I just wanted to start off by saying I am SO sorry for no updates! A couple of you have sent me messages wondering if I was continuing the story, and I totally am! I was excited for this story and I'm definitely continuing it! I just went to a Christian Camp for two weeks, and we weren't allowed to bring things like laptops. Just phones and Ipods, and I couldn't update from that! So yeah, I just went to a Christian Camp. I might post the link to it and stuff for next year if any of you wanted to come. It's in Maine and right on the beach, so we all love it. I have also been to a family thing over Memorial day weekend and starting school again has been exhausting!
But honestly, the mainreason I haven't been updating this story like my others is because I'm so damn lazy! I hate writing fight scenes... like, a lot. I don't want to make anyone feel bad, that's just how I feel! It's so hard for me, because I get really bored. So I'm only going to write the matches that CHANGED, got it? Anyways, on with the story!
The stunned group looked at the two girls, who were equally as shocked, and couldn't help but stare at the screen.
"Hey. Get down here already! I don't have all day." Genma called up to them.
Sakura and Ino numbly walked down the stairs and into the arena. They stood across from each other and came out of their stupor, shaking their heads.
"You're going down Ino-pig!" Sakura yelled.
"Yeah right Forehead! You'll be on the ground faster than you realize!" Ino called back.
They started throwing around a bunch of punches and kicks, and had realized some emotions they had for each other. But Ino had gotten mad, and cut off her hair, throwing it towards Sakura.
But that was all a play, people had thought she had just gone crazy, but it was a strategy to stop Sakura from moving so she could use her signature jutsu. She did the hand signs and took over Sakura's body.
Raising Sakura's hand, Ino smirked. "I, Sakura Haruno, forfeit the match." She said.
The proctor nodded. "The winner of the second battle, Ino Yamanaka." He said.
Ino let go of Sakura's body and went back to her own body. She got up and smirked, and then took her hair down and smoothed it out, jumping back onto the balcony as Hayate picked up Sakura and jumped back onto the balcony, setting her down and leaning her against the wall.
He sighed. 'Damn, are any of my students going to make it through?' He thought.
The board scrolled through names until it landed on two.
Shion Kazama
vs.
Tenten
The two kunoichi smiled and jumped down into the arena and faced each other. Genma called for a start and shunshined out of the way. Tenten jumped back two squares, putting herself at the perfect distance. Not too close and not too far.
Shion smirked and slammed her heel down into the ground, creating a crater upon impact. She smirked at Tenten's surprised face and whipped out some senbon, throwing them at the girl.
Tenten pulled a kunai out and reflected the senbon, and saw Shion running towards her, faster then she would have expected. She jumped across the room, spinning to gain more distance, and took out kunai and shuriken and threw them at the approaching girl.
Shion dodged them, jumping around the flying projectiles and off to the sides.
The girl then ran onto the wall and circled around Tenten, making the girl throw her weapons, only to have them miss because of her speed. Shion jumped off the wall and pushed chakra into her hand, forming a chakra scalpel. She landed in front of Tenten and cut the tendons in her legs and arms, making her fall to the floor. The girl tried to get back up, but ultimately couldn't.
"The winner of the third round, Shion Kazama." The proctor announced.
Shion smirked and hopped back up to the balcony, while the medics came out and took Tenten away.
The board flashed with names, making all of the genin wait in anticipation until it landed on two.
Naruko Senju
vs.
Temari Sabaku
"Would the two contestants please come down?" The proctor called out.
Temari hopped down and stood up in the middle, looking Naruko in the eye. Naruko smirked and even though she could have gotten down in any way she wished, she decided to walk slowly down the staircase, her heels making an intimidating 'click. click. click.' sound. It came to a pause when she stood in front of Temari.
"So, you wanna dance?" She asked.
"Bring it." Temari said.
"Start!" The proctor yelled, jumping back.
Both blonde girls stood there, waiting for the other to make her move, staring each other in the eye. Naruko narrowed her eyes and clenched her fist.
"I'm getting bored. You gonna make a move or will I have to?" She asked. Temari just smirked. "Well, looks like it's gonna have to be me."
Naruko slowly lifted her foot off the ground, and her teammates let out a sharp breath.
"That chick's dead." Naruto said.
Naruko stomped down her foot quickly, sending a shock wave through the ground, and creating a crater in the ground. Temari's eyes widened, and she tried jumping away from the rapidly forming crater, and ended up having to stand on the wall.
"I must admit, your pretty good." Temari said.
"Hn, thanks." Naruko said, propelling forward and pushing chakra into her fist, just before punching into the wall where Temari just stood. The girl had jumped off and evaded Naruko just barely, landing a few feet behind her on the ground.
Naruko pulled her hand out of the wall, bringing chunks of the cement with her that fell onto the shattered ground.
She pushed off the wall and ran towards Temari, using more of her speed to jump forward while she ran through some hand signs.
"Earth Style: Rock Bullet!" She said, before smacking her foot into the ground several times, and using her chakra to make some of the rocks float. She then used her super strength to punch them in the direction that Temari was.
Temari took her fan and blew chakra infused wind towards the rocks, making them fly back towards Naruko. Naruko then smashed the rocks to pieces, not feeling like dodging them.
"This is the First Star." Temari said. "When you see the Third Star, this match is over."
"If you say so." Naruko scoffed.
Naruko swept through hand signs and poured chakra out of her body, knowing the jutsu would need extra chakra to get through the floors. There was so much chakra in the air that it started lifting her long pigtails off her back.
"Mokuton Style: Wood Forest!" She said, lifting her hands in the air, causing trees to burst out of the ground and create a thick forest around them. She smirked and hid in the trees, tapping into the flowing chakra source inside of them to find Temari.
She heard Temari's laugh echo through the forest. "You really think I'll let a couple of trees stop me?" Yelled the battered girl.
"Wind Style: Shattering Wind!" She yelled, swiping her fan out and causing a huge burst of chakra infused wind to attack the trees, just barely being able to cut half of the forest down. She did the move again and cut down the rest of the trees.
Temari slammed her fan down on the ground, and it was now fully open, showing the three purple dots on the fan. Temari smirked and looked Narukos straight in the eye, only to sense that the girl seemed calm, and had no fear in her.
"Three Stars. Remember what I said to you earlier? Once my fan is open to three stars, game over." She said.
"And I have something to say to you. Bullshit!" Naruko exclaimed.
Temari got a tick in her forehead and quickly shot a chakra infused tornado towards Naruko. Naruko pulled herself into the ground and heard and felt the tornado ravaging the land above her, tearing the stumps out of the ground and sucking the logs and trunks into the devastating tornado.
She let out a breath and cut her thumb, smearing the blood across her palm. She flew threw the hand signs and slammed her hand into the side of the hole she had gotten into. A poof of smoke appeared and Katsu appeared before her.
"Katsu, I need your help, I'm in the middle of a fight right now. Now what I want you to do is.." Naruko whispered to her, explaining her plan.
"WELL! ARE YOU GONNA COME OUT OF HIDING OR NOT!" Temari yelled from above her. She was now standing on the ceiling, not wanting to be caught off guard.
Naruko just rolled her eyes and looked towards Katsu. "You got the plans down?" Katsu nodded, well, the best that a slug can do to nod.
Naruko ran through more hand signs, silently thanking her Tou-chan for showing her this technique.
"Hidden Cloak Jutsu!" She whispered, and felt the cloak of invisibility go over her. She went through the ground and went back up into the arena. She then silently crept up the wall and onto the ceiling. She saw Katsu start coming up from the ground, and acted. She clenched her fist, poured a massive amount of chakra into it, compacted it all, and took in a breath.
She could hear the sickening cracking of Temari's jaw as she punched the girl in the face. Hard. Temari flew down from the impact and sheer force of the punch, straight into the ground where she slammed into the ground and kept going, tearing it up as she traveled straight through the ground.
She slammed against Katsu, who quickly opened her mouth, and took her into her body.
"EWWWW!" They heard Temari scream. "I don't care if I'm a respected kunoichi! This is absolutely disgusting!"
"Proctor." Naruko said, not even facing him. "This match is over. She can't escape Katsu, she has an impenetrable wall in her mouth. Not even a full blown sword could get through it, that's one of the reasons why she's my partner. Call it."
"The match is over. Naruko Senju is the winner!" He called out.
Naruko called out to Katsu. "Okay! You can let her go now!"
Katsu proceeded to spit Temari out and nod at Naruko. "See you Lady Naruko, remember, if you need help again, just go ahead and call me! It gets kind of boring in the kingdom!" Then she poofed away in a puff of smoke, and Naruko jumped back onto the balcony, where she high-fived Naruto and Shion.
"Alright. Due to a certain demolition of the arena, the rest of the fights will be outside." The proctor said.
The genin all went outside and the matches continued. The matches went on fairly the same, everyone else winning or losing, the only exception being that Kankuro and Kiba fought. Kankuro becoming the victor in an easy win.
"Alright, now the last person left, please step forward." the proctor announced, and Haku stepped forward. "You get a free pass to the next round. Now, the next round will be a tournament in front of a huge audience. Since you have seen each others moves, whether it be all of their moves or just a few of them, you need more time to prepare, and to pick up new jutsus and strategies. Therefore, you will have one month to train for the final round. All winners please come down and pick a number to determine your match."
The winners all stepped forward into the middle of the field they had been having the matches, and went up to the proctor.
"Each of you pull one number." The proctor said, going around with a bucket with numbers. "Now, read them in order."
"1" Naruko said.
"2" Gaara said, gaining a crease in his forehead and looking at Naruko worriedly.
"3" Shikamaru said, before yawning.
"4" Kankuro said.
"5" Neji said.
"6" Haku said, smiling.
"7" Shion said, looking eagerly around for her opponent.
"8" Ino said quietly, nervously looking at Shion.
"9" Shino said.
"10" Dosu said.
"11? Noooo! Why am I last?" Naruto complained.
"Shut it and be happy you made it anyways. Now, here are the matches." The proctor said, holding up the clipboard up for everyone to see.
Match 1
Naruko Senju
vs.
Gaara Sabaku
Match 2
Shikamaru Nara
vs.
Kankuro Sabaku
Match 3
Neji Hyuga
vs.
Haku
Match 4
Shion Kazama
vs.
Ino Yamanaka
Match 5
Shino Aburame
vs.
Dosu
Match 6
Winner of Match 5
vs.
Naruto Uchiha
"Now, we'll see you all in a month. Good luck, and don't forget about the festival for the new Hokage tomorrow." The proctor said before poofing out.
Naruko let out a big breath and turned to Shion and Naruto, who she was standing next to. "Compound?" She questioned. Both of them nodded and they all poofed away.
When they got to the compound, and went inside, Naruko turned to them.
"Hey, do you guys think it's hot in here?" She asked.
"What?" Shion asked. "What are you talking about? It's not hot."
"Oh, I just feel kind of hot." Naruko said, before she closed her eyes and fainted.
"Naruko-chan!" Shion and Naruto yelled, catching her.