A/N: Hello all those still following! I know sorry isn't good enough, but all the same, I am sorry… I am so lazy. I'm sorry if this is too light-hearted, this story was intended to be more serious… but it's so darn funny! I'm sorry if anyone stops reading this story because of that…
Command and Obey
Last time~
"Since his opponent is unable to fight, the winner is Kankuro."
"I-It's two a-against one. Isn't t-that unfair?" Hinata asked.
"It's not unfair, as it is only a doll," Kurenai said.
"He controlled the marionette with his chakra." Lee said. "It's a mere tool, like a shuriken."
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
(I am going to skip some fights, because they are hard to do, sorry.)
"Alright, the next two to fight is…"
The board flashed through several names, and then eventually landed on…
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" two loud cries resounded.
Uzumaki Naruto vs. Inuzuka Kiba
The two combatants looked at each other and growled.
"You are going down, Whiskers!" Kiba shouted.
"In your dreams, Dog Breath!" Naruto shouted back.
"Hey, my breath does not smell like a dog's!"
"I wasn't talking about your breath, I was talking about you!"
"Why you-!"
-Cough, cough-
Everyone looked at Hayate.
"Could the two people whose names are on the board please come down so we may begin?"
Naruto and Kiba both blushed as they hopped down.
"So Kurenei, do you think your student will win?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes," she replied instantly, "Naruto may be a demon, but from what I know, he doesn't have much skill in taijutsu, and he doesn't have many ninjutsu either. Kiba and Akamaru together would be hard to beat."
"Hmm, I think you will be surprised."
"Hehe, I'm so gonna beat you, cause I know you suck at fighting! In fact, I'm gonna fight you without Akamaru!" Kiba shouted.
Kurenei twitched while Kakashi smiled.
"You're just wasting your advantage!"
"I don't need him to beat you!"
They both charged.
And, my friends, in the times to come, ninja from all villages will tell stories to their children, and they will tell their children. The story of the weirdest fight ever.
They ran towards each other, raising their fist to punch, when…
"HOLY SHIT!" they both shouted, simultaneously stopping in their tracks and leaping back a few couple of metres.
Then promptly held their noses.
"Whed was da lasd dime you had a batd?" Kiba shouted. (When was the last time you had a bath?)!
"FYI, we jusd came from da Foresd ov Deatsh!" Naruto shouted back. (FYI(For Your Information), we just came form the Forest of Death!)
"Well you week!" (Well you reek!)
"You sdink worse den me!" (You stink worse than, me!)
"How would you know? You ah smelling youshelf twendy-fuow seven!" (How would you know? You are smelling yourself twenty-four seven!)
"Gwww! Ogay Giba! Led's fidish dis!" he shouted, pointing with the hand that wasn't holding his nose. (Grrr! Okay Kiba! Let's finish this!)
"You dook da words wight ouda my moush!" (You took the words right outta my mouth!)
"Uwaaaaaaa!" they both shouted and charged, though they ran awkwardly with one hand constantly holding their nose.
Kiba aimed a punch at Naruto's face, but Naruto ducked and head butted his stomach, before kneeing the face that had doubled over. (On the forehead, so not Kiba's hand (which is still holding his nose)) Kiba flew back, but steadied himself and landed on his feet.
"How'd you like dat!" Naruto shouted triumphantly.
Up in the stands… everyone was falling over in the shame of being in the same village as the two fighters.
"Couldn't they just hold their breath?" Asuma wondered.
"Of course," Kakashi replied simply.
"…"
Back down in the arena…
"Ged a load of my judsuuuu…" Naruto trailed off as he realised he couldn't use hand signs with one on his nose. He growled in frustration and took out one of his swords instead. There was a loud clapping noise as everyone watching slapped their face.
"Ha! Ya dink a puny sord is gonna helb you bead me?" (Ha! You think a puny sword is gonna help you beat me?) Kiba said as he took out a few shuriken and threw them. Naruto deflected them with his sword and charged. Kiba was forced to take out a kunai to block the strikes from the blond. To most people's surprise, Naruto had the upper-hand, and Kiba couldn't attack.
By now, Ino and Sakura had woken and were now watching the match with interest.
"Hey Sakura, is Naruto left handed?"
"Um, I don't know…" then she realised why Ino asked. Naruto was fighting with his left hand only.
Kakashi butted in, "Well, it would make sense if he is ambidextrous. He has two swords."
"Oh… right." It was the first time she thought about that.
Naruto swung down on Kiba's head, and he blocked with his kunai. Kiba was holding up well, until he realised the sword started glowing red. Kiba leapt away as his kunai was sliced cleanly in half and carried on through the ground, cutting a gash in the floor about 20cm deep.
"Watda hell?" Kiba exclaimed. (What the hell?)
"Heh, I can beatd you widoud any jutsu!" (Heh, I can beat you without any jutsu!)
Kiba growled, and cried out loudly, "Agamawu!" (Akamaru!)
Akamaru barked and charged Naruto… then turned around and ran back to where he was sitting before.
"Whatd's da madder, Agamawu?" (What's the matter, Akamaru?)
"Arf! Arf!"
"Yeah I know. He does sdink."
"Oi! I heard dat!"
"Hf, well iv you aren'd using any judsu, then I won'd eider." He took out another kunai and charged. Kiba stabbed at Naruto's stomach while ducking the swing from his sword. Naruto dived over him and flipped so he landed facing Kiba.
"Neva have yuow back towads da enemy!" Naruto shouted and flung his sword up into the air. (Never have your back towards the enemy!)
As Kiba was turning his head left, Naruto kicked with his right leg at Kiba's left, making him slightly unbalanced. Using the momentum, Naruto pirouetted anti-clockwise while swinging his leg up, kicking the side of Kiba's head with his heel dead on.
Let's just say Kiba would have a bad bruise to his head and a skid mark on the other side seeing as he slid face first on the ground.
A dazed Kiba struggled to get up, and watchers stared as the forgotten sword was falling blade down towards Kiba's neck. It was stopped just before hitting by Naruto catching the handle.
"Give up." Naruto said, the sword still in his hand above Kiba.
Kiba scowled and slammed his fist into the ground. "I forfeit," he eventually said before gagging. His hand had let go of his nose when he was kicked.
"Inuzuka Kiba forfeits, the winner is Uzumaki Naruto."
"Whooo, I won!" Naruto shouted, slipping his sword back into its sheath and running up the side of the balcony wall and jumping onto the platform with the other Konoha teams.
Everyone was looking at him with large sweat-drops on their foreheads.
"I didn't realise you and Kiba were related," Shino casually put out.
"WHAAAAAT?" both Kiba and Naruto shouted. (Kiba was coming up the stairs.)
"Yeah I know! They must have been of the same litter!" Ino said, playing along.
"As him! No way in hell!" both shouted.
"Hmm, if you look closely, their resemblance towards each other is quite uncanny," Kakashi said in amusement.
"Kaka-sensei! Not you too!"
"Should we refer to Naruto as Inuzuka Naruto now?" Sakura asked innocently.
"Wha…? No!" Both shouted.
"They even talk simultaneously!" Choji added while munching on some chips.
Kiba and Naruto's shoulders drooped.
"I give up," they both muttered and slinked towards the wall.
Everyone grinned. "Ah, the joys of teasing…"
Hinata walked to Naruto, who was sulking by the wall.
"C-Congratulations on w-wing the fight… u-um, here, N-Naruto," she stuttered out. Naruto looked at her hand, where a jar of ointment sat.
"It's f-for wounds a-and injuries."
Naruto's eyes softened and took the jar. "Thanks, Hinata-chan."
Hinata froze, then turned bright red and fainted.
"Wah! Hinata, are you alright!" he said catching her.
Neji appeared, sending a disapproving look towards Naruto. "What did you say?"
"Um… 'Thanks, Hinata-chan.'?"
"Three words too many." (Chan will become a word here.)
Hinata woke up after a few seconds and squeaked in Naruto's arms. Neji sighed and took the poor, blushing girl away from the reason of said blushing. Everyone turned to see who was fighting next.
Hyuga Neji vs. Hyuga Hinata
The room was filled with chatter as they realised that two ninja from the same clan would have to fight each other.
Neji blinked in surprise. This… could be a problem. Since Hinata was from the main family, while Neji was only from the branch family. It was the branch family's duty to protect the main family.
They made there way down and faced each other. Hinata trembled in fear. It was not that Neji treated her badly or anything, but she knew he was so much better than her at fighting. She didn't stand a chance.
"I didn't think I'd have to fight you, Hinata-sama."
"N-nor I, brother…"
"Huh? They are brothers and sisters?" Naruto asked quizzically.
"No, they are cousins," Lee replied. "Hinata is from the main family and Neji is from the branch family."
Naruto thought for a moment, before leaning over the rail and shouting, "Ganbatte! Neji, Hinata!"
Hinata blushed. He's… cheering for me… I have to do my best.
For once in his life, Neji was unsure of himself.
"Neji-san."
Neji looked up at Hinata, who was smiling at him.
"Let's do our best."
Neji blinked, before closing his eyes and smiling.
"Hai, Hinata-sama."
His eyes flashed as his Byakugan was activated, and he charged.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
In the end, Neji had won by forcing Hinata to forfeit. Even though he was told to do his best, Neji still prevented himself from injuring Hinata badly. He came out relatively unscathed.
Hinata stood by the wall silently. Naruto walked up to her and smiled.
"Hey, you were awesome!"
From that one sentence, Hinata's heart burst with joy, and red tainted her cheeks.
Naruto held out the jar of ointment.
"Here, I think you would benefit better from this. I can heal better than humans, so you should use it."
Doki, doki. (This is the sound of a heart beat in Japanese. I thought it sounded cool.)
"Arigato, Naruto-kun."
"No problem, Hinata-chan!" he said and turned to look at the board, not noticing Hinata swooning in pleasure, though Neji noticed. …He'd better treat her well, or else I'll snap his neck. He silently vowed.
Sabaku no Gaara vs. Rock Lee (Does he have a last name?)
"Yosh! Gai-sensei, it's time for you to witness my youthfulness!"
"Yes Lee! Show everyone just how youthful ninja of Konoha can be!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAIAAAAHH!"
Naruto had pushed Lee into the arena. Luckily Lee righted himself and landed, facing his opponent.
Gaara was a little distracted, instead focusing on Naruto. The demon… has a strange way of fighting. Gaara concluded, remembering Naruto's fight with Kiba. …Perhaps he enjoys fighting with his hand on his nose…
He didn't have much time to think of anything else as sand pouring out of his gourd instantly threw up a shield, preventing Lee's leg from hitting Gaara's face. Gaara's eyes narrowed. How dare he, to interrupt my thinking. The sand swirled around him menacingly.
Up in the stands, Naruto shivered. It had been a while since he had been in any contact with another demon, let alone one of the Bijuu. It wasn't reassuring to know that Shukaku was one psychotic/sadistic demon.
Everyone else was looking at the sand in amazement.
"H-how is that possible!" Ino shouted.
"He wasn't even focusing on Lee, so how did he put up a shield so quickly?" Shikamaru noted.
"That would be Shukaku's doing, I imagine."
Everyone blinked at Naruto.
"Shukaku knows that if Gaara dies, then he dies too, so he is probably protecting his host with sand, to ensure that he doesn't die," Naruto carried on.
"Wait, what's Shukaku?" Sakura asked.
Shikamaru answered. "Shukaku is one of the nine Bijuu. That would mean that Gaara is a Jinchuuriki." He guessed.
Naruto seems to know a lot about Jinchuuriki… perhaps Kyuubi told him. Kakashi pondered.
Meanwhile, Lee was having a hard time even hitting Gaara. The speed of his attacks were a blur, yet the sand seemed to be able to see through it and block every single one.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- (Lee's fight was so complex from what I remember, but I can't find any info detailed enough to write about, sorry!)
The sand wrapped around Lee's left arm and left leg (I think) and held him in the air. Lee was too exhausted from opening the gates to get out, and could only struggle helplessly as the sand constricted on him. Suddenly the sand froze, before falling apart and dropping to the floor, releasing Lee aswell.
Lee looked up at Gaara, but Gaara was looking away from him, up into the balcony. Gaara looked back to Lee quickly, then to Hayate.
"I doubt he is able to fight any longer."
Hayate looked at Lee, who looked to be unable to even raise his head properly.
"As Rock Lee is unable to continue, the winner is Sabaku no Gaara."
As soon as that was said, Gai appeared with the medics. They put Lee on a stretcher and carried him off.
"Will he be alright?" Ino asked worryingly.
"There doesn't seem to be any major damage, it's mostly fatigue from opening five gates… It would have been worse if Gaara had crushed his arm and leg," Kakashi said. I wonder… Gaara had looked up at Naruto. Did Naruto do something?
Gaara appeared beside his siblings. Kankuro shuffled a bit, before asking, "Why didn't you kill him?"
Gaara didn't reply for a while, but eventually said, "The Prince did not allow it."
Temari and Kankuro were confused, but let it go.
Naruto tapped his chin, before smirking. Royalty has its perks.
Flashback~
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watched the battle. Just when it looked like Bushy Brows had won, Gaara appeared as well as ever and had Lee's arm and leg wrapped in sand. He's gonna crush them. Knowing Lee only relied on Taijutsu, and injury like that would be devastating.
Naruto's eyes flashed red and his demonic chakra flared slightly. No one noticed, except for Gaara.
Demons were generally not telepathic, but small commands and emotions could be passed to another with demonic chakra.
Gaara looked up as he felt demon chakra flicker somewhere. Inside his mind, Shukaku screeched and howled. A second later he knew why. The command resonated clearly inside his head.
::Stop::
Without his permission, the sand was out of his control, causing it to release Lee and fall to the ground like normal sand.
Gaara stared at Naruto, before looking at Lee.
It is not wise to anger that one. Gaara thought before deciding to allow this human to live.
End Flashback~
A/N: Wow, that was written in two days! Hope you enjoyed it. This is one of my favourite chapters! Any comments please review!