Here it is!!! An actual chapter!! Though some may see this as another filler, the last section transitions into the next arc. Shiro and the Shadow Blades won't become really important until the Third Arc. (Around Chapter 25-30, I estimate) But Shiro will make a short appearance in this chapter and have a major role in the chapter after this one. For the time, enjoy, the fic, and prepare to be stunned.

Chapter 10: Konoha Festival! Green Team vs. Blue Team!

The next day, Koji and Sanosuke walked through the village. "Something big is happening today." Koji said, and Sanosuke sweat dropped. "I never would have guessed." Sanosuke said, as they looked at the giant banner that held the Konoha Sports Festival. "Sports, eh? This might be fun! Come on Sano! Let's join the fun!" Koji said, grabbing Sanosuke's wrist, and dragging him with him.

(Town Square)

"Welcome to the Konoha Sports Festival! The only Festival that will be televised for the whole day!" Tsunade said, and everyone began cheering. "What's happening?" Koji asked, as him and Sanosuke began walking. "Seems like the Hokage is planning something big." Sanosuke said, and then they were both pulled up by the backs of their shirts.

"Congratulations! You two have been chosen to participate in the festival games!" Tsunade said, smiling at them. "Wh-what!?" They both said, before she tossed into what looked like a warp in time and space. When they shot out, they were sitting next to the Konoha 12. "You too?" Naruto asked. "Yep." Koji said.

"So, what happens now?" Sanosuke asked. Just then, a giant visual of Tsunade appeared in front of them. "A Genjutsu!" Sakura said. "Now, let's pick sides for the great battle to come. Neji, you're Blue Team Captain, and Sasuke, you're Green Team Captain. Good luck!" Tsunade said, and everyone sighed. Neji and Sasuke chose teams, and they were this:

Blue Team: Neji, Lee, Shino, Chouji, Sanosuke, Tenten, and Hinata.

Green Team: Sasuke, Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, Koji, Sakura, and Ino.

"Now, Round 1: Extreme Ninja Dodgeball!" Tsunade said, and they were Genjutsued into a High School Gymnasium, where each side had 2 red rubber balls. "What do we do with these?" Naruto asked.

"This!" Lee screamed, tossing the ball, and getting him dead in the face. "Naruto's out!" Ref screamed, and everyone began the battle. Time Limit: 5 Minutes! Neji tossed a ball, but Koji caught it and sent it flying back, but Lee used Leaf Hurricane and sent it back with 10 times the power, hitting Sakura dead in the face.

"GAH!! Sakura-chan!!" Lee screamed, rushing to make sure she wasn't dead. "CHA!!!" Sakura screamed, throwing a ball and hitting Lee dead in the head. The Sakura Lee hit transformed into her right shoe. "Lee out!" Ref said, and Lee was dragged away.

"Substitution." Sasuke said, and ducked to avoid the ball. Tenten pulled out a scroll, and jumped into the air. She rolled her scroll out, and turned all her normal weapons into dodge balls. Sasuke's team sweat dropped. "Oh shit!" Koji screamed.

She began grabbing and tossing balls. Sasuke dodged them easy enough with Sharingan. Shikamaru and Kiba dodged them okay, Koji used Shadow Clone Jutsu to shield the real Koji and Ino. Sakura also ducked under the Koji shield. Once the last ball was thrown, Koji whispered to Ino, and they both smirked.

"Heads up Neji!" Koji screamed, tossing the ball with everything he had. Neji didn't move, and got hit dead in the face. "Eh!?" Neji's team screamed. He didn't even attempt to dodge the attack. "Neji out!" Ref said, dragging the unconscious nin away.

Before the other nin on Neji's team could do anything, Shikamaru had decided to end this. "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Shikamaru said, and his shadow shot out and caught the remaining nin. "That was easy." Koji said, and they took their time eliminating the rest. "Winner: Green Team!" Ref said, and there were cheers of victory. Tsunade then appeared again.

"Now, Round 2: Ninja Soccer!" Tsunade said, and they were next Genjutsued into a Soccer Field.

(Soccer Field)

"Okay, here's the plan. Sasuke, you'll be goalie, since you have the Sharingan." Shikamaru said. Sasuke nodded. "Koji, you and Naruto will play defense. Everyone else is on offense. I'll play between defense and offense." Shikamaru said. Everyone nodded.

"Okay, here's the plan. I'll be watching the goal, since my Byakugan can't be fooled. Tenten, you and Lee are to play offense. If things become too close, you are permitted to take your weights off Lee." Neji said, and Lee nodded. "Shino, you will play right in the middle of the attack and the defense. Hinata-sama will be with you." Hinata and Shino nodded. "Chouji and the boy in the Rock Chuunin Vest will be the last line of defense." Neji said, and everyone nodded. Everyone nodded, and they took their positions for the upcoming soccer game.

"First one to score a point wins. BEGIN!!" Tsunade said, and Hinata took it upon herself to put up a Genutsu the moment Kiba passed it to Ino. Of course, Ino and Sakura broke the Genjutsu, but Kiba continued running. Sasuke's team sweat dropped watching Kiba continue running. "Idiot." Shino mumbled to himself, as Kiba ran right by him. "Isn't Kurenai-Sensei a Genjutsu expert? Wouldn't Kiba know how to break a Genjutsu?" Ino asked. "He's a moron. Maybe never learned." Sakura said, as she got hold of the ball. Lee stole the ball, and began using his crazy speed to get past everyone.

It would have worked, if Shikamaru hadn't used his Shadow Possession to stop him dead in his tracks. Shikamaru slowly walked to the ball and kicked it back towards Sakura ad Ino, who began charging the defense. Sadly, they didn't get far since Shino put up a bug wall, scaring the shit out of them. Tenten had the ball and kicked it into the air. Before she could kick the ball, she saw Naruto and Koji with their hands in Naruto's favorite seal.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" They both said, and 50 Clones of each charged Tenten, overwhelming her. Lee managed to get free from Shikamaru, and tossed his weights aside. As the soccer ball fell, Lee timed it perfectly, and used Leaf Hurricane to blast the ball towards Sasuke.

The ball barreled through all the Koji and Naruto clones like bowling pins, and Sasuke was blasted by the sheer power and the unexpectedness of it. In the end, Koji and Naruto lay on the ground, spirals for eyes, and Sasuke was on the ground, trapped in the Goalie's Net, with a X.X look on his face, as the soccer ball was on his head. "Winner, Blue Team!" Tsunade said, and they were Genjutsued to a new location.

(Something of a Classroom)

"Now, let's play a puzzle game. Here." Tsunade said, and two tables materialized. On them, one Rubix Cube each. "Solve the cube so that each side has only one color." Tsunade said, and disappeared.

Neji's team glanced at the cube, and began sweating when everyone on Sasuke's team glanced over at Shikamaru, who picked up the cube and glanced at it. He then began solving the little box, and everyone on Neji's team panicked.

In a wild fury, Lee and Chouji charged Shikamaru, and tackled him to the ground. Eventually, more people were dragged into the brawl, and there was pandemonium. Shino looked at them like they were stupid, and grabbed one of the cubes. As though he was bored, he quietly solved the cube, and set the completed cube onto his team's table.

"Winner, Blue Team!" Tsunade said, and everyone looked at her, and then at Shino, surprised. "You solved it Shino?" Kiba asked. "Solving Rubix Cubes is a small hobby of mine." Shino said, and everyone was stunned. (He has hobbies!?!?) They all thought to themselves. Then, they were Genutsued.

(Outside)

When they regained their bearings, they realized that it was nighttime, and that there were drums. "What's with the drums?" Naruto asked. "Time for another Puzzle Match! One member from each team will be chosen at random to play for their side. Now, Random Choice!" Tsunade said, and a blue aura surrounded Koji and Hinata.

They reappeared in front of three drums, and Tsunade explained the rules. "I am going to play the drums 50 times. The one who gets the most right wins." Tsuande said. Hinata's eyes widened, while Koji hit each drum, noticing they made different noises. Tsunade took a deep breath, and began hitting the drums in a fairly fast motion.

Koji had his eyes closed, and noticed a pattern that played every 10 beats. To Hinata, it sounded like she was playing random beats. She looked over to Koji, who had his eyes closed, like he was concentrating. Tsunade finished, and glanced at Hinata. "Hinata, your first." Tsunade said, and Hinata began to hyperventilate. She gulped, and began hitting the drums. After she hit 50, Tsunade smiled.

"You got 28 of them correctly. Nice job." Tsunade said, and Hinata beamed. She looked to Koji, who yawned, like he was tired. "Your turn. Though from your expression, you-" Tsunade was cut short when Koji began hitting the drums in perfect rhythm to what she just played. Everyone was stunned silent. Koji yawned, and finished. "I think I missed a couple." Koji said, and Tsuande gawked at him.

"You hit them all perfectly." Tsuande said slowly. "Oh." Koji said, and everyone had O.O looks. (I guess years of party games, Guitar Hero, and playing Piano by ear made this a cake walk.) Koji thought to himself. "Well, games tied 2 to 2." Tsunade said. "So now, it's the final round. Since I can't some up with anything better, we'll play Extreme Pong!" Tsunade said, and both Lee and Naruto were warped to the ping pong table, and everyone else looked on.

"Now, winner is the one that gets first point. BEGIN!!" Tsunade screamed. Naruto hit the ball, and Lee returned it. They played this way, all boring like. But once Naruto used some chakra to make the ball take a crazy bounce, Lee began playing for real.

The little ball was bouncing all over the place, and Naruto decided to end this. "Shadow Ping Ball Clone Jutsu!" Naruto screamed, hitting the ball, releasing about 50 Ping Pong Balls with the jutsu. Lee smirked, and began launching all of them right back. End result: Naruto had been hit 20 times, and Lee had won. "That was a sad ending." Koji said, as the Blue Team cheered in victory.

(Outside the Genjutsu. The Real World)

When the entire contest was over, it was about 7:00, so Tsunade threw a big party for the entire village. Koji wasn't much for hanging with large crowds, so he wandered in the less populated area of Konoha. Actually, it was eerily quiet. No one was outside at all.

Then he felt it. It was like cold water had been doused on his face. He turned around, and standing in front of him were two men in cloaks with red clouds on them. The taller one had blue skin, beady eyes, and a giant sword bandaged up. The smaller one had crimson eyes that looked as cold as winter.

"Hey Itachi! This boy is out here all alone." The blue nin said, smirking. "He isn't the one we're after, Kisame. We want the Kyuubi." Itachi said, and Kisasme began to chuckle evilly. (Who are these guys? They're power, it's unreal! I can't beat these guys even if I wanted to try!) Koji thought to himself, terror etched on his face.

"Can I at least lop his legs and arms off?" Kisame asked, grabbing his giant blade. Koji began sweating, like it was summer time, and he was wearing heavy clothes. "No one is nearby, and it's not like he's in the way. Don't bother Kisame." Itachi said, and Kisame sighed. "But I haven't fought in a long time. Not since Hatake and that bowl shaped freak faced us." Kisame said, and Itachi hn'ed.

"Very well. Make this quick." Itachi said, and the sneer Kisame sent Koji made him start to have flashbacks of his life in the Naruto world. "Ng. Yami is back at the party, I'm in a deserted part of Konoha, and two nin I can't possibly defeat are here to battle." Koji mumbled to himself.

"So kid, are you going to make this interesting, or are you going to beg for your life?" Kisame asked. Koji actually toyed with the idea of begging for his life, but he wasn't a punk. Then again, these guys could kill him many times over. So he did the only smart thing. He got on his knees, and lowered his head submissively.

"Please. Please spare my life." Koji said. Kisame began laughing, but Koji was glaring without neither of them knowing, and making quick one handed seals. "You were right Kisame, he really isn't worth it! Begging for his life like a weakling!" Itachi taunted.

"Please…don't hate me for this! Lightning Style: Spark Wave Jutsu!" Koji said, launching a pulse of electric chakra at Kisame, who, since his guard was down, was blasted into a wall. Koji then jumped to his feet, and decided to get the hell away from them. He ran pretty damn fast, and hoped to all Gods that he wasn't going to die. He managed to get a little closer to civilization, before Itachi appeared right in front of him.

(What!? Shit!) Koji thought to himself. "Your dead, kid. I was going to only chop off a leg and arm, but now, I'll take your life." Kisame said, and the blade was off for real. Koji was sweating in terror. "Have to catch me first!" Koji said, and he turned into a log. Before he could escape, he was standing in front of two Itachis.

(Damnit! I never saw him coming! Who is this guy!?) Koji thought to himself. "No point in trying to run away. You foolishly attacked us, so you will die for it." Itachi said, as his two clones continued to walk towards him. After the fifth step, they both blew up, and Koji was sent flying. Koji landed on the ground harshly, and Itachi and Kisame walked towards him.

"Foolish little boy. To think that you would try and take us on." Itachi said. Sharingan Red stared lifelessly into Light Brown, and Koji could see his death. "You know, I want to keep your head as a souvenir!" Kisame said.

(I don't know what's more scary here. The fact that I am about to be decapitated, or the fact that he plans on keeping my head as a trophy.) "Great. I'm going to die thanks to a pile of walking sushi." They say that when death comes knocking at your door, you tend to do things you wouldn't normally do. Koji had decided he wanted to be remembered as being a smart-ass. "Funny. But now, you die!" Kisame said, swinging his sword. Koji prepared himself for death, but luckily for him, it would never come.

When Koji opened his eyes, expecting death, he saw Shiro standing there, his hands blocking the blade. He pushed Kisame back, and he landed next to Itachi. "Who is this guy? He stopped Samehada with his bare hands." Kisame said. "We should be leaving." Itachi said.

"Why?" Kisame asked. "Because, this man isn't someone we can beat without causing a lot of commotion and alerting the ANBU. He isn't some ordinary nin." Itachi said. "How do you know that?" Kisame asked. "He is the grandfather of Kanzaki." Itachi said, and Kisame gave him a look.

"You mean, he's Shiro Masamune?" Kisame asked. "The one and only." Shiro said, his eyes already in Tarogan. "He definitely is. Though orange, his eyes are slitted like hers are when she uses her eyes." Kisame said. "I see. So that's where Kanzaki had been for the last 4 years." Shiro said. "We're heading out Kisame." Itachi said, and they disappeared in the darkness.

"Well kid, looks like you lucked out." Shiro said, as Koji slowly stood up. "Now, what would Kin and Zaku say if I told them you made yourself some powerful enemies like Akatsuki?" Shiro said, and Koji sighed. "That's always been my luck!"

ShadowRonin: And so, another chapter ends, and everyone is safe yet again. Koji has met Akatsuki, who will play a major role in the Third Arc. The next arc is now one chapter away, and the First Arc: Arrival of Koji Hyosuke, comes to an end.