Magnus: Here goes the new chapter, hope you like this battle, or at least that you are not disappointed by it, anyway, enjoy!, and remember, Read and Review!

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Chapter 45

Battle Tower 5

From their spot, the Shibusen students looked at the boards, and the boys couldn't help but to pity the next vic... err... opponent of the best Scythe Technician of their generation.

"Go for it!, and don't forget to use your Maka Chop!", Black Star encouraged

"G-Good l-luck, Maka, p-please b-be s-safe", Chrona stammered, and Maka couldn't help but to give him a quick and small kiss on his cheek

"Thank you for your support, I'll do my best", Maka replied, and then went to the stairs, meanwhile, Sasuke snorted

"Ha!, a weakling!, but it's alright, I guess no one is in my rank on this silly competition", Sasuke said with new found arrogance

"You should be careful with this one, Sasuke, she is in the same team as the meek boy, and he turned to be some kind of demon, just watch out, and don't give room for a direct attack, that scythe looks frightening sharp", Kakashi warned, and Sasuke gave him a look of incredulity

"Fine fine, I'll beat that bitch with the first attack and...", Sasuke was about to continue, but felt a terrible glare, he turned to the source, just to spot the meek boy, glaring at him with enough hatred and malice to make him flinch

"Now go, Sasuke, make us proud", Kakashi suddenly said, helping Sasuke to overcome his current situation, he will have to deal with that weirdo, and then he'll discover the source of his strength

Sasuke then leaped into the arena, and waited for the Scythe technician to reach the spot, Sasuke looked annoyed, on his eyes, this was truly unfitted for his greatness, while Maka looked quite bored, she took her time to get into place, and while Sasuke went into his family stance, Maka just stood there, the edge of the scythe resting lazily on the floor, and her eyes fixed on her new opponent

'Maka, don't go too harsh on him...', Soul said, worried, not many of Maka's opponents had left the battlefield in one piece, to say that she has become quite ruthless since the Kishin defeat, would be an understatement, like saying that Chrone is just a little more resistant than an average boy

'Don't worry, Soul, I know that he is only a human, his heart may be rotten, and his mind corrupted, but his soul in not yet a Kishin egg', Maka replied, not that it fully easing Soul's worries, in the best scenario, Maka will kick the ass of the Uchiha to the next age, worst scenario, in which that the brat would be a true battle genius, Chrona will butcher him alive for the slightest of the bruises on Maka, yes, the Uchiha was very fucked up right now

"Ok, cough, begin!", Hayate called, and then jumped away

Sasuke didn't lose any time, and darted against the Scythe technician, with kunai in hand he leaped for a swift strike, but as soon as he got on her range of movement, Maka swung her scythe, using the pole to intercept the Uchiha, Sasuke barely had time to block, and got swatted away, landing far away from where he started

'DAMN! She is stronger than she looks!', Sasuke shouted on his mind, he expected her to be somehow good with her weapon, but not to use it with such easiness

'Ok... he is reckless, and doesn't have the strength to back up his tactics... or he may have thought you are weak', Soul stated, he had to remember that Maka was not well know around this place, just as they didn't know about the Uchiha

"Well, you seem well suited on close combat, let's see how will you deal with ranged attacks", Sasuke stated with a smirk, in a fast motion he took out a bunch of kunais, and then darted against Maka.

Maka saw him approaching, and took a strong hold on Soul, she didn't rushed, she didn't stressed, she just got ready, soon, Sasuke launched the Kunais in rapid secession, expecting Maka to move out of the way, or dancing wildly while swinging her scythe to block the offending weapons, but instead of that, Maka made the scythe spin on her hand, forming a shield in front of her, deflecting every projectile without her needing to move, thing that infuriated the spoiled avenger

"Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu!", Sasuke shouted, while sending a massive fireball from his mouth against the scythe user, but Maka had other plans than let that hit her, or just evade out of fear

"GO! SOUL!", Maka shouted, launching her scythe while still spinning at frightening speed, the scythe sailed against Sasuke, splitting the fireball, while Maka darted behind it, Sasuke couldn't help but to cancel his jutsu and jump back to avoid being cut in two, the scythe embedded into the ground in front of him, with the end of the pole pointing to his chest, Sasuke thought for a moment on taking the scythe, but the leaping form of Maka shocked him, she landed on the pole of the weapon, while Sasuke made a step backwards, suddenly, Maka summoned a book out of nowhere, it was big, thick, heavy, and had a VERY hard cover

"MAKA CHOP!", Maka shouted, while slamming the side of the book on Sasuke's head, making all the spectators flinch

with the spectators...

"That have to hurt...", Kurenai stated, she got Shinos reply in the form of the silent boy rubbing his head, as if he were the one hit by such item

"Whoa!, a book as a weapon!, now that's original!", Naruto said, Hinata made no comment at all, for she was more focused on cuddling with him

"Indeed, Nruto-sama, yet I feel like she is much more dangerous than this, as if she were holding back... a lot", Anko added her two cents, and the grin on Naruto's face was a great indication on how much the Scythe technician was holding back

"Come on, Sasuke, I know you are better than this", Kakashi muttered, he sensed that there was something wrong, but he had to spare his sharingan, and use it on the next battles

"Damn it!, how can be people capable of using such weapons in that degree of mastery?", Tenten shouted, she was getting angry, she was the weapon master of Konoha, yet today, she felt her title in risk, this stranger was able to use that big and heavy weapon with inhuman easiness, the only thing she had to calm down, is that the Scythe technician was not as good as Naraku

"Weapons do not have chakra signatures...", Neji muttered, he will have to question them later

'So, this is the skill of the Shinigami's followers?... impressive, I almost pity my student for being their target...', Sarutobi thought, for him, it was obvious that Maka was not even trying, and Sasuke was already sweating bullets

Back with the battlers...

"Bitch...", Sasuke muttered, while trying to stand up, he barely had time to see the incoming Scythe swing, which was intended on cutting his head off, Maka frowned when Sasuke managed to do some back-flips to put some distance between them

'Calm down!, you are supposed to beat him, not to end his life, he is only a human!", Soul reprimand her, which made her smile

'Sorry, got carried away', Maka replied, calming a lot

"I don't know what kind of Jutsu are you using, but your advantage ends now!", Sasuke growled, and then activated his sharingan, earning a gasp from the scythe technician, however, Sasuke gasped too, she was all he couldn't imagine, her eyes were orbs of intense light that seemed to pierce trough his soul, her aura was not wild, but perfectly controlled, even to the point of forming beautiful wings at her back, now her weapon...

"What in the world?", Sasuke almost shouted, the scythe had an aura of it's own, it looked demonic, almost evil, and the eye located where the blade and the staff meet, was looking at him... like some kind of meal

"I don't like his eyes", Maka said, her face becoming quite serious

'Neither I, perhaps he is not human enough?', Soul replied, and Maka almost smirked, although Sasuke snorted

"You don't like my eyes?, stupid bitch, you should be honored to see the Sharingan, the strongest of the Kekke Genkais!", Sasuke shouted, he then took out his fumma shuriken, unfolding it with great skill, Maka just stood her ground, readying Soul for the incoming attack.

Sasuke launched the shuriken, while keeping his sharingan ready to read the movements of the scythe technician, to his horror, he saw how Maka moved without her chakra pointing her next movement, she deflected the Fumma shuriken in a swift movement, and much to his surprise, she strike down the second one, which he sent hidden on the first's shadow, then Maka darted against him, and he reacted without thinking, sending his ninja wire to try to hinder her movement, much to his surprise, she cut through it, as if it were made of the frailest material, suddenly she disappeared from his vision range

"It's done!", Maka shouted, while sweeping him from behind with the pole of her weapon, Sasuke fell face first... but managed to use his hands to try to get up fast, just to feel Maka's foot on the back of his head, and to see the blade of the scythe just below his neck, it was a guillotine trap, and when Maka began to apply pressure, he decided that this was a BAD position

"Give up or die!", Maka shouted, applying more pressure on Sasuke's head

"Fine... you win...", Sasuke said, and Maka happily released him from the death trap she had him into, and then turned around to walk to her spot, Hayate was a little confused at first, but then it hit him, Sasuke just forfeit, a little too silently, but he forfeit, he was about to announce Maka as the winner, when Sasuke got up, covered in black markings, his eyes flashing with malice, and readying his final attack on the Scythe technician

'MAKA!, WATCH OUT!', Soul yelled, but Maka had no time to get out of the way, the massive lightning was about to strike her, when something jumped between her and the attacker

"CHIDORI!", Sasuke screamed the name of his most powerful jutsu, which got much more powerful due to the cursed mark that Orochimaru put on him, Sasuke did notice something jumping between him and his victim, but he thought on pierce the obstacle and then killing the girl that humiliated him... that would have been the case, but the obstacle was just the most stubborn thing on the world, at least when it means Maka's safety

Sasuke slammed his attack with all his power, all his hate, the lightning ran wildly, leaving horrible marks on the floor, the sound of a thousand birds was deafening, the light didn't leave room to see what was happening with the obstacle, at the end of it, the spectators were out of breath...

Blood was dripping to the ground of the arena, the droplets of the crimson liquid were making a blood chilling sound, and there, standing between the raven haired boy and the scythe technician, the so called meek boy, whose shirt was now reduced to pathetic rags, was giving a death glare to Sasuke, that made the arrogant shinobi squirm on his spot, the fact that said meek boy only sported a medium scorch on his chest, where the chidori struck full force, only raised the fearfulness of the scene to levels beyond imagination, Sasuke slowly retracted his fist, which was broken to the point of bone exposure, the blood was his, which explain the red color

"You tried to hurt Maka...", Chrona said in a soft voice, yet it sounded so ominous, Sasuke was about to say something, when black spikes came out of his body, piercing through Sasuke's body, sending him to the wall, where he was now nailed

"GHHAAAAAA!", Sasuke shriked in pain, the black spikes pierced his shoulders and his stomach, Kakashi promptly went to his rescue, unfolding a katana that he was hiding

"LET HIM GO!", Kakashi shouted, while aiming for the boy's neck, much to his surprise, his attack found his mark, and much to his horror, the katana broke upon impact, not even scratching the seemingly delicate skin, Chrona paid him no attention, he being attacked had never been something to bother, his existence was meaningless, but nothing will endanger his precious person

"ENOUGH!", Danzo suddenly shouted, remembering everyone that he was still there, and that he won't let his precious Uchiha being destroyed by some zealot with a weird Kekke Genkai

"Maka Albarn will be disqualified for this intrusion, Sasuke Uchiha is the victor of this match", Danzo stated, much to his distress, Chrona paid absolutely no attention, more spikes came out of his body, he was quite ready to start ripping limbs

"Danzo!, you have no voice on this, besides, Sasuke already had...", Sarutobi trailed off, because Maka gave a small shook of her head on his direction, he quickly understood that the envoy of Shinigami was not concerned with the turn of events, Chrona was already into the finals, granting her access to the stadium, where she'll hunt for her target

"SOMEONE STOP THIS MONSTER!", Kakashi screamed, his precious Uchiha was about to be slaughtered, and no one was moving a finger, until the help came from the last expected source

"It's ok, you can stop now, Chrona, thanks for protect me", Maka softly said, while hugging Chrona from behind, softly caressing the spot that received the deadly attack, Chrona blushed, and moved his hand to caress Maka's hands

"But he wanted to hurt you...", Chrona justified his actions, but retracted the spikes nonetheless, much to Ragnarok's displeasure, not that he was allowed to surface right now

"Kakashi!, take the Uchiha to the medical wing, and let him in custody of the ANBUs, I want to have a word with you about this incident", Sarutobi stated, and by incident, Kakashi knew that he was meaning the seal that Orochimaru put on the Uchiha.

Soon the Shibusen students headed to their spot, Hayate was about to tell Maka to get out of the room, but after seeing how her lovely features turned into barely contained rage after seeing the wound on Chrona, he decided to live another day, and let her stay there

"ENOUGH!, I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!, THIS IS NOT A CHUNIN EXAM!, THIS IS A FREE FOR ALL BATTLE OF MONSTERS!, I'M LEAVING!", Kankuro shouted, while storming out of the room, no one blamed him, soon the boards showed the next participants

Gaara vs Matsukaze Maeda

Magnus: Well, I know many wanted the Uchiha to die here, but something worst await him later, I promise, also thanks for all the ideas you are sending, if I don't use them on this fanfic, I'll use them on the sequel, so, see ya until next chapter!

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