SailorStar9: Nya? Chapter 44 goes up and only one review! Anyway for everyone's information, Gaara does have amnesia, Kankurou's just an idiot.
Disclaimers: I own nothing, well except the pairing.
Eva: (Munches popcorn) This is getting entertaining.
Hinata: (Moans lustily) Naruto, get back in bed.
Naruto: Yes, madam. (Mutters) She's going to be the death of me one of these days.
Sasuke: (Wide-eyed and agape)
Eva: (Snickers) It's always the silent ones.
Chapter 45: Manga World Youth: Book 8
Months later...
Hyuuga, Misaki, the Tachibana brothers, Soda, Nita and Jito had returned to the training camp, much stronger than ever. With the entire team gathered, Japan was ready for the second round of the preliminaries.
First match: State of the Former Soviet Republic, Uzbekistan.
On the field...
Fine, let's go. Tsubasa mused as Uzbekistan's captain, Zangfiev started to dribble.
Both captains clashed, with Tsubasa being blown away, but stealing the ball.
"Misaki." Tsubasa passed the ball over.
Tsubasa. Misaki blinked, seeing the clash had numbed Tsubasa's leg.
Sorry Misaki. Tsubasa apologized, as Misaki charged forward.
On the bench...
"Taro..." Hotaru smiled, seeing Misaki bypass the Uzbekistan players easily, the younger Senshi having received Misaki's travel postcards.
On the field...
"I'm leaving it to you, Kojirou." Misaki made his pass.
Hyuuga passed the ball off to the marked Nita, who let the ball pass him to the incoming Aoi.
Aoi then sent the ball into the net.
Uzbekistan restarted the match, the sheer force blowing Aoi off and the ball flew straight towards Genzo.
Genzo trapped the ball with his chest and sent the ball out.
The larger-sized Uzbekistan players managed to reclaim the ball and fired the shot.
Genzo jumped and blocked off the shot with his fists.
"Attack everyone." Hyuuga barked. "We must ease Wakabayashi's burden for his sake. Stop being on the defensive."
At his call, Ishizaki and Matsuyama went on the offensive, passing the ball to Tsubasa and Misaki.
"Go, Soda!" Misaki made the pass.
Soda made an overlap with his 'Razor Centering', sending the ball to Hyuuga.
Hyuuga made a second goal with a header.
The match restarted, with Tsubasa claiming the ball. Faced with his approaching markers, he was forced to pass the ball off to Misaki. Misaki then passed the ball off to Nita, allowing Nita to score with a left-footed 'Jumping Peregrine Falcon Volley'.
After the third goal, the All Japan Youth gained complete control of of the match; even having enough margin to change goalkeepers for the second half.
By the end match whistle, All Japan Youth won the match: 8 to 1.
Furthermore, in addition, Ami, who had been sent to the hospital earlier in the week, gave birth to a pair of fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.
The next day...
It was time for the All Japan Youth vs. Saudi Arabia match.
The match began with Japan's kick-off.
It was not long before the Saudi team started pressurizing Tsubasa and Misaki with their 'Ant Lion Larva's Pit Defense'.
Tsubasa made a pass to Misaki, who let the ball fly past to the incoming Aoi. Aoi then passed the ball forward to Hyuuga.
"Eh, no way?" Aoi exclaimed, Hyuuga having been caught in the Saudi team's off-side team.
Claiming the ball, the Saudi team proceeded to pass the ball around.
Getting impatient, Nita and Aoi went for the ball, only to have the Saudi team pass the ball off when Tsubasa intercepted the pass.
"Let's go, Misaki!" Tsubasa charged forward.
The Saudi captain, Mark Owairan proceeded to cut Misaki's pass to Tsubasa. Claiming the ball, he made his way to the Japan's side. Jumping to dodge Soda's 'Razor Tackle', he continued his charge. Tripping over the ball, he sent the ball over Misugi's head before bypassing the defender. Catching the falling ball, he made a direct volley towards the goal.
Genzo blocked off the shot, sending the ball into the air which Owairan had anticipated. The Saudi Prince then sent the ball into the net via an 'Overhead Shot'.
Tsubasa charged forward, the ball under his foot. Sending the ball slightly before him, he let Misaki take over.
Stopping before the incoming markers, Misaki then passed the ball off to Tsubasa, who then made a long forward pass to Aoi.
"Here is my 'Right Angle Feint'." Aoi bypassed Owairan.
The Saudi keeper ashed forward, foul-tackling Aoi to the ground and earning himself a yellow card.
"Misaki." Tsubasa, Hyuuga, Misugi and Matsuyama blinked at Misaki's request.
"Go!" Misaki scored the equalizer with his 'Boomerang Shot'.
With the game now tied, Saudi changed their tactic, from the usual slow and continuous passes to fast and continuous passes.
Genzo managed to punch out Owairan's shot.
Suddenly, the whistle sounded, indicating a substitute on the Saudi's side.
Owairan tossed the ball in and Vulcan jumped to claim the ball.
"It's dangerous." Soda remarked. "We must stop this giant."
Vulcan had merely touched both Soda and Takasugi in the air, but it was more than enough to blow them off.
"I won't let you take anymore goals." Genzo jumped in.
Vulcan forced the ball through into the net, only to have Ryo deflect the shot.
Owairan dashed in, sending the ball over Ryo's head.
"Ishizaki, lend me your back." Genzo dived, slamming a fist onto the ball on Ryo's back.
Just then, the whistle sounded, signaling the end of the first half.
The second half started with Saudi's kick-off.
Owairan passed the ball to Vulcan, who threw Aoi off with his belly and firing his 'Vulcan Gun'.
Genzo dived, punching the ball out with both fists.
"Wakabayashi's hands must be protected by us, by all field players." Tsubasa declared, having returned back to the goalpost. "In order to do this, we must attack."
"Then, come on." Vulcan accepted the challenge. "The 'Genie Vulcan' will smash you."
Tsubasa then pulled a 'Right Angle Feint' on Vulcan, bypassing the giant. Facing off against Owairan, he pulled off a 'Santana Turn'.
Owairan intercepted with an 'Overhead' when Misaki cut in with a jumping volley.
"Tsubasa." Misaki made his pass.
Aoi moved in to catch Tsubasa's pass when Hyuuga barked, "Move out, will you? This ball is for me."
"Wha!" Aoi jumped, letting the ball pass him.
I can go for it without restrictions. Hyuuga caught the ball. This is my 'Raiju Shot'!
The ball stabbed through the net and into the sky.
After the reversing the score, Minato sent Sano in to replace Nita.
Once on the field, Sano conveyed Minato's instructions to the team.
The match restarted with Jito marking Vulcan, Sano and Aoi pressing hard on the Saudi team.
"I'm counting on you, Tsubasa." Sano stole the ball and made his pass.
"Go!" Tsubasa made a pass to the heavily marked Hyuuga.
Hyuuga dodged past his markers and made a goal with his 'Raiju Shot', sending Vulcan who had returned before the goalpost into the net along with the ball.
Omake
Behind the scenes of Naruto, Part Ten
He put his left foot in. He put his left foot out. He put his left foot in and shook it all about. He was doing the hokey pokey and he turned himself around. That was what it was all about. "You witch let go of me!" Shino screamed as he tried in vain to take control of him body.
"Actually the right expression is vampire…remember I'm a vampire not a witch." Temari explained calmly.
"Let go of me you good for nothing mind-controlling vampire." Shino shrieked ignoring whatever Temari was saying.
Before Temari could say anything two figures approached the vampire. It was Hinata and Tenten. They decided to come up with another brilliant plan to get Neji to stop acting like a baby. They had been walking when the heard Shino's high-pitched shrieks. They had followed in and heard Temari's confession. "So you're a mind-controlling vampire," Hinata exclaimed, "that's great!"
"It is?" Temari, Shino, and Tenten exclaimed at the same time.
"Yeah…you can hypnotize Neji and finally make him to the set so that he can finally do our scene." Hinata exclaimed happily.
Temari shrugged. "Are you sure that you're not working with slayer boy here?" Temari pointed a thumb behind her back and pointed at the dancing Shino.
"Does it look like we would be working for him?" Tenten glanced at Shino with a look of disgust.
"I guess not. Fine I'll do it." Temari exclaimed.
"Come on let's go to Neji." Tenten lead Temari to where Neji was currently rolling.
"Don't leave me like this!" The still dancing Shino yelled at the three girls.
"What about Shino?" Hinata asked as she caught up with Temari and Tenten.
Temari shrugged as the threesome walked side by side. "Don't worry about him. I just wonder how long it takes him to realize that I stopped controlling him like five minutes ago…"
Meanwhile in Sasuke's room…
"Why you look awful Sasuke-chan…" The cool voice announced.
It was the one and only Orochimaru. He glided from the door to the side of Sasuke's bed. Sasuke was gripped with horror.
"Sasuke-chan, Why... Why did it have to happen to my son…?" Orochimaru moaned painfully.
"I'm NOT your son! When did I become your son?" Sasuke spat out between coughs.
"Well since your parents were mysteriously murdered I decided to adopt you and Itachi. That's why you are now my son and I am the proud mother of two darling boys."
"You can't do that!" Sasuke choked out after a fit of coughs.
"I can and I did. I even have the adoption papers to prove it." Orochimaru took out an adoption certificate. "I even changed both of your names…"
Sasuke erupted, he blew his top and his eyes popped out of eyes. "Why the heck does my name say Priscilla Sasuke Uchiha!
"Isn't it adorable?" Itachi exclaimed between a sob. "My new name is Chester Itachi Uchiha."
"Anyway don't worry, I will make these last few hours of your life as meaningful as possible…" Orochimaru placed a big pink backpack on the edge of Sasuke's bed. "Here I bought your things."
Orochimaru reached into the frilly pink backpack and took out a stuffed yellow rabbit. "Here Sasuke here's your favorite stuffed animal Mr. Patches!"
"How did you get Mr. Patches? Give him back." Sasuke shrieked.
"Here you go." Orochimaru handed Mr. Patches to Sasuke. He continued to dig through the pink backpack. "Look I found our photo album!" Orochimaru exclaimed as he took out a big blue photo album.
"We don't have a photo album." Sasuke exclaimed flatly. He was dying but he was still sane.
"Well we don't have a real photo album but I did steal pictures of you and Itachi and then used Photoshop to add myself to the picture." Orochimaru quickly sat besides Sasuke and opened the photo album.
"Look it's the time that you threw your first shuriken!" Itachi exclaimed as he pointed to a picture of Sasuke with Orochimaru standing besides him.
"Look it's our family vacation at the beach!" Orochimaru cooed as he pointed to a picture of Sasuke, Itachi, and himself.
Sasuke couldn't take it anymore. "Oh god, please kill me now…"
Near the row of dressing rooms…
One down about a million more people to go but it's all going on according to plan. The next person I must eliminate is my arch rival, Gai. Kakashi made his way to a neat row of dressing rooms. A smile spread across his face as he saw Gai mediating outside his dressing room.
"Why if it isn't my good friend, Maito Gai!" Kakashi greeted him casually. Eliminating you will be too easy!
"Kakashi You only the true hearted people will know the truth and only the kind-hearted shall know redemption." Gai exclaimed calmly.
"Well that's nice and all I was just wondering if you would like to have some tea with me?" Kakashi offered the mediating man. Let's have a cup of tea because it will surely be your last!
"Well if the wolf's calls to the beautiful blue moon and the rooster to the new emerging sun I don't see why not. I think knowing others is as important as knowing yourself." Finally Gai stopped his mediation and open his eyes.
"Well why don't we go to that new coffee shop, you know Star Lucks? The one that's located just outside the set…" Kakashi suggested. Oh what a horrible incident it will be. Gai will get run over by a truck after trying to cross the street. It will be a truly terrible accident.
"If that's what will bring sunshine to your dark life my friend." Gai answered as he stood up.
"Well it will. It certainly will…" Kakashi smiled evilly to himself. If only he knew my top secret evil plans to take over the world! Hahahahahaha!
SailorStar9: Will Kakashi's plan finally succeed? Will Temari's mind control power be any help to Neji? Will God finally kill Sasuke? Tune in next time.