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Angelic101: I don't want a broken nose. I'm glad you liked it but your questions will have to be answered through reading the chapter. I may have some more fights in store but I'm going with what I've got right now.

Chapter 4: How to Climb

Sasuke and Sakura stared each other down. The disc kept spinning and the wobbling made it difficult for Sasuke to keep his balance as he constantly had to shift his position. Sakura, however, barely moved as the disc started spinning faster and it wobbled about insanely.

"Let the battle commence!" The presenter hollered into his microphone as Sakura hopped slightly as if she was using a jump rope. Sasuke then felt her knee crush his jaw before he fell and tumbled over to the side again.

"How bloody fast is this thing?" He mumbled as he latched onto the edge again, holding desperately with one hand. Trying to reach out to the edge with his other hand, he felt the wind and the pressure of the pull on his entire body. He felt as if the very flesh on his face was being stripped down to his bone. He continued to reach out for the disc. He wasted no time grasping it and pulling himself towards it. This time it was harder. He tried to fling himself on again, but he could not bring his legs to move. He looked up to see Sakura hopping every now and then near the centre of the disc.

'She's not going to let me up.' He thought as he heard a sound of gears moving. He saw Sakura look down and then felt the disc jag to the side slightly.

"Ladies and gents, seeing as how rooster head refuses to let go and end up like a tomato thrown against a wall and Sakura is just hopping on the spot, we have decided to UNLEASH HELL!" All Sasuke could think was: 'What the fu-?' before he saw various ropes fall from the ceiling and metal bars start to jut out of the walls, one by one as they went higher. He then felt the disc move again and start sliding off it's lone supporting pillar. Sasuke's eyes widened in shock as he lost his grip and started to fall. The spinning disc heading for his neck. Naruto and Hinata looked up and let out gasps of surprise and Naruto tried to free himself from his bonds. Sasuke saw ropes fall down near him and reached out to grab one. He latched on and felt it burn his hand as he tightened his grip. The floor was getting very close.

"Shit."

Flashback

Sasuke fell on the floor.

"Argh!" He said as he hit his fist against the floor.

"Why can't you be like your brother." Fugaku sighed as he looked at Sasuke on the floor and Itachi landing gracefully next to him. "How can you call yourself an Uchiha and constantly fail even a simple training session."

"He nearly reached the top this time." Itachi said as he smiled. Fugaku stared at Itachi.

"'Success' and 'nearly' are two vastly different things in the world. " Fugaku said as he started walking off. "If he can't even complete that small gymnastics course, then I doubt he will survive in the real world." Fugaku stood by the door he had just opened and said without turning around: "It's martial arts tomorrow and the tournaments are coming soon. If Sasuke fails then he will be sent to continent 12 to toughen up." Sasuke looked at his father in disbelief as the man closed the door behind him. Sasuke looked at the floor and started to hear Itachi walk off.

"Nii-san, will you train with me?" Sasuke looked up as Itachi stopped.

"Sasuke." Itachi waved his hand slightly showing he wanted Sasuke to run up to him. Sasuke ran up to him and was hit lightly in the forehead by two of Itachi's fingers.

"Maybe some other time. I have work I need to get done." Itachi walked over to the door and left the room. Sasuke sat still for a few minutes, alone. He looked up at the various ropes, bars, platforms and hoops that made it possible to get about the confusing twisted frame. Sasuke stood up and walked over to the pole that was the start of the course. He started to pull himself up the pole.

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A bored Itachi walked into the room with the gymnastic frame and looked about. His mother was calling for them both to come and eat breakfast and Sasuke was nowhere to be found. Itachi looked about the frame and then noticed something hanging on the rope to the final platform. Cautiously, but swiftly, Itachi quietly climbed up the various ropes and swung about the bars until he reached the final rope. The rope stood about twenty meters off the ground and was only connected to the platform and a single pole. Itachi looked closely to see a sleeping Sasuke hanging upside down with his ankle caught in the rope. Itachi smirked. As he went to untie Sasuke, he heard the door open and looked down to see Fugaku in the doorway. The man's face was indifferent as usual, but as he looked up and saw the two brothers hanging from the rope, he let out a grunt in surprise. He regained his composure.

"Breakfast is ready. If your late you'll have to deal with your mother." After Fugaku walked out, Sasuke woke up and saw his brother helping him out of the mess he was in.

"What time is it?" He said lazily. Itachi looked at him.

"It's time for breakfast. Now lets get you out of this mess." From then on, Sasuke never knew his father had seen his progress.

Flashback

Sasuke swung sideways as he held onto the rope and avoided the disc as it fell to the floor creating a horrible, resounding sound of a bell. He hung loosely on the rope for a couple of minutes. His hand was frayed and he felt pain course through it as he held onto the rope. He looked up weakly to see Sakura standing on a pole, unharmed, not too far above. Sasuke looked down again to see the floor less then fifty meters away.

"That's overkill you bastard!" Sasuke turned to look at the bandaged Naruto shout up at the presenter. The presenter looked down at Naruto with a look of anger.

"You hear what he said people?!" The man shouted into his microphone. The crowd screamed yes and booed at Naruto. "Did you like it?!" The crowd booed again. "What did he mean to say?!" The crowd screamed:

"We want more! We want more!" and cheered.

"Hn." Sasuke looked up again and started to climb up the rope. With each pull he felt pain. As he reached the nearest pole. He hung his arms over it and panted heavily. He looked up slightly and saw Sakura's foot incoming. 'Not this again.' He got kicked in the face and blood spilled from his mouth. As he was falling backwards, his hands headed for the pole he was leaning over, he clasped onto them and flipped up behind Sakura. She jumped and grabbed a hanging rope. Sasuke landed on the pole and wiped the blood from his mouth. They stared each other down.

Sasuke jumped forwards. He readied a punch aimed at Sakura's head. She side stepped and hit him in the gut. He felt the pain and the feeling of being sent flying but he didn't move. His hand had instinctively latched itself around Sakura's arm. He swiped his foot, trying to hit her legs. She hopped in place. Sasuke's foot flew under them and he fell backwards. Sakura was about to fall with him but she latched her legs around the pole. She tried frantically to get his hand off her arm. He smirked and, while hanging, tugged at her arm. She lost her grip and started to fall with him. He grabbed onto a rope right next to him and swung towards the cage wall. He crashed into the fence. It shook and the crowd cheered and tried to reach out to him and the hanging Sakura. He pushed away from the cage with his feet and swung upwards. He let go of Sakura when they were above a set of poles. He had to beat her, but he didn't want to kill her. As he was about to drop her, she grabbed onto the rope below him and started to climb upwards. He whipped the rope as much as he could. This caused Sakura to pause and keep her hold on the rope every now and then. Sakura was about to reach Sasuke when he said to himself:

"Let's test something." Sasuke let go of the rope and was about to fall. Timed seemed to slow. Sakura looked down in disbelief as he fell. He kept his smirk on his face the entire time as he looked back into her eyes.

'No.' She thought.

Flashback

"Tou-san, Kaa-san." A little, four year old Sakura ran after her parents as they headed down the walkway into the plane. Her father reached down to grab her hand.

'What did his face look like?' Sakura thought as she looked at the memory. At her father laughing.

"Come on Sakura, we don't want to miss our flight." Her mother said as she grabbed Sakura's other hand.

'What was mother like?' She saw her younger self skipping, smiling happily between her parents whose faces and personalities which felt alien to her. She held her head. It hurt. The memory hurt. 'Don't go on. Don't go on the plane.'

She saw them enter the plane. She felt pulled along as the memory continued. She opened her eyes to see herself and her parents sitting down watching a film. Then she blinked and saw herself sleeping in her chair, leaning on her mother's arm. She blinked again, and saw herself leaving her seat and heading for the toilet. As soon as the door closed, the announcement was made. The last announcement that they would ever hear. Lights turned on, people scattered and clambered wildly as they tried to get their life jackets and find their loved ones. She saw her mother cry out for her and saw the toilet door shake as the little Sakura struggled to open the door. Her father kicked and rushed the door repeatedly. She saw the door finally open and the cracks appear in the plane all around. The frame broke and explosions were seen as bombs were set off. She saw herself look at her parents as they looked back at while falling.

'What did they say? What did they say? What did...' Sakura broke down into tears and kept asking herself. She held her face in her hands.

Flashback

She looked at Sasuke falling and heard him say:

"Make your own choices." He said as he fell towards a pole. Sakura's eyes opened and she dropped down to try and reach out to stop him from dying. He smirked.

'She fell for it.' He spun in the air and landed on the pole with his feet before jetting himself up into the air aimed at her. Her eyes widened. She couldn't change her grasp into a fist and she felt him grab her arm, pull her close and hit her in the gut. She coughed out of pain and turned round to kick him down. He grabbed her leg.

"Sometimes I wish you were wearing a skirt." He said. Her face turned red and she beat him down again. They were reaching the ground and finally after a final blow they hit the ground. Sakura landed onto Sasuke and they had their faces close. Sakura was blushing. She had never been so close to someone her age, she always beat them away. "Hmph." Sasuke smirked before he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. She blushed even further and they heard people in the crowd go 'aww' and 'ou' and there were probably others who were drooling and romanticising or being perverted. Sakura closed her eyes.

"BAKA!" She said as she punched his head into the ground.

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Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata all stood in Tsunade's office. Sasuke's head was covered in bandages, leaving only his right eye and turfs of his hair visible. Naruto was covered from head to toe in bandages from his little beating the day before. Hinata wasn't covered in any bandages, but she still had her hair in bad shape and was constantly figiting. Tsunade had a smile on her face as she sat in her chair. Sakura stood next to the chair but kept her eyes focused on Hinata. She wasn't going to be able to make a run for it.

"You brought in a lot of money." Tsunade said towards Sasuke. "but you still lost the fight. A deal is a deal, I do with away with her in any way I wish." Naruto balled is hands into fists and clenched his teeth. He slammed down on the table.

"You think you can just use people like that! Who the fuck do you think you are?!" He screamed at Tsunade. She just sat there and raised her hand towards his head.

"I think I am the boss around here." She flicked Naruto in the head and, with a crash, he flew through the door.

"Teme." He said back as he lay on the floor. Tsunade took no heed of this. Sasuke and Hinata moved their sight from Naruto to Tsunade.

"Now here's what I propose:" Sasuke looked at her, confused. "I won't sell Hinata off yet since you brought in a lot of money, but she will have to work here until I've decided what to do." Naruto looked up from the floor at her. In a flash he was looking over the edge of the deck.

"...So, you won't sell out our friend?" Tsunade nodded. Naruto got on the floor and started bowing excessively. "Thank you, thank you, thank you very much." Sasuke kicked Naruto over and he hit his head into the floor. "What was that for teme?!"

"You were being pathetic." Sasuke said lazily.

"Why you, I'm gon-"

"Ahem." Naruto was cut off and they all looked at Tsunade. She looked back at them. "I've decided what to do with you all." She pointed at Sasuke. "You will train the fight better and enter the tournament. Having someone who could bring Sakura to the ground is always interesting." Sakura looked down at this.

"Sure. As long as there's no 'unleash hell' I think I'll live." Tsunade pointed to Hinata.

"You will work as a waitress. Not only will this hurt your pride, but you'll bring in some more money from the café but you'll attract customers."

"O-OK." Hinata said looking at the floor and pushing her fingers together.

"That also means you will were the standard uniform as well." Tsunade smirked.

"Eh?!" Hinata stepped back slightly. "W-what kind o-of c-café is it?" Tsunade blinked.

"Various kinds really. Sometimes there's even cosplaying." Naruto and Sasuke looked up at the ceiling, Naruto drooling slightly, as they thought of Hinata dress up in various costumes.

"Perverts." Sakura said under her breath.

"Finally you." She said pointing at Naruto. She paused for a second. "I can't think of anything for you to do." She sighed.

"So I don't have to work?" He said, hope in his eyes. Tsunade opened her eyes and bore a sly epression.

"Oh no, you'll work, and it just so happens I've got just the right job prepared and ready."

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"WHAT?!" Naruto screamed as he stood, dressed up like a janitor with a bucket in one hand and a mop in the other.

"Your a janitor, Naruto. Get used to it." Sasuke stood there wearing only a simple t-shirt and gym shorts.

"But your job is so much more exciting teme." He said crying rivers.

"Well at least we can refill your energy tank." Sasuke said as he leaned against a wall with his arms crossed.

"How?" Naruto spoke stupidly. Sasuke pointed over to the door the Hinata had just come through.

"I-it's m-maid week." She said shyly as she wore a classic maid outfit. Naruto suddenly had a huge smile as he did a thumbs up.

"Now that's what I'm talking about." Sasuke slapped him round the back of the head.

"Let's get to work. If we're late then I don't know what's going to happen." Naruto just sat there rubbing the back of his head. After he got up and they all exited the room, they saw the driver.

"You lot ready to climb in the ranks?" He said. He got no enthusiastic reply. "Yeah, well everyone's like that to begin with, but after a couple of days you get used to working here." He began to walk off down the corridor. They all followed him and Sasuke asked:

"So, what do you do here?" The man didn't turn to look at him.

"I do all the odd jobs, driving, presenting, training, cleaning, butler services, play the blues. Hell, sometimes I even have to teach people how to polka."

'Polka?' Sasuke's face fell as he thought of the presenter with black glasses and combed hair in a money suit teaching people how to dance ridiculously.

"I didn't catch your name last time." The man laughed.

"Even when I was talking through the intercom?" He laughed as Sasuke nodded. "It's Savage, Jim Savage. Now, this is where you lot are going to work..." Savage paused at a door and the three felt as if judgement day had arrived.

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...OK, that was short. I was going to make the arena have saws, flying knives and weapons of death but I thought I'd end up killing someone. This came out a little later than usual because I've had some things to sort out. Now let's see, Harry Potter is out next week but Transformers and Ice Age were awesome / brilliant. Well, see you next time with:

Chapter 5: Tunes and Timing