DAMN YOU EIJI!!!!!DO YOU KNOW HOW...what the hell happened to you?" - Kotaru
Kotaru and Arina waited the whole night for him to return.
Of course thoughts like that he might have been attacked and wouldn't return emerged while they waited.
But he was undoubtedly the strongest of them, so they decided if he doesn't return they could only forfeit.
So when he then finally arrived, they didn't expect him to look like that - only in underwear and his face swollen after being stung by a whole nest of wasps.
"Shorry guys...I ran into the shief eshamination offisher and had a little dishargreement."
"If this is supposed to be the result of a little disagreement, I don't want to know what would happen with big disagreement..." - Arina
"HA! That's what you get for always trying to mock your superiors. Serves you right!" - Kotaru
"Fuck you! I won't give you any foodshs or drinkshs anymore!"
"What? We are a team! My loss is your loss!" - Kotaru
"Guys stop the quarrel...now that Eiji is here we should think about the test instead!" - Arina
"Yeah...so what's your plan Eiji?" - Kotaru
"We go shtraight to the tower and camp there!"
"That's kinda straightforward and simple...but I honestly agree. I don't want to waste time searching for other teams in this dumb forest!" - Kotaru
"I also agree. We lost a day and need to be bold with our approach to make up for the advantages the other teams gathered." - Arina
A team from Amegakure was waiting in the vicinity of the tower for other teams.
Since the strongest teams like Gaara's for example already reached the tower with the scrolls the first day, this team was confident of their tactic to camp there.
Also since most weaker teams are still trying their luck in the deep forest, campers on the second day were pretty rare.
Only on the fourth or fifth day would the campers start to appear in mass, which Naruto's team will experience.
Anyway, this team from Amegakure still decided to camp on the second day, not because of tactical reasons, but rather because their "leader" had a short fuse and hates nothing more than to search for something.
He was a midget compared to his teammates with a bald head.
His teammates wore like most Amegakure-nins re-breathers, but he didn't wear one and instead wore a tank-top, which accentuated his muscular build.
"Hey, nothing against your idea, but what about our food? How do we secure it when we are camping here?"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DIPSHIT OR ELSE I WILL -"
They stopped "talking" to each other when they noticed Eiji's group approaching.
"Looks like they haven't noticed -"
"GIVE ME YOUR SCROLL OR ELSE YOU WILL KNOW WHY THEY CALL ME AXEGENIUS!!!"
"..."
"I'm sure we will die someday because of him."
Eiji's team was trying to find a suitable camper spot when a bald muscular midget suddenly jumped out of nowhere and started to shout.
'Why are mobs in this world even weirder than the main characters...'
Eiji thought that while he was wearing only his underwear and had a completely swollen face.
"Is this an enemy?" - Arina
"I'm not sure...I think he is a madman who ended up somehow in this forest..." - Kotaru
"I'M NOT A MADMAN!!! YOU FUCKIN SHITS WON'T INSULT ME ANYMORE AFTER I'M DONE WITH YOU!!!!"
He summoned two giant axes and started to throw them.
This would be a dangerous attack if the attacks wouldn't be so easily dodgeable.
"I think he is supposed to be an enemy...but I'm not really sure..." - Arina
Suddenly the midget's teammates appeared.
"Sorry about this guy. He has occasionally roid rage...anyway it's still a test so we have to take your -"
Before he could finish, a giant ax flow towards him.
"YOU TRASH TEAMMATES ARE SO USELESS!!! IF YOU DIDN'T BUTT IN I WOULD HAVE ALREADY DEFEATED THEM!!!"
"Are you serious? After this shit is done, I will leave this team! You are way too annoying!"
"Yeah, you are a crazy midget! I will tell our superiors about your behavior when we return!"
They then started to fight each other.
Eiji's team: "..."
The fight didn't seem to end any time soon, because even though it was a one versus two, the bald midget was really sturdy.
But then the midget seemed to have enough.
He took out their scroll and threw it towards Eiji's team.
Then said his last words "Shit fuckin team" before running off.
"Wait, did he really just give them our scroll, just because he doesn't like us?"
"I don't care about this test anymore, let's kill him!"
They two ran in the direction their teammate ran off.
"What the hell wash that?" - Eiji
No matter what just happened, they still got both the heaven and earth scrolls now, which means they just have to enter the tower to pass the second test!
When they entered the building there was no one here.
The only noticeable thing was a giant scroll on the wall.
"Hey this thing talks about heaven stuff..." - Kotaru
"Since the scrolls are named heaven and earth scrolls I guess it refers to the scroll." - Arina
Eiji didn't say anything and just opened both scrolls: one with his mouth, the other with his hands.
When smoke started to appear, he threw them on the ground.
"Hey, why is there smoke coming -"
Kotaru stopped talking when they could make out the silhouette of a person.
"Congrats for passing the second round!"
A chunin they didn't know appeared.
He looked like he wanted to continue talking, but when he saw the state of Eiji, he was stunned.
'What the...is this boy a pervert or something? Why is he walking only in his underwear? And what's wrong with his face?'
"Uhm...I appreciate your congratulations, but I think I still don't know whats going on." - Arina
The Chunin stopped his thoughts and started to act professionally: "Sorry I got lost in thoughts. Anyway, those scrolls contained a summoning spell, so that we Chunin could greet the applicants at the end of the second exam..."
He then started to explain the meaning of the message on the wall.
"...so since Chunin are responsible for leading their team, they need to possess both strength and intelligence."
"Yeah that kinda makes sense..." - Kotaru
"Ah, I forgot, since you passed it only on the second day, you have some time to relax until the end of the fifth day. So now I will leave you to yourselves. Good luck for the future tests!"
"Thank you sir/shir!"
For the others, things played out as they were supposed to, with the only difference being, that Choji was carrying a giant sack of food with him and Anko being in a worse state compared to the original timeline since she activated the curse mark.
Because of that, when she returned, she let Hiruzen treat her curse mark much instantly.
After that, she passed out for 2 days.
On the 5th day, when she woke up she was told that 24 applicants passed and that they would need to hold preliminary rounds for the 3rd test.
When she heard that she rushed instantly out, not noticing that she still wore Eiji's clothes.
During the days waiting, Eiji's face healed.
Unfortunately, he still lacked clothes.
He hoped to ask Hayate to get him some clothes, but like all the other Sensei of their respective teams, they only arrived on the 5th day.
So he was standing only in his underwear with the other Genin, while the Hokage and the Jonin were there as well, waiting for Anko.
Hayate was worried about his students, but when he finally saw them again, he didn't expect to see Eiji like that: 'What is he doing this time?'
The other Genin also looked at him with varying thoughts.
Some thought he is a pervert, some that he is a weirdo, and his former classmates who knew of his bad luck though,t how bad his luck was this time to end up like that.
Anyway, Anko suddenly appeared and in her usual loud voice she said: "Congratulations to you all...on passing the second exam!"
"Hey Eiji, why is she wearing your clothes?" - Kotaru
When she heard that, Anko's face turned red: 'I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO CHANGE THE CLOTHES!!!'
Unfortunately for her, Kotaru said that loudly, so all the Genin, Jonin, and Hiruzen heard that.
Everyone was confused but also intrigued by what happened.
Even the "cool" Genin like Gaara, Neji, and Sasuke paid attention to it.
They never thought they would end up witnessing such a bizarre situation: the chief examination officer wearing the clothes of an applicant!
Anko was dumbfounded and was not able to respond.
So everyone's eyes gathered on Eiji.
Eiji noticed that and thought: ' Hmm, that kind of attention is troublesome, so let's say something to turn the attention on Anko instead!'
He did a fake cough and then said: "You see Kotaru...when a man and a woman are attracted to each other, it may start with only a kiss. But if a kiss isn't enough to quell the thirst they have for each other, they -"
When she heard the nonsense he was blabbing, she activated her curse mark again.
Orochimaru sensed how Anko's curse mark was activating.
He was joyful because it will end up probably in an interesting situation.
Meanwhile, Sasuke's curse mark was reacting to it as well: "Urgh!"
Sasuke held his neck with a painful expression.
"SASUKE!" - Sakura
Hiruzen sensed that this could end up in a really ugly situation, so he used a non-powerful Genjutsu to calm Anko down.
She regained her clarity and muttered softly thanks to him.
Her curse mark was already deactivating.
Hiruzen did a fake cough and said: "I think there must be some sort of a misunderstanding. Why don't you explain what happened, Anko?"
He threw her a lifesaving life jacket - she now had the chance to save her reputation!
She might not only lose respect from her Jonin colleagues because she allegedly slept with an applicant as the chief examination officer, she may also end up being labeled as a shotacon!
Fortunately, the jutsu from Hiruzen was still in effect, so she had a clear head and started to come up with an explanation.
Of course, she wouldn't mention that she was peed on...she would rather be labeled as a shotacon instead of being known for being peed on.
"Yes, Lord Hokage! You see, I was on a secret mission in the forest as we discussed earlier and since it was highly dangerous I got wounded. Luckily this "friendly" (she really emphasized this word) boy was in the vicinity and helped me. Since my clothes were full of poison, I got rid of them, and seeing a lady like me without clothes, he gave me "voluntarily" his clothes. What he told earlier was just a joke. That's all!"
Most Konoha Jonin gathered here already knew about Orochimaru appearing, so her colleagues fully believed her.
But there was a certain Genin, who adamantly kept pushing his "story".
"That's rude, chief examination officer. I never joke. I'm known throughout the whole village as a paragon of compassion and truthfulness - people say that I even outshine the Buddha!"
Anko started to smile dangerously, she was at her limit even with Hiruzen's jutsu calming her down.
"Koff, I think you had enough fun, Eiji. If you continue to waste everyone's time, it will reflect badly on our village, especially since Lord Hokage wants to start explaining about the third exam. And make sure to apologize to Anko later!"
"...yes, Hayate-sensei."
The one who diffused the situation was Hayate, and after being told by him, Eiji couldn't continue with his shameless act.
Many of the other Genin saw Hayate for the first time and thought that he looks sick and if he is alright.
Orochimaru licked his lips: 'A shame. Could have been a really interesting show if Anko's and Sasuke's curse marks ran wild...'
Hiruzen started to explain about the underlying purpose of the chunin exams, like how they are miniature wars and how they show the village's military strengths, and so on.
While he explained, Eiji kept silent since he didn't want to draw even more attention.
It was really hard though since he was the only one standing there only in his underwear.
Nevertheless, he kept a serious face and had a confident posture, which made him look even more ridiculous.
Anyway, when Hiruzen finished his talk, a Jonin Eiji didn't recognize appeared.
It was a plain-looking woman, with a scatterbrained expression.
"Uhm, Lord Hokage, uhmm can you leave the rest to me? I think it should save some time?"
"Go ahead." - Hiruzen
Shen then started to explain, how there were too many teams who passed this time and that they would need to cut down the numbers before the third exam.
But Eiji didn't listen to her, instead, he was preoccupied with his own thoughts: 'Looks like because Hayate-sensei is here as our team-leader to watch us, a random mob took his place. Of course, best case scenario would be that she would die instead of him, even though it is evil of me to think like that. But I won't try to save someone I don't know, when I need to fight Gaara, Kabuto, and this Sand Dude at the same time - it would be just suicide. However, I can't exclude the possibility of Hayate-sensei being there and dying like he is supposed to, so I should still proceed with my plan...'
"Well, I'm outta here."
"WHAT?! K-Kabuto...?!" - Naruto
"Hey Eiji, why are you standing there? Let's go upwards to the spectator area!" - Kotaru
While he went up with his teammates, Hayate joined them and said:" Koff, you really made a show back then...I tried to calm Anko down, but she said that she promised you a reward for saving her - but she smiled dangerously so I hope you are prepared!"
"No problem, sensei. When it comes to the opposite gender, I'm really -"
"Eiji! I'm really glad that you passed! I really wanted to talk to you!" - Tenten
'Oh no! Let's pretend I have to shit and run to the bathroom!'
Hey, Tenten, I'm also glad you passed. By the way, I really have to shit, so see ya!"
He turned around but unfortunately, Lee appeared.
"Hey, you! Don't you think it's rude to ditch a girl trying to talk with you?"
"Don't you think it's rude to everyone with a normal fashion sense to walk around like that?"
"AHAHAHA how lovely the youth is, debating about fashion. But you see young boy, this suit isn't only stylish, it is also air-permeable -"
Guy was interrupted by the start of the battle.
Eiji was happy about that since he not only escaped the dangerous predator known as a jealous childhood friend, but also the pair of Konoha's green weirdos!
Anyway, the fight started.
Sasuke knew that his opponent was a long-range fighter, so opposite to his fight in the original timeline, he was the one charging at his opponent.
Zaku defended himself with his kicks since he acted like both his arms were still dislocated.
Even his teammates thought that his arms were unusable.
He wanted to surprise his opponent and decide the match with one fatal move!
Of course, Sasuke was way more gifted in taijutsu and since Zaku pretend that he couldn't use his arms, he was driven fast into a corner.
If he didn't use it now, he would probably lose.
So when Sasuke was about to throw a punch at him, instead of defending like until now, he raised his arms and shouted with a smile: "TAKE THIS!"
Sasuke felt instantly a dangerous sensation.
His superb Uchiha instincts warned him in time, so even though he was hit by Zakus airwave, it wasn't a fatal hit.
But he was still badly injured: his left arm was completely covered in blood and was unusable.
"You..." - Sasuke panted.
He never imagined that Zaku could still use his arms.
"HAHAHA! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR MESSING WITH ME! BUT DON'T THINK THIS IS ALL, I WILL ABSOLUTELY SAVOR EVERY SECOND OF THIS REMATCH!!!"
"Uchiha Sasuke...thisis all he can do?" - Gaara
"HOW CAN YOU STILL CALL YOURSELF AN UCHIHA SASUKE? YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO...TO YOURSELF!! AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED TO HAVE EVERYONE SEE YOU AS BIG LOSER?!" - Naruto
When Sasuke heard that, he looked towards Naruto.
But because of Eiji, Lee wasn't standing next to Naruto, so Sasuke didn't have the crucial inspiration to copy Lee's taijutsu.
Sasuke was standing there contemplating what to do, but now his curse mark started to hurt again and activated
"HAHAHA! WHAT NOW SASUKE? ARE YOU JUST GONNA KEEP STANDING THERE? WELL, I DON'T CARE SO EAT MY AIRWAVE!"
Zaku started to raise his arms for his attack.
'Sasuke, you have no choice but to use my power, or else you'll die!' - Orochimaru
Hiruzen, Anko, and Kakashi saw how the curse mark was activating and they got ready to step in.
'This damn curse...and Sakura and Naruto worry for no reason...like I will let this mark ran wild and get disqualified!'
Sasuke smiled and suppressed the curse mark.
"!"
They were surprised: he suppressed the curse mark that easily.
But compared to the original timeline, his physical and mental energies weren't drained - he was "only" physically wounded.
So with his iron will he suppressed it faster than in the original timeline.
This gave him precious time to do something against his opponent's looming fatal attack.
When Zaku was about to unleash his attack, he laughed madly while shouting: "HAHAHAHA! DIE, SASUKE!!"
But Sasuke's smile just grew wider while he said: "Idiot, the one who dies is you -"
BOOOOOMMM!!!!
Zaku's arms exploded.
The explosion was even bigger than vs Shino.
Why did his arms explode?
The reason is, that even though Sasuke shouldn't use any chakra for this fight to not activate his curse mark if it's only a minuscule amount, he could still suppress the curse mark.
So Sasuke didn't use any "real" jutsu, but instead only used fire chakra, which flowed into Zaku's arm air tubes.
But how did the chakra flow from such a distance to Zaku?
The reason was, that when Sasuke engaged in taijutsu back then, he used non-visible threads to counter Zaku, should he be able to distance himself.
Letting a long-range user escape into the distance would be really bad, so Sasuke set up a backup plan to just pull him into short-range again.
Unfortunately, he didn't expect Zaku to use his powerful airwave attack from his arms, so most of the prepared threads were destroyed in this attack.
But luckily there were still a few threats connected to him, so when Sasuke sensed that Zaku was sucking air into his arms, he let fire chakra flow along the threads into his air tubes.
Zaku didn't sense the threads back then, so of course, he didn't sense them now.
Anyway, Sasuke won!
Zaku's arms were fully blown to pieces and he was covered in flames while crying and rolling on the ground.
"Uhmm, I guess Uchiha Sasuke is the winner..." - Scatterbrained Jonin
After she said that, medic-nins rushed towards Zaku and extinguished the flames.
Then they took him on a stretcher and left.
His burns were severe and his both arms were completely missing, but he would likely survive with the fast action of the medic-nin.
"Tch, this idiot Zaku got overconfident and underestimated him greatly, almost like he forgot how he was trashed by him before..." - Dosu
"WHAT?? HEY KAKASHI-SENSEI, WHAT HAPPENED?? WHAT DID SASUKE DO??" - Naruto
"Haaa...didn't you see the threads?" - Kakashi
"What? What threads? Hey Sakura, what is he talking about?" - Naruto
While Naruto was still talking, Kakashi appeared next to Sasuke and told the medic-nins, who wanted to treat Sasuke, that he would do it himself.
Meanwhile near Eiji: "Wow, I really didn't think Sasuke would win this..." - Kotaru
'Sasuke looked really beaten, but that makes his turnaround even more impressive. And the most fearsome thing is that he will continue to grow stronger!' - Lee
'Coming up with such a quick counter in mere seconds while being in danger, really reminds me of you Kakashi.' - Guy
"I mean, it would be kinda embarrassing for our village if someone from the legendary Uchiha clan lost to spaghetti-arms..." - Eiji
"Spaghetti arms? In my opinion, his arms were more like fart cannons." - Arina
"Eh, Arina! Girls aren't supposed to talk about farts and stuff!" - Kotaru
"I'mgladyou enjoyed watching this fightEiji, but I still need totalkto you..." - a Tenten with a scary smile reminded everyone that she was also here.
'Shit...I really forgot about her!'
Eiji looked towards his sensei for help, but Hayate instead told him that he would search for some clothes for him and disappeared.
'TRAITOR!!!'
Eiji was checkmated, so he could only ask for forgiveness now: "I know I kinda was a bad friend since the start of this chunin exam, but earlier I was just joking! Nothing happened between me and the chief examination officer, I swear!"
"..." - Tenten
This silence was really making him feel like he could die any second.
But he still had his ultimate trump card when it comes to Tenten, so he said: "Alright I get it, I will treat you to whatever you want after this exam."
"...I want sesame dumplings."
When Kakashi left with Sasuke to treat his curse-mark, the next fighter's names were displayed.
Haruno Sakura vs Yamanaka Ino!
The chance for the same matches as in the original timeline was actually much higher than getting new matches.
It's like having a deck of 20 cards and you always draw 2 cards.
Then without shuffling the deck, you add only 3 cards randomly into the same deck and start to draw 2 cards again.
But somehow, even though the opponents were the same, their match was earlier than in the original timeline.
Either way, Eiji knew that this match was boring as hell, so he just sat on the ground and leaned on the wall.
'This wall is really soft...I wonder if it was a bed before becoming a wall..."
Eiji slowly started to drift into sleep, until Lee who was near him started to cheer for Sakura loudly.
"Ah man, hey Tenten, can't you tell your teammate to stop being so loud? I can't sleep like that!" - Eiji
"WHAT??!! KID, BEING MOTIVATED AND SHOUTING WITH YOUR FULL SPIRIT IS ALL WHAT YOUTH IS ABOUT!!!"
"Yeah, you tell him, Guy-sensei!"
Tenten just shrugged her shoulders.
He then looked at Neji who finally accepted that his team would continue to stay next to Eiji's, so he joined them as well.
When Neji saw Eiji asking him with his gaze to do something about that loud Lee, he just ignored him.
'This damn arrogant fucker! Well, I will show you all, that this won't stop me from sleeping through this boring-ass match!'
He then tried to ignore all the noises around him and really managed to fall asleep.
Meanwhile on the duel stage.
Sakura thought back at the time in the academy, where she was bullied before Ino drove the bullies away and helped her collect flowers for the kunoichi class.
'Ino...that day, you helped me to believe in myself, and I've hung on to that ever since...' (the ribbon Ino gifted her)
Unfortunately, she also remembered suddenly how a certain boy vomited on all their flowers they collected the very same day.
"..."
Automatically her eyes looked towards Eiji, who was sleeping soundly while wearing only his underwear.
'This guy!!'
Sakura was pissed, but then remembered her fight.
She started to concentrateonher opponent again, and the fight continued.
During the fight, Kakashi returned as well.
The fight played out pretty much the same, with both knocking each other out.
"What was that fight? Compared to the first one, this one more resembled our sparring matches at the academy...hey Eiji wake up!" - Kotaru
Lee already rushed to the unconscious Sakura, so he couldn't reply to Kotarus's remark about Sakura's fight.
Guy also left, saying he should see what kind of face his old rival Kakashi would make.
With that, Neji left as well, only Tenten was still here.
But Eiji was still sleeping and she didn't want to wake him up in case he needed the energy for his fight.
And since she didn't really know his teammates, she decided it would be awkward to stay with them and left too.
Kotaru wasn't as considerate as Tenten and tried to wake him up.
After shaking his body, he finally succeeded.
When Eiji woke up, the next fightalready started.
It was Shino vs Misumi (budget Luffy).
"Oh shit, I really managed to sleep deeply...did something interesting happen while I was asleep?"
"No, not really, those two girls smacked each other for more than 10 minutes until they knocked each other out." - Kotaru
"Ino used an interesting jutsu though, but it didn't change that most of the fight was just a fist throw contest." - Arina
While listening, Eiji looked at the stage: budget Luffy wrapped himself around Shino's body while boasting about his skill and how Shino should surrender if he doesn't want to be squeezed to death.
'Yeah, this match is already over, with that much contact Shino's insects should be already gathered in mass over this dude's body.' - Eiji
Shino said to his opponent: "It's already over, if you value your -"
"Stop bluffing you stupid kid - WAIT WHAT ARE THOSE?! HYAAAA!!!"
When he saw a huge amount of insects crawl around his body, budget Luffy unwrapped himself and distanced himself, while trying to get rid of the insects.
But it were too many.
After a few seconds, he cried out: "STOP!! I SURRENDER!!! PLEASE GET THOSETHINGS AWAY FROM ME!!!"
"Uhm, Tsurugi Misumi forfeited the match so the winner is Shino." - Scatterbrained Jonin
After hearing that, Shino ordered his insects to retreat, leaving only a teary budget Luffy who was crying for his mother behind.
Neji used the Byakugan to look at Shino's chakra and talked with Guy and Lee about the Aburame clan.
'I'm really glad I didn't need to fightShino...I would rather fight Gaara than having to watch out for those freaky insects!' - Eiji
"Wow, this guy's techniques are reallycreepy, I would probably have instantly surrendered as well..." - Arina
"What are you talking about? Bugs are amazing! I used to play bug fighter with my friends back in - oh welcome back sensei!" - Kotaru
"Koff...looks like I'm back before Eiji had to fight, anyway those are the only clothes I could gather."
He threw some clothes to Eiji.
"I really appreciate that sensei...but I would rather walk around in only my underwear than wearing this damn green suit!"
Hayate smiled: "When I asked the other Jonin if someone had some spare clothes, the only one who gave me something was Guy gave me. But I knew you would say something likethat, that's why I searched for myself. Here is something different."
When Eiji received the other clothes he said: "I really wonder where you could find such clothes in such a short time..."
"Koff, well I thought the place whichwould have most likely some clothes, would be where the Hokage stays right now. Unfortunately, I was denied access, so when I searchedfor other options, I saw nearby the entrance to the bath, where I took a bathrobe and slippers."
"You really want to wear a bathrobe while fighting? Well I guess everyone thinks that you are either a pervert or weirdo anyway..." - Kotaru
"I honestly like it...somehow it gives swordsman vibes...I will look like a rounin! Thanks,
Hey look, it'syour friend's turn, Eiji." - Kotaru
'Well, looks like Tenten's opponent is the same...'
While Tenten went down towards the stage, when she looked at Eiji for asecond, she saw him signaling her something.
After concentrating on it, she sawthathe pointed at his sword.
'Why is he telling me to use a sword?'
She reached the stage while still being lost in thought.
"YEAH, TENTEN! GO!!" - Lee was cheering loudly.
"Uhm, the match starts! - scatterbrainedJonin
When Tenten heard that, she stopped being lost in thought and distanced herself into long-range.
Temari smiled smugly and said: "Let me just tell you, once I start my attack, it'll be over in a second."
"Well, I won't hold back." - with that Tentenjumped into the air and threw a handfulof shuriken.
Without wasting any time she started throwing kunais and shuriken.
But they all missed.
'Hah, that's why I signaled her to go into melee range. Temari is a monster when it comes to long-range.' - Eiji
Tenten still had her spirit and jumped into the air again: this time she used a scroll to summon all kinds of throwing weapons while spinning.
But they all missed again.
Meanwhile, Temari opened her fan slightly:" This is the first moon. There are two more. When the third moon appears, you will lose."
When she heard that Tenten smiled: "Is that so?"
'I finally understand what Eiji wanted, he meant that I have no chance at long range and should use a melee weapon. But winning like that would be boring, right?'
She took out two scrolls, placed them onthe floor, and started to use hand seals.
"Is she already going to use is?" - Guy
"Rising Twin Dragons!" - she jumped into the air again and started to throw even moreweapons.
They were all blow away again.
"Come on, Tenten. Stop playing arou -" - Eijiwanted to shout towards her but stopped.
Because somethingunexpected happened.
One of the weapons she threw was actually herself transformed.
A shadow clone was actuallythe one using Rising Twin Dragons.
After the minuscule time where Temariwasn't focused after blowing the weapons away, Tenten stopped thetransformation and charged at her with a katana.
Temari was hit badly, but sheendured the pain and while jumping backward she swung her fan.
Tenten didn't have any time to dodge and was hit by a cutting whirlwind.
'Tsk, looks like she missed her onlychance, now Tenten lost. That's why I signaled her to charge at her instantly, to not give Temari any timeto open her fan.' - Eiji
The whirlwind catapulted Tenten into theair and started to slice at her.
When the whirlwind subsided, Tenten was falling down.
But Temari was already below her and let her fall on her giant fan, knocking her out.
"I honestly have to praise you, didn't think you would be able to injure me." - Temari
Compared to the original timeline, this time she acknowledged Tenten and didn't disrespect and ridicule her.
She then vanished and appeared next to her team.
Guy rushed to Tenten and said towards a worrying Lee: "Don't worry, she was onlyknocked out and doesn't have any serious injuries."
"Well, looks like you underestimated your opponent and had to pay." - Kankuro looked at her injury.
"Hmph, some of those Konoha-nins aren'thalf bad..." - Temari
"..." - Gaara
"Hey, Eiji. Your friend was pretty amazing,but this sand girl was really strong as well...I wonder if the other sand shinobis are as strong as her..." - Kotaru
'Hmm, when it comes to match-ups, Temari is one of the worst Tenten could have gotten -'
Eiji's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the screen announcing the next match.