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Chapter Fifteen
Sakura and Ino both face each other right in front of Hyate. "Sakura…I never thought I'd be fighting you…" Ino says as she looks down away from her ex-bestfriend. The pink haired girl takes off her headband which shocked Ino to no ends. The glare on Sakura's face brought everyone's attention to the girl.
"Wh…what?" Naruto wonders at why her teammate was so pissed while Kakashi looked on with indifference, like he didn't even care that it was one of his students.
'It may not look like it but Ino is exceptional among female Ninja's…but…will she be able to go all out against Sakura…' Asuma wondered while looking down on the two.
"Those two…? This could get annoying…" Shikamaru says while leering down at them.
"Is Ino gonna be alright?" Choji asks, his voice a little shaky.
'Yeah…what will you do, Ino?' Asuma wonders as both girls continue to glare at each other. They both were reliving how they became friends.
"Right now, I have no intention of fighting over Sasuke-kun with you." Sakura says and smirks. "Not like we should even fight over someone who is already out of our reach."
"What was that?!" Ino shouts out not believing that Sasuke is taken.
"You and Sasuke-kun don't go together anyway. And I'm completely stronger than you right now. I don't even need to be concerned with you." Sakura says as she peeps a look up at Naruto. "That girl up is better than both of us and she is the one Sasuke-kun wants. You think you could change his mind when there is a vast ocean of mysteries about Naruto and why Sasuke loves her."
"Sakura…who do you think you are talking to? Don't get ahead of yourself, cry-baby Sakura." Ino grits out. "That girl is nothing to Sasuke-kun."
"Umm…Hey! Sakura-chan is going too far…Ino has really scary eyes…." Naruto mutters out as Kakashi hums behind her smiling at her denseness in realizing that they are fighting because of the blue eyed beauty.
"Sakura isn't the type of person to…brag about her strength or hurt others…She just doesn't want…Ino to not take her seriously or show her mercy." Kakashi says to her.
'Ino…I have always believe those words ou told me…I have always hoped they were true…I wanted to be like you, you were my goal. Thanks to that, I am here now. That's why, Ino, I want this to be an all out fight. Unless I…really surpass you, it's meaningless.' Sakura thinks as everyone continues on watching their face off.
"Why are they all serious like that?" Naruto asks.
'She doesn't even understand…why she acts like she does with Sasuke…' Kakashi looks at the clueless girl. "Well, you could say that rivalries are strange…"
"Huh?" Guy's attention draws to them with that. Ino smiles and unties her headband that is around her neck only to tie it around her head like Sakura did for hers.
'I get it…Sakura…' Her expression turns serious when she finishes. 'All out battle.' They start running at each other when Sakura starts weaving signs. 'Just a Bunshin no Jutsu…' Ino wonders as two clones pop up on each side of the pink haired girl. "This isn't the academy graduation exam. You think you can beat me with a textbook Jutsu like that?" Ino says as she readies herself for the other Kunoichi. 'If I look closely I can figure out which is the real one…'
'All Chakra to my feet…and explode off the ground.' Sakura thinks as she weaves another sign and all three of them speed up.
'Fast.' Ino thinks as she gets hit by Sakura and cries out.
"If you think I'm the same cry-baby Sakura then you will be hurting. Get serious, Ino!" Sakura shouts at her as she lands back on her feet.
"I'm glad you said that. As you wish, here I come…" Ino says as she gets up on her rump while wiping off her cheek.
"Wow, wow! Sakura-chan rules!" Naruto cheers for her teammate.
"Her basic Chakra control is perfect for a rookie. Sakura has greatly improved." Kakashi says.
"So she's better than me?" Naruto asks with a pout to her lips as she looks over her shoulder at him.
"Well, yes and no. The ability to gather Chakra from every part of the body and then using it with great timing. In just that, she's above Sasuke. Well, in Sakura's case, from the beginning…she was always great at the control of Chakra. The thing is you have a vast amount of Chakra running through you and you can gather it from your surroundings, but the seal that Orochimaru used on you binds your ability to use that. If you could break that seal then you would be above her in Chakra control since you've had to use your Chakra majorly since you were young to conceal yourself in Genjutsu it made your wielding of Chakra greater." Kakashi says while they watched Sakura rush towards Ino.
'Beautiful movement, Sakura-san…' Lee says while silently cheering her on. Both girls throw punches at each other only for the other to catch them in their hands. They jerked their hands out of the others grasps and jumped away from each other just to reach into their pouch on their thighs for Shuriken that they throw at each other only for it to connect and bounce off. 'But her opponent is great too. They are even, this could be a long battle.' Everyone continues to watch the match.
'Since when did she become this strong?' Ino wonders.
'Yes…I can do it.' Sakura thinks as she wields another bunched fist towards her ex-friend.
"You…!" Ino spouts out before both of their fists hit each other's cheek, causing blood to fly out of their mouths. They fly away from each other and slide along the ground.
"Whoa." Naruto says as she is in awe from what her teammate is doing, not realizing that as long as she has known Sakura she holds a hidden strength from even her.
'This my never end…' Kakashi thinks while staring down at the duo.
'This is long…It's been over 10 minutes…' Hyatte mutters as he watches the girls. They both get up panting and groaning.
"There's no way you could be even with me!" Ino shouts out at her the vein in her temple showing that she is pissed.
"Heh…of course! How could I be even with someone who only worries about growing her hair and looking pretty?" Sakura says goading her.
"You! You better stop…disrespecting me!" Ino grits out.
"Idiot…letting the trash talk effect you…I don't know what she's gonna do." Shikamaru says disappointed in Ino who is showing lack of control not normally shown from the Yamanaka family.
"I don't like that Ino…" Choji says meekly. Sakura looks at Ino with confusion as she watches the blond lift a Kunai up while grasping her ponytail. The blond does the unthinkable and slices her long ponytail off with the Kunai, shocking everyone that knows her.
"Hehe…so simple…" Sakura snickers.
'Yikes…she's completely snapped!' Shikamaru thinks while reeling back.
"Oraaaaa! I don't need this!" She yells out as she throws the hair down on the floor showering the floor by her with her blond locks. Sakura still holds a smirk on her face.
"Scary…" Naruto mutters knowing how important hair is to some girls.
"I'm going to end this right now! I'll make "I give up" come out of your mouth!" She screams while weaving some signs.
"Umm…hey…no way!" Shikamaru stutters out as his jaw drops when he recognizes the signs she is weaving. Naruto's eyes widened and she grips the bars on the rail in front of her knowing that the blond is being reckless. The bar dents with her strength.
"It can't be…" Choji bites out and the rest of the people in the team look over to Naruto for fear the pint sized, pig tailed blond would do something since she specifically told them not to use major Jutsu's against the Genin's that were of our group. Asuma knows and he's panicking as well and he starts moving towards the rail shocked. Ino wove the final sign and pointed it towards Sakura.
'This is…' Sakura looks on in shock, she doesn't know about what Naruto and the major clans agreed on but she knows it's a major Jutsu that can be misused.
"I knew it…she's gonna do Shintenshin!" Shikamaru growls out while Naruto dents the bar even more.
"Geez…that idiot…" Asuma grips out and he looks worriedly towards the Kyuubi wielder.
"I can understand your desperation but…that's useless." Sakura goads her again with a smirk now on her face.
"Bah…We'll see about that…" Ino says not moving her seal away from Sakura's direction.
"Ninpou, Shintenshin no Jutsu. A Jutsu that by projecting your own spiritual energy at your opponent, you can take control of their body for a few minutes. But that terrifying Jutsu has an important weakness…First…that the projected spiritual energy flies at your opponent at a slow speed. Second…if you miss your target…it takes a few minutes to return to your own body. Basically, during that time, your body…will be no more than an inanimate doll." Sakura says revealing that she knows more about the Jutsu than Ino first thought.
'It's originally a spying and not a battle Jutsu…Ino…using that here is just asking to lose…' Asuma thinks while looking down at his student who is breaking a deal with the Kyuubi.
'If you keep moving there's nothing to fear…Not only that, but if it fails you can pound on your opponent for a few minutes…If that happens Hayate would have to stop it…' Kakashi muses while looking on at the two in the center.
"So what?! We won't know until I try!" The blond shouts out not realizing in a second Naruto is about to jump into the ring and no one would be able to stop the Kyuubi holder. You don't break deals with deity wielders.
"If you miss it's over, you understand that? Right?" Sakura keeps on goading her even though Naruto wants to smack her aside her head since she doesn't realize what she is causing.
'It's only useful in battle with the combination of my Shadow Copy no Jutsu…It's useless here! Not counting she made a blood agreement with Naruto who I'm sure is about to punish her majorly!' Shikamaru says as he gulps and watches as Naruto draws more attention to herself as the bar in front of her is snapping under her fingertips. Orochimaru's eyes widen when he saw a glow come from the girls eyes.
'How is this possible? I am sure I sealed away the Kyuubi even more than it already was…' He doesn't realize that the ANBU is popping up around the major players around the Hokage just so that they could interfere if any of them step in when Naruto retaliates.
'You'll miss..' Asuma says while watching as the pink haired girl starts moving. As she moves she kicks up the hair around her. Making Naruto's mouth grit open in a snarl as she shows her canines.
"Idiot! Don't!" Shikamaru bites out.
"Ninpou…Shintenshin no Jutsu!" Both of the girls bodies slump down a little.
"Which one?" Shikamaru mutters as he starts sweating.
"Hehe…too bad…Ino…" Sakura raises her head to look at the other girl.
"She's finished…" Shikamaru says as he looks at them.
"It didn't work…" Choji chokes out.
"It's over now…Huh?" Sakura tries moving but her feet couldn't move. "This is…"
"You fell for it, Sakura…" Ino is touching the trail of hair with Chakra running through it. "Phew, finally caught you. 3"
"…no way…" The girl mutters.
"Hehe…exactly, that was all an act. To get you to fall into this trap. So? You can't move, can you? It's a special rope using my hair and Chakra." Sakura grunts as she struggles to get out of the hold the hair has on her. Ino stands up and weaves more signs. "Now I just enter your body and have you give up. There's a 100% chance I'll succeed this time." She says as she points the Jutsu towards the pink haired girl again.
"I see…" Kakashi mutters out.
"That idiot…snapping was also an act?" No one realizes that she is still breaking a rule and Naruto is steadily crumbling the rail in front of her.
'Uhh…I can't move…' Sakura grits her teeth.
"Now…'Shintenshin no Jutsu!'" The Jutsu works and Ino stands up Sakura's body. "Hehe…too bad…Sakura!"
"Sakura-san…" Lee whimpers out while Naruto is besides him a growl slowly starting out of the girls chest.
"What? What's with Ino? Plus, plus….Sakura seems strange!" Naruto tries to calm down using her clueless front while Kakashi rolls his eyes at her. "But this is your chance! Do it, Sakura-chan!" She cheers out and still continuously crushes the rail with her hand. 'She better hurry and take control of her body, before I do bodily harm to Ino for breaking our deal.'
'It's useless. She isn't going to calm down now.' Shikamaru looks to the Hokage who just shrugs his shoulders.
"To use Shintenshin there…It's over." Kakashi says and Naruto glares over her shoulder at him.
"Shintenshin? So right now Sakura is…?" Lee asks the older man with an anxious expression on his face.
"Yeah. Sakura's mind has been completely taken over by Ino. Ino is inside Sakura. Well…Ino's plan is most likely…" He stops himself while looking at the smirk Ino has placed on Sakura's lips.
'This is it. Goodbye Sakura.' Ino thinks while she is in control of her body. She gets Hayate's attention by raising her hand just a little bit. "I…Haruno Sakura…would like to for…" She pauses and everyone looks at her with shock on their face except for Naruto who holds a pissed off look while her eyes shine red.
"Don't! Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouts out knowing exactly what could make the pink haired girl take control of her body again.
'Heh…she's so annoying.' Ino thinks while she looks up at the girl not paying attention to the fact that the blonds eyes are red now.
"You've come this far! If you lose to that Sasuke idiot…you're not a woman!" Naruto shouts out.
'It's all useless.' The girl thought and realized that she could no longer control Sakura's body. 'What? This sensation…'
'Geez that Naruto is annoying.' At hearing Sakura's voice Ino is shocked. 'But she's right, I can't lose here….' Ino starts grabbing at Sakura's head and groans.
'Sakura…!? No way…' The girl cringes inside of Sakura's body.
"What is it? You want to forfeit?" Hayate asks her.
"Forfeit? Like hell I'll forfeit!" Sakura's inner strength growls out.
'Which is it?' Hayate wonders confused at the girls actions.
'Wha…what is…' Ino wonders as Sakura's inner beast starts pushing her out of her body.
'Sakura…' Kakashi looks at her in shock as he notices the struggle.
'No way…my Jutsu fail?' Ino wonders as she stares at what a huge inner beast the girl has.
'Ino! If you don't get out of me you'll be sorry!' Sakura's beast says as she grabs Ino's soul and starts squeezing her.
"Huh? What's wrong with Ino?" Shikamaru wonders as he watches the pink haired Kunoichi struggle with her inner battle.
'No good…at this rate I'm in trouble. 'Release!'' Ino's spirit moves back to her body in one swift swing leaving both girls to gasp and pant from exhertion.
'Impossible…she defeated Ino's Jutsu…' Shikamaru looks at the both of them with wide eyes.
'Maybe she used too much Chakra before using the Jutsu?' Asuma wonders.
"Two minds….what are you?" Ino asks her as she continues to pant out.
"Didn't you know? Women have to be tough to survive." Sakura chuckles as she shows her exhaustion.
'Once you are caught in that Jutsu it isn't easy to push out the invader…Ino's lack of Chakra…that may be part of it but…but more important may be Sakura's inner burning desire to defeat her rival Ino…Naruto's cheer acted as a trigger to awaken that…and that defeated the Jutsu…That's not even it…Sakura is the same as Naruto…her inability to accept defeat is beyond the average person…but both can't have very much Chakra left…' Kakashi thinks while he watches both girls smirk at each other and start running towards the other. They raised their fists yet again, while everyone is looking on, hitting each other in their face with one last blow causing their forehead protectors to fall off and more blood to spurt out of their mouths. With a clang from the headbands falling on the ground everyone is shocked by what they see. Both girls have slid across the floor yet again and are struggling to get up. Naruto cries out when they both fall back down, knocked out. Hayate looks at both of the girls watching their nonexistence movement.
"Both fighters are unable to continue, this is a double knock out. The 4th preliminary match has no winner!" As he says this the crowd is in an uproar deafening those that choose to stay silent.
"Now…" Asuma says as he comes and picks up his student.
"Geez…" Kakashi says doing the same.
"Hey! Ino…" Shikamaru and Choji run forward to see how she's doing and try to calm Naruto down who still sports red eyes.
"Are you ok, Sakura-chan?!" Naruto asks and she glares at the blond girl who broke some rules. Kakashi hushes her while they all notice that the girls are still unconscious.
"Looks like we don't even need the medical team…They should regain consciousness in 30 minutes or so." Asuma says and Naruto smiles down at the girls, showing her canines letting people know that she has yet to calm down.
"She will be punished when she wakes up." Naruto says with her voice full of seriousness. "I specifically told all clans they are not to use their top Jutsu's on those of our group since it would make it an unfair advantage and will show other villages our secrets." She growls out.
"But that was surprising…" Asuma says while they all watch Naruto go over to lean against the railing that wasn't destroyed by her hand.
"Yeah. I could Understand Sasuke or Naruto, but even Sakura…has grown this much…many things have happened…but from the bottom of my heart…I'm glad I entered them in this Chuunin exam." They all smile and look at the Jounin.
"The 5th match. Temari vs. Ten Ten, come forward…" Hayate says and both girls face off in the center.
"Now…The second member of the sand team, this could be interesting." Neji says while he smirks.
"Good luck, Ten Ten!" Lee cheers for her while the Sand team just stands there without any expressions on their faces.
"Begin!" Hayate says and the girls behind the group moan.
"So you're finally awake, Sakura." Ino says smiling at her.
"Ten Teeeen! Youth power!" Lee cheers.
"Cheer harder!" Gai says besides the young man.
"Our match is already over." Ino states the obvious not paying attention that Naruto is starting to walk towards them.
"I…lost?" Sakura asks with tears coming to her eyes.
"Pft…I'm the one who wants to cry…To tie…with the likes of you…" Ino grins while saying this.
"Huh?" Sakura saw Ino hand her something.
"You did make it bloom…a beautiful flower." She says to her pink haired friend.
"Ino…" Sakura's smile widens and she takes the forehead protector from her to tie it like normal, in headband form.
"But…the next time we fight, you won't come out of it with just being knocked out. Plus…I have no intention of handing Sasuke over to you." Ino says as she glares and grins at the same time, making her face look evil.
"That line…I'll return right back at you." They both crossed their arms over their chests until they saw the orange skirted figure standing in front of Ino.
"Yamanaka Ino, you made a promise to everyone of us being from the Yamanaka clan that you wouldn't use your top Jutsu's, did you not?" Both girls look up and saw the shinning eyes of the blond pigtailed girl. They gulped when she croutches down in front of the now short haired blond. "Answer me!"
"Yes, Naruto-san." Ino answers looking down at the ground with fear.
"I do not take breaking rules lightly, your parents will deal with your punishment. For now to make sure you follow the rule you have to create a blood pact." As she says this Kakashi hands her a ceremonial dagger and Naruto holds out her hand making the dagger slice the skin in her palm then hands it to Ino to follow through with doing the same. "Yamanaka Ino, will you not use any top Jutsu from your clan in any of your fight against the Genins that are a part of this group?"
"I, Yamanaka Ino, will make a pact not to use top Jutsu of my clan against my fellow Genins that are my friends and a part of my group." Ino says as she looks up at the blond with tears in her eyes.
"I, Uzumaki Naruto, will hold you by this pact with the punishment of bearing a mark should you fail this task." The blond says and holds both of their hands together so their blood mixes and their cuts heal instantly.
"Why would you make a stupid pact like that?" Sakura asks while looking on at her teammate.
"First off it isn't stupid, second you Lee and Ten Ten are the only in this group that isn't part of a clan so you don't know what people could do to those who are of clan." Naruto says as she walks away from them.
"You aren't of a clan either!" Sakura growls out until Kakashi puts a hand over her mouth.
"I would suggest you to hush right now." Kakashi says as he saw the pigtailed girls hair float around her without there even being a breeze. "Besides, you are wrong, Sakura. Naruto is of one of the strongest families I have seen, ever, and the oldest." As he says this Neji smiles and nods.
"They are also the only ones who can protect everyone from the tailed beasts." Neji says while looking down at the girls fighting. "Ten Ten's weapon attacks…Rendered useless…"
"No way…" Lee says and everyone notices that the girl is unconscious being held on Temari's fan on her back, which is almost bent in an unnatural position.
"How boring…" She says then winks at Naruto.
"Wha…what's up with her?" The girl stutters out.
"Like we'd lose here." Kankuro says with a smirk on his face as Gaara scoffs besides him.
'The Hidden Sand…Dangerous…' The Hokage muses. Temari smirks and Naruto pushes Lee urging him to hurry up since he was the fastest one here right now. He jumps up on the rail and disappeared.
'Oh no!' He thinks as he hurries to catch the now flying body of Ten Ten. Temari just chucked her towards the wall and she would have hit it too if it wasn't for Lee speeding to get there in time to catch her. Gai smirks while watching his pupil.
"Nice catch." Temari says while looking at the boy with a bowl cut.
"What are you doing? Is that how you treat someone who gave her all in battle?" He shouts at her.
"Shut up, take that loser and get out of here." As she says this Gaara watched Naruto's face explode in anger so he glares at his older sister. When she saw this she gulps in fear.
"Stop Lee!" Neji and Naruto grit their teeth when they saw Lee quickly place Ten Ten down and jump to attack Temari.
"Leaf Spinning Wind!" He jumps up in the process trying to land a kick when Naruto narrows her eyes and speeds off to catch his foot in her hand before it could hit Temari's fan. "What!"
"Just as I thought…you're also as pathetic as you appear to be…" Temari goads him.
"What did you say?" Lee grits out as he struggles to get Naruto to release his foot.
"You shouldn't be fighting, Lee. You could get disqualified." Naruto says as she glares at the blond who smiles at the girl. "Even if her actions warrant it." This wipes the smile off of Temari's lips and places a tiny one on Gaara's.
"Lee, stop!" Gai says as he drops down to join them.
"Gai Sensei…" Lee says as Naruto releases the boys foot and he stands straight before his Sensei.
"Damn." Temari says when she saw the man.
"Temari, get up here! You've been declared the winner. Stop wasting time with that pathetic guardian guy…" Gaara says while he ignores Naruto completely being down there.
"What?" Lee grits his teeth at the teen and glares up at him. The expressionless face of Gaara didn't change at the boys' glare.
"That's enough, Lee…" He saw the boys' fists trembling, laughs and puts a hand on his shoulder as he nods to Naruto who jumps back up onto the next level. "Sand team…there's something I'd like to warn you about, if you don't mind…" When he says this the two Sand Ninja's looked on with interest trying to figure out what the guy will say. "This kid is strong…you better prepare yourself." As Gai says this Gaara's eyes flared with anger and Neji looks at him trying to figure out what the deal is with this teen.
"Picking a fight with the Sand guys…I wouldn't want any part of them…" Kiba says while he smirks cockily.
"They are all incredible…" Hinata says while she looks on.
"Don't lose to those guys, Naruto!" Sakura shouts besides her drawing both her and Kakashi's attention.
"Sakura-chan…" Naruto mutters as her eyes widen. "Sakura-chan, are you alright?" She asks worried about her teammate.
"You should be worried about yourself. If you lose here you're not a woman. How will you be able to face Sasuke-kun?" She asks repeating exactly what Naruto said to her when she was fighting Ino.
"Y-yeah!" Naruto stutters out with her cheeks pinkening and Sakura smiles.
"Also…Thanks for earlier." She says gently. "If it wasn't for you screaming like an idiot…I…would have lost to Ino."
"Yeah, you're right." Naruto says cockily.
'Damn her…' Sakura thinks as she bites down on her hand so she doesn't tear into the girl.
"Alright! Hurry! My turn, my turn!" Naruto chants as she watches the bulletine.
"Next is…! I feel it's me!" Lee says as he jumps to land right next to Naruto. The board showed "Nara Shikamaru vs. Kin Tsuchi" and the two were so disappointed that it wasn't their turn.
"Me eh…?" Shikamaru says while glaring at the board.
"He can control shadows…watch out for his shadow…" Kin's only left teammate says.
"Pft…I won't fall for such a stupid Jutsu…" Kin says as she makes her way down below.
"Man…This sucks…plus it's tough fighting a girl." Shikamaru says like he's bored.
"Then I'll end it quickly." Kin says with her hand on her hip.
'Ino sure is cheerful.' Choji thinks as he watches her cheer their teammate on.
"Don't lose, Shikamaru!" She shouts throwing her arm up for him.
'You know…though I saw the Sound Nin's abilities…I don't know anything about hers…and she's seen my Jutsu already…but…' Shikamaru ponders when Hayate starts the match.
"Begin!" He shouts.
'This is all I have…'Shadow Copy no Jutsu!'' Shikamaru stretches his shadow out trying to catch her.
"A one-trick pony…that Jutsu…as long as I watch your shadow I have nothing to fear!" Kin shouts out as she starts running and throwing Senbon's in the process. Shika's eyes widen when he saw them and he ducks them only for them to embed into the wall. He looks over his shoulder to see them there with bells hanging down from them ringing.
'Bells?' He smiles as he thought about why she would throw those. "That's an old trick…next you'll throw one needle with a bell and one without one, right? And when I react to the sound and dodge only the first one…and don't notice the second one…stab…right?"
"You sure like to talk!" Kin says throwing more Senbon.
'Just avoid those needles…knowing the trick it should be easy…' He was interrupted in his thoughts when he heard two clinks behind him. 'What? Behind?' He saw the bells move by themselves. 'Oh no!' Kin pulls the string attatched to the bell. 'Ugh…she was using a string to ring the bells…Damn it!' He tried to run.
"Too late!" She shouts out and throws more Senbon towards him. He gets hit and lands with his entire body on the floor.
"Shikamaru!" Ino shouts out.
"If I dodge your shadow there's nothing you can do…now to finish you…" She tries to move but is immobilized. 'What? My body…'
"Heh…the Shadow Copy no Jutsu finally worked." Shikamaru says as he stood up with the needles sticking out of his arms. Her teammates eyes widen as he watches.
"What are you talking about? I don't see your shadow anywhere!" Kin shouts out at him.
"You haven't noticed yet?" He smirks at her.
"…no way…!" She says with her eyes the widest they would go.
"Exactly, idiot! A string at that height…doesn't make a shadow! I can lengthen, shrink, freely control my own shadow. Though there is a limit." Shikamaru tells her.
'The shadow is getting fatter and fatter…Damn…So this wasn't the shadow of the string.' Kin muses as she looks down at the shadow.
"Yup! I made my shadow really skinny to make it look like it was made by string, and then attached it to you." After he says this he points at her making her do the same to him causing her to grunt out. He reaches inside of his pouch on his right leg to grab out some Shuriken and she mirrored his movements.
"Are you stupid? Both of us will do the same movements. If you attack you'll get hurt too…" She grits out as she continues to fight his control.
"I know that…" Shikamaru says while continuing with what he is doing.
"You aren't…" She grits out.
"We'll keep throwing Shuriken to see how long we can last!" He says while throwing the star straight towards her.
"Fool! Don't…" They both watched the weapon hurdling towards them and she grunts trying to force her body to move. Everyone watched them intently and at the last second Shikamaru starts movement that will cause him to move his body back to avoid it. 'Bah, he's just bluffing…' She stops thinking this since her body is moving just like his and it moves to avoid the star until her head hits the wall right below where the star hits.
"Hehehehe…one down…" Shikamaru says while he holds his position in the bridge form, he heard her body hit the floor and he pushes his feet off to complete the flip, lands and looks at her. "If you're a Shinobi…then fight with knowledge of your surroundings…even if we move the same…The distance to the wall behind us was different. I used the Shuriken so you wouldn't notice how close you were to the wall." He explains as he rubs the back of his neck.
"Winner, Nara Shikamaru!" Hayate says to everyone while the medical Ninja's take care of the knocked out girl.
"Yes! Shikamaru!" Ino shouts.
"You rule!" Choji says with her.
"That was so basic…but he was kind of cool…Damn…" Naruto says while pouting.
'Hehe…So I'm the only one remaining…' The bandaged Ninja thought.
'The guys left are…the Sound Nin, me and Hinata and Naruto….Choji, Neji, and Lee…and that Sand guy…Please, anyone but the sand guy…' Kiba calculates in his head.
'This year's rookies will be fun to fight against…' Neji thought as he watched his cousin closely. Everyone's eyes hit the board as it finished calculating the next pair.
"Now, the next match…." The board showed that Kiba and Naruto were next.
"Yes! It's here, it's here! Finally! It's about time!" Naruto cheers.
"Uhahahahaha! Lucky! We can definitely beat him, Akamaru!" Kiba jokes down at the dog since he knew deep down that there is no way he could defeat one of his close friends. Akamaru just barks at him.
'If I'm not picked next Sakura will call me thick brows…If I'm not called next…' Lee thinks in his head, looking like he would cry while Naruto is still cheering and oblivious to the looks her sensei and teammate is giving to poor Lee behind her.
"The seventh match…Uzumaki Naruto vs. Inuzuka Kiba!" Hayate shouts out to everyone.
"Hya ha ha ha! It's like we've already won! So lucky! Eh, Akamaru?" He asks his pup and the little guy that sits in his jacket barks up worriedly at him.
"Shut the hell up!" As she shouts this Kiba pales since he remembers what his sister and mother says about the girl. The fact that she is one of the few who could over ride their control of their animals. "Hey Kiba, don't bring a puppy. It's in the way!" As she says this she thought of the fact that the pup could get into trouble since there's a chance that it would ignore Kiba's plans and attack his owner instead of her.
"Idiot! Akamaru's fighting with me." Kiba says as the pup barks again.
"Hey hey? Is that alright?!" Naruto asks Hayate still trying to protect the pup.
"Yes, animals and bugs are the same as Ninja tools. There's no problem." After the man says this Naruto sighs giving up.
"Heh…that's fine. You need the help." As she puts her hands in her pockets of her skirt she looks the duo over and Kiba doesn't realize that his dog is looking at Naruto with such caring and confidence, so he smirks.
"Hah, acting all tough. Then I'll do this…Akamaru, you stay out of it. I'll fight alone." As he says this Akamaru whines at him and looks at the girl with concern in his eyes.
"Naruto! Don't lose to him!" Sakura shouts out to her.
'Here we go…' Kakashi says as he realizes the difficulty the boy will have when he realizes his dog will not obey him.
'Naruto eh…? Sorry Kakashi, but she can't beat Kiba…' Kuranai says as she looks on but still doesn't realize how clueless she is since she isn't in any of the main families of Konoha.
'I'd like to cheer for Naruto-chan but…I am on Kiba-kun's team…he might get mad…but…' Hinata said as she thought about her best friend.
'Heh…I don't know how strong she's gotten since becoming a Genin but...' Kiba thought back to when Naruto still used the Genjutsu to make herself look like a boy. 'Heh…she used to be 'that'.' He thought of her really sucky version of the Hokage when they were doing Henge no Jutsu. "I feel bad for you…so I'll end it with one punch." Kiba says while holding up a fist.
"Ah, is that so? Then me too…" She says as she mirrors his move.
"Stop acting tough…" Kiba glares at her until he feels a warmth on his leg. He looks down to see Akamaru walk away from him after peeing on his leg, the little dog barks towards Naruto with a gleeful look in his tiny eyes. Naruto still looks on holding her serious expression even though she was laughing on the inside. Kiba glares at her until he just plainly blinks then smirks.
"Then…please begin!" Hayate says as he looks at the two standing there facing each other. Kiba crouches down and forms some signs.
'Beast Effect Ninpou: Quadruped no Jutsu!' He gets down on all fours and his claws lengthen. "Here I come!" He speeds off and Naruto's eyes widen when she saw his speed.
'Fas-…' Naruto thought until she gets hit on the midrift with his elbow. She slides across the floor for a little bit until she rests against the wall.
"She won't be opening her eyes for a while, referee." Kiba says cockily while not taking his eyes off of the girl laying on the floor. Akamaru started growling at him and biting him on the seat of Kiba's pants. "What the…"
"I knew it…" Shikamaru says with a smile while watching the girl playing possum on the floor.
"That Naruto could never beat Kiba…" Ino says not noticing Shikamaru roll his eyes at her.
'Naruto-chan…way too lame…' Lee thought as everyone who knows the real Naruto didn't even hold their breath since they knew the girl will not stay down. Some were getting a kick out of the tiny pup chewing on Kiba in anger.
'See…' Kuranai thought until she looked at the unworried man who is looking on like he knows what will happen next.
"Man, she's weak…" Kankuro says and Gaara glares at his brother for being stupid.
'N…Naruto-chan…' Hinata looks at her with worry filled eyes. The two standing there that are in team seven looked at each other then start smiling at each other like they knew a secret.
'…yeah.' Sakura thought of all that Naruto has accomplished around her. 'I used to make fun of those words. That she was just a big mouthed bitch. But…I was wrong…' She thought as she watched the blond girl stand up not even struggling to do so while Kiba still held his attention towards his pup who is trying to tear him a new one.
"What?" Kiba shouts when he heard the scraping of Naruto's shoes against the floor and his head whipped around to see the girl standing with red tinted eyes.
"Don't…underestimate me!" Naruto says as she glares at him. "Don't break the agreement as well, Inozuka."
"Go! Naruto!" Sakura shouts out. While the others that didn't know much about the girl looked on in shock.
"Oh!" Lee cries out.
'Ohh! Some big new words now!' Shikamaru says while looking at the girl he would always protect when they were younger.
'N…Naruto-chan…!' Hinata smiles gently at the girl.
"Saying that as you bleed? I told you to stop acting tough!" Kiba says as he points to the reopened wound Naruto has on her knees while his pup runs over to lick the wounds causing the teen's jaw to drop. Naruto has a trail of blood coming down her chin and she smiles at him.
"The others are old wounds so technically they didn't hurt. I let you hit me…to test your strength…" Naruto says as she pats the pup on the head and sends him back to his master. Kiba grits his teeth when he saw his dog walk towards him but not with looking at him, he was looking back at Naruto with worried eyes. "You should stop acting tough too. Use your dog or whatever." Naruto smirks while wiping off the blood on her chin.
"You'll regret that!" Kiba says even though he is filled with doubt of even being able to use his dog against her. He starts running towards the girl while digging into his pouch. "Let's go, Akamaru!" He yells out to the pup who barks and follows him while he draws out a handful of bombs.
'Smoke-bomb?' Naruto grits her teeth since she knows this is going to smell like crap. She groans when the bomb explodes and she is hit within seconds of the smell from it. 'I can't see…' Her eyes widened when she saw movement in the smoke-filled area. Before she could block she was continuously hit, everywhere. 'If I don't get out of this smoke I'm finished.' As she cleared out of the smoke her eyes widened when she saw Akamaru jumping up towards her head.
'You fell for it!' Kiba smirks until he realizes that the dog is going over Naruto's shoulder and latches onto Kiba's arm. "Damn it!" Kiba cries out as he gets knocked back. Naruto looks on even though she couldn't see much since the boy was knocked back into the smoke, but you could hear his cry of pain. She wove some sign as she saw the smoke clear and waved the dog over towards her which he complied easily as the teen boy is distracted from his bite marks. She formed a Jutsu and touched the dog when a cloud of smoke puffed up while a sound of growling coming from Akamaru fills the area bringing Kiba's attention to them, he watches and the smoke clears completely showing Naruto laying there on the ground while Akamaru is sitting there and barks at him. "Uhya haha. Yes! You finally realized I'm your master, huh? Great job!" He shouts in joy as team seven smirks evilly. Akamaru starts running towards him. "You did it, Aka-…" He shuts up when the dog bites right on his arm. "Again?!" Naruto released her Henge biting onto the boys arm.
"You fell for it. Grrrrrr!" She says as she looks up at him with mischievous eyes.
"You! With Henge no Jutsu…" The boy looks at her with amazement along with all of those who didn't realize she was good at it since she used it for most of her life. "Damn it! I wasn't paying attention!" Kiba whines and starts looking around. "Where's Akamaru?!" Naruto sniffs the boy and lets go really quick when she smells the scent of urine emanated off of him.
"You stink of dog piss! Peh! Peh!" She spits out the taste in her mouth. "Over here!" Naruto's clone says while she holds the pup gently in her arms and it looked like he was enjoying it.
"Akamaru!" Kiba cries out as he looks betrayed.
"No way…that Naruto just combined Kage Bunshin and Henge no Jutsu…It can't be…" Shikamaru looks speechless.
"What?! That's Naruto?! She's even with Kiba, no better than that." Ino says as she takes in it all.
"She has good timing with her Jutsu." Temari complements the girl.
"She's better than I thought…not counting that dog looks like its hers not his." Kankuro says while Gaara smiles gently.
'But…she bites someone and then gets pissed…What a funny girl…' Neji says smiling at her.
'She's grown during this exam.' Kakashi thinks surprised by his own pupil.
'Ha ha ha…What a surprise.' The Hokage says while he looks down at her with a proud expression on his face.
"So you've gotten a little stronger…but it's over. I'm serious now." Kiba smirks at her.
"Ah, is that so? Then…me too!"
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