Yo!! The next chapter is here. It's not the best of chapters seeing as I think I flew through it rather lazily, but it's necessary to get to the good stuff. So bare with me, and enjoy!!!
Chapter 19: The Smiling Sound Nin. An Amazing Hidden Power. Naruto Brings It!
Chouji did his Human Inflation Jutsu, and began rolling towards Link using his Human Boulder attack, who was still smiling, or smirking. (If you read the manga Rourouni Kenshin, or seen the anime, think of that boy who was always smiling. You know, the one who had the amazing speed.) When Chouji got within range, Link jumped and undid the chains around his waist. It was about 20 feet in length.
He wrapped the chain around his wrist, and attached a coin to the end of the chain. When he landed a safe distance away, he did some hand signs. "He's expecting a coin to hurt Chouji! What an…!?!?" Naruto started, before the coin turned into a 100 lb ball the size of a soccer ball. Everyone sweat dropped when the metal ball put a crater in the ground. "Come on. I can beat you." Link said, smirking. He then kicked the ball into the air and began juggling it with his feet.
When Chouji started coming towards him, his Human Boulder charging at him, Link kicked the ball at Chouji, which actually knocked him out of his boulder move, and sent him into the wall. "Holy Shit! That guy just blasted Chouji with his ball thing!" Naruto screamed. Scar smirked, and Satoshi looked on with interest. Link merely tugged his chain, and the ball shot back, him catching it with his hand.
"You won't get me." Link said, tossing the ball up and down. Chouji got up, and made his arms inflate to the size of trees. He threw a punch, but Link tossed the ball into the air, and it came down on the side of Chouji's arm opposite of where Link dodged to. When Link caught the ball, he tightened the chain, and used it to slam Chouji over his shoulder.
"You seem to be sort of unmotivated. I want a serious fight from you! Can you point me to some of your friends?" Link asked. Chouji mumbled something about Shikamaru, and Link knew he was referring to the Shadow Master. Without a further cause, he jumped into the rail near Shikamaru and Ino. "You two are his friends right? Is there anything I can say that will make him fight extremely fiercely?" Link asked. Both looked at each other, and Ino spoke up.
"He hates being called fat." She said it quietly, but Link heard her. "Thank you!" Link then jumped back into the arena, and smirked. "Hey fatass, is that all you got?" Link taunted. Scar noticed it, and knew it was a very un-Link-like thing. Satoshi also noticed it. He knew that Link didn't throw an insult unless it was to draw out some fight. And draw out a fight he did. Chouji stood up, fire in his eyes, and a wave of killer intent rolling off him. "WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME!?!?!" Chouji screamed.
(What the hell? He isn't even fat! He has fucking muscles for fat!) Though in his head, Link was confused, he still had that goofy grin on his face. "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE A DEATH SO HORRIBLE, YOU WILL WISH OROCHIMARU PUT YOU OUT OF YOUR MISERY!!!" Chouji screamed, rage and killer intent leaking like a waterfall. (What the hell!? He receives a fat insult, and all of a sudden, he's going Hulk!?) Link thought, before he used a Genjutsu to make him look like the Hulk. Everyone sweat dropped, except for Satoshi and Naruto, who were laughing their assess off. "You look the part now." Link said, and Satoshi and Naruto broke into even harder fits of laughter.
They would have continued laughing at the young Akimichi, but 2 decent pieces of Arena Gravel was thrown at the two laughing, and it hit them dead on the money, drawing blood and knocking them out. Hinata would have said something about Satoshi, but Tyson told her that he was fine.
And like he said, after about 5 minutes, he was up on his feet, the cut on his head gone. "Dude, what happened?" Satoshi asked. "Blow to the head." Tyson said. Satoshi gave a silent oh and shrugged. Naruto got up, in the same state as Satoshi. "Crazy, it feels like a piece of rock just smashed into my head." Naruto said. "It did, dobe." Sasuke said.
They both turned to look at the rest of the fight, only to see that Chouji was unconscious, Link wrapping his chains around his waist. "Winner, Link." Baki said. Satoshi and Naruto both groaned out loud. "I missed the rest of the fight!" Naruto said. He looked at the audience, and could see the amazement in their eyes.
"Hey Tyson, what did I miss?" Satoshi asked. "Dude, he may be stronger that Scar is. He pummeled Chouji like it was nothing." Tyson said. Satoshi sighed and took his seat. Link was already sitting with his friends and leader. Baki saw that everyone was calm, and activated the board. When it showed the next two fighters, Tyson and Kai knew the gods had pissed all in Satoshi's face.
Everyone went wide eyed when they saw the board read Hinata Musashi vs. Kankuro. Satoshi had the biggest O.O look anyone ever saw. (OH SHIT!!! IS THAT BOARD ACCURATE!?!?!?!) "If I had to guess Mew, then yeah." (THAT IS SERIOUSLY BAD THOUGH!!!) Like Satoshi said, it was bad. Everyone's eyes were on him, and Neji and the Hyuuga council were rolling off killer intent and intimidating images of torturing the poor lad. He looked behind him, and was feeling incredibly nervous.
"N-N-Neji, this is news to me, I swear." Satoshi, for the first time the Sun Fighters could remember, had stammered. "You may be engaged to my younger cousin, but now you have her adopting your last name!?" Neji asked with enough venom to match a Kusanagi Blade. "Neji, let's not do or say anything too rash…" Satoshi said, before Neji interrupted him.
"You should be more concerned about if you are even going to live to see TOMMOROW!" Neji screamed, his Byakugan activated, and ready. He then noticed 5 more Hyuugas making their way. They were old, but Satoshi knew they were strong. The one in the middle looked the oldest at 50, but the most powerful.
"Grandfather…" Neji said, looking away from the old man. (Great. Now the grandfather is…GRANDFATHER!?!? OH FUCKING HELL!!! THIS IS SOME COLLOSAL BULLSHIT!!!) "The gods have really pissed on you today." Satoshi mentally glared at his demon half, who got the hint and shut up. "So, this is the Satoshi Musashi that killed Hiashi Hyuuga? And now he weds a Hyuuga exile?" Satoshi could see the killing intent waving off of them. He knew they were pissed that he killed Hiashi, but they now had to deal with him being engaged to an exile.
"In all fairness, Hiashi is a bastard. Since she is an exile, you shouldn't have a problem with what she does." Satoshi said, a smirk on his face that instantly went away when he saw the glares he was receiving. He instantly shut up, and kept any comments to himself. He sighed and turned his attention to the fight. (Alright Hinata. Show them what you can do.)
Kankuro smirked at the hand he was dealt. "I get the little wallflower that's timid?" Kankuro said. Hinata smirked, and that caught his, and a lot of people's attention. "Don't worry. I'm more than a match for you." Hinata said. Begin was called, and Kankuro pulled off his thing wrapped in bandages to reveal Karasu. Hinata shrugged, and went into the basic Jyuuken stance.
"Hah, you need the Byakugan for that style." Kankuro said. "Really?" Hinata asked. Neji could swear that she had just taunted Kankuro. Kankuro used his chakra strings and had Karasu attack Hinata directly. She closed her eyes, and in a flash, was gone. Kankuro looked around confused, and felt a palm smack him in the chest. What made it really odd though, was that there was a small pulse that came from the attack, and a shockwave. He then flew backwards and hit the wall, HARD.
Visible body print, 4 foot dent, the whole damn shebang.
Kankuro jumped up, and had a surprised look, along with everyone except Satoshi. Kankuro stood up, and smirked. "Looks like I have to get serious. Karasu is going to need his friends." Kankuro said, pulling out a grey scroll. He then pressed the two kanji on the scroll, and two more puppets appeared. "Now, you get to face Karasu, Kuroari, and Sanshouo!" Kankuro said, enough chakra strings to control his 3 puppets. He was perched right on top of his lizard puppet, Sanshouo, while Karasu flanked his right and Kuroari was on his left. Hinata shrugged and got back into her stance. "Now it gets interesting." Hinata said to herself.
Kankuro jumped into the air, and Karasu and Sanshouo charged at the young girl. Kuroari merely dug itself underground and waited for the right time to trap his foe. Hinata dodged a few Kunai being shot by Karasu, and caught Sanshouo's tail when he tried to smack her with it. Hinata threw the tail aside, and began moving with speed that was unlike her, and blew Karasu into the wall.
She charged Kankuro, but got caught in Kuroari's body, which immobilized her. "Playtime is over. Black Secret Technique: Machine Shot One!" Kankuro said, making Karasu break into 8 different pieces, each one procuring a blade. The blades began to charge the trapped girl, and she then noticed the slots where the blades go. The blades pierced the slots, and she was skewered, or at least she looked skewered, until she turned into a log.
"Damn Body Substitution Jutsu!" Kankuro said, before he was standing across from 5 Hinatas. 3 charged at the Puppet Master, but he didn't do anything. (Hah, a Clone Jutsu. That won't work on…) Kankuro's thought didn't get to finish, as he was sucker punched right in the jaw. He looked stupefied. He thought only Naruto could do the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Well, he now met the next person to do the jutsu. Or so he thought.
Him, and everyone save Neji, Hinata, and the Sun Fighters, didn't know Satoshi could use the Shadow Clone Jutsu as well as Naruto, and has used a Mass Shadow Clone on a rare occasion. Naruto gave Satoshi a look, and he held an innocent expression. "What? All I did was show her how it works." Satoshi said. Naruto smirked, and he gave Satoshi a look. "You have more inside your mind then you feel like letting out, don't you?" Naruto asked. "I could ask you the same thing." Satoshi replied.
Kankuro wasn't faring well at all. Karasu was getting busted up, Kuroari was beaten to oblivion, and Sanshouo was cracked in various places. "Okay girly! You've pissed me off to the extreme. Now I use a new secret technique. Black Secret Technique: Combination of the Puppet King!" Kankuro screamed, his three puppets changing form. When they were done, it turned into a giant raccoon-like puppet.
"Is that…Shukaku?" Naruto asked. Satoshi and most other gave him weird look, and then it hit Satoshi like a bat. "That's Gaara's little friend, isn't it?" Satoshi asked. Naruto nodded, and Satoshi had a smirk on his face. (Hope I can get a crack at the Demon Raccoon!)
Too say that the giant Raccoon Puppet made a difference was a gross overstatement. The thing got beaten around like a cat playing with a mouse. The end result, a laughing Hinata, 3 puppets that were crying to be put out of their misery, and a Kankuro who was visibly crying.
He forfeited and went to pick up the scraps of wood he called his weapons. Everyone was stunned silent, including the Sun Fighters, save Satoshi. She had manhandled a giant Raccoon Puppet, toyed with it, and made Kankuro look like a Special Genin. (Not Special in a sense that he's strong. The other special. You know. Dee-Dee-Dee!) Hinata was announced the winner, and Hinata jumped to sit next to Satoshi.
"Satoshi! This makes you my brother in law!" Hanabi screamed, landing in Satoshi's lap. Sighing, the Cat Holder started rubbing Hanabi's head. "You're a pest, you know that?" Satoshi said. "Only when it's you, Nii-san!" Hanabi replied. He got used to the little girl referring to him as like a brother. This little show of brotherly affection earned him some death glares from the Hyuugas. He was sick of them, and decided to deal with them. He told Hanabi to stand real quickly. He turned to the Hyuugas, and glared at them, Tarogan activated.
"If you wish to glare at me some more, then we can kindly take a walk, and sort out our 'issues'!" Satoshi said coolly. The Hyuugas looked more than ready for a fight, before the Hokage stood in front of the two forces. "We are representing Konoha. No pointless fights while I'm here, GOT IT!!?" Tsunade asked, putting special emphasis on the last words. The Hyuugas all shuddered, but Satoshi held his ground.
"As much as I respect you seeing in this being a pointless fight, THEY STARTED IT!!!" Satoshi finished, his eyes white. "Yeah Baa-chan. They were provoking the fight!" Naruto backed Satoshi's words. Sadly, he also got a chance to taste rocks as he was in a crater for using his usual nickname for the Godaime.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Satoshi said, deactivating his Tarogan, clapping his hands, and holding a prayer for the young fox holder. "I don't know what you mean Satoshi. She might have just been on her time. It is possible, as young as she looks." "Don't be dumb. She has on a powerful Genjutsu to make her look young. As for why her tits are so big, that is beyond me." Jiraiya shrank into a corner, knowing they were treading very thin ice.
"You mean that she may be compensating?" That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Tsunade released enough killer intent to stun even Orochimaru, who was actually trembling in the corner, knowing his ex-teammates bad attitude. A very cold chill ran down Satoshi and Tyson's spines, as they turned around in time to see Tsunade punch Tyson into the wall, hard. Tyson jumped up, stunning everyone around. "Hey! Some old lady with a titty complex won't be knocking me around!" Tyson said, charging.
Tyson was right though. She didn't knock him around, she straight up pounded his ass into the ground, flung him around like a doll, and broke a lot of his bones. Oh, but she didn't forget Satoshi. She grabbed him by his throat, and proceeded to pummeling his stomach in. When she was done with him, his ribs were broken.
Scratch that, his ribs were shattered.
Hinata and Kasumi began the task of healing the battered duo. Surprisingly, Satoshi was 100 after a few minutes. Seeing as he will be fine, Hinata worked on Tyson along with Kasumi. The next match announced was Naruto Uzumaki vs. Lance. Lance pulled his Naginata out and proceeded to the arena. Naruto appeared out of nowhere, and had his usual foxy grin.
"You're unlucky to have to face me." Lance said. "Hah! Some Sound Nin isn't going to beat me!" Naruto screamed. "Boastful brat. No wonder Orochimaru-sama dislikes Konoha." Lance said. "No, he hates us because we can kick his scaly ass." Naruto replied. Begin was called, and Naruto charged. Lance began swinging his Naginata, and began swinging his spear around. After the 15th thrust, Naruto caught the lance, and broke the blade. He then punched Lance so hard, he bounced into the air, and was Rasenganed in the chest. He was wasted in a minute.
Satoshi was getting bored to death with these fights, so he left the arena and began wandering around. But for the Musashi Master, boredom wasn't what brought him to the Sand Plains. He was there to train, he knew if he wanted to defeat Kyuubi, or Shukaku, he would have to train harder. He sighed, and powered some chakra into his two fingers. He then pressed a seal on his wrist, and muttered "Times 5." He then felt like gravity pressed down on him. He knew it was his chakra forcing every cell in his body to feel weighted, but this type of training gave him the chakra capacity and speed he treasured and was proud of.
(Hey Gatto. What should I train for the next 2 hours?) "I suggest you do things like push ups. Makes you stronger, since your Gravity Weights are now active." Satoshi took his advice and began doing push ups, and when he felt like his body was use to the weight, he got onto his hands, and pushed like that.
After 2 hours, he could tell that the last fight was over, and he was beat. He Body Flicked back to the arena, and saw that Baki had summoned the winners. Satoshi jumped down. He was then followed by Tyson, Kasumi, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru, Neji, Scar, Link, Gaara, and Temari. "Okay, each of you will pull a number to determine who will fight who starting next week." Baki stated, pulling out a box with numbers. In this order, the numbers were drawn:
Satoshi: 1
Tyson: 12
Kasumi: 15
Kai: 3
Naruto: 6
Sasuke: 2
Sakura: 9
Hinata: 7
Ino: 11
Shikamaru: 5
Neji: 4
Scar: 14
Link: 13
Gaara: 10
Temari: 8
"Now, here are the Fights, starting next week!" Baki said, the results coming up on a board.
1 vs. 2: Satoshi Musashi vs. Sasuke Uchiha.
3 vs. 4: Kai Hikari vs. Neji Hyuuga.
5 vs. 6: Shikamaru Nara vs. Naruto Uzumaki.
7 vs. 8: Hinata Musashi vs. Temari
9 vs. 10: Sakura Haruno vs. Gaara
11 vs. 12: Ino Yamanaka vs. Tyson Kusanagi.
13 vs. 14 vs. 15: Link vs. Scar vs. Kasumi Aurion.
(Yes, I get first shot at that Hyuuga prodigy!) Kai thought to himself, smirking. Neji didn't say anything, but his thoughts were similar.
(Hope your ready Sasuke, I'm going to show you that your Curse Mark is a waste!) Satoshi thought to himself. Sasuke held his air of indifference.
(I get Naruto first!? That's way too troublesome!) Shikamaru thought to himself. (Shikamaru's going down!) Naruto thought to himself.
Sakura was crying in her mind. THIS IS BULLSHIT!!! GAARA WILL RIP ME APART!!!)Inner Sakura screamed mentally.
Tyson shrugged. (Hah! That Yamanaka girl has nothing but Mind Transfer and some wicked quick reflexes. She will be easy pickings!) Tyson then noticed that Ino was glaring at him. (Guess she must be having her period or something!) His obnoxiousness caused him to receive a blow to his head from a rock. He looked, and saw that Ino had thrown it at him.
(This will be fun!) Hinata and Temari thought at the same time, sparks flying from the intensity in their eyes.
(Scar and Link? That's rather bogus. I can't hope to stand up to both of them.) Kasumi thought glumly to herself. (No matter what, me and Scar have a job to do, as much as I would like nothing more than to enjoy this little tournament and become Jounin.) Link thought to himself.
When everyone was dismissed, they headed to the hotel. It was about 9:00 before Satoshi finally decided to call it a night. His friends and himself spent the last few hours playing Super Smash Brothers Melee on the Game cube in Tyson and Neji's room. When asked where they got it, they said while on a trip in America. Satoshi promised everyone he would tell the story in the morning. Tired, he wondered how a shower would feel.
Then out of nowhere, he was hit with a scent that was familiar, but wasn't at the same time. (Hey Gatto, this smell familiar?) "Hmm, the smell itself isn't anything I've ever smelt, but some other components in the scent are very familiar!" Satoshi was perplexed. He decided to forget about it, but then saw the door to the room him and Naruto bunked in start to open. He jumped to the ceiling, and used chakra in his feet to keep him on it.
After a few seconds, Temari came out the room, her hair wasn't in the ponytails that she always wore them in, and the scent of sweat coming off her body. Satoshi also noted that the scent came more forcefully once the door was opened. Putting two and two together, he then had a very silly looking smile. He knew what the scent was now. It was the scent of sex. He jumped from the ceiling, and opened the same door Temari left from. Just like he figured, Naruto was in the shower.
Satoshi threw on some flame boxers and took the bed that he could tell was still clean. Naruto came out of the shower, and went to the other bed. "Hey Naruto, the room smells different." Satoshi said. Naruto froze on the spot. "Did something happen?" "I have no idea what you mean." Naruto replied slowly. "Really? I can smell Temari's scent in the air." Satoshi said, knowing he was making Naruto nervous. He sat up, and smiled.
"Don't worry, Naruto. I won't tell anyone until your ready to tell them yourself." "You're a true friend Satoshi." Naruto said. They both then fell asleep, lost in their own dreams.
At about 11:00 in the morning, everyone was gathered in Satoshi and Naruto's room. "Wow, you all really wanted to hear about the first time we went to America!" Satoshi said. "I don't care. I didn't get to do much." Kasumi said, pouting. Satoshi and Tyson laughed at her dilemma, while Kai was smirking. "And Satoshi had to infiltrate that Girl's School!" Kai said, causing everyone to laugh. "Okay, now here's the tale!" Satoshi said, getting everyone's attention.
ShadowRonin: Yeah, I decided to bypass the last fights because I just couldn't write them well enough for my opinion. To replace the lost chaps, I decided to do a quick Side Story of when Satoshi was in America. So, hope you like it.
Next Chapter: Satoshi tells the story of his journey in America, along with him are Kasumi, Kai, Tyson, and his older brother, Koji Musashi. Can they survive the American turmoils? (Rethorical, I know seeing as this in their past) Find out on:
Chapter 20: Journeys in America! Part 1: The Village Hidden in the Streets!