Magnus: Sorry for the late update, but I got my wisdom teeth removed, and let me tell you, it hurts enough to be unable to write something decent, still, I hope you like this new chapter, where there will be two battles instead of one, enjoy, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or anything you believe is being mentioned in this fanfic, Reiko Zonbolt, Arashi Uzumaki and Yukina Hyuga belong to Kage Bijuu, The Harvesters are co-owned by Kage Bijuu and Me, the rest of the OCs belong to me
Chapter 43
Battle Tower part 3
The names on the boards seemed like a joke, at least to the shinobies of the leaf, one of the most wild genins against... the most lazy genin of the world, and both of them couldn't wait to express themselves
"Well, at least I'll pass, I think...", Kiba started, but suddenly got a slap on his back
"Don't underestimate him, Sakura... we committed that mistake against the shy boy, please be careful", Shino stated, surprising even Kurenai
"I could say more, but he say everything you need, now go for it, make us, and Sakura proud", Kurenai gave her last words, and Kiba jumped to the arena, meanwhile with Shikamaru
"Ggggrrrrrrrr...", Shikamaru gave a low growl, that almost went unnoticed
"Everything ok, Shikamaru?", Asuma asked, concerned by the injury of his student
"I... I'll be fine...", Shikamaru said, while rubbing his sore shoulder
"Shikamaru, if you don't feel right, you should forfeit, a wise shinobi knows when to quit", Asuma said with concern on his voice
"I won't quit, my team had to quit for taking care of me, I must repay them by at least passing this part", Shikamaru stated, and then went down to the arena
"Ok, cough, fight fair and try not to die, cough, begin!", the sick shinobi said, and jumped away from the battlefield
"I didn't thought that I would be fighting against you... but don't think I'll go easy on you just because we are friends", Kiba said, and Akamaru barked in a warning fashion
"Same goes for you, and your pet, I will pass this part of the exam, because my teammates deserves someone to fight for them", Shikamaru replied, and to say that something was wrong with him, would be like say that Chouji just liked to eat a little more than needed... a BIG understatement
"Fine, let's get on!", Kiba shouted, and leaped against Shikamaru, who started to evade Kiba's blows, with a lot of effort, all due to his injuries
'He is in a very bad shape... I think... that I shouldn't go all out... that's it, just a few hits, and then knocking him out!' Kiba thought, suddenly he saw Shikamaru trying to do some hand seals, and he used this to deliver the finishing blow, or at least he attempted to
"Kage Mane!", Shikamaru almost shouted, and Kiba found himself unable to move
"WHAT THE?", Kiba shouted in surprise, he managed to look down, just to find Shikamaru's shadow extended, touching his shadow, soon Shikamaru stood straight, and Kiba found himself mirroring his moves
"This is over... forfeit already... so we can avoid any harm...", Shikamaru stated between gasps, he was obviously getting worse with every passing second
"Forfeit?... well, I must admit that this is an impressive jutsu, but you are very wrong if you think I'm done, AKAMARU!", Kiba shouted at the end, confusing the shadow user
"What?..." Shikamaru muttered, just as a second Kiba appeared, who leaped forward, spinning madly, forming a small tornado that darted at him, and with the Kage Mane active, Shikamaru was unable to dodge, getting hit by the attack
"Good work, Akamaru!", Kiba praised his partner, who gave him a thumbs up, while Shikamaru was still flying, still, in a sudden movement, he managed to fall on his feet
"I can't believe I forgot about Akamaru... You've always said how he was a great battler...", Shikamaru managed to say, he was breathing hard
"HA!, now you accept it!, now be a wise lazy bum, and give up, I wish no more harm to you, come on!, go and heal that horrible injury!", Kiba shouted, it was a mix of mockery and concern
"I will not... lose... to a puppy like you", Shikamaru said the last part with a very dark voice, something was changing in him, his blood felt like boiling, his bones felt like breaking and reforming too fast, his muscles ripping apart and rejoining while growing at an alarming rate, yet this was barely visible, with the exception of the fangs and nails, which grew to a feral level
"What the hell?", Kiba shouted, while Akamaru whimpered, both of them noticed a new smell in the air, the smell of a bigger dog
Meanwhile, with the other teams...
Team 7
"Son of a... HOW HE DARE TO EMBRACE FENRIR?, I'LL KILL HIM!", Lee shouted, yet Naruto, Hinata and Anko managed to stop him, perhaps it was his actual lack of trying, or that they were bravely fighting to protect a friend
"CALM DOWN!", Anko shouted
"Take it easy, he hasn't turned into a wolf, no need to think he has become one of that kin you hate so much!", Naruto stated
"Indeed!, this may be only a small side effect, I'm sure I purged him from all the evilness of that infection!", Hinata said, for she was right, she removed the evil taint from the wound, but not the lycantrophy
Team 8
"Kurenai-sensei, correct me if I'm wrong but, the Nara has no record on using a canine style of combat, right?", Shino asked, getting nervous, this was going to be the hardest battle of his friend
"You are right, only the Inuzuka clan has the skill and training to use a canine style, don't worry, I don't think Kiba will allow himself to lose against someone trying to fight like a dog", Kurenai replied, yet she was starting to worry, a lot
Team 9
"Losers, wake me up when this is finished", Sasuke said, and then sit on the floor to take a nap, this time even Kakashi found him unacceptable
'Come on, Sasuke, show a little more of interest, what if your opponent is someone too strong?, you may need to learn an extra skill or two, that's why I trained you in the usage of the sharingan', Kakashi thought, yet didn't say anything
Team 11
"This is strange, is like some kind of wild animal replaced the usually lazy Nara, is this some kind of sorcery?", Reiko asked, her vocabulary changed a little since her wedding night with Lee, thing that annoyed the horse tamer to no end
"Really, at least stop talking like him, is unnerving", Matsukaze coldly said
"WHAT?, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?", Naraku shouted, unfortunately for him, his ears were still ringing, and for hence, he was unable to know what was happening
Back with the battlers...
"So, you want to play with the big dogs, huh?, very well, Akamaru!", Kiba called, while throwing a soldier pill to the transformed dog, as well as eating one himself, their chakra levels raised, and both get ready to launch their special attack
"GATSUGA!", Kiba shouted, while he and Akamaru leaped forward, starting to spin like drills, but Shikamaru noticed that this time, they didn't took the form of small tornadoes, they were just spinning, closer inspection revealed to him that everything seemed to slow down, and this make him understand part of the situation
'So, whatever is happening to me, is increasing my senses, and accelerating my brain, I don't know if this is good or bad... but I'll make use of it, for now...', Shikamaru thought, while holding a kunai, and then leaped at the incoming Inuzukas, letting out a mighty howl
"GGHHAAAAAA!", Kiba and Akamaru screamed in pain, Shikamaru not only managed to get between them during their attack, he also slashed them both with unholy agility, breaking their technique, Akamaru fell unconscious, while Kiba managed to stand, but the injury was serious
"Forfeit while I still can contain it", Shikamaru stated, no longer in pain, but the smell of the blood, the sensation of hurting Kiba, the feeling of superiority, it was starting to become a little too much, something primal and wild was trying to get out of him, but he didn't want to unleash it, not on his friend
"Hey!... that may be a lucky hit, but I'm not...", Kiba started, but soon lose his words, in front of him, Shikamaru was standing, but he was not the same, not only the feral features, but he had the smell of a greater predator, one that Kiba was not ready to face, so, paralyzed by the fear, he fell to the ground, and started to cry like a puppy
"Participant Kiba Inuzuka, cough, can't fight anymore, cough, winner is Shikamaru Nara", the sick shinobi called, much to Kiba's relief
"Good thing is over", Shikamaru stated, he saw how Kurenai and Shino grabbed Kiba and Akamaru, to help him out of the arena, Shikamaru was about to leave, when someone fell just in front of him, and the wolf inside of him couldn't help but to scream on terror
"Nay, you aren't going anywhere, spawn of Fenrir, now transform, so I can delight myself on murdering your profane body", Lee stated, so darkly that Shikamaru wished for Chrona and Sakura to unleash their sonic attacks on him right now
"Errr... humm... I don't know what are you talking about... ", Shikamaru managed to reply, not that it pleased the God of War
"You stupid wo...", Lee started, but got cut by the most horrible set of voices of his existence
"TYR! LET US HAVE YOUR BABIES!", the Norns appeared out of nowhere, and Lee couldn't help but to scream and panic, and this left place for a strange chase, of three girls going after one boy, thing that also enraged the now Goddess of Light
"LEAVE MY HUSBAND ALONE, YOU CRAZED NYMPHOS!", Reiko shouted, while giving chase against the crazed Norns
"Since the arena is still in good conditions, we'll proceed to the next fight", Sarutobi voiced, while Shikamaru went to his place, at the side of Asuma, the rest of the genins looked at the board, where the names will be shown, the tension got too hard to tolerate, when the names finally got shown
Shino Aburame vs Yoroi Akado
"Combatants, cough, please come down to the arena", the sick shinobi called, and both genins appeared in the battle field
"Fight fair and, cough, try not to die, begin!", Hayate called, and jumped away, Yori quickly took his battle stance, while Shino only introduced his hands on his pockets, adopting a very relaxed stance
"We may be from the same village, but I have all the intention to win, novice", Yoroi called, but this didn't bothered Shino in any way or form
"Give up, you just can't win", Shino stated, as cold and calculating as ever, or at least as ever before Nyu
"Don't you think it's a little too early to be boasting?", Yoroi asked, chuckling a little
"You are surrounded, the battle is over", Shino stated, and just then, as if they were invisible a moment ago, thousands of insects were covering the arena, and more than one freaked about it
"What the?", Yoroi shouted, confused and terrorized
"These are my Kikaichu insects, if you try to move, they will drain you of all your chakra, and let me tell you, you won't last even a full second, so make yourself a favor, and give up", Shino explained, but Yoroi didn't feel like believing him
"These are just too many of them for you to control, this is nothing but a cheap genjutsu!, I'll drain you up from all your chakra!", Yoroi shouted, while leaping at Shino, in the second he did this, he was covered by the insects, and with a blood chilling scream, he went limp
"The winner is, cough, Shino Aburame!", Hayate stated, and Shino walked away, the insects going into his clothes, and body
"That seemed dangerous...", Matsukaze muttered, he knew that the Aburames were weird, but not this dangerous
"WHAT?", Naraku shouted, still unable to hear well
"I think I'll heal you, I can't withstand seeing you suffering like this", Hinata said, appearing just behind the blind genin, and placing her gentle hands on his ears, a healing and refreshing light washing over Naraku
"Ah, my dear Hinata, always so caring", Naruto stated, appearing at the side of the Aurora Angel
"Thank you", Naraku said, in a state of bliss, he never felt so good before, he really wished to have a girlfriend like Hinata
"Did we miss something?", Lee and Reiko asked at the same time, returning to their spot, both of them covered in so much blood and gore, that no one dared to ask why they were like that
"Just a quick battle... hey, look at that!", Matsukaze said, pointing to the boards
Naruto Uzumaki vs Naraku
Magnus: Well, I hope you liked it, I'll try to make the next chapter a very epic battle, something taen out from the Mat... I think I'll let you imagine it, until next chapter, see ya!