Yay! I've hit 20 chapters! (cheers) So, please enjoy the 20th chappy:)
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Chapter 20 – Sasuke's and Naruto's Match Concluded
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Naruto waited, thinking it only fair that Sasuke makes the next move, in exchange for Naruto breaking his arm. Doesn't seem like a fair trade, really.
After a moment Sasuke pulled out a kunai with his left hand, because it was his right one that had suffered the damage, and charged. Naruto wasn't ready for this next attack, forgetting that Sasuke could really only use Taijutsu now, because Sasuke only had a few techniques that he only needed one hand for.
"Sensei…I wasn't able to please you enough then, but I saw you in the stands so I know you're watching. Let me show you what you've taught me, Naomi." with the thought of his new sensei watching him, he placed the kunai back and started to form hands signs that were new to Naruto.
"Sasuke…" thought Sasuke's sensei, Naomi, "Are you trying that? I thought I told you not to!"
"Time for you to lose, Naruto, and please forgive me if I accidentally kill you, I'll aim for a place less likely to kill you, so your girlfriend Katayanagi doesn't have to exact revenge on me. Avenger's shouldn't get hunted by avengers, it's just not right, especially when it isn't even because of the person that was supposed to be killed. I hope that made sense to you," Sasuke said calmly, "cause for a moment I didn't, heh, nice Sasuke…" he thought to himself.
Soon, shots of flames and bolts of electricity sprung out from Sasuke's good arm and swirled around it, and up his arm. He was still making hand signs as this happened, and soon it spread to his body and went down his legs and his other arm, and finally it swirled around his head.
"Dammit…" he grunted, "the curse…it's acting up again…"
As he thought, the curse started to spread, and it also soon covered his entire body. Now the curse mark had taken over, and flames and electricity curled around his body. He was completely out of control, and all Naruto could do was watch his friend struggle for control, but he soon lost that fight.
"Now you die, fox!" he growled as he moved his arm forward, pointing it at Naruto. He faced his palm towards Naruto.
"No!" Sasuke's teacher said aloud as she stood up. "If he uses that technique with only one arm, the force might rip his arm apart! I've got to stop the match!" She ran towards the Hokage.
"What is it, Naomi?" asked Tsunade, a friend of Naomi's before she had become Hokage.
"Stop you match, you have to!" she yelled. "If Sasuke unleashes that jutsu on Naruto, not only will Naruto die, but Sasuke's arm might rip apart and he'll surely die from blood loss, or he'll be so drained of chakra he'll die from that!"
Lady Tsunade sighed. "I'm sorry, Naomi, I know you like that boy and feel he can go far, but the power to stop the match is out of my control. Sasuke's curse mark has acted up, and he wont stop unless he kills Naruto first."
"No…there has to be a way…"
Sasuke's eyes opened in pleasure as the flames and electricity shot from his palm, towards Naruto. As the beam grew longer, the swirling fire and electricity around his body moved towards his hand, feeding the attack.
"Dammit!" Naruto yelled as he tried to move, but discovered that his legs wouldn't move. "I won't let Sasuke win! Not like this…not when he isn't even the one fighting!"
Naruto placed his hands on the ground, making a clone to make it look like he was still there. The clone placed his hands on his head, and the attack hit. An explosion of a large magnitude erupted in the arena, and smoke covered it all. The spectators waited for the smoke to clear, and all were amazed when it finally did.
Naruto had avoided the attack by going underground and coming up behind Sasuke, and he had put a knife to Sasuke's throat. Sasuke sat back against Naruto, breathing heavily as did his friend. The curse mark had receded, and the flames and electricity were gone from around him also. But, some other minor detail that nobody could see from the stands was missed; both were crying.
"I lost to Naruto…" Sasuke thought, "I'll never beat him if I lose to Naruto…"
"I won, but I feel as if I robbed Sasuke of something..." thought Naruto, neither of them moving an inch, "why do you have to cry, Sasuke? You're making me cry, too…"
"I will stop the match, seeing as both of them are finished fighting." announced Anko as she returned to the arena, now that the danger was gone. "And, I will announce Naruto as the winner!"
A giant cheer arouse from the stands, everyone cheered them both on, which gave them the energy to stand up.
"Thank you, Naruto." Sasuke wiped a stray tear from his cheek. "You've shown me a flaw in that jutsu, but not only that, you've shown me I need to be a lot stronger if I ever want to beat my brother."
"Sure thing, Sasuke." Naruto smiled, the tears now vanishing from his eyes. "You've shown me I have to get stronger too, even though I won the match, my last move was a lucky one. And I wish you luck with defeating your brother, Sasuke."
They probably would have hugged in pure friendship (A/N: not yaoi-ness) if they weren't being watched by a couple hundred people, their pride got in the way.
"Alright, let's send these two to the hospital!" Anko called for the medics. "They aren't badly injured, except for Sasuke's arm, but move it anyway! And," she called out to the stands, "we will proceed with the next match tomorrow! You may all leave, there is nothing else happening today!"
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"Naruto won!" Ayame cheered. "C'mon, Katayanagi, let's go down and see him!" Katya nodded in agreement, so they both jumped down off of the stands.
"Naruto! Good job!" Ayame 'high-fived' Naruto when they reached him. "Those was some wicked moves!" she glanced at Sasuke, who stood quietly with his back to them.
"Yeah, congratulations, Naruto!" Katya said happily, hopping he forgot about her running away.
"Why did you leave, Katya?" he asked.
"I-I had to gather my thoughts. But I'm back, so let's enjoy your victory with a trip to the hospital!"
"Some ceremony!" Naruto laughed sarcastically as the medics forced him onto a stretcher.
"Uh, Sasuke?" Sasuke turned around to see Ayame standing behind him.
"What is it?"
"You fought really well; I loved your fire dragon and your last jutsu. You deserved to win, Sasuke!" she tried to cheer him up.
"No, that's not true. Naruto did deserve to win, that's why he won. I let…it…take over me, my curse mark. Plus, the loss showed me I have a ways to go still, so I'll
continue to train with Naomi-sensei, if she'll let me."
As he spoke, Naomi ran up to him in tears, and when she arrived she gave him a hug around his neck, because she was much taller than him.
"Sasuke! You bastard! I told you I'd teach you that technique if you promised that
you would practice it with me before you use it in combat! You bastard! Why can't you listen to me?"
"Naomi-sensei, I'm sorry." he said, finding it uncomfortable to talk, seeing as her chest was practically right up against his face. "But I had to, you should know that."
"But you could have died!"
"But I didn't."
"Don't ever do that again, Sasuke!"
"…"
"Got it?"
"Yes, sensei, I promise."
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"Sasuke…lost…" Sakura gasped, feeling that he only deserved to win, and that Naruto should have lost.
"Sakura, I know it's not really my place, but can I voice an opinion?" asked Rock Lee, who sat next to the emerald eyed girl.
"W-What is it, Lee-san?" she felt as if she was going to cry again.
"I feel that you should be happy that they both did their best, and not matter about who won or lost." Lee advised.
"Yes…thank you, Lee, you've been a big help." Sakura smiled. "Well, I guess I'll have to buy some more flowers!"
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For all of you that forgot, Naomi is the teacher that Sasuke couldn't remember her name, just as a reminder.
Well, that concludes chapter 20, so please review and I should update quickly!