an:/ Oh my, this is going to be fun...
Special response to "A pissed off reader" who said (save you time from looking for it):
"Why the fuck would you spoil Neji's death? Asshole."
Short and to the point, I would've liked it if it wasn't for the content.
First off, I don't appreciate your sass, mister. Yeah, go wash your mouth with soap, because I do not tolerate such bad language. Shame on you. Do you kiss your mom with that mouth? Ew, Geez...
Second off, I did not directly mention the fate of Neji Hyuuga, just the fact that I was sorry. So before you go running around like a headless chicken, take a chill pill and calm yo titties. Don't go around, jumping to conclusions, immediately taking offense like a pretentious middle school girl. "OMG, oh no you di-n'~. You did not just offend me~" *proceed with bitchy catfight* That is how you are acting right now. Grow up, alright? Just grow up.
Finally, I only wrote what I wrote last chapter because I only assumed that true Naruto fans had already read the chapter already...you read this story, what, 5 days after? And the chapter came out, what, one day after? I mean come on, that's practically like a week! I think that is plenty of time to read the damn thing, which, by the way, is only like 22 pages including advertisement, scan labels, and fanart. And the chapter is available on many websites, all in english, and all free (easily accessible, might I add). These 22 pages should've been read in, like, 10 minutes max. Some might say, "Oh, I have school" or something like that. Well when school ends at that bell ring, you sprint home, log on to your family computer, and you read that chapter like Itachi is about to go Amaterasu on your ass if you don't. That is how a true fan deals with a new chapter release, not some butthurt going about on fanfiction complaining that an apology spoiled something for them...five days after the chapter came out. Quit whining and grow a pair, and go actually read the chapters.
This, my friends, is how I deal with jackasses on my reviews. No lesson is better than a slight bit of public humiliation, or at least I think this is enough public humiliation to pass off for punishment. I don't need to contact my friend, Ezio Auditore, or anything...
Professor Aerotyl instructs that to all you other horrible people that do this, please take note for the future. That is all. Class dismissed.
On a completely separate note, to those that did find my apologies slightly offensive, aside from the butthurt I mentioned above, I am sorry. What I said wasn't to offend anyone on purpose and I had only good intentions behind it.
Anyways, Thanks for sticking around even after my short break (It's been so long, I almost forgot the taste of internet...)
I've got one thing to say though, I'm back~! Now, let's get on with the fights :D
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"Konohagakure's Yamanaka Ino and...Konohagakure's Haruno Sakura."
Sakura's head snapped up as she heard her name, forehead with beads of sweat. She looked up to see her friend Ino across the room. Ino gave a smirk while confidently flipping her hair and making her way down the balcony via stairs. Sakura looked to her side to Yoki who only nodded and wished her luck.
"Don't worry, Sakura, you've got this. Good luck, alright?"
Sakura nervously nodded and made her way down the balcony as well. As she made her way to the center near her sensei, Ino sneered.
"Well, Sakura-chan. Who would've thought we would be fighting each other in the chuunin exams. I'll have you know, I'll be winning this match, Forehead."
"Ha! In your dreams, Ino-pig! You're not getting past this point!"
"Why do you sound so passive? Already given up?"
"No, you're not getting past this point because I will..."
"We'll see about that..."
Naruto coughed, catching the attention of the two girls.
"Well, if you two are done, ready? Go!"
Sakura jumped back as Ino stayed in her spot. Naruto raised his eyebrow but turned and walked to the side. Ino smirked.
"Not confident enough to stay in the same spot? Come here, and let's settle this like the women we are."
Naruto sweat dropped at the logic. Sakura frowned.
"What, with sewing and cooking? I'd rather settle this as a kunoichi, dontcha think?"
The jounins stifled a chuckle as Naruto smiled. Sakura flicked out her wrist, sending three shuriken at Ino. Ino deflected all three with a Kunai she whipped out at the last moment.
"Come on, Forehead. Is that all you got?"
"Less talking, more doing, Ino-pig"
Sakura darted forward with her own kunai at hand, raising it upward for a downward diagonal strike. Ino kept smiling at Sakura in attempt to unnerve her. Hey, being the daughter of the head of the T&I department has some advantage. Learning how to manipulate an opponent mentally was part of being a Yamanaka. Sadly for Ino, Sakura is a Haruno, who are well known for their resistance to Genjutsu and mind techniques. Having a strong mentality and personality is what makes the Haruno clan one to look out for.
Naruto also taught Sakura that looking directly at your opponents face does nothing than screw up your peripheral vision. Just looking at the head of an opponent, one can only see the upper body plus space above the opponent's head. But by directing your attention to the stomach or the hips, one can see the whole body. This style of fighting can help anticipate the opponent's next move based on muscle movement and footwork. The style can also help against fighting someone with doujutsu, ehem, Sharingan, ehem.
Ino tried to counter but Sakura saw through her plans and immediately placed herself out of reach. Sakura launched the kunai while jumping away in the spur of the moment, catching Ino off guard. Ino clicked her tongue in annoyance before moving to the side slightly. The kunai grazed Ino's cheek, drawing blood. Ino screeched.
"Ugh, look what you've done! You cut my face! Now how am I suppose to impress Sasuke?"
Sasuke felt a shiver run down his spine as he backed away from the railing. Yoki only patted the Uchiha on the back before they both continued to watch the match.
Sakura jumped towards Ino again, this time cocking her fist back. Ino stepped back two steps to let Sakura crash into the ground in attempt to stop herself, or so Ino thought. Sakura just went through with the punch, slamming her fist into the floor. She let her chakra burst at contact, causing a small pizza sized crater before expanding in radius by two feet. The technique itself wasn't done yet in comparison to Senju Tsunade but considering Rin and Rei only introduced the concept to Sakura and not the technique itself, this feat was enormous. Naruto dead panned. Crap, it's another Tsunade...
Ino lost her footing as the ground below her gave way. She tried to jump back but Sakura only reached out to grab Ino's foot.
"I'm not letting you get away."
Sakura secured her hold on Ino's ankle and planted her feet in a sturdy stance. She twisted herself, adding torque, before lashing her arms out in attempt to throw Ino across the arena. Just as the contact between Sakura and Ino was pulled apart, Sakura let out a pulse of chakra to speed up the momentum, causing a spark of blue light to occur at that moment when Sakura let go.
"SHANNARO~!"
Ino squeaked in terror as she soared through the arena, crashing into the wall. She managed to crash feet first, bending her knees to slow the momentum down before shooting back off the wall towards Sakura.
"You'll pay for that!"
Sakura got into a more defensive stance at the sight of the approaching Ino. Ino cocked back her own fist. Sakura only sidestepped, grabbing Ino's wrist and flipping the blonde on her back. Without wasting a second thought, Sakura then side kicked Ino away.
"I'm going to show you why being a fan girl won't do. You any good."
"What are you talking about, you like Sasuke too, don't you! You just want me to stop so you could have him all to yourself!"
Sakura inwardly sighed in frustration. Ino is getting real annoying at this point. The rest of the room were sweat dropping too. She just doesn't get it, does she...
Ino got up and let out a few huffs of air in exhaustion.
"Here, Forehead..." Ino spat.
"Let me show you why the Yamanaka are so famous!"
Ino flung out her hands in front of her, connecting her index fingers, middle fingers and her thumbs together in a circle.
Shintenshin no Jutsu
Sakura tried to dodge Ino's line of fire but as she dove to the side, she suddenly collapsed. The silence was broken when a spectator commented loud enough for the whole stadium to hear.
"That pink haired girl is done for. There's no way anyone can survive a Yamanaka technique"
Naruto resisted to scoff because of his "neutrality' as proctor. But it didn't stop him from rolling his eyes. He focused back on the two girls in front of him, both starfished on the floor. If someone was to walk in the fight right now, they would think it was naptime or something. Ino had her butt stuck in the air as her face was planted into the ground while Sakura was sprawled out facing downward from the fall. The scene was almost comical. There was a silent competition as to who would regain consciousness. Did Ino succeed? The silence was almost too deafening for the audience to take.
Suddenly, Sakura snapped her head up and slowly stood up. The shadows covered her eyes for a moment before she revealed a smiling face.
"Shintenshin no Jutsu, success~!"
Sakura felt as her consciousness faded until she couldn't feel anything, well she could hear everything, but visual and touch senses were at zero. After hearing Ino report her jutsu was a success, Sakura couldn't help but feel completely hopeless. She had let her senseis down with this shameful defeat.
Naruto watched as Sakura's eyes changed from her her focused but panicked eyes to one of mockery and success. And when the pink haired girl reported a success in the Yamanaka technique, Naruto felt a tug at his chest. Yoki's eyes narrowed before shouting out.
"Ganbatte, Sakura! Whatever you do next, team 7 will be proud of you no matter what!"
Naruto smirked before facepalm in himself for his clones actions. A few jounins snickered.
"Aoba Yoki, please refrain from shouting out." Clone, you better shut your trap.
Sakura flinched as she heard Yoki yell. She felt something swell in her chest. Wait, she felt? Ha! She felt something! She's regaining control!
'Sakura' proceeded to raise her hand before something physically stopped her. 'Sakura's' hand was trembling with resistance as if someone was preventing her from raising her hand completely.
"Wha-what's going on?"
Inside Sakura's head, Ino was panicking. Why didn't she have full control over Sakura's body? She suddenly felt a presence behind her so she whipped around. She looked up in horror as she saw a silhouette of Sakura with bold white kanji for 'Inner Sakura'. The silhouette spoke.
"Here, Ino-pig, let me show you what the Haruno family is so famous for!"
The silhouette suddenly tripled in size, towering over her like a large building. The silhouette cocked her fist.
"GET-THE-HELL-OUT! SHANNARO~!"
The shadow punched Ino really hard, forcing the blonde out of her head.
"Wha-?"
On the outside, Sakura closed her eyes and snapped them back open with determination. Naruto inwardly smiled as he watched Sakura regain her bearings. Ino also snapped her eyes open and quickly jumped up.
"Wha- what was that!"
"That was a Haruno's special mental defense, their inner self. Now, taste my wrath, Ino-pig!"
Sakura dashed forward with her fist cocked back. Ino darted forward as well with her own fist drawers for a punch as well. The two girls charged forward towards each other.
Time seemed to slow down for Sakura as she watched Ino approach. Sakura looked to her own fist for a second, charging up her last bit of chakra in it. This is it. The last attack. Sakura's fist glowed a bright green the shade of her eyes.
"Kuso kurae! (Eat shit)"
The two girls snapped their fist out. Ino struck at Sakura's temple as Sakura caught her jawbone. Sakura was instantly knocked out and Ino was launched all the way to the side of the arenal. Ino lost consciousness the moment her head hit the wall. Naruto quickly stepped up and called the medics.
"Because neither parties can continue, I declare this match a draw. Neither will continue the test."
After the clean up crew finished up, Naruto looked at the board for the next set of names. The screen scrambled and rearranged itself to the next pair.
"Konohagakure's Akimichi Chouji... And Otogakure's Satsuki Jinjuro."
Chouji lumbered his way to the front, slowly watching as a burly genin leapt from the balcony. The Oto nin was pretty big for a genin, probably, no, definitely older than the average twelve year old genin. The teen was a staggering six feet tall with a yellow buzz cut. Naruto inwardly grimaced. This guy was practically shaming blond hair. I mean, come on! Aren't blonde guys suppose to be attractive looking? Not some tank that looks like his face went through a blender. The hair looked greasy even though the hair was short. Then Naruto had to hide a gag when the tank smiled, or more like grimaced. The guy had probably the most yellow teeth he had ever seen. Gaps split the teeth that were bent out of shape. (Just imagine Gollum from LOTR) Naruto barely hid his shudder.
Chouji refrained from shrinking back from the towering opponent. Chouji nervously looked to his Sensei, Asuma, who having him an encouraging smile and a thumbs up. He even saw Naruto give a small sympathetic smile to him, which was slightly encouraging too.
"Alright, are the two parties ready? Go!"
Chouji jumped back as Jinjuro brought his two fists down to the floor. Even Naruto had to jump back. Naruto's eyes were narrowed because he was almost caught in the blast but he had to say, he was impressed. The speed the tank displayed for his stature was something to brag home about. But Naruto resigned back to his scowl before leaning against the wall to supervise the match.
Jinjuro dashed forward with unimaginable speeds, sending a fist to Chouji. Chouji barely managed to clear the hit, letting the fist graze his back. Chouji bit his lip from the pain. The graze burned! How was that possible!
The smell of burnt flesh was caught by Naruto who snapped his head at Chouji in attention. Chouji tried to clear some distance between Jinjuro and himself but it was all in vain as Jinjuro kept gaining in him.
"Come on little kiddy, you're not going to keep running from me, are ya?"
Naruto and Chouji, and probably the rest of the twelve year olds in the room, felt their spines shiver. Jinjuro's voice sounded like metal grinding against a blackboard along with a hint of pedophilia. The guy was really creepy.
Chouji decided that he needed to finish this fast because he would probably tire himself out if he kept running. Chouji stopped, letting himself skid across the floor while his momentum kept him moving. He flashed through some hand seals.
Bebun baika no Jutsu
Chouji's arms grew twice their normal size and Chouji launched then at Jinjuro. Underestimating them, Jinjuro smiked and crossed his arms in front of him, forming an x-block. Jinjuro took the full blunt force of Chouji's attack, launched across the floor as he fell onto his back, skidding. Chouji shrunk his arms back and went through another set of hand seals.
Nikudan sensha!
Chouji expanded then rolled himself up into a ball. Chouji charged at Jinjuro who only smirked again. Jinjuro drew his foot back and kicked Chouji like a soccer ball. Inwardly, Chouji was grimacing as he was kicked away. Ugh, his hits are not only heavy but they also burn! It's like they are laced with chakra or maybe poison. If it's poison, I better hurry. Chouji pulled out wire and kunais, strapping them to himself before he expanded himself again.
Nikudan Hari sensha!
Chouji sped towards Jinjuro, destroying the floor with the spikes that protruded out of him. The next thing that happened really shocked everyone. Jinjuro smirked and attempted to catch Chouji's rolling form, with his bare hands. Naruto blanched. Was the guy fucking stupid, or what? Didn't underestimating Chouji before teach him anything? What a dimwit. When it was too late Jinjuro realized he couldn't catch the rolling spike ball and attempted to retract his hands only realizing that if he did, his whole body would get the hit.
Chouji was inwardly panicking, thinking it would be too easy just to roll up there and hit Jinjuro, and that the guy must be planning something. Chouji charged nonetheless.
Jinjuro winced in pain at Chouji made contact with his hands. Jinjuro watched as he hands got caught on the rotating ball, pumping chakra to the limbs in hopes of protection. Protection he got, however it didn't do much considering Jinjuro's hands were cut up with deep gashes. Chouji spinned away and stopped the Jutsu watching as Jinjuro painfully assesses his wounds. Naruto fought the urge to facepalm himself for Jinjuro's lack of intelligence.
Chouji got on defense but it was futile. With Jinjuro's superior speed, he disappeared then reappeared in front of Chouji, lashing out his foot into Chouji's stomach. Jinjuro's hands were bleeding substantially, causing the nin to feel light headed, he let out a growl as he continued his barrage of kicks towards Chouji, unable to use his arms anymore.
Chouji couldn't defend himself from the attacks but he persisted, blocking as much as he could. Suddenly, the attacks stopped. Chouji looked up to see that Jinjuro's eyes had rolled back and the towering figure was now leaning towards him at a dangerous speed. Chouji saw the body coming but his own body wouldn't move. Jinjuro's unconscious self dropped onto Chouji, knocking the twelve year old out.
Naruto quickly darted over, yanking Jinjuro's body by the collar with unimaginable strength. Naruto separated the two and called the medics out. Naruto made eye contact with his father who nodded towards him. As if an unspoken message was sent, Naruto nodded back.
The medics struggled with the body of Jinjuro only to have the twelve year old jounin heft the overweight genin on his shoulder. The medics bowed in thanks and took Chouji away. Before exiting the arena with Jinjuro, Naruto turned to the audience.
"Due to both parties not being able to continue, I declare a draw. Both parties cannot continue the chuunin test. Excuse me"
Naruto lazily brought one hand up into a one handed ram seal and shunshined away. The audience grew restless at the absence of the jounin until a cloud of smoke appeared in the middle of the arena, revealing the one and only, one-eyed, silver haired jounin. During Kakashi's entrance, no one noticed a konoha genin leave, weaving through the crowd, and exiting the arena. Kakashi caught glimpse of the fleeing genin and smirked behind his mask
"Because the previous proctor had to help the medics move an injured participant, I will be taking over. Let's get on with the next match, shall we?"
Kakashi also looked at Minato who only gave a quick smile. The audience waited as the board began to spin. Once it landed, Kakashi only laughed a bit.
"Konohagakure's Aoba Yoki... And an opponent of the Hokage's choosing."
Minato let out a hearty chuckle as the group started to murmur. Sasuke whipped around to see his 'teammate' only to find that he was gone. There was a slight pause as no one stepped out in the place of Aoba Yoki. The murmurs erupted again but only halted when there was a poof of smoke next to Kakashi.
"Yo, sorry I'm late, had to help some people outside..."
Kakashi chuckled.
"Oh, following your sensei's footsteps?"
Yoki only chuckled back and pulled out a book on sealing and hid his face, just like how a silver haired jounin would with his porn book.
"...A little"
Kakashi was a bit alarmed at how the Yoki character was so much like him, the whole mask and gravity defying hair. Hell, the shape of the hair was like his too, except that it was brown and not silver. Kakashi only laughed again and turned to the Hokage, Yoki doing the same.
Minato looked at the two and then looked at the set of jounins. Who would fight his 'son'? Minato then pointed out to one standing in the balcony.
"Sarutobi Asuma, please step forward"
Asuma looked slightly startled but stepped forward, nonetheless. A jounin fighting a genin? That's unheard of! Kakashi looked at the two.
"Alright, Asuma. You'll be fighting Yoki over here. You also get to decide the result of this fight, you don't need to make him incapacitated nor does he have to beat you. You will measure out his skill and determine should he pass or fail."
Asuma nodded nervously. He looked back at the boy. Obviously he'll have to hold back if the kid wants to survive to take the test again. Since when did the chuunin exams ask genins to fight jounins in a full out fight? Kakashi stepped aside.
"Ready? Begin!"
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an:/sorry for the late response? See ya later? Jutsu translation: All of them are the same from the series, so uh, Rough translation:
Ino: Shintenshin-mind body switch technique
Chouji: First jutsu- human bullet tank
second jutsu-spiked human bullet tank
note: Ganbatte: its like an encouragement, no actual direct translation, i think. Rough translation: good luck? -ish (This is just off of personal knowledge, don't trust me, I didn't formally learn japanese)