"We can't just let him out there." "So what do you expect me to do leave him in there?" A voice sounding like the Hokage's sounded annoyed "It's not like he needs any more trouble, he's already hated for being from Kiri." "This seal is special it isn't eating away at him. This has never been seen before." The preliminaries are in three hours so we have to clear him now." Kou sat up in a completely padded room the environment was moist so most likely a basement. The Hokage and Jiraiya walked into the room.
"Hello Jiraiya-sama, Hello Hokage-sama." He said before wincing from the stabbing pain in his shoulder. "Do you know why you're here?" "No should I?" Jiraiya but in at this point. "Cut the small talk Minato he needs to know now, Gaki you were given a cursed seal by Orochimaru. Normally it would eat away at you and we'd seal it off but this one is different. If we seal it you die but it isn't eating away at you." Kou felt his control of himself slip as shock slipped the his mask. "I see you're shocked too. It is curious, I just want to warn you if you hurt my daughters or any citizen of Konoha, I'll destroy you." Minato focused his killing intent on Kou who fell to the ground gasping. "The exit is directly forward can't miss it." He finished with a kind hearted smile before disappearing with the famed hiraishin.
Kou picked himself up from the ground and looked around for Jiraiya only to find he had vanished. He forced himself to step forward and began to walk through the dark hallway. It was cold and damp he heard things move through the darkness. He looked towards the light and began to pull himself upward as Kou felt the cool air on his bare skin and realized that he was shirtless in only a pair of loose blue pants he wasn't even wearing shoes. When he reached the top he smiled gratefully.
Minato had the foresight to leave him a sleeveless shirt and a black wrap around shirt with a pair of blue sandals. He pulled them on before following the signs and reaching the arena where crowds of genin and their sensei's waited he saw all the Konoha rookies and team Gai were waiting.
He stood there a moment before he caught sight of them. Sasuke glaring with two tomoe in each eye and Naruko standing there tensely facing a boy with long brown hair and milky white eyes while Kakashi was. Kou began to move closer to hear their conversation. "Once a dead last always a dead last that is his destiny." The boy said with the veins of his eyes bulging, "Since he's right there I think I'll ask him myself." The boy called Neji by the girl next to him faced him. Naruko and Sasuke sprinted over to him and enveloped him in a hug.
"Where were you." Sasuke asked quietly but with his two tomoe sharingan spinning furiously in both eyes. "I just woke up." Kou responded easily as he cracked his neck creating a series of pops. "We'll get the bastard." Sasuke said seriously, "No one hurts my friends or family." He announced seriously before Naruko pulled off his cloak exposing his curse mark. She gasped when she saw it, the mark had the Kanji for hell surrounded by three tomoes. She traced it gently but pulled her finger back when he winced. Neji growing angry at being ignored tried to get their attention.
"Why do you care so much about a dead last." Neji coldly sneered, Kou repressed his rage how dare this blind looking boy try to call him a dead last he felt the curse mark call to him but repressed it. He turned to Neji with a shit eating grin, "Talk to me when you when you pull that stick out of your ass." He announced before shunshining up to Kakashi, Sasuke smirked while Naruko downright laughed before they both followed him up. "Nice one Kou." Naruko grinned as they all sat next to Kakashi who just gave him a eye smile. He smiled back before they all rushed to get down as the proctor and Hokage had just arrived.
"You may know we can only show the best to the important guests of the finals," the Hokage graciously began "and therefore we will have a preliminary to make sure only the best get through." He finished with a smile "Hokage-sama do you mind if I take it from here." "Not at all Hayate." "The Hokage said speaking to a sickly looking chunin with his hair pushed into his face by a bandanna. "The matches will be between two people and the match ends when someone gives up or is unable to continue. "I would." Kabuto spoke, "I'm injured and won't be much use in a fight." He spoke before walking to the viewing area.
The billboard began flashing as the name's went by Yoroi Akado versus Sasuke Uchiha, Result: Sasuke Uchiha Won!
Temari Sabaku versus Ino Yamanaka, Result: Temari Sabaku Won!
Neji Hyuuga versus Hinata Hyuuga, Result: Neji Hyuuga Won!
Gaara Sabaku versus Dosu Kinata , Result: Gaara Sabaku Won!
Shino versus Rock Lee, Result: Rock Lee Won!
Zaku Abumi versus Misumi Tsurugi, Result: Double Knockouts!
Naruko Namikaze versus Kiba Inuzuka, Result: Naruko Namikaze Won!
Shikamaru Nara versus Kankuro Sabaku, Result: Shikamaru Nara Won!
Choji Akamichi versus Kin Tsuchi, Result: Double Knockouts!
Kou waited antsy for his fight and became increasingly impatient until he realized he was the last fight. The curse mark pulsed responding to his emotions as he shunshined down to the field to face Ten-Ten, she gave him a smirk, "Scared?" She smirked before the proctor began the match. "Hajime."
Kou immediately shunshined backwards to avoid the storm of weapons headed his way. He smirked when they crashed into the wall, 'good so she can't control them' He thought before the kunai sliced through his bunshin.'
He shunshined forward and tried to slice her legs but she countered by jumping onto the wall, what she didn't count on was the three paper bombs underneath her that exploded right before she could be blown to bits she pulled a massive shield that protected her from the majority of the blast as the jumped back on the wall before receiving a gash on her side courtesy of Kou predicting her movement.
Kou rushed forward wrapping her in ninja wire with six paper bombs attached before shunshining back, "Kai" he roared as he activated his paper bombs and the entire left side of the arena was enveloped in explosions. He watched impassively as Neji and Gai jumped into the arena searching for the their teammate. They arena let out a sigh of relief as The Hokage appeared in the arena holding a knocked out Ten-Ten.
Hayate loudly announced that the matches would be
" The matches will beShikimaru versus Temari, Naruko versus Rock Lee, Sasuke versus Gaara, and Kou versus Neji. You have one month to prepare." Neji stalked over to Kou and gave him a furious stare, "I will not forgive you for what you've done it is your fate to lose." "And it was her fate to die but things don't work out the way you want them to sometimes." He said cheekily he saw Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruko making their way over to him. He shunshined away before they could begin to lecture him. He raced through the forest unsure where he wanted to go but moving anyways. He stopped breathing heavily looking around he had taken himself to training ground seven. He climbed a tree with his little chakra left falling asleep on the tree branch.