Here be another chapter. You know, I am not good at keeping promises. I said 2 weeks, and I'm releasing it earlier than expected. Hope you enjoy the choices for this tournament! Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Now to answer some reviews!
Nicholas: An interesting choice. I'll debate on that for the third tournament.
Icekitten4u2love: I have something in mind :)
Austin: Yes, there will be others not from anime. One character is actually from a Chinese movie.
Emily S. Watson: You'll find out.
agarfinkel: I might do the second choice as an omake.
: Maybe on Fairy Tail, doubt it on SAO.
And finally, I have decided the DBZ announcer's name will be Eric, as Soledge1 suggested since he was the voice actor for him.
Also, since there are two Kurama's in the story, I'm giving Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho a Y in his name, making it .
Well then! On with the Story! Each tournaments going to be 2 chapters each, unless you guys want me to go through it a bit faster.
The day was finally here. Fireworks were shot into the sky, signifying the start of the tournament. Usually, the tournaments only lasted about 5 days, but since more people had been invited, everyone was extremely excited. The Colosseum was filled with citizens and people from all over the West. While the Easterners had a place that was occupied for themselves, the Kages that were not participating in the current tournament were invited to sit with Koyuki, who had a personal spot with Kakashi and Jiraiya near a seemingly empty box. Tsunade, Gaara, A, and Mei accepted while Orochimaru and Tsutomu declined. In the middle of the Colosseum was a huge patch of land. It was even bigger than Konoha's stadium by 4 times. Standing in the middle was a woman wearing cute clothes and had... fox ears and tails?
"Is that a fox girl?" asked Mei. One of the guards in the room nodded.
"You guys accept demons?" asked A.
"We don't discriminate against them. They have a right to live just as we do. After all, you all had no problems with ," said a guard. This surprised them all, as they didn't even notice that he was one. Before they could say anything, the guard raised his hand to forestall any conversation and pointed to the middle, showing that it was starting.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! My name is Koto, and I'll be the announcer for the next few days!. As you may have all noticed, this year's tournament format is different. Instead of our brave fighters bashing each other's guts out, we've invited people from over the wall to also bash their brains out! This year, our Empire had their preliminaries and selected six participants to be on this stage! But first, allow my to introduce you to our referees! They're one of the strongest group within the Empire! Nobody fights them without getting hurt! Their number one disciple is even a participant in this tournament! Please welcome, RYOZANPAKU!"
The Easterners looked towards the floor entrances, hoping to see them. All of a sudden, there was a huge impact in the middle of the ground. The Easterner were shocked at this sudden entrance and demanded to know where they came from since they didn't even sense them near the entrances. Their shock magnified when they learned that the members had literally jumped into the Colosseum from above. The dust cloud cleared and showed 7 figures, all posing and... wearing power ranger masks. 5 of them seem excited, one showed little emotion, and the last one seemed a bit embarrassed.
"Ryozan Blue!" (Shio Sakaki)
"Ryozan White!" (Akisame Koetsuji)
"Ryozan Green!" (Kensei Ma)
"Ryozan Apapa!" (Apachai Hopachai) "Apachai you're supposed to say yellow!" whispered Green.
"Ah Sorry! Ryozan Yellow!"
"Ryo...zan... Pink," (Shigure Kosaka)
"Ryozan Black," (Saiga Furinji) He was slightly embarrassed on doing this while everyone was watching.
"Together, we are the RYOZANPAKU TOKUSENTAI! And our Leader is.."
"GARYU X!" (Hayato Furinji). The man was huge and muscular. A felt slightly threatened by some of the members. He was the one who was supposed to be the manliest and have the biggest muscles, and now, there were several whose muscles seemed comparable.
Everyone applauded Ryozanpaku's entrance since they were famous for their martial arts. Two more referees were invited, one being Wong Fei-Hung and the other was a surprise to the visitors. Again with red hair, this person seemed to be dressed similarly to a jester. He had a drawing of a tear drop on one cheek and a star on the other cheek.
"And for our last referee, may I introduce you to one of the elders of the Uzumaki Clan, Uzumaki Hisoka aka the Magician!"
'How many Uzumaki escaped our dam invasion? We lost almost all of our forces to try to wipe them out!' thought Tsutomu and many of his shinobis.
"Now that we've introduced our referees, will all competitors come down to the middle so everyone can see you while at the same time we can give you your instructions," announced Koto.
Soon, all the competitors were on the field. Some were nervous, others were relaxed. Sasuke looked smug, thinking he would easily win this tournament and show them what it means to be an elite, while Sakura was cheering him on. Since Sakura never got rid of her fangirl habit, she never received training from Tsunade nor did she do anything to get much stronger. She was still in the phase where she thought that sweat was disgusting and that she shouldn't eat much. Ino was lucky to become Tsunade's apprentice after her fan streak was brutally beaten out of her by her friends and family. As all the contestants for the taijutsu, several television screens flashed on and displayed each contestant's name, picture, and village, allowing the audience to see. The Easterners finally saw who was representing the West.
Shirihama Kenichi
Ryu Hoshi
Tifa Lockheart
Monkey D. Luffy
Neji Hyuga
Wait, WHAT? The Konoha-nins all did a double-take on the last name that was representing the West. He had disappeared around the same time Naruto had been banished, but they didn't think he was actually here. They all quickly scanned the crowd and saw Neji talking with Kenichi. He had grown much taller since they last saw him. He wore a white long-sleeved shirt and white pants while having a blue bandanna on his forehead(Similar to Naruto Shippuden Neji, just with a blue bandanna.). Hiashi merely grinned, happy that his nephew was still alive. If he was alive, then the chances that the rest of his family was alive was very high. Hideki, though, sneered. Here was the runaway branch Hyuga that needed to be punished. He wanted to just activate the seal but decided that it would be unwise to do so now. That and proper humiliation was needed to put the branch member in place.
"Alright, everyone's here now! Time to see who will fight who. Keep in mind this is actually a two-day tournament. What's going to happen is that we're going to have multiple fights at once!" said Koto.
Right on cue, the floor rumbled, and nine platforms rose from the ground. Each platform was a standard flat surface arena found in tournaments, and was large enough to have 1 on 1 fights and had enough space to run around. (Think of the DBZ World Tournament arenas.)
"To make this tournament faster so the audience doesn't have to snooze, we're going to have nine referees all working at each arena! 36 Competitors! That means 18 Matches will happen for sure today! Right after that, we'll take a 30-minute break to allow the fighters to heal up from our medical staff and jump right into the second round! Once the second round is over, the fighters who have fought their way up through these rounds will draw numbers that will qualify them into the second part of the tournament held on the next day!" announced Koto. "Before we begin, let us greet our Emperor and his beloved consort,who allowed this day to happen!"
She pointed at the empty box that was near the Kages. It was empty when she pointed to the box, and in the next second, a yellow flash appeared. At this flash, the Iwa-nins froze as they had flashbacks of a certain Namikaze who did the same thing. The Emperor was dressed in golden yellow robes with a dragon insignia on it and a black mantle. He wore a hat similar to what the Kages usually wore, and had a face mask that covered the bottom half of his face. His blue eyes could still be seen, however. His consort wore a white silk kimono that accentuated her figure. She had a fan up, covering her face and had sunglasses so nobody could see her eyes.
"That's the man who interrupted our attacks on the jinchurikis," growled Kakuza. They had no idea that he was the Emperor at that time, merely a huge pest that was disrupting their leader's plan.
"Hmm, so that's the Emperor. Now to try to convince him to ally with me and position myself where I can take over his body," mused Orochimaru.
"Is this man a descendant of that accursed Namikaze? We must eliminate him when we get the chance!" growled Tsumoto softly.
Gaara recognized him as the man who had saved him from Akatsuki's attack on the village once and decided to try to form an alliance with him. He had two major reasons. One was as thanks for saving him and the other was the desperate attempt to find Naruto. If Neji was here, then maybe Naruto was here too.
Mei merely licked her lips at another man that seemed worthy. If only he was single. Oh well, getting an alliance, military or not, would be beneficial for them anyways.
A was considering the same thing as Mei for an alliance.
Tsunade knew she only had one shot to have the West ally with Konoha. If she missed her chance, Konoha was doomed. However, something about the Emperor's eyes seemed familiar.
The Emperor waved his hand, and everyone in the audience cheered, showing how much devotion they had for him.
"Alright folks, now the Emperor's here, let's get this fight on the road! Fighters please go to your assigned arena as shown on the board! Those who are not fighting in this first half, please wait in the sidelines," said Koto.
Soon, nine matches were ready to go. Naruto noticed that Kenichi had been placed against arena 5 while Neji in arena 9. He decided to focus on those fights.
"Alright, the fighters have made it to the arenas, now will the judges go to an arena to judge! Judges? Whats wrong, why are you huddled up like that Ryozanpaku?" asked Koto.
"Sorry, debating on who gets the right to judge arena 5," called out Sakaki. He no longer had his mask on, as the rest of them. Only the Elder Furinji seemed to be stubborn on wearing his.
"I should get the right, he tried to take my daughter by force!" said Saiga.
"Miu is my granddaughter, that makes me the one that should have the right," said the elder.
"Apapapa. I'll judge there and lightly beat him up to death if he does something wrong," said Apachai.
"Miu.. is a girl... I should get... the right to judge..." said Shigure.
"Now, now calm down," said Akisame. "Two of you are going to have in-laws with one of the competitors, so you two shouldn't be the referee due to possible bias. Apachai, you don't know how to hold back. Shigure you might distract them. Sakaki gets drunk too often, and Kensei wants to judge Tifa-san. So the most reasonable referee should be me."
"Shut up Akisame. You just want to be the referee for the same reason as all of us. That punk tried to steal Miu, someone we all see as a daughter," said Sakaki.
"There's only one way to see who gets to judge, huh? Plus, I want to be the one to judge on that arena too. Like Sakaki said, Miu's one of us" said Kensei. Everyone nodded.
The Easterners held their breath, trying to see what they would do, only to faceplant into the ground.
Ryozanpaku had just announced they would play rock paper scissors.
"Are they idiots?" said Kiba. Shino just coughed lightly. However, what came next put them to shame and extreme shock at how extreme their version was.
"JAN-KEN!" said all of Ryozanpaku. Their hands were in the air at this point.
"POOOON!" As they threw their hands down, their hands were changing from the 3 choices at lightning speed. Their eyes were shining fiercely like laser eyes while throwing their choices. In terms of hand speed, the shinobis couldn't make that many handseals compared to them.
'WHAT! Even at my highest speed I can't change make that many changes in my choices when I play Rock Paper Scissors,' thought A.
At the end of the pon, a dust blew out from the source.
"Hehe, I tried to take advantage of reading you when you were reading me when I was reading you all," said Sakaki.
"In the end, only Apachai threw out without thinking," said Kensi. Everyone had chosen rock while Apachai played paper, or so they thought.
"Nope, I chose paper too," said the Elder. Agreeing that the choice was up to those two, Apachai and the Elder faced off. They looked each other in the eye, ready to debate who would be the referee... until the Elder pulled out a bowl of jelly beans out of nowhere.
"Apachai, if you let me be the referee for arena 5, I'll give you this bowl of candy."
"Ok!" said Apachai. The rest of Ryozanpaku just made a tsk sound before they decided to randomly choose an arena.
"Alright contestants! Remember, listen to your Proctor! If your opponent forfeits, then your not allowed to do anything else to them. If you get knocked out of the ring and touch the ground, you lose! This is a strictly Taijutsu match, so no genjutsu or long-range ninjutsu! Chakra may be used if it is channeled through the hand on contact, like Gentle Fist or if chakra used as an internal booster. If your not sure your close-range ninjutsu is allowed just asked before you fight. Any dojutsu is allowed as a body enhancer, but no genjutsu through the eyes is allowed. Trust me, we'll know if you do. Let the fight begin!"
Arena 5
"Hmph. I never thought I'd get the chance to finally show the bitch what a true elite is. After I defeat you, I'll take her as my prize, along with a few select women to repopulate my clan, like the girl Erina" taunted Sasuke.
"I'd never let you win. Plus, you'd have to try to convince her grandfather, and something tells me that'll be impossible," said Kenichi as he got into a fighting pose.
"Hmph, like I have to worry about some old man. I'm an elite. He should be begging me to take his daughter," said Sasuke.
"Now now, the time for chatter is done, now is the time to fight," said the Elder. It was amazing how much he was holding his temper back. If he had a chance, that brat Sasuke would be cosmic dust in less than a femtosecond.
Sasuke merely scoffed as he activated his Sharingan and got into his Interceptor Fist, known to the Uchiha clan. There was nothing else superior.
"Ready boys?" said the Elder. "Begin!"
Kenichi automatically dashed forward with extreme speed, surprising Sasuke. His Sharingan barely managed to read his path, and so he blocked the knee that was aimed at his body.
"Hmph, you have speed, but my eyes can see through you, trash. I'll be-" Sasuke never got to finish as he felt Kenichi suddenly become stronger. Even when guarding, Kenichi broke through it with a huge vertical kick.
Korui Nuki
This was one of Kenichi's strongest moves, taught by the Elder himself. Sasuke found himself coughing up blood from that attack as he went flying off the arena. His ribs were pretty much broken.
"The winner for Arena 5 is Shirihama Kenichi! Nice job, by the way. Good to know my future grandson-in-law can protect my granddaughter," laughed the Elder.
"You.. YOU! I'll KILL YOU!" shouted Sasuke as he was about to blaze through some hand signs. Before he noticed, the Elder had already moved in front of him.
"Stop it, you lost. Don't embarrass yourself," frowned the Elder. Sasuke didn't seem to listen and was about to charge forward when he suddenly tripped.
"What the?" said Sasuke, dazed that he had suddenly tripped.
"Now, now, just slowly get up," said the Elder. Sasuke tried to get up only to stumble again. And again. And again.
At the Kage booth
"What's happening down there? Why is he stumbling? Did he really take that much damage?" asked Tsunade.
Koyuki chuckled before asking the guard to pull up a television set for them before explaining.
"The Elder Furiniji is the strongest for a reason. The real reason Sasuke is tripping is because he's kicking him every time."
"What? Impossible! I'm one of the fastest in the East, and there's no way he's so fast that we can't even see him move!" said A
"In that case let's watch a replay of the Elder in front of Sasuke," said Koyuki.
The saw the video played at 1/10th speed and still didn't notice anything until it was at 1/1000th speed. Then they saw his right leg move in a blur. They were aghast at the speed the Elder was kicking.
'That's it. I'm getting an alliance with the West, screw other reasons. They are too strong to be enemies,' thought all the Kages that was sitting at the booth. It was unfortunate for Orochimaru and Tsumotu that they didn't know the reason for Sasuke's lack of coordination otherwise, they would be doing the same thing.
Finally, Sasuke decided he had enough and walked off to the sideline, sulking. The elder merely chuckled before turning his attention to the other matches. Meanwhile, Naruto was holding Hinata's while chuckling with her. He should've expected the Elder would do this since Sasuke-teme did insult his own granddaughter. He took a look at arena 9 to see Neji kicking Hideki's butt.
At Arena 9, around same time Arena 5 started match
"So, the runaway branch member is here at the West, huh? You should give up and come back with us to face judgment," said Hideki.
Neji merely got into the Gentle Fist fighting pose.
"Whats wrong, afraid of talking?" taunted Hideki. Meanwhile, Hisoka just gave the signal to start. Hideki didn't even notice the signal before receiving 128 palm hits into his body.
Eight Trigrams, 128 palms!
Neji calmly walked away after inflicting so much damage, and only turned around when when Hideki stood up again.
"You.. You bastard! You are below me! You and Hiashi's daughters! I will be the one to inherit the Hyuga, and we don't need strays like you! Die like the stray dog you are! ACTIVATE!" Hideki did the hand sign to activate the Caged-Bird seal. After using it to rape members of his own clan and threatening others, he was very proficient at it. Hiashi stood up, about to yell and scold Hideki when he noticed Neji wasn't even moving at all. In fact, he was smirking
"What? Why isn't the seal working!" Hideki yelled, repeatedly trying to activate the seal as Neji started to get closer.
"Perhaps because I don't have the seal anymore," said Neji as he pulled off his headband, showing his bare forehead. At this sight, Hiashi felt hope. Here, in these lands, was the answer to remove that accursed seal and finally unite the family. Hideki felt different, though.
"Impossible! Still, you're still below me. DIE!" Hideki lunged at him, forgetting that all his tenketsus were still closed.
"Your loss," KAITEN said Neji, spinning to form a blue dome. Hideki crashed into it and flew off the arena. Luckily, Hisoka used his power to shoot a sticky gum onto Hideki before he could crash land onto the ground.
"Mmm looks like the winner is Neji Hyuuga for this round. This other one has no potential at all," commented Hisoka.
Soon, the other matches were also done, and the other 18 contestants stepped onto the arenas. This time, Ryu was fighting Kumo-nin named C while Tifa was fighting Sakura. Naruto couldn't help but laugh at this.
"The bitch is going to get owned by Tifa. She stands no chance if our spy network is right," said Naruto. Kurama inside Naruto was laughing a storm while Hinata was also giggling while extremely happy that Sakura was finally going to pay for all that abuse she heaped on Naruto. She had heard Miu already attacked her, but she wanted a front row seat on it. Both of them agreed that Cloud needed to propose soon, although nobody was likely to steal her away, They were way too close for that, and Tifa wasn't exactly weak. Naruto looked to see the last representative of the West stretching a bit. Luffy was fighting some random Oto competitor. Naruto could already hear his wife Nami cheering him on as well as telling him to win the tournament. Naruto sighed. Luffy was probably one of the strongest fighters as well as head captain of his ship, but he could be easily controlled by Nami. It wasn't that Luffy wasn't able to fight against her, but rather didn't want to, and so usually obeyed her whims, which was mostly money. Of course, that didn't mean Luffy let her roll over him all the time. Any big decisions were usually made by him.
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Palace Entrance Hall
The Zetsu had entered in the Palace to see if they could find any information about the Emperor.
"Well, that wasn't hard to enter." "Yea you're right," The Zetsus talked to each other.
Before they even took a step, the shadows all around them moved at once. One by one, members of the Brotherhood stepped out of the shadows.
"You were warned the first time. It seems you didn't wish to listen to our instructions, so as punishment, you will die."
Before the Zetsus could do anything, they found themselves hit by arrows, daggers and pierced by swords. The Zetsus tried to escape, only to find all escape paths blocked and sealed.
"How did you even notice us? Nobody can detect us that easily!" said the Zetsu. The Brotherhood stepped back to allow to enter.
"I am very sensitive to plants, for they are my power. You were in my domain ever since you stepped in." All of a sudden, he started to transform. He grew white hair and fox ears on top of that.
"Yoko Kurama is my true name. You have trespassed even hearing my warnings. Your body will become nutrients for my plants." As this statement, vines started to grow towards the Zetsu from his arms. All they could do was watch and die.
Back at the Colosseum
A fight, well it really couldn't be described as a fight. More of a slaughter house for one the matches. Tifa was beating the shit out of Sakura. Tifa was disgusted when she had heard tales of Sakura's abuse and her attitude towards being a kunoichi. Poor Taijutsu, fangirl, on a diet, all things that anyone of her job shouldn't be in. Of course, Sakura imagined herself to be powerful. How she even got to be a Chunin was a miracle, oh wait, her mom bribed people to get her in. Feeling disgusted, Tifa decided to impart a message to Sakura. One that involved breaking a lot of bones in her body.
"Let me punch you, you big titted cow!" said Sakura as she continued to miss. She was, of course, jealous of Tifa's beauty and body. Kensei, being the referee, was taking pictures of Tifa. He tried to convince her to wear a bikini while fighting, but that offer was rejected faster than Naruto getting Ramen.
"No thanks, bitch," replied Tifa as she punched her in the ribs again, breaking the 4th one. "This is getting boring, I'm ending this." She did a somersault kick to Sakura's chin, rattling her brain. She then rushed at her just kept pounding on every part of her body until Kensei called for a stop.
The match on Ryu vs C was pretty decent, though. C had a decent taijutsu level and played defensively, striking at critical moments. However, Ryu was used to counter styles and ended it with a Shinku Tatsumaki Senpukyaku. Luffy just one hit ko-ed his opponent with a right cross. Probably didn't help that his opponent insulted his hat and wife.
A thirty-minute break was held, and the medics came out to heal anyone that had been injured. Many of them were reluctant to approach Konoha, but the head medic Aerith decided to approach them. She was accompanied by Rinoa, Squall, and surprising them all, Kensei and Akisame as doctors as well. Luckily, nobody tried to do anything too stupid. Sasuke was still brooding to think about power, while Sakura was still unconscious. Kiba tried to flirt with Rinoa only to meet with a blade to his face and a warning. She giggled as she hugged her husband and tried to calm him down, while Kiba was trying his best to not piss himself. Soon, thirty minutes were up, and all competitors were fully healed, something that amazed them. To be able to heal so many at so little time, especially in wars, could easily turn over any tides. Orochimaru was already thinking of how to convince one to come with them and share this knowledge in his army. His best bet was to steal a body, but that might be a hard thing to do, especially with this security. He wondered where Zetsu was, though. He should've been back already.
Naruto cleared his throat, gaining the attention of everyone.
"Thank you all for coming to this fine day. We have seen 36 competitors fight to represent their village. Only 18 has earned the right to proceed to the next round. Without further ado, let the next rounds begin!"
Everyone cheered for their beloved emperor. Nobody noticed that a shadow behind Naruto moved. An assassin from the Brotherhood stepped out and whispered something to him before disappearing again.
"What was that about, my dear husband?" asked Hinata.
"That was just a confirmation that someone tried to break into our home even after warning them. We'll be sending a warning to all of them after this day is over.
The competitors went to their assigned arenas. Naruto decided to pay more attention to his fighters as usual and saw that Luffy was fighting Chouji, Ryu was against Tifa, Neji vs Kiri-nin, and Kenichi fighting some Suna-nin. On Konoha, the only thing that interested him was the fight of Kiba vs Lee.
'Maybe the fight with Ryu and Tifa will open their eyes just how hopelessly outmatched they are,' Naruto mentally chuckled as he decided to lean back and enjoy the show.
Arena 2 Luffy vs Chouji
Chouji had won his previous match by surprising his enemy by expanding his arm and slamming his opponent away. He had a feeling it wouldn't be easy against one of the Western fighter. Luffy was merely stretching his legs for a bit.
"Apapapa! You know the rules! Fight!" said Apachai.
Chouji immediately used his technique to enlarge his fist and threw it at Luffy, who dodged it.
"Shihihi, so you can expand your body parts too!" laughed Luffy.
Chouji took a second to process this. 'Wait, too?'
Luffy threw his fist out while his body was still five feet away. Chouji was confused until a punch landed on his face. He staggered back from the hit.
"What? How did you hit me from so far away!?" said Chouji.
"Easy. I'm a rubber man," replied Luffy, stretching his cheeks all around, showing how rubbery he was.
"Troublesome. Chouji's in trouble," said Shikamaru.
"How so? Chouji might still have a chance to hurt him," said Ino.
"Brute force won't hurt rubber. Perhaps a Hyuga may be able to handle him, Chouji only knows brute force. It'll be hard for him to make Luffy give up. At best, he has to force him out of the ring," explained Shikamaru.
Chouji seemed to have heard Shikamaru, for he went with full body expansion technique and tried to use the Human Bullet Tank. Luffy stood still before he put his thumb into his mouth. Most of the visitors from the East would have laughed at this if it wasn't for the fact that Luffy's arm suddenly grew as big as Chouji's body.
"Gomu-gomu-no Giganto Pistol!" yelled Luffy as he threw his giant hand forward in a fist. It clashed with Chouji's technique and forced Chouji to fly out of the arena, letting Luffy win.
"Shihihi not bad," said Luffy, squatting at the edge of the arena. Chouji was still trying to keep the world from spinning before asking, "What did you eat to get so strong?"
"By always having the most important food every day," said Luffy solemnly, making Chouji close in a bit. "MEAT!" Most of the other people who heard this face faulted, but Chouji had stars for his eyes. Before long, they were talking about how much they could eat and would compete against each other in an eating contest.
Arena 7
This was the most anticipated match in the preliminaries ever since their names showed up. Both fighters faced each other and bowed in respect before getting into a fighting pose.
"Show me your strength," said Ryu.
"Let's get this started," replied Tifa.
"Alright. You know the rules. FIGHT!" announced their proctor, Wong Fei-Hung.
Jabs were thrown at high speed, and counters were launched against them. Kicks came in blazing fast. All the Eastern visitors could easily see how outclassed most of them were. In all honesty, the only one that could perhaps stand a chance in their group was Lee or Gai using 7 gates, maybe even 8. This match was the longest compared to all the other matches. After 55 minutes of non-stop fighting when all the other matches were already complete, Ryu made his move. Both fighters had bruises all over their bodies, so he only had one chance to do this right. He ducked under Tifa's fist before landing a left punch to her stomach. Tifa was out of breath from that one move, but it wasn't over. Ryu's right fist came right at her chin, landing a solid hit before launching her into the air.
"Shin Shoryuken!" yelled Ryu as he finished the jumping uppercut. Tifa flew up in the air from that devastating hit but managed to recover from it, flipping and landing on her feet when she landed. Unfortunately, she landed outside the arena, disqualifying her. Instead of getting angry, she smiled and congratulated Ryu on the win. The Colosseum was shaking with applaud and cheers. Most of the people were happy an exciting tournament.
A select few people from the Eastern side were unhappy, though. Specifically, Uchiha Sasuke. He had tried to activate his Sharingan in hopes of stealing all the techniques, but was completely unable to copy the West, as their styles and chakra flow was too complicated for him to follow through.. What was worse was when he tried to steal the other villages, they complained about it. Aeris came up and slapped him with a seal that she got from Hisoka, completely shutting it down for the while. To add insult to injury, the seal had a special texture disguise from Hisoka that camouflaged the seal, matching the exterior with the same color of his skin. The seal would keep moving on his body, not allowing him to take it off easily. She promised it would stop when the final tournament started, but not before. How was he suppose to get stronger and kill Itachi if these trash prevented him from doing so? He wanted to claim some of the strong women, like Miu and Tifa, but this tournament was making him seem like a fool. He would wait patiently. After all, they can't deny him from his destiny, he thought.
Naruto stood up, still wearing his emperor clothing that hid his face, to make an announcement.
"Will all competitors that passed the preliminaries come up to the front to draw lots?"
Coming up to the front was Kenichi, Neji, Ryu, Luffy, Gai, Lee, a Kumo-nin, Suna-nin, and Iwa-nin. They quickly drew their numbers and were placed in the slots on the fighting tournament table.
(1-Suna, 2-Kenichi, 3-Neji, 4-Lee, 5-Iwa, 6-Ryu, 7-Gai, 8-Kumo, 9-Luffy)
"Alright folks, it looks like Luffy-senshu has been seeded," announced Koto. "Match 1 is 1v2, Match 2 is 3v4, etc. Match with fighters 7 and 8 will go first so they will have enough time to rest to fight fighter 9. If you have questions, just ask a representative or look at the table. Goodnight Folks, and have a good rest! For tomorrow, we will see who walks away as champion of this tournament along with 100 million ryos!"
"Luffy! Win me that and I'll buy you a bronze statue of yourself!" yelled Nami. Luffy was happy to agree.
"Competitors," said Naruto in a loud but masked voice. Everyone grew silent in respect to allowing him to easily project his voice. "You have done well to make it this far. Tomorrow will be your fiercest battles yet, no doubt. Everyone here is no doubt skilled. But there can be only one winner! Take this time to relax, for tomorrow, we start again!"
Everyone cheered as he finished his announcement and walked away with his wife. Before any of the Kages could try to intercept him to arrange a meeting, he disappeared in a flash.
OMAKE!
What if _ judged Kenichi vs. Sasuke?
Apachai Hopachai
"You.. YOU! I'll KILL YOU!" shouted Sasuke as he was about to blaze through some hand signs. Before he noticed, the Apachai had already moved in front of him... and started wailing on him. As the punches kept coming and slammed Sasuke on the ground, the Easterners were getting scared. Soon, they were horrified at how many punches Apachai was throwing with no signs of stopping. They swore that they saw words behind Apachai saying "Death God of Muay Thai"
"APAPAPAPAPA!" shouted Apachai. He suddenly kicked Sasuke up and then uppercut him up to the skies, where he disappeared in a twinkle.
"The punch you don't let good children see!" declared Apachai.
"Everyone saw that punch, Apachai," said Kenichi as he was looking away.
Akisame Koetsuji
"You.. YOU! I'll KILL YOU!" shouted Sasuke as he was about to blaze through some hand signs. However, Koetsuji was already in front of him.
"Now, now, you've lost fair and square. Just go back to the waiting area," said Koetsuji with his hands in a placating manner. Sasuke didn't listen and tried to finish the hand signs when he noticed he couldn't feel them anymore. He took a look to see them dislocated.
"Since you wouldn't listen, I had to resort to.. other methods," Koetsuji said calmly. Screaming in frustration, he tried to kick him but missed. Before he noticed, Koetsuji grabbed his head, lifted him up, and slammed him into the ground. At impact, Sasuke was bounced up right into his hand, where he continued to bounce his body like a basketball.
"Koetsuji Rinne Rengoku Temari," Koetsuji said as he was bouncing the body. Many weren't sure how Sasuke was that bouncy. (translation-Koetsuji Samsara Purgatory Temari Ball) Soon enough, Sasuke was unconscious and taken away.
Kosaka Shigure
"You.. YOU! I'll KILL YOU!" shouted Sasuke as he was about to blaze through some hand signs. Shigure suddenly had her sword near his throat.
"Enough... You've... Lost," she said. Sakura was screeching about injustice and something about being a bitch. Shigure threw 5 shurikens at Sakura without looking. All 5 hit a piece of clothing on her body and attached her into the wall, where she couldn't move. A second later, a mouse wearing a red ribbon on it's tail jumped up in her face and slapped her three times before stabbing a needle at a pressure point, shutting her up for good. Most were in shock that even a mouse seemed to be capable of beating someone.
"Fuck you bitch! I'll beat you and make you one of my slaves," yelled Sasuke. Before anyone could react, Shigure slashed his body several times. A few seconds went by, and suddenly Sasuke found himself naked, showing his glory in front of everyone. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't much, causing much laughter.
"This is who I wanted to repopulate the clan?" said Itachi. "Should've known he wouldn't be able to even accomplish that goal, considering the size of his manhood. It won't even reach deep enough, and more likely be crushed before he gets to put it in."
Shio Sakaki
"You.. YOU! I'll KILL YOU!" shouted Sasuke as he was about to blaze through some hand signs.
Sakaki merely moved in front of him while drinking a can of beer.
"Shut up punk. You lost this match. Go home, brat." he said while guzzling his drink.
"Get lost you old drunk! Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" yelled Sasuke, shooting out a giant fireball. Sakaki just looked at it before sighing. Suddenly his eyes seemed to glow as he punched the fireball, extinguishing it. Before Sasuke could even move, a series of thick walls came up behind him. Hisoka merely smiled as he was the one who provided it. Sakaki punched Sasuke into the wall.. and right through it.
"SOORYAA! WHO YOU CALLING OLD! I'M ONLY 35!" yelled Sakaki. He continued to punch and kick Sasuke through each thick walls, causing explosions. It was at the last one when Kenichi and Miu were trying to hold him back.
"Relax both of you. I might look angry, but I am actually calm," said Sakaki.
'Liar,' thought the crowd. Sakaki certainly didn't look like it, and the way he insulted Sasuke during the beat down certainly didn't help.
Shout out to WarsameKing for thinking of Hisoka from HunterxHunter. Not a character I would have thought off the top of my head
Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Now to write out the next one. And the two other tournaments. Read and Review!