Yo!!! The boys and girls start things off. Naruto and Blade start it off, and their opponents, Mika and Ino, or will their personal weaknesses cause them to lose horribly. Find out now!!

Chapter 11: Let the Battle Begin!! Exploiting the Blond Men's Weak Spots!!

Naruto smiled brightly, as Mika smiled back. "Hiya stranger! My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I plan on becoming the Hokage! Believe It!!!" Naruto said, and Mika nodded, smiling.

"That sounds like a big dream to shoot for, Naruto-kun." She said, and Naruto looked away, blushing a little. This girl didn't act mean or knock him in the head like most girls did. (Let's face it. Naruto is kind of easy to beat on.) She actually didn't make fun of his dream, and believed him from the get go.

"Thanks…" He said, and she smiled. (Yes!! His head is turned away!) Quickly fishing out a vial, she prepared to drop it in his ramen. "You know, you are the first one to not doubt my chance at being Hokage at the start. Usually everyone comments on how I'm a moron and can't get it done." Naruto said, and she halted her plan to listen.

"Guess I can't blame them though. Scoring at the bottom of the tests as a Genin would instill some doubt into people." Naruto said. "You were the dead last of your graduating class?" She asked, as Naruto smiled.

"Yeah. Everyehre I went, they talked about Sasuke. How he was the genius and the Rookie to beat. They only saw me as the class clown." Naruto said. "I see." She said, as she looked to Naruto with respect. "But that's in the past!! Now, I have the village's respect, and everyone sees me as a ninja, and not as a demon." Naruto said, and Mika looked at him confused.

"Demon? What do you mean?" She asked. She noticed Naruto averted his gaze, and went unnaturally silent. "It's a sore subject. All I'll say is that because of it, my life was rough." He said, and Mika smiled sadly. "I know what it's like to have a rough life." Mika said, and Naruto glanced at her.

"My parents died when I was a little child. They failed an important mission for Kumo, and they were shunned for it. Since they weren't alive, I took quite a bit of the brunt of the scorn." Mika said, and Naruto smiled sadly. "So, you know more about how it feels then I thought." Naruto said, before he smiled, and turned back to his ramen.

"But like I said! That's in the past!! For now, Ramen is on the brain!!!" Naruto said, as he began to slurp it down. He continued for a few seconds, before he began to slow down, and actually fell asleep. Mika looked at his sleeping form sadly, before she pulled a scroll, and began to write a message to him.

(Sorry Naruto-kun. But a battle is a battle. Hopefully you won't hold it against me.) She kissed him on the forehead, and walked away, after paying for her ramen. (To have the ability to smile and be happy after everything that has happened to you. If it hadn't been for this battle, would I have ever met someone as resilient as you, Naruto-kun?) She thought.

(Forest)

Blade knew he was screwed. Ino had come to him, and by the look on her face, she wanted the headband resting on his sheath. "How has your day been Blade?" Ino asked, which caused Blade to semi-glare at her.

"I know why you are here, Ino. You want my headband." Blade said, and Ino smirked a flirtatious smirk. Blade froze up at that, and Ino sauntered over to him. (Shit shit shit shit…) Blade chanted as Ino approached him. "Now, how about you just hand over the headband, and I can spare your pride?" Ino asked in a seductive voice, and Blade began to sweat crazily.

"Y-y-you couldn't beat me. Do your worse!!" His words sounded a hell of a lot more confident than he looked. And it all started when Ino wrapped her arms around his arm, and pressed herself to his chest. He could feel her breasts pressed on his arm, and his blush darkened considerably.

He knew Ino knew this, and he knew he was fighting an uphill battle he had no hope of winning. But the pride in him wouldn't let him lose so easily. "You sure you can't just hand it over? Not for little old me?" Ino asked. He didn't ask how, but she had managed to move her lips towards his ear when she asked without his knowledge. He shuddered, and she smirked.

"Or do I have to do something for it?" Blade felt like he was going to pass out, and he was losing his resolve quickly. "I'm willing to do anything. All you have to do is say so." She said seductively and quietly, and Blade almost lost his resolve. (Temptation is really close to taking me…sorry Raven. I tried, really I did. But she is just too tempting for me.) Blade thought to himself, before a thought ran right through his mind.

(She's…she's playing on my feelings! That is truly low…) Blade's hair covered his black eyes, as he sighed wistfully. "Shame. You playing on my hormones like that is real low, Ino." Blade muttered, as he looked to Ino.

"You won't beat me like that. I don't like having people toy with me." He then slid his arm from Ino, and turned to walk away, before his eyes widened. That was a stupid move for him to make. He turned, but it was too late. A well tossed kunai hacked his headband off, and Ino caught it and disappeared.

He looked towards where she was, and almost felt like crying. He had resisted, and he still lost, all because he forgot his headband was on his sheath, which is on his back. He then brought his head down, but couldn't help but smile. He saw the mild hurt on her eyes when he accused her of messing with him.

Ino fled from him, wit his headband in her hand. Her hair was covering her face as she fled. "You playing on my hormones like that is real low, Ino." "I don't like having people toy with me." For some reason, that left a really bad taste in Ino's mouth, and her chest felt like it hurt a little. She couldn't place what the pain was, but all she knew was that it related to the American Blademaster.

(Ramen Stand)

"Ng. What happened?" Naruto asked, as he looked around groggily. He scratched his head, and realized his headband was gone. "Damnit!! That girl!! She's on Sakura-chan's team!!" Naruto screamed, slamming his fists into the counter, which caused the scroll sitting on the table to fall off.

He looked down to it, and noticed his name was on it. He picked it up, and read it. As he finished, he had a Sasuke-like smirk on his face. "Figures. The one girls who had similar issues to me would be the one who would take my headband." Naruto said, but he was still smirking.

Since there was still time, he was sure he would run into her again. Then, he realized the severity of losing his band, and had clouds of dread over his head. Sasuke was never going to let him forget this.

ShadowRonin: So the girls take a quick lead of 2 to 0. But the boys aren't done yet. They won't be finished until Raven has declared himself defeated, and that won't happen until he's dead. So, watch and wait!!

Next Chapter: With the blond idiots defeated, the stoic geniuses take on their opponents. An old rivalry that will never die, and a stoic's mask slowly crumbles, as Neji faces Tenten, and Sasuke faces Hinata. Find out the end result on:

Chapter 12: Let the Battles Begin!! Stoic Assault!! Tin-Man Has a Heart!?!?