AN:/ haha, if you liked the OMAKE you're just going to have to wait for it next time since it takes time to write it. Since all of you were looking forward to this fight between Asuma and Yoki, I was like, why not. So here it is, the fight between the two. I might have to update really slowly so stay with me! Don't worry, I won't be going on Hiatus for this story anytime soon. Also for the NARUSAKU people: most of the lovin' won't come till the next time skip...which will kinda be in a while. This is strictly progressive, and eventual. I don't believe in falling in love at age 12-13...frankly it's too young to be deciding that kind of stuff so...When they are fifteen-sixteen, I'll start the real fluff between the two. There will be absolutely no lemon in this, strictly T rated. I also have a feeling, a majority of you like this story for the action as well so romance isn't really the main objective here, but an objective nonetheless. Do not fear, though. It will happen eventually and Naruto will have to fall hard somehow...in an odd way. I'm not too good with teacher-student relationships...thank god they're roughly the same age! (It's not the same dilemma as femNaru/Kaka, a pairing which I have fell in love with, where the two characters are roughly 15 years apart. It's a shame that not many people read this stuff...so I decided I'm going to contribute to it later, adding my own story...later, har har har. I recommend it though, as I already mentioned my reasons earlier...) enough with my personal opinions. You're here for the story, not my authors note! Anyways, if you have any questions, ask! PM or review, whichever medium you choose. Hopefully I will address it. And if there is anything (within reason) that you want to happen, I'll look into it and see if I can incorporate it (no promises though). Even if it's a scene that isn't part of the series, like, I don't know, a made up mission (like previous chapter) I can still do something with it. Also, if you have an idea on some fluff I can add, or a scene between Narusaku, I can add it...and what not... :D
On a different note:
Alright, perhaps I wasn't clear the first time around. Let's rephrase my words to make you feel better, or worse, your choice.
Read the fucking story properly before you start spouting nonsense.
Reviewer: Ppsh wrote,
"Our sensei has blonde hair, is the same age as us, and is a prodigy... GEE, I
WONDER WHO IT MIGHT BE? It's not like we were in the same fucking class. Is
Sasuke and Sakura retarded or what? And what's the bloody point of having him
disguise himself? Not only is it unbelievable that they'd fall for such
rubbish, it serves absolutely no purpose anyway. The idea that his identity
would be classified, from his own genin, is a joke.
Now it looks like you're just going to retell canon with Naruto as a mary sue
mixed with a whole heap of bad jokes."
...Oh god, my control over my emotions practically doubled when I had to resist cyber punching you in the fucking face. Readers! I strongly encourage reading this asshole's biography/rant about things he hates...too bad all of them are practically what fanfiction is all about. Why are you even on here then? S'excuse me "Australian male" that we don't suit your tastes...you want something other than pairings and awesome stories about anime, go watch some porn, I'm sure their plot lines are better suited for your tastes.
Alright once again (oh yeah, you had the decency to right this 8 chapters in), I do not fucking appreciate rude reviews. First off, clearly I said that Naruto was not in their class...duh, why the hell would they recognize someone who graduated couple years earlier than them? Why would Naruto be placed on genin team with Reno and Rei, not Sasuke and Sakura? Clearly Naruto isn't godlike, which I've also mentioned several times. Now, why do ANBU wear masks I you can tell who it is behind the mask by the color of their hair, oh I don't know? Gee, lemme think about that for a moment as I bathe in your stupidity. Come on people! I thought high school students were the bottom of the food chain in terms of intelligence among adults! Well that's a bit of a stretch but still. Oh, and sorry that I'm not a natural comedian, making money off of people's laughs. Wait, why am I even apologizing to a puke stain?
I've learned, after starting my own fanfiction, that it takes so much hard work to write stories. My blood and sweat went into making this story just like every other author and their story. When someone reviews a chapter of mine, I read it first out of all the other emails I get. One time, I woke up, read this awesome review, and was happy the entire day, even with only three hours of sleep. I see every name of who favorites, follows, or reviews my stories, taking pride in my work, and I know other authors probably do the same. So, when a fucking asshole decides to be a total jackass on other (not just mine) reviews, I blow the roof because I know it's not a good feeling. If I feel that a story isn't written right, I tell them how to fix it and encourage them to continue, not blame them for their shortcomings. Come on people, where is the love?
Man, and I was so close to favoriting his stories...IF HE HAD ANY.
Why do I receive all this hate? Do I have a sticky note on my back saying "kick me" or something? What have I done to receive malice?
I won't apologize for this bite back, knowing since you're only at chapter 8 (and probably stopped there and won't be able to read this). I don't believe I should personally respond to you so I'm doing it publicly. PMs are for nice people with nice questions. Humph, at least the pissed off reader was right, I was wrong, so I apologized and thank god he had the heart to forgive (Note to "Pissed off reader": thanks for doing so, and continuing to follow my story, by the way. You're the best). But, I will not apologize for your lack of reading skills, and appreciation. I won't apologize for your inability to see past your narrow mind and the inability so be somewhat vaguely polite to strangers. I'm dead serious to all you readers out there, not just me, but everyone who writes stories should be appreciated for the fact that they have the balls to write their creativity out and let the whole world read it. If you read a story and was like, "man, that was a great chapter." Post a review and tell the author! He or she would feel great that someone enjoyed their story. And if you feel any particular dislike towards it...don't say anything. A nice rule to follow...don't like, don't read. No one is forcing you to read this stuff so why shove all your hate on the authors shoulders? Lets put this into perspective. I personally don't like the twilight series...but I don't hold hate to anyone who reads it. It's their prerogative and everyone has their own tastes. You don't see me going on every twilight fanfic and giving bad reviews like "lol all dis sucks" like some asshole. Actually, I read the twilight series and even read a fanfiction that was pretty good (lol not fifty shades of grey, but I thought the idea of that book being a twilight fanfic hilarious) so don't think once that just because someone reads something or does something that they automatically deserve to be judged...now I'm going off topic so let's end it here.
Thank you to all those that stuck around...I really love you all and I hope you continue to follow my awesome story. Screw all those haters ;P
Alright, now that I feel like my steam has blown off...
Let's-a go!
Asuma stood there a bit struck as to what he should do. Asuma quickly tried to shake out of it. He was a jounin, dammit! He should be able to react to this in a calm manner. However Asuma continued to stare, unable to form any logical thought.
"You know, standing there is going to be a lot easier for me, Sarutobi-san"
Asuma snapped his head towards Yoki and frowned.
"You make it seem like you already have the cat in the bag. How can you seem so confident as a genin going up against a jounin."
"Hm, you really think that, the Hokage would really pitch a genin up against a jounin for fun? He probably knows that if go against a genin, I would destroy their chances in ever become chuunin."
"A bit too arrogant there, Dontcha think?"
Naruto disappeared a moment before reappearing behind Asuma an whispering in his ear.
"What do you think? Then again, I could be undercover and that this whole thing is part of the cover, am I right, Sarutobi-san?"
Asuma's eyes widened a split second before he whipped around and drove a haymaker at the genin, only to hit air. Asuma flinched when he heard the voice whisper into his ear.
"Oh, come on. Make this fun for me, okay?"
"Who are you" Asuma growled.
Asuma whipped around to see no one behind him. Then he looked around only to notice the balconies were empty which was extremely- Genjutsu! Asuma dropped the Genjutsu only to appear at the beginning of the match, facing Yoki with Kakashi standing between the two. Yoki smirked underneath the match.
"I said, Sarutobi-san, standing there is going to make my job a lot easier."
"Who are you..."
"Aoba Yoki, who else.."
Asuma narrowed. Sure his Genjutsu wasn't that good but to be caught in something like that right off the bat by a genin, something was definitely up. Yoki only looked passively at the other jounin, much like Kakashi would. Kakashi just jumped away and opened his little orange book. Asuma got into stance.
"No genjutsu again?" He raised his eyebrows.
Yoki took his glasses off, raking his fingers through his hair.
"Just make sure I pass...Sarutobi-san...this is pretty important to me..." and Konoha.
Asuma narrowed his eyes, taking in the underlying message. He charged forward at incredible speeds causing Yoki to drop the glasses on the floor and jump back. Asuma jumped as well, maintaining his momentum forward as he made his way towards Yoki. Asuma took out his trench knives and Yoki took out a pair of kunai. The weapons made contact and Asuma pressed on, prolonging their air time. Yoki took a glance downward before looking back at Asuma with expressionless eyes.
"Come on, Sarutobi-san...let's not make this harder than it has to be-"
"Not until I know who you are"
Yoki frowned a bit before quickly dropping to the floor before Asuma and darting towards the wall. Asuma landed on the ground, chasing after the genin.
"What happened to the confidence, 'Aoba Yoki'. Running away, already?" Asuma taunted.
Yoki turned his head and stuck his tongue out.
"Maybe..."
Asuma narrowed his eyes but charged forward nonetheless. Yoki abruptly stopped and flipped over to face Asuma, eyes determined, mouth stretched into a grin. Asuma abruptly stopped a few meters away and stood up straight. He was truly puzzled by this genin's tactics. Using mind games against an opponent, smiling at them and unnerving them, was a high level chuunin tactic and here this genin was, using it against him, and it was working. The genjutsu in the beginning already threw the jounin off, then the constant smiles and riddles were slowly pushing him of the edge. Asuma shook it off and rolled his shoulders a bit, rotating his neck while he was at it. He exhaled and got into stance.
"Fine, I won't ask who you are, for now. I need to test you out so how about you show me a bit of chakra mastery and we can get this over with."
"Alright, Asuma-san."
Asuma flexed out his trench knives and went for a downward slash. Yoki dodged last minute, letting the blade fly past him. He made eye contact with Asuma and smiled again, before pulling out a chokuto out of nowhere, and throwing in his own slash. Asuma instantly jumped back, grabbing Yoki's wrist and pulling it with him. The chokuto went past Asuma's side and Yoki immediately lost balance. Yoki only frowned before letting the chokuto go and speeding through a set of hand seals.
Raiton: Kaminari Suzume
Asuma smirked and slashed the lightning bird with his trench knives. Yoki looked startled but went back to his usual calm demeanor. Yoki took notice to the wind chakra coating the trench knives.
"Dontcha know that Wind beats Lightning?" Asuma chuckled.
Yoki's eyes flicked up from the knives to Asuma's face.
"That's some affinity mastery, right there. It would be a shame if-"
Yoki pulled out a katana and pumped chakra through it, letting his own wind affinity incase the blade.
"-Someone were to have the same mastery." (an:/ eyyyyyy, lol)
Asuma's eyes widened and stepped back on impulse. Yoki took the opportunity and dashed forward with his katana. Asuma regained his bearings and blocked the blade with his own.
"You may have the same affinity and mastery, but I have the muscle to support it, do you?" Asuma added extra force and pushed the Katana to the ground, letting the wind coated knives cut a bit of his arm. Yoki grimaced but pulled back with the katana, gaining distance between him and Asuma.
"No good, change in tactics, I guess..."
Naruto flicked his wrists and sent in new chakra to his katana. Asuma flinched as the blade grew red and then bursted to flames.
"Fire beats wind." Yoki muttered.
With that, Yoki charged forward lashing out a chain of attacks at Asuma. Asuma took his time to dodge each one before shouting out a Jutsu right after ducking under a horizontal slash.
Fuuton: Daitoppa!
The miniature version of the usual blast shot Yoki flew back across the arena. He tried to regain his bearings but winced when he breathed, feeling his broken ribs push against his bruising skin underneath his shirt.
"That hurts..." He wheezed out. Asuma go out of stance and called out.
"I call off this match. My decision is made."
Kakashi looked up from his book and snapped it closed before making his way to the center.
"Your decision, Sarutobi Asuma?"
"He passes. He shows excellent chakra manipulation and elemental affinity. His kenjutsu is sufficient. He would do well in the next round."
Kakashi nodded and turned to Yoki.
"Let's get you a medic, shall we?"
Yoki shot him a glare but almost doubled over in pain so he acquiescently nodded in agreement. Kakashi turned to Asuma.
"Take over proctor till Namikaze Naruto comes back out."
"Sure."
Kakashi escorted Yoki out to the medic rooms. When they were out of earshot from the arena, Kakashi chuckled.
"Didn't expect you to get hit by the last one, I swore you saw through it...now it's gonna leave its mark."
"Heh, the day the great Namikaze Naruto almost failed the chuunin exams. I was caught up in keeping my chakra balance in check. This whole henge is taking its toll, ya know? It's a solid henge, not some pansy illusion."
"Hmm, still. I think you could have dodge that..."
Yoki glared at him but winced again, causing him to clutch his sides in pain.
"Let's just get me patched up so I can alleviate the duty as proctor for Asuma."
"I believe that's several broken ribs, Naruto-kun..." Kakashi peered over his book.
Yoki shot him another dirty look before settling himself on a hospital bench. His hands began to glow green and Kakashi's eyebrows furrowed (an:/I guess eyebrow, sans "s" in his case...)
"When did you learn medical jutsu?"
"Rei gave me a few pointers. This is just first aid. Ever since I became jounin, I had to go in for classes at night to catch up on stuff I needed for chuunin and what not. I guess first aid is important in case a genin gets hurt."
"Well, you did advance pretty fast. Hokage's son has its perks, right?"
"Sadly, it's true. But I did earn my title through hard work! I'm strong enough. Besides, I've been helping out around the community like any other genin would, considering my time was cut short."
Kakashi tensed slightly but shook it off and snapped his book close.
"You ready?"
"Give me a minute, literally. Thank god the ribs didn't shatter to pieces or puncture something, or I'd be really deep in the-"
"Language."
"Oh, come on!"
"I'm sure the match has started now. What if you miss out on some of the fights?"
"There's not much- Oh, crap. The sunagakure nin!"
Yoki shot up and dispelled the henge, Naruto had a huge hole in his flak jacket where he got hit from the wind jutsu. The edges were torn to shreds and the skin revealed was dark purple.
"You're not going anywhere like that. It will arouse suspicion...why the hell do you have a whole in your jacket."
Naruto clicked his tongue and took out a scroll. He unsealed another jacket and took his old one off and sealed it in the same scroll.
"The kyuubi will take care of the rest. Let's go."
Naruto flashed away and Kakashi followed with a shunshin
Asuma was ticked off. Damn that Kakashi for blowing this job onto him! Asuma waited for the clean up crew to finish. There were only two matches left and people were restless. The injured from previous matches started to trickle back into the arena to watch the rest, albeit the ones that were legitimately hurt. He had to admit, some of these matches were pretty anticlimactic. The fight with his nephew and the Inuzuka was a bit pathetic but had good intentions behind it. The Haruno and the Yamanaka was also rather...sad. The battle of wills without much power behind it isn't really cut for a shinobi although the Haruno had lots of power, but it's not like she could use it against a past friend...friend being a loose term. The one on one arena battle didn't have much of an environment for a full blown strategy that Namikaze said the Haruno was good at. Shikamaru was able to pull it off, but his intelligence was far beyond his own comprehension of the boy and only Naruto was able to somewhat rival the Nara in intelligence. Though, the blond is a bit more motivated and has better aspects to cultivate in.
Asuma almost stumbled back when a yellow flash appeared in front of him. Almost. He flinched but adjusted his weight to stand up straight as he adjusted his head lower to see the short jounin. Kakashi soon followed with a whorl of leaves. Not as flashy but definitely safer in terms of the heart rate for those around him. The blond growled at him and shot him a glare.
"Dammit, Sarutobi. You broke my fucking ribs!"
"I didn't do anything to- Oh...Oh...HOLY SHI-"
Naruto shot his hand out to Asuma's mouth quickly and muffled the last part. When Asuma seemed to calm down, he drew his hand back and sighed. He turned to the arena just as the board started to spin.
"Sarutobi, Kakashi-sensei, I'll take it from here."
The two men nodded and shunshined away, leaving the blond at the center. The board landed on the next two names.
"Konohagakure's Aburame Shino and Sunagakure's Sabaku no Kankuro"
Naruto winced a little as he shifted his weight but only let his eye twitch at the pain. The two genin made it down and Kankuro leaned to his side and smirked, easily towering over the stoic bug user.
"Hey bugboy, make this fun, will ya?"
"I make no promises. Why? Because I'll make this short and quick."
"Such talk for a little bugger. Alright, show me what you've got."
Naruto let out an exasperated sigh, catching the attention of the two genin.
"Do we have to go through this every time? Stop talking already. Are you two ready? Actually, you know what, just go whenever you two are done talking." Naruto drawled.
As much as Naruto hated talking before matches, he made Aoba Yoki taunt the Jounin with one sentence, letting the rest of the taunts occur during the fight. Sure these genins were trying to rile each other up, but they weren't doing it properly. You're suppose to criticize their actions after the fact, not before. He jumped away and let the two genins face off, taking his place back at the statue's base.
Everything was at a stand still for a moment before Shino shot his hands out, letting a swarm of bugs escape from him. The swarm shot out at Kankuro who rolled away and threw several kunai. The swarm caught the kunai midair and then formed into a wall, shielding Shino from the light barrage of kunai and shuriken attacks Kankuro launched. Kankuro pulled out several scrolls and rolled them out on the floor. Raising his hand out in a seal, he whispered.
Kugutsu no Jutsu
An explosion of cloud appeared around him, covering the arena. But it left as quickly as it appeared, revealing three puppets in front of Kankuro who held his hands out, fingers reaching out.
"Come on, bugboy. Let's get this show on, shall we?"
Kankuro lashed his hands out and the puppets went into motion, the sound of wood snapping together rang through the room. Shino's eyes widened as it was too late. A puppet appeared behind him and suddenly swallowed him into the body of the puppet.
Kurohigi Kiki Ippatsu
Kankuro pulled his index finger in and the limbs of the puppet shot out before rocketing back into the slots of the puppet, baring blades that gleamed with poison. Naruto wanted to act but remembered the rules of the chuunin exams. He couldn't interfere, even if it meant the death of a nin. Frankly, it was amazing how Naruto was able to interrupt the previous matches before things got out of hand. Though when he dropped of the Otogakure nin off at the hospital, his mother had the opportunity to talk to him before his match, mentioning how his leeway to interfere was growing too much. Naruto grimaced at the thought that people probably saw him as weak, giving too much heart to thought. Most jounin could care less about what's happening to the genin, regardless of origin. Naruto's hand clenched in his pocket. He kept his eyes on the field, watching as the limbs clacked at the contact of blade and puppet.
Kankuro smirked. The satisfying sound of blade meets flesh alerted him of his success. He let his hands down, the limbs inversely stuck into the puppet fell limp and his other puppets stopped moving. He turned around and walked towards the blond jounin. But, his movements were cut short when he suddenly heard buzzing sounds. He looked around to see his puppet surrounded by small bugs. The buzzing sounds grew louder as he stepped closer to his puppet. He flicked a finger, letting the chakra string open a few latches.
"Wrong move"
Kankuro went wide eyed but the voice was right, it was a wrong move indeed. The moment the latches opened, the opening flung open and a swarm of bugs flooded out, encasing Kankuro. The bugs soon disappeared, dispersed around the arena, and Kankuro was left in a stance that he hoped to protect him from the bugs. Kankuro lifted his head and looked around after noticing that there was no one in the puppet. His head flicked from side to side.
"It was a Mushi Bunshin, specially created out of my bugs."
Kankuro got lower in a stance. Kuso, I don't know where he is.
"How did you change yourself with the bunshin?"
"The moment you summoned the puppets."
Kankuro realized the cloud caused by the summon covered Shino as well, probably giving the Aburame the chance to switch without anyone noticing. His head snapped back up when he saw Shino appear in front of him. The Aburame started to charge forward, flicking his wrist out with a kunai at hand. Shino engaged Kankuro in a match of taijutsu which didn't last long for the two long ranged fighters. Each side jumped away, holding their injury. Shino grabbed his upper arm where Kankuro had kicked him and Kankuro caved in from the hit Shino gave him on his stomach. Both boys were out of breath and somewhat close to chakra depletion.
Suddenly, Kankuro dropped to one knee.
"Wha-what did you do?"
Shino looked up to the puppeteer.
"My bugs have been absorbing your chakra since the beginning of the fight."
"Wha- but you only used your bugs till-"
"I implanted several bugs on you just as you were talking. But, it's too late-"
"You're right. It is too late. For you, that is" Kankuro smirked. He pulled his finger and a puppet appeared behind Shino again and whacked him across the head, successfully knocking him out. Kankuro panted a bit, watching Shino fall to the floor in a thud. Naruto sighed, grateful at the somewhat humane end for a match he couldn't really interfere with.
"Match. The winner is Sabaku no Kankuro. Medics!"
Naruto picked at his nails a bit as he waited for the medics to take away the two genin and the clean up crew to clear out the bugs. He waited for the last match to be called, glancing at the board several times before it started to roll. He glanced back up at his father who smiled. Naruto did another exaggerated sigh which left Minato silently chuckling. He looked back at the board and read the last two names of the day.
"Konohagakure's Rock Lee and Sunagakure's Sabaku no Gaara. Please come down."
an:/
well that was rather short...
quick question: is it blonde or blond? I'm so confused! Is it like french where the two depend on masculine or feminine subjects? The french is me is screaming that it's like that but this is english we're talking about here so...
POLL, I guess...
Knowing that the results of Gaara and Lee's fight are going to be the same as the series, and the same results, do you want me to write out the fight in detail? Or do you want me to go straight on with the one month training period and the start of the finals?
I'm going to have to start speeding things up a bit considering you're probably bored with the lame fights I've been giving you and calling them "chapters". So, please do tell, and I'll try to get the next chapter in by Friday! (I have all my lunch periods free now that none of my friends have the same lunch period...I'm all alone in the computer lab typing this up for ya...
Alright, there's not many jutsus used in this chapter that haven't been used already or aren't in the original series. (DON'T WORRY, I HAVE THIS NEW JUTSU I'M CREATING FOR NARUTO...SOON :D)
See ya later!