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Naruto's Next Generation
Chapter 5
Rivals
"Shadow Possession Shuriken Jutsu!" Shikachi pull out her trench knife and threw it at Sora's shadow.
"You should work on your aim." Sora said as she tried to raise her arms, her eyes widened in horror when she found out that she couldn't. "W-what's going on?"
"Maybe you should work on your observation skills?" the Nara teased.
"Ughh! I can't move my body! Daisuke help!" Sora shouted.
"Choju attack her!" Choju rolled in Sora's direction.
"Tickle Torture Jutsu!" Daisuke's eyes glowed pink. Choju broke out of the expansion jutsu and fell flat on his face. He rolled over and started laughing.
"Dammit!" the girl cursed.
"Sweet! Now get this knife!"
"I don't think so!" Shikachi yelled. She clapped her hands together "Shadow Strangle jutsu!" The shadow wrapped around Sora's body until a hand made its way to her neck.
"Daisuke!" Sora screamed. The shadow user wrapped another shadow hand around her mouth.
"Step any closer and I'll choke her!"
Daisuke froze. He slightly smirked, going unnoticed by everyone except Sora and Mai. He turned and started running away. Shikachi let out a breath of air.
"Run away! You loser!" the girl yelled. Suddenly, the caramel skinned boy turned around, a kunai in hand, and threw it at the Nara.
Shikachi panicked and ducked, breaking the hold on Saki. Daisuke ran up to the trench knife, pulled it out of the ground, and threw it into the bushes.
"Woo! Nice strategy!" Koukata shouted, now sitting on Inoyu's right.
Choju helped Shikachi up who was glaring at the brunet. "Shut up, dog-breath!"
"Fighting with your own teammate? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk." Daisuke smirked.
"He's not my teammate!" Shikachi barked throwing a kunai at Daisuke who easily dodged it.
"Now it's my turn!" Sora said forming some hand signs. "Fireball Jutsu!" she spit out a stream of fire forming a huge ball and sending it at Shikachi and Choju.
"Eight Trigrams: Palm Rotation!" Minato jumped in front of the fireball and spun, creating a flaming tornado. The flames, after a while, dispersed into the air, leaving the Hyuga sweaty. "Why are you two fighting?" Minato asked.
Shikachi growled. "Stay out of this, Minato. We can handle ourselves!"
"Yeah, for once, that stupid friend of yours is right!" Sora teased.
"Who you calling stupid!" the Nara yelled, tightening her fist. "Let me at her!" she screamed as Choju held her back.
"That's enough!" the group of kids went silent. "No one will be fighting... at least not until the Chunnin exams. If there is any more fighting, you will not participate in the Chunnin exams!"
"Under whose authority?" Daisuke asked.
"For those of you that are new to Konoha and for those of you who forgot, I am the Hokage's son!" Minoto started before he continued. "It would be a shame for any of you ninja to not compete after coming so far." He said slowly, almost insulting them with his tone.
"Damn…" Koukata whispered to Inoyu.
"I know, right?" he whispered back.
Mai stood up. "It's time to go. We've already wasted enough time" the girl turned away from the group and began to walk away. Daisuke followed. Sora glared daggers one last time at Shikachi.
"Can't wait to see you lose in the Chunnin exams!" Sora said before joining her group.
"Oh yeah!" Shikachi yelled. "We'll see who'll bite the dust next time!"
Once that group was gone, Shikachi stormed off to a nearby bench. Minato followed.
"What were you thinking fighting ninja from the Chunnin exams? You could mess up Konoha's reputation!" Minato said glaring at the girl. Shikachi turned her head and stared blankly at him like she was deep thought.
"Shikachi? Shikachi! Are you even listening?!"
Shikachi shook her head and faced the Hyuga again.
"I'm sorry w-what were you saying?" she asked, her face clueless.
Minato growled and rolled his eyes. "You see! This is the stuff I'm talking about!"
Shikachi stood up. "Whatever. I don't need this." she said walking off.
Minato sighed.
"Koukata and I will go after her." Inoyu said.
*FLASHBACK*
"Why did we have to go on vacation to this hot dust bowl?" a 10 year old Shikachi complained. Her father walked next to her. The two were walking to streets of Sunagakure.
"Your mother couldn't get off work, so we're coming here." the mono toned man said. "Life's a drag, ya know."
Shikachi sighed and clenched her fist. "Why do you keep saying stuff is a drag? I mean, that's all you say. This is a drag. Or how troublesome something is! Life can only be a drag if you make it a drag."
Shikimaru raised an eyebrow, smiling. "Where'd you get that from?"
"Koukata and Inoyu."
"Oh, your boyfriends, huh?"
"W-what!" Shikachi blushed. "Gross dad. We're just friends!" the girl growled kicking her dad in the shin. He stumbled back grabbing his abused shin.
"Where'd you learn to kick so hard?"
"I do it all the time to Koukata and Inoyu because they're so immature." the girl said.
"And you're not? How troublesome."
"DAD!"
"Fine I won't say it anymore."
"You're lying and there's no getting out of that one."
"Why is that?"
"Because old habits die hard or don't die at all. I got that one from Inoyu when he was talking about Koukata scratching his...er...never mind." the girl smiled.
"His... what?"
"Nothing forget about it."
"Shikachi...what aren't you telling me?"
"Nothing dad, just guy stuff?"
"But you're not a guy?"
"Yeah, but neither are you." the girl said before running off"
Shikamaru sighed, silently chuckling to himself when an image of Kiba and his manly dog ways popped into his head. His eyes went wide. "Wait! Shikachi!" he yelled running after the girl.
*FLASHBACK END*
Shikachi was walking downtown. "Who do they think they are!" she mumbled to herself. By time she had calmed down, she finally noticed she was in the abandoned and dangerous part of Konoha...ever since that incident five years ago.
The girl turned around and bumped into a man. She took a step back. "Watch it" she sneered.
The man raised an eyebrow. "You bumped into me, Missy!" he said.
Shikachi frowned. She could smell the liquor coming off his breath. "It's like three in the afternoon and you're already wasted? What a bum!" she said walking around the man.
He grabbed her arm in a tight firm grip. "Hey boys! We got some fresh meat!" he yelled. Three Men stepped out from behind an alley. Four more stepped out from doorless rooms. Two guys appeared on the roofs. One guy even popped up from a fly-infested dumpster.
Shikachi smirked and reached in her pouch to grab her trench knife to find it gone. Daisuke throwing her trusty weapon in the bushes played like a video in her head. She growled. "Damn Waterfall." she mumbled. She jumped back. 'There's not that many' she thought. 3+4+2+1=10. Not that many. She formed her hand signs. "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" she yelled. She caught all of them in the paralysis jutsu.
"Argh!" the head man said. "Damn Brat!"
"All bark and no bite." Shikachi teased. The man's fox-like grin made her follow his eyes. She turned her neck so she could see.
A man ran at her with a knife. Her eyes went wide before flinching and closing them.
"What a little kid." a feminine but familiar voice called. The sudden gust of wind made the Nara open her eyes. The man who had almost stabbed her was blown into a brick wall.
Shikachi looked up to the roof as the her jutsu broke and the others thugs running away. Three girls were standing up there. The sun made it hard to make out the details. One of the girls -probably the one who defeated that thug- throw something down that landed in the dirt.
Shikachi guessed it was a kunai by the sound it made but was shocked, seeing as it was a trench knife.
"H-how'd you get this?" Shikachi asked looking up at the darkened silhouette.
"You're such a kid...don't tell me you forgot who your own sister is?"
Shikachi gasped. "I-izumi?"
"In the flesh."
*FLASHBACK*
Shikachi ran into a dojo. She ran down the hall looking into the rooms. Once she had made it to the end of the hall she opened the last door which led to a small yard where two blondes were training.
The taller one was throwing kicks and punches every four beats. The younger girl was easily dodging them.
"Nice Izumi." the taller one said. Izumi, most likely the younger one who looked like she was 10, stopped and looked at Shikachi. The older woman, not expecting the younger one to stop, accidently kicked her daughter in the chest sending her flying into a wall.
Temari slightly chuckled as Izumi recovered from the unexpected blow.
"Nice mom."
"Oops. Didn't expect you to stop moving."
Shikachi burst out laughing. The woman looked over and smiled, walking over to the girl. "Shikachi!" she said picking up the kid. "How's my favorite dark haired daughter doing?"
Shikachi rolled her eyes. "I'm your only dark haired daughter."
Izumi walked over to the Nara. "Duh, you're such a kid."
"Like you're not!" Shikachi backfired.
Shikamaru stepped through the door. "Temari, Izumi. It's nice to see you again." Shikamaru kissed Temari and then ruffled Izumi's short blond hair.
"Kako says long distance relationships don't work most of the time" Izumi said.
Temari chuckled. "Where'd you hear that?"
"The paper."
"You know you can't trust everything you read, right?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yeah you can!" Shikachi shouted. "They wouldn't be nice if they lied!"
The three burst out laughing.
*FLASHBACK END*
"You were so naive back then." Izumi said jumping down from the building.
"You haven't changed." Shikachi said in a bewildered voice, taking in her appearance. She had shoulder length blonde hair, wore a white, sleeveless blouse with black lining, a short white skirt, and her black sandals. She had two small fans in her hands.
Shikachi looked around. "H-hey, where's Maara and um...Kako?"
"They went to go take care of your mess. So naive..."
"Really?" Shikachi asked. The two started walking towards where those thugs ran off.
To be honest, I wasn't so sure how I was going to introduce everyone. Then I thought...what better than to introduce them with the First Part of the exams, the written one! I want all the people whose characters are in the story to PM me on how they would cheat on the exams. Also, PM their most remembered child hood memory. It can range from sad, happy, angry, or just plain funny. I need a variety because I not trying to make this a depressing sob fest. If you've been on my profile, you'll know that I'm planning on making a Bingo Book with all enemies and characters. Please vote on my profile if you would like me to!
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