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Dosu stared at the crowd before him, not entirely sure what would happen. If he guessed correctly, then Orochimaru would put his plan into affect before the day was over. It was the perfect time to strike; most of the village had gathered themselves into one spot.
He knew that his match would be first. His opponent was Shikamaru, who had beaten Kin during the preliminaries. He was smart, but he only had one ability, and when that failed, he was doomed. However, Dosu had seriously considered forfeiting the match. He would need as much of his strength as possible. But after some serious consideration, he went against it. He wanted to seem like he was still in the dark until the very last minute.
And so, he now stood in the center of the arena, involved in a match the crowd had obviously deemed unimportant. He watched the proctor carefully, waiting for the signal.
"Begin."
Dosu sprinted forward, hoping to finish quickly. He punched towards the leaf's head, only for his fist to fail to make contact. Normally, this would still incapacitate his target, but it failed to have any effect. He noticed cotton stuffed in Shikamaru's ears.
"Like I thought. You can use your sound as a weapon, but it needs a path to my ears. As long as I dodge your attacks, you won't have one." As he said this, he jumped backwards, forcing Dosu to close the gap. Of course, I suck at this kind of thing. Unless I can finish quickly, I'm done.
Dosu continued his assault, using his normal arm to try to open a gap in his defense. His melody arm had continued to miss, but he was succeeding in forcing his opponent towards the wall. If he could corner him, then he could hit him. He swung towards his head, forcing Shikamaru to jump backwards against the side of the arena.
Dosu slammed his arm sideways towards his target. Shikamaru managed to duck the blow just before impact, then ran towards the trees. He stopped just short and turned. Dosu's arm was stuck in the wall, confirming Shikamaru's success.
Upon striking the wall, the weapon embedded itself. The sound waves resonated throughout the wall, which sent the now amplified frequency through the air. He could see that several people in the crowd were feeling the effect. However, Dosu felt it far worse than any of them. The vibrations traveled down his arm through the rest of his body, while his enhanced ears picked up the frequency through the air.
Shikamaru realized the effect would only be temporary, and formed his seal quickly. Dosu yanked his arm out of the wall, but was still pretty far from recovered when he suddenly stopped moving.
"Capture complete."
Dosu was forced to turn around, staring directly at Shikamaru. He could feel something forcing him forward. Soon, he was standing directly in front of him. He could feel his arm slowly raise.
"I quit."
Dosu's ears were still ringing, but he heard it clearly. He felt the hold over his body fade to nothingness as the shadow connecting them disappeared.
"This is as far as I feel like going. I could continue, but even with these earplugs," Shikamaru said, removing the balls of cotton, "I still have a pretty bad headache." Dosu just stared as the man walked out of the arena.
Kin sat in the stands, observing everything that occurred. She and Dosu knew it would be the safest place in the village for the moment, with most of the ninja being stationed there. While she was supposed to have met with Orochimaru earlier that morning, she did as planned, and arrived at the arena instead. No one would question it, seeing as her teammate was competing.
She looked up at the Hokage. So, is that really his plan? Or were we wrong about this?
Something was about to happen. She was certain about that. However, assassinating his old teacher seemed...unnecessary. The man was, by appearance, anyway, about to die from old age. Still, it was the only idea they had.
As she pondered the question, she noticed someone sit down next to her. Normally, she would have ignored this, if it wasn't for what they had said.
"Kin, you were ordered to meet with Lord Orochimaru." She turned towards the man. He looked like any other civilian. She started to wonder just how many people were in the stands in disguise.
"Yeah, and?" The man seemed surprised the answer.
"Are you betraying us?" A smirk spread across her face.
"Good guess."
"You have just made your last mistake."
"Screw Orochimaru. In fact, go tell him I said that."
The man was about to respond when suddenly, they each noticed that something started falling from the sky. Do they really think they can surprise me with some low-level genjutsu? Kin released it at the same time as the man next to her. Before she could be attacked, she launched herself forward. She jumped over the rail into the arena, followed by the man, now in his sound uniform.
She reached into her pouch and pulled out two clutches of senbon. Flipping herself around in the air, she threw them at her former ally. The man blocked the ones going towards his face and torso, but not his legs. Kin twisted herself back around before hitting the ground, then ran sprinting towards the side of the arena, where Dosu was just dropping down. The man behind her hit the ground, but his legs were now too weak to hold his weight. They both broke instantly. He was crippled now, but to make sure they weren't attacked, Kin still threw another senbon directly into his neck.
"It looks like I was right." Said Dosu, pointing towards the Hokage. The two could clearly see Orochimaru standing behind the old man, with a kunai at his throat. "But that doesn't matter. Our target is leaving."
Kin turned just in time to see Sasuke disappear behind the wall. "So we pursue, then?"
Dosu nodded, and the two ran took off after their prey.
Orochimaru may kill his former teacher, but he would never be able to save his new container.
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