Ino who had more injuries than both of them.
"Where is Tenten?" Ino asked. When she saw the concern written on her friends faces at Tenten's name she spun around.
Tenten was the only fight left.
"Isn't that the tomboy?" Naruto said looking at the last fight going on. It seemed to be the most brutal of the four they had been watching.
"She is going to be defeated," Neji said closing his eyes.
"Probably," Shikamaru said also closing his eyes.
"You should take a closer look then, or are you blind?" Sasuke said motioning towards the fight.
With Tenten and Katarina…
Katarina was good, Tenten had to admit. She couldn't really use her left wrist for anything, except for flipping and even then it hurt.
Katarina was standing a few feet away nursing a sprained ankle Tenten had caused. She was still fast though.
Tenten wanted the fight to be over now. She knew that they were the last two still fighting, and that everyone was watching. She wanted to end it quickly, so she didn't draw attention to herself.
Katarina may have been fast, but Tenten was faster. That is what happened when you trained with thee Rock Lee. She appeared behind Katarina and hit her on the side of the head. She went flying. Not waiting, she appeared where Katarina was going to land, spun and kicked her in the side sending her flying the other way.
Katarina did a back flip to recover, and sent a high kick at Tenten who was in front of her now. Tenten merely ducked, and Katarina's momentum sent her twisting leaving her back open, which Tenten kicked.
Without hesitation, Katarina sent a barrage of kicks and punches at Tenten who dodged gracefully. Nothing even came closer to landing on her, and during every opening she landed a hit on Katarina.
Katarina was fed up with those though. She wanted to win to impress the boys who she knew were watching right now. Reaching into her pouch, she produced several kunai and shuriken. She sent them hurling at Tenten.
"Fool," Tenten yelled at her, and caught all of the weapons in her bare hands.
"How did you do that?" Katarina said looking in disbelief, she hadn't expected that.
"I train with weapons, make weapons, live with weapons, hell I even sleep with weapons! Do not challenge me with them because you will lose, I guarantee," Tenten said dropping the weapons to the floor, and appearing in front of Katarina. She wrapped her hand around her neck, and applied light pressure.
"I win," Tenten said.
"Yeah right," Katarina replied and took a kunai out of her holster and slammed it into the arm Tenten was holding her with.
Tenten released and took a few steps back, but Katarina punched her sending her tumbling backwards. Tenten got up, and pulled the kunai out with her injured left hand. Blood dripped to the ground off of her right arm, and her left arm raised the kunai in defensive. Katarina attacked head on, but before she could even kick like she planned, cold steel was at her throat. A thin trail of blood ran down it, nothing compared to Tenten's limp right arm.
"I win," Tenten repeated applying a little more pressure.
"Ok, ok, but you will pay," Katarina said.
Tenten didn't answer but turned and walked calmly towards her friends who were waiting with worried expressions.
"Wow," Naruto said. "I guess you were wrong, eh, Neji?"
"Interesting…" Shikamaru said eyeing the four girls who were treating wounds.
"Very," Sasuke said.
"Hm…" Neji said pondering this new occurrence.
"Come on guys, let's go to lunch, I think they are having ramen today!" Naruto yelled and started racing towards the locker room. With a few grumbles and last glances at the girls, the three followed, of course slower.
"Are you ok Tenten?" Sakura asked as she bandaged and set Tenten's left hand. Hinata was bandaging the knife wound on her right arm.
"I am fine," Tenten said through gritted teeth. 'No I am not alright! Does it look like I am alright?' she screamed in her head and bit her tongue.
"Ok," Ino said, knowing Tenten was plain lying.
"How did you guys do?" Tenten asked.
"We all won," Sakura said.
"Where the hell did you think Gai-sensei went to? He was supposed to be watching the fights!" Tenten yelled.
"I don't know," Hinata said as she finished.
"Thanks Hinata," Tenten said giving her a weak smile.
"N-no problem," Hinata said blushing. She did that when ever she got a compliment.
"Hey, what about me? I helped out too!" Sakura said playfully.
"Oh thank you Sakura. You are the greatest healer I know, I will forever be in your debt," Tenten said, mock bowing.
"Cut it out," Sakura said pushing her lightly making sure she didn't touch any wounds.
"Come on guys, its lunch time!" Ino said racing towards the locker room.
"Coming," Tenten said, hooking her arms through Sakura's and Hinata's despite her injuries and dragging them towards the locker room.
A/N: Ok, I am not really good at fight scenes so please bear with me. What did you think?