Hallå! That's Swedish for hello...anyways...chapter 10 of Black Blood! I probably won't get off a chapter in time, so I'll just say it now; Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
I was going to update this much earlier, but my computer kept losing my progress.
I also got Dead Space 3, Portal 2, and Diablo 3 on PS3 for Christmas. If you'd ever like to play with me, then just PM me your PS3 name, And I'll see about adding you as a friend!
I know that I said that I'd be focusing on Taste Of The Desert, but I'm honestly just jumping from one story to another as the inspiration takes me.
Perhaps this is my fault, but would you people please start trying to guess the quotes when you review? I know that it's probably my fault for putting 'quote of the day' instead of 'guess the quote', but it was supposed to be implied. I don't want you to review just to guess the quote, but rather to guess it when you do review. Please and thank you!
Back at the end of chapter eight, I asked you guys to say whether or not I should give Naruto a sword for every basic element in the Naruto series within this story. Well, I have decided to not do that, and instead will make it an entirely new story called 'The Elemental Swordsman'. This story features a Naruto x Samui pairing, and I decided to give him Ranmaru's doujutsu. Why? Because I want to give him a kekkei genkai in all my stories, and I had already used most of them for other story ideas, all of which are on my profile. Now, for the actual plot, it's not set in stone, but I plan on having Naruto be a wandering swordsman who just wants to collect interesting blades.
Question, you guys ever hear of internet rule 34? If you haven't, it is the rule of the internet that states that if it exists, there is a sexualized version of it. One example I heard of is of people drawing gen five Pokémon having sex with each other within twelve hours of their release. Now, on to my point, how do you think the subject matter of such things would react if they searched themselves? I mean, what if Naruto saw himself screwing Tsunade? What if Shuzuo from Durarara found the massive number of images of him and Izaya? Or Light and L from Death Note? Or even a couple of Pokémon and Digimon going at it?
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December fifteenth marked one year of my having an account here on this site!
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FinalGuardian: Thank you for all of your reviews, and the quote is from a 1960's British comedy called Doctor Strangelove.
roboguy45: The reason they were surprised was due to the fact that they pictured someone younger. Like around eight or so.
Noctus Of The Thousand Blades: Thank you.
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"Jutsu": Human Speech
'Jutsu': Human Thought
"Jutsu": Demon/Summon Speech
'Jutsu': Demon/Summon Thought
"Jutsu": Jutsu
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This task done, the figure left the shrine, pausing to stare sadly at the shrine one last time, before walking back into the village.
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Day Of Third Exam
Konoha
All throughout Konoha one could feel the racing emotions of the day. Excitement, happiness, dread, anticipation, and underneath it all, a palpable tension. Even the most clueless of people could tell that today was an exciting day, fraught with action, intrigue, and sellers of greasy food. People had been lining up to enter the arena for days, hoping to get in first for good seats, nobles had been brought in from all over the world to gamble on the events of the day, the families of the participants showing up as well, security was beefed up with several Anbu around the arena, all in all, this day could not have been more festive if it were the hokage's birthday.
Walking through the streets, were Zabuza and Haku, on their way to the event, to cheer on Naruto, when suddenly, Zabuza stopped in his tracks and began to shake.
'This feeling, that of impending death. Only one person could make me feel this way, but...they can't be here...can they?' wondered the demon of the hidden mist, before a sugary sweet voice behind him confirmed his worst fears.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Zabuza-kun. How are you, handsome?"
Turning around, Zabuza's eyes were treated to the sight of the one person who scared him more than any other, and who most other men would kill just to look at.
She had green eyes, and ankle-length, auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, with four bangs at the front, two of them being short, with one covering her right eye, and the other two long, crossing each other on her bust, just below her chin.
She had a long-sleeved, dark blue dress that fell just below the knees. It was closed at the front with a zip, and was kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress covered up to the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts. Underneath, she wore a mesh armor that covers slightly more of her upper body than her dress. She also had shorts in the same color as her dress and, underneath those, mesh leggings reaching down over her knees. Around her waist, she had a belt with a pouch attached to the back on the left along with high-heeled sandals and shin-guards reaching up over her knees, dark blue polish on her fingers and toes, and, finally, dark blue lipstick
"M-Mei! Wh-what are you doing here?" Stammered Zabuza, taking a step back and making Haku wonder who this woman was, as not even Tsunade had inspired such a reaction from her surrogate father.
"That's right, isn't it? You probably haven't heard, but Yagura has been dead for over a year, and I'm the Mizukage. We've simply held off on announcing it so that we would be allowed time to shore up our defenses. Imagine my surprise when I heard that you were a Konoha shinobi." She replied sweetly, causing everyone within hearing to shiver, and Zabuza to nearly have a heart attack.
"I-I"
"I'm not done! Now...tell me, why, and I am well within my rights to do so as you are technically a traitor to our village, should I not have you killed?" She enquired of him.
"Leave Tou-san alone!" Shouted Haku, stepping in between the newest Mizukage and the demon.
"Tou-san?" asked a young man behind Mei, who had short, tufty blue hair, and dark eyes. He also has pointed, shark-like teeth. He was wearing square, black-rimmed glasses connected to ear protectors, a blue pin-striped shirt and camouflage pattern pants. Also, he had his forehead protector on the front of a blue vest that his sword, wrapped in bandages leaving only the double hilt visible, hung from, and finally, shuriken holsters strapped onto each of his legs.
"Yes, Haku is my daughter." He told her, shifting Haku so that she was behind him.
"You? Zabuza Momochi has a daughter? What kind of woman would deface herself in such a way with you?" Asked a middle aged man with moussed up hair and an eye-patch.
"Hmm...Very well, I suppose that it wouldn't be very nice of me to take that away from her." She said, more to herself than anything, an adorable contemplative look on her face as she held one of her fingers to her chin. "Alright, but I want Kubikiribocho back, it is a treasure that has been a part of Kiri's history for generations.
"What?! In my time, it would not have been anything less than a mercy to at least wring his neck!" Shouted the man with the eye-patch, before the young boy with the wrapped package on his back quietly admonished him.
'Wring? Time? Not wring? Not time for rings?' thought Mei darkly, before she turned to him, smiling so sweetly that it almost gave him diabetes, and said, "Ao, shut up or I'll kill you." She then turned back to Zabuza, completely ignoring the confused and terrified Ao.
"Wh-what?"
"I'm sorry Mei, but I'd like to keep it until I retire." He told her, a silence reigning for about three seconds, before Mei broke it in a chilling voice.
"Oh? And why should I allow that? I, being the Mizukage, have much more claim to it than you do."
"Need I remind you about that little village on the border of Ishi no kuni and Ame no kuni? You owe me little girl!" Whispered the demon, getting an outraged look from Mei, before she gained a thoughtful expression, finally telling him, "Very well, but the instant you retire, I. Want. That. Sword!"
"S-sure thing, Mei." he stammered, to which she responded with a bright smile.
"Call me Mizukage-sama." She told him, before she and her two guards walked away.
Arena
There's a lot of them aren't there?" Wondered Naruto aloud to Shikamaru, who was next to him in the line (no Sasuke isn't there yet), the two of them standing in the bottom of the arena, staring at the gathered crowd.
"I suppose. If it wasn't for Ino and my mother I might not have even shown up. *sigh* This is so troublesome." The pineapple-headed genin mused.
"Don't think like that, think of it as showing the world what you can do!" said the blonde loudly, raising his fist in the air, before shouting, "For your drill is the drill that shall pierce the heavens!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Asked Shikamaru, asking what everyone who could hear him was thinking.
"No clue." answered Naruto, the other competitors and Hayate (1) face-faulting.
"Where do you think the Teme is?"
"I don't really care, Naruto. I just want to go back to bed."
Kage Box
"Hello, Hokage-dono." Remarked a man in green robes, as he walked up to the aged man, before taking one of the two empty seats, "Is Raikage-dono coming?" He enquired, seeing the additional empty seat., knowing that the Tsuchikage hated Konoha and thinking that Mizu no kuni was still torn by war.
"Actually no. Apparently Mizu no kuni's civil war is over, and there's a new Mizukage. I daresay she'll be here soon. Speak of the devil! Mizukage-dono, hello!"
"Greetings Hokage-dono, Kazekage-dono."
'Shit, shit, SHIT! I didn't plan on her being here. I hate unknown factors, for all I know, she could help him. No, no, no, that's alright, I can beat both the old man and this little girl with that jutsu. My plans will not fail.' thought the hidden snake Sannin, as he greeted his 'fellow kage'.
"I take it that you've found your visit so far enjoyable?" Asked Hiruzen, a smile appearing on the beauty's face.
"Very much so, I did however happen upon a demon with whom I had a rather...intense...conversation."
"Oh? I trust that there were no issues?"
"No, I simply impressed the importance of giving Kubikiribocho back to Mizu no Kuni at some point in the future."
Arena
"You all know how this works, you give your best to win in a one on one fight, and if I say that the match is over, then you stop fighting immediately. The winner of each match will progress to the next round while the loser is eliminated. Know this, while you may be eliminated in your first round, you can still make chunin, and if you win every match, you may remain a genin. The more matches you fight in, the more chances you have to show off your abilities." Hayate told the group of genin who nodded at his words. "We already showed you this, but I will show you once again to refresh your memories."
Match 1: Uzumaki Naruto Vs. Hyuuga Neji
Match 2: Umiko Vs. Subaku no Gaara
Match 3: Rock Lee Vs. Sabaku no Kankuro
Match 4: Temari Vs. Nara Shikamaru
Match 5: Uchiha Sasuke Vs. Hozuki Kenji
Match 6: Match 1 winner Vs. Match 2 winner
Match 7: Match 3 winner Vs. Match 4 winner.
Match 8: Three way, Match 5 winner Vs. Match 6 winner Vs. Match 7 winner.
'Gaara's probably going to win, he's way to scary to lose, Sasuke'll probably win, Lee'll kick the hell out of Make-up Boy, and if Shikamaru goes more than five minutes without quitting I'll be surprised, but I'll still kick everyone's ass!'
Naruto vs Neji
"For the first fight, Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Neji stay here, everyone else should leave."
'Heh, this should be interesting to watch.' thought Kiba, who was sitting next to Hinata in the stands, who simply thought, 'Naruto-kun.'
'Kick his ass, Naruto-kun.' Thought Haku to herself, sitting next to Zabuza.
'Let's see what the dead last can do.' Thought the eternal gate guards Izumo and Kottetsu.
'I wonder if there's a concession stand nearby.' wondered Choji.
"Hajime!"
"Are you truly going to attempt to fight me? You may have beaten that Kiri genin, but that was sheer luck. You cannot defeat me, you who are the dead-last, a nobody, and orphan, couldn't hope to match a Hyuuga." Taunted Neji, successfully getting Naruto angy.
"What did you just say to me?"
"People are judged by their true nature. It is the way of the world. That is why we have the elite, and that is why we have outcasts. We can change our physical appearance and improve our skills with training and study, but ultimately, we are judged by what we cannot change. What can't be changed must be endured. We are who we are, and we must live with it. These eyes of mine show me many things. One thing they've shown me… people's limitations are set, fixed, and unchangeable. Only a fool wastes his time trying to become something he can never be! The only destiny that everyone shares… is death."
'Neji.' thought a man who looked very similar to Naruto's opponent.
"Enough talk! It's time to fight!" Shouted Naruto, who then placed his hands in a cross, shouting, "Kage bunshin (Shadow clone)!"
As the smoke cleared, it revealed a dozen Narutos, eight of which drew their swords as the remainder went through hand signs.
As the clones charged Neji, he activated his doujutsu, and began to systematically destroy the clones. By the time he was done, the clones each threw a set of kunai, shortly before shooting off a Futon: daitoppa (Wind release: great breakthrough) to enhance the speed. Seeing no alternative, Neji quickly spun around, a swirling dome of chakra appearing and blocking all the kunai.
'H-he used Kaiten (Rotation), that is a technique supposedly exclusive to the Hyuga main branch! How could he possibly know that?' wondered the man who looked like Neji, as well as a small brunette girl sitting beside him.
"Do you see now?" asked Neji mockingly. "I will destroy you with my Gentle Fist, and your techniques are useless against my ultimate defense. It is your fate to lose to me today, just as it was 'Lady' Hinata's.
"Why, why do you believe in this fate crap so much, what happened to you to make you like this?"
"You want to know? Very well, I'll tell you of the Hyuga curse of hatred."
Neji tells sad story, yadda, yadda, yadda, no one really cares.
For about thirty seconds, everything was quite, as the assembled masses digested the information, some feeling rage, some disgust, others pity. Finally, the silence was broken, as Naruto, with a deadpanned expression, told Neji, "That's actually not that bad a seal. Granted, I haven't seen the work of many other people, but I could probably take that off if I could study it."
"What!? You could? H-how?" Demanded Neji, as well as several indignant main branch Hyugas.
"I'm an Uzumaki, fuinjutsu's in my blood."
"You really think that the main house would allow you to take this off? No, they'd bring you up on treason and put it right back on my head, you cannot escape your fate, none may escape their fate."
"We can't escape fate? Ha! Then tell me how you became the rookie of the year! Tell me how you're known as 'the strongest genin in the village'! Tell me how you beat Hinata! You said it yourself, one hand-sign, and Hinata could have fried your brain! You think everything is controlled by fate? Fine then, I'll destroy your 'fate' by beating you right here and now!" Screamed Naruto, before he once again created several clones, however, this time he also used the Kirigakure no jutsu (Hiding in the mist technique), pumping massive amounts of chakra into it.
"You think this will keep you safe? My eyes see all! You cannot hide from me!" Shouted Neji, before he focused his chakra to look for Naruto.
'Wh-what's this? This mist has so much chakra in it that I can't see! How is that possible? The sheer amount needed for such a feat would rival Hokage-sama's! Hmm...My Kaiten should be able to clear this away.' Thought Neji to himself, as he began to spin once more.
As he unleashed his technique, the desired effect of lifting the mist was achieved, as well as the fact that several Naruto's were sent flying back, all of whom but one dispelled, leaving the survivor propped against the wall of the arena.
"Do you see now the fruitlessness of your endeavors? Proctor-san, call the match, I've-" Started Neji, before stopping as Naruto began to chuckle, then laugh, louder and louder, until he was holding his side.
"What is so funny, Dead-last?" asked Neji coldly.
"Not much, not much. I'm just trying to imagine the look on your face when I beat you." Gasped out Naruto, before he spat out a glob of blood.
"Oh? And how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Questioned a pissed off Neji.
"Like this!" Shouted Naruto, though, his lips didn't move, the voice actually coming from below him, before a pair of hands shot out of the ground and pulled him under.
"You hid clones underground? When did you do that?" Demanded the white-eyed boy, as several Naruto's climbed out of the ground like a B-grade zombie movie.
"When I made the mist. I did some studying on that dojutsu of yours, in books that civilians could access, by the way, and most of it implied that it mostly sees with chakra. So I figured what if I pump the area with chakra? That hidden mist jutsu that Zabuza-sensei taught me worked against Kakashi-sensei's Sharingan, so why wouldn't it work against your Byakugan?"
"What? How is this possible? Why can't I use my chakra?" Demanded Neji, struggling to get out.
"I told you Neji, I'm an Uzumaki, fuinjutsu's in our blood. But don't worry, it'll wear off in about five minutes." Responded Naruto, as he held up a piece of paper with the kanji for chakra on it.
"How did you know that I couldn't see underground?" Shouted Neji, cursing his loss.
"I didn't" Responded Naruto, before walking away.
"Naruto Uzumaki is the winner." Announced Hayate, much to the crowds evident pleasure, as they all started going nuts.
Kage Box
"Not bad, the Uzumaki child used his clones and the mist to make it seem like he was just trying to overwhelm the Hyuga, when he was actually trying to distract his opponent away from his real plan, and pretending to be beaten to lure in the boy." Mused Mei to herself, already mentally voting for Naruto to receive the promotion.
"Yes, Naruto-kun has always been known for his unpredictability." Said Hiruzen with a smile on his face, as he internally compared the Naruto from just before the academy's final exam, to this one.
"Not bad, but it would never have worked on Gaara, or the Uchiha." Remarked the Kazekage, getting a frown from his compatriots and their guards.
Umiko vs Subaku no Gaara
'That sand of his is going to be a major problem, but maybe if I catch him off guard I'll have a chance.' Thought Umiko to herself as the match began, before placing her hands into a tiger seal.
"Kirigakure no jutsu."
When she was sure that Gaara could no longer see her, she crouched down close to the ground, laying down a couple of traps, and circled around the red-head.
'You can't defend against what you can't see.' Thought the girl, before she drew a couple of her knives, throwing one at the traps she had set, setting one off so that it threw a couple of kunai at Gaara, who hadn't moved an inch in all the time the match had began.
Just as the kunai from the trap were about to strike Gaara, his sand kicked into action, protecting him from the kunai, only for Umiko to sneak up behind him at the same time and attempt to stab him in the back.
'Victory!' screamed Umiko in her head, as the knife got closer and closer, just to somehow be blocked about a foot away by the sand.
'Damn!' she thought, as she jumped back to avoid the sand that began to flow through the air in her direction as though it had a mind of it's own, stopping a few seconds after it did to ensure that it wouldn't follow her anymore.
'Hmm, maybe I underestimated the power of that sand. Maybe I should just increase the number of traps, then start throwing out jutsu. The only ones I know are mostly suiton (water release) jutsu, but his use of sand probably means he's an earth type, so he's got the advantage there. It's a good thing sensei made me learn that raiton jutsu during the break. Oh well, I just need to start my plan. Mizu bunshin (Water clone).'
With that, Umiko's clone, materializing from the mist, began to attack, as Umiko herself began to set the traps. Just as she finished, Umiko felt her clone dispel, signaling that Gaara had 'killed' it. That done, she once again circled around so that Gaara was between her and the traps. Getting as close as she could, she threw another kunai to set off a set of traps again, but this time she began to go through hand signs, ending with the hare sign, before placing her hand to her mouth and spraying a massive amount of water at Gaara.
"Suiton: Mizurappa (Water release: water trumpet)!" this surprised Gaara a little, as, living in the desert, he had never actually had do deflect water before, so he didn't know what was going to happen. When the jutsu struck, it created a water spout that was even seeable by the spectators.
When the water settled, it showed a perfectly fine Gaara, who simply continued to stand there. Seeing this, Umiko began her final attack, which, if unsuccessful, would automatically mean her loss.
Gathering as much chakra as she could into her palms, she completed the hand signs and was about to slam her palms into the ground, using the water she had just sprayed out as a highway for her Raition: jibashi (Lightning release: electromagnetic murder), when she was interrupted by pain in her left eye.
"Argh, damn it! What's that in my eye, sand?" looking around her, she noticed that there were thousands of sand particles simply hanging in the air (2). She wasn't able to ponder this as suddenly the ground began to shake beneath her, before large amounts of sand suddenly bust out of the ground and began to take a shape.
Spectators Box
"What's going on? I can't see anything! They've been fighting in that mist for five minutes now and the only thing that I could see was that water spout!" Complained Naruto, as well as several civilians, however, the members of the Hyuga clan simply used their dojutsu to see through the mist and relay what was happening to those around them, and the people from Kirigakure knew what was going on due to their experience fighting in such conditions.
Suddenly, a large amount of chakra began to exude from the pit, temporarily blinding the Hyugas, before Umiko started screaming, only to be cut off.
"AAAAHHHH! WHAT ARE YOU?! WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU?! AAAA-"
With that, the mist suddenly began to clear, revealing Gaara, who still hadn't moved, and a large red stain upon the now sandy arena.
Arena
"S-subaku no Gaara is the winner." Shouted Hayate, after a few seconds to process what just happened.
'S-she's dead. Umiko's dead! How am I supposed to explain this to her father?' Thought Mei.
'That kid's a damn sociopath. Why is the leaf village allowing him inside?' wondered Ao, as the one with the sword simply turned green (3).
"Fuck me, dude." Said Kiba to himself, the people around him nodding their heads in agreement.
"UMIKO!" Screamed Kenji, before he collapsed onto the ground and began to sob.
Rock Lee vs Kankuro
"After that most unyouthful display, I must use my flames youth to light the tinder of the bonfire of youth once again!" Shouted Rock Lee, as he jumped down, only to be disappointed as Kankuro forfeited.
Temari vs Nara Shikamaru
Sorry, but it's more or less cannon, and I've never seen anyone else write it out, so just read the manga if you want to know what happens. Spoiler alert, Shikamaru wins, but forfeits so he doesn't have to do any more work, this time he just has a lot more tunnels to choose from.
Uchiha Sasuke vs Hozuki Kenji
As Kenji pulled himself together, he gained a look of anger and concentration, before walking down to the pit.
"Would Uchiha Sasuke please make his way down to the arena? Uchiha Sasuke? If Uchiha Sasuke is not here, then I am forced to-" Began Hayate, before another leaf shinobi came down and began to whisper in his ear.
"Really? I see." Mused Hayate, before turning to the crowd and making an announcement.
Kage Box, Minutes Earlier
As the fight between Shikamaru and Temari was wrapping up, one of the leaf Anbu appeared in the kage box and began whispering to Hiruzen.
"Hokage-sama, we are still unable to find the Uchiha, or Hatake-sempai."
"Oh, is Sasuke not here yet?" Asked the Kazekage. "You're not planning on disqualifying him, are you? I know that many important people, myself included, only came to watch the last Uchiha battle. I would be most remiss had I come all this way for nothing." finished the man, a frown appearing on Hiruzen and Mei's faces.
"You aren't suggesting that we allow him to fight are you? That is completely unfair, and shows favoritism to the Uchiha. Had it been Kenji that was late, you we wouldn't even be having this conversation." Argued Mei.
"I do not particularly care for this 'Kenji'. But the Uchiha is important, the last loyal member of one of the most powerful clans in history." Responded the Kazekage, completely nonplussed.
"Oh? And what of the Hozuki, one of the most dangerous and important clans in Kirigakure, the Niidaime Mizukage himself being a member." Demanded Mei angrily.
"What of them?" Asked a completely nonchalant Kazekage, who simply sat there with his chin laying on his palm.
"What of a compromise?" asked Hiruzen, before the two of them could get anymore into their argument.
"Oh? Go on." acquiesced Mei, as the Kazekage simply nodded his head.
"What if we allowed Sasuke to fight, but did not allow him to advance in rank no matter his performance? That way, he is allowed to fight to satisfy the people who came to see him, but he would still get the usual punishment."
"And what happens should he win? Then Kenji wouldn't be allowed to advance as he should! Either the Uchiha fights this one match, and this one match only, or he doesn't fight at all." Demanded Mei, getting a nod from the Hokage.
"That does seem fair." Acquiesced Hiruzen.
"No, it doesn't. If the Uchiha wins, he should be allowed to advance." Argued the Kazekage, who was getting odd looks for his obvious favoritism for the Uchiha.
"And why exactly is it that you care so much, Kazekage-dono?" asked Hiruzen, making the disguised Orochimaru curse himself.
"I simply wish to see Gaara fight against the Uchiha. If he is unable to participate, then I'd have come all this way for nothing." He explained.
"That is irrelevant, the rules clearly state that if you're late, then you're disqualified." Interjected the Hokage, getting a nod from everyone else.
"We should simply agree to disagree, I however, would hate to make this an...issue." Threatened the Kazekage, his tone of voice showing that he was completely serious. The other two kage's frowned, but finally acquiescing. Sasuke would fight, and advance, but he would not make chunin.
Arena, Present
"Due to the Uchiha's absence, we will be having a ten minute brake as we wait for him to show up." Hayate informed the crowd, making most of the spectators pissed off since this match was what they came for.
"What? If that was any of the rest of us, they wouldn't have hesitated to disqualify us!" Yelled Naruto, saying what all the others were thinking, and wondering what the kage's were thinking.
"We apologize for this delay." Finished Hayate, lowering his arm to show that he was finished.
"Well that's not very fair." Remarked Kenji amicably, Hayate shrugging in response.
"Sorry, but I don't really know what to-" Started the sick man, before a gust of wind interrupted him.
As the wind cleared it revealed Sasuke and Kakashi standing back to back, Kakashi in his normal outfit, but Sasuke in a black one piece out fit with elbow pads and strange belts around his left arm and both legs.
After about five seconds, the crowd began to scream and cheer as Kakashi walked over to Hayate.
"Umm...We're not late are we?"
"Actually yes." Responded the proctor, savoring the brief moment of panic on the normally stoic Kakashi's face, before telling the jonin, "But your student has been given a ten minute time limit which just started."
"Oh thank you Kami." Sighed out Kakashi, knowing that Sasuke would have never let him live it down had they been late.
"Yeah. Everything's all sunshine and rainbows, and get out of my arena." Remarked Hayate casually, catching Kakashi off guard for a second, before he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and disappeared via a Shunshin (Body flicker).
"Now that both contestants are present, let the match...BEGIN!" Shouted Hayate, the crowd screaming their excitement to watch the last Uchiha.
"Listen Uchiha, give up now, I have a score to settle with that bastard from Suna!" Shouted Kenji, getting a scoff from Sasuke.
"As if."
With that, the two boys flew into action, Kenji rushing towards the Uchiha, who was jumping backwards while going through a few signs.
"Katon: gokakyu no jutsu (Fire style: grand fireball jutsu)!"
As Sasuke spewed out the ball of fire, Kenji was forced to hastily dodge, though he was still grazed by it, burning off the hair on his arm.
As he landed, Kenji placed his hands into the ram symbol, before shooting off several balls of water, which were in turn blocked by a Katon: Hōsenka no jutsu (Fire style: Phoenix flower jutsu) from Sasuke.
As the steam cleared, the two boys began to throw kunai after kunai, and shuriken after shuriken at one another, Sasuke dodging and deflecting the ones aimed at him, and Kenji just standing there.
Suddenly, one of the kunai that the Uchiha was holding started to glow yellow (4), and when it struck his opponent, it actually hurt the Hozuki, causing him to fall onto the ground thrashing in pain.
'Hmm...smart that the Uchiha would use Katon and Raiton chakra against Kenji, since they're the most effective against him. Were he not late I might have voted for him to become a chunin.' Thought Mei, with Hiruzen just looking on proudly and the Kazekage practically salivating under his mask.
Back in the arena, Kenji had turned into a puddle of water and retreated, leaving Sasuke to wait in the middle of the arena.
'Does he really think he can hide from me?' Wondered Sasuke to himself, before activating his Sharingan. After looking around for a few seconds, Sasuke unleashed another Katon: Hōsenka no jutsu, forcing Kenji out of his hiding place.
"How did you find me?" Demanded Kenji.
"My eyes see chakra as colors, I simply found yours." Replied the smug Sasuke, frowning when Kenji grinned.
"I see. I'll have to remember to thank your blonde friend for his little tip then." Mused Kenji, before placing his hands in a sign for a jutsu that was already seen twice that day.
"Oh? What did the dobe tell you?"
"That those eyes of yours are useless when all you see is chakra." Replied the white-haired boy, activating his hidden mist jutsu.
"Really? This again?" Grumbled Kankuro, several people in the audience expressing the same sentiment.
"Well, pretty much everyone from Kiri knows this jutsu, so it's not really all that much of a stretch to think that they'd use it." Temari told him, as down in the arena Sasuke was frantically looking around in a slight panic.
'Damn, damn, DAMN! I can't see! This is impossible! The only thing that can beat an Uchiha is another Uchiha! Wait! What's that? Trees! So I'm not completely blind, just mostly, he doesn't have enough chakra to completely blind me. Alright, my eyes do work, I just have to look for something moving.' Thought Sasuke to himself, once again scanning the area.
After about five minutes of searching, Sasuke's eyes finally gave him an image. One of Kenji coming out of his puddle form and stabbing him in the back.
Moving quickly, Sasuke whirled around, catching Kenji's wrist, and once again sent his Raiton chakra into Kenji, dispelling his control over the mist (5).
As he was thrashing around in pain, Kenji finally grabbed Sasuke by the face, and liquefied his arm, creating a bubble of water around Sasuke's head. When this happened, Sasuke immediately let go of Kenji, who continued to spasm on the ground. Sasuke then attempted to force the bubble of water off of his gead, only for his hands to pass right through it. In his resulting panic, Sasuke saw Kenji glaring at him while attempting to move.
Hoping that knocking Kenji unconscious would end the technique, and seeing the darkness seep up on him, Sasuke once again grabbed Kenji and started to shock him with his raiton chakra. This went on for another ten seconds, before Sasuke was forced to end his flow of chakra due to unconsciousness, with Kenji following a second later.
"This fight is a tie!" Announced Hayate, much to the shock and displeasure of the crowd.
"That's impossible, Sasuke-kun would never lose to anyone!" shouted a disbelieving Sakura, Ino just sitting there with an dumbfounded expression on her face.
"Well that hasn't happened in a while." mused Kotetsu, Izumo nodding next to him.
"That was unexpected." Mumbled the hokage, Mei staring in shock, and the disguised Orochimaru thinking that he was going to have a lot of work to do.
"Before our next match, we will be having a five minute break for everyone to make their bets, and for everyone to do whatever they need to do to prepare for the next round (6)."
With Naruto
"That was impressive, Naruto-kun." Said Haku, as she and Zabuza approached him as he walked around the halls of the arena.
"Thank you, Haku-chan." He responded.
"Not bad, brat. But I would have taken him down with some of those long range moves of yours. That Kaze no yaiba jutsu (Wind sword jutsu) would have cut right through that 'ultimate defense' of his." Zabuza told him casually, eliciting Naruto's indignant response.
"But that might have killed him!"
"What's your point? It's the chunin exams, you're supposed to kill. That Gaara kid didn't, and won't, have a problem with it."
"But Neji's from Konoha, I can't just kill a comrade!" Argued Naruto, forgetting who exactly it was he was talking to.
"So? A battle's a battle kid, if they wanted a spar, they would have explicitly said 'no killing'. In war, it's either you or them, and it had damn sure better be them!" Shouted Zabuza, trying to explain the life of a ninja to someone who just didn't seem to want to get the idea.
"Maybe, but I can't use any of my more lethal attacks on someone from the same village as me, that's insanity."
"Is it, brat?" Grumbled Zabuza dangerously, causing Naruto to pale, remembering exactly who the hell he was talking to.
"N-no. I-I just, don't want to harm a comrade." Stammered Naruto.
"Fine, but that Gaara kid won't hesitate to kill you." Said Zabuza as he walked away followed by a cloud of irritation.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun. Tou-san won't stay mad for long. He'll either kill you, or destroy some things." Haku told Naruto comfortingly, though it oddly didn't really didn't help much.
"Thanks Haku-chan. I'm just going to go over there now, think about how I'm going to beat Gaara." the blonde told the ice wielder, walking off to escape the awkward situation.
Naruto Vs Gaara
As the match started, Naruto quickly jumped back to escape the quickly moving sand. Finally, when Naruto was halfway to the wall, it stopped, allowing Naruto to think on what to do.
'That sand is a big problem. I'm gonna have to start off small, and work my way up to see what works.' Thought Naruto before he closed his right hand into a fist, extending his middle and index finger in order to launch a Kaze no yaiba.
Then, just as Naruto was about to unleash his jutsu, a huge amount of smoke exploded into being in the Kage box.
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And that's the end of the chapter! Pop open a bottle of whatever you want and down it in one go, because it's still 2013! I got one last chapter in! YEAH! Well, it's still 2013 in America anyways.
If you're wondering why Gaara was able to beat Umiko so easily, it's because she thought that he controlled the sand, rather than thinking it was sentient.
I know that I never actually put in the whole '*cough*' thing for Hayate, but I'm kinda lazy; and yes, Sasuke does know the Chidori.
Hint for next chapter, someone very important is going to die! (Not Hiruzen, though that may still happen)
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Sort Of An Omake
No, I don't know why I'm putting this here, so don't ask.
In Soviet Russia... Car drives you!
In Soviet Russia... Pokémon catch you!
In Soviet Russia... Games play you!
In Soviet Russia... Road forks you!
In Soviet Russia... Door closes you!
In Soviet Russia... Marshmallow roast you!
In Soviet Russia... Waldo finds you!
In Soviet Russia... Bitch slaps you!
You guys got any?
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1: Remember, there's a new spy in Orochimaru's organization, so Hayate never had to tail Kabuto, as well as the fact that Ibiki may or may not have captured him in chapter 8.
2: If you're wondering, it's the same technique that Gaara uses in the war to find Mu.
3: I know that his name is Chojuro, it's just that no one's said his name yet.
4: Once again, my source is mainly the manga, where Raiton jutsu are yellow.
5: Hey, that rhymed!
6: Food, bathroom, check equipment, etc.
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Guess the quote:
Would you kindly...powerful phrase, isn't it?
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Stay tuned for the next chapter of Black Blood: The invasion!
This concludes experiment log no. 5050