Pakuno versus TenTen

Shigame looked around the chattering crowd. "Things are getting troublesome; I didn't get him that time..." She mumbled to herself and then yelled, "Quiet Down! It's time for the next match! Kinuta Pakuno and TenTen, please step up!"

"Alright!" I shouted with excitement. "I can't wait to watch TenTen fight!"

"You shouldn't be so relaxed."

I froze at the voice and turned around to find Orochimaru standing next to me. (I was sitting at the end of the row of seats.) My entire body was wriggling on the inside, but I tried to remain cool and collected. I glanced over at my comrades who barely seemed to even notice he was there. Hinako answered my astonished gaze with a bored "It's not like he's gonna try anything, just shut up and watch the match."

How the hell can she be so calm! She knows about Orochimaru! Why doesn't she feel alarmed! Am I the only one who knows how dangerous this guy is?

"Calm down," Hinako sighed, aggrivated. I saw a glint and noticed that she was holding a kunai in her hand, and so was Jin. I felt a bit more relieved after that. Orochimaru noticed, but took no heed. "Although Pakuno is big, he's not our muscle."

I looked at him curiously for the strange comment, but it wasn't directed at me. He was looking at Hinako who was ignoring him and gazing down at the arena. "Well of course he's not your muscle with all that fat on him," I said stupidly. "There's no room for muscle."

Orochimaru frowned. "For his fighting style, he doesn't need any muscle."

I searched his gleaming eyes and then looked down at Pakuno. What kind of technique could this guy have?

"Third Match, Pakuno versus TenTen, BEGIN!"

TenTen immeadiatly jumped back a good distance. Her distance with the enemy was perfect; not too far, not too close. She could be offensive and defensive. She already had shurikens in her hand and she was waiting expectantly, observing him.

"Hm. Useless." Pakuno formed some hand signs. "I can see that you are a distance fighter. That works well. Ninpou, Sound Typhoon."

There was silence. Nothing happened. Whispers rushed across the crowd. "What's going on?" Then, suddenly, TenTen fell on her knees and cried out in pain.

"Wha-What happened?" I gasped.

"You are slow, Sarafu," Hinako said.

"Hmph!"

"Don't you 'Hmph!' me. It's obviously sound. He must be able to control a sound he was making, but he made it so high-pitched that only someone as close as TenTen could hear, and she would hear it well. To her, it must feel like a typhoon."

"That's not good! Why doesn't TenTen just plug her ears with something."

"Baka! It's not that simple! Besides,...there's something familiar about him."

Orochimaru chuckled delightfully. "So you noticed? Yes, as you probably guessed, he is Kinuta Dosu's younger brother. They have the same ability to control the flow of sound, but Pakuno's technique is just a little bit more useful."

That's right! He said that Pakuno used his body mass for something, but what? What does that have to do with sound? Maybe he just hasn't used his final move yet.

TenTen squinted from the pain, but didn't drop the shurikens. She threw them at Pakuno who simply stepped out of the way. "Oh no, the sound must be affecting her eardrum, causing her to loose balance!"

Hinako and Jin stared at me, astonished. I, too, was surprised myself. How did I know that? Could it-

I stared at Orochimaru, scared. He leaned his face close to mine and whispered "That's why I want you."

"It's not true! Go away!" I flicked my head back toward the match, away from Orochimaru. There's no way, I told myself. Absolutely no way. It's too early.

TenTen struggled on the ground. Pakuno laughed. "I don't even have to try with you. You are so weak."

"Do not underestimate me!" She grabbed a scroll and opened it. "Sheild of Scrolls!" The scroll opened up and spun around her, until she was encased in a shell of scrolls. Pakuno frowned. Then, a whole assortment of weapons appeared up from the ground behind Pakuno. They shot towards him, but he moved out of the way. The light showed that there was a thin string attached to each of the weapons, and it was pulled. They flew back at Pakuno who quickly dodged to the right, but not fast enough. He was sliced deeply by a sword and squinted in pain. The threw a kunai and it cut the strings. The weapons fell to the ground, and didn't move.

"Tch. Annoying little Konoha bug!" Pakuno cursed. "I didn't think I'd have to go this far for you." He put his hands together. "Chakra Transformation." And then...he grew smaller, or, to be more precise, grew skinnier. All of his fat seemed to disappear until he looked normal.

Hinako gasped. "That's Chouji's- The red pill...how?"

"Ha!" I pointed at Orochimaru. "He still has no muscles!"

"Sarafu, you're an idiot," Jin said. "Look at him more closely."

I did, then, observe him, and tried to surpress my gasp of shock. This amazing amount of chakra! I see now. He can transform all of his body fat into chakra, just like the body changes fat into energy. With this amount, he'll have unlimited chakra access!

He walked over the cacoon of scroll that hid TenTen, and punched it with his fist. The paper gave in, and TenTen was hit with full force. She hit the ground hard, but quickly recovered. She flipped back and threw some shurikens at him. Pakuno held his hand up to each of them, and they bounced off. "The chakra! He's using the chakra to deflect the shurikens!"

TenTen, too, noticed this, and stopped her constant bombardment of weapons. She then, whipped out two scrolls in which she placed on the ground. She formed some hand seals and then there was a great poof of smoke. TenTen jumped high into the air and the smoke followed her, shaped like dragons.

"Rising Twin Dragons."

She was hit with the smokey dragons, and then she held the two scrolls. Still in the air, she spun around with the opened scrolls, and poof! out came weapons. She threw the with great speed and each at a fatal spot. Pakuno deflected them each with his one hand.

"I'm not done with you!" She began to fall back to the ground, but she moved her fingers around and the weapons moved again. They attacked Pakuno from behind. Pakuno didn't move this time, but they were still deflected! The chakra. Pakuno smiled, but then! He was choking! He clawed at his neck, trying to breathe. TenTen landed on the ground, holding her hands up. She moved, and Pakuno began to choke tighter.

"I see!" Jin exclaimed. "So that was the purpose of the strings! The weapons were just a distraction! Now she will defeat the enemy!"

TenTen smiled triumphantly. Pakuno slowly began to get fatter. He clawed at the string. "That won't work!" TenTen yelled across at him. "I embedded my chakra into it. Only Neji would know how to cut that string." Pakuno glared at TenTen just before he fainted. His body clumped to the ground and the crowd roared.

"Yay! TenTen!"

Shigame walked to Pakuno's body. After kicking him in the side, she declared TenTen the winner. Everyone cheered, except for Orochimaru. But he wasn't distraught, either. He even smiled. What's wrong with this guy? His teammate just got defeated and he is happy?

...to be continued.