Beating The Odds
Chapter 16: Chuunin Exam 4
By: MikeJV37
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----August 21, 7:45 AM, Room 34, Outdoor Arena----
"So Kurenai and Kakashi had their third date, how'd it go?" Naruto asked slightly excited.
"Sure did Naruto-kun, I had to pry it out of her, but she really likes ol' cyclops." Anko said then smirked. "And get this, I still can't believe it, but she told me he stopped reading those Ichi Ichi Paradise books." Anko said, amazed she'd actually said it.
Naruto dropped down onto the bench behind him, stunned, but smiling. "He must be serious about her then, you know how much he loves Jiraiya's books."
Anko nodded, then glanced around briefly and smiled. "Hai.... but no book can beat live pussy."
Naruto nearly giggled. "I wouldn't know." Naruto said.
"Yet.... but once you pop Hinata you'll never look at women the same way again." Anko said.
"Hey, don't talk like that about Hinata-chan." Naruto said firmly and glared at Anko.
Anko flinched in submission, she knew she'd messed up. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, you know I love Hinata and didn't mean her any disrespect. I forget my manners sometimes, you know how I am." Anko said softly and looked at the floor.
Naruto stood and gave Anko a hug. "I forgive you Anko-chan, I know you didn't mean it... I'm kinda touchy about her. They'll be starting soon, so go be a good Sensei and wish Hinata-chan and Tenten-chan good luck. Oh, are they sure about when the attack is going to start?"
Anko got serious. "Hai, everything has been confirmed, but there may be a few traitors helping them, we have some suspects, but nothing we can act on, so keep a sharp eye when you come out for your match against Garra, he's their linch pin, without him letting out Shukaku they don't have the power to pull this off. If he transforms and smashes the outer wall the bulk of their forces will flood in here and we'll have a hell of a time trying to stop them while protecting the civilians and guests. You know what'll happen if anyone from the other Elemental Countries is killed."
Naruto nodded. "Konoha will catch Hell from all sides. I'll be ready, don't worry. Nobody takes down Konoha while I'm alive."
Anko smiled proudly. "That's why I gave you my heart Naruto-kun, and in two yrears you get the rest." Anko said and shushined away.
----8:00 AM, Outdoor Arena----
The giant screen on the Arena light up with the first fighters names, which got cheers from the huge crowd of civilians, shinobi, Daiymos and all the countries.
Bull vs Nago Admanda
In the Leaf shinobi section of the stands, fourth row, was Chichi smiling happily as Bull walked out to a chorus of cheers, most were from Leaf. Chichi was the loudest by far.
"Sit down Chichi-chan, you don't want to distract him." Fuki said from the seat to Chichi's right.
Chichi sat down and smiled at Fuki. "You're just jealous because my new boyfriend made it to the finals and yours got his balls busted by a girl."
Fuki gently pushed Chichi, who giggled. "You shouldn't talk.... did you forget how you lost?" Fuki said, put her over her crotch and made her best pained face.
Chichi pouted and glared. "Bitch." Chichi said playfully, she hadn't forgotten.
"Knock it off you two, they're about to start and I don't want to miss anything." Kiba said and gently elbowed his new girlfriend Fuki.
"Hai, Kiba-kun. I'm sorry." Fuki said and gave him a quick hug..
Akamaru gave a happy bark, he was in Kiba's jacket and got part of the hug.
Shino, sitting to Kiba's right, glanced at his teammates and Chichi, and gave a very subtle smirk no one saw beneath his collar.
Fubiki was smiling at their antics. "Aren't they cute?' Fubiki asked quietly.
Shino glanced at Fubiki satt o his right and gave her a very subtle nod.
----Arena Floor----
The moment the match started Bull clapped his hands in the 'prayer' position, which activated his special Stone Armor Jutsu, but only a very well trained eye would catch the very subtle change in his appearance. He then took his modified Taijutsu stance. A cross between a boxing and wrestling stance with his left foot forward, his left hand was open, his right in a loose fist.
Nago pulled four kunai and threw them at Bull, who swatted them away with a swipe or his left, it sounded like steel hitting stone. Nago smiled. "Stone Armor, I thought so.... this is going to be fun. Okay, lets see how good you are at Earth jutsu." He said then flashed through some hand signs. "STONE DRAGON MISSLE!" A thirty foot dragon made of earth and rock rose from the ground in front of him and lunged forward to crash down on his opponent with deadly force..
Bull smirked, the moment he was out of sight of the Rock nin, he quickly flashed through four one-handed seals Kakashi had taught him. A moment later the Jutsu hit him full force.
The moment it hit Nago smiled. 'Idiot didn't even dodge it, what a lo...' His thought was interrupted when his opponent sprang from the ground in front of him, scooped him up and crushed him across his huge chest.
"HUMAN AVALANCHE!" Bull yelled as he jumped twenty feet in the air and and crashed to the ground on top of the Rock nin. The thunderous impact made a ten foot wide, three foot deep crater, the Rock nin beneath him was out cold. Bull got to one knee and checked his pulse on his neck. "You might want to call the medics, I broke at least eight of his ribs." Bull said casually.
The Proctor appeared at the edge of the crater and nodded. "Winner.... Bull!"
Bull raised his hands, turned to find Chichi in the crowd and gave her a smile.
Chichi smiled very happily and waved as she almost bounced excitedly in her seat.
Fuki looked at her friend with a sly smirk. "Are you two...."
"That's personal!" Chichi interrupted as she blushed bright red.
Fuki giggled and nodded, a big smile on her face..
Kiba just smiled, he wasn't going to say anything. He desperately wanted to, but had recently learned there's times when you need to suppress your natural instincts. For him that meant not thinking with his crotch, Ino taught him that lesson the hard way, Itachi-sensei made sure the lesson stuck. On the upside his mom, and even his big sister Hana were proud of him for his new self control. Though he still thought Hana was still a bit of a bitch, she has been a little nicer lately.
----Room 9----
"That was impressive.... he would of killed me with that move." Ino said seriously.
"Not that he would of needed it to take you out pig tits." Sakura said and smiled. "But you're right, he would of crushed me with it too. Worse, I don't have your natural padding." Sakura said and patted her B cups.
Ino laughed. "Big boobs aren't always great.... I was having a private sparring match with Kurenai and made a joke about using her tits as punching bags.... Kami was that a mistake, she tore off my top and did it to mine. I had no idea Kurenai-sensei had such a temper or was so sensitive about having some of the biggest tits in Konoha.... so be careful around her, especially if you spar with her." Ino said in painfull embarrassment then saw the look on Sakura's face. "You tell anyone what I just told you Sakura and I swear on my tits I'll tell the whole village what you keep under that floorboard under your bed." Ino said with a glare that left no doubt she was dead serious,
Sakura's eyes got as big as saucers, she paled and nodded. "Hai, Ino-chan. I promise."
Ino relaxed and smiled when she saw the next match about to start on the closed-circut monitor. "You have an admirer." Ino said playfully.
Sakura turned and looked up at the monitor, it was the other Rock nin and Rock Lee, who was holding up a Cherry Blossom. She quickly turned up the sound.
".... dedicate this match to you my Cherry Blossom!" Lee exclaimed with his classic big toothy smile.
Sakura could hear the groans and laughter come through from the crowd and KNEW her friends knew he meant her. She sighed.
"That's sweet, no one has done something like that for me.... you two gonna hook up? He's a geek, but has a great body." Ino said with a sly smile.
Sakura blushed for a moment, she really was flattered, and he had been there for her every day after her operation and and rehab. She pushed it back and turned to Ino. "He's no Naruto.... but he does have a nice body.... I might give him a chance." Sakura said casually.
Ino had caught Sakura's reflection in the screen, saw her blush and knew Sakura's reaction just from her subtle body language, she'd known Sakura too long to be fooled by her. She hide her excitment, Sakura might as well of held up a sign saying 'I want to fuck Rock Lee' as far as she was concerned. "If you do let me know and I'll help you get ready, anything for my best friend."
'Thanks Ino." Sakura said then looked at the monitor when it started. She watched Lee immediately open the first Chakra Gate, was suddenly in front of the Rock nin where he kicked him high into the air, opened the second and third Chakra Gates, was suddenly in the air just above the stunned Rock nin, did a high speed front flip and HAMMERED the Rock nin with a heel kick that drove him to the ground with a thunderous crash, and a moment later landed next to the crater her made. Sakura sat there slack-jawed and bug-eyed.
"Spandex boy can open the Chakra Gates too?" Ino said, stunned. "If he did that while he was fucking you he'd...." Ino said as a devious smile crept onto her face, voicing her thoughts.
Sakura snapped out of her daze, jumped to her feet and turned to Ino with a hard glare. "Stay away from him Ino he's mine!"
Ino's eyebrows shot up, then she smiled deviously. "So he does make you wet...." Ino said and watched amused as Sakura realized what she'd just said. "You can have him, it'd be the best fuck I'd ever have.... but my last. I couldn't withstand that kind of power, he'd kill me, but if you opened yours too.... oh Kami what a ride that'd be!."
Sakura blushed, then after Ino finished she smiled and hugged her best friend. "Thanks Ino-chan.... I'd like to have Naruto-kun, but nobody stands a chance against Hinata-chan, and there isn't a female in Konoha capable of getting between them, or willing to try.... then there's Anko, she'd kill anyone that even tried. Remember what she told us the week after I got out of the Hospital?",
"Hai. Even if she marries someone else Naruto will always be first in her heart and her master. After what Naruto did for her I don't blame her.... I'd do the same thing. I can't even imagine what she's been through." Ino said solemnly.
"I sort of can, Naruto kinda did the same for me in my match.... I would of opened all eight Chakra Gates and killed myself just to hurt Fubiki. I'd do anything for Naruto-kun Ino.... anything." Sakura said sincerely.
Ino just nodded.
----In the Arena----
Sasuke walked out confidently, watching Neji intently do the same from the other side. He'd trained harder than ever to get ready for this match His personal pride, as well as that of the remaining Uchiha Clan was on the line, but he knew Neji felt the same way. Uchiha verses Hyuuga was the ultimite Clan match up in Konoha. He knew the betting would be very heavy on this match, but that didn't concern him. He just wanted to beat Neji and make Chuunin. He heard a certain voice cheering over all the others, but didn't react. 'I wish she wouldn't do that, I told her we aren't serious yet... one lunch together doesn't mean we're dating. Why are women so difficult?' Sasuke thought and glanced briefly up at Kin Tsuchi as he reached the center..He waited for the signal and the instant he heard it he activated his Sharingan leapt back into his Intercepting Fist Taijutsu stance as Neji did the same, Byakuugan, jump back into his Gentle Fist stance. "Let's see what you've got Neji.".Sasuke said confidently.
Sasuke flashed through a series of hand signs, took a quick breath and blew out a dozen fist-sized fireballs in a row at Neji.
Neji didn't even flinch, he dodged every one with apparent ease. "You must do much better than that to defeat me Sasuke," Neji said emotionlessly, then quickly leapt to his right when a fireball bigger than he was raced at him at twice the speed of the small fireballs and exploded on the wall thirty feet behind him. He gave Sasuke a nod.
Sasuke gritted his teeth a moment at missing, then returned the nod. 'I'm just getting warmed up.' Sasuke thought.
Neji reached intothe weapon pouches on both legs and pulled out ten shuriken in each hand, dropped into an attack stance and with blinding speed began throwing them at Sasuke, one at a time, alternatining hands.
In the stands Hiashi and Hizashi glanced at each other over Hannah and Hanabi, both had the same thought. 'Neji is using Divination, Eight Trigrams, sixty-four Palms as a distance attack to throw shuriken.... that's brilliant.'
Eight year old Hanabi was amazed at her cousin's new attack.
Hannah was stunned as well, she'd also recognized it and watched Sasuke just barely dodge all twenty shuriken, she could tell that several had cut his shirt and pants. She turned to her husband. "Hiashi-kun, was that...." Hannah asked quietly.
Hiashi glanced at her and nodded. "Neji has been holding back, Hizashi and I must have a talk with him when this is over." Hiashi said quietly.
Hizashi nodded. "Hai."
Sasuke was on full gaurd now, even with his Sharingan and speed he'd barely managed to avoid that attack, he was seriously impressed and knew Neji had to of come up with that himself because he'd never seen that technique before. 'I wonder what else he'd holding back.' Sasuke thought.
'Damn, that should of disabled him enough for me to finish this.... his speed has increased more than I expected. I still have our Clan's two best techniques he doesn't know I can use, and my other new technique.... I just hope I don't have to use it, I can only do it once and it'll drain my chakra.' Neji thought. "Let us end this now." Neji said, focused his chakra in his hands and charged in at full speed.
"Damnit I don't think I can dodge him up close!" Sasuke said quickly and dropped into his best Intercepting Fist stance adn focus his chakra to increase his speed to maximum, he'd only get one chance. He had to protect his arms, he knew if Neji struck them he was finished, even blocking wasn't an option again the Jyuuken style, he had to avoid Neji's hands at any cost.
She watched the match intently, she hadn't told anyone but she thought tall, stoic Hyuuga was really cute, he was like her in many ways. She caught a brief smirk out of the corner of her eye and turned to the woman next to her and sighed. "We'll talk about it later okay?"
She looked down at her daughter and nodded with a smirk.
Despite his best efforts his chakra points wre geting shut down and the strikes to his body were adding up fast. Throwing caution to the wind he moved in closer with a left to the head Neji dodged, but this gave him the brief opening he need he ducked and spun around behing Neji as fast he he could and without even looking as he stood he threw a straight right at the back of Neji's head with everything he had. By pure luck, and unknown to him, his arm was exactly within the Byakuugan's only blind spot and connected.
Neji felt a sharp pain in the back of his head a moment and flashes of light in his eyes then everything went black.
A moment after he felt his punch connect the stunned Sasuke looked at the Proctor who declared him the winner. He smiled, raised his right fist and promptly collapsed to his hands and knees rom exhaustion.
The medics came out, carried Neji out and helped Sasuke leave, he wouldn't let them carry him.
----Room 34----
"Congratulations teme.... I'll never hear the end of this. I could tell him he got lucky with that punch, but he'd just argue, I'll let him have his moment." Naruto said and laughed.
----Room 6----
"Come on Tenten-chan, I know how you feel about Ino-chan, but you have to fight her, and you can't hold back. This is as much for Ino as you.... you want her to ake Chuunin don't you?" Hinata asked, her hands on Tenten's shoulders.
Tenten whimpered. "I don't want to kick her ass.... I want it on my face!"
"What about Temari-chan. you don't want to dissappoint her do you? You helped her more than Inoichi-san and Kurenai-san., she loves you as much as she does me, you're her girlfriend because I have Naruto-kun, and until we're married there are certain things I won't do." Hinata said sincerely.
"You know I love Temari-chan, but Ino is special to me too. I don't care if she's bi, I'll share her with a man." Tenten said, getting a little upset.
"You know Ino feels the same about you and will fight to win...." Hinata said, then saw Tenten nod. "If you do your best against Ino, win or lose, I'll...." Hinata said, paused as she blushed lightly, then whispered the rest in Tenten's ear.
Tenten's eyes got as big as saucers as she blushed red a moment. "D,do you mean that Hinata-chan?" Tenten asked, stunned, then saw Hinata nod and smile with a light blush. "I'll do my best, I promise."
There was a knock at the door. "It's time Tenten." A woman said.
"Be right there!" Tenten yelled. 'Thank you for the pep talk Hinata-chan, and for THAT I'll do my best...." Tenten said, then held up her hands at chest level, palms forward. "Can I Hinata-chan.... for luck?" Tenten asked politely and gave Hinata he best ' big-puppy-eyes' look.
Hinata smirked then sighed. "They aren't lucky, and I really shouldn't, that one time we were just being silly playing cards, though it did work. Just this once, but at the next party you're gonna be serving girl and if you complain even once I'll have Naruto-kun hide your weapons and you won't see'em for a week unless we get a mission." Hinata said seriously.
"Deal!" Tenten chirped happily, she hated being 'serving girl' but it'd be worth it.
Hinata quickly unzipped her jacket and pulled up her shirt and sports bra, her FF cup breasts flopped out. She let Tenten feel her up a moment, though she didn't show it she did like the feeling, Tenten knew how to use her hands. As soon as Tenten released her she quickly tucked them back in, pulled down her shirt and zipped up her coat. "Now go do your best."
Tenten smiled happily, nodded,ran to the door and eas gone in a moment.
Hinata activated her Byakuuan and saw Tenten running down the hall toward the entrance and incredible speed.."Wow, she's gotten a lot faster, so that's what she's been doing when she wasn't helping Temari-chan. I wonder if she came up with any new jutsu?" Hinata said, sat on teh bench and watched the monitor. A few moments later Tenten and Ino walked out into the arena.
----Arena Stands----
"What are you smiling about Hannah-chan?" Hiashi asked as her turned to his wife, just missing her deactivate her Byakuugan.
"Oh,I'm just loking forward this match between Hinata-chan's friends, it's so good to see so many strong kunoichi in this year's Final Exams." Hannah said, when Hashi noded and turned back to watch the match about to begin, she smirked subtley. 'You're wrong my precious Hinata, they are lucky.... I'm the same way. I think it's time I had the talk with her.' Hannah thought happily, glad she'd learned to read lips..
End Chapter 16
