Naruto Revisited

Chapter 5 Komadori

The room stood still with an eerie silence as the genin eagerly awaited their next match up. With twelve contestants remaining, and not knowing much about anyone they could only hope that luck was on their side. The names shot across the screen and in a second flat the next two contestants were selected. Kin Tsuchi versus Kiba Inuzuka.

Hayate- Would the next two com-Coughs. Excuse me, would the next two combatants please step forward.

Dosu- Warningly. Remember, you know nothing of your opponent so stay on your guard.

Kin- Smirking. Don't worry about me; I'll have him begging for his life in less than a minuet. Starts to walk away.

Zaku- Kin, good luck.

Dosu- Rolls his eyes. Remember the mission, we will need your assistance in order to take out Sasuke Uchiha.

Kin marched to the center of the arena in a cool fashion, she seemed very relaxed for someone who was about to commence in battle she placed her hands on her hips as if she was bored already. Her opponent was a hairy fellow, who carried his dog around on his head, he seemed very eager and energetic this fight would be an interesting one. Hayate then mumbled something to the contestants as he stepped out of the way.

Kiba- Well well, Akamaru looks like we're going up against a cute one!

Kin stood completely still and silent.

Kin- With a straight face. I think you might want to get your dog out of the way, I may hurt him.

Kiba- Ha, you obviously don't know what you're-

Just than Kin threw two needles towards his face, Kiba quickly jumped to the side avoiding what may have been the end of the match.

Kiba- Shouting. Hey, watch it lady the least you could do is let me finish my sentence!

Kin- Are you feeling any different?

Kiba- What's that supposed to mean? I feel fine!

Kiba's eye's widened and he began to tear up, he felt a sharp pain in his skull. He thrashed his head downward with his hands covering his face. He shook it off and stood up.

Kin- These are special gen jutsu bells, basically they create hallucinate images within your brain.

Kiba looked up to find that his opponent had vanished. Without him even noticing, Kin had sprinted behind her opponent and pulled out her kunai. She thrusted her knife into his back but her arm was tossed aside as Akamaru launched himself onto her wrist and clamped on tightly.

Kin- Wincing. Gah, get you're stupid dog off me!

Kiba- Shaking his head. Good boy Akamaru!

Kin's wrist began to bleed as she slowly dropped her knife. Using her other hand, Kin threw another set of needles this time only one had a bell on it. Kiba dashed to the right after hearing the approaching bell but did not account for another one to be close beside it as the needle pierced his left arm.

Kin- Now it's time to finish this!

Kin swung her arm about sending Akamaru flying. Than, Kiba's vision began to blur as Kin seemed to multiply in numbers due to her gen jutsu bells, there were at least twenty of them and he couldn't tell them apart with his eyes.

Kin- All right, now it's time to make this a little more complicated. Makes a combination of hand signs. Clone jutsu!

Kiba's vision was now completely useless to him, as Kin had now cloned herself and so had the extra visions of her created by the gen jutsu bells.

Zaku- Smart move Kin, making him see extra clones of yourself and than conjuring duplicates of those clones.

Kin- And now for the kill!

Kin and her clones started to circle Kiba with great speed as they tossed their projectiles into the fray. He thought for certain that he was done for. But than he quickly devised a plan.

Kiba- Dodging the needles. Just because I can't see doesn't mean that I've lost this battle. Turns to Akamaru. Are you ready Akamaru?

Akamaru- Barks.

Kiba- Makes a hand sign than shouts. Man beast clone!

Suddenly a cloud of smoke rose above Akamaru than quickly receded. When the smoke cleared Akamaru was created into a spitting image of his master. The Kiba clone once known as Akamaru leaped upon his master's back.

Kiba- Shouting. Lets make this quick Akamaru! Man beast ultimate tai jutsu!

The two charged forward at one of the doppelgangers and began to spin with great velocity as their bodies were overcome by a great blue twirling aura. The two cyclones ripped their way about the clones.

Kin- How are you possibly going to hit me you can't see where you're going and even if you could the poison is soon to take effect!

Kiba- I don't need my eyes to find you, when you lose one of your senses the others greatly increase!

Kiba and Akamaru crossed each other each delivering a crushing blow to Kin. She was propelled backwards into the wall by the incredible impact. Zaku stared wide eyed in horror as Dosu watched smugly.

Dosu- Kin has a habit of underestimating her opponents, still this means she will not be advancing with you to the next round.

Kin- Staggering for breath. But…how?

Kiba- Smugly. I told you, I don't need my eyes to find you my other senses our so great that I remembered your smell from the beginning of our match. From just that I could tell where you were because the clones were not emitting any scent.

Kin- I-I was so foolish. She collapses.

Hayate- Rushes in to check her pulse, he stands than nods to Kiba. The winner is Kiba Inuzuka.

Kiba lifted up his dog and placed him on his head. Zaku pounced onto the bar of the upper deck.

Dosu- Sternly Go to her, but try to come back as fast as you can.

Zaku jumped from the upper deck and sprinted over to Kin, he lifted her into his arms and placed her on the stretcher the medics had brought in for her. The medics turned and headed for the door Zaku followed.

Medic 1- Hey kid, don't you have to stick around for this?

Zaku- No, I've already gone and this is more important to me than watching the others.

Medic 2- Let him come, just don't get in the way!

Zaku headed off with the medics walking beside Kin's stretcher as the next two contestants were selected. Dosu couldn't help but think of the day he was assigned his assassination mission.

It was sunset in the village hidden in the sound and Dosu was walking back to his home as he had just received what lord Orochimaru had told him was the most important mission ever assigned to a genin. Being the among the strongest genin in the country, he was going to be a part of the only sound village team to enter the chuunin exams which were taking place in the village hidden in the leaves along with the two other brightest stars in the village, two acquaintances of his that he had not known very well or even spoken to, their names were Zaku Abumi and Kin Tsuchi. The three of them were assigned an assassination mission of a local boy by the name of Sasuke Uchiha. Dosu did not yet realize the meaning of his mission or why he was to assassinate a mere villager but he didn't seem to care, knowing that he would have the opportunity of being the first in his class to become a chuunin.

As he crossed the Otogakure bridge he heard a ruffle of leaves behind him, someone was following him. Dosu turned around as a gentle wind bristled through the straw coat upon his back. As he turned around a young girl stood presently, a familiar face it was one of his classmates she went by the name of Komadori. A pretty little girl, with short purple hair which she parted down the middle pushing her bangs to the side of her face complete with two large green eyes, and she wore her sound village band upon her forehead. She donned a baggy grey coat complete with a neck roll and tassels hanging from her sleeves. She was one his biggest rivals and one of the best shinobi in their class. She stood about thirty feet away from him as they both stood on opposite sides of the bridge as she glared back at him with envy.

Komadori- Quietly. So you're leaving?

Dosu- That's right, Lord Orochimaru has selected me to be the first spot in his team of assassins.

Komadori- Shouting. This is just great, you're leaving again embarking on one of the biggest missions of your ninja career and I'm stuck in this village, a genin while you just pass me by! He favors you, he always has, if he didn't he would have selected the obvious choice for this mission, me over you! Why does he care for you so much Dosu, what kind of special bond do the two of you have anyway?!

Dosu- Takes a deep breath. I've had a lot of hardships throughout my life, my father left my mother, my brother and I to travel to a different village in search of work, sending us a portion of money to support ourselves. I was very little at the time, but as I recall a couple of weeks later a group of thugs came to our house in search of my father, apparently he had a debt to settle with them, my older brother chased them off for the time being, but they returned later in the night to square off the debt. They burned our house to the ground, killing my mother Aikuchi and Tachi my older brother. I barley survived as I crawled out of the charred remains of our home, a large burning support beam collapsed on top of me, crushing my spine a wound that I haven't recovered from to this day. As the fire surrounded me I was engulfed in the flames suffered from severe burns on my torso while my face was mildly burned. I passed out in the flames, and when I awoke I was staring into Lord Orochimaru's eyes. Apparently he had showed up a couple of minuets after my house had been burned down and found me lying unconscious on a large patch of dirt. He cared for me; he had healed my wounds and bandaged me up, and even though my burns have healed it is because of that incident is why I wear these bandages. Than he told me that if I was able to escape that burning building, I had the potential to become a great and powerful ninja he than asked for my strength, he had asked me to become a fully fledged shinobi of the Village Hidden in the Sound I quickly agreed to join him and vowed to serve at his side until my inevitable death.

Komadori- Wide eyed. I-I, I had no idea. Shouting. Oh, how could I have been so stupid?! And all those things I said I-.

Dosu- Turning away. Don't think too much of it, but we do sort of have a little bond.

Komadori- I'm sorry.

Dosu- What?

Komadori- I'm sorry, for those stupid things I said, I thought that I was the only one that had it rough, you deserve better. I think that the two of us might have gotten off on the wrong foot, when you come back I would…like for the two of us to be friends. Ok?

Dosu- Nods. Very well than, I forgive you, and I also would like for you to be my… friend.

Dosu began to walk away.

Komadori- Softly. Dosu.

Dosu- Looking over his shoulder. What is it?

Komadori- Come back safely.

Dosu- Don't worry, I will come back for you, I promise…

When Dosu awoke to a vicious battle coming to a bitter end, the sand shinobi Gaara was pummeled into the ground by that weird looking leaf ninja, Lee. Lee was kneeling trying to catch his breath as he had launched Gaara straight through the ground leaving massive craters in the arena. All of a sudden the sand came to life and it swarmed all around Rock Lee, completely blocking Dosu's view. In the blink of an eye Lee's sensei jumped to the rescue and cleared the sand. The fight was over. This was starting to get interesting for Dosu, as he eagerly awaited his turn.

To be continued…