Steve: And here we go! The first chapter of the finals!
Yui: Finally! So we're gong to see Naruto give Neji a epic beat down?
Steve: Yup! And one that I hope that all the readers will enjoy.
Hinata: As long as Neji-nii-san isn't hurt too badly Steve-san.
Pen-pen: A wark waar war ark waark wa wark warrk wark waarrk. (I don't know why you worry so much about that prick Hinata.)
Hinata: He's still family Pen-pen-san, no matter what he says or does.
Yui: Your a better person then me Hinata. Look what I did to my prick of a husband: I bit his head off Ozzy-style.
Hinata: ... (Turns slightly green) Thanks... for telling me that...
Steve: Um... Yeah, what she said... Anyways, Pen-pen? Hinata? Disclaimer please?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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Looking around the stadium where the finals are being held, Sakura can't help but hold back a gulp. 'Look at all those people… there must be hundreds if not thousands…' Inner-Sakura nods her self with some nervousness.
'Yeah… tell me about it.' Throwing off the nervousness, she pumps her hand into the air. 'But no matter what we're going to win! Shannaro!' Sakura just smiles slightly before wondering where Harry and Naruto are. Inner-Sakura just grins at this. 'Where else? Probably getting ready to make a hell of a entrance knowing them.' Sakura just shakes her head while looking down at herself.
'At least we got our own dragon-hide vests now.' Inner-Sakura nods as the two examine the red, scaly vest which has their clan symbol on the back as well as the rest of their clothes (Sakura's wearing the clothes she did in "Stone of Geliel.") before nodding.
'Shannaro! And we're fucking hot to boot!' Sakura's about to say something when she notices the sky darken with storm clouds making her smirk as she shakes her head. Inner-Sakura just grins as she rubs her hands together. 'Excellent! It's show time!' By this point the wind whips up causing some of the competitors and the audience to shield their faces from flying dust as the clouds above them start to spit lighting which hits two spots on the field. After a few moments, the lighting stops as two large black "Shadows" appear. Sakura's smirk widens into a grin as she watches.
'Oh… Yeah, talk about an entrance to write home about!' As she watches, two large "Skeletons" one with a dog's skull on it, and the other with a fox's skull rise from the darkness. Once their torso's are out of the shadows the rib cages open to reveal a coffin in each one which is then pushed up and out by skeleton arms. Suddenly the lids blow off revealing Harry and Naruto inside them with their eyes closed when they also rise from within the caskets when both their eyes and arms fly open as Harry begins to speak as the two step onto the ground.
"We are the gods of Hellfire…" Naruto now speaks.
"And we bring you…" And as one the two finish in a demoniac voice as massive blue and green flames erupt from behind them.
"DEATH!" More then a few people lean back as up the Kage Booth, Sarutobi smiles while shaking his head from side to side before looking at the Kazekage, who's staring at them stunned.
'I should have expected them to pull something like this. They just couldn't resist with all these people here…' Looking at the Kazekage, who's still staring at the two, he nearly cracks up. "And now you know why they're called the most surprising ninja of Konoha Kazekage-sama." He just nods, still speechless. Meanwhile, Kiba's up in the audience laughing his head off along with Raven (who's sitting in his lap) as he points down at Naruto and Harry.
"Shit you two! Now THAT'S what I call a fucking ENTRANCE!" Ino nods beside him while giggling at how Asuma's cigarette has dropped from his mouth as well as how Choji has dropped his chips.
"Tell me about it!" Down on the field, both Harry and Naruto walk towards the rest of the contestants as they several stare at them in disbelief. They walk by Shikamaru who just sighs and shakes his head.
"You two are so troublesome, you know that right?" They just grin and nod making him sigh. "Troublesome." Genma just shakes his head as he puts a new senbon into his mouth (having dropped the one he had before during the Uzumaki-Potter's entrance).
'Those two…' He looks around and smirks as he can see various people whisper to each other. 'The finals haven't even begun and already we've had one hell of a show.' Clearing his throat, he gains the attention of the contestants. "Look around guys. They're all here to see you." He barely suppresses a grin as he sees the various genin stare around them as the crowd cheers. "Now, due to some… unforeseen events, we've had some changes as Uzumaki-Potter Harry's opponent is now unable to show up, so he advances to the next round. I ask that all contestants other then Uzumaki-Potter Naruto and Hyuuga Neji leave." They do so, but not before Sakura gives Naruto a good luck kiss (which doesn't bother anyone as Ino's gossip ring has already spread around that Harry and Naruto are under the CRA as well as the fact that he and Sakura are an item now). As the match begins, Neji sneers at Naruto.
"You seem to want to say something loser." Naruto just growls as he holds out his fist.
"Yeah, just that I'm going to kick your ass teme for what you did to Hinata-chan." Neji just snarls as Naruto, without making a hand seal, creates twenty Kage Bushin that charge in to engage Neji in taijutsu. Neji snorts before he starts taking them out with Jyuuken strikes before he rushes at one Naruto in the back who hasn't moved at all.
"There! You're the real one since you haven't moved!" He hits Naruto in the chest with a strike only for it to disappear in a puff of smoke. "What!" He doesn't have time to react as Naruto appears behind him with a small pop and smashes his elbow into Neji's skull, sending him flying. Grunting, Neji gets up as he shakes his head to get rid of the ringing in his skull. Up in the stands Hiashi nods his head before he turns to Hanabi.
"This is a battle you should pay attention to Hanabi. The Hyuuga blood flows stronger in Neji then in anyone. He's also far better at Jyuuken then either you or Hinata." Hanabi's eyes widen as she looks down in amazement and winces as Neji gets a strike in on Naruto's shoulder, though he takes a punch to the throat to do so.
"Really Chichiue? Even better then me or Onee-sama?" Hiashi nods to both making her eyes widen even farther. "Sugoi… But wait, does that mean that you think that Naruto-kun could lose?" Hiashi actually shrugs at the question.
"Truthfully, I don't know. I personally think it's too close to accurately call since the two are evenly matched." He raises an eyebrow as Naruto creates another hoard of Kage Bushin and has them leap into the air. "Now what are you doing…?" Neji watches as the each member of the group pulls out several kunai and throws them at him before doing several handsigns.
"Kage Kunai no jutsu! Arashi no Kunai! (Shadow Kunai technique! Storm of kunai!)" Neji's (as well as everyone else's) eyes widen as the few hundred kunai turns into a storm of thousands. Gritting his teeth, Neji starts to spin as the Kunai get closer before s glowing dome surrounds him.
"KAITEN!" As the kunai hit the shield, the copies poof into smoke while the originals are flung back into the Kage Bushin, destroying them. Grunting, Naruto yanks a kunai from his shoulder before turning to face Neji… who's now in front of him. "You're now in the range of my Divination! One strike! Two Strike! Four Strike! Eight strike! Sixteen strike! Thirty-two strike! Sixty-four strike! One-twenty-eight strike!" As he finishes his attack, Naruto falls to the ground before he glares at the smirking Neji… right before he starts to laugh. "What's so funny loser? See how useless it is to fight against fate?" Naruto just keeps laughing for a few moments before grinning at the enraged Neji.
"Actually, you are. I've now forced you to reveal two of your trump cards and guess what? This whole time you've been fighting me… and I'm not even the real Naruto!" Neji's face is priceless as "Naruto" Disappears in a puff of smoke that clears to reveal a paper cut-out of a person with the Kanji for Naruto's name on it. Hearing a laugh, he turns to see Naruto materializing in front of a wall in a shimmer.
"Man… You should see your face!" Seeing the looks directed to him, Naruto just laughs again. "It really was smart of me to create that Shikigami back when the match started and switch myself with it. It did it's purpose in letting me see your trump cards without you realizing that it wasn't even the real me! And, unlike you, I haven't even revealed my trump cards yet!" Neji just snarls at him.
"Oh? You think you're smart huh loser? Well, let me tell you about the Hyuuga tale of hatred!" And with that, he takes off his Hitai-ate showing the Caged Bird seal to the world before he starts spinning his tale. Once he's finished, he notices Naruto looking at him with a bored look.
"Is that all? I already knew about the Caged Bird seal from Hiashi-sama." Neji's next words cause Naruto's face to go blank.
"And what would you know about being branded with a seal that ruins your life! Nothing!" Naruto just looks at him with such a frosty look that Neji actually shivers as the temperature seems to drop.
"I'm afraid that I do." Neji just calls him a liar before Naruto points at the crowd making several flinch. "Actually I do. You see a lot of those people see me as something I'm not because of a seal that was put on me at birth. Because of that seal, I've been mistreated, spat on, and beaten among other things because they can't see me for what I am: Uzumaki-Potter Naruto." Neji just looks at him stunned. 'No offence Kyubi-chan. Part of me is actually glad for it since otherwise I might not have ever met you.' She sniffles a bit before answering.
'I know that Naruto-kun. I feel the same way. I just wish you didn't have to go through everything that you did.' Suddenly a bloodthirsty grin appears on her face. 'Kick his ass for what he did to Hinata-chan!' Naruto nods with a similar grin appearing on his face making Neji shiver before he shakes his head and glares at Naruto.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter. It's your fate to lose as it is mine to win and be forever bound to the destiny of hatred that is the Hyuuga clan's way of life." Naruto just snorts and tells him that he can't lose since he's going to become Hokage making Neji snort in derision. "You? Hokage? Don't make me laugh. Only those born to the fate of becoming Hokage can become one and those are few. It is your fate to lose here and nothing else." Naruto just shakes his head.
"You poor misguided, deluded fool. Destiny… Fate… these words are for many things. Yes, we all have the same fate and that is death. Other then that, our own actions create and shape our fate, nothing else. Some may have a destiny, such as stopping a great evil for example, but that doesn't mean that they're bound to that fate. Let me ask you something Neji: If not even the kami's know what fate and destiny have in store, then how could you, a mere mortal, possibly know? You can't. All fates and destinies are enshrouded in the fog of time and are changed with every action you take. Besides, I look at them as more guidelines then actual facts." Naruto grins as with a wordless shout of rage, Neji charges at him. 'Guess I'll be testing that jutsu out sooner then I thought…' Making several handsigns, a shimmering aura (which looks like heat coming from a road) surrounds him moments before Neji strikes at him
"JUST DIE! ARRGHHH!" Neji pulls back his hands, which have been burned red and raw from contact with the aura. "WHAT THE HELL!" Naruto just throws his head back and laughs before looking back at Neji cradling his hands.
"Surprised? I guess I don't need to ask if you like my Kankangakugaku (Heated) Aura no jutsu. I actually based it off the Kaiten. You see what I do is release heated Katon chakra from my tenketsus and swirl it around my body, it's hot enough that anyone but myself who touches it will get burned. I started creating it when I found out I was facing you hence why it's designed to defend and injure taijutsu specialists like you. So Neji, how are you going to get close to me now without being burned? Oh, and by the way…" Naruto disappears before reappearing and punching Neji, making him scream as the area where the punch connected gets burned. "It's also effective in an offensive capability since it'll cause secondary damage when used with taijutsu." Up in the stands, Konatsu whistles as he watches as Neji screams again from another hit.
"Impressive." Beside him Izumo nods at his old friend's statement.
"Yup. Not only did the kid use manage to make his opponent use up two trump cards without putting himself in the field of fire, but he also came up with a defence against Jyuuken. Seems like we may just have our first candidate." They both wince as Neji uses another Kaiten to knock Naruto away, only for him to summon a bunch of Kage Bushin to attack him forcing him to use it again. After doing it a second time, Izumo grins. "I get what he's doing now. Those Kage Bushin don't cost him much compared to how much chakra Neji uses every time he uses the Kaiten. Huh? What's he doing now?" Down on the field, Naruto holds his hand as it starts to glow with heat as the rest of the aura around him is sucked into a glowing, red orb that just touches his knuckles.
"Time for yet another technique Neji!" He starts rushing towards Neji who starts another Kaiten. "That won't help you here! BURSTER BOMB!" As soon as the orb hits the spinning dome it explodes into a fireball sending a scorched Neji out of it. Getting back on his feet, the burned Hyuuga doesn't have time to do anything when something comes flying out of the smoke and lands in front of him followed by Naruto who has his hand in a familiar seal to those that knows the Nara's. As he lands, his shadow meets Neji's and Neji tries to rush him only to find that he can no longer move. Naruto just smirks before he says his next words, knowing what kind of impact they're going to have. "Kage mane no jutsu: Success." All's quiet for several seconds when a voice make itself known.
"WHAT! THERE'S NO FUCKING WAY YOU CAN KNOW, LET ALONE DO, THAT JUSTU! THERE'S NONE!" All eyes (except Neji's and Naruto's) turn to see a freaking out Nara Shikamaru who's just barely held back by Shino from charging into the field. Ino and Choji as well as those that are familiar with the Nara are also speechless. Finally, Naruto laughs.
"Just kidding! Merlin, you should see you face Shika!" With those words, he walks to the side and his shadow moves with him until it's out of Neji's. Seeing the shocked looks, he points to a kunai with a talisman hanging from it. "Technically, it's still a Kage Mane no jutsu, except it's a magical version that needs a knife with an attached talisman. Aren't you glad that magic can copy some clan techniques?" Shikamaru's continued swearing makes him smirk. "My, my Shika! Do you kiss your Okaa-san with that mouth?" Shaking his head, Naruto turns to look at the suddenly nervous Neji. "Now for you…" Chanting a little, a dragon head made of darkness rises from Naruto's shadow. It then moves over to Neji's before it bites his shadow's arm making him scream as that arm starts bleeding in real life. "I'm sorry… did that hurt? This spell is known as Disfang and it summons a dragon from the plane of shadows with my own acting as a portal. If it bites part of your's, you'll suffer at that part of your body as if it bit you." Naruto's eyebrow rises as Neji let's out a burst of chakra. 'Now what are you planning…' Neji's face goes red as he starts focusing his chakra.
'Just… a… little more…' Concentrating most of what's left of his chakra, he lets it out in a burst that has just enough force to knock over the kunai pinning his shadow, and not leaving Naruto any time to react, throws out a kunai with an explosive tag attached to it which explodes in Naruto's face. Watching where Naruto was, he sighs in relief as the smoke and dust clears to reveal a badly injured Naruto at the bottom of the crater. Smirking, he stumbles over and looks down at Naruto. "See loser? I told you that it was your fate to lose…" His eyebrow rises when Naruto sticks up his middle finger at him, only for a shocked look to come over his face as the ground beneath him cracks and Naruto jumps out at him and lands a devastating uppercut to him, knocking him into the air for several feet before he hit's the ground, hard. Looking up at the singed Naruto, Neji groans. "H… How?" In answer, Naruto jerks his thumb at the one in the crater which poofs into smoke to show that there was a hole beneath him. "Kage Bushin…" Naruto just grins.
"Don't you just love magical shield charms? You actually thought that the Kage Bushin was me, meanwhile I dug a tunnel under you before landing a punch on you. Fuck… I love it when a plan comes together." he looks at Neji seriously. "Hey Neji want to know something? I failed two genin exams before passing. Want to know why? It was because there was a jutsu for the test. One that I could never do. Want to know which one?" Seeing that Neji's got his full attention on him. Naruto raises one finger. "Bushin no jutsu. No matter what I did, I always failed at it. Don't let your past rule your present. Because your not a loser like me." Nodding at the words, Genma raises his hand.
"Uzumaki-Potter Naruto winner of first match!" The crowd goes wild as Naruto looks on in amazement as a single tear makes it's way down his cheek before he starts to jump around in joy. Shaking his head, Genma chuckles before looking at Neji. "They say even a caged bird can free if it pecks at the cage long enough gaki…" Neji just watches a bird flying above him before he smiles. Without turning to look at him as he passes, Naruto says something to him.
"Don't worry. One day the Caged Bird seal will no longer be used. With Hinata-chan's help, I'll abolish it once I become Hokage." Neji just stares at him in amazement as he's carried off by Medic-nin. Seeing this, Hiashi nods before looking up at the sky.
'It's time that he knew the truth nii-san…' He looks down at where Hanabi is still staring at the field before he looks at the Hyuuga in the seats around them and nods. 'It's safe to do so if I hurry back. The Elders won't dare try something in this crowd.' Telling Hanabi that he'll be back, he walks off to have a talk with Neji that was a long time in coming while fingering the scroll in his pocket. (Hiashi's talk is the same as in canon as is the buzz around Sasuke not showing up). Sighing at how the rules are being bent for the last Uchiha, Genma sighs while looking up at the crowd.
"Your attention please! The match between Uchiha Sasuke and Subaku no Gaara is postponed till later. Will Haruno Sakura and Momochi Haku please come down to the field?" Up in the contestant gallery, Sakura scowls.
"What the hell? If that was one of us, we'd have been disqualified." Feeling Naruto wrap his arms around her waist, she blushes as he nuzzles her neck.
"Calm down Sakura-chan. It doesn't matter in the end since all this means is that you get a chance to show what you got." Smiling, Sakura turns around and faces him.
"Hey Naruto? Think that you can give me a good luck kiss?" Naruto just grins before giving her one that makes her knees weak. "Wow!" Still dazed, she starts to walk away only to yelp as Naruto gives her butt a whack. "Naruto!" He just gives her a self-satisfied smirk as she mock glares at him before she shakes her head in amusement and continues to the stairs. Reaching them, she smirks at a happy Haku. "You got a good luck kiss from Harry as well Haku?" Haku just nods slowly.
"Yeah…" Glancing at the girl beside her, Haku gives her own smirk. "I see that you got one yourself." Sakura shrugs as they both step onto the field, only for both to sweatdrop at what they're hearing as up in the stands Sakura's mom starts shouting.
"Kick that little bitch's ass all around the arena Sakura-chan! Beat her into the ground!" Beside her and at the same time, Haku's mother starts shouting.
"Haku-chan! Knock that pink-haired mutt out! Stain the ground with her blood as you utterly destroy her!" As one, both parents turn to the other and growl with lighting shooting from their eyes. Zabuza (who's sitting in between them) hangs his head as he shakes it from side to side right before the two leap at each other. Meanwhile, Sakura looks at Haku.
"We don't know them, got it?" Haku slowly nods in agreement as nin get between both mothers and pull them off each other before Haku and Sakura look at Genma who starts the match. Smiling, Sakura holds out her hand. "May the best one win." Haku nods and shakes her hand making Genma smile. Leaping away from each other, they spend several seconds watching the other while they pull out their blades. "Well, lets do this!" Rushing in, the two exchange blows with Sakura's coming in with strong cleaves and jousts, while Haku's quickly counters with slices and jabs. Eventually both girls stop as Haku jumps to the side while rushing through hand seals.
"Suiton! Suiryuudan no jutsu!" As the dragon made from water rushes from the tunnel Naruto made in his match, Sakura rushes through handsigns of her own.
"Doton! Doryuheki no jutsu!" As the wall rises from the mud she's spitting out, Sakura starts concentrating chakra into her fist and legs. The Dragon smashes into the wall only for Sakura to appear out of the debris cloud and start running along the dragon's back making several eyebrows raise. Genma looks on in amazement as Sakura reaches the stunned Haku and slugs her, sending her flying.
'Incredible… the sheer control needed for such a feat is astronomical…' Getting up, Haku vanishes and reappears behind Sakura before she hits her with the hilt of her sword in the head making her fall.
'Heh, got…' "SHIT!" Sakura vanishes and is replaced by a log with an exploding tag on it which blows up… making Haku fall apart in a splash of water. From where she is in the trees, Sakura nods.
"Mizu Bushin no jutsu… Impressive. I wonder where she is now?" She stiffens as she feels warm breath on her neck.
"Right behind you, where else?" Sakura manages to whip around only to get hit in the face by Haku's fist knocking her out of the tree. Rolling around, she pulls several shuriken out of her holster and throws them at Haku. Leaping up, Haku's eyes widen just as she notices the seals on the shuriken moments before they explode. Getting up, Haku looks at her scorched Kimono. "Kuso… Your playing for keeps, eh Sakura?" The kunoichi in question just shrugs with a grin on her face.
"Yup! Are you?" Haku just shakes her head and laughs.
"I wasn't before, but I am now." Making several handsigns, Haku grins as a mist appears out of no where. "Now you see me…" The mist thickens until Haku is no longer visible. "… And now you don't. Are you ready to lose Sakura? I'm no longer going easy on you…" Sakura just snorts as she brings her Hitai-ate down and covers her eyes as her ears become pointed.
"Good. I'm not going to hold back any longer myself… NOW READY YOURSELF!" All that's heard is steel clashing on steel as well as grunts and shouts as various people try to see into the mist. Finally it clears to reveal a scratched and beaten Haku and Sakura. Making some handsigns, Haku summons a number of Mizu Bushin which rush towards Sakura. Grinning, Sakura leans forwards as she channels chakra into her legs and feet. "Nice try Haku! Shunpo!" Vanishing, Sakura appears behind the bushin, which collapse into water as she pulls her Hitai-ate away from her eyes. Haku blinks at this before she grins.
"Ohhh! Nice! Mind if I ask later how you did it?" Sakura just shrugs making Haku chuckle before she calls forth her newest jutsu. "Hyoton! Bear Tsume no jutsu!" Sakura's eyes widen as massive six-inch claws made from ice grow from Haku's finger tips before growing her own claws out. Rushing towards each other, both Kunoichi open even more injuries on each other as their claws scratch and cut each other. Leaping away, Sakura winces seeing the blood run down her arm before licking it up and smiling, creeping out more then a few people.
"Heh!, I'm starting to enjoy this." Performing another jutsu, Sakura sinks into the ground making Haku swear.
"Fuck! I have no idea where she is… Looks like the high road for me!" Creating several ice mirrors around the battleground, she leaps into one just as Sakura's hand swipes at where her ankle was a second earlier. What follows is a game of cat and mouse as the two snipe at each other until finally, Sakura leaps from the ground and throws several kunai with bags attached to them into the cluster of mirrors. Haku just watches in puzzlement from the mirror she's in as they hit releasing several small squares of paper before her eyes widen as she realizes what they are just as Sakura throws another kunai, this time with a lit exploding note, into the cloud.
"Sakura Fubuki no jutsu!" As the group of exploding notes detonate, Haku leaps from her mirror but doesn't quite make it as she's flung like a rag doll by the force of the blast. Hitting the ground in a roll, she has just enough time to flip over Sakura's punch that creates a small five foot crater where it hit. Noticing the stunned look on Haku's face, Sakura laughs. "Like it? I read several books about Tsunade-sama's strength technique and based this bastardized version off what I read…. Granted, it won't be as effective as one of her own but I think it should do the job nicely… Right Haku?" Haku just shivers as she realizes that things have just become that more dangerous. Genma's just staring on in shock as are others at what they're seeing.
'What the hell Kakashi! You ran off to train the Uchiha and two of the three students you've abandoned have already proved to be powerhouses in their own right! What the hell were you thinking?! Were you even thinking?' Looking around, he notices looks of pride on those Kunoichi watching the fight. 'Well, looks like you two already got respect from the older generation of kunoichi. Let's just see how much farther you can go, shall we?' Genma winches as Sakura gets hit by several senbon and Haku is knocked for a loop. After a bit more the two are tired and panting while thinking the same thing.
'This last attack will decide the whole match…' Sakura runs towards Haku with her fist glowing, while Haku is also running towards Sakura with her arm encased with a swirling mist of ice crystals. The two throw their punches at exactly the same time. "GO TO HELL!/ IT'S OVER!" Their fists hit causing an explosion. As the dust settles, it reveals the two laying side by side, still conscious, but unable to move due to chakra exhaustion. Waiting for a few seconds, Genma shakes his head as the two just lay there.
"Both opponents are unable to battle! As the proctor, I hereby call a tie!" The stadium erupts into cheers for the two as they look at each other as their helped up by their respective (and proud) boyfriends. Sakura nods at Haku, who nods back as they reach forwards and shake hands making the cheers increase as the two stumble off the arena and up the stairs. 'If those two are the future of Kunoichi, then it's looking bright indeed…
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Getting more then slightly annoyed at the tardiness of the last Uchiha, Genma is about to call it as automatic win by Gaara when Neko appears beside him and whispers something into his ear making him look at her pissed as he whispers back. "What the hell Yugao! He's so late now I'm going to disqualify him. What the hell could posses the Hokage to postpone it again!" Yugao sighs a little bit.
"Why else? The Elders just sent him a message to do so with several signatures from prominent civilian council members. And thanks to those blasted laws the Civilian Council created after the Kyubi attack the Hokage can't deny them if it could effect the economics of the village. But look on the bright side, there's no way in hell that the damn councillors could get him promoted now, not with the annoyed looks on several Daimyos are sporting." Genma just scowls at the blatant favouritism. After postponing it again, he looks at Yugao with a smirk.
"I suppose the first match of the second round is to be used in place?" You could just see the grin on Yugao's face through her mask as she nods.
"Yup! Harry will get his chance to shine now…" She trails off as she looks to where Harry is with an air of sadness around her. Calling them down, Genma looks at Yugao.
"You tell him yet?" She shakes her head making him scowl. "Why the hell not! He deserves to know what the damned Civilians on the council as well as the Elders pulled last week while us ninja were preparing our counter attack plans." She looks to see him reach the ground and sighs.
"Because I don't know if either of us will live through this Genma… and if either us doesn't make it, I'd rather it never come out and ruin the other emotionally… and if we do live through this, then I'll tell him. Is that okay?" Genma just nods before turning to the two genin as they reach him while behind him, Yugao vanishes in puff of smoke. Looking to where she was, Harry raises an eyebrow at how she didn't even say hi.
'Wonder what that was all about…' Shaking his head, Harry faces his opponent, Naruto. "So… Guess this is it nii-san. We'll finally get to fight each other outside spars." Naruto nods with a foxy grin.
"Yeah… And I'm getting kind of excited." Harry just laughs and agrees. Naruto turns to look at Genma with a serious look. "As soon as you start the match, get the hell out of here. Neither me or nii-san are going to watch out for collateral damage." Nodding, Genma starts the match before teleporting to where the other genin are waiting. Turning, Naruto bows at Harry, who does the same thing. Up in the audience, Kurenai cocks her head to the side at the stance they're taking.
"What's with that stance? And why are they raising a single finger each?" Hinata looks at her before turning back to the match.
"It's because first they're going to test each other in a wizards duel…" At that moment both Harry and Naruto start shooting spells at each other.
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Hinata: Um... I GUESS you didn't hurt him too badly...
Steve: See? I told you that I could do it.
Yui: Not bad... could of used some more blood and pain for him.
Hinata: YUI-SAN!
Yui: What? It's true!
Pen-pen: A waark wark war. (I agree with her.)
Hinata: (Groans) Not you too.
Yui: Anyways, won't Shikamaru and the rest of the Nara clan be pissed at Naruto for using a spell like their Kagemane no jutsu? I would imagine that they would be.
Steve: There will be consiquences of course... but those will come in later.
Yui: Of course.
Steve: Well... onto the next chapter!
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