Note + The Usual Disclaimer

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Akari

Akari stood and stretched slightly, her muscles going to a relaxed state. She was slightly nervous, but pretty confident. She and Neji moved to opposite sides of the arena, Neji's Byakugan already in full power. The two stood for a moment, silently meditating and preparing themselves.

Neji was the first to charge, running at her then ducking low for a swift kick to try and dislodge her footing so she would trip. She jumped high into the air - higher than necessary, she realized too late - so in a slight switch of plans she pulled two kunai out and threw them toward Neji's shoulders. He rolled out of the way quickly.

I know the weakness of the Byakugan. She thought. But if I hit him there it will be fatal. She glanced over to the crowd as she landed with a silent thud on the ground. Kakashi was reading a stupid book, she would get his attention. Turning to Neji she turned on her one-eyed Sharingan.

Closing her eyes briefly, she muttered, "Sharingan!" and opened her eyes. One eye was a deep, haunting purple where you could practically see the wisdom and smarts in it's depths. The other eye was her Sharingan eye. Her unique Sharingan patterned eye was red where the white usually was, with a black sun symbol for the sign of her Sharingan powers.

Neji sharply inhaled some air in some sort of gasp, as did the crowd, minus caused Kakashi's attention to momentarily turn to look at the fight. She heard the satisfying sound of his book snapping shut. Great, he was finally paying attention.

"How is the Sharingan against Byakugan?" Akari asked, circling around her opponent like a cat circling a mouse. Her chakra necklace, containing her parents' chakra, thrummed against her throat as if it knew they were fighting. Byakugan couldn't block or perceive Genjutsu, and that was her specialty.

She wondered if she should try her jutsu, her kekkai genkai, so she stood completely still and said,

"Dokuhebi Sutoraiki no Dorobō no Jutsu!" (Viper Strike, Thief Technique)

Immediately, mist rose from the ground from the ground, forming the shape of a snake. The crowd was hushed, except for Katsuki who momentarily broke her concentration by yelling an inside joke they shared, "Use your Brirish accent!" (Ignore that part hehe it was a dare.)

The snake slithered along the ground towards Neji, who tried to fight it off with a few Byakugan techniques, but it failed. Suddenly, she sensed the presence of three more people arriving. She spared a quick glance over to see who it was, and by the looks of the forehead protectors they were from the Sand.

One was a girl with four blonde pigtails who had a giant fan strapped to her back, another was a guy with facepaint on and black clothes with a hood who had what looked like a mummy strapped to his back. The last was a red haired guy with turquoise-blue-green eyes and a gourd on his back.

Snapping her attention back to the fight she watched in satisfaction as the mist snake wound it's way up Neji's leg and up his midsection until the mist entered his eyes. As expected, he clutched and rubbed at his eyes and screamed, for he was after all, seeing his worst fears.

(Notes will be in the second part hehe what will happen? And what's with Akari's eyes? Why are the Sand here? I love asking dramatic questions! Second part will be up soon!)