Chapter 15

I watched curiously as Azame sped towards Shino katana raised. I have always been impressed by her speed, she was the fastest ninja in our village, no one could catch her. Even when playing tag when we were children.

She swiped at Shino who barely dodged the slash from her blade. He took a swing at her but she moved out of the way.

Kankuro walked up next to me and leaned on the railing, "She's fast," He mused watching her intently.

I nodded, "She's the best. She's almost impossible to catch." I looked at him from the corner of my eye.

"Almost?"

"Yeah, she gets a little cocky after a while," I said shaking my head, "She doesn't pay attention to what is around her."

"Ah."

I looked back at Azame, she was now standing about forty feet away from her opponent, she put away her katana, "I'm going to make this more fair for you." She said grinning.

Shino said nothing and shifted his stance slightly. Azame ran at him again, swinging at him with record speed.

Shino dodged some of them but Azame still managed to hit him a few times, he swung back only landing one or two blows to her blurred form. It was like watching a intricate dance as they moved around each other with blinding speed.

Kankuro poked my arm, and I looked over to him blankly, "What?"

"I was wondering," he said quietly, "What is her story, I mean, how did you guys meet."

I grinned, "We grew up together, it was the four of us. We did everything together."

He tilted his head to the side, "The four of you?" He asked curiously.

"Yeah, it was Azame, Deidara, Kisa and I, we were inseparable."

"Ah, I see."

I nodded, "Azame was the 'princess' of the rock village, her family was the richest family there. People our age didn't like her because they all thought she was a stuck up snob. We met at school and me and Kisa found out that she wasn't like that at all. Her parents didn't really approve of her being a ninja but after rigorous training and complaining she finally convinced them to let her do this." I looked back at the fight briefly and shook my head, Azame was starting to get cocky, her attacks were getting sloppy.

"Oh," Kankuro mused, "What about the other one, Deidara was it?"

I felt myself get instantly angry, "That stupid idiot!" I growled, Kankuro looked at me oddly, "He's my ex-boyfriend, he took off without even a goodbye to me. I haven't seen him in months! Kisa was right not to like him..."

I was tackled from the side, "SISSY!!!" Kisa squealed squezzing me, "Guess what?!"

"What?" I asked gasping for breath. "Please get off me though.."

She jumped off and Kankuro helped me up, "I poked Emo!" She stated proudly.

I sighed, "Good for you Kisa."

She beamed brightly at me, "Yep! It was fun."

"Hey guys," Temari said to us, we looked at her curiously, she was looking down at the arena, "You better come see this."

We looked over the railing, the floor was teeming with little black insects. They crawled up Azame's legs holding her into place, I looked over at Shino, he was holding out his arms and there was more insects coming from his sleeves.

Kisa squealed and climbed onto Gaara's back, "EWWW!!!"

Gaara didn't seem too bothered that my sister was on him, actually he seemed slightly amused.

The bugs now on Azame's arms holding them to her sides and when she was totally immobile he walked up to her, "See what happens when you get over cocky. You miss the slightest things, like the little insects that are now holding you now." With that he punched her in the face and she went down unconcious.

The proctor waited a moment before calling the match, "The winner is Shino Aburame."

After that Azame opened her eyes slowly, and Shino held out a hand out to her and helped her up. She grinned and took it willingly. "Good job."

"Thank you," Shino replied back, "You did well yourself."

Azame laughed and walked up the stairs to where we were standing, Rinji glared at her.

"You got cocky Azame..." he said through his teeth, "I thought I taught you better."

Azame looked down at her feet, "I'm sorry Sensei, it won't happen again."

"Good," he turned to me, "You're fight should be coming up. It's up to you to keep us here, got it Kyra?"

"Yes Sensei," I said, I felt everyone looking at me, "I'll do my best."

OMG! I'm SOOO sorry! I've had writers block and procrastination issues!! I'll have the next chapter up ASAP!!