Hey guys! I'm back with another chappie, I hope you enjoy these fights I've put together. A lot of people were surprised with how powerful I made Sakura in her match with Naruto. Well if Sakura had the same strength as she did in the anime in this point, she would be wiped off the field in moments.
I didn't want to do that because I didn't want to deliver my battles as lazy and overly quick. I needed to make Naruto at least struggle, it woulnd't be fun if he just beet her in a second. I made these match ups to try and make the battles even in terms of power. This would make the battles fun to read. However, while people were surprised at Sakura's strength, they were indefinitely pleased with the fight, so thank you everyone.
Now in this chapter, you may notice the characters are a bit OC. The reason I did this was because I wasn't pleased with how kishi developed their personas and not really explained it. Only going into details with more major characters such as Naruto and Sasuke. For Instance, when Shino is introduced, he just suddenly has the motto 'Never underestimate my opponent, no matter how much of a bug he is'.
Uh-uh, I'm not satisfied with that. I wanted to know why he adopted that persona. Also with others too. So alongside people having their battles, this chapter goes into how characters develop their…well-characteristics.
I know I'm doing a lot of strange changed in comparison to kishi. While most people use a specific part of the story and morph it to their liking. I'm totally working it all from scratch. In fact im pretty much trying to make a new "Naruto" show-if you will.
Now, doesn't mean I'm saying I own Naruto. I'm just saying that I'm trying to write my story to be better all around.
Well lets go.
The room remained impassive and silent as the two combatants hit the ring.
"Yeah Chouji! Kick his ass!" Ino cheered loudly.
Naruto turned to Sasuke. "So, who your money on Sasuke?"
Sasuke closed his eyes calmly to consider it. But remember the matchup it wasn't long before he answered. "I think Shino might win. He just seems calmer. I don't really know their powers but…it just seems that way for me."
Naruto nodded. He agreed.
Hayate raised his hand in the air, just as normally as ever. "Shino Aburame versus Chouji Akamichi. Begin!"
Chouji was almost scared to attack Shino. Shino looked at him with a calm unnerving stare. Studying him, watching him, testing him. Chouji started to notice an ever growing cloud of purple above Shino.
"Bugs?" Chouji thought with wonder. Soon the bugs rushed toward Chouji with a simple raise of Shino's arms.
"I worry for Chouji, he has never won a match in his ninja career."
Remembering his father's words as he spoke to the academy teacher, Chouji's eyes focused with a narrowed determination.
The Bugs continued on their slow march toward him. Suddenly, they picked up speed. However, Chouji was in touch with his inner ninja. With the speed that no one expected of the large boy, he leaped over the river of bugs. Descending toward Shino.
"Human…" Chouji called calmly, gathering his chakra in more sharper bursts then what he was used to.
"BOULDER!" Soon he became a large mass and rained down on Shino. The boy of bugs gasped, but his reflexes kicked in as he created a substitution. Chouji collided with the floor, causing a short tremor within the room.
Shino landed calmly on the other side of the room from his substitution. He watched as the human bullet created a fissure. Shino waited for the opportune moment to begin another assault.
Soon enough, Chouji's spinning velocity began to shorten. Shino didn't wait for him to finish and struck as soon as the spinning started to lessen. He raised both hands forward, standing on the end of the fissure Chouji created. Surely enough, a haze of bugs unleashed from his sleeves in a fan array-engulfing Chouji.
"Chouji!" Ino called with worry as the bugs encompassed Chouji to the point he was no longer visible, sapping his chakra.
"Powerful technique, but used in a hazed rush." Shino judged calmly as he watched the bugs feed. Shino expected Chouji to be down and out for good.
"Expansion jutsu!" Chouji called from the mass of bugs. His sudden change in size effectively shook off all the bugs. Then, once again gathered chakra into his chest. Shino only took one step back. If Chouji used human boulder, Shino could effectively dodge the human ball. The Jutsu was strong, but slow.
However, Chouji used something different. With hurried hand signs, he called.
"Wind Style: Air Bullets!" Soon an impossibly large ball of air flew quickly from Chouji toward Shino, catching the boy off guard. The wind bullet pushed Shino toward the other side of the room with a thud. However, 2 more bullets rushed toward him, pushing Shino further into the wall.
The bugs receded and returned to Shino for their next order. And Chouji righted himself, calling off his expansion.
'He hit me…He hit me because I underestimated him. I promise you, my cherished bugs, I will never underestimate an opponent again!'
Shino pulled himself from the rubble. Everyone suspected Chouji to go down easily. But he didn't. That's what got to Shino. He allowed himself to become so shallow.
Shino narrowed his eyebrows angrily, but with focus. Chouji lowered himself crouching, ready to evade his bugs. Shino was unmoving, but he was planning, and oh how he planned.
A sputter of insects flew quickly out of Shino rushing for Chouji. Chouji rolled out of the way, charging toward Shino. Shino ran straight back toward the Akimichi. This caught the boy off guard, but he righted himself and punched Shino.
However, Shino erupted into a flurry of bugs in front of Chouji, quickly engulfing him.
"Expansion jutsu!" And again, the bugs flew off of the large mass of muscle and fat. However, Shino was no where to be seen. He called off his expansion and quickly moved away from the bugs headed toward him. But he was interrupted by a harsh kick to his side, knocking him over.
Shino stood over him, ordering his bugs to feed once more. Suspense drew forth from the crowd as Chouji lay unmoving, and the bugs slowly making their way toward the boy.
'This is all I've got left.' Chouji thought to himself. He gathered a large amount of chakra in his chest again.
"Wind style: Air Bullets!" He pointed the bullet to the ground, propelling him up. Shino was surprised once more, but this time he would be ready. Once again, Chouji readied his hand signs.
"Wind Style: Air Bullets!"
This time a larger than regular bullet flew forth from the boy's mouth. Shino took a step back as the ball of wind came crashing down.
"Bugs!" He called simply; the bugs receded back to Shino quickly since they were already close by. Shino jumped toward the ledges where the onlookers of the match watched. He moved to the underside of the ledge and used chakra to still himself upside down. The ledge protected him and his bugs from any further damage of the winds.
Soon the winds died, and Chouji landed on his feet. He was surprised he still had so much energy inside him. His joy was short lived when he noticed Shino running toward him.
Shino aimed a punch to the boy, who in turn blocked. Shino kicked and punched more, his punches were too fast for Chouji to dodge and was force to block.
"Now!" Shino called as he aimed a punch. This time bugs encompassed his arm as it flew toward Chouji. Chouji thought quickly.
"Expansion jutsu!" He grew into a large mass aiming to block the punch and bugs, but Shino stepped back himself.
Chouji receded from his large mass once more. Huffing and puffing. This was turned into a battle of reflexes. Focus, wits, cleverness. One wrong move and it was over.
Chouji started to worry at this point however. He had displayed all jutsu to Shino that he could use. Shino had not used one yet. He furrowed his eyes. He was going to lose focus if he dwelled on such things.
Shino charged for Chouji again. Chouji sidestepped away from the approaching assault. Soon Shino split up into 5 copies.
'Must be bugs clones, like before.'
The clones circled tauntingly in sharp movements. Chouji suddenly felt like the world was circling him. Like the world focused into one point and looked at him like a camera.
"What's this weird…" Chouji started to feel nauseous and weak. His vision struggled. Why was this happening?
The Shino's in existence all faded into nothingness. And Shino released his bugs once more.
"You always need an ace up your sleeve, if you don't, then improvise with what you've got….Nature Insect Mimic: Peril Bug Snake"!
More bugs then Chouji remembered there being erupted from Shino. Each taking the form of 7 snake shapes. The first 2 rushed at Chouji. He jumped high to evade them, only to be assault by a third one overhead. The bug-snake wrapped around Chouji, but instead of sucking on his chakra, it acted as a physical rope. The 2 bug-snakes below rushed upward toward the falling and immobile boy. They leeched his chakra slowly, more focused on slowing Chouji's descent to the ground.
3 more bug-snakes rushed underneath Chouji.
"Parasitic insects: Typhoon!"
The 3 snakes began to circle, gaining more and more speed and spreading out like a tornado. The tornado moved higher up to meet the boy, causing physical damage and sucking more of the boys chakra out of his system. However, Shino knew Chouji might still be conscious, witch is why he made the extra bug-snake.
These assortment of bugs were special, they didn't suck on the chakra. They sucked the chakra through blood. He raised his arm to make the last snake charge.
"Parasitic Insect: Pupa snake!"
The last snake move up the typhoon, darkening the color and moving toward Chouji.
Back at the stands, Naruto scoffed.
"Why isn't Chouji fighting back? He was doing pretty well and now he's kinda just sitting there." He said with disappointment. Good strength gone to waste because he wanted to give up?
"No Naruto..it's genjutsu." Sasuke called, looking at the battle through the red eyes of the Sharingan. Hinata was using her Byakugan also. Naruto sighed loudly. This no bloodline thing was getting to him. "When did he use genjutsu?"
"It was around the time the Shino clones circled around Chouji. It wasn't bug clones or regular clones, it was a genjutsu focused specifically to deter Chouji's concentration." Kakashi explained.
Asuma turned to Kurenai. "You taught him genjutsu?"
Kurenai smiled. "Of course, I'm a genjutsu specialist-why wouldn't I teach all my students genjutsu? And YOU taught him wind style jutsu?" She taunted back playfully.
Asuma raised a brow. "As a matter of fact, I didn't. He must have learned it on his own spare time. The fact he knows how to use so well it also a surprise. At one point he used the extra space in his chest while using the expansion jutsu to increase the maximum amount of chakra he could channel for the Air bullets. The fact he can improvise on that so well…I never knew how independent he was, it's nothing short of genius.
Neji looked toward the large mass of insects continually making its way to the already troubled Chouji. "Little good that did him though." Naruto chuckled. It's like Neji could read his mind. Hinata looked on with worried eyes. She herself didn't have any genjutsu. They learned about it at the academy, but the only real genjutsu they were taught were transformation and clone.
"K-Kakashi sensie? There's something I don't understand. Shino's genjutsu broke Chouji's concentration, but when Sakura used the Madder Mist on Naruto, he didn't feel dizzy. Why did genjutsu effect Chouji and not Naruto-kun?" She asked.
Naruto raised a brow. "Good point."
"There are many types of genjutsu. However, like a tree, there are two main branches. Field effect, and the types that attack the opponent, called Conscious genjutsu. Field genjutsu effects the appearance and such parts of a location. Conscious genjutsu attacks the opponents 5 senses. For instance, Clone Jutsu is a field effect. It doesn't affect the opponent but the area around them.
The type of Genjutsu Sakura used on Naruto was a field effect; it tempered his vision but not directly. Shino used a conscious genjutsu, it attacked Chouji's brain and nervous system. The difference between the two types of Genjutsu is that field effect Genjutsu, while less harmful directly to the opponent, is harder to dispel then conscious genjutsu.
The reason for this is because Conscious genjutsu…well attacks someone's conscious. Therefore when they need to dispel it, they can focus chakra on just themselves and dispel, and the distortion in their nervous system and chakra networks are easier to detect also, because it is inside them.
Field genjutsu however is all around the opponent. It's harder to find the direct source, and since it's less hazardous to the person the genjutsu is being used on, it is less noticeable. Under most circumstances, people can dispel conscious genjutsu once noticed. However Shino took advantage of Chouji's tired state and use genjutsu that attack his ability to focus. Chouji was too tired to react before Shino started this type of assault." Kurenai exclaimed finally finishing her explanation.
Naruto noticed Hinata's state of worry. He sighed, he felt kind of bad that she was so innocent that she worried about everyone as much as she did. He chuckled mentally; he knew however that while she was caring for others, she was far from innocent in terms of fighting. Hinata had come a long way and was gaining more courage. It was a growing trait of hers he was beginning to admire, being a dark person, Naruto enjoyed being in the company of others who were also dark.
He always kept himself open to Hinata because she saved him from death. But now that she was getting stronger and more confident, he found the need to not just openly talk to her as a show of gratitude, but to actually get to know her more and interact.
He wouldn't admit it, but something about a dark, sinister type of Hinata appealed to Naruto greatly.
Naruto rubbed Hinata's back with his hand. She wasn't really there yet, and he found it in his nature as her teammate to comfort her in this state of worry.
"Don't worry Hinata, I'm sure Chouji will be fine, You're not allowed to kill people during these exams."
"Umm Naruto, while that's true, many deaths occur during exams, sometimes by accident, but mainly on purpose."
Naruto's eyebrow twitched and he gave off a chuckle. "I'm sure he'll be fine either way…hehe." Naruto laughed at his mistake of the rules. Hinata smiled, Naruto was trying to comfort her again. Not just the fact that in an odd way his comfort managed to work, but just the fact he wanted to make her feel better made her happy. Everyone returned their eyes towards the match. All were silent, even Ino.
Just as the mass of the last bug-snake reached Chouji, everyone was shocked to still hear Chouji's voice call out.
"Expansion jutsu!" The bugs were thwarted from Chouji and he landed on the ground with a thud. Chouji was prepared to rush, but his body started to succumb as he coughed blood. Asuma and his team were by his side, the match was over.
"I…I can keep going sensei…" Chouji called weakly. Asuma shook his head.
"Your mind can, but your body is done for. We need to get you into medical care."
Chouji looked down with shame. He tried his hardest, how was it when people give it their all and reach breaking point…it was unfair how the world around him didn't blink an eye.
"You did very well Chouji."
Chouji gasped and looked up toward his bearded master.
"Your thinking and techniques were great. Well timed. Plus learning jutsu on your own, I never expected such independence. However…you were being too independent. Independency is good, but you need to remember we're here to help"
"But…you guys wouldn't have taken me seriously if I told you I wanted to learn higher ranked jutsu…you guys might have thought I couldn't do it…"
Asuma smiled sadly, he knew of Chouji's past. It may not have been difficult in most cases, he was underestimated and was never really taken seriously.
"Then I'll make a promise. From now on, our team will always be there for one another. Be it at a celebration or anything. We'll be the most combined team ever to walk the planet…"
"Yeah!" Ino added. "you don't have to do everything on your own. You did awesome!"
"You've got nothing to be ashamed of Chouji. You just pushed yourself too hard."
Chouji smiled as tears threatened to form. "Thanks guys." And Chouji was led away by medical ninja.
Hayate raised his arm. "Now the next match will show on screen now."
The eyes focused on the screen as it rolled through all remaining names. The matches had been tight-lipped. All evenly eventful and a thing of beauty to watch. At this point, all combatants were ready to be part of the array of battle.
Hinata Hyuuga versus Kiba Inuzuka
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DUH DUH DUH! Lol one battle, but I'll try to upload more, at a faster rate.
Not much to say but this is it for this chappie.
Thanks for reading…and reviewing? :P