Still Don't Own Naruto!
Chapter 44: The Jonnin Tournament Part 1
Naruto woke late, mostly because of the lack of sleep caused from satisfying a very angry and horny Yugito the night before, not that he minded at all.
It did not help that he had to be at the stadium in thirty minutes and a sleeping Yugito refused to let go of him. "Oh your not going to like this Yugi-chan but it has to be done" Naruto said and he forced himself to stand despite his feline like girlfriends hisses of disapproval as she slowly woke.
"Sorry Yugi-chan but I gotta run don't want to be late for the matches to start it could hurt my chance a promotion" Naruto said even though he was quite confident he would be promoted anyway.
Racing around the small hotel room Naruto grabbed his equipment and seals through on his red sage cloak over the top of his usual blue muscle shirts and black pants before racing out while Yugito was still trying to convince him he could stay a little longer in bed.
Naruto realizing just how late he was Naruto took to the roof tops and began jumping the gorges between sections of the exam, when he arrived he didn't bother with the main entrance and just hopped over the wall and landed in the centre to find not just the competitors but four proctors, looking closely they seemed to be one from each village that was competing. For Iwa there was the jolly Akatsuchi. From Kiri there was a man with no eyebrows that reminded him of Zabuza only with grey hair and instead of the massive cleaver he had two small Tanto's on both hanging on his back. Kumo had Atsui for there proctor. Finally from Konoha there was someone Naruto had no idea was in the village,Yamato.
"Hey Yamato when did you get here" Naruto asked when he saw the Anbu member.
"Oh hi Naruto, I was here around a week ago, but was unable to talk to the teams competing incase I let something slip about how the final round works. That's why we have all been kept in isolation" Yamato explained.
Naruto was just about to ask Yamato another question when a loud crackling from the speakers indicated that Oonoki was about to speak.
"Good morning and welcome to the finals of the jonnin exams, it will be a tournament consisting of one on one matches that will be set in one of five battle grounds that will be decided before each match. The different areas will in some way signify the villages or country's that the finalist's come from, the fifth being a bare basic arena. So as to not spoil the surprise you will not find our what the make up of these different arena's will be, they will also be reset via justu for the following match, now let us Begin!" Oonoki said before returning to his seat.
"Ok you heard him, everyone apart from Chojuro and Choji Akimichi please make your way to the spectators booth" the proctors said together before turning up to a large computer screen that had there named on either side and in the middle there was a large symbol of a arena that began rapidly changing to the villages symbols eventually stopping on Iwa.
The other proctors left the floor leaving Akatsuchi who was running through hand signs and slamming his hands into the ground which began to shake and large boulders and rock obstacles grew out of the ground.
"Ok Fighters ready" Akatsuchi paused to receive nods from both Choji and Chojuro. "Then Begin"
The second Akatsuchi started the match Chojuro raced forward drawing out his large two handled sword and went for a swing to end the fight quickly.
Choji had to react quickly and rolled out of the way but he was soon under immense pressure and being forced to dodge repeatedly.
Choji finally found some space when he used a partial expansion jutsu to extend an arm out and pull the Akimichi out of harms way, he then used that partial expansion to begin throwing boulder sized rocks at the Kiri ninja who had to act quickly knowing it was his turn to do the dodging.
Then the rock formations started changing and large cliffs began to appear making the arena much smaller and there was no flat area left as it was all uneven. This disadvantaged both Choji and Chojuro as Chojuro liked to have room to swing his sword Choji needed it to effectively used many of his families jutsu.
Choji was jumping up the cliff sides trying to make it to the top to gain a height advantage. Chojuro however was busy placing explosive tags on several kunai and began sending them toward the beefy Konoha ninja.
Large explosions rung out from the explosive notes, cracking the rocky cliffs. Choji who had narrowly avoided the explosions used the falling rocks and debris as a distraction and kicked off the wall and used an expansion jutsu to send a massive fist right at Chojuro who had no where to run.
Forced into a corner the sword wielding ninja had to use his twin handled blade as a shield to take the blow and deflect the blow from crushing him into a wall.
Choji went for another swing but the Kiri ninja rolled out of the way and propelled himself into the air using his sword like a pole volt and went soaring above Choji.
Raising this blade above his head he began to charge his sword with chakra and it began to glow and the wrappings came loose and it changed its shape forming a large head at the tip like a hammer.
"Hiramekarei Unleashing" Chojuro yelled and the large beam of the chakra from the tip of his sword crashed into Choji sending him flying into a nearby cliff.
"Um proctor, can you check him" Chojuro said in a small uncertain voice.
Akatsuchi made his way over to Choji who was unconscious but clearly alive. "Winner Chojuro of Kiri"
(Kage Booth)
"A good fight but a taijutsu style like the Akimichi's which relies on power and not speed against kenjutsu is rather unsafe but the boy showed some sound tactics, the terrain did not suit an Akimichi either" Oonoki said.
"Yes, I am sure he will be a fine jonnin one day but not just yet" Mei Agreed.
"Yes I agree neither have earned promotion on that showing, Chojuro had no real formulated plan and had a style advantage over Choji. Choji however showed good tactical awareness for a chunin maybe even tokubetsu jonnin but he was not able to show enough in terms of skill" Jiraiya said sagely.
(Tournament Floor)
After the match the rocky floor and cliffs faded back into the earth to return the arena floor back to it's usual flatness.
Up on the computer screen the names called Omoi and Tenten down to the arena and it would be fought in the normal arena with no changes.
Because it was not a specific environment fight Akatsuchi had stayed on as the proctor. Once he called begin Tenten was the first into action sending a hail of kunai at Omoi from her large sealing scroll.
Omoi removed the sword from his back and began knocking the kunai away with swipes of his blade.
Tenten had been doing quite a good job of keeping Omoi busy and unable to mount an offensive with her kunai sealed into her scroll.
Omoi who was slowly being backed into the wall by the flung projectiles began to charge his katana with lightening.
Lightening shot out from the blade and began to knock the kunai from the air with ease as Omoi began to press forward.
Seeing that small projectile's would not work she took out another scroll and began running through some hand seals "Manipulated Tools: Heavenly Chain of Destruction" she called and tossed the scroll which began unrolling into the air.
White streaks shot out of the scroll and began impacting the ground to reveal they were weapons of different sizes.
Omoi had to react fast as the weapons were hitting much faster than he could dodge he quickly ran though some hand seals and held his sword out "Raiton: Bolt Shield" he yelled in desperation as a large group of weapons just shout out flying towards him.
Using his katana as a conductor a large sheet of white lightening spread out and covered the area around him.
The weapons that hit the dome of lightening were deflected to the sides and crashed into the ground leaving a completely unharmed Omoi who gave a sigh of relief.
Omoi began to move towards Tenten but he caught something out of the side of his eye and had to jump out of the way.
The weapons that had hit the ground during Tentens attack were moving out of the ground and flying at Omoi from different angles. 'shit how is she doing that... wires' he thought as he narrowly avoided a axe that after impaling into the ground lifted back up and shot at Omoi again.
Omoi was receiving narrow cuts from all of his near misses and looking rather tired.
(Contestant Booth)
"I have never seen Omoi do so much running" Karui said as Omoi once again had to roll out of the way from a yet another near miss.
"Yeah but he cant stay on the run forever he is going to have to do something soon" Shinoi said
"It has been a very good match Tenten is showing very good use of weapon related ninjutsu while Omoi is showing great physical and mental ability by being able to predict the attacks and get out of the way" Naruto said from beside them.
"Yosh Tenten is truly in the springtime of her youth" Lee said earning strange looks from the non Konoha ninja and small sweat drops from Naruto and the others.
(Fight)
Omoi was struggling as he rolled away from another sword. When he returned to his feet however he found himself surrounded by Tentens weapons. 'It was all a trap, she used the other weapons to move me into this position' he thought as he began to sweat slightly.
The weapons shot forward and Omoi had little time to react. "Kumo Kenjutsu style: Crescent Moon Beheading".
Omoi swung his blade quickly in a single large arc at such a high speed that even with how closely he was trapped he was able to begin knocking the blades out of the air and separating the blades from the wires that connected them. 'Wait wires!, I know how I can win' Omoi thought as he continued spinning and swinging his blade so fast that it resembled a small Crescent moon.
Once he had managed to roll out of the trap Omoi saw a sword that was still connected by a wire but not being used and he ran to grab it. Disconnecting the wire he held the thin thread in his hands and began running through some hand signs quickly "Raiton: Shock pulse" he called and sent a bolt of lightening through the wire and sending Tenten flying back from the shock.
Tenten collapsed on the ground but was still conscious. When she made it to her feet however she found Omoi with his katana to her throat. "Give up" Omoi said.
Tenten just sighed and nodded "proctor I give up" she said and Akatsuchi nodded and declared Omoi the winner.
"That was a good fight" Omoi said and offered Tenten his hand which she gladly took and they shook hands.
(Competitor Booth)
"Troublesome I guess we are up next Kiba" Shikamaru said in his usual lazy manner.
"Yeah I wonder what type of match we will get" Said Kiba as he stared up at the board which stopped on the Konoha symbol. "I wonder what we are doing to get, pit of fire maybe".
"I doubt it Yamato is not exactly the fire type" Naruto said with a small smirk.
"Huh what do you mean, the arena's are supposed to reflect where we come from and its the land of fire" Kiba queried.
Naruto didn't have to answer as a thick forest formed in the middle of the arena.
"Well this is rather troublesome" Shikamaru said as he hopped down into the ring followed by Kiba and Akamaru.
(Arena)
"Are you both ready" Yamato asked earning a nod from both Konoha ninja. "Then... Begin!"
Shikamaru acted first and stretched his shadow out and Kiba ran back trying to avoid the shadow which proved to be extremely difficult in a forest arena full of shadow's that the lazy Nara could use to extend his shadow further.
Eventually Kiba was able to escape the shadow with Akamaru.
"Ok Akamaru you know what to do Man Beast Clone!" Kiba yelled and Akamaru changed into Kiba.
Both Kiba and Akamaru took off in different directions till they were at opposite sides of the arena and then they both charged.
(Competitor Booth)
"So who do you think will win" Karui asked Naruto.
"I cant see Shikamaru loosing, he is a complete genius in strategy in fact if he wasn't so lazy he would be the only person in these exams that could beat me, no offence or anything. Kiba's only chance is to do something completely unpredictable, unfortunately for most Inuzuka there style is very brash and they prefer frontal attack's" Naruto said as Akamaru and Kiba charged forward from each side and Shikamaru jumped up into a tree.
"And its over" Naruto said plainly
"What do you mean" Karui asked but then she saw it. "Wow, he is good"
"Yeah like I told you, Shikamaru is way to smart to be beaten by frontal attacks unless there incredibly fast" Naruto said.
(Fight)
Kiba and Akamaru were both being pined to the ground by thin threads of shadows. They were completely immobilised despite how hard they were struggling.
"Shadow Sewing Jutsu: success" Shikamaru said from his tree as Akamaru changed back into his normal from. "I win Kiba, you cant break out.
"Ah fine, I forfeit" Kiba whined loudly.
"Very well Kiba Inuzuka is unable to continue, winner Shikamaru Nara!" Yamato said to loud applause from the crowd.
(Kage Booth)
"Very impressive, during the initial confrontation he chased the Inuzuka back then let him go so he could hide his shadow threads. Those Nara's were always brilliant strategists" Jiraiya said.
"Indeed he is the first one so far who has shown he has what it takes to be a jonnin" A said while Oonoki nodded in approval.
"Yes I agree, his strategy and ease that he was able to pull it off suggests that he is jonnin material" Mei agreed.
(Arena Floor)
The next match showed up indicating that it was between Ino and Karui and they would be fighting in the Kiri Arena.
The floor filled with water and in essence looked like a large lake then Ao landed in the centre and called out the fighters.
"Both fighters ready" Ao asked formally.
"Yes" they both replied before the attacked each other head on clashing Karui's katana against Ino's tanto.
The pair separated and ino dove into the water appearing underneath Karui and attempting to pull the Kumo ninja under.
This proved to be a horrible move as Karui jumped up into the air and ran though a few hand seals before sending a small bolt of lightening into the water.
Ino screamed out in pain as the water conducted the electricity and she fell unconscious.
"Winner Karui" Ao said as he went to check on Ino and called for medic's who took her away.
(Kage Booth)
"Well that was uneventful but Ino should have known not to make a rash move like entering the water without knowing about her opponent, against a Raiton style that could be fatal" Jiraiya said.
"Yes she was taken out by the terrain, but she would not have been expecting to win it says in our information that she is a medic so I doubt she is all that versed in one on one battles" Mei said kindly.
"That's true, but definitely not jonnin material yet, that said she is still young. Karui may have won but was only able to prove she could use the terrain to her own advantage, which is not enough to earn promotion just yet" A said.
(Arena Floor)
The water drained from the arena and Ino was taken from the ring to the medical area to treat her injuries.
The board began to spin again to decide the terrain while Lee and Shinoi made there way down to the arena. Lee was looking as excitable as ever jumping up and down doing stretches. Shinoi on the other hand was far less excitable but looked focused staring intently at what type of match they would be having.
The screen stopped on the symbol for Iwa and the large rocky formations returned towering above and lifting both Lee and Shinoi up onto different level's
"Begin!" Akatsuchi called and Lee took off charging as best he could to reach Shinoi.
Lee arrived and instantly went on the attack delivering a punch to the Kumo ninja who narrowly ducked. Now one to be put off Lee went for a leg sweep which was partly effective clipping the back of a trailing leg as as Shinoi jumped up in order to get out of the way knocking him slightly off balance.
Lee saw he had an opening and delivered a fierce kick to the stunned Kumo ninja's chest sending him flying through a large boulder into a small clearing.
Lee was rapidly approaching to finish Shinoi off when he disappeared in a burst of lightening. "A clone" Lee said in shock to himself as he spun just in time to block a kick directed at his head.
Lee flipped was until he reached a wall and shot forward aiming a punch at the Kumo ninja. However he exploded into lightening again this shocked Lee and sent him flying back hitting the wall.
Shinoi then appeared from behind a cliff and charged at the downed Lee removing a Tanto from his back he was just about to swing the blade down when Lee kit him with a leg sweep and went for a kick to the face.
The Kumo ninja had to use his blade to push himself away from the incoming strike and land in a battle ready stance.
Lee ready himself for another attack but Shinoi was faster and began running through hand seals. Before Lee had a chance to attack Shinoi had finished "Raiton: Static Shot" he yelled and held a finger out towards Lee as Lightening began to form in his hand. "Fire!" he yelled and a stream of electricity shot forward at the taijutsu specialist.
Lee managed to jump out of the way to avoid the bolt which had blown a small chunk out of the rocky surface Lee had been standing on. He didn't have time to rest however as the lightening reformed around his finger and he shot another bolt at Lee.
Ducking under another bolt of electricity Lee bent down and picked up a hand full of rocks before flipping out of the way of another.
Having had enough Lee began to charge straight forward at Shinoi who responded by shooting another charged bolt at Lee. This time however Lee did not dodge, instead he flung one of the pebbles he had collected at it causing the pebble to explode but stop the dangerous attack.
Shino did not let the minor setback get to him and fired again, however there was the same result and Lee was fast approaching.
Once Lee was within range Shinoi was forced to stop his jutsu and roll away from a kick to the chest which he successfully avoided and turned to begin another jutsu but was kicked from behind by Lee who had no given the Kumo shinobi any time to breath.
Sensing danger and anticipating an attack Shinoi instinctively rolled out of the way from lee who landed with a leg drop cracking the area around him.
Shinoi retaliated by flipping over Lee as he began to stand began sending a flurry of kickes and punches at lee who dodged most of them despite being off balance from his previous attack.
"You are a most youthful opponent, but its time to end this Lee said before he opened the first celestial gate and he charged forward slipping under Shinoi's guard and kicked him into the air.
After Lee sent Shinoi flying he jumped after him so he was perfectly inline above the flying Shinoi "Initial Lotus" Lee called out unwrapping his arms and using the tape to bind the Kumo ninja before he grabbed him by the shoulder and began to spin.
Lee Landed pile driving Shinoi into the ground knocking him unconscious. "Shinoi of Kumo is unable to continue to fight, winner of the fifth match... Lee from Konoha" Akatsuchi called out and the crowd went wild. It had been the best fight so far and they were eager to see more.
(Kage Booth)
"Well would you look at that. The Initial Lotus, that is a very famous Konoha taijutu move, and the boy doesn't even look fatigued, he must be quite the taijutsu user if he is able to use that move without feeling the strain" A said impressed with the use of taijutsu.
"Well I guess so, but he has been able to use that move since he was a genin so it is no wonder he can use it now with far less strain than normal" Jiraiya said
"Really... Who would teach such a move to a genin" Mei asked.
"If the way the boy dresses and looks is any indicating I would have to say it would be Konoha's Green Beast Miteo Gai" Oonoki said.
"This next match promises to be a good one, it will be our first look at your protégé Jiraiya-dono" Said Mei licking her bottom lip.
"Well that would depend on your description of 'Good' if good is Naruto testing his opponent out before winning with ease then yes" said A loudly.
"You seem to know the boy A-dono, may I ask how" Mei said.
"He came to Konoha a while ago to pass on some information about a certain group of people who are targeting the Jinchuuriki, I am sure you have heard of them" A said getting a Weak nod from Mei and an uncommitted pfft from Oonoki.
"Well anyway while he was there he had a mission that was outside of the village on the way back he found one of my own ninja and jinchuuriki Yugito Nii under attack by two members of the Akatsuki by the names of Hidan and Kakuzu. Naruto not only rescued Yugito but killed both of the Akatsuki member's almost single handed" A said a small hint of admiration in his voice.
"What! He killed the infamous zombie brothers impossible. I saw in his bingo book entry from Oto he had killed three Akatsuki members but I would never have expected those two to die" Oonoki said.
A and Jiraiya eyed the Tsuchikage knowingly. They knew he had used the Akatsuki many times in the past for difficult missions.
"I see that is most impressive. Now this Yugito Nii wouldn't happen to be a blond with long hair and silted cat like eyes by any chance" Mei said more interested in the woman she saw with Naruto last night.
"That would be right why is it you ask" A queried.
"It is just she seemed to be involved with Naruto and I was wondering if you knew" Mei said with a cheerful smile.
"Yes, she is rather attached to the boy. I wouldn't be game to try and separate the pair Yugito can be quite aggressive when she wants something" A said with a small chuckle.
"Looks like the next match is about to start" Oonoki said indicating the two shinobi walking out onto the arena floor.
(Tournament Ring)
Naruto walked out to partial applause from the crowd, the foreign ninja from other countrys were cheering loudly while large groups of locals still seemed to view Naruto as the enemy.
Once Naruto reached the centre he gave his opponent a good look over. He was a large man around four or five years older than Naruto, slightly over weight and he had two long tattoo's on his face that were like a wavy band that stretched from his chin all the way p to his ears and short dark hair.
Naruto's attention then turned to the computer screen to find out what terrain they would be fighting in. "Kumo" Naruto said out loud as the screen stopped on the symbol of the hidden cloud village.
Atsui jumped down and large pillars shot into the ground before the burst into light connecting together too from a small pen surrounded by lightening that would slowly and randomly change shape connecting different sections or cutting the field in half separating Naruto and Chukichi.
"Begin!" Atsui shouted and jumped away.
Neither member moved Naruto was staring semi interested and in a loose stance while Chukichi seemed unsure of the best way to combat the blond.
After what seemed like an eternity to the crowd Chukichi charged forward removing a large sword from his back and swinging it in a large arc towards Naruto who lazily hopped out of the way.
"Not bad but a frontal assault will never work" Naruto said plainly and he flipped back as a beam of lightening shot across the arena separating the contestants again.
Chukichi seemed to be thinking intently on his next move while Naruto gazed on while it looked like he was relaxed he was still very much on edge as the wall of electricity faded from view and Chukichi attacked again this time with a flurry os swings and stabs with his large sword but was becoming increasingly frustrated when Naruto would easily dodge or parry each stroke.
"Damn it why cant I hit you" the Kiri ninja demanded his frustration building.
"Well I would say your not fast enough, I cant find any fault in your style though it is quite good barely any openings at all" Naruto admitted complimenting the larger man.
"Fine then try this then" Chukichi said and began racing through hand seals "Suiton: Water Pulse".
A large stream of water shot out towards Naruto who was tempted to let it hit the electricity that was moving dangerously behind him but thought against it "Fuuton: Violent Gale Palm" Naruto called sending compressed air from his palm at the water blowing it away at the same time as it faded into a light breeze.
"Suiton huh, I have a affinity for water as well but word to the wise, best not to use it with electricity flying around at random" Naruto said as the field began to change shape again forcing Chukichi to roll forward to avoid the bolts.
Chukichi then decided to try taijutsu after all he had been unable to land a hit with kenjutsu and Naruto was right about his ninjutsu it was far too dangerous.
The major flaw in his plan was that he was a kenjutsu style fighter for a reason, his taijustu was sloppy and Naruto was punishing him with small strikes when ever he left an opening 'Damn it he is just toying with me' the Kiri ninja thought as he jumped back holding his ribs from a blow he just received.
"Well this has been fun but it's time to end this" Naruto said forming a rasengan before blurring forward and slamming it into the ninja from Kiri's chest sending him flying into the electric wall causing him to be shocked and collapsing on the ground.
"Chukichi is unable to continue. Winner Naruto!" Atsui said loudly and there was a mixed reaction in the stands there was loud clapping coming from the area where visitors from other countries were sitting, Naruto could see Yugito sitting there clapping loudly 'she must have arrived during one of the other fights' Naruto thought as he turned his attention to the Iwa section of the audience who were stunned at the ease I which Naruto won and the fact that he used a jutsu many of them have nightmares about.
Giving a shrug Naruto waved kindly to the audience before going to check on his opponent's condition, helping him onto a stretcher once the medics arrived.
(Kage Booth)
"As expected" said A as the medics removed Chukichi and the long poles that conducted the electricity were removed from the ground before the start of the next match.
"Yes it was a shame for the Kiri ninja to come up against Naruto so early in the tournament he looked to be rather skilled, well until he used taijutsu but his kenjutsu and ninjutsu was rather good" Jiraiya said.
"It seems that Naruto was not joking about how confident he was at winning, poor Chukichi did not even lay a finger on him, I look forward to his other match's" Mei said.
"I believe he is fighting Lee in the next round, that will be an entertaining match as both seem to be ridiculously fast" Oonoki said.
"Looks like your granddaughter is up Oonoki-dono" A said as Kurotsuchi and Shino began to walk out onto the field and the computer screen showed they would be fighting in a basic arena.
(Fight)
Atsui stayed in the ring as there was no changes to the almost plain area. "Fighter's ready... then Begin!"
the moment the battle started Shino sent bugs out from his body to cover the surrounding area and begin slowly closing in on Kurotsuchi looking for an early victory.
The Iwa kunoichi however was not one to loose so easily and ran through several hand seals "Katon: Fire Storm Jutsu" Kurotsuchi said as and spun around burning the closing in insects. However when the flames died down there was still around a quarter that were unaffected. "what the?" Kurotsuchi said out loud as they moved closer shocked kunoichi.
"They are flame resistant beetles found near a small active volcano in the land of ash, my family collected them and have been breeding these beetles with the Kikaichu that we use in our hives" Shino said in an emotionless yet smooth tone.
Noting that the Kikaichu were moving in closer Kurotsuchi ran through another set of hand seals. "Doton: Stone Pillar Escape Jutsu" she yelled and the ground underneath her shot up sending her into the air well above the beetles that were now slowly climbing the pillar she had created.
Taking out some ninja wire she hastily tied and end to a kunai and threw the kunai around some support beams that held the roof over half of the arena. Running through another set of hand seals while she used the chakra wire attached to the kunai to swing off the pillar. "Suiton: Water Trumpet Jutsu" she yelled from mid air before holding a hand over her mouth as if she was playing a trumpet and sending a powerful stream of water not at the beetles but at Shino who for the first time I the match had to move in order to avoid the high pressured water which cracked the ground beneath it.
Still supporting herself from the air she began casting a variety of long ranged Katon and Suiton jutsu in order to attack the stoic Aburame from a long distance.
Shino much to his nature kept calm and silently directed his Kikaichu while he dodged her jutsu.
This continued for a couple of minutes until shino stopped and ran through some hand seals of his own "Doton: Earth Dome" he said calmly and a large wall of dirt and rock surrounded Shino preventing the large amount of fire sent at the bug user.
As the earth dome slowly receded a small smile formed on the face of Shino not that it could be seen by anyone in the arena "Secret art: Insect Sphere Jutsu"
Kurotsuchi was confused when nothing happened, then she heard a loud buzzing noise from behind her. Rolling around in the harness that held her in place off the ground she saw that the roof and wire that connected her to the ceiling.
Before she could react the Kikaichu beetles landed on her and covered her body completely.
"My Kikai beetles are draining you of your chakra, this will be over shortly" Shino said as Kurotsuchi became covered in the small bug's.
A slight red glow formed around Kurotsuchi and then larva exploded out melting the beetles that had covered her but also the wire that suspended her in the air and she landed panting slightly.
(Kage Booth)
"Yoton! That is a surprise, it is good to see a fellow user" Mei said with a smile.
"I see this might be rather interesting, I wonder what the Aburame will do now that Kurotsuchi can defeat his Kikaichu" Oonoki said.
"Yes having three elements trained and a kekei genkai for Yoton, your granddaughter is truly skilled in ninjutsu" A said.
Jiraiya nodded in agreement of A's statement and turned back to the fight where Shino was being forced back with Kurotsuchi's lava jutsu.
(Fight)
Shino was dodging and ducking out of the way while Kurotsuchi sent large bursts of larva at Shino. Eventually the inevitable happened and Shino was struck with the molten rock. However the moment it hit he dispersed in a swarm of bug's 'A clone, then where is he' she thought.
Shino appeared out of the ground directly behind Kurotsuchi and went to stab the Iwa kunoich in the shoulder. He felt the blade rip through her skin but instead of blood the handle on his kunai began to heat up and forced Shino to jump back in pain before Kurotsuchi burst into larva.
The real Kurotsuchi was underground from the moment Shino disappeared and replaces herself with a Yoton Bushin. Once Shino jumped back she made her move and grabbing his ankles from underneath she pulled him underground leaving only his head remaining visible.
"I suggest you forfeit" Kurotsuchi said panting slightly holding a kunai out ready to strike at Shino should he refuse.
"That would be the logical choice, Very well Proctor I give up... thank you for the match" Shino said before removing himself from the ground.
The crowd roared in approval of the result of the match and began chanting Kurotsuchi's name.
(Kage Booth)
"I think they have both shown the potential to be jonnin, both Shino and Kurotsuchi thought up well exicuted plans and displayed a high level of skill" A said earning an agreeing nod from the other Kage's.
"Yes, I think Kurotsuchi has definitely shown enough to merit being a jonnin, Shino it is a fifty fifty call I would say tokubetsu jonnin for sure" Jiraiya said.
"I agree he shows the mental awareness required but need's to focus more on the other aspects of his ninja development so as not to be caught out should someone be able to counter his Kikaichu bugs" Mei said.
(Tournament Floor)
The proctors all landed together before addressing the crowd "As there is an uneven number of competitor's Hinata Hyuga from Konoha will have a Bye to the next round which means there will be a thirty minute interval before the next round" The proctor's said earning moans from the audience who wanted more action.
"We will return after the interval with Chojuro Vs Omoi" Akatsuchi said happily as many sections of the audience began to head toward several food stalls set up inside the arena.
End Chapter!
Well thats the first round done, I hope you like it also hope you don't mind some of the shorter matches.
Anyway until next time, which should be in a day or so.