A/N:And here it is! Man, I didn't think I would ever finish this! Took forever to figure out the fights.
A/N2: It was pointed out to me that I used Sakura in this chapter for a fight when I used her in the previous one. That was my bad, as I had wanted to get the fights done and started to recycle canon match-ups. I hope you all are okay with the adjustment.
Chapter 15: A Swift Defeat
Kankuro no Sabaku
vs.
Tenten Higarashi
Naruto (the real one) looked down at the two Genin as they squared off against each other. Kankuro had his puppet resting beside him and Tenten's hands were were hovering over her kunai and shuriken holsters.
"You two ready?" At the answering nods, Hayate shouted, "Hajime!" as he leapt off the arena floor.
And it was a good thing he did as not a second later blades were sent flying from both ends, most ended up deflected but some got through, although only 1 of the 7 that did was from Kankuro. The 6 flew and the Suna Genin hastily blocked them with his kunai. The 1 sped toward Tenten and, her eyes narrowing, she jumped to the side, avoiding the attack entirely. But it seemed not to matter as the senbon that Kankuro had thrown curved in midair, flying even faster if it could be believed at the Konoha Kunoichi.
Gasped could be heard from several Leaf Genin as they saw this.
"He's using chakra strings."
Their heads turned to look upon Kakashi Hatake who was looked aas bored as usual. "Ninjas of Suna are most known for their Puppetry techniques, whereby they manipulate chakra through their fingers that allow them to control constructs such as their puppets, which act as mobile weapons. The strings of course have other possible uses as you have just seen, but why don't we get back to the match, okay?"
Their heads turned back to see Tenten grab two scrolls placed them on the ground standing upright. After putting some chakra into them, they started to release smoke and began to fly spinning into the air. She leapt between them and grabbed them, and as the scrolls unraveled she began to summon a multitude of weapons that she threw at her opponent, spinning herself as she launched them at high speeds.
After a bit of this, she came back down, lightly stepping onto the ground. Hands arrayed before her as she waited for her opponent to attack.
From the smoke cloud a barrage of senbon flew at her, she leapt to the side, and looked back at the cloud that was starting to clear. And what she saw made her eyes widen. A puppet, of around the same height as the real Kankuro, stood where she had thought the Suna Genin had been moments before. It resembles a three-eyed, four-armed humanoid with jagged teeth and spiky brown hairstyle protruding from the top of its head and framing the sides.
Leaf Shinobi were surprised at its appearance, although thinking back to Kakashi's words from earlier, it made sense that a Suna Genin was able to use puppets. The puppet lurched forward as a marionette on a string, but then took off at a fast pace, Tenten twitched her fingers, and many in the room, from both sides took notice as many of the weapons that she had thrown launched themselves at the package that Kankuro (the puppet?) had left on the ground at the beginning of the match.
Before her attack could connect, Kankuro's puppet reached her and revealed a hidden blade that he raised. It was at this point that Hayate called out, "And this round *cough* is declared a draw *cough* as both are in a position that allows them to kill the *cough* other."
Sighing, Tenten called her weapons back to her and Kankuro did the same. It took a few minutes but eventually the floor was cleared.
Then the screen lit up again and began to cycle through names.
Jinsoku Sensui
vs.
Rock Lee
Lee leapt down after shouting that he show his opponent the Flames of Youth, and it was at that point that Deidara realized who Might Guy had chosen as his second for his Youth Nightmare Genjutsu, also known as the Sunset of Youth Genjutsu, or That Thing From Hell.
He shuddered.
Rock Lee looked over at his opponent with anticipation. He couldn't wait to show what he was capable of.
Sensui barely glanced at him, "Proctor, shall we get this over with?" he asked in a bored voice.
Guy's eyes narrowed, wondering what could make him so confident.
It was after Gekko shouted "Hajime!" that he understood why he wasn't worried.
Jinsoku simply drew his katana and intoned, "Swift Style: Shadowless Flight Slash"
Guy lowered his head and sighed. Tenten looked up at her sensei, "What's wrong, Guy-sensei? Shouldn't Lee be able to beat him? And what is Swift Style?"
"Swift Style is the antithesis of Taijutsu. For all that Lee is fast, that boy is faster. That element allows him to move at instantaneous speeds, making it impossible for Lee to track him, let alone hit him. No one who uses solely Taijutsu can hope to beat someone with this release."
And it was when she looked back down that she saw why.
After activating his jutsu, Sensui appeared to stand there for a few seconds before Lee attacked, but what shocked all of them was that what they thought was the Iwa-nin was in fact just an afterimage. Before anyone could say anything Lee felt cold steel at his neck.
The jutsu-less Genin looked up at his sensei in anguish, but was heartened when he saw his instructor was not upset and so in a sad voice he called out, "Proctor, I surrender."
With the match called, the blade was withdrawn and sheathed behind the wielder's back.
The match over, Jinsoku, returned to his team.
Guy looked at him shrewdly, before continuing where he left off, "It is the Kekkei Genkai of the Inazuma clan that came from Uzushio, the Village Hidden in the Whirlpools. Of course, how it ended up in Iwa is anyone's guess, seeing as Iwa was partly responsible for the village's destruction."
Tenten was shocked at that, seeing as she wasn't even aware that Uzushiogakure even existed.
Lee wandered dejectedly back over to his team. Guy placed his hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry about it, Lee. Even someone capable of using Ninjutsu would have trouble fighting that element."
Lee wiped his eyes, "Hai, Guy-sensei."
With that the next names appeared on the screen.
Hiro Tagesi
vs.
Sasuke Uchiha
The youngest grandchild of the Tsuchikage walked down the stairs and stood in the to one side without a word to his team.
Sasuke, on the other hand, was seething. This guy was part of the team that took Akahana from him. He would make him pay. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking behind him he saw his sensei. Kakashi looked at him seriously, "Sasuke, I know how you feel, but don't let your anger get the better of you. If we want to get her back you need to stay calm. Otherwise you'll be doing exactly what they want you to do."
Nodding, he leapt over the rail and landed in a crouch before straightening up. He glared at his opponent, who watched him coolly across the floor.
Hayate looked between the two, "Are you ready?" At their nods, he shouted, "Hajime!" and leapt out of the arena.
It took only a moment for Sasuke to blur through the seals before forming a ring around his mouth and shouting, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
The resulting attack was one and a half meters high and 10 feet wide as it drove down toward its target who merely raised an eyebrow before collided.
Sasuke smirked, thinking he got him but then he had to throw himself to the side to avoid a spear as he looked around for Hiro. It was the gasps that drew his eyes upward where he was met with an incredible sight: the Genin could fly.
"Earth Style: Spears of Stone!"
The floor broke appart below the floating Genin and reformed into staves that then launched themselves at Sasuke.
In a surprising show of agility, Sasuke avoided each of the flying spears, and when he jumped into the air to avoid the last one he ran through seals and when he ended on Tiger he called out, "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
The resulting fireballs flew out of his mouth at his airborne opponent who had to perform a several aerial maneuvers to get out of the way, but it seemed to tire him as he was breathing harder after.
It was then that Sasuke got an idea. Simply putting his hands in the Tiger seal, he called out, "Fire Style Ninja Ar: Fire Run!"
His feet began to smoke as he started to run, leaving a trail of flames behind him. Orochimaru looked on impressed at the boy. Yes, he would do nicely.
The young Uchiha ran in circles around the area that Hiro was floating, making one ring after another, until 4 rings were side by side as he finally came to a stop outside their range. He smirked. The Tsuchikage's grandson was doing all he could to avoid the flames that were leaping up at him to no avail, as a spike of flame caught his clothes. Knowing he had lost, he called out, "Proctor, I surrender."
With that he gently floated back to the rest of his team where they put out the fire, leaving him with half his cloak charred as well as part of his shirt.
After the fires were put out, the next pair of names appeared.
Naruto Namikaze
vs.
Kiba Inuzuka
The day wasn't over yet as the two Leaf Shinobi made their way to the floor.
"You're going down, Namikaze!" the Dog-user said cockily.
Looking at him blankly, he waited until he heard "Hajime!" before he ran through some seals and called out, "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" And blew out just as Kiba charged, sending the guy flying backwards at the unexpected attack, hitting the far wall hard with the back of his head, knocking him out.
"Winner, Naruto Namikaze."
Zaku Abumi
vs.
Shino Aburame
(Same as canon)
Shikamaru Nara
vs.
Kin Tsuchi
(Same as canon)
Temari no Sabaku
vs.
Misumi Tsurugi
"Hajime!"
Leaf nin arrogantly started to run at his female opponent, but he didn't even get close before he was blown backwards by a swing from Temari's fan.
This continued for a bit til Temari used an actual jutsu and blew him all the way across the room in the back wall, where he made a nice Misumi-sized impression. The fight was called when they saw he was unconscious.
Gaara no Sabaku
vs.
Choji Akimichi
Before Choji could take one step Asuma Sarutobi looked right at him and said, "I want you to forfeit."
Knowing that his teacher only wanted the best for him, he did so, and left Gaara mad at not getting to kill someone legally.
Ino Yamanaka
vs.
Yoroi Akado
The two Leaf-nin stared each other down for a while as they heard the proctor start the match. It went on for a couple more minutes before Kiba, who had woken up and was back with his team shouted, "Get a move on!"
Finally getting in gear, rushed through a series of seals and called out, "Earth style: Stone Fist Jutsu!" and proceeded to charge at her opponent who drew a kunai with an explosive tag attached to the end. But he underestimated how fast the Kunoichi was as she drew back her fist to punch him in the gut, causing him to drop his kunai which exploded, sending the already flying veteran Genin zipping through the air before slamming into the wall behind him. His opponent, lighter by far, flew just as far and hit her head on the wall behind her. And thus ensued the double-knockout.
Hinata Hyuuga
vs.
Neji Hyuuga
(Same result, Neji wins but doesn't try to kill her since his dad is still alive)
Dosu Kinuta got a bye as there was no one else to fight.
And with that, the Prelims were over.
Hayate had the winners come down to the floor and pick numbers from a hat. "The number you drew will determine who you will fight in the Final Exam. Now I want you to tell me what your number is."
Dosu, "Nine."
Neji, "One."
Naruto (Akahana), "Six."
Naruto N., "Five."
Gaara, "Four."
Sasuke, "Three."
Jinsoku, "Two."
Temari, "Seven."
Shikamaru, "Eight."
Shino, "Ten."
"The order for the fights are as follows,
Neji Hyuuga vs. Jinsoku Sensui
Sasuke Uchiha vs. Gaara no Sabaku
Naruto Namikaze vs. Naruto Sakamoto
Temari no Sabaku vs. Shikamaru Nara
Dosu Kinuta vs. Shino Aburame.
You have a month to prepare for your fights, which will be held at the stadium at 10 o'clock sharp. Don't be late. I suggest you train hard. Dismissed!"
Jutsu:
Swift Style: Shadowless Flight Slash- This is the Kenjutsu version of Swift Release: Shadowless Flight, where the user of this technique moves at extremely fast speeds, rapidly slashing his opponent his opponent from various angles simultaneously. (not my creation)
Swift Style: Shadowless Flight- This technique is used to move at very fast speeds, rapidly striking his opponents at various angles while avoiding any opposition. This technique is very effective against strength based close-combat taijutsu users.
So what do you think? I hope I made the fights interesting (beyond the undescribed ones). Please tell me what you think! Up next is the month of training, what will they do? What will they learn? Find out next on, The Iwa Shinobi!
I put the two jutsu there so you have an idea what Jinsoku (OC) did.