Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Kale's POV
Match two was about to begin, Shino Vs Zaku.
"Give up." Shino told him "If you fight now you'll be finished."
Zaku's arms are both broken, why even try and fight.
"One arm moves a little." He sound ninja said lifting his hand "That's all I'll need to take you down."
He's underestimating Shino…
Shino blocked the first strike but got blasted by the ninja's Hand Cannon. Of course one shot from that cannon would never take down Shino, the boy got right back up and surrounded Zaku with his bugs.
Those things clamor for chakra…once they get a taste of you they won't stop till they suck you dry.
"Attack the bugs and I attack you, attack me and the bugs will attack." Shino said "I told you, you cannot win."
"Don't screw with me!" Zaku yelled aiming both arms.
"He's done." I told Sakura "I'd close your eyes now."
"Huh?" she asked "What do you me?"
Zaku went to fire his cannons, but they ruptured and he blew his own arms off at the elbows.
"HA!" Sakura gasped.
"Shino had already clogged the pipe with bugs." I told her "When the attack had no way out the main line it made the pipe rupture and that blew him up."
"It's over." Hayate sighed "Shino wins."
"Shino's really strong." Naruto gulped.
"I knew he was creepy but, if he's full of bugs…Ewww." Sakura shivered.
"Hey." Sensei said popping up behind us.
"What do you mean hey?" Sakura sighed "Is Sasuke alright?"
"He's sleeping at the hospital." Kakashi-Sensei smiled "Did I miss much."
"Only one match." I told him.
"Match 3!" Hayate spoke up "Kale Magonius Vs Kankuro!"
"Right on time to see me." I smiled.
"Good luck." Sakura smiled
"Kick that guy's ass!" Naruto yelled.
"I'll do my best." I smiled as I headed down.
I walked down the stairs and met my opponent at the center.
I never saw his fighting style…I know nothing about him…I remember Ibiki making a joke about dolls during the first exam…could he be using doll Jutsu?
"I've wanted to fight you since that day in the street." I smirked.
"Same here." He said pulling the wrapped object off his back.
The bell rang and we both jumped back.
"Wex, Wex, Quas!" I moved my hands "Invoke: Tornado!"
I threw a cyclone out and changed my hands again "Triple Wex! Invoke : EMP!"
I'll drain him at the start.
When the tornado dropped him into the static field he didn't get up.
"I didn't hit him that hard, did I?" I squinted "Triple Exort! Invoke: Sunstrike!"
I aimed a beam to hit him and he made no attempt to dodge, letting the beam hit him.
I've never hit anyone with a Sunstrike, not without them being frozen or held in place…He's faking!
I jumped away as he appeared from the mumfied package he dropped before.
"I see it!" I said flipping back to avoid him.
"Damn!"
As I landed by his other body it jumped up to attack.
Puppet Jutsu!
The puppet tried to grab me, Kankuro stood in the back moving his fingers to guide the puppet to slash and slap at me.
Time to try that new move.
I set my hand "Exort, Exort, Quas!" I slapped my hands on the ground and a small puddle for magma appeared "Forge Spirit!"
The pool bubbled up and a a small rocky imp dripping with magma pulled itself out.
"If you're gonna use a partner I figured I should to." I smirked "You get the puppet I'll deal with the master."
"HM!" the imp squeaked and charged up before spitting a ball of lava out and causing Kankuro to move his puppet.
"Got ya!" I popped up behind him and pulled out a Kunai.
I jammed it into his back his neck snapped around and his face fell off.
He switched places with the puppet?!
I felt myself get tied up by chakra strings, I tried to have my summon shot him but the puppet was already taking him out of the equation.
I'm tied up…I'm low on Chakra and have maybe one Invoke left at best…I can't Ghost Walk out of this…I don't see a way out…even if I wanted to fight more my remaining tricks won't work on the puppet and if I get fooled again it doesn't matter…
"You got me." I sighed "I give."
"Winner: Kankuro!"
Dammit I got beat…next time…I won't lose so easily.
"Sorry guys, I lost." I sighed walking back up "I should work on managing my spells better. I wasted way too much time and chakra attacking the puppet when I should have had more focus on the master."
"You did really well." Sakura smiled.
"It's not really fair he had a partner." Naruto said.
"His puppet was a tool it's fair." I sighed.
"You'll get him next time." Kakashi-Sensei told me "This just shows you what you need to work on, build on your losses."
"Yes Sir." I nodded.
"Jeez there sure are a bunch of crazy guys here." Naruto laughed.
"You one to talk." I rolled my eyes.
"Haha…" Sakura giggled.
"I wouldn't be laughing." Sensei pointed at the board "You're up."
"Match 4! Sakura Haruno Vs Ino Yamanaka!"
Sakura gulped before heading down the stairs.
"Hopefully she does better than me." I sighed.
Once Sakura got down to the ring she took off her headband, Sakura insisted this wasn't a fight about Sasuke or the two's relationship with him, this wasn't even her concern.
"I think Sakura's going too far, look at Ino's scary eyes." Naruto shivered.
"As far as I remember those two have always been best frenemies." I sighed.
"Sakura's not the type to brag about strength." Sensei sighed "She's making sure Ino won't show her any mercy."
"Why are they so serious?" Naruto complained.
He's not reading the room at all…
"You could say…rivalries are serious." Kakashi-Sensei sighed.
Rivals…do I have a rival?
Sakura took her headband and tied it around her for head, I'd never seen her wear it like that. The fight started in a flash, Sakura made three illusions which somehow ended up being able to distract Ino just long enough for her to get hit by Sakura's powerful punch.
"Get serious!" Sakura yelled "Cause if you're don't you'll be in for a world of hurt!"
"Alright, I won't hold back!" Ino smirked.
Ino's family ability is a form of Astral projection and possession, if Sakura can avoid that she'll have an advantage.
"Sakura has something that's the best on this team, her ability to control her chakra." Sensei explained as the fight progressed "She's more skilled at that then even Sasuke."
For ten minutes the fight progressed, Sakura and Ino matched each other blow for blow, punch for punch and shuriken for shuriken.
They're dead even…but Ino hasn't tried her special technique yet…
"I'm no ever gonna let you beat me!" Ino yelled getting back up.
"Of course…but there's no way I'll ever lose to someone who only cares about looking pretty and growing long hair." Sakura taunted.
"Stop disrespecting me!" Ino snapped.
"Uh oh." I sighed "It's a cat fight now."
Ino suddenly took her kunai and sliced her ponytail right off.
"Whoa!" most of the crowd gasped at the action.
"I'm ending this!" Ino placed her hands together "I'll just make you say you give up!"
"Here it comes." I told Naruto "Ino's Mind-Body Switch, she'll project her energy into Sakura and take over her body. If Sakura dodges she will win, if she gets hit she will lose, this fight's gonna get decided in one move."
"Here we go!" Ino yelled.
Sakura took a step and then suddenly her and Ino both went limp.
"Hehehe…" Sakura laughed "To bad Ino."
"She missed." I smiled.
"So Sakura's gonna win right?!" Naruto asked eagerly.
"Hold on." Sensei said "Watch."
Sakura was suddenly stuck to the floor, tied down by Ino's cut hair.
"You fell for it." Ino said lifting her head "That wasn't my Possession Jutsu, it was me sending chakra to my hair to make a rope. So now that you're tied down…"
"I can't miss!" Ino said aiming her Jutsu.
"Hehehe!" Sakura started laughing "Game over Sakura."
"She got hit." I pointed out.
"Come on Sakura this is your chance!" Naruto cheered.
"It won't matter." Lee told him "Sakura is-."
"I already explained this doofus." I slapped my teammate on the head "Ino has taken over Sakura's body, she's in control of her now. Ino will likely have Sakura tap out."
"Excuse me." Sakura's body raised its hand "I want to-."
"Don't say it!" Naruto yelled "You've come this far don't lose like this!"
"She can't do anything about it." I told him "Ino's in control right now."
"GAHHH!" Sakura suddenly grabbed her head.
"Do you still wanna quit?" Hayate asked.
"HELL NO!" Sakura snapped.
"What?!"
"GET OUT!" Sakura yelled as Ino's body suddenly woke up.
"She forced her out!" I gasped.
I've never heard of Ino getting kicked out during her possession.
Sakura and Ino both ran forward and hit each other in the face with one strong punch.
"BAH!" they both flew back and hit the ground.
"Hmm…" Hayate looked at them "Both fighters are unable to continue, it's a Double KO, there is no winner."
Sensei jumped down to pick up the unconscious Sakura and bring her back up to the spectator area, Ino's Sensei also brought here to the waiting area too.
"Sakura are you alright?!" Naruto yelled.
"Sshhh." Sensei said.
"They knocked each other out." I laughed "Girls are so strange."
"Well that was surprising." Asuma-Sensei said.
"Yep." Kakashi-Sensei nodded "I knew the boys had grown but Sakura…I never knew it was this much, I'm happy I entered you guys in this test."
"We'll start the fifth match!" Hayate called "Temari vs Tenten."
"Yeah!" Lee yelled "Go Tenten! Youth Power!"
"We have to cheer harder!" Guy-Sensei yelled with him.
"Her team's a little weird." I told my teacher.
"Yeah…" he sighed.
I had never seen Tenten fight, heck I only met her a few days ago. She fought using an array of weapons of all shapes and sizes. The other woman, the sand ninja Temari, fought using a giant fan and wind Jutsu. Tenten could have thrown all the kunai in the world, I don't think any of them could have made it through those typhoon like gusts.
"This was boring." Temari sighed balancing the girl on her fan "Do I win?"
"The Winner is Temari!" Hayate announced.
"HYA!" Temari lifted her fan and got ready to chuck Tenten across the ring.
"Whoa!" I said jumping down and catching my fellow villager "You won already."
"Nice catch." Temari smirked.
I'm starting to hate these Hidden Sand guys more and more.
"Kale." Sensei called "Get back up here."
"Yes sir." I said "Your buddy Gaara still has to fight, these a lot of strong guys left, you should avoid pissing them off any more."
"No you're wrong." Temari said sternly "It's you who doesn't wanna piss Gaara off."
The way she said that…it wasn't a taunt or banter…was she, warning me?
I picked up Tenten and dropped her off to her team before the board lit up again.
"Shikamura Nara Vs Kin!"
"Aw man it's my turn." Shikamura sighed walking down "this sucks."
I looked over at Tenten who was still out cold.
Why did I even go down there? I didn't have to catch her, she wouldn't have died from hitting the wall…my body just kind of went with the flow, I knew I didn't want her to get hurt…I used emotion over logic, that's rare for me.
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