Yin and Yang
Chapter 9
"Ready, Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"Yup." Naruto said, his grip tightening on the rail. He sent a sideways look at Marou, who was speaking lowly to his teammates.
"Got a plan, Naruto?" Kiba asked as he came up. Naruto sent him a grin.
"You'll remember it well."
"U-um, Good luck Naruto!" Hinata said, her cheeks tinged.
"Thanks Hinata." Naruto gave her a hug. "And thanks for the food and tips."
"Y-your welcome..." Hinata blushed harder, as Naruto leapt into the ring as the Proctor announced the third fight.
"THIRD FIGHT FOR THE CHUUNIN EXAMS!! INUKA MAROU vs. UZUMAKI NARUTO!!"
Yells exploded from the stands as Naruto once again came face to face with a double team.
"You ready for this hot-shot?" Marou smirked. Naruto nodded.
"Born ready. Born ready to kick your butt and be Hokage." Atka snorted next to his companion.
"READY..." Marou and Naruto went into a fight stance, Atka crouched, his tail bristling up and rising into the air, his lips curling. "MATCH, BEGIN!!" The crowd roared as the three below shot into action.
Naruto was forced to make a hasty dodge from an attack from Atka, keeping his eyes out for Marou. He was there all right. Naruto summoned a Kage Bunshin and that rammed into him, pushing him out of the way of Marou's path. Marou landed as Atka came to his side, twirling a strange knife in his hand, Naruto gave the shimmering blade a wary glance as he backed away slowly, looking for an opening for an attack. The knife seemed to be made of light, so he could probobly manipulate it for great distances.
Naruto's assumption was right, as Marou swung, and the blade went out like a whip, and Naruto barely dodged.
"Hogake, you say? Gonna have to do better than that, kiddo!" Marou yelled, acompnied by a howl from Atka. Naruto snarled. Need some help, pup? The foxes voice filled Naruto's head, and he felt the chakra leaking in. Stay out of this, Kyuubi! Naruto snapped. He blocked out the foxes laughter in time to dodge an attack, his blue eyes darting around for a strategy.
"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto yelled. An allarming number of solid clones filled the stadium, causing a collective gasp from all but few. Marou twiled his knife, on the edge again now that he had so many Naruto's to face. The large group moved in at once, yelling at the top of their lungs.
Next to Sakura and Sai, Senji snorted. "Even a frontal attack with so many wont work on Marou, he's got one hellava nose."
"Yo, Cloud, don't underestimate Naruto, man. I made that same mistake once." Kiba said. Akamaru barked in agreement. Sakura nodded.
"We all did." She looked to a nodding Hinata. Everyone but you...
Down below, Marou was hacking though the clones easily. Once the last of the smoke cleared, there was no Naruto in sight.
"Atka!" Marou yelled, assuming a slightly crouched position. Atka ran up, howling.
"Oh no way!! He's using that Jutsu?!" Saiya and Senji yelled, leaning over the bars. Atka's howl was echoing now, like there was a whole pack of wolves instead of just one. Marou's hands were a blur of mevment, and Kakashi even had his sharingan revealed to catch the seals used and the speed.
"GUARDIAN SPIRT! WOLF SUMMON!" Maurou yelled, and with a burst of light, a glimmering clone seemed to walk from Marou and Atka each, and into their partners bodies.
"Thats like Akamaru and my Beast Human Bunshin, but a little different." Kiba said, also leaning in for a closer look.
Naruto exploded from the ground behind Marou, swinging with his leg outstretched, aiming for the ninja's head. Atka dodged unnesicarily to the right, and Marou moved to the left at the same time. Marou went into another set of seals while Naruto went into his own.
"PACK HUNT NO JUTSU!"
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" The pair yelled at once, and while 15 Naurto's filled the arena, Atka howled from behind him, Marou joining in.
"He's screwed." Senji muttered, leaning on the bars, a smirk plastered on his face.
"I thought we just told you not underestimate him." Neiji said from beside Hinata, who was one of the several regulars there to wrapped up in the match to care about much else, Lee one of them.
The ninja below had yet again begun to sign quickly. They released at the same instant, and the force of the jutsu's caused the ground between them to rip apart, and the jutsu's canceled eachother out. The jaws of the remaining Coluds dropped. Sakura just giggled and turned back to the match.
It was pretty intense now, it seemed the whole stadium was at the edge of their seats, waiting to see what would happen next. Naruto kept a wary eye on his opponent, knowing he worked by making his opponent panic, and they had just created the perfect enviornemnt for the pack hunt jutsu to work out splendidly. He reached into his weapons pouch, drawing several Shuriken. Marou crouched, and Naruto froze. At the slightest movement from the wolf, Naruto sent the little stars flying in the direction of the pair, who vanished quickly into the maze. Naruto hesitated for a moment, formulating a plan, then he was in, knowing everyone had just stood up, trying to see into the maze.
Inside, Naruto could feel the two weaving around him, waiting for the chance to strike, closing in, truly hunting him. He forced himself to remain calm, glad the fox had gone to sleep. Atka slipped by quite close, causing Naruto to lean up against a pillar, even know he knew the wolf knew his location. Hopeless... The thought ran through Naruto's head, but he shook it to clear it out. He hadn't come this far to fail. He wasn't going to loose to a Cloud ninja and his wolf.
Howls erupted around him, and Naruto jumped, leaving behind a small crater from the force of the chakra he'd used. In the air, he created a clone to help him with the Rasengan, which he promptly flung into the face of Marou, who had seemed bent on following him. Again, Atka activated the strange connection made earlier to bring his companion out of harms way, so now another crater graced the feild. This time, boulders went flying about the feild was well. He could hear his comrades cheers, and used that to fuel him to launch into a fist fight, short, but forceful enough to send Marou several yards away, and for Naruto to gain a bite from Atka.
With the help of a few clones, Naruto was able to get the wolves grip to loosen enough to wiggle his arm free, but he had to hightail it out of the area because Marou had regained his feet and was charging in. Naruto leapt behind a boulder, holding his arm. Shit... better come up with a good strategy now, if i could get the two seprate, like I did with Kiba, then I'd be in the clear, but i don't think i have enought chakra to hold that wolf still, he's a good deal more powerful than Akamaru already... Naruto swore violently in his head and closed his eyes. He needed to do something quick, or he was done for...
"What the hell is going on? Whats Naruto doing?" Kiba growled in frustration. Sakura was leaning out now as well, and Hinata was touching her lip again.
"He's coming up with something reckless, knowing Naruto." Sakura said, she knew how the young mans mind worked so well it scared her.
Kakashi looked at the boulder that Naruto had hidden behind, seeing the yellow glow of his chakra. It was a little low, but it was burning higher, soon it equaled more than he'd gone into the fight with and it was still growing. The jouninn tensed, and both eyes went wide as something incredible happened.
"What the hell..."
"What sensei?" Sakura asked. Akamaru was whining, and Kiba was getting nervous. Others who were sensitive to chakra were getting fidgety as well. Up above, Gaara stood slowly, his teal eyes narrowing. The girls stood as well, leaning as far over the bars as they could. Marou and Atka were taking extreme caution, while Mauja began to growl, and Miki was cowering under Senji's feet.
"Kakashi, what happened? is something wrong?" Sakura asked. Hinata was shaking, her knuckles white against the bar. She and Neji had both activated their byakugan.
"N-Naruto's chakra had increased dramatically..." Kakashi muttered.
"It's turned orange." Hinata said.
