Previously on NARUTO TCG…

Sakura takes out her shinobi shield, 'Okay, no more caving...' converts to duel mode, 'Now it's my turn to take the lead,…' and slaps her deck into its catch. 'and all of you can watch me from the background.' "Alright. I challenge all three of you to a duel and if I win you'll leave us in peace."

"Ha! You have got to be kidding me." Dosu exclaims, "I've already took out the guy in the spandex, a 3-on-1 match shouldn't be much of a challenge."

"Well how's this for a challenge!?" from out of nowhere three shadows appear in front of Sakura. It is no other then Ino, Shikamaru and Choji, members of squad 10. "Now it's 3-on-4!" Ino announces.

"Ino, but why?"

"I'm tired of you showing off in front of Sasuke, and trying to get all the credit!" squad 10 take out their shields and convert them to duel mode. "Sakura, you take care of Naruto and Sasuke, we'll take care of those guys." Zaki, Kin, and Dosu stood side by side as they did the same thing.

All: DUEL!!!"

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NARUTO TCG: CHUNIN BATTLE TOURNAMENT DUELS-

COILS OF THE SNAKE

Chapter 11:

Formation

All six genin are prepared and ready to duel.

"I make the first draw!" Kin says. "(7) and I'll start by deploying Kin Tsuchi (0/1). Next I charge 5 cards to my chakra zone (CZ: 5). Then I place 1 card face down and end my turn (0)."

"My draw," Zaku says. "(7) I charge 1 earth chakra to play A Small Act of Courage."

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////info: A Small Act of Courage is a mission card that decreases the entrance cost of all turn 2 or lower ninja cards in you hand by 1 until the end of the turn. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

"Next I deploy my turn 1 Zaku Abumi to the field (2/1). Then I charge 4 cards from my hand (CZ: 5) and end my turn (0)."

"My turn." Dosu says "(7) I charge 1 earth card from my hand to play A Small Act of Courage and deploy my turn 1 Dosu Kinuta (1/1). Next I charge 3 cards (CZ: 3) and place 1 card face down. Then I move to the organization phase, which lets us move our shinobi into one team, combining their combat and support power." The three sound's avatars move into a single triangular formation, with Dosu in the front, and Kin and Zaku side by side behind him. "Your move (1)."

"Alright, it's showtime," Ino said "This is where the fun begins (7). To start things off, I charge 3 earth cards from my hand to play the mission card, Reunion of the Trio! With this, each player in the user's team can each deploy 1 ninja from their hand with mind, shadow, or food attribute. From my hand I play Ino Yamanaka (0/1)!"

"And from mine I'll play Shikamaru Nara (0/1)!" Shikamaru summons his avatar onto the field.

"And from mine I play Choji Akimichi (2/0)!" Choji also summons his avatar onto the field.

"Then I send 1 card to my chakra zone (CZ: 4), set a card face down and call it a turn (1)."

It is now Shikamaru's draw. "(7) I use 1 card from Ino's chakra zone (CZ: 3) to play the jutsu card, Tree Climbing Training. That lets me charge the top 2 cards from my deck. Next I charge 4 more cards from my hand (CZ: 7). Then I place 2 cards face down and end my turn."

Now it is Choji's turn. "I draw! (6) I charge 4 cards from my hand (CZ: 4). Next I'll organize Ino, Shikamaru and Choji into a squad, with Choji leading the team. Then I place 1 card face down and call it a turn."

Kin draws. "(1) I'll pass."

Zaku draws "(1) so do I."

Dosu draws "(2) I'll use my 2 chakra crests (CZ: 1) to equip Dosu with my face down card, the jutsu Sonic Fang. When any of your ninja attacks Dosu, he will use the power of Sonic Fang to reduce his opponent's power by 3. and once we get rid of you there's no stopping us from getting to that Uchiha kid. Team Dosu (power: 3), attack!"

"Not so fast." Shikamaru said. Next our team's special abilities gives them a power boost. When Shikamaru is in the same team as Ino and Choji, his support power is increased by 2 (0/3). When Ino is in the same team with Shikamaru and Choji, she gains an extra power point (1/2). And for with the same thing for Choji, he gains 2 combat points (4/0)."

"But that means they combine to form a team power of 9!"

"That's right. But that's not all. I use 2 earth crests from my chakra zone (CZ: 5) to play the jutsu card, Formation Ino-Shika-Cho!"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////info: When the jutsu card Formation Ino-Shika-Cho is activated, the user can activare jutsi cards with requirements: shadow, mind, and food without paying thier jutsu costs ./////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

"It's time to show you what teamwork's all about!" Ino says "I activate my face down card, Mind Transfer Jutsu. By using 2 earth crests and 1 wind crest (CZ: 0), Ino Yamanaka can move 1 ninja battling against her to my side of the field." Placing both hands in front of her, her avatar looked at Kin through the space between them. In an instant, Kin walked to the opponent's side.

Kin: "I activate my face down jutsu card Kunai. By using 1 chakra crest (CZ: 4) Dosu gains 2 power points (team power: 4)."

Dosu: "And I can still activate Dosu's Sonic Fang to reduce your team's power. So I won't take too much damage in this turn."

Shikamaru: "Oh no you don't, mummy man! Time to put Dosu under wraps. I use 2 earth crests (CZ: 5) to play the Shadow Possession Jutsu card. With this, Shikamaru can reduce the power of an opponent's team by the mental power of the user, and Shikamaru's mental power is 4." Making a hand sign, Shkamaru's avatar stretched his own shadow to connect to Dosu and Zaku, freezing them in their tracks (team power: 0). "And that's not all; I use 1 wind and 1 earth crests to play the another face down, Giant Shuruken."

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////info: If the team that uses the Giant Shuriken jutsu card wins a battle, the 2 support ninjas of the opposing team receive damage. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Shikamaru's avatar is now equipped with a giant star. "Now it's time for the big finish! Let's bring 'em together team!"

Ino: "INO-"

Shikamaru: "SHIKA-"

Choji: "CHO!"

All: "HANAFUDA ASAULT COMBINATION!"

All at once, the three avatars glowed in red, yellow and blue and charged together to take out and delete Dosu and Zaku. "And with no defense, all we have to do is attack a few more times and that's that."

Dosu: "Just make your move."

Ino: "With pleasure (2)! I put Kin to the battle field and attack directly!" Kin assaults her avatar and gains 1 battle reward.

Shikamaru: "My draw (1)! I send team Ino-Shika-Cho to the battlefield!"

Choji: "And that's when I use 1 earth crest from my chakra zone (CZ: 3) to play the Expansion Jutsu card!"

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Card info: Expansion Jutsu is a jutsu card hat increases the combat power of one ninja with a Food combat attribute by 2 points. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Shikamaru: "And with this massive amount of power, this game is over (team power: 11). Time for battle!"

Ino: "TEAM INO-"

Shikamaru: "SHIKA-"

Choji: "CHO!"

All: "HANAFUDA FINALE!!!"

At the same time, the team avatars comet in a brigade of multicolored lights towards the three sound ninja, giving them a total of three battle rewards and winning the duel.

"No! I can't believe this!" Zaku pounds his fist to the ground.

"Believe it, tough guy!" Ino says. "When it comes to team work, we're the best there is!" suddenly the heard a small pace of clapping just midst above them. As the look up to a tree they found out in was none other than Neji Hyuga, along with his teammate Tenten.

"Bravo," he said sarcastically "When I first found you three scampering from me back there, I thought you were just a bunch of cowards. But now I realize that you're just average. It looks like you've found a few duelists that can be as weak as you guys."

Suddenly, they sense an enormous amount of energy. They have never felt anything like in. then the realized that the energy was coming from Sasuke, who slowly rises up, awakeing as purple demon chakra pulsates through his body. A sinister look glowed deeply in his eyes. sound ninjas are amazed he survived the seal, as the seal is now covering his entire body. Sasuke then looks over at Sakura and then at unconscious Naruto. "Don't worry. I'm alright." Sasuke's voice is dipped in venom. "It's just the power flowing through me. In fact, I've never felt better" he looks at his hands. "He gave me this gift, and he made me understand what I am. I'm an avenger, and to follow my path I must have power, even if that means being consumed by evil." Then without warning, he charges toward the three sound ninja.

Sensing something is going on, Team 10 makes way for the bushes nearby, as Sasuke basically goes berserk with his newly acquired power. As Zaku attempts to stop Sasuke with Maximum Air Cutter, Sasuke effortlessly picks up Naruto and Sakura and moves them out of harm's way. He then performs Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu (Fire Phoenix Flower Jutsu), fire balls that turn into shuriken, and attacks Zaku. Once he gets close enough to Zaku, he holds him by the arms, dislocating both shoulders. He then turns his attention to Dosu.

Sakura watches Sasuke's actions with horror. Before he gets to Dosu, she runs up behind Sasuke crying and holds him back. She repeatedly asks him to stop. When Sasuke sees her tears, the cursed seal disappears from his body and he returns to normal. Dosu then offers him their scroll and offers them a deal. They must leave this battle in order to confirm something, but if they are ever to fight again, they will not run or hide. Before he leaves, Sakura demands to know what Orochimaru did to Sasuke, but he doesn't respond. He can't understand why Orochimaru would have told them to kill Sasuke after he gave him the cursed seal.

When the sound ninjas finally leave, Ino Shikamaru Choji runs to the fallen's aid as Sasuke sits, staring at his shaking hand.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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Tune in for the next chapter of NARUTO TCG.

Next time: Illusion

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