Hiii. :)

Tomorrow the school year is starting again. Surprisingly, I am happy about it. :) And scared. Just a bit. This is my last year on secondary.

12

Ten meters.. Nine.. Eight.. Seven.. Five. Stop. He stopped.

Kakashi titled his head. Aah, here he goes. Three.. Two.. Go! He leaped from the shadow and gripped the enemy teen under his neck, second hand coming to rest on his right wrist.

He had to say, that kid was good - he didn't scream. Yet.

"I should just tag you, you know.." Kakashi whispered but didn't move to do so.

"Yes, you probably should." the teen agreed with him.

"You are Umino, right." Kakashi moved closer to get a look at his prisoner over his shoulder. The kid was almost the same height as him and that unnerved him a little. Yes, he was used to all of his comrades being about two heads higher, but he didn't like that even genin was now so tall.

"That's not how it works, if you want to get to know someone, you should know their name first, and after that continue on the intimacy, like.. walking in the forest together, embracing, holding hands.. You know." Iruka titled his head to hide his smirk.

"..."

The genin wanted to laugh. Looked like he got the copy-nin, and he got him good. Iruka slowly raised his free hand and laid it on Kakashi's one, intending on tagging the older shinobi.

"What are you doing?" Hatake finally found his voice and blinked on the kid. What did he mean with holding hands? He was just trying to prevent him from moving.. And what was he doing?... His sharingan caught small move in the kid's chakra and Kakashi jumped back, freeing Iruka.

Maa, he wanted to tag me.. Kakashi smiled his usual smile. Iruka turned around to take a look at his opponent adopting a fighting stance.

"I am not going down without fight, you know.." the genin grinned. It will need just a small push and Hatake will fall into a trap. Good.

"You can always try." answered Kakashi in a tone which clearly added that the genin didn't stand a chance.

"Oh, don't I feel so special.." Iruka mumbled. Kunai. Second one and the rest of the chakra wire. Not enough. Need a plan.

Kakashi was intently watching the young one in front of him. Looked like he was concentrating hard on something.

"Maa, stop thinking, I can see the smoke already."

Iruka briefly looked at him. Just what I needed. "Just shut up! Bastard!" he yelled and threw one of his kunai on the older one. He missed. That was good, he had wanted to.

Kakashi grinned and leaped towards his enemy. He is angry. That will be easy. He pulled out his own kunai and aimed the blunt end on Iruka's thorax.

That should send him to the realm of dreams for some time.

Kakashi missed.

Not funny. Anko pouted. She had wanted to find someone, but managed only to spot Mizuki again. She took a look around, but no one was close anyway. Anko shrugged.

"Hey. Give me a task, please." She said firmly and jumped down from the tree just in front of him. Looks like he was doing something like a patrol.. We are on the boards, after all. Anko smirked.

"Nuh-uh. Go find someone from your team." he said and tried his best to just walk away. He had a quest, damn it! He needed to take care about everyone who would try to go trough.

"But you can't just refuse. It's against the rules!" At least I think. Anko took a step left. She wasn't going to let him go. Not when she can sabotage his patrolling.

"I can."

"Can't."

"Can, and will." Mizuki jumped to the trees, but the younger girl followed him.

"I am not going to let you be, unless you give me one." she smirked. Oh soo evil.

"Not gonna happen." he tried to escape to another tree, but found himself stuck in between Anko and a tree.

"Give me a task." she ordered again.

"No." He refused. He was being stubborn, and knew it. Well, I can as well tell her that her task will be 'let me go', but then she would be free to tag me. Not talking about the fact, that I would loose.

"Give me a task." there was a sweet smile on her lips and Mizuki turned his face away.

"No."

Anko laughed. She moved to a side, so that he will have to look straight to her eyes. "Task~" she sang.

Mizuki turned away, again. "Not gonna happen."

"Task."

"No."

"C'moooon..just one smaaall task.. It won't kill you."

"Not now, not ever."

"Hehe." That was fun.

"Stop right there!" said a deep voice and Kotetsu froze. Hayate jumped away. He was good at disobeying orders. He jumped to a tree, but when he landed he almost bumped into one smirking jounin, who was crouching there and looking kinda smug.

Hayate yelped and jumped away, missing the palm with chakra just so.

"He warned you." chuckled the crouching jounin and took three senbon from his pouch. Hayate was watching him with wide-eyes. He's not gonna kill me, right..

"Don't kill him, Genma!" Raido shouted up from his position on the ground. He exited the shadow he was hiding in and smiled on the genin, who was probably going to be his opponent.

"Aww.. Spoilsport." Genma pouted and threw his senbon after Hayate.

I see them. I can. He didn't throw them full speed. Means, I can dodge. He jumped away, landed on his palms and pushed off of them, reversing himself again. Ha. Thought so. Hayate smirked smugly which got him a raised eyebrow of the jounin.

"Impressive. Not." Genma said and prepared another three senbon to throw. Hayate touched the hilt of his katana in reassuring gesture. Assist me, my friend. He pulled the blade out in one swift motion and jumped towards Shiranui. Let's have some fun.

Just hope he's not gonna hurt the kid badly. Raido sneaked a look up.

"Heeeey.. Look at me. I am your opponent, I am your whole. World." Raido blinked before obeying and taking a careful look on the static figure of a boy, who he knew under name of Hagane Kotetsu.

"..Right." the jounin said. "Let's .. fight?" he asked. The kid was smirking. Smug, insane smirk.

"Naah.. what about we dance polka, instead?" he asked in an arrogant way.

Raido sighed. He took a step forwards. And another one. He doesn't look like he has any weapon at all. Guess it will be easy. Raido took out of his pouch two shuriken and attached an explosion card on it.

Kotetsu jumped forward, getting away from the range of explosion, and closer to Raido. He was still smiling, and he still didn't have any weapon unsheathed.

"I know what you are thinking. Raido-kun." Kotetsu said and halted few steps in front of him.

"..." Raido waited. Watched.

"..." Kotetsu smirked and tapped his thigh.

"... what.." The smirk only widened.

"You are thinking about how this will be easy. How I am only a genin, how you don't need to go out fully on me. And you know what?"

Raido raised both his eyebrows. "What?"

"You are right!" Kotetsu threw his head back and laughed.

"... Aalright..?"

"And you know what more?" Hagane asked when he stopped laughing.

Raido sighed. He contemplated just hitting the kid over his head with some branch to get rid of him. "No, I don't. What." he said instead, realizing that there is no branch harder that the kid's head.

"I am not going to go out fully on you." he smiled.

"What?" Raido asked, his eyes going wide open.

Kotetsu reached inside his pouch and pulled out two shuriken leaving the pouch emty.

"I will take you down just with those two." he informed calmly and lightly gripped the wire that was connecting them – not like Raido could see it. Kotetsu rotated the two shuriken and lunged himself on his opponent.

He wanted to win. And he wanted it badly.

"I am, after all, Ibiki's fan."

Well, guess the next chapter will be more about fighting. :)

What do you think, by the way - who will win? :D And you can try and guess how.

See you tomorrow, hopefully.