Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon?
"So what is our contestant going to face?" said Amagi as Sasuke entered the arena with a ninjato in hand standing in the middle waiting for the gate on the other side of the arena to open
"Being an A rank we can expect something strong and challenging" said Baki looking expectantly at the gate to open
Just then the gate started opening letting the monster on the other side enter the arena
The monster was a giant black scorpion that had his tail raised ready to pierce Sasuke with his stinger
"A giant scorpion" said Amagi seeing the monster "this isn't exactly what I expected"
Baki laughed and then spoke again "Oh Amagi you still have a lot to learn. This is not a simple scorpion this is a black scorpion it has several tricks up its sleeves if it had any that is" said Baki seeing how Sasuke would react to the monster he had to face
The scorpion was the first one to move trying to use his huge pincer to crush Sasuke. For its size the scorpion was rather quick nearly grabbing Sasuke if it wasn't for his quick reaction jumping upwards to avoid the pincer
After Sasuke's jump the scorpion brought his tail quickly forward trying to pierce Sasuke with the stinger but Sasuke block with his ninjato making the stinger go off course and missing him
Once Sasuke hit the ground he quickly did a few hand signs and brought his hand to his mouth "Fire ball jutsu!" said Sasuke releasing a huge fire ball from his mouth that engulfed the scorpion in flames
The scorpion quickly shook off the flames like they were nothing and continued with his attack
"Sasuke's jutsu was useless the scorpion barely felt that huge fire ball" said Amagi "If he doesn't think in something fast, he's going to be in trouble"
"Black scorpions are resistant to magic not immune so a jutsu could technically pierce his armor but there aren't many that can do that. But once the shell is removed the inside is really weak against jutsus and weaponry" explained Baki
This time Sasuke decided to move first; before the scorpion could attack him again he ran forward trying to get around the scorpion pincer. The scorpion tried crushing Sasuke with his pincer but he just moved to the side avoiding it, once he was on the side of the scorpion ran towards the scorpion driving his ninjato into the scorpion
"Sasuke moves to the offensive, he worked around the scorpion and now he's dealing damage" said Amagi seeing Sasuke attacking
"I would advise you to look closer Amagi" said Baki pointing towards the point of impact
Sasuke's sword had just bounce of the scorpion's hard exoskeleton just leaving a small scratch in the area of impact
"Giant scorpions have a pretty hard shell, so weapons are a little hard to use" explained Baki
"But then how will our contestant defeat the scorpion?" asked Amagi
"There's a work around the hard shell and it's resistance to magic, Sasuke just has to find it" said Baki with a smile on his face
"Strong shell and resistant to magic" said Sasuke to himself analyzing the situation "This might take some time"
The scorpion spun around to have Sasuke in front of him and charged forward trying to trap Sasuke in between both his pincers
Sasuke figured that if he was trapped there, the scorpion would just need to use his stinger to prevent him from jumping out and he would be in a difficult situation. So he had to stop the scorpion from doing that
Sasuke dropped his ninjato and proceeded to do several hand signs this time different from the ones before. Once he finished he lower his left hand and placed his right hand around his wrist
"He's using that!?" said Kiba surprised that Sasuke was force to use his most powerful jutsu
"Doing what?" asked Naruto curiously but Kiba didn't answered being focused on the match
Sasuke's hand was covered in electricity and the sound of chirping birds could be heard
"Chidori!" screamed Sasuke running forward to meet the scorpion mid way he jumped above the scorpion barely avoiding the stinger when it moved forward to pierce him and felt on top of the scorpion. Sasuke quickly drove his left hand into the scorpion's back this time actually piercing the shell and leaving a small hole in the point of impact
"Sasuke has pierce the defenses of the scorpion, he now has the upper hand in this match!" said Amagi exciting the crowd
"I wouldn't say the upper hand. But he sure has an advantage now" said Baki although he was also surprised about what Sasuke had done. Baki hadn't thought that Sasuke would had a jutsu strong enough to pierce the shell of the scorpion, even if it had just been a little bit
The strong attack that Sasuke had done had amazed the crowd making cheer for Sasuke's success in piercing the hard shell of the scorpion
After the Chidori dissipated Sasuke removed his hand from the whole and crouched to get a better balance on top of the scorpion. The scorpion tried shaking him off but it was useless Sasuke was holding on with all his strength
The scorpion tried piecing him with his tail but Sasuke evaded while staying on top of the scorpion. When the stinger hit the scorpion's back it pierced through it making another whole, this one bigger than the one Sasuke had done
"That was the original work around I had mentioned" said Baki "The scorpion's stinger at the end of its tail can actually pierce his shell"
Seeing his opportunity Sasuke did several hand signs and then raised his hand to his mouth "Fire ball jutsu!" said Sasuke launching a fire ball directly at the whole the stinger had made in the scorpion's back
This time the scorpion let out a pain screech as it was being burn by Sasuke's jutsu. Sasuke let out several fire balls one after the other until the scorpion stopped moving and felt down, exploding short after leaving only a crystal behind
The crowd went wild after seeing someone beat an A rank and with such strong jutsus at that
"Sasuke has defeated the A ranked black scorpion" said Amagi "this will definitely make it harder for the other contestants to catch up"
"He did take some time doing it so his points in time may not be the best, that could be something the other contestants can capitalize on" said Baki "But yes it will be hard to do better than the showing Sasuke just showed us"
Sasuke exited the arena and went back to the area where Naruto and Kiba where still seated, on his way there he heard Amagi starting to introduce the next participant but he didn't really paid attention
"That was awesome Sasuke!" said Naruto when he returned "I couldn't believe you actually hurt that scorpion with that jutsu even if the stinger hadn't pierce its armor you could have just done it again and make the first whole bigger"
"No I could have not done that" said Sasuke "I can only use the Chidori once a day and if I try to use it again, after it fades away the second time, I fall unconscious. It consumes a lot of chakra"
"I can believe you used the Chidori there" said Kiba "You told me you were still mastering it"
"And I am, once I can do it at least four times in one day without fainting, I will consider it mastered after that it's just improving" said Sasuke sitting down on his seat tired
"You shouldn't have used so many jutsus" said Kiba "you most have almost no chakra left now"
"It doesn't matter I won't go to the dungeon today so there was no point in saving chakra for later" said Sasuke
"Jutsus require chakra?" asked Naruto not really understanding how jutsus worked "I thought that was just what gods gave normal people to become adventurers"
"You don't know something so basic!?" said Kiba surprised "That just show that you are a rookie"
"Hey I don't have one so I didn't really have to learn how they worked" explained Naruto his reasoning
"Magic or jutsus take your chakra when casted" started explaining Sasuke before Kiba could say anything to make fun of Naruto "When you run out of chakra you faint"
"And how do you get chakra back?" asked Naruto trying to understand for when he got a jutsu
"You get it back over time. Just don't use any jutsu for a while and you'll be ok" said Kiba "Another way is just being near you god or goddess for a little while and you'll get it back in an instant"
"It seems simple" said Naruto understanding a little bit
Before they could say anything else the crowd cheered again for another contestant that had just defeated his monster and Amagi started announcing the next one
"Our next contestant is Haku Yuki part of the Isobu familia from Kirigakure" said Amagi
A woman with long black hair and pale skin entered the arena with a small pouch in her leg probably where she kept kunai or other ranged weapons to use in the battle
"And the monster rank our contestant choose is A" said Baki "So we are going to see our second A rank monster today"
"An A rank?" said Kiba paying attention to Haku's match "Come on I thought Sasuke would be the only one to pick something so strong"
"This looks interesting" said Sasuke paying attention to the match
"Can that girl really face an A rank?" asked Naruto looking at Haku "she doesn't look that strong"
"The stronger adventurers don't look that strong" said Kiba "You saw Gaara earlier"
Gaara did look somewhat weak but that gourd he carried around made him look a little bit stronger. Haku looked somewhat frail like if she could break like glass from one hit
The gate at the side of arena open to let the monster Haku would face in
It was a small creature this time but it was one of the weirdest creatures Naruto had ever seen, it had three heads one of a lion, one of a goat and another one of a snake that was at the end of its tail
Its body was a mix of lion and goat, its front paws where of lion but its hind legs were of goat and its tail was scaly like a snake
"A chimera!" said Baki seeing the creature "This is going to be a fun one, even if one of its heads is cut clean off it won't die until all three heads are cut"
"Or you could just cut it in the middle" said Amagi "I don't see much problem with that"
"While technically true that would be difficult as well, you see chimera's skin is not that of a normal mammal. Its skin is as hard as stone to pierce it with a blade would need a huge amount of force to come out from the attacker and the blade would need to be really sharp" explained Baki "And that assuming you got close to it to cut it with a sword in first place"
Haku took out several senbon from her pouch and threw them directly at the chimera. They bounced right off its skin; the chimera didn't even felt them
The chimera's goat head then opened its mouth and fire came spewing out from it directly at Haku who moved to the side to avoid it while also closing the distant between her and the chimera
"I would have liked to kill that better than the scorpion" said Sasuke seeing Haku fight
Once Haku got close enough the chimera tried jumping forward to catch her with its lion claws but Haku stopped just in time and the chimera felt in front of her so the creature tried biting her with its lion head which Haku avoided by circling around the chimera
Once she was behind the creature the snake head had its turn to try and bite her but Haku quickly threw a senbon inside its mouth going from the inside through the snake head skin killing it
"Haku got the snake head" said baki surprised "That's actually quicker than I expected but it makes sense the snake head it's the easiest to get"
The chimera turned around in an instant spewing fire from the goat's head mouth catching Haku in the flames or at least that's what it looked like
When the flames stopped it could be seen that Haku was safe behind a crystal mirror that had appeared from nowhere
"Demonic crystal ice mirrors!" said Haku creating several ice mirrors around the chimera then entering the one he had created first and a reflection of her appeared on all the other mirrors that surrounded the chimera
The chimera tried smashing the mirrors but it didn't worked then the creature tried spewing fire but the mirrors didn't melt at all
"Haku is using a strange jutsu or skill to create mirrors around the chimera trapping it in the middle" said Amagi "I wonder what this skill is capable of"
The crowd let out a shocked sound the first time they saw the mirrors but not it was almost silent waiting for what the mirrors could do
Haku quickly started moving from mirror to mirror almost flying between them as he threw senbon at increasing speeds each time until they started piercing the chimera
Once the senbon started piercing the chimera Haku threw three well place senbon to the lion head piercing its eyes killing that head in an instant
The goat head in panic spew fire everywhere but the mirrors kept the fire inside the dome they had made not melting one bit
Finally Haku threw two senbon inside the goat's head as soon as it stop spewing fire and then stabbed it directly through its eyes just as she had done with the lion head killing it and making the whole chimera explode leaving three medium size crystals behind
"And Haku defeats the chimera!" said Amagi "That mirror teleporting technique was amazing it was pretty hard to follow the movements of Haku in that dome"
"Yeah that speed was incredible even I had some problems following the movements of the contestant" said Baki "But the technique was brilliant the movement between mirrors raised the speed considerably until the senbon had so much speed behind them that they pierced the chimera's skin and after that the precision of the throws to hit the eyes of the lion and the mouth of the snake. I would say Haku has trained a lot to master that technique"
The crowd wasn't as wild as with Sasuke because as Baki and Amagi had said it had been hard to follow and they didn't really understood the last attack but they had gone wild as in the other fights once the chimera exploded
Haku returned to the area where Naruto and the rest of the contestants were to wait for the results as everyone else was doing. when Naruto saw her enter he decided to congratulate her in a great fight
"That was a great fight" said Naruto, Haku stopped and looked at Naruto
"Thank you" said Haku "I gave my all in that fight"
"I could notice, that was not an easy victory" said Sasuke introducing himself in the conversation
"It wasn't easy but I promised someone that I would win this exhibition match so I gave it my all" said Haku "I'm Haku by the way"
"Naruto Uzumaki" said Naruto presenting himself
"I'm Kiba Inuzuka and that's Sasuke Uchiha" said Kiba also entering the conversation
"I already knew who you two where" said Haku "I saw you're fight earlier. You two are my greatest competition right now"
"We're pretty strong, although you're not half bad" said Kiba "I have to admit you are pretty strong for a girl"
Haku looked confused and then she smiled and looked at them "I'm not a girl" said Haku
Kiba looked skeptical not buying it "Stop joking around, you are obviously a girl"
"No I'm definitely male" said Haku seriously
Naruto and Kiba stared at him for a few seconds until they finally caught up the person they had thought was a she was really a he and their faces clearly showed their surprise
"You're a man!?" asked Naruto "But you look so beautiful"
"You're way better than Sakura" said Kiba "I can't believe you're a man"
"But I am" said Haku "I tend to get confused as a girl quite often and I don't really know why"
"Never mind those two" said Sasuke "What was that last technique you used?"
"That was the demonic crystal ice mirrors" said Haku "Creating the mirrors is like any other jutsu but what lets me go in them and switch between them in the fly is a skill that I got after using the mirrors for some time"
"So some jutsus make you learn skills later on?" asked Naruto curious about jutsus
"Yes if you use a jutsu a lot you might get a skill that enhances it or that goes pretty well with it" said Haku
"For example I got a skill that lets me hold more air in my lungs than a normal person it doesn't sound as much but with that my fire balls are more continuous and larger" said Sasuke continuing the explanation
"Or my Tsuga" said Kiba "I got really dizzy when I first got it, but later on I got a skill that helps me with that"
"Those skills sound so useless by themselves, but thanks to your other jutsus and skills they are really good" said Naruto understanding how it worked a little bit
As they continued talking Amagi announced the next contestant and the exhibition match continued
Sunagakure coliseum - back stage - monsters cages
Orochimaru had entered the coliseum easily and had gotten to the monsters cages with minimal effort he almost wondered if they had guards around this area but he didn't care at all since it made it easier for him to have his experiment
He looked around the cages until he found what he was looking for "You're perfect" said Orochimaru looking at an S rank monster cage "You and those two will make this event interesting"
Orochimaru turned around and looked at two A rank cages it seem this wouldn't be a waste of time even if that level 1 adventurer turned out to be a lost cause, he would still have fun seeing this monsters rampage around the city
"Now you only need a little touch and then when that adventurer turn comes to fight the fun will begin" said Orochimaru to the monster while taking out a small bottle and pouring out its contents inside the cage of the S rank monster
Orochimaru then turned around and broke the locks on the cages of the A rank monsters "This will be enough" with that Orochimaru left the coliseum and went back to his laboratory, Kabuto would bring him the results of this experiment so he didn't need to be present when it started
Sunagakure streets
Hanabi and Hinata had been taking a walk around Suna before going to the coliseum, it was getting close to the estimated time Naruto would fight so they had to get going towards the coliseum soon enough
"Hey sis do you mind if we check that shop before we go?" asked Hanabi seeing a shop that sold weapons and armors of many kinds
"I don't really mind" said Hinata "Do you need something from there?"
"I'm looking for a special item to help Naruto-sama in the dungeon" said Hanabi "I almost always run out of projectiles before the battle with a strong monster ends, so I was looking to see if I could solve that"
"In that case let's get going. This would also help you survive in there so I would be happy if you got whatever you're looking for" said Hinata thinking that anything that helped her sister survive in the dungeon was good for her sister to have
Once they entered a pretty familia face welcomed them to the shop
"Welcome to Adventurer's everything, what can I help yo .…" said Kurama welcoming Hanabi and Hinata to the shop and stopping once she noticed who they were
"What are you doing here Kurama-sama!?" asked Hanabi surprised
"Ah… Ah… that ahhhh" said Kurama not knowing what to say
"It's obvious she's working here Hanabi" said Hinata figuring it out since Kurama was wearing the same uniform as the other employees
"I could see that I was just wondering why" said Hanabi getting out of her initial surprise
Kurama sighted seeing that she had no way out of this one
"Before you joined the familia I promised Naruto I wouldn't take his money for rent ever again" said Kurama "So I searched for a job and I ended here"
"So you're doing to help Naruto?" asked Hinata
"You don't need to, we make more than enough money. I'm sure Naruto-sama wouldn't mind giving you some for that" said Hanabi
"I know he wouldn't mind, but I'm her familia goddess and I promised to help him get stronger. So I don't want him using his money to help me, but rather to buy better stuff for himself" said Kurama "And I want to keep my promise as well"
"Then why don't you let him buy a new weapon, his knife is pretty bad in the higher level of the dungeon. He needs something with better reach" countered Hanabi
"That was because I asked Gyuki to make something for Naruto" said Kurama
"Gyuki the god known as the master of arms of the bijuu?" asked Hinata recognizing the name
"Yeah he said that he would watch Naruto in the tournament and then talk to me about making him a weapon" said Kurama "Maybe I should have allowed him to buy a new weapon meanwhile, but I never expected him getting a support so soon"
"Have you told Naruto-sama yet?" asked Hanabi
"No and I would like to keep it like that for a little while longer" said Kurama "At least until the tournament ends. So could you two keep the secret for a little while" begged Kurama
But before Hanabi or Hinata could answer an alarm went off in the city and screams could be heard all over the place soon enough half of the store was crushed under a huge mace barely avoiding crushing any of them
The two sisters and the goddess turned to see the owner of the mace and they saw a huge Cyclops looking at them
Hinata was frozen in place not having seen a monster before
"What's a monster doing in the city?" asked Hanabi scared
"It doesn't matter right now get Hinata out of here!" said Kurama returning her to her senses
Hanabi looked towards her sister and saw that she was frozen in place; it almost looked like she wasn't breathing at all "Sis move!" screamed Hanabi running towards Hinata and taking her hand running away from there soon after they moved the mace felt exactly where Hinata had been standing a second ago
"Kurama-sama what about you?" asked Hanabi looking back at Kurama "If he hits you you'll die"
"Don't worry about it just go to the coliseum there are a lot of adventurers there you'll be safe" screamed Kurama to Hanabi "I'll be alright. Just go!"
The Cyclops swung the mace once more almost hitting Kurama but she managed to barely move out of the way
Hanabi took Hinata and started running towards the Suna coliseum hopping Kurama-sama would be alright as she had said. Right now her priority was taking her sister out of here and into a safe area
On the other side Kurama had planned to follow Hanabi to the coliseum but with the Cyclops in front of her it was impossible so she took the opposite direction and ran as fast as she could. She needed to make some distance between her and the Cyclops and take another route to the coliseum
A few minutes earlier – suna coliseum
"Naruto Uzumaki" said the girl with the four ponytails as she came to seek Naruto for his turn
"It seems is your turn Naruto-san" said Haku who had sat next to Naruto after their initial talk after his fight "Good luck"
"Don't make a fun of yourself Rookie, at least give me a little challenge" said Kiba "Although you'll never do better than me"
"I'll do even better than you dog face" said Naruto "After all both Haku and Sasuke did better than you it can't be that hard"
"Make it faster kid we have a tight schedule" said the blonde girl hurrying Naruto
"Sorry, sorry" said Naruto following her to the waiting room
"What rank of monster will you face?" asked the girl
"A B rank" said Naruto confidently
"B rank" repeated the girl writing it down on a paper then she opened a door and let Naruto through "Wait here until you're called, the current contestant will also exit through here don't try anything funny or you'll be disqualified"
"I understand" said Naruto going into the room the door closed behind him and the girl was nowhere to be seen
Naruto was excited in a minute or two his turn would begin and he couldn't wait any longer
A person that was on the other side of the room then called him "Naruto Uzumaki your turn" said the person
While Naruto moved towards him the previous contestant entered and passed besides Naruto going back to the area Naruto was a few moments ago
"And now our next contestant Naruto Uzumaki part of the Kurama familia from Konoha" said Amagi
"And he'll be facing a B rank monster" said Baki "Let's see what he'll face, today we've had some great fight maybe this next contestant can surprise us"
Once Naruto was in the arena with his knife in hand the gate on the other side began to open and the monster came through rushing quickly towards Naruto giving him just a few seconds to avoid the charge from the monster
The monster had a humanoid shape but his skin was clearly not flesh it was solid rock it was almost twice the size of Naruto. The monster was partially hunched over holding on to a big rock chunk that it used as if it was a mace of sorts, the monster looked towards Naruto that had avoided his first attack and roar at him
"That's a rock troll!" said Baki "what's that doing here that's an S rank monster!"
"What!?" asked Amagi "Then we have to stop the match!"
"I agree" said Baki "guards stop that troll"
But no one entered the arena later they would learn that all the guards had fallen unconscious thanks to the substance Orochimaru had placed on the troll's cage
Then screams could be heard as two A rank monster escaped the cages and into the city
"What's going on?" asked Baki looking around and seeing the chaos
On the arena Naruto couldn't heard anything that Amagi or Baki had said, it seem that the participant could not hear the announcer so he focused on the B rank monster in front of him, he would make sure to defeat it
Decided to end it there tell me what you thought.
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