Tsurugu Misumi vs. Ashihea Shiroko the large electronic board read in large letters.
"Oh man," Leo sighed out, "Shi-Chan is so lucky to go first." He whined, with Kiko nodding in agreement.
"Shut it dumb-ass!" Shiroko shouted as she walked down the stairs to the arena. She hated battles being turned into public spectacles like this, especially since she was not a fighter. Shiroko was trained in espionage, not to trade punches. The sigh that escaped her mouth was not missed by her opponent, who took it all wrong.
"What, think you could take me?!" he shouted at the kunoichi. Signing like she was already bored, how infuriating.
"No," the girl replied in an unusually soft voice, "I just prefer not to battle."
"Then forfeit before you are killed little girl." The glasses wearing man said condescendingly.
'And that's why I killed him your honor' rolled through Leo's head in Jessica's voice.
The proctor then called for the battle to begin, and both candidates jumped back, Misumi throwing kunai with his jump. Shiroko dodged the weapons and responded by throwing out a few small weapons of her own, a few strings of hair. The hair fell gently to the floor, and caused a laugh to burst from her opponent.
"Hair, are you an idiot!?" the masked man yelled out incredulously.
Shiroko just smirked at this and put her hands into a seal, her thumbs and pinkies touching with the rest curled in and knuckles touching.
"Great Hair Technique: Spears of Silver" she shouted out, causing the hair to suddenly straighten, like a live wire they began to wiggle and move, shooting towards her opponent. He dodged, but was nicked by one of the strands, and this caused it to hone onto his person. Like a heat seeking missile the strand followed his movements chasing, and was a mildly humorous sight.
Once he was close enough though, Misumi used his technique, turning his body to putty and wrapping around Shiroko. The hair that was following him pierced his thigh, but he did not seem to notice, instead bragging about his power. As he squeezed and slowly killed Shiroko, cruelly talking about how he was killing her, she pulled her hands together. With great struggle as her weak body was being suffocated the white haired girl put her thumb and forefinger together, interlocking the rest, and called out with her remaining breath, "Great Hair Technique: Piercing Blow".
As soon as the words left her mouth her hair shot out like her finger was jabbed into a light socket, all three feet of hair on her head creating sharp, thin spears and piercing the covered ninja everywhere. He died instantly, as his brain and vital organs were pierced multiple times, causing blood and gore to shoot out and cover the frail girl. Her once white hair was now stained red in large blotches, and she was gasping for air, as the dead enemy fell from her.
The match was called in Shiroko's favor and she began to walk up to her team, her hair now limp around her and curtaining her from the eyes around them. Once she was close enough Yukii-hime caught the blood covered girl in a strong embrace, Shiroko's shoulders shaking from exhaustion and her adrenaline draining. The final technique had been draining, as it was a last ditch, sink-or-swim technique that was only used in life or death situations.
With a look up onto Yukii's face Shiroko smiled through her bone-white hair and could not help the chuckle escaping her lips. "I won." She sighed out before falling limp into her teammates waiting arms. When the Konaha medics tried to rush over to the passed out girl the two teams glared and shooed them away and Team Three's sensei began to heal the exhausted girl.
The board lit up again as names flashed by randomly, the next contestants being chosen at that moment.
"Who do ya think it'll be?" Kiko whispered in a conspiring tone to Leo as they stood in a protective semi-circle around their comrade.
"I dunno, maybe one of the leaf shinobi, a talented one this time." The blonde replied with a smirk.
Kiko smirked back at him, and pinched his upper arm. "Don't be rude." She whispered back harshly, though her face showed the humor she found in his statement.
They both turned back to the large electronic board as the names were chosen.
Rock Lee v. Kosshi Kiko
"Well fuck you bitch!" Leo laughed out at Kiko's luck, being picked out second still made an impact.
"Suck it Leo." The copper haired girl replied as she walked down to the arena.
The fight was about to begin.