Chapter 63 – Chūnin Exam in Iwagakure V

"Talk"

'Think'

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"Something is wrong" said Kiba in low voice while Akamaru made small growl.

"What do you mean?" asked Sakura.

Kiba rubbed his nose with his index finger "I'm not sure…the smells are…normal, yet something is off…I don't know how to explain it"

Sakura glanced around. She trusted Kiba. If Kiba said something is wrong, that means something IS wrong. She closed her eyes and thought carefully 'smell normal yet something is off…someone is interfering with Kiba's nose…his senses!'

Sakura opened her eyes and turned to Sasuke "Sasuke-kun, is your eyes alright?" she asked and arched her eyebrows.

Sasuke nodded perceptively "I'll check them" and activated his sharingan, "they are alright, although I need to check them at 4 o'clock again" while tapping his eyes twice with his index and middle finger.

Sakura and Kiba nodded and thought to themselves '4 o'clock, 200 metres'.

"In the meantime Sakura, can you hold Akamaru while I go pee?" asked Kiba with a toothy grin.

"Why you-!" yelled Sakura, preparing to punch Kiba when he spun himself-

"Tsūga!" and landed 100 metres away with a grin, "Too slow, Sakura" taunted Kiba before spun away to the enemies' location followed loud screams of "Scram!" and "S***!"

Kiba landed next to Sasuke and Sakura as a muscular, messy black-haired teenage boy and a maroon-haired teenage girl revealed themselves.

"Only two, where's the third?" asked Kiba, Sakura and Sasuke when a large boulder, suddenly appear out of nowhere, dropped on them thus forcing them to scatter.

Kiba landed on the ground when another boulder dropped on him, forcing him to jump again. He knew someone was watching them, watching him now but his senses were compromised.

"Akamaru, detect anything?" asked Kiba since the genjutsu is less likely to affect a dog.

Akamaru lifted his head and began to sniff around when small pebbles began dropping on them, hitting Akamaru, followed by a loud yelp.

"Akamaru!" yelled Kiba. He ran towards Akamaru, who appeared to be alright, picked him up and put him under his coat. The hailstorm stopped.

'That was to stop Akamaru from finding the caster of this genjutsu' thought Kiba 'I guess that leaves me to my last option-'.

Kiba zipped up his coat to protect Akamaru, taking a deep breath; he threw Chilli Pepper Bombs in all direction.

Gas was immediately released and moments later, loud coughs were heard from one direction.

'Gotcha!' thought Kiba happily while holding his breath. The bombs were given by Hamaki-sensei to counter genjutsu, as a last resort, since the effect was indiscriminate.

Focusing on the sound, he attacked using Tsūga which hit the genjutsu caster, causing her to fly many meters back, away from the effect of the Chilli Pepper Bombs.

As the genjutsu caster tried to regain her composure, she heard "Gatsūga!" followed what can be best described as being shredded by paper cuts until her head hit something hard and she lost her consciousness.

Sakura stared at the teenage boy who did not hide his disappointment "Tch. I thought I could test my strength against the Uchiha. Instead, I got the weakest of the team"

Sakura tightened her fist, trying to control her emotions. She is aware, among the three members of Team Hamaki, she had the least advantage, growing in a non-shinobi clan.

'But I worked twice as hard as them' Sakura thought while gritting her teeth, and asked in a sweet tone "In that case, it won't be a problem for you to beat me, right?" while inner Sakura was on fire.

The boy attacked Sakura relentlessly and snarled as none of his attacks hit Sakura; "Don't think I'll go soft on you, b****!" he roared.

Sakura said nothing while her eyes never left her attacker. She noticed that the boy's fists had a hardened appearance 'like cover with something solid'. Since a portion of her chakra was used to form Byakugō no In, she can only make one hit for her chakra-enhanced attack 'So it better counts' thought Sakura grimly.

Sakura noted that the boy's movement became sloppier with his frustration; steeling herself, she allowed a punch to graze her left lower ribs area, earning an arrogant smirk from the boy. Sakura mustered as much chakra as she could and hit the boy squarely on his heart while simultaneously, releasing the chakra that was collected in her fist. The boy had a stunned look on his face before he coughed up blood, and fell forward on his face.

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Sasuke was eyeing his opponent critically, who smiled to herself and disappeared.

Sasuke closed his eyes, one hand on the hilt of his tōken, ready to draw while his ears concentrate on the sound of his surroundings. He detected a small sound and immediately, drew his sword and slashed upwards at the sound.

Sasuke knew he has cut something and this is confirmed by a loud shrieked as the girl materialised with shorter hair on her left side.

"Doton: Ganchūsō!" shouted her in fury.

Sasuke jumped just in time as a few rock pillars protruded from the ground; as he jumped, he shouted "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" and aimed a massive fireball at his opponent who managed to evade.

As he landed, Sasuke noticed something; his opponent's hair has grown back 'That is impossible!' he thought to himself. Sasuke activated his sharingan and saw something abnormal; chakra accumulated inside his opponents's hair.

"A sharingan! I'm honoured" said the girl and casted Kanashibari no Jutsu through her eyes-

-only to found herself in a dark area, with large sharingan-like pattern surrounding her, like inside a kaleidoscope.

"It's useless" said a voice "It's useless the moment you looked inside my eyes"

She felt a sword ran through her hair in slow motion, saw her prized hair falling down on her feet, then out of nowhere, small white puppies come and peed on her hair, shaking it around-

"NOOOOOO!"

Sasuke smirked when he saw his opponent crumpled.

"What did you do?" asked Kiba who was holding a scroll while Sakura appeared moments later

"I send her in a world full of Akamaru" answered Sasuke.

"That's traumatizing?!" asked an indignant Kiba, followed by a woof from Akamaru

End Chapter 63

A/N: The opponents are Fuen, Fudo and Fūka from Naruto Shippuden anime.

A/N: It was fun exploring other characters ;p

Byakugō no In – Strength of a Hundred Seal

Doton: Ganchūsō – Earth Release: Stone Column Spears

Kanashibari no Jutsu – Temporary Paralysis Technique

Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu – Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique

Tōken - Sword

Tsūga – Passing Fang

Gatsūga – Fang Passing Fang