The Dragon Warrior Sisters
Chapter 02 – Competition
The next day, the two leaders called a meeting outside the Akatsuki hideout.
"Since we just met one another, I would like to see us spar. We can now show how," she shot Pein a sweetlook," girls really work."
"Is that a challenge?" Pein asked, smirking.
"You bet it is!" yelled Natsuki.
Immediately the whole group erupted with cheers, smart comments, and curses – the last part mostly from Hidan.
"First match: Hikari and Kakuzu," Pein announced.
"Are there any objections?" Misaki asked. Barely a second later, she answered herself. "Okay, no objections! Ready, set, go!"
The girls stared at their leader before shaking their heads and averting their attention to the battlefield.
Hikari made the first move. The fight lasted for about 10 minutes until they declared a winner. Hikari used her Earth Style: Vines of a Thousand Trees jutsu and trapped Kakuzu in an Earth styled prison, and since he couldn't move, it meant she had won.
"Winner of the first match is Hikari!" Misaki declared. She turned to face Pein. "One for the girls."
"Second match: Natsuki and Hidan," Pein announced in disinterest.
This match went on longer than the other. It lasted for about 20 minutes before they were both worn out.
"You're . . . pretty tough . . . for a girl," he said between breaths. Natsuki suddenly smirked.
"Thank you for the compliment," she said in a mischievous voice. Suddenly, Natsuki disappeared. Everyone glanced around for any sight of her but found none. She hid her presence well so they couldn't tell where she was. A kunai was fired from her opponent to his right but it hit nothing but thin air before returning back to his hand. Natsuki saw an opportunity and flung a shuriken towards him. The S-Ranked criminal dodged easily but was suddenly hit by a kunai that was now sticking out of his back.
He had never felt so tired in his life. Fighting Natsuki drained the energy out of him. Despite the fact that she joked around often, she was an excellent sparring partner.
Hidan felt something cold against his neck and realized it was a kunai. Natsuki was pinning it against his throat.
"I got you," she whispered dangerously.
Misaki let out a cheer. "Winner of the second match is Natsuki!" she exclaimed.
Suddenly, "Natsuki" disappeared, causing a burst of mumbling to erupt from the audience.
"Huh? Where'd she go?" Emiri asked. They all looked around but found no trace of her. Suddenly, a girl entered exited the hideout carrying a cup of ramen.
Hikari blinked. "Natsuki?"
"Hey, is the match over yet?" she asked with her mouth full of ramen. Everyone stared. Natsuki stopped chewing when she realized all eyes were on her."What?"
"Weren't you just . . . but you were . . . and now you . . . what?" Emiri stammered, throwing up her hands in an exasperating manner.
"Oh, then I guess the match is over. I was right; 20 minutes was enough," she said shrugging.
Kaminari sighed. "So while your clone was fighting Hidan, you were eating ramen?"
Natsuki winked. "Pretty smart, right?"
"Isn't that cheating?" Kisame asked.
"Hey, bobody said anything about using a clone to fight for you while you eat," she noted.
"That's true," Misaki agreed. "Second point for the girls! Third match: Kaminari and Kisame!" she exclaimed.
Kaminari's face paled, not going unnoticed by Kisame who smirked. "Is she afraid of losing?" he taunted.
Kaminari shot him a glare but once her eyes made contact with his, she stepped back hesitantly.
"I forfeit," she stated. The whole room was shocked. The rebel- the one that was always fierce and wanted to fight- was backing down to a fish?
"I'm a shark!"
"B-B-But how can you be giving up the opportunity to beat up Kisame?" Natsuki shouted with Emiri adding hand movements.
The expect swordsman didn't know how to react. Did the girls wanted him to be beaten up that badly?
But before anyone could say anything else, Kaminari left the scene, leaving everyone dumbfounded. No one here besides Hikari really knows me, she thought bitterly.
Misaki then cleared her throat, gathering everyone's attention. "That's one for the boys," she mumbled unwillingly as Pein smirked. "Since our lovely member, Kaminari, forfeited, another will take her place. The realthird match will involve Kisame and Emiri."
Emiri smirked but it fell when she noticed the disinterest on Sasori's features.
He's as emotional as a rock, she thought before stepping into the opening. Her opponent was a few yards away from her when their male leader declared the start of the fight. Both of them jumped into the air away from each other.
"Come on, you have to win this," Emiri whispered to herself as she whipped out several kunai with her right hand. "If you don't, it's another reason why Sasori shouldn't acknowledge you."
Unknown to the blond, the redhead actually waswatching her battle. If she lost, he could use it against her and stop her from bugging him. If she won, she'd definitely rub it in his face. Besides, he actually wanted to know how good she was without her true dragon powers.
Kisame disappeared into the trees, leaving an alerted Emiri in the clearing. Concentrating on his presence, she closed her eyes, and once she felt a presence on her left, she sent ice crystals shooting towards there. There was a huge explosion before they spotted two dark shadows using taijutsu against each other. Emiri had somehow snuck behind the criminal and threw him into a series of kicks.
Eventually, Kisame was brought down into the ground, gaining several new bruises and cuts. Emiri also had a few, mostly on her left arm. The girls knew Emiri's hands were the most powerful, especially her right. Sometimes, they would call it the "Fist Made of Steel". If you added Emiri's special-made gloves, you would surely break many bones in your body.
Everyone cringed at the thought. Hopefully, no one here would experience that. Lucky for Kisame, she only used her legs in this combo.
"What's wrong, Kisame? Are you afraid of losing now?" she teased.
Kisame smirked. "Of course not."
"Good. That's what I like to hear."
15 minutes later, the two were breathing heavily.
"It's been like twenty-five minutes already. How much longer is this going to take?" an impatient Natsuki asked.
"Not much longer," Emiri replied before whipping out a series of kunais. A devious grin spread on her face. "Time to end this, Kisame."
Barely 3 minutes later after Emiri said that, she had pinned the swordsman down with a kunai to his throat.
"You weren't kidding when you said you wanted to end this," Kisame mumbled, leaving the blond grinning innocently. "I always follow with what I say," she chimed.
Misaki grinned. "Ha! That's three points for the girls!" she exclaimed.
Looks like she won, Sasori thought as he watched the blond return back to her little group of friends. Let's see how she does on the second round.
"Fourth match: Hikari and Deidara!"
Hikari grinned. "Ready, Deidara-san?" she asked.
"Ready, un," he replied, nodding his head.
"Then let the battle begin!"