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I would like to apologise for the delayed update...again. Personal issues not gonna cry to you about them :D Everything is OK now so the updates will be back :D Again I apologise for my inactivity for the past few months. Withouth further ado...enjoy the chapter.
LittlemissTrafalgar True Nana is from the Uzumaki clan. The problem is not in controling her chakra and yes it is connected to her illness. More will be know in the later chapters, since it's part of the story development :).
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"We will now begin the main matches with the twelve that have passed the preliminaries. Please enjoy the matches" The man standing in front of them said.
"There are some things I need to tell you before the matches." He pulled out a sheet of paper with the new match pairings.
"There was a little change in the match-ups. Check to see who you're going against."Looking at it Nana saw her name being linked with Hibachi, her eyes sparkled as she grinned. Their match was at the end.
"Hey. Hey!" Naruto raised his hand to get the proctors attention. "Sasuke hasn't arrived yet. What are we going to do?"
"If he doesn't come here by the time his match starts, he will lose by default." The proctor replied looking at Naruto.
"Although the landscape is different, the same rules apply as in the preliminaries; there are no rules. The match will only end when someone dies or gives up. But if I decide that the match is over, I will stop the match. Do not argue with me over that. Got it?" The proctor explained to them looking at each and every one of the participants, his eyes stopped at Nana.
"Nanami." He only said her name for her to make eye contact with him. To be truthful she was intimidated by him. "The hospital contacted us about your situation." Before she could object to that he continued as he pulled out another sheet of paper.
"However, if you wish to participate we cannot stop you. You'll have to sign this, read it carefully." He told her and handed her the paper.
"The first match is Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Neji. The rest of you need to go back to the waiting room." Following his orders they all went to the waiting room leaving only Neji and Naruto to stand in the arena.
"Naruto!" Nana shouted making him turn to look at her.
"Gambate!" She told him with her fist up, making him grin at her sending her back a big grin with a thumbs up. Nanami turned around and followed the rest of the participants up the stairs to the waiting room.
-X- Time skip cuz I'm too lazy to write all the fights –X-
Shino, Shikamaru, Nana and Hibachi were standing at the balcony watching the medic carry of Neji.
"I knew he would win." Nana exclaimed with a proud voice while she nibbled at her dango.
"I do admit I didn't expect Naruto to win." Shikamaru told her as he turned around hearing footsteps.
"Hahaha! I sure showed him!" Naruto said laughing alking up to them looking very satisfied with his victory.
"Nana-chan did you see?! Your big brother sure is awesome right? Right?!" He grinned as he wrapped his arms around her waist picking her up.
"Actually…Naruto..." She started but decided to let him think that he was the oldest as they were interrupted by Hibachi.
"Oi! Naruto! Put her down! She's still injured." Hibachi yelled at her brother, making Naruto yell back at him.
"Hibachi…" she exclaimed with a sigh. "My foot is already fine, they said I can walk and stuff, just not to overuse it." Nana told him looking away as she looked at him from under her bangs, making Hibachi scratch his neck nervously.
"R-Right…I knew that." He told her as he went and joined the others a bit red in the face.
The crowd was getting restless as there was still no sign of Sasuke, they were complaining and shouting for the next match to begin. Standing back up and making her way to the others she heard Shikamaru talk to Naruto about Sasuke not showing up.
"I think he will come, he did go to train with Kakashi-sensei. And we all know that he likes to run late." Nana joined in to the conversation they were having as she stood between Shino and the redheaded sand shinobi.
"A wise man keeps away from danger. He made a good decision." Shino exclaimed making Nana wonder just why did he show up then.
Just as she thought that she felt tension strike through the air. Looking first at the redhead she saw him glare at her brother as he did the same back.
"I wonder…"Nana started to say leaning her chin on her hand that was resting on the balcony fence. Before she continued voicing her thoughts the referee spoke up.
"Ladies and gentlemen, an examinee for the next match has not arrived just yet. Therefore the match will be delayed, and we will begin the next match first."
"That was close." Naruto said under his breath.
"Does that mean my match is coming up faster?" Shikamaru asked not looking amused in the slightest.
Nana chuckled leaning over Shino to lightly tap Shikamaru on his back as a sign of encouragement.
"Next match up, Kankurou and Aburame Shino. Come down" They heard the referee exclaim as he looked up to the participants.
"Examiner! I'm giving up. Go to the next match." The tall sand shinobi standing next to Gaara exclaimed, making everyone wonder.
"Well Shino, someone is scared of you." Nana laughed at him as she took another bite from her dango.
"Shut up, Shrimp!" Kankurou barked back at her.
"Kankurou." Gaara exclaimed with a low cold voice full of authority, making the older shinobi took a step back.
A gust of wind ruffled at Nana's and everyone's hair as the blond haired girl from Suna made her way down to the stadium on a big fan. 'A wind user huh?'Nana thought to herself smiling a bit, the next match will be interesting indeed. Looking over to Shikamaru she heard him complaining about his match-ups.
"All right! Go get her, Shikamaru!" Naruto shouted full of excitement as he slapped his hand on his back making him fall over the balcony straight down in to the arena.
Looking down Nana saw Shikamaru lying on his back looking unamused as he could be. He kept on staring up at Naruto probably cursing him into oblivion at the gesture he did. Nana laughed with Naruto as she showed him a victory sign, while Naruto gave him a thumbs up. Both were shouting words of encouragement down to him, making him look up to the clouds wondering to himself who knows what. After a minute of that the crowd in the fighting arena became restless and the people started to throw all stuff of things at him to get him to move, to no avail. To be fair they were probably upset for not seeing the big Uchiha fight.
As the fight began Nana saw movement in the corner of her eyesight. Turning to look at it she saw the guy named Kankurou walk away, leaving Gaara alone. After a minute of internal battle of what to do Nana decided to approach him against her better judgement. Looking at her brother and Shino she saw both of them watching the battle intently, so she used this opportunity to slip away. As she approached him she saw that his body tensed up, shooting her a cold side glare not even bothering to move his head or turning around. Nana stopped a few feet away from him just looking at him, before shifting a bit and making a few more steps towards him. She saw him look at her, his eyes not leaving her for a second from his peripheral vision. As she came to a full stop right beside him she thought he'll say something to her, like if she doesn't move away he'll kill her, or something along those lines. She stood beside him for a bit his eyes not leaving her for a second.
"You know…" She started looking down at the match going on.
"Starring at people without saying something is considered rude." She told him as her eyes left the two fighters to lock on to his cold pale blue-green saying anything to her he kept on observing her and her actions.
"Thank you." She said to him as her lips turned upwards in to a small grateful smile.
At her words Gaara's eyes widened a bit before returning to his normal cold glare. His thoughts were getting messed up. Why was this girl thanking him? Does she have a death wish? His head started to hurt from all the thoughts he had. Can she be a Konoha spy? Should he kill her before their Konoha invasion? Confused…he had enough.
"For what?" He voiced almost inaudible to her ears.
"You know…"She murmured under her breath looking again over to the match.
"Catching me in the hospital. I could have hurt my head and sustained worse injuries if I would have hit that floor. So again…" Her voice grew quiet as she added "Thank you." Yet again.
"I didn't do anything." He said with a cold voice his eyes looking angrily at her.
Nana turned around when she heard the heavy footsteps. Turning quickly back at him she smiled again.
"Of course you didn't. " She muttered to herself.
"I wanted to kill you." He told her with a straight face.
"Well, then…why didn't you do it?" She asked him.
They were interrupted by Kankurou who rudely pushed Nana away towards Shino and Naruto. Not wanting to argue she turned around walking over to her brother as she helped him cheer on Shikamaru. At the end, Shikamaru forfeited the match due to exhaustion so the winner was Temari.
"Next up, Uzumaki Nana vs. Nakamura Hibachi!" The proctor shouted.
Nana's head shot up as she looked over to where Hibachi should have been standing, not finding him in his spot she looked down into the arena just to see him eagerly waiting for her to join. Jumping down in to the arena the last thought before approaching them was 'I should just forfeit this match'.