I know I know its been awhile since I have updated and Im sorry. I got side tracked a lot but Im back now and that's what matters. Get ready for a lot of battles.
Chuunin Areana
The battle between Neji and Temari lasted forever. Neither of them could land a hit for a long time. Neji ran at Temari. "Fool! Do you really think you can reach me?" Temari said as she swung her giant fan again. The cyclone of wind caught Neji and he flew back. *Dammit, I'v got to get to her somehow.*
Naruto watched the ongoing battle. *At this rate Neji might actually lose.* He thought. Naruto looked around at the other gennin. *Let's see…Kiba, Gaara, Shikamaru, where is Sasuke?* Naruto could not find Sasuke. He wasn't in the spectator box. He decided that it wasn't that important and looked back to the fight.
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Neji was standing up and trying to recover from the hit. "Damn you." Said Neji as he held his arm. "You should just give up now kid. You don't have a chance." Neji shook with anger. "I'm not going to lose here!" He ran at Temari and she raised her fan. She sent another cyclone at him and he flew back once more. *I need to get past that attack.* Neji thought as he got up once more.
Temari didn't say anything and just swung her fan several times. Neji panicked and tried a jutsu. "Rotation!" A blue sphere appeared around Neji as he attempted to deflect the attacks. "Ha! That won't hold for long." Said Temari as she threw more cyclones at him. *Damn, what do I do?* Neji was overwhelmed by the continuous cyclones and the sphere broke, sending him flying once again. Neji attempted to stand up and found that his legs were throbbing with pain.
"I'm done playing around. The next hit will finish you." Temari raised her fan once more and swung. Neji rolled behind a tree. The cyclone hit the tree and cut it several times, but Neji was barely scratched. He sighed. "Come on out little boy," Temari said, "let's finish this." He sat there for a little while to catch his breath. Neji thought of something and came out of hiding. *This better work.*
He ran at her one last time. "That's a good boy." She swung her fan and waited for it to hit him. Neji threw a paper bomb into it and the explosion dissapated the cyclone. "What!" Temari said. Neji took the opportunity and ran through the smoke. As soon as he reached her she brought up her fan for another swing. "Too late." Neji said as he started spinning in place. "Rotation!" A blue sphere erupted around Neji. It hit Temari with such force that she flew into the wall and made a crater. Neji took his chance and ran to her. "Eight Trigrams 64 Palms." Before she knew what hit her, Temari was bombarded with chakra-infused blows from Neji. She fell to the ground, unconscience.
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Neji deactivated his byakugan. "It's over." He said as he turned away. The proctor raised his arm and declared him the winner, then he went back to the box with all of the other gennin. He looked over at Naruto and spat. "Next time that will be you at my feet." He smirked and walked away. Naruto didn't let it get to him and instead waited for the procter to call forward the next two combatants.
Once things were settled, the proctor called out the next two names. "Shikamaru and Gaara." Shikamaru silently walked out onto the field, followed by Gaara. They stood facing eachother very quietly. "Hey, Gaara," Shikamaru said, "I just want you to know that I'm not gonna make it easy for you." He waited for a response, but Gaara said nothing. He just glared at him with dark eyes. The proctor raised his arm and the battle began.
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Shikamaru decided to start by testing Gaara's famous sand shield. He ran at him and threw several shuriken and kunai. Just as expected, the sand rose from the ground and protected Gaara. He then jumped over Gaara and threw more kunai, this time with paper bombs attached. Shikamaru landed and activated the paper bombs, setting off a medium explosion. He waited and was not surprised to see that the sand had completely absorbed the attack. Gaara had not made a single movement.
"So it's true, that sand is quite formidable." Shikamaru said as he took out more kunai. "I guess I'll just have to up the power." He attached more paper bombs to the kunai and threw them at an angle so that they would drop right onto Gaara. "Shadow Shuriken Jutsu." The kunai multiplied in mid-air and what had been 5 was now 30 explosive kunai. The sand came up to block the direct threats but the rest fell around Gaara. "Gotchya," said Shikamaru as he triggered the bombs. A huge explosion shook the stadium as the bombs blew up simultaneously.
The smoke took awhile to clear, but once it did, Shikamaru was astonished. Not only had the explosion from above been absorbed, but in an instant the sand around Gaara had come up to form a shell around him. "Arg, this is such a drag. How do I get past that sand?" The sand moved a little so that Gaara's face was visible. "You cannot get through my sand, nothing can." The sand moved on its own and attacked Shikamaru. He barely dodged a few hits and jumped back to get a decent amount of space beween Gaara and himself.
Shikamaru then got into a meditative position, half-kneeling while putting his hands together so that only the tips were touching. He just sat there and Gaara didn't make a move. The audience was growing impatient. They didn't want a drawn-out battle between these two. They wanted to see real action. But neither Shikamaru nor Gaara cared.
Suddenly Shikamaru's hands changed and formed a handsign. "Shadow Possesion Jutsu." A jet black shadow shot from Shikamaru and raced towards Gaara. Gaara, already anticipating this, threw a ball of sand at Shikamaru, forcing him to break the jutsu and dodge. *Damn.* Shikamaru thought. *He's smarter than I thought.*
Shikamaru looked around at the areana. There were a few shadows, but most of the area was in the sun. *I have to get him to move into the shadows by the tree.* He thought for a minute and came up with a strategy. He looked into the audience stands and found Ten-Ten. He gave her a thumbs-up and smirked. She knew what this meant. Shikamaru then turned back to face Gaara.
"I hoped I wouldn't have to use this, but you give me no choice." Gaara just stared as Shikamaru took out a small scroll. He unsealed it and a giant 3-foot kunai appeared. Naruto was in awe of it's size. *I don't think even Itachi-sensei had a kunai that big!* He looked at the kunai and it had a purple tag on it. He remembered something Itachi had said. "Explosive tags are ordered by color. From weakest to strongest, the colors are: white, green, blue, red, purple, orange, and black." Naruto's eyes widened. "That Gaara is in for a surprise."
Shikamaru threw the giant kunai directly at Gaara, and as expected the sand caught it. He then ran towards it and kicked the kunai, pushing it into the sand. Even Gaara was scared of what would come next. Shikamaru formed a handsign and triggered the explosive. A huge shockwave erupted from it and it blew a few limbs off of the tree behind Gaara. Gaara himself was knocked back a few feet, even with the sand protecting him! Shikamaru smiled. Now Gaara was in the shadow of the tree.
He ran around Gaara and knelt next to the tree. "Shadow Possesion Jutsu." This time, the shadow shot towards Gaara with four times the speed of the last one. Gaara's shadow was connected with Shikamaru's. Shikamaru sighed. "It's over." Gaara looked unfazed as both his and Shikamaru's arm were raised in the air. Without command, the sand raced toward Shikamaru. He had come to far to break the jutsu now. He quickly tried to speak so as to make Gaara forfeit."I give u-" But just before he said the last word, Shikamaru's jutsu faded as he screamed in pain. His scream was deafening. He looked down and saw that Gaara's sand had completely smashed his foot. Every bone up to his left ankle was broken into tiny pieces. Shikamaru finally managed to scream, "I GIVE UP!"
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The proctor immedietly stepped in and used a jutsu to separate Shikamaru's foot from the sand. Gaara blinked and casually walked back up to the spectator's box. The four gennin watched as Shikamaru was carried away. Even Sasuke was shocked. Naruto stared in disbelief. *Woah, what just happened?*
Gaara finally walked into the spectator's box and everyone became tense. They all shared one thought, *He didn't even try and almost killed Shikamaru.* Once all of debris was picked up off the field, the proctor called forth the next two ninja. "Sasuke and Kiba." Kiba flinched because he knew nothing of his comrade's power. But he walked out onto the field calmly.
Sasuke and Kiba stood facing eachother. Sasuke tilted his head both ways to pop his neck. "This is gonna be too easy." Kiba spat, "You think so!?" He became angry. "I'm gonna smash you into the ground Sasuke!" Sasuke nodded. "Hmph, you arn't even worth my time." The proctor sensed the tension between the two and looked towards another official and nodded. He raised his arm and said, "Begin."
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Both Kiba and Sasuke ran at eachother. Kiba tried to punch Sasuke straight in the face but Sasuke dodge and landed a kick on Kiba's stomach. He then tried to follow up with a backhand to the face but he was interrupted when Akamaru knocked Kiba over. "Hey, who's side are you on?" Kiba said while rolling away from a heel to the stomach. He looked at Akamaru and nodded. "I know, buddy. We need to work together. "He looked back at Sasuke and smirked. "You need to try harder than that."
"I don't even need my sharingan to beat you." Sasuke sniffed. Kiba got angry again and charged at Sasuke with Akamaru. They flanked Sasuke on both sides and attacked at the same time. Sasuke dodged them both but flew back when Kiba surprised him with a kick to the gut. "Arg," Sasuke groaned as he stumbled back. "Not so tough without your special eyes are you?!" Kiba laughed at his own pride. He looked at Akamaru and nodded. "Man Beast Clone!" Akamaru turned into a clone of Kiba and snarled at Sasuke. "Let's go Akamaru!" Akamaru growled and they both ran at Sasuke.
They continuously attacked Sasuke and didn't let up for a second. Sasuke was able to dodge most of their attacks but he did get hit a few times and was getting bruised. "Now Akamaru!" Kiba said, "Fang Over Fang!" The two spiraled and flew towards Sasuke, hitting him several times and he was thrown into the air.
Naruto became worried. *What's with Sasuke? It's like he's not even trying….* Naruto did not understand. Sasuke was actually a tough opponant last time they fought. Now he seemed extremely weak. *Something isn't right.* Naruto observed the battle closely. *He's waiting for something. But what?*
Kiba and Akamaru looked up and grinned. "He's done for." They both jumped up at him. "Fang Over Fang!" Sasuke looked peaceful. "It's time to quit the charade." He flipped in mid-air and looked at the two figures spiraling towards him. "Take this! Lightning Style: Lightning Senbon!" Thousands of electrically charged senbon flew at the pair of animals. Kiba and Akamaru were almost immedietly knocked out of their justu and impaled with the numerous senbon. They hit the ground hard and Sasuke landed between them both with ease.
"What was that?" Kiba said as he struggled to stand up. Akamaru changed back into a pup. "That," Sasuke said, "Is called a REAL justu." He smirked and formed a few handsigns. "And here is another one. "Fire Style: Flame Ring." A line of fire formed around all three of them forming a ring. "Here's where it gets interesting." The fire started to rise from the ground and formed a wall around them that was about 6 feet tall. "What the hell is this!" Kiba protested. "This," Sasuke said, "Is your end." He glared at them to show he was serious.
Sasuke ran at Kiba. Akamaru tried to jump in the way but Sasuke batted him away, which sent him flying to the other side of the circle. Lightning emerged from Sasuke's first and middle finger on his right hand. "It's over." He said as he raised his hand. "Lightning Style: Senbon Sword!" He thrust the sword into Kiba and it impaled him, making him spit out blood. He then threw Kiba at the wall of fire. When he hit it, Kiba's back was seared and he bounced off of it. Kiba fell onto the ground. Either unconscience, or dead…
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The ring of fire dissapated and medics rushed onto the field to rescue Kiba and Akamaru. The proctor raised his hand. "The winner is, Sasuke." Everyone stared with their mouths open at Sasuke's demonstration of power. Naruto especially took note of his strength. *Wow. Both Sasuke and Gaara easily won.* Naruto felt weak in comparison to them. *No.* He thought. *I can beat them. I am strong too.* The proctor spoke aloud so that the audience could hear him. "We will be taking a two hour intermission. The battles will resume once the contestants have taken a rest."
Everyone got out of their seats to stretch and debate on who would ultimately win. Hinata was also sitting in the stands next to her father. She got up and stretched and turned to look at her father. "I will be back soon." She smiled but Hiashi looked through this. "Where are you going?" Hinata tilted her head. "I was just going to walk around and go to the bathroom."
Hiashi frowned. "Alright, but don't let me catch you with that Naruto. He's a bad seed." Hinata agreed but crossed her fingers behind her back. She turned away and walked out of the stadium. *Naruto is not a bad seed. He is just a little different.* She smiled when she thought of Naruto. Hinata decided to go find him.
Naruto was walking around outside the stadium thinking of ways to beat the three other gennin. He was interuppted when Hinata tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and instantly smiled. "Hey, Hinata. What are you doing here?" She smiled. "I came to see how you were doing. Are you worried about your next fight?"
Naruto nodded. "I hate to admit it, but none of the ninja I could be put up against look easy. Neji is really fast and will overwhelm me at close combat. Sasuke has a vast amount of powerful jutsu, and Gaara won't even have to move to beat me. I'm starting to think that I am the weakest out of us four."
Hinata shook her head. "Don't think like that Naruto. You may not know immedietly how to beat them, but I'm sure you will find a way to win, no matter who you have to face." She smiled and so did he. Her smile always made him more confident. "Thanks Hinata. Let's go for a walk." Hinata nodded and grabbed his hand. They walked away from the stadium and proceeded to make their way through the city.
Alright I finally finished this chapter. Sorry once again that I took so long to update. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon so that the chunnin exams are over with and we can proceed with the next arc. Please REVIEW!