ApatheticSilence: Let me just say in advance that I really want to have more SasuSaku here, so I'm apologizing this early if the pair steals the spotlight more often than others. Also, I am aware of other characters' talents and skills, but to me, and even my cousin, it's much more fun to write about Sasuke's battles, because his fights are a lot interesting to watch and even analyze. Seriously. It's my opinion though, so don't think I'm playing favorites. Heck, I prefer Neji over Sasuke, but it just so happens that I prefer Sasuke's battles, and I'm into action and romance combined, and SasuSaku just fits it best.

I'll still add a few tidbits and hints with the other pairs, so don't worry. They just won't be on the spotlight much.

SWAT Delinquents
"Fighting Spirit"

Danzo looked at team Shinobi sternly before standing up from his seat to brief them about their next mission.

"I've been informed that you're ready for another mission, Sergeant Major Uchiha."

"Sir yes sir."

"In that case," he turned his back to them. "Team Shinobi's next mission is B-ranked; you will be sent to a remote island and evacuate the locals to Suna. The Mayor of Suna has agreed to take in the villagers until further notice." He opened up the hologram image of the island. "These villagers don't exactly speak our language, but I've been told that all of you know English, and that some of you are fluent with the language." He looked up at the team. "May I know who the fluent speakers are?"

Kakashi nodded once. "Sir, aside from myself, Sergeant Major's Hyuuga and Uchiha, and Sergeant Nara are fluent with the English language. The rest know enough to talk to the locals, but I have been informed that the people we'll be socializing with are not very good with the language, sir."

"That's right, so they might speak with wrong grammar or pronunciation of words." He looked back at the team. "I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem."

"No sir, it won't."

"Good. Now then, the village head will be conversing with you, Captain, so tell him what is only needed to be said." He clicked a button on the remote he held as the image of the island changed to the appearances of the villagers – men, women, elders, and children. "According to their history, they hailed from the mountains, thus the lack of clothing in some areas." He turned to the team. "Please refrain from staring too long at the bosoms of women. You are there to help them, not to intimidate them."

"Sir yes sir." The team answered.

"Also, Captain, you are required to report to me with regards to the activities there." He clicked another button. "A large plane will be sent to pick up the villagers after twenty four hours – it's the time required to stock up on goods and clothing for the trip to make them comfortable. Your team will be picked up afterwards by two Black Hawks."

"Sir yes sir."

"Lastly, a team cannot be sent on a mission without medics." He noticed the look the men sent him. "It's for precautions – it's an unexplored island, therefore, weapons are needed in cases of hostility or unexpected terrorism activities. The medics are there for your safety, but in return, you'll provide them security."

"Sir, how many medics are we talking about?" Shikamaru asked.

"Three; you've been with the two of them on your previous mission, and the other one has been sent on request for experience." He pressed the intercom on his desk. "Send them in."

The doors of Danzo's office slid open, and the team recognized Hinata and Sakura, but not the other one.

"Gentlemen, you already know Corporal's Hyuuga Hinata and Haruno Sakura," the two medics saluted at Danzo, who saluted back. "But allow me to introduce a new recruit of their field, Private Yamanaka Ino."

"Rrrr." Kiba gestured to Naruto who held back a snort.

"She is quite skilled in the field of combat as well, so please Sergeant Inuzuka, do not mess with her."

"…Yes sir."

"As always, you are required to be equipped with a maximum of two desert eagle handguns, given one assault rifle, recommended to bring two types of grenades, and also required to carry with you your combat knives. You may choose another weapon of your choice, provided it does not hinder you from doing your best." He switched off the hologram. "You will leave tomorrow at exactly five in the morning. Are there any questions?"

"Sir," Neji called. "Why are we evacuating the villagers?"

"There is something on that island," he said lowly. "People have been missing for months, and it is only now did they accept the help we are offering."

"Are we required to investigate, sir?"

"No Sergeant Major Hyuuga, you must avoid combat or confrontation with the unknown as much as possible."

"...But..?"

Danzo met Sasuke's eyes. "...If the situation calls for it, then by all means, go ahead."

"Good Lord did you see that chick's breasts?"

"Kiba, please tone down." Neji grunted.

"Oh come on! Your cousin is pretty well-endowed in that area, but that Private's hot!"

"I would appreciate it if you not mention about my cousin's appearance."

"Uh-oh, our sniper's about to kick your ass if you don't stop." Naruto joked. "Hey teme, aren't you going to eat?"

Sasuke looked up from his tray. "I'm injured."

"I thought you were good to go?"

"I'm ambidextrous." He reminded, before glancing at his sprained right hand. "But I can't use chopsticks with my left hand."

"Aww, do you want me to feed you Reaper?" Kiba teased, picking a tuna sashimi from his tray. "Here comes the airplane Reaper..! Open wide..!"

"Don't make me shove that up your ass."

"Kiba got owned!" Naruto cried out, leaving the rest of the team to laugh. "Hey, there's your hottie!"

"Where?" Kiba stood up and looked at where Naruto pointed. "Oh fuck, just look at that ass!"

"Morons…" Neji huffed. "Just make sure it's not my cousin you're checking out."

"Don't worry about it," Shikamaru said. "Hinata doesn't wear fitted clothes, unlike Private Yamanaka and…" he glanced at Sasuke and smirked. "Corporal Haruno, right Sasuke?"

"Zip it."

"Hey! Yo!" Kiba waved his arms to catch the blonde medic's attention. "Come sit with us girls!" He gave a silent 'yes!' when Ino told Sakura and Hinata to head over to the guys. "Naruto, be a pal and move over."

"Huh? Why?"

"Move over!" He pushed Naruto off the bench and grinned at Ino. "Hey, here, let me get that!" He took the tray from the girl and set it down to where Naruto previously sat on.

"Um… thanks." Ino said nervously, taking the unoccupied part of the bench that Kiba offered. "What about Sergeant Uzumaki?"

"Him? Don't worry, he's done."

Naruto stood up and raised a fist at Kiba. "What ever happened to our pact regarding Dicks before Chicks?"

"You heard wrong then." Kiba said without looking at Naruto, and instead, focused on Ino who was laughing at their interaction.

"Here Sakura, take my seat." Neji stood up and returned Sasuke's glare with a smirk. "I'm done eating anyway."

"Thanks." She smiled slightly and sat down, afterwards, glanced at Sasuke who kept his gaze on his tray. "How's your head?"

"…Fine."

"Back?"

"…Fine."

She raised a brow. "Your hand?"

He looked at her. "What do you think?"

She smiled. "Here," she used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of small shrimp from his tray. "I guess you can't feed yourself."

He flushed and glared at the guys who started snickering. "I'm fine."

"Yeah?" She raised a brow. "Look me in the eye and say you can use your right hand."

He twitched. "Stop doing that."

"Just forget about your pride, it's not going to satisfy your hunger."

Shikamaru moved a bit to let Hinata sit down next to Sakura. "You may as well let her feed you Sasuke, she won't stop."

"Hn. Yeah, she's too stubborn."

"Like you aren't." Neji shot back.

"Shut up."

Sakura just grinned. "Don't worry sir, Tenten misses you too."

That made the team's attention turn to Neji's blushing face, and they started to tease him about it.

Sakura looked back at Sasuke who just stared at her for a moment before smirking and shaking his head.

"You're welcome." She laughed. "Now, open up."

He sighed before reluctantly letting her feed him.

The team Captain held onto the railings of the Black Hawk and placed two fingers against the ear piece on his ear. "Snapper, status."

"Sir, we're ready to go on your command."

Kakashi looked back at the rest of his subordinates, choosing to have Neji, Sasuke, Naruto, and Kiba in his team this time since they will be the ones securing the island, along with Sakura and Hinata, the two medics being much more experienced than Ino, who will be staying with Shino's team, much to Kiba's disappointment.

"You, Redshirt, and Biohazard have most of our equipment, not to mention that Private Yamanaka is not yet used to drop offs, so we'll be taking the jump, while you will wait for your copter to land, understood?"

"Sir yes sir."

"Oh yeah! We jump!" Naruto pulled down his goggles and glanced at Hinata. "Ready to go?"

She smiled. "I've been waiting for another opportunity like this sir."

"Aww… don't call me sir! Not all rules apply to our team you know?" He grinned.

She just gave a soft laugh. "Sorry, Naruto, I'm just used to following orders." She prepared herself for the drop off, making the blonde soldier gape. "And for the record, I know how to jump this time."

"Aw man."

Kiba snickered. "Welcome to my disappointment." He pulled down his goggles as well, afterwards, looked at Sakura. "Yo, where's your gear?"

"Um… well…" she nearly jumped when Sasuke had already strapped the safety belt around her waist, afterwards, made sure nothing would separate her from him during drop off.

"The hell man?"

Sasuke looked at Kiba behind his own night vision goggles. "She's afraid of heights."

"Dude! That is so totally unfair!"

"Suck it up Tigger and get going!" Kakashi ordered, also putting on his goggles while Neji and Hinata had jumped, followed by Naruto and Kiba. "Alright Reaper, Corporal, let's go!"

Both Kakashi and Sasuke jumped, and once more, Sakura gripped onto Sasuke's arm tightly.

"Hn. When the heck will you learn to trust me?"

"I do trust you! But I'm still afraid of heights!"

"Heh." He smirked. "You're such a baby."

She narrowed her eyes but her cheeks were red.

"In any case," he tightened his grip. "I'm not going to let go."

"A-alright."

"Chutes!" Kakashi said, and they all opened their parachutes.

From below, the locals pointed at them and the Black Hawk which Shino and his team were occupying. Children of all ages took delight upon seeing the soldiers land onto solid ground properly, removing the chutes at the right time.

Kakashi marched over to the village leader and nodded once in greeting.

"Chief Barlrog?"

The stout and tanned man who wore a large headdress and a colorful tunic nodded once to Kakashi.

"My name is Hatake Kakashi, I'm the Captain of this team." He bowed down slightly to show his respect, glancing at his team to silently tell them to do the same.

As soon as the Chief had nodded, Kakashi straightened up to wait for the man's response.

"Where big plane?"

Neji had elbowed Naruto when he made a "pfft" sound.

"It will come tomorrow after stocking supplies you and your people will need for the trip." He answered. "In the meantime, we're here to provide you with security and assurance that no villager will disappear again."

"That good to know." The Chief said after glancing at his people. "But we have warriors of our own." He gestured at the men who were either a head taller than Kakashi or of the same height as him, and they all had well-built bodies. "We no need for your protection."

The warriors gave a cheer, thinking that it intimidated Kakashi and his team.

"Yes, well Chief," Kakashi gave a smile. "We are only following our orders."

The Chief didn't respond for a moment before nodding once, afterwards, looked at his own men. "You task not to explore?"

"No, unless necessary, we are not told to… explore."

"Hm…" he gave a wry smile. "Then perhaps, while waiting for big plane, we test your warriors against mine?"

"Whoa, whoa!" Kiba suddenly commented. "We didn't come here for this shi-" He got cut off when Sasuke slapped a hand on his mouth, silencing him.

"They don't understand Japanese, but it's best to keep your mouth shut Tigger."

Kiba just grunted in response.

"If it's alright with the Chief," Kakashi lowered his head slightly. "I will first consult with our leader about this."

"Very well, it best be safe than sorry."

The village warriors laughed, and the leader of the warriors had stepped up with a smug-looking smirk. "It not much of a challenge to beat the small ones."

"Haughty bastards."

"Hn." Sasuke smirked at his partner. "Well at least our English is better…"

Neji had to snicker at Sasuke's comment.

Kakashi sighed and gave a warning look to his men. "We're not here for a fight or for some entertainment, we do not know their ways, so it's better to just stick to our job."

"But they just insulted us!" Naruto hissed. "I'm not going to take that shit from villagers who can't even speak proper English!"

"Their challenge could be a death match Naruto, did you even think about that?"

"…No sir."

He glanced at the leader of the warriors who was still waiting for them, and he had to resist the urge to glare. "As much as I'd like to show them a thing or two, we can't let our pride get the better of us."

"Have you consulted with your Chief yet, Captain Hakate?"

Kakashi twitched. "No sir, and that's… Hatake, actually."

"My apologies, Hatake."

He nodded once and turned to Shikamaru who was done contacting HQ. "Sir."

Kakashi took the mobile device from the soldier. "Sir Sarutobi." He spoke to the Field Marshal himself. "Well, the Chief wants to challenge my men for a duel."

"Captain, it's important to keep the locals happy, less you want them to turn into hostiles." He said. "As far as I know, they won't resort to a death match, they belittle outsiders too much, therefore, it will just be a duel."

"I'm worried about what our conditions will be, if in case whatever is out there comes to get us."

"They have healers there who can treat wounds in a matter of seconds." Sarutobi said. "And even I wouldn't like your team to battle against them, but the Chief himself has thought of it, so we have no choice. Remember that you're in their territory, they call the shots."

"Yes sir." He ended the call and looked at his team. "Don't let me down, guys."

"Whoo! Yes!" Naruto and Kiba gave each other a high-five as Kakashi turned to the Chief.

"Well, Captain Hatake?"

"Our leader has agreed." He bent the rules a bit. "Provided it does not kill off my team, and if they will be wounded badly, I request the assistance of your healers – shamans to be precise."

"That not a problem, Captain." The Chief nodded. "This not a fight to the finish, and our healers will heal your men, no worry."

"Very well Chief, but please, tell us, what are… the conditions?"

The Chief eyed his men and then turned to Kakashi. "Rules simple," he said. "The warriors will first tell what they want in beginning before battle start, and if he win, he get what he want."

"It does sound simple…" Shikamaru said. "But the thing is: what if they ask for something we can't give?"

"That's not what I'm worried about." Sasuke said, noticing how some of the warriors had kept their eyes on the three medics.

"What else should we worry about besides that?" Lee asked.

"Who they want," Sasuke answered with narrowed eyes. "They've apparently taken a liking to our medics."

"To not tire both sides," the Chief spoke once more. "It will be three battles, meaning three warriors on my side, and three warriors on yours." He smiled. "Choose wisely, Captain Hatake."

"Good to hear." Shikamaru murmured. "I'm not much of a fighter."

"Alright boys," Kakashi called for his team, also keeping the medics close after hearing Sasuke's comment earlier. "Who will it be?"

"I wanna go for it!" Naruto said.

"Me too!" Kiba exclaimed.

Kakashi sweat dropped. "Anyone..?"

Shikamaru shook his head, and so did Shino, while Lee instantly raised his hand in the air.

"No Lee, your wounds haven't healed completely, I can't allow you to battle."

"…Yes sir."

"So then, Shino, you sure?"

Shino looked at their would-be opponents. "Positive."

"Erm… Neji?"

"Pass." He said. "I'm a better sniper."

"Then…" he looked at Sasuke.

"No. Way."

"Sasuke, Kiba, and Naruto will have to battle."

"Alright!" Both Kiba and Naruto exclaimed.

Sasuke just glared. "I'm not here to play."

"Don't treat it as a game," he glanced at the opposing side. "I'd feel better knowing that there's at least a non-idiot fighting."

"Ch. Even if I win, one of them will have to win."

"…I forgot about that." Kakashi scratched the back of his head. "Too bad Lee's injured…" He murmured.

"Hey! I can so kick ass!" Kiba exclaimed.

"Me too!"

"Well, Naruto, you can go and fight first."

"YES!"

"Sir..?" Shikamaru asked in disbelief.

"Sasuke, Kiba," he called the two in a hushed voice. "Observe Naruto's fight and see what you can pick up from the warriors, afterwards, use it to your advantage."

"No problem sir!"

"Hn."

"Well Captain Hatake?"

Kakashi looked at the Chief and had his three chosen soldiers step forward.

The Chief stepped aside and let his own chosen warriors step into the light. They stood tall and held their heads high, and already, Kakashi's team was pretty pissed at how they were being belittled.

"Looks like the Captain of the warriors decided to take a whack at us." Kakashi thought while eyeing the tallest man of the three. "I wonder who he's targeting…" he looked at his own soldiers. "Naruto..? Kiba..?" He looked back at the Captain to see where his narrowed eyes were focused. "No, it's Sasuke he wants to take down." He forced back a chuckle. "Even on another area, Sasuke's being targeted."

"Would you like fight to be one on one, or until warrior lose?"

Shikamaru called Kakashi's attention. "Sir, pick the second option, it's our best bet."

"What makes you say so?"

The genius of the team raised a brow. "You're betting Naruto, Kiba, and Sasuke. Who do you think among the three would have a sure win against them?"

Kakashi blinked and soon got what Shikamaru meant. "So Naruto goes first, and then Kiba, and Sasuke will be our trump card."

"Exactly."

"Chief," he looked back at the village leader. "I prefer the fight to be until all warriors lose."

"Very well."

The people gathered around the small but large enough arena.

"To avoid deadly injury, weapons not allowed."

"I agree…" Kakashi said, sweat dropping. "I wouldn't like it if Sasuke's using a knife or a gun against a village warrior…" he pictured a scene wherein weapons were allowed, and he could see Sasuke either shooting the floor his opponent is standing on non-stop or perhaps giving a lot of small and shallow cuts just for provoking. With a sigh, he glanced at the raven-haired soldier, seeing his eyes blank as always. "He really lives up to the call sign of Reaper."

"You may choose your first warrior, Captain Hatake."

"Archangel."

The blonde soldier stepped in after discarding his guns, grenades, clips, and knife.

"Akrah!"

The shortest of the three warriors stepped up. He had long dark hair that reached above his waist, and he had them in dreadlocks, with a few feathers from the birds of the island on his head.

"State your wish!" The Chief announced.

Akrah gave an intimidating sneer. "Her."

Naruto looked at where his opponent was pointing and immediately reacted violently.

"Are you crazy? No way will I let you take Hinata!" He yelled.

"Your wish, soldier?" the Chief said.

"Fine! If I win, you can't take Hinata! You can't pick her again either!"

"Ch. Idiot." Sasuke sighed. "He should have just said they can't take any one of us if he wins."

"Alright then little one, come and fight." Akrah taunted.

Naruto twitched at the insult and raised a fist, ready to punch the tall warrior, but the man just dodged to the left and swiftly moved behind Naruto to kick the blonde's back.

"Come on Archangel! Show him what you've got!" Kiba cheered.

Naruto coughed out blood as he fell on all fours.

"Fuck! That kick was harder than Lee's own!" He looked back at Akrah with a glare. "But I have to win! Hinata… Hinata's at stake here!" He got back up and spat blood. "That all you got?" And he even forced a grin to provoke the man.

Akrah gave a low laugh and spoke in their native language. "He has spirit but he is stupid."

The villagers laughed at that, and Naruto knew it was an insult.

"Whatever you just said," he pointed at Akrah. "I'll make you take them back!" He ran once more, taking into consideration that his enemy moves faster than he does, and that unlike any battles he's been on before he became a soldier, this Akrah guy was something compared to the ones he defeated, and that only fueled him to do better.

Akrah blocked the punch, so Naruto chose to knee his stomach, managing to land a successful hit and make the warrior double over. He then stomped onto the warrior's bare foot with his combat boot clad one, remembering that the only rules of the fight were to not use weapons and not to kill.

His enemy said something in his native language, and Naruto could bet it was a cursed word.

"Heh." He wiped the blood off his lips. "Did I hurt you?"

He said another sentence Naruto didn't understand.

"To hell with whatever you just said…" he muttered. "Let's finish this!" He ran in zig zag motions, seeing how Akrah easily followed his movements, so when Naruto was getting close after running to the right, Akrah punched to the left to meet Naruto's face, but the warrior didn't think it was a strategy, for the blonde didn't go to the left too soon, and instead, just stuck to the right and reached behind Akrah to return the full-force kick he received earlier.

Akrah was sent all the way to the other side of the arena, and Naruto didn't waste a second by running towards him and sending his elbow down at Akrah's stomach, the force knocking the wind out of the warrior, as well as causing the villager to faint.

Kakashi's jaw dropped at what had happened. He didn't think Naruto would come up with a strategy. At all.

"YEAH! YOU GO ARCHANGEL!"

Naruto turned to his cheering teammates and raised a fist in the air while grinning.

"Next to battle is Totumka." The Chief said, a frown on his face upon seeing Akrah lose to Naruto.

The blonde soldier looked at his next opponent, seeing how he was about one head taller than Akrah, and that his build was a lot bulkier than Akrah or the Captain of the warriors. He had a headband around his forehead which held a few small animal bones, and also large feathers. He looked bald, save for the small ponytail at the lower back of his head.

"Oh crap." He narrowed his eyes in hopes of hiding his worry. "I've dealt with thugs bigger than this guy, but they're not trained for fighting, nor are they…" he flinched when the kick he got from Akrah earlier made him stagger a bit."Shit. That kick hurt a lot more than I thought."

His blue eyes looked at Totumka who was sniggering at him. "Akrah kick good."

"Like hell."

"Akrah give powerful blow, whether punch or kick." He leered down at Naruto. "Back hurts, right little one?"

"No it doesn't!" He flinched when he moved. "Yes, it does. A lot."

Totumka chuckled. "Then I will remind you of pain, yes?" He cracked his knuckles. "I strongest warrior of island."

"Oh?" Naruto forced a grin. "I," he purposely spoke in wrong grammar. "Most unpredictable warrior."

"Show me, little one!" Totumka charged at Naruto, who moved to the left but ended up tripping from the sudden pain of his back. "My wish is for him," he pointed at Kiba. "To no longer participate the next round!"

"They can do that?" Kiba yelled.

"Oh yeah? Then my wish for this round is to cancel that wish!" He rolled to the side to avoid a kick from Totumka, and tried to get back up on his feet.

Totumka anticipated this so he did a somersault kick, doubling the pain that Naruto felt on his back.

"Archangel, come on!" Kiba yelled.

The native warrior grinned wickedly at the fallen blonde soldier and straddled him, forcing Naruto to stay down due to the heavy weight of Totumka.

"Give up now."

Blue eyes glared at the warrior. "Screw you." He tried to get back up by pressing his palms against the surface of the arena they were on, yet Totumka grabbed both of the soldier's wrists and pulled them back, making Naruto's chin hit the floor, causing him to cry out from the painful impact.

"N-Naruto!" Hinata cried out, worried for him.

He gritted his teeth in hopes of stopping himself from crying out in pain when Totumka pulled his arms back. "Give up little one." He taunted. "You just have to admit defeat."

"I. Said. No!" He struggled in order to get Totumka off, but the man was just too huge and well-built for him to push off – especially since both his arms were held back.

"Then I break arms to make you yield."

Kakashi was alarmed at that declaration and quickly ran near the edge of the arena. "Naruto! Give up! Give up now or he'll-"

"I am not a quitter!" Naruto said out loud, and with one strong thug from Totumka, an awful cracking sound reached their ears, and the warriors all cheered at that right after the soldier's loud scream.

"You fucking bastard!" Kiba quickly jumped towards the arena right after Totumka got off of Naruto who lay there, his arms limp from the grave injury they received from Totumka. "I'm gonna-"

"I win, you no allowed to fight." Totumka reminded with a smug look, causing Kiba to halt and glare.

"Rules are rules Kiba." Shikamaru said, though he was fuming at what Totumka had done. "We agreed to what they said in the beginning – they obviously planned this."

Kiba nodded once in understanding, though he wasn't happy with it, and was reluctant in doing so.

With a silent order from Kakashi, both Kiba and Sasuke walked over to Naruto to help the blonde up.

"I'm sorry…" Naruto murmured to his teammates, head lowered and refusing to look at them. "I've… I just…"

"He provoked you." Sasuke said. "Besides that, we didn't expect him to wish for something like that."

Kiba frowned. "Sasuke, it's up to you now."

"I know." His eyes narrowed as Kakashi took Naruto from him with Kiba's help. "I'll make sure they'll regret ever challenging us, and doing this to you." He said the last part to Naruto, afterwards, straightened back up and glanced at his other teammates.

"You next victim?"

Sasuke's fists clenched at what Totumka said. He then started to remove his gun holsters, pull out his combat knife, and pass out his grenades to Neji. He then faced Totumka who sniggered.

"Ready for pain?"

The warrior walked towards him when he didn't move or say anything.

"Are you scared..?"

He lowered his head slightly at that.

"Come on then, my wish this time is-" he got cut off when a combat boot met his left cheek, immediately sending him to the ground after Sasuke's roundhouse kick.

Chief Barlrog was astounded at the speed the soldier possessed that he glanced at his own Captain, seeing the warrior alarmed as well.

The moment Totumka had got back up on his feet, he let out a loud growl and turned to face Sasuke, only to receive a punch on his face which made him stagger backwards, but that wasn't the end of it, since the dark-haired soldier continued his assault.

He punched Totumka non-stop, hitting the man's face repeatedly and then mimicked what he had done to Naruto earlier – somersaulting to send his heel at the back of Totumka's head, forcing the man to fall to the ground face first.

The attack didn't stop there, and the Chief was taken aback when Sasuke stepped onto Totumka's back – the same area where Akrah had kicked Naruto, afterwards, flinched when the soldier had pulled back Totumka's arms.

"Who cares about your fucking wish?" Sasuke raised his head slightly, and his teammates knew the glint in his eyes – they weren't the normal calm ones, but rather, something they'd like to call the eyes of death.

Kakashi knew it was wrong to be happy that this round goes to them, especially with Sasuke's current state, but given what the native has done to Naruto, he supposed it was alright this time, and that this reaction was to be expected.

"That guy has a thirst for vengeance when it comes to those who have hurt his teammates." He bit his lower lip. "It's one of the reasons why his call sign is Reaper."

"I just wish you won't be healed after this fight." And the people heard a crack like the one earlier, but this time, the loud cry of pain came from Totumka.

Sasuke stepped away from Totumka who was continuously wailing and turned his cold gaze at the Captain who stood next to the Chief.

"Your turn."