Chapter 92 Parents like Childern
Time seamed to slow down as the youngest fighter in tournament history prepared to head out onto the field for the demon wolves. Raeni Uchiha simply walked back and forth as she ran though her opening moves in her mind.
"According to the reports this Karui was a high ranking ANBU in Kumogakure trained by Killer B himself." thought Raeni as she remembered the hours that the higher up wolf commanders spent with her breaking down every detail of Karui's military records "She has wind chakra but she is also a huge fan of using mist to cover her movements. Her sword skills are extremely high but since she can't bring a sword into the arena I am pretty safe there."
"Then again she has all the combat experience, I only have five actual combat missions against the humans and in one of those I was captured. Which means that if I can't use my primary weapon I will lose and lose badly." thought Raeni as she wondered why she was so fast to agree to this tournament "I am a 16 year old pup, I mean ya the other turned humans are in their early twenties but if you transfer their ages to demons they would have millions of years of experience over me. On some levels I think High command wants me to lose as long as I look good doing it. Shows that the wolves are on the rise."
Suddenly a buzzing sound filled the air as Raeni looked up at a small red flashing light by the locker room door.
"It's time." said Raeni as she stood up and headed out of the locker room and headed up the long corridor which lead up to the main arena. Her breathing increased as she walked out into the blinding lights from hundreds if not thousands of cameras flashes. The wolf crowed behind her cheered and howled for her while the majority of the felines booed for the representative of the nation which they had gone to war with countless times. Those boos turned to cheers and roars as the fighter representing the tigers entered the field. The red and black tiger with deep golden eyes waved at the crowed as she walked toward the center of the field. She walked toward the center where a female horse stood there waiting to explain the rules. Raeni wasn't even listening to the referee explain the rules, she was too busy looking around the stadium.
Up in the royal box standing behind his King was her oldest brother Itachi.
"Your sister, kind of looks like a fish out of water." stated Vachan as the white tiger looked at Itachi.
"She probably has little combat experience but she is a Uchiha." stated Itachi
"On some level's I am not sure calling them Brother and Sister is the correct thing to do." said Queen Mother Oda as she spun her glass of wine slowly around before taking a slow drink. "She is a wolf just like her parents, the middle child is a snake and he is a panther. They are different races now."
"But we are still family." stated Itachi
"And maybe more than that." stated King Gamba as the others looked at him.
"What are you talking about King Gamba?" asked the leader of the wolves Caden.
"I mean how many families of former humans are split between different races? Hundreds if not thousands?" asked King Gamba more to himself than anyone else. "Families cutting across all different races, maybe this will finally allow all of us to come together as friends."
"We are friends." stated Caden as Gamba shook his head a bit.
"You are a true politician Caden, you could shake my hand with one hand while prepare your other for war." stated King Gamba "Everyone here knows that at the first possible moment after the treaty expires you will launch your attack on this kingdom."
"I assure you I have no idea what you're talking about." stated Caden as he wondered how the felines could know what only the top levels of his government knew.
"If I am wrong that I will thank the spirits." stated Gamba as he looked out toward the field as if he was watching the referee explain the rules however his voice was pure business. His mother was looking at her son for the first time she was seeing his father's personality in him. His father had been a warrior first and a unifier second her son was the opposite a unifier/reformer first and a warrior second. At the moment he was speaking as the commander of the single largest military in the demon world. "However remember this Caden, this kingdom wants peace but if one wolf crosses that boarder without permission we will wage war and this Kingdom has never lost a war, you have."
Caden said nothing as his eyes narrowed a bit before turning back to the match.
"Begin." stated the referee as Karui ran though hand signs.
"Lightening style Chidori Spear." stated Karui as a beam of lightening shot out of Karui's arm, grazing Raeni's shoulder. Raeni quickly jumped out of the way after dodging a second spear.
"How the world do you know that move?" asked Raeni as she looked at the tigress.
'Let's just say I was part of an international training program during the war, I learned the Chidori from Kakashi Hatake." explained Karui "It only took some practice to learn some of Sasuke's other tricks."
"Great." stated Raeni as she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again, when they opened her eyes had changed to the tradition three comma Sharingan before she stood up and got back into a stance "Just great."
"If you are scared you could just give up?" offered Karui
"Not a chance pussy cat." stated Raeni before taking a deep breath.
"Here comes the fire attack." thought Karui
"Water bullet." stated Raeni as Karui's eyes widened as a stream of fast moving chakra laced water came at her. Karui rolled out of the way of the attack as Raeni ran though hand signs again "Water style flying dragon."
Everyone watched as young Uchiha pulled the water vapor out of the air creating the water she needed for the justu, the water danced around her for a moment before taking on the shape of a dragon with it's base around Raeni.
"What the hell…an Uchiha that uses water attacks?" thought Karui "No matter she is still just a kid."
"Fire style giant fireball justu!" yelled Raeni as Karui looked up to see a giant fireball coming from in front of her. She jumped over the attack only to see a the giant water dragon coming at her in mid air. There was no chance for her to move before being swallowed by the water dragon. Inside the justu Karui was bounced back and forth between the watery skin of the dragon. Air bubbles were escaping from Karui as the threat of drowning became very real. The crowd watched as suddenly a blinding flash appeared around Karui's hand. The light began to grow as the dragon began to be covered with electricity, the charge ran thought out the dragon shocking Raeni who was controlling the dragon from its base.
Raeni screamed in pain as she released the justu which caused Karui to fall hard onto the rocky ground, at the same moment Raeni was on her knees from the shock.
"Nice try kiddy." Stated Karui as she got back onto her feet and slowly walked toward Raeni who was still on her knees. Soon she was standing over the broken and defeat Uchiha who was struggling to move "But see electricity runs very well though water and I am betting it will take a while for you to regain control the movement of your body. That is too bad for you since by the time you regain control I will have already won."
"Bring it you pussy cat." laughed Raeni as Karui grabbed the young wolf by the neck.
"I don't have too, I have already won." stated Karui
"Really you think that?" laughed Raeni before she grinned the classic Uchiha grin. Then before Karui's eyes the Uchiha broke apart into hundreds of small black birds which flew away.
"What the?" asked Karui as she looked only to notice that the sky was a deep red with orange clouds, the faces of the crowd members all belonged to Raeni. "Genjutsu, I have been under a genjutsu this entire time."
"Yes, you have." stated Raeni's voice "This has all been in your mind.'
"Well I know one way to defeat this." stated Karui as she formed a hand sign "Release."
Suddenly everything changed and Karui found herself back on the field only instead of standing in the center of the field she was pinned against the far wall with her arm and legs restrained. Raeni was standing in front of her with a grin on her face and her red Sharingan eyes spinning.
"Not much of a pup am I?" asked Raeni
"How did you do that? Until I defeated you in the genjustu it was perfect." stated Karui knowing that most genjustus had small faults with them that made them stand out as fakes.
"You may have read the reports about me but did you happen to read the reports about my mother?" asked Raeni with a grin.
"No." admitted Karui
"Well, that is too bad." stated Raeni as she wrapped her claws around Karui's neck "Because if you had maybe you would have stood a better chance."
"Winner is Raeni Uchiha of the demon wolves." stated the referee as the crowd booed as another home nation fighter went down, the second one in a row.
Up in the stands Adria Namikaze turned toward her mother, with slight a confused look.
"What is she talking about?" asked Adria
"Mikoto Uchiha while not that good in physical fighting was by far the best ninja the leaf ever had when it came to Genjustus." explained Kushina "One time she made a prisoner believe entire months had pasted when only five minutes had. After that he broke and gave us the information in time to turn the battle."
"That information actually save my life." stated Minato "Her skills made Kurenai look like a genin."
"And her daughter picked up her skills." stated Sakura
"Well that is interesting." added Naruto as he grinned a bit.
"Why are you grinning?" asked Seth
"Because on some level it's nice to rout for the underdog." explained Naruto "I mean people gave her no chance to win and she did. Besides can you image a fighting between her and Hinata?"
"Hinata is the top student of Kurenai if she can't tell the difference between genjustu and the real world no one can." stated Sakura "But first she has to get past this snake, Lin Lee."
"I asked some of foxes who are researching my possible opponents if they know anything about Len Lee and they didn't know anything." stated Naruto
Back in demon ape city Kakashi had checked in his weapons at the armory and was heading to his apartment. The apartment had once been belonged to some long dead demon ape however it had become home to the legendary copy cat ninja and apart from the advance technology built into almost everything, the view out of the window and the fact that it was way too big for a single guy it was almost the same as being back in the leaf. There was a couch, a reading chair and almost everything he was used to back on in the Leaf. Unlike most of refugees from the Leaf or other conquered city, Kakashi had some personal items. Photos of his life growing up, however in each photo his face was hidden under a mask. He had photos of team Minato when he was a genin and both versions of team seven, he had a photo which showed him and Mighty Guy standing on watch together just talking. The only common photo for a guy his age missing was a wedding photo, on some levels he never got over Rin but she had died years ago.
"Maybe…it is time to move on." said Kakashi as he looked at the photo of Rin before looking at the clock; he only had two and a half hours to get ready for dinner with Shizune.
By the time Kakashi was finishing getting ready demons where preparing for the most high profile match of the day if not the most high profile match in history. Never had a Queen taken part in the tournament, other members of the royal family normally the youngest sons which stood no real chance of getting to the throne. This was a historic day and tickets to this match was the sold out and every seat was filled. Once the clock struck the hour King Gamba along with the rest of the delegations from around the demon world reappeared in the royal box. Gamba waved to the crowed as voice of the announcer came over the loud speakers.
"Welcome to the last match of the first round of the female tournament, now for the fighters. Fighting for demon snakes is Lin Lee." stated the announcer as the deep purple with some red tiger strips on her back starting at her shoulders.
"Standing probably for us, her subjects is our new Queen, Lady Hinata." stated the announcer as Hinata stepped out onto the field to the loudest cheering that any of the fighters. Hinata waved to the crowed before turning toward her mate and blowing a kiss which caused the crowd to cheer even loader as Gamba placed his hand on his heart as if he had caught the kiss.
Hinata turned her focus back to the task at hand as she moved forward standing across from the female snake.
"Alright listen up you two I am going to skip the whole rules things, you know it all already." Stated the wolf referee, before looking at Hinata "However I will tell you this doesn't expect any favors, I will not stop the match early if you're in danger. You choice to be here and you will face the same dangers."
"Understood." stated Hinata
"Alright then begin." said the referee as Hinata moved into a stance and activated her Byakugan at the same moment Lin Lee just stood there, glaring at Hinata with her golden eyes. Slowly ever so slowly Lin Lee lowered herself to the ground so the her chin was resting on the ground.
"What is she up to?" thought Hinata as suddenly Lin Lee opened her mouth as thousands of small snakes came out moving across the ground like a swarm. Hinata's eyes widened as each of the snake's mouths opened and a long sword came out.
Hinata did the first thing which came to mind as chakra began to gather around her hands.
"Eight trigram Palms revolving of heaven." stated Hinata as she started to spin around using her Byakugan to and advanced chakra control to strike each snake on the head, the addition of her chakra disabling the snakes. The crowd held its breath as they worried about their Queen; finally Hinata stopped spinning as the last snake fell.
"Is that all you got?" asked Hinata as looked at Lin Lee who was standing back up.
"No, just testing your skills with a Byakugan." stated Lin Lee "I have heard a lot about those eyes of yours but I have never been up against."
"There is something about you." said Hinata as she studied the chakra network of Lin Lee, it was well known that while all chakra networks served the same function and at central points crossed major organs every chakra network was different. While all chakra networks where different there were some traits that where similar among family members, such as all members of the Inuzuka clan had their major chakra pathway to their hand on the outside of their arms while the Yamanaka's clan had theirs on the inside. Hinata's eyes widened as she realized where she saw that chakra network before.
"I see you finally realize what I am." stated Lin Lee
"Yes, but I don't know how? Or why" admitted Hinata
"How is reality simple, I was grown in my father's lab. The only one to make it actually" stated Lin Lee as she crossed her arms "As for why, I was designed to be the perfect breading ground for the Sharingan, I was to produce a Sharingan wielder body that would be perfect for my father. The plan was for me to grow up, sneak into the leaf and get a Uchiha to sleep with me. Then Itachi went and destroyed most of the clan meaning my role had to change, I was only days away from the compound when Sasuke killed him."
"And then produce an heir for your…father, Orochimaru" growled Hinata as up in the stands Gamba along with everyone else from the leaf's eyes widened. "Your Orochimaru's daughter."
"And apart from Sasuke I am his top student." stated Lin Lee as she raised her hand which transformed into a giant snake before shooting off toward Hinata who blocked the attack with another blow from her gentle fist style "And you're in deep trouble, because I will kill you."
Well I hope you liked this chapter, I am sorry to inform you that my hopes to post the first chapter of the Ark story today but that isn't going to happen. I became side track with computer problems and work issues which prevented me from getting all the work I want to get done, done. Now I hope you enjoyed the little surprise I had at the end of this chapter and until next time please keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75
