…Karui vs Dosu!" yelled Hayate.
Dosu went down to the middle of the arena, but before the red haired Kumo kunoichi could move, the white haired one spoke up.
"Don't lose Karui, if you do, Bee-sama might give up on you, and then Raikage-sama will give up on you, and then you'll become weak and feeble, and then-"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Karui.
Her worrying brother dropped his head as she jumped off the balcony. She walked up to the middle, and pulled out her sword. It was a standard katana used by most shinobi who trained with swords. Hayate looked at both contestants.
"Are both of you ready?" he asked. He saw both contestants nod and he lifted his arm, "HAJIME!" he said starting the fight.
Quickly, Dosu brought up his arms and fired sound waves at Karui. Attempting to get closer to her opponent, Karui dodged from left to right, getting closer inch by inch. Dosu, noticing this, aimed his gauntlet at the floor. Karui immediately dashed at the Oto nin, sword ready to strike. However she never made it. As soon as Dosu fired his sound waves into the floor, it created a ripple effect across it, ripping rocks out of the ground, and making Karui lose her balance and be thrown into the wall. Dosu got up and faced his opponent who was currently struggling to get up. Again, he aimed his gauntlet at her, making her eyes widened. Everyone saw the shockwave hit her, but before they could worry, she poofed out of existence replaced by a rock. Dosu heard footsteps run up behind him but before he could do anything he heard her call out her attack.
"Kumo-Ryū Damashigiri!" she cried, swinging her katana and cutting off Dosu's arm.
"AAAAAUUUURGH!" yelled the Oto genin.
"Winner: Karui," said Hayate, "MEDICS!"
Kin and Zaku cringed as they heard Dosu screams of agony. They looked at Orochimaru disguised as an Oto jounin and saw a passive look on his face. They then looked at one another with a, does he even care? look.
The screen started to scroll through names again and the genin tensed. The screen again started to slow down as it landed on the next two names.
"Second match will be between Abumi Zaku and Aburame Shino!"
Shino and Zaku walked down to the arena meeting in the middle.
Hayate, realizing the two didn't have anything to say, began the match, "HAJIME!"
The two stood there not moving for several seconds.
"If you fight me, you will be beaten so badly you won't be able to continue your shinobi career, walk away while you still can," said Shino stoically.
Zaku just glared at the bug user, "tough guy are we? Well whatever, cause I'm betting I'll still be able to beat you with much more fight left in me!"
Zaku lunged at Shino palm open and swung his arm to the right side of Shino's head. Shino blocked the blow, but was suddenly on alarm as he saw his palm.
"ZANKUHA!" yelled Zaku. Shino was thrown away and landed hard on the floor. Hinata and Kiba were astounded. Shino was one of the best shinobi of their generation, just behind Sasuke, and he was being thrown around so easily.
Shino groaned as he got back on his feet. Zaku narrowed his eyes, something didn't seem right.
"Wh-what the?!" he exclaimed as he saw hundreds of bugs come out of the genin's skin, 'BUGS?! They're coming out of his skin!"
He then turned around as he heard a bunch of scurrying coming from behind him.
"SHIT!" he thought.
"Do you like my friends? They are the kikaichu of my clan. Parasitic insects devour the chakra of their prey. So if you want to be liked, you'd better surrender. Your arms will not help you," the Aburame explained.
"Grrr…" growled Zaku, "I WON'T GIVE UP! WHO DO YOU THINK I AM! I'LL SHOW YOU MY TRUE POWER!" yelled Zaku as he stuck out both arms, "TAKE THIS!" he yelled, releasing chakra from his arms.
Before Shino could say anything, Zaku's arms blew up from the chakra and he was left without any arms.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" yelled Kiba, as everyone noticed the kikaichu coming out of Zaki's arms.
Shino appeared behind Zaku as he was still distracted by the immense pain.
"Just now, while I was giving you my helpful advice, I had kikaichu make their way through the tunnels you blast your wind from. They made their way to key points in your body, messing with your chakra," Shino said.
He whipped the Oto genin across the face, knocking him out cold.
"Winner, Aburame Shino," said Hayate.
Shino walked up to the balcony where he was congratulated by his team.
The screen landed on two names, and the people who weren't picked sighed.
"Third match, Kankuro vs Omoi!" yelled Hayate.
Kankuro and the white haired kumo boy known as Omoi walked down to the center of the arena. Hayate looked at both of them and nodded, "HAJIME!"
Immediately Kankuro threw his giant package to the side and Omoi rushed him. The latter took out his sword and struck Kankuro in the gut. He looked up to Kankuro's face to see it peeling off.
"A p-puppet?" he asked. He then looked behind him as he saw what the giant package was unraveling around. The bandages dropped and he saw Kankuro with chakra wires attached to his finger. Looking back at the puppet he saw 6 arms come out of its side and wrap them around him. The puppet tightened its grip, breaking Omoi's arms.
"AAAAAUUUURGH!" yelled the Kumo nin.
"Winner, Kankuro!" Hayate said, ending the match before it could result in something worse.
'All of the matches have ended in major arm injuries,' thought Hinata.
Before she could think any further she felt two giant killer intents. She faced the board and saw the two names that appeared.
"Fourth Match, Haruno Sakura vs Yamanaka Ino," said Hayate.
A/N: Not doing this, everyone knows it ends in a draw, so writing it would be, as Shikamaru says, "Troublesome."
"Neither contestant can continue. In the result of a draw, no one wins," said Hayate.
"Man, what a cat fight, and I hate cats," said Kiba, Naruto nodding next to him.
They looked up and saw the next match.
"Fifth match, Inuzuka Kiba and Nii Yugito," said Hayate.
"Man, why do I have to fight a girl," said Kiba downtrodden.
"She likes cats," said Naruto.
"OH IT IS ON!" yelled Kiba marching towards the center of the arena, with everyone else sweat dropping at his antics.
Kiba glared at Yugito who had a passive face.
"HAJIME!" yelled Hayate.
Kiba threw a soldier pill at Akamaru, whose fur instantly turned red. Making a hand sign, smoke enveloped the duo, and when it cleared it revealed two beast-like Kiba.
Yugito narrowed her eyes, "So there's two of you now, big deal," she said.
Kiba growled at the jinchuriki, "It's gonna be a big deal when you'll be in intensive care. GATSUUGA!" he yelled.
Two drills came at Yugito faster than anything else she had seen.
'Fast,' she thought. She was able to dodge between the boy and dog duo, if just barely. What she didn't realize is that they came for more. Kiba and Akamaru turned as soon as they noticed she dodged. Yugito was able to dodge Kiba, but Akamaru being the more flexible of the two, was able to hit her. She was pounded into the ground because of the blow, but was quickly able to get back up. Kiba and Akamaru were on the other side of the arena, watching her. She made several hand signs, ending on the tiger.
"Katon: Flaming Hairball!" she yelled as 7 balls made from blue flames were fired at Kiba. Kiba's eyes widened.
'Blue fire?! The hell?" he thought. But he didn't have a minute to spare.
"TSUUGA!" he called, becoming a drill once again and circling Akamaru. The impact created heavy smoke. Yugito tried to find Kiba but to her surprise he came out, still drilling at her. She put her arms in an 'X' formation, just barely able to block it. Kiba landed not too far away with Akamaru.
"I'm actually having fun," said Yugito.
Kiba smirked, "Me too,"
"They're made for each other," said Naruto and Shikamaru simultaneously.
"How would you know anything about love dobe?" asked Sasuke.
Behind him Kakashi was finding it hard not to strangle the life out of the boy then and there.
"It's time to end this," said Yugito.
"Next hit wins?" asked Kiba.
"Of course," purred Yugito, making a barely noticeable tint of pink come across Kiba's face.
"ALRIGHT!" he yelled as he through down a smoke bomb eveloping the three of them.
"Wh-wha happened?" asked Choji.
The genin watched as the smoke cleared and saw Yugito pointing her nails at Akamaru, instead they were razor sharp, with Kiba pointing a kunai with a cut-in-half blade pointed at her neck. Kiba went wide-eyed.
"H-how?" he asked.
"Like the Uzumaki said, I like cats," she explained, "Now if you want your furry friend-"
"I give up," Kiba finished putting the broken kunai down, "I'm Naruto risking Akamaru's life for a chance at Chunin, there's always next time."
Yugito smiled as she retracted her claws and gave Akamaru to Kiba.
"Winner! Nii Yugito from Kumo," announced Hayate.
Kiba watched Yugito's back as she walked back to the balcony, 'I think I'm in love,' he thought, walking back to his team.
"G-good j-job, K-Kiba," said Hinata. She handed him a small wooden box, Kiba already knowing what was in it.
"Yeah good job, Kiba. And from what I saw at the very end, from the way you were looking at her… it seems you got the hots for her," said Naruto, smirking at Kiba.
Kiba turned to growl at Naruto, "Say one more thing and Naruto I swear I will tell your secret to everyone here," he said. That shut Naruto up nice and quick.
"Sixth match, Temari vs Higurashi Tenten," said Hayate, "HAJIME!"
"Yeah, go Tenten!" yelled Lee from the stands.
"So, another one of those Suna genin. This should be interesting," said Neji.
…
"BANG!"
"I-impossible,'' cried Lee.
"She shut her down that quickly?!" exclaimed Neji.
Across the floor were dozens of weapons that Tenten had expertly thrown at Temari, except one thing was wrong. Tenten was folded over Temari's fan, beaten and bloody.
"This was really troublesome," said Temari. Shikamaru sneezed.
"Winner, Temari!" called Hayate.
Temari threw Tenten across the floor, but before she could land on the weapons, she was caught by Lee.
"What's wrong with you! That's not how you treat a worthy opponent!" yelled Lee.
"Lee, That's enough!" yelled Gai from the stands.
Lee growled at Temari, but obeyed his sensei and went back to the stands.
The screen started blurring through names again.
"Damn," said Shikamaru.
"Seventh Match, Nara Shikamaru vs Tsuchi Kin," said Hayate.
The two genin met in the middle, Shikamaru seeming out of it.
"I can't believe I have to fight a girl," said the lazy Nara.
Kin scowled at him and said, "Fine, I guess I'll just have to wipe the floor with you then."
"Ready? HAJIME!" exclaimed Hayate.
"GO SHIKAMARU!" yelled Choji.
"Kagemane no Jutsu!" said Shikamaru.
"So that's all you got huh? Well you'll have to do better than that!" said Kin.
She threw senbon at Nara, who dodged them, and they hit the opposite wall. The bells rung, causing Shikamaru to turn around, "Bells? What a tired old trick. Let me guess, you'll be throwing your senbon in two groups, with and without bells, to mislead me into thinking I'm safe, until the silent ones get me… right?!" he asked.
"Chatty are we?" asked Kin as she drew her arm back.
The bells rung again catching Shikamaru off guard, "behind me?!" he exclaimed. It was then he realized his mistake, 'Shit! A thread?! She's pulling the strings to mock me!'
"TOO LATE!" yelled Kin. She threw senbon at Shikamaru, these ones hitting him, "Once I was able to dodge your shadow, it was all-" she was about to say.
"HOW?!" she yelled, "YOUR SHADOW IS NOWHERE IN SIGHT!"
"Still don't get it? Think about it. Strings that small and high up wouldn't be able to create shadows. You fell right into my trap," explained Shikamaru, getting up, "Now to end it."
He got a kunai from his pouch, making Kin do the same. Throwing it at the same time, Shikamaru dodged the Kunai harmlessly, but Kin hit her head on the wall, knocking her out.
"Winner, Nara Shikamaru!" said Hayate.
"YEAH SHIKAMARU!" yelled Choji from the balcony.
As Shikamaru went up to the stands, the next match was announced.
"Eighth match, Akamichi Choji vs Sai," said Choji.
A bribe of all you can eat and 2 minutes later Choji was in the center of the Arena. Hayate looked at the contestants, "HAJIME!"
Choji jumped back from Sai who had stayed still.
"Baika no Jutsu!" he yelled. Choji inflated like a balloon and tucked his head and limbs inside of his body and began to roll. Instead of being incredibly slow, Sai was caught off guard when it was faster than he expected. But he was faster. Sai would simply dodge the rolling sphere of mass that was his opponent. This went on for about five minutes until Choji had gotten tired. When he went back to his original state Sai had held his sword to his neck.
"Winner, Sai!" said Hayate.
Choji had glumly walked back to his team where he was created by a sympathetic congratulations from his entire team, including Ino who had regained consciousness during his fight along with Sakura.
The screen started going through names again, and there were only three matches left, and everyone knew these would be the best ones yet.
The names that it landed on made everyone go speechless.
"Ninth match…
END
Ha! Another cliffhanger! Take that! HAHA! But actually, I hope you enjoyed this one. The next chapter will be HECTIC!
