I don't own anything from the manga/anime Naruto. It is Masashi Kishimoto that owns Naruto. This is a fan fiction based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime: Naruto.
"Ordinary conversation"
'thought'
"Wolf/Kyuubi speech"
'Wolf/Kyuubi thought'
"VERY LOUD YELLING"
Authors note: a comment from me about the story.
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AN: I actually have two things…no, three things to say this time.
Firstly, thanks to all those that has given me reviews. They each mean a lot to me, even if I don't reply to them all.
Secondly, I'm sorry, Darksaber's Naco. I know I kind of said I would use your idea about Naruto messing up the wind jutsu and really having Futon element as well. But after thinking a bit, and consulting my two helpers (aka my beta-reader, and a 'slightly' weird friend of mine) I came to the conclusion that it wouldn't fit the story that Naruto have the Futon element as well. Sorry again, but let me explain why I said I would use it in the first place. As I said in my reply to you, I thought it was a good idea. Also it would mean that Naruto and Ino have something in common in the ninja life. Right now they don't have, like Naruto and Sakura has with the Katon element. But I have decided on a different approach, which will also help the story later on. Naruto and Ino don't have an element in common, but they have something else. Two somethings actually. One of them being Naruto's 'signature' move, kage bunshin. The other…wait and see. Will be revealed this chapter, at least slightly.
And the third thing: I don't want to hear anything about 'they are too OOC. I don't care. My story. I'll try and not make them ridiculously out of character, but some changes will be there. Example: Temari's flirting with Naruto. I doubt the Temari in the anime would do that, but here she does. Reason? Do I need one? She thinks Naruto is cute, and wants to take him home. That's why. Okay, that sounded strange…Anyway, hope you'll enjoy the next chapter.
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Temari looked at her opponent, and tried to fight down the slight blush that wanted to come out.
'He is cute. And strong. Perhaps I can…persuade him to leave his girlfriends and this place. Worth a try.' Temari thought and grinned seductively at Naruto.
"Tell me, cutie. Why is it that you stick to this place? I watched you a bit the other day, and you weren't treated very nicely. How come you are here? I would bet you'd be much happier somewhere else. Like Suna. You'd love it there, I'm sure." Temari said, putting every ounce of 'sexiness' in her voice, making Jiraiya drool slightly. Naruto though, raised an eyebrow and asked:
"Why should I go there? I love Konoha, and besides. I have my girlfriends here. And everyone else I love and care about is here. I won't leave for anything." Naruto said confidently. Temari snorted and looked at Sakura and Ino.
"Those two? A stupid blonde and a pinky with a forehead the size of a beach ball." Temari said.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Ino and Sakura yelled, and Tenshi had to grab hold of them to prevent them from jumping down there.
"Um, you do know you just insulted your self as well, right?" Naruto asked, referring to Temari's comment on blondes. She chose to not answer that one. Instead she shrugged and reached for her fan.
"I just thought a cutie like you deserved something better. But let's fight, so I can win this thing. I won't hold back, even though I think you're cute." Temari said. Naruto shook his head.
'One minute flirting, the next minute fighting.' He thought before deciding to at least protect Sakura and Ino a bit.
"Listen, I don't care what you think. I also don't care what you think or say about me, but don't speak like that about my girlfriends. They are more important to me than anything else. So keep whatever comments and thoughts you have about them to your self." Naruto said forcibly, startling Temari a bit.
'I seem to have struck a nerve or something. sigh and I really thought this one was cute. Oh, well.' Temari thought before swinging her fan.
"Kamaitachi no jutsu" she called, and a chakra induced tornado flew towards Naruto.
"Dodge, or block?" Kyuubi asked in a joking manner.
'How the hell do you block a tornado?' Naruto shot back while dodging the tornado. When the tornado passed him, a slight haze of dust obstructed Temari's visual of him.
"I don't know. Wanted to see you try though." Kyuubi replied with a shrug.
"Katon: Housenka no jutsu" was Naruto's answer, and several fireballs flew towards Temari, who smirked and waved her fan, blowing out the fireballs like candles. She then dodged the shuriken that was inside each of the balls.
"You have to better than that." Temari said.
"You too." A voice came behind her, and a cold blade was pressed against her throat. The Naruto in front of her puffed away in a cloud of smoke.
"You used a kage bunshin for that jutsu, while you transformed into a shuriken to get behind me." Temari stated.
"Yeah, now if you would kindly give up, so I won't have to hurt you." Naruto said, obviously feeling smug with himself.
"Not yet." Temari said and before Naruto knew what happened, he found himself with Temari's fan in his face, and the bunshin he had threatened vanished.
"You aren't the only one that can make clones." Temari said from where she had appeared behind Naruto, watching him fly backwards into a wall.
"Ouch." Tenshi commented when he heard the smack. "That's got to hurt. Wonder why he didn't sense her behind him." he wondered out loud. Just then, Ino, Sakura and Haku realised something.
"Um, sensei? How are you even following the fight? You aren't using your chakra radar. Right?" Sakura asked.
"And you aren't meditation either." Haku joined in. Tenshi smiled sheepishly and scratched his head.
"I'm listening, smelling and feeling the air movements. I can't rely on my radar or meditation all my life, so I'm trying to follow with my remaining senses. Is that bad?" Tenshi asked innocently. Sakura, Ino and Haku shook their heads in amusement. Kakashi and Kurenai looked at Tenshi curiously.
"You said you feel the air movements." Kurenai asked.
"Yeah, so?" Tenshi replied.
"Can you tell what Naruto is doing now?" Kakashi asked.
"Um, he is standing still? His scent isn't moving at least." Tenshi replied.
True enough, Naruto was standing in one place, doing seals at a fast pace.
"Katon: Ryuuka no jutsu" he called and fire erupted around him and flew towards Temari.
"Now he is attacking." Tenshi stated simply, making the other sweat drop.
Temari again waved her fan and created a powerful wind that blew out the fire Naruto was making, but when the smoke lifted, she didn't see Naruto at all.
'Where is he?' she thought, looking around, checking behind her and on the roof.
"I'm here." Naruto's voice came, and a slight flicker behind Temari suddenly moved very fast, tripped Temari and pinned her down on the ground. Naruto placed his knee on Temari's spine, holding two kunai, one at each side of her neck.
"Don't move, or I'll kill you." Naruto growled. Temari felt compelled to gulp at the not so subtle killing intent.
"What was that?" She asked.
"Ninpo: Fukashi no jutsu. There are different versions in different villages, that was sensei's version. Now give up!" Naruto said while increasing his killing intent.
"I…I give up!" she said and instantly Naruto removed his kunai.
"Winner Uzumaki Naruto." Hayate said, obviously pleased that his student, although not using his sword in this fight, had won.
Naruto smiled and helped Temari up, his killing intent gone.
"Nice fight. You almost broke my nose with that blow of yours." Naruto commented while they walked towards the stairs. Temari sulked but when they were about to part, she mumbled, just loud enough for him to hear: "Congratulations."
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Naruto was walking up to his team, when he passed Lee's team.
"Wow, that was awesome Naruto-kun. Your flames of youth burned brightly in that fight." Lee said, his eyes two brightly burning orbs. Naruto took a step backwards, wondering why Lee wasn't being burned.
"He's like that all the time." Tenten said and Naruto nodded slowly. Their Hyuuga team mate looked bored, but Tenten smiled at Naruto and held out her hand.
"Hi, I'm Tenten. Nice to meet you." She said and Naruto smiled back while shaking her hand.
"Naruto. Nice to meet you too." He replied.
"Tell me, how did you manage to make the kage bunshin, henge and throwing the shuriken so fast? I couldn't see you doing it." Tenten wondered and Naruto scratched his head while giving his trade mark grin.
"Speed I guess." He replied.
"You have to be pretty fast to pull that off. Let's have a match some day." Lee said. Naruto didn't know how to respond to that, so he just nodded.
"Um, sure Lee." He said and Lee flashed his 'nice-guy' pose, complete with raised thumb and flashing teeth.
Tenshi, sensing his student's growing uneasiness, called out:
"Naruto, come here for a minute."
"Right, sorry guys. See you later." Naruto said and walked up to his team. Where he got glomped by Ino and Sakura, both gave him a kiss on the cheek. Naruto wasn't sure if it was to congratulate him, or state that he was theirs.
"Well done, Naruto-kun." Sakura said happily.
"You really showed her." Ino joined in.
"Good job, Naruto. Nice use of your jutsus." Tenshi said with a smiled.
"Thanks." Naruto smiled back.
"So, Naruto-kun, how does it feel to have the attention of so many girls?" Haku asked.
"Yeah, how does it feel?" Ino and Sakura asked in sugar sweet tones.
"Um, I don't really know. Haven't thought of it. Besides, as long as I have Sakura-chan and Ino-chan, I'm happy." Naruto said, earning him two new kisses from his girlfriends.
"Naruto, it seems I have to buy you a book." Kakashi said.
"Huh? What kind of book?" Naruto asked, but Tenshi and Kurenai apparently knew.
"Don't." they both said at the same time.
'Huh?' Naruto thought, while Sakura and Ino glared at Kakashi. Kakashi smiled unceasingly, and pushed an orange corner further down into his utility pouch.
A cough brought back their attention.
"If I can have everyone's We are ready to start the secondcough fight." Hayate said and the names started rolling again. With a beep, they stopped on:
"Second fightcough Akadou Yoroi vs. Uchiha Sasuke. Can the fighterscough come down here please?cough" Hayate said. Just as Sasuke passed Kakashi, the silver haired Jounin leaned in and whispered in his ear.
"Remember, I'll be watching. Don't use your Sharingan. That thing responds to chakra, and if it gets out of hand, I'll stop the fight." Kakashi warned. Sasuke gave no indication to have heard him. Instead he kept walking.
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"Fighters ready?" Hayate asked, stifling a cough. Both Sasuke and Yoroi nodded.
"Begin." Hayate said while jumping slightly away.
Neither of the fighters did move for a while, but suddenly Sasuke whipped out two shuriken and threw them at Yoroi, who responded by dodging to the left and rushing towards Sasuke. Sasuke tried to throw a punch, but Yoroi blocked it while grabbing Sasuke's arm. A amused snort came from Yoroi, and a blue glow surrounded his hand, and where he held Sasuke's arm.
'What? My chakra…' Sasuke thought. He quickly tried to hit Yoroi again, but his other hand was blocked and grabbed as well.
'Shit, have to do something.' Sasuke thought while pulling his feet up and kicking Yoroi's knees, making said boy fall to the floor with a grunt. Acting quickly, Sasuke locked Yoroi in a body lock, threatening to break his arm. But Yoroi just smiled and the same blue glow surrounded his hand again, which he lay on Sasuke's head. Sasuke gasped and his body became limp.
"Sasuke is in trouble." Tenshi commented.
Sasuke was unable to maintain the body lock and Yoroi stood up with a smirk on his face, keeping his hand on Sasuke.
Sasuke tried to grab Yoroi's hand, but his arm just fell limp.
"You…you're…my chakra…" Sasuke stammered forth.
"Correct. I can suck your chakra right out of you." Yoroi replied.
'I…have to do something' Sasuke thought before he remembered Lee.
'That's it.' Sasuke almost cheered in his head.
Using all his will power, Sasuke managed to punch Yoroi in the face, making him let go. Sasuke then disappeared and reappeared underneath Yoroi, kicking him into the air. Vanishing again, Sasuke appeared underneath Yoroi, flying just like him.
"That's my Konoha shadow dance." Lee said.
"When did Sasuke learn that?" Tenshi asked.
"From here on it's all original." Sasuke said, but then a burning pain in his neck stopped him. Seals looking like flames spread from his neck to cover half of his body.
"What the? Kakashi, it's happening." Tenshi said. Kakashi looked at him before turning back to Sasuke, who was gritting his teeth from the pain. Naruto thought Sasuke was in pain from having his chakra sucked out, so he yelled:
"Come on Sasuke. Don't give in."
That had the effect that Sasuke was annoyed at the blonde for being so loud, and annoyed at himself.
'I won't let this thing win.' Sasuke thought and the seals moved back into his neck. He shook his head before swinging around, trying to kick Yoroi in the chest. Yoroi blocked with a smirk.
"Too slow." He said but was rewarded with a fist to his face. Another fist to the stomach sent him flying towards the ground.
"No, you aren't fast enough." Kakashi said. Just before Yoroi hit the ground, Sasuke did a flip and used the momentum to drive his leg into Yoroi's stomach.
"Shi shi rendan." (Lion combo) Sasuke yelled. Yoroi let out a pained yell before falling into a heap, and lying completely still. Sasuke tumbled to the ground and ended up on his stomach, breathing hard. Hayate walked over to Yoroi and confirmed the knock out.
"Winner Uchiha Hayate said.
"You better seal that thing up." Tenshi said to Kakashi, who puffed away. He told the medics that was about to help Sasuke that he would do something before they could have him.
Kakashi grabbed Sasuke and puffed away again.
"What was that about?" Naruto asked Tenshi.
"Don't worry about it. Just pay attention and tell me who the next fight is between." Tenshi replied.
The names flashed again before stopping. The two fighters made their way to the arena and stood opposite each other.
"The third fightcough, between Haruno Sakura and Inuzuka Kiba. Begin!" Hayate called.
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Sakura and Kiba stared at each other, Sakura with a calculating look, while Kiba just looked smug.
"We're lucky, Akamaru, we got to fight pinky." Kiba bragged, and Akamaru gave a bark in agreement. Tenshi didn't like that though.
"Um, Kurenai? Is Kiba really that stupid, or did he hit his head during the second exam?" Tenshi asked.
"I don't know. I'm thinking the same thing actually." Kurenai replied.
"Well, he is in for a beating now." Rin commented while leaning against the railings.
Naruto, Haku and Ino were both fuming, and wanted to jump down there and, in Naruto's case, strangle Kiba, in Haku's case, she wanted to use her needles to show Kiba a little pain and in Ino's case, show Kiba that kunai and a pissed kunoichi aren't good if you want to have children some day. In short, if Kiba could read minds, he would have known not to mess with Sakura's friends. Sakura looked at her team mates and smiled before turning back to Kiba.
"Save it, dog breath and fight me." Sakura said. Kiba's eyes flashed with anger and he charged.
"Fine, have it your way." he yelled and tried to hit Sakura in the gut with his elbow. Keyword being tried.
Sakura easily caught the elbow and she was about to hit a pressure point in Kiba's neck when Akamaru jumped and almost bit her hand. Sakura jumped back while releasing Kiba.
"Thanks, Akamaru." Kiba said while getting up from the floor where Sakura had dropped him.
"It looks like pinky has some skills. Better get this over with then." Kiba said and searched trough his utility pouch for something. He produced two small, round pills. He gave one to Akamaru, and took the other himself.
"What did he do now?" Tenshi asked.
"Solider pills." Rin and Haku replied in unison. They looked curiously at each other before turning back to the fight.
Akamaru's fur had changed from white to red and the little puppy roared like a lion.
"Um, did he summon or something?" Tenshi asked, making the others sweat drop.
Akamaru jumped, with surprising speed, on top of Kiba, who crouched down and formed some seals.
"Gijyuu Ninpou: Jyuujin Bunshin.(Beast mimicry ninja technique: Half-beast clone) Kiba called and both he and Akamaru were enveloped in a cloud of smoke. Once the cloud lifted, instead of one Kiba and Akamaru, there stood two Kibas, one on top of the other. Both looked more feral than before.
"Let's go, Akamaru!" the one on the bottom said. The one on top, Akamaru, growled and they speed towards Sakura. She looked curious at what was coming.
"Take this pinky. Gatsuga.(Double fang destroyer)" Kiba called and both he and the transformed Akamaru turned to twin grey tornadoes. Horizontal tornadoes that were spinning towards Sakura. The ground under the tornadoes was shredded to pieces. Sakura stood completely still as they came closer, observing. At the last minute, she jumped backwards and upwards and landed on the statue. Kiba and Akamaru stopped spinning, looked up at her and grinned.
"Gatsuga" Kiba yelled again and he and Akamaru flew towards Sakura, planning to turn Sakura into shreds. But instead of dodging as seemed natural, Sakura smiled while forming seals.
"I'll show you a jutsu Naruto taught me. Katon: Karyuu Endan" Sakura called and shot a thin ray of white hot fire towards the two tornadoes, which had no chance of dodging. The fire hit both at the same time and produced a massive smoke cloud, accompanied by pained yells and yelps.
"Ouch." Naruto commented.
"Burnt, dog anyone?" Tenshi asked.
The smoke cleared slowly to reveal a burnt Kiba and a now normal Akamaru. Kiba had lost his coat, his shirt, parts of his pants were burned away and his hair looked very singed. Akamaru had some bald spots. Smoke was rising from them both. They weren't moving.
"She held back." Tenshi said suddenly.
"How do you know?" Naruto asked.
"They are still alive." Rin answered. And she was right. Everyone could see both Kiba and Akamaru breathing, but neither were conscious.
"Winner:cough Haruno Hayate said and Sakura cheered before looking at Kiba. The medics were taking care of him and she knew he wouldn't die, so she allowed herself to be happy. Running up the stairs, she ran to Naruto and hugged him. He smiled and kissed her before grinning happily.
"Congratulations, Sakura-chan. Nice job." Naruto said.
"Yeah, good fight, Sakura." Ino said. She was happy for her friend, but also had a weird sense of being left out and slight sadness. Tenshi seemed to notice this. He smiled at Sakura, not showing anything of the confusion he felt for Ino.
"Congratulations." Haku said cheerfully. She didn't notice Ino's feelings, but she did notice something was bothering Tenshi.
"You've grown so much." Rin said as she almost crushed Sakura, who was turning a unhealthy shade of purple.
"Um, Rin? I think you are choking your daughter." Kakashi commented. Rin gasped and released Sakura.
"Sorry." She said, blushing brightly.
"Sakura-san fought well. Kiba did as well, but she was stronger." Kurenai said, mostly to herself.
"Is Kiba-kun going to be okay?" Hinata asked hesitantly.
"He's strong." Shino said, but didn't elaborate.
"He'll be alright. He was burned a bit badly, but nothing that the medics can't fix." Rin replied, and both Hinata and Kurenai visibly relaxed.
Tenshi took the opportunity to lead Ino slightly away and turned to her with a serious look on his face.
"What is it Ino?" Tenshi asked concernedly. Ino looked like she was about to deny whatever it was, but thought better of it. She looked down on the ground, not wanting to meet what would have been Tenshi's gaze.
"I don't know. I…I just feel left out. Sakura and Naruto have the Katon element in common, while I don't have any element in common with them. They can trade jutsus with each other, but I can't. I know both Naruto and Sakura care for me a lot, and Naruto loves me just the same as Sakura, but I can't help it." Ino said, sounding more sad for each word. Tenshi crouched down in front of her and smiled.
"Oh, so that is what's been bothering you lately. Come here." Tenshi said and gave Ino a hug. After he released her, he sat down in front of her and motioned for her to do the same. She did, although a bit hesitantly.
"Listen, it is true that Naruto and Sakura have more in common than you and Naruto. At least when it comes to being a ninja. But you and Naruto have something in common that Naruto and Sakura doesn't have." Tenshi said with a smiled. Ino was confused though.
"Huh? What?" she asked.
"Kage bunshin for one. Sakura can't do that, but you and Naruto can. Also, both you and Naruto have mastered some of my jutsus that Sakura couldn't. Remember?" Tenshi asked and Ino smiled brightly.
"Oh yeah. Guess I forgot about that." She said happily. Tenshi smiled at her happiness.
"Also, you and Naruto have more in common than you think. Both of you always try to look at the positive side, more so than Sakura. Both of you want to become stronger to protect your precious people and have their acknowledgment." Tenshi said but was interrupted.
"But Sakura also wants that." Ino objected.
"No, she wants to become stronger so she doesn't slow you down. She doesn't want to look at your backs anymore. That, and she wants to protect you, of course." Tenshi said with a smile.
"But most importantly, you and Naruto have a spirit inside you that Sakura doesn't." he said, confusing Ino.
"You mean like Kyuubi?" Ino asked. Tenshi chuckled and shook his head.
"No, but perhaps that was a bad choice of words. No, what I mean is that you both never give up, and always try your best. Remember when Sakura was teased? She didn't try and do anything about it, thinking it was useless and she even believed what the others said about her. But if it were you that had been teased, I know that you wouldn't have taken it sitting down. You would have stood up against them, and done something about it. And I know Naruto did just that when he was teased." Tenshi explained.
"But Sakura isn't like that anymore." Ino pointed out.
"True, because of you she isn't. Because of you she learned confidence and grew a back bone. But unlike you and Naruto, she didn't always have that. Confidence doesn't come naturally for her, but it does for you and Naruto. Not that Sakura has any problems with her confidence now, but sometimes I notice she almost have to force herself to be confident. You never have to. That, Ino, is something you and Naruto have in common that he and Sakura never will have. Remember that." Tenshi said and Ino broke into a huge grin.
"Thank you. That meant a lot to me." she said and Tenshi laughed.
"No problem, and who knows? Perhaps there are some aspects on ninja life that you and Naruto have talent for, but Sakura doesn't." he replied.
"Like what?" Ino asked and Tenshi thought for a moment.
"Stealth and assassination perhaps." Tenshi said and Ino looked at him like he was crazy. Apparently, he sensed it.
"Yeah, I know, I know." Tenshi said while shaking his head. "The two loudest people on the team. But both you and Naruto soak up most of my jutsus, including the ones I made for stealth and assassination. When you have to, both you and Naruto can hide very well. Sakura isn't that good in that aspect. Oh, there you have another similarity. You and Naruto both have the ability to perform much better than anyone assumes when you have too. It's like me when I am like I am now, and when I am in the weapon mode. You two get much more sharpened by the situation than sometimes Sakura does. That is connected to the confidence we talked about though." Tenshi said and Ino nodded.
"Okay…sensei?" Ino asked after a few moments of thought.
"Hum? Yes?" Tenshi replied.
"Was it wrong of me to feel jealous when I heard Sakura say that she had learned a jutsu from Naruto?" Ino asked and Tenshi sighed.
"Yes and no. No, as in it is understandable, yes as in you should know that Naruto doesn't make different between you and Sakura. If you had an affinity with Katon, then Naruto would have taught you that jutsu too. Also, Naruto have taught you something, hasn't he? A jutsu I made that you had some trouble with?" Tenshi asked and Ino nodded.
"Yeah, the Hi Furasshu no jutsu. (Sun Flash) I couldn't get the timing right, and Naruto showed me how to do it." Ino replied.
"That is one example of how he is going to be there for you in the future. Like he will be for Sakura. Now, I think we should get back to the others, don't you?" Tenshi asked and Ino's eyes widened.
"Oh crap. The exam." She said while jumping to her feet. Tenshi chuckled.
"Don't worry. Your name wasn't called." He said while forming a hand seal.
"Kai" he said and a slight glimmer around them disappeared.
"Genjutsu to give us some privacy." Tenshi said, answering Ino's questioning look. Which only served to make her more confused.
"How did you know I was wondering?" Ino asked.
"I have my ways." Tenshi replied as they reached the others. They were just in time to see the medics carry one of the sound nins out. He looked like he had his arms blown up from the inside.
"Shino won then?" Tenshi asked.
"Yeah, without much effort. Where were you two?" Rin asked curiously.
"Oh, I was just talking to Ino about something. Teacher-student thing." Tenshi said with a shrug.
"Oh? What teacher-student thing?" Sakura asked slyly, looking at Ino, who grinned back.
"Nothing to worry about, forehead." Ino replied.
"What did you say, Ino-pig?" Sakura shot back.
"And I thought they were over that." Tenshi sighed.
"Especially with what we saw in the Wave." Rin said, making both girls blush a deep red. Naruto was none the wiser.
The names flashed again and stopped on:
"Can Akimichi Choujicough and Dosu Kinutacough come down?" Hayate asked.
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Chouji and Dosu stood in front of each other, glaring at each other.
'How can this guy even see?' Chouji thought, referring to the fact that Dosu had most of his head wrapped in bandages, only letting his right eye show.
'Fatass will fall easily.' Dosu thought.
"Fifth fight, Akimichi Chouji vs. Dosu Kinuta. Begin!" Hayate said and jumped away.
"You can do it!" Shikamaru yelled.
"If you win, I'll treat you to an all-you can eat barbeque." Asuma yelled.
"huh? How do you know Chouji?" Kakashi asked.
"I often play shougi with Shikamaru, and Chouji watch. Sometimes I treat him to food, most often as 'payment' for loosing against Shikamaru. But I don't mind much. Chouji is really amusing sometimes." Asuma said and Kakashi, Kurenai and Rin rolled their eyes at him. Tenshi would have done too, but couldn't…for obvious reasons.
"Come on. I'll end this quickly mr. fatty." Dosu said and flames appeared in Chouji's eyes.
"Are you talking to me, you bandaged imp? I'll beat you into a pulp. Ninpou: Baika no jutsu! (double weight)" Chouji yelled and turned into a human sized meat ball. With puffs of…chakra smoke, he retracted his limbs into his now round body.
'He uses sound waves to attack. I have to hide my ears.' Chouji thought.
"Meat tank." Chouji yelled and began to roll. His roll speed up and he speed towards Dosu, who stood by impassively. (A/N: I couldn't find the Japanese name for Chouji's jutsu. Sorry.)
"Hurray for big bone people!" Chouji yelled just before he hit Dosu, who jumped away just before Chouji hit him. Resulting in Chouji smashing into the wall Dosu stood in front of.
Dosu was about to hit Chouji, when he managed to pull himself out of the wall. Chouji rolled towards Dosu again, who swung his fist and struck Chouji.
"AHH!" Chouji yelled and lost control of his rolling and once again smashed into a wall.
"You may have hid your ears, but the human body is made of more than 70 per cent water and water carries sound. Basically your whole body is a big ear." Dosu said and pulled back his sleeve to reveal a metal device with several holes on his arm.
"What happened?" Tenshi asked.
"That sound guy's arm device amplifies sound. It acts as a speaker. He used it to defeat Lee in the forest." Shikamaru said and Rin looked at Chouji's still form.
"Destroyed hearing, balance. Sight would become obstructed, and even internal damage could be done if used correctly." Rin said.
"That explains the ringing I have in my ears now. You heard it as well, right sensei?" Naruto asked and Tenshi nodded.
"Yeah, but it seems that it didn't affect Chouji very much." Tenshi replied and everyone saw that Chouji began to pull himself out of the wall.
"Ouch, that hurt." Chouji said before jumping in the air, spinning again.
"What the hell is he doing? I can easily dodge that." Dosu said and dodged the falling ball. Which vanished when it hit the floor.
"What?" Dosu yelled and just managed to dodge the real Chouji walling from above.
"Bunshin. Nice Chouji." Shikamaru said.
"Damn, that was close. But it's over!" Dosu yelled, jumped on top of Chouji and punched him. His whole arm sunk deep into Chouji's fat.
"This is it!" Dosu said and struck his metal device. The onlookers could practically see the sound waves vibrate in Chouji's body. Both Tenshi and Naruto threw their hands up and covered their ears. Chouji screamed before becoming silent and reverting back to his normal appearance.
Hayate walked over to him and confirmed that he was out.
"Winner Dosu Kinuta." Hayate said, and Dosu walked up to his remaining team mate, while the medics carried a drooling Chouji out. Tenshi and Naruto caught what me mumbled and snickered.
"What did he say?" Shikamaru asked.
"He said: 'I want barbeque'" Tenshi replied. Asuma sweat dropped.
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"Troublesome." Shikamaru said before walking down to face the last sound nin.
"Is everything troublesome for him?" Haku asked. Sakura, Ino and Naruto nodded at the same time.
"Eternal rival, you must ignite Shikamaru-kun's flames of youth." Gai practically yelled. Kakashi looked towards the man proclaimed to be the 'beautiful green beast of Konoha.'
"Sorry, Gai, but did you say something?" Kakashi asked, making Gai scream and hold his head while crying.
"THAT HIP ATTITUDE AGAIN. IT'S COOL AND PISSES ME OFF." Gai screamed.
"Sensei, who's he?" Naruto asked.
"Maito Gai. As you can see he has no fashion sense." Tenshi said, referring to the green spandex both Gai and his little clone Lee wore, as well as the orange leg warmers, bowl cut and extremely large and bushy eyebrows.
"Is clinically insane, always rambling about the flames of youth, and gives himself insane tasks to complete, and equal insane punishments for failing." Rin joined in. Gai and Lee looked like they had a couple of two ton boulders on their shoulders.
"And is one of the, it not THE best taijutsu user in Konoha." Tenshi finished, and instantly the imaginary 'boulders' vanished and was replaced by a display of 'manliness' from both Gai and Lee. Read: good guy pose, flashing teeth, wiggly eyebrows before both broke and hugged each other while crying, somehow creating a background of a sunset with waves crashing on the shore. While hugging, they yelled:
"Lee"
"Gai-sensei"
"Lee"
"Gai-sensei"
"Shut up!" Rin, Tenten, Naruto, Sakura and Ino yelled at the same time. Sakura turned from the two startled greenclad ninjas to look at Tenshi.
"Sensei, how did they make that sunset?" she asked.
"Don't ask." Was the simple reply.
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"Sixth fightcough: Nara Shikamaru Kin Tsuchi. Begin!" Hayate ordered.
'Why must I fight a girl? How troublesome.' Shikamaru thought before forming his signature seal.
"Can't you do anything else? Using the same jutsu over and over again like a idiot." Kin said.
"Shut up. Kage Mane no jutsu. (Shadow Imitation)" Shikamaru said and his shadow darkened and extended towards Kin.
"You won't get me with that." Kin said and threw two needles towards Shikamaru, both with bells attached.
'Bells?' Shikamaru thought as he dodged. 'she plans to throw one needle with a bell on, and one without. I dodge based on the sound and she hits me with the other.
"You won't get me with that elementary trick. Next you'll throw one with a bell and one without. Right?" Shikamaru asked, but instead of a verbal answer, he heard the bells again.
"What?" he said and half turned before the world suddenly turned upside down. He noticed strings attached to the bells, though.
"You are in my genjutsu. I'll end this quickly now." Kin said and Shikamaru stared as the single Kin multiplied.
"You don't even know who is the real me." the Kins said, creating a eerie sound affect. The next thing Shikamaru knew, he had two needles sticking out of his arms. He pulled them out with a grunt.
"Next I'll throw four. Then eight. Soon you'll look more like a hedgehog than a pineapple." Kin said, obviously enjoying this.
"You wench. You said you'd end this soon." Shikamaru said and Kin grinned.
"I see. You are in so much pain you want this to end as soon as possible. Well, too bad." Kin said and threw four needles, each hitting home.
'I have to do something. This'll drain most of my chakra though.' Shikamaru thought as he did seals, swiped some of his blood onto his hand and placed the hand on the ground.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu." Shikamaru called and a puff of smoke later and a cat as large as he stood in front of him. More precisely a overgrown black housecat.
"Get her." Shikamaru said. The cat looked at him before sitting down and licking its paw.
The audience sweat dropped. Kakashi looked at Tenshi, who looked like he was on the verge of rolling on the floor while laughing.
"Natural summon indeed. They do fit together." Tenshi said.
"Your summon doesn't even listen to you. Perhaps I should make a needle cushion cat?" Kin said and threw some needles towards the cat, who dodged, casing the needles to almost pierce Shikamaru. The cat hissed at Kin before turning to Shikamaru and…nodding. Shikamaru kneeled down as the cat turned and charged. To Shikamaru it looked like it was charging one of the numerous Kins, while the others saw the cat attack Kin, who jumped to the side. The cat turned and charged Kin again. This time she dodged backwards but before she could do anything else, she froze.
"Kage Mane success." Shikamaru said.
"How?" Kin asked while Shikamaru stood up.
"I let my shadow follow my summon, who distracted you long enough for me to capture you. Now it's my turn." Shikamaru said and took out two shuriken. Kin's body moved against her will and took out two shuriken as well.
"Now we are going to stab each other to see who can last longer." Shikamaru said and threw one of the shurikens, closely followed by the other.
"Stop this!" Kin said, but her body perfectly mirrored Shikamaru's. The two shuriken flew towards the two Genin. The cat was once again sitting and licking its paw.
Just before the first shuriken hit, Shikamaru bent backwards.
'Heh, he was just bluffing.' Kin thought, but she stopped her thought process when her head hit the wall behind her.
"Got her. A ninja should always be aware of the surroundings. My summon lured you close enough to the wall. Guess I won't need this then." Shikamaru said and let go of the thin wire that the last shuriken he threw was attached to.
"Winner: Nara Shikamaru!" Hayate called.
'How troublesome.' Shikamaru thought as he walked back up the stairs. A purr reminded him of the cat he summoned. He turned to see it right behind him.
"Thanks for the help." He said and scratched the cat's ear. It purred before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
"Good job, Shikamaru." Kakashi said when Shikamaru reached him.
"How troublesome." Shikamaru sighed before sitting down and leaning against the wall.
"I'm guessing you told him who had the summoning contract for cats." Kakashi said and Tenshi nodded.
"Yeah, although it seems Shikamaru hasn't meet the boss yet, since the cat didn't listen to him." Tenshi said and Shikamaru sighed.
"I don't have enough chakra." He said before closing his eyes and pretending to be asleep.
Tenshi turned to Ino, and was about to say something when Hayate coughed and announced the next fight.
"Seventh fight: Sabaku no Gaara vs. Rock Lee."
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Yo, Kin-Ryu Chikara here. 14 chap finished. Another clifhanger. Mohaha…
Okay, I have gotten a few reviews now, saying: "But Naruto is a wind type!" and those reviewers are right, if you are talking about the manga. I came up with my idea about having a elemental affinity before the manga did, and as I said in the author note at the beginning of this chapter, I won't be changing Naruto's affinity.
I'm sorry that this took so long to write, and the next will probably also take some time, since I'm starting school again tomorrow. But I won't stop writing, so no need to worry.
The translation page I use for my original jutsus: www. freedict. com/ onldict/ jap. html (minus the spaces.)
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Tenshi is Katon/Suiton while Rin is Doton/Futon.
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Jutsu list: Jutsus that team 7 now knows (not counting the basics):
Naruto: preferred element: Katon/Raiton
Knows:
Rasengan (spiral ball)
Kage Bunshin no jutsu
Kage Shuriken no jutsu
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu
Katon: Housenka no jutsu
Katon: Ryuuka no jutsu (dragonfire technique)
Doton: Doryuuheki
Raiton: Dageki Tesaki no jutsu (shock fingers)
Raiton: Raikyuu no jutsu (Lightning Ball)
Kuchiyose no jutsu, frogs and foxes
Mikazuki no mai (dance of the crescent moon)
Tsubaki no mai. (dance of the camellia)
Ninpou: Fukashi no jutsu (ninja arts: invisibility technique)
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Sakura: preferred element: Katon/Doton
Knows:
Kage Shuriken no jutsu
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu
Katon: Housenka no jutsu (Phoenix fire technique)
Katon: Karyuu Endan (fire dragon flame missile)"
Doton: Doryuuheki
Doton: Shinjuuzanshu no jutsu (suicidal beheading technique)
Kuchiyose no jutsu, wolves and slugs
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Ino: preferred element: Futon/Suiton
Knows:
Kage Bunshin no jutsu
Kage Shuriken no jutsu
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu
Doton: Doryuuheki
Futon: Tei tama (air bullet)
Suiton: Sujinheki (water barrier)
Shintenshin no jutsu
Shinranshin no jutsu
Shinheisa suru no jutsu (mind close down)
Kuchiyose no jutsu, wolves