Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Kale's POV
"So how's this training start?" I asked.
"First we need to make sure you learn the 10 minor spells." Uncle said tapping his large staff "Which one's do you not know?"
"I know everything but Chaos Meteor, Alacrity and Deafening Blast." I said.
"Three of the more advanced ones." He hummed "But you're already a step ahead of most if those are the only ones you don't know. We can't start the rest until you can do those three, We'll start with Alacrity because it's the most important."
"It is?" I asked.
"Alacrity" Uncle said making a pink and grey sphere appear in his hand "It is a supports Jutsu that boost the affected users attack speed and power, it only lasts a short while but packs a powerful punch."
"That doesn't seem very useful." I commented.
"Trust me it is." Uncle told me "Back in my time I was the support for my team Alacrity came in handy."
"Support?" I asked "Is that like a medical ninja?"
"Sort of." Uncle said taking a meditative seat, I followed his movements "A Support Ninja focuses on backing up the main fighters on his team with Jutsu that aids in a fight. Examples like draining chakra with the EMP, locking people up with Cold Snap, buffing them with Alacrity."
"So you think I'd be a good support ninja?" I asked.
"Yes." He commented "You know there are other ways to use the Arcane Jutsu besides just the ten orb spells right?"
"Yes but very few ever get past mastering a few orb spells." I said "Dad can only do the orb spells and he's really strong."
"At the start of our clan there were men who knew so many Arcane combinations that they actually had to forget some to remember the more useful ones." Uncle explained.
Knew so much they actually were forced to forget the less useful ones…I wonder how many Great-Uncle knows? Uncle can cast the Ten Orb Spells without the instances so he must be really strong. Tenten called him one of the Four Great Ninjas…I guess Uncle is something special.
"Now to learn Alacrity focus your mind on Wex and Exort, the lightning of Wex will be your speed and the fire of Exort will make up your strength."
"Yes…" I said closing my eyes and imagining myself.
"There's a whole world out there, all of it forged by the elements, Lightning, Fire, Water, Earth and Wind…our family is in tune with these and can channel them into an array of attacks." Uncle said "Focus on the parts you want to understand right now and take it from there…the speed of lightning and the fury of a fire."
Inside I felt a gentle flame, around it the air was distorted with light, instantly it was like something click.
"Invoke!" I clapped my hands "Alacrity!"
At first nothing happened but then when I looked up I saw the purple and metallic ball from earlier floating over my head, I took a few steps and my strides felt faster.
"I did it, that was easy."
"Good." Uncle stood up "That spell only lasts a short while so don't get too used to your speed, now, there are two more to learn, come find me when you've got Chaos Meteor and Deafening Blast down."
"You're not gonna help?" I asked.
"I won't hold your hand this whole time, you learned one your own in the past you can do it this time too."
Weeks Later
"Come on…" I hissed "Deafening Blast!"
I thrust my palm out but all I got was a squeak.
I got Chaos Meteor down in a few days, Alacrity in a few minutes but why can't I get Deafening Blast after all these weeks.
"I'll work more later." I sighed "I have to get to the tournament and cheer for Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura will kill me if I'm late."
The arena was crowded and I was having trouble finding a seat.
"This one taken?" I asked.
"Oh no…hi!" Tenten smiled.
"Whoa…what's with the new look?" I asked.
"I thought I'd get a little dressed up." She said.
Tenten was wearing a much fancier dress and she had some makeup on.
"You look nice." I said taking a seat.
"Thanks…" she smiled as the first match got ready to start, Naruto Vs Neji.
"Hmm our teammates are going first." I laughed "This one should be fun."
"Care to make it more fun?" she asked.
"Hmm?"
"The loser, will buy the winner dinner." She smiled.
I laughed "Sure, sounds fun."
Come on Naruto…
As soon as the match started Naruto summoned some of his clones.
"That won't work." Tenten said as Naruto ran forward to attack.
Neji was able to flip over Naruto and take on all four of him at once without breaking a sweat.
"His hand to hand skills are incredible." I hummed.
Neji told Naruto he couldn't change reality but Naruto wasn't giving up, he made more clones and attacked again.
You're gonna hemorrhage chakra you idiot.
Even with that many clones Naruto couldn't land a single blow. It didn't take long for Neji to find the real Naruto, it was the one in the back that want' attacking, but that one ended up being a clone and the real Naruto jumped out to attack.
"Come on Naruto!" I yelled.
Neji suddenly spun up and threw Naruto across the ring.
"Damn." I hissed.
"Hehe." Tenten smirked.
"I had heard the Byakugan lets you see 360 degrees but I didn't know it was that good." I sighed.
His defense may be more impenetrable then Gaara's…speaking of he's supposed to fight Sasuke but…where is Sasuke.
"You shouldn't look so surprised.' Tenten smirked "Neji's just getting started…by the way I'm gonna want something expensive."
Neji stepped back for a stance before running and attacking Naruto.
"No way he's getting him with that?" Tenten gasped.
"Hmm?" I watched as Neji laid into Naruto.
"2-4-8-16-32-64 Hands!" Neji hit Naruto with one more blast and sent him flying back.
"Get up!" I yelled as Naruto slid back.
"It's over." Tenten said.
"No…not yet." I smirked.
"Huh?!" she looked back and Naruto was getting off the dirt "He can stand?!"
Since Naruto refused to give up Neji revealed to him the history of his clan and the fear put into the branch families with the curse seal, I knew Neji held a grudge but for him to say the main family killed his father seemed like a bit much.
"You know I'm all for hearing stories." I told Tenten "But this probably isn't the best place to air his family's dirty laundry."
"Neji will win anyway." Tenten said.
"No he won't." I told her "Cause Naruto won't lose to people who only believe in destiny, and he won't lose to someone who lies to themselves."
Neji believes in fate and destiny, yet he clearly tries to go against his own destiny and rebel against the main family…he's a living contradiction.
Even though his points had been pressed Naruto was able to generate chakra somehow.
"This feeling…" I shivered "It's just like that time at the bridge."
Naruto suddenly got much faster and was able to run on the walls to avoid Neji's attacks
"What…is this?" Tenten asked.
"I don't know." I sighed "But it's strong."
Naruto and Neji clashed, their Chakra peeling off them in sheets and kicking up a ton of dust. As the dust cleared there were two craters, one with a balled up Naruto and one with a triumphant Neji.
"No…" I sighed.
"Phew." Tenten let out a breath "That was too close. There's no one at our rank who can beat Neji, Naruto but up a good fight but it wasn't enough."
Suddenly the ground under Neji cracked open and Naruto jumped out and drilled him with an uppercut. The Naruto in the crater puffed away, revealing itself to be a clone. Neji was done in by what he thought was Naruto's best Jutsu.
"No…The Clone is my worst Jutsu." Naruto told him.
"Winner: Naruto Uzumaki!"
"YEAH!" I cheered.
"Wow…" Tenten clapped "That was something."
The arena was filled with people clapping for Naruto.
Someday people will cheer for me too.
"Well I'm gonna go see Neji." Tenten hopped up "We'll work out a time and I'll buy you dinner sometime."
"Sure it's a date." I smiled.
Tenten blushed a bit and walked off and I left to find Sakura, lucky for my she was just a few rows over.
"What's with that dumb smile on your face?" she asked as I took a seat by her
"Oh nothing, I just won a bet is all." I smiled "I've got a date coming up."
I noticed that Sakura looked nervous about something.
"Sasuke's up next." I said.
"Yeah but…he's not here." Sakura sighed "If he's late he'll be disqualified."
The arena was getting restless, they were grumbling and demanding the next fight start.
"Ahem." The announcer coughed to get attention "The contestant for the next match hasn't arrived yet so we'll be pushing that match back to the end of the day.
"Sasuke's not going to be disqualified." Ino cheered.
"That was lucky." I hummed.
"The next match will be Kankuro Vs Shino Aburame!"
"Yeah kick his ass Shino!" I cheered "Avenge me!"
"I forfeit." Kankuro said.
"HUH?!" I snapped.
That's so unfair, he beat me to get here and now he just quits? What a jerk!
"I guess Shikamaru has to fight." Ino said as Naruto pushed the boy into the ring.
"Listen.' Shikamaru used two kunai to avoid the swipe of Temari's fan "I don't really care about whether or not I become a Chunin, but I'm not gonna lose to some girl."
"He's not gonna make a lot of friends with lines like that." I sighed.
"Jerk!" Ino yelled.
"We're not weak!" Sakura snapped.
"But that doesn't mean you shouldn't kick her butt!" Ino added.
"It's weird that Shikamaru is in the finals." Choji said sitting next to Ino.
"No it's not, he may not have any special fighting skills but Shikamaru is really smart with strategies and stuff." Ino told him.
Temari was waving her fan around and kicking up clouds of dust and dirt that blasted into Shikamaru who sent his shadow after her. Temari made a mark on the ground to represent the length she knew Shikamaru's shadow could reach.
Shikamaru was focused, taking shallow breaths to think up a plan. It took a while but with a roundabout method Shikamaru was able to hook his shadow to Temari.
"He's got it now!" Ino cheered.
Shikamaru walked himself and Temari to the center of the ring.
"Alright I give up.' Shikamaru said.
"HUH?!" we all yelled.
"I'm outta time, I can't bind you long enough so I quit." Shikamaru said.
"Temari wins!"
"What an idiot!" Ino snapped "This was his chance."
"This has been a weird tournament." I sighed "Two people have quit, Naruto is the only one to win, and Sasuke is late."
"Where is Sasuke…" Sakura said nervously.
"He's not gonna make it." I sighed.
Suddenly a wind ripped through the ring and a whirlwind of leaves appeared and when they faded Sasuke and Kakashi-Sensei were at the center.
"Sorry we're a little late." Sensei smiled.
"And your name?" the proctor asked.
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"It seems he made it."
We all looked over and saw Lee was here to watch.
Sasuke Vs Gaara…this one will be interesting.
AN
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