Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. I just own my 5 OCs, some of their jutsus, and the plot.

"The next match will feature," Pein announced," Tobi and Natsuki!"

"Yeah!" Natsuki exclaimed. "Finally! Let's do this, Tobi-kun!"

"Yeah!" the masked ninja agreed. The two stepped up, both with determined looks. Well, the way Tobi acted seemed detemined.

"Ne, Natsuki-chan, let's do our best," he said.

"Yeah, no hard feelings once I win."

"Good luck; you'll need it, Natsuki-chan." The way Tobi said her name sounded dark- mysterious and intimidating. It sent a chill down her spine. Despite the fact they've only been together for the last 24 hours, Natsuki wouldn't think Tobi would ever sound like that.

Her friends were oblivious to the situation.

"Go kick his butt!" Emiri shrieked from the sidelines.

"Do your best," Hikari said.

"You better win this thing, Natsuki!" Misaki yelled.

Natsuki cracked a nervous grin at their leader. Sometimes, Misaki could a bit too competitive.

"And the match starts in three...," Pein announced," two... one."

Somewhere Near the Akatsuki Lair/Battlefield

Kaminari looked at her reflection in the river.

"Why am I such a chicken when it comes to water?" she asked herself sadly. It was the softer side of her that no one knew about. She left out a sigh.

"Every time, it gets to me. I can't even eat or be near a one meter radius without feeling sick."

She kicked a nearby rock into the river. "What a failure to all S-Ranked criminals."

Back to the Battlefield

"Ne, Natsuki-chan, I've been looking forward towards our battle," Tobi said.

Natsuki gave him a fake smile; one that she uses to deceive others. "Well, then I guess this is a great help," she said and started to perform some hand seals. Then, with the kick of her right foot, it created a long pathway of fire that extended at least a third of a mile long.

Tobi dodged easily and tried to land a punch on Natsuki. He succeeded in doing so, but was hit twice. He drew back and looked at the 20 year old girl. She just smirked and took out 3 kunai before fully charging at him.

He jumped out of the way and easily dodged the sharp objects. Then he realized something. Where's the third one?

By the time he figured it out, the kunai whipped past his arm and back towards Natsuki. Tobi smirked and landed back on all four.

"You're good, Natsuki-chan!" he praised.

"Why thank you, Tobi-kun!"

Suddenly, he disappeared. It took Natsuki a second to notice, but he was already behind her.

Kick, punch, punch, kick, flip twice, kick, flip, her mind said as she followed. Tobi was good.

Really good.

She wondered how he got hurt by the simple trick she pulled off earlier. Or was he just faking?

She didn't have time to answer herself because she was kicked three times and thrown into the air.

Got'cha, the masked ninja said.

He brought his foot down on her stomach. The combo featured six kicks, nine punches, and two elbow-ing. Natsuki landed with a loud 'thud' and dust flew all around.

"What's happening?" Emiri asked, trying to get a good look at the scene. It was futile though. Through the field of dust, it was almost impossible to see what was going.

"I don't hear anything," Hikari pointed out. "And there isn't much movement."

Misaki's eyes widened. "Eh? Does that mean Tobi-san won?"

The dust eventually cleared out. Indeed, there was no movement. Tobi was nowhere to be found, nor was Natsuki. The one thing that was noticeable was the giant whole in the middle of the battlefield.

The girls gaped. "Man," Hikari commented," and I thought Natsuki was light."

"Well," Emiri snickered," we know the answer now." She received a whack on the head by Misaki. "Hey!"

Kisame laughed at her. "Shut up, Fishy."

"What did you say?"

The two began arguing. "Guys, be quiet!" Hidan said. "Or else I'll kick your-"

"Hidan," Pein interrupted.

"Sorry."

Emiri and Kisame just snickered. Hidan glared. Hikari sweat dropped. Misaki raised an eyebrow. Pein twitched.

BOOOOM!

An explosion in the forest destroyed a whole band of trees. "Whoa, what was that?" spoke Emiri.

"Oh, you mean the huge explosion in the forest?" Hidan said this time in a sarcastic tone. "I don't know. What do you think it is?" Emiri just stuck her tongue out at him. And she wants me to acknowledge her? Sasori asked himself in his mind. In her dreams.

Back on the battlefield were the two opponents. Tobi's outfit was slightly ripped, revealing a pretty nasty cut on his right arm.

Natsuki performed a very long series of hand seals. Somehow, it looked familiar to Hikari. Then it all connected. "She's using one of her best moves!" she yelled out. Everyone's gaze averted to her. Before anyone had the chance to shout out anything stupid, Natsuki finished and called out the jutsu's name.

"Fire Release: Art of the Flaming Birds!"

A seal formed around her, along with a border of fire. From behind, three creatures rose. Their bodies were merely made of fire, but their roar was quite real.

"What is that, un?" Deidara asked.

Emiri and Misaki opened their mouths, but Hikari beat them to it. "They're fire birds. One of Natsuki's favorite moves is the Art of the Flaming Birds. If you touch them, they'll burn you. They also shoot fireballs at you. The last time Natsuki used that move, her opponent was crispy and the battlefield was literally on fire," she explained.

Misaki and Emiri smiled. Looks like she likes him, they thought. That was quick.

The audience watched as Tobi dodged a fireball. It hit the ground and burst into flames. He maneuvered his way through the field of fire- getting burned a few times- but survived. By the time the jutsu ended, he has scratches, bruises, and burns over his body. It ached to move, but he had to win this battle.

Then Natsuki will know how strong I am, he thought.

A part of him said to get it over with. With his real skills, he could easily beat her less than a minute. Another part of him said to let her almost win, but strike back at the last minute.

I'll go with both, he made up his mind. Get it over with, but surprising her at the same time.

"Spinning Fire Whirlwind," Natsuki said and did the hand signals for it.

Time to end this thing, she thought.

A tornado of fire made its way towards him. He dodged it successfully, but was unaware of another forming around his body.

From the outside, the rest couldn't see through.

"Another one of Natsuki's favorites," Misaki stated.

"What does it do?" Kisame asked.

"It creates a whirlwind of fire around the opponent and burns them. There's only one way of escaping. You either survive with a few burns, meet your death by trying to go out of it, or it shrinks and you run out of room."

"I wonder what's going to happen to Tobi-san," Hikari said, pondering about it. "He's got some skills. Then again, nobody has ever escaped Natsuki's Wind of Fury."

They directed their attention to the battle scene once more. Two words: finale time.

The tornado of fire closed in before parting away. What they saw kind of shocked them. There was no Tobi, but there was a hole.

How come there's a hole every time one of them disappears? Misaki asked herself, but pardoned the thought.

"Eh? Where's Tobi, un?" Deidara asked.

Itachi watched intensively, not wanting to miss a single detail.

Natsuki looked at the hole oddly. "What the heck?" she asked. Where is he?

"I'm right here, Natsuki-chan~!" a voice sang from below. Natsuki glanced at the floor. A hand shot out from underground and grabbed her ankle, not giving her time to react. It pulled her down into the earth. With that, the battle ended with Natsuki being trapped in the ground with her head sticking out and a kunai pressed to her throat.

"Nice one, Tobi-kun," she smiled.

"Thank you Natsuki-chan! You too!" he exclaimed back happily.

"Winner: Tobi," Pein declared. He slightly sweatdrop when Misaki glared at him childishly.

"I hate you," she said. He just chuckled.

Natsuki and Tobi returned back to the audience once the 20 year old kunoichi was free.

"Sasori-san, Emiri, you're up!" Misaki announced.

Sasori looked at his partner emotionlessly before going up. Emiri slightly pouted and followed him. Once they were settled, Emiri spoke up. "Ne, Sasori-no-baka, if I win this, you'll acknowledge me," she declared.

He just looked at her. After what seemed like forever, he answered. "Sure, we'll bet on that."

A smirk slowly appeared upon the blond haired kunoichi's face. "Then let's get started," she challenged.

The redhead gave a slight nod in return.

Misaki just grinned. "In three…. Two…. One….. Begin!"

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