I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, I'm just a fan I enjoyed the anime but I love the fanfics even more, they made me fall for the whole franchise.
Chapter 81
"Is it done?" Meeting in the crowded area of Konoha at a ramen stand that was not Ichiraku's ramen. Guren and Kimimaru Kaguya of the bone release sat down after ordering meals. The one to ask the question was Guren of the crystal release.
Kimimaru nodded not looking like someone who had committed a brutal double murder. Kimimaru cleaned himself up in his victim's home after the deed was done and got a change of clothes from a scroll he had stashed away in his person. Guren slurped on the average at best ramen and got her answer.
"Then we have to meet with four eyes and communicate our next move." At her words, Kimimaru stood up having not touched his bowl of miso ramen. Guren stood as well dropping a few yens and leaving her food half done.
They walked out of the establishment and into the crowded streets making their way to the stadium. As they walked Guren wondered what living in the leaf village felt like. In her honest opinion, the leaf village was unlike any other village out there. For one it felt and smelt of freedom of speech and character, it was friendly, accepting, and welcoming to all behaviors.
They heard a commotion going on above the rooftops as they got ever closer to the stadium and refrained from investigating, it was none of their business, and investigating would only draw attention to them.
Kimimaru stepped inside the stadium with Guren having done so five steps beforehand. She was his superior in this mission and he would give her the respect the position entitled. Making it to the viewing section. The two made quick work of locating Kabuto Yakushi thanks to his shining bold head and approached his seated form.
The two sat down on either side of him where he had kept their places. Kabuto at their arrival smiled broadly and spoke loudly as he greeted them.
"Satsuki-Chan! I'm so glad you could make it!" Kabuto said happily as he hugged 'Satsuki-Chan' AKA Guren and gave her a quick kiss on the lips making those who paid attention to them think they were a couple.
Guren stomached the kiss, the brat was testing her patients with that stunt but she couldn't react badly, or else more attention would be given to them. "I would not miss it for the worlds." Guren said with gritted teeth and a small smile that actually emphasized her beauty.
Kabuto smirked readjusting his glasses before looking at Kimimaru and ruffled his hair.
"How is it going brat." He said easily like he was talking to a little brother and Kimimaru showed no reaction as he stared forward and nodded not giving Sakura who was on the other side of the arena his attention or interest.
"Did you visit Mom and Dad?" Kabuto asked Kimimaru who nodded before replying.
"They sleep as we speak." Kimimaru answered and looked to the feed showing Sasuke Uchiha, the younger brother of another potential host body for his lord. Their mission was to capture Itachi Uchiha, it was a high-risk assignment but Kimimaru was no chicken so he accepted the risks fully.
"Then let's bring Grandpa a souvenir after the crush." Kabuto said with faux excitement and Guren had to give it to the man, he was convincing even her.
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Kiba looked straight forward and identified the new arrivals as people Sakura frequented recently due to the scent she carried and the scent they walked in with. On the white-haired boy, he smelt blood, as well as the scent of Sakura's parents.
The thing they all had in common was the fact they smelled of snakes.
Kiba did not trust snakes, it was instinctual so it was disheartening to find out the sexy mistress of Konoha was a snake lady. Kiba as an alpha male decided to assert some dominance and told her to get rid of her snakes and become a canine person.
She summoned more snakes and when Kiba stepped his foot down demanding she listen, Anko told her snakes to give him a few kisses. Kiba shredded, tore, and bite down on snakes to death but they lived in her sleeves as well and when she was close she restrained him.
Kiba growled as he remembered the bitch slaps he received for three hours straight from his soon-to-be wife and made a promise to return the favor on their next date. He said nothing of his thoughts on Sakura's suspicious behavior and associates because he was no snitch.
'Sasuke Uchiha dead.' Kiba thought maliciously, his canines glinting under the morning sun.
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"Oh…..wow, wow, wow…" Gatō looked to Dotō Kazahana when he spoke. The man was on the end of his seat when he saw Naruto Uzumaki make more of his 'Shadow clones' if Gatō was not mistaken and had them line up like an army.
"He is more than you described him Gatō-San." Dotō continued to speak before he looked to Gatō and their eyes met. "You did not tell me he was such a promising Shinobi." Dotō said looking almost betrayed by the employee of Naruto Uzumaki.
"I do not see what is so impressive Dotō-San." Gatō said facing back to the feed showing the blonde snicker before pointing his right hand forward with index finger out and shouting a command that they could barely hear due to the commotions going on in the stadium.
"Uzumaki! Barrage!" À group of clones disappeared like illusions and a few seconds later, explosions began to sound off in the distance with intervals of a few seconds between them. Gatō looked to another feed to spectate Rock Lee and Shino, as they dodged and jumped away from the fast-moving explosions.
The bowl-cut boy was faring better than his partner as he was quick to react to the blondes to quickly escape the radius of the blasts. The shade-wearing boy was slower to react and had to use his bugs to protect him from the heat of the blasts while he escaped its range with the help of the force behind it pushing him back faster.
"It is understandable my friend, you are not a Shinobi, you would not understand the significance of what that boy can do." Gatō nodded finding he can agree with that assessment, he knew nothing about Ninjas and that is why he was cursed to this new reality. If he knew better he would not have made the mistake of involving them in his business.
"The Shadow Clone Jutsu is every man's dream and desire, there are more than a fair share of people able to perform it or variants of it but to be able to make so many of the original jutsu!!." Dotō explained in glee as a sinister smile started to make it to his face.
"He could become a high-ranked army of one." Dotō revealed before laughing from the belly. "What a site it would be! Haho haho hahohohoho!!" Gatō rolled his eyes, another thing all Ninjas liked was war and the stench of blood. The employee was only glad that as part of the Diamyō bloodline of snow country, Dotō was given a formal education.
"Let us enjoy then." Gatō proposed and Dotō nodded seating back comfortably in his seat.
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"These clones are endless!!" Lee shouted out to his temporary teammate and jumped to the left to dodge another clone that was coming directly at him at speeds he was glad he could follow but his reaction time was slow enough that his jumps were unrefined.
Boom!!!
"Naruto-San is coordinating well with Hinata-San or he would not be able to attack so efficiently at a long range." Shino said while he brought his bugs forward to create a child-like structure in front of him as another clone came directly forward, grinning like a madman making Shino jump back and to the left.
Boom!!!
The force behind the blast helped Shino gain speed as he smelt burning bugs and felt heat on his person. He quickly rolled backward and to the side before getting up and jumping high to reach a tree branch. The Aburama began jumping from tree branch to tree branch to deter the blonde from bombarding both him and Lee from the ground.
"Boo!" Shino's eyes widened as he heard Naruto behind him and he turned around to face the blonde only to grimace thinking he was done for but Lee was there grabbing the doppelgänger and turning twice before quickly throwing him off the tree branch.
Lee grabbed Shino and jumped away just as another explosion sounded while Shino used his bugs to protect them from the heat by forming another shield-like structure.
Boom!!!
"This match is going to be so youthful!!" Lee exclaimed excitedly making Shino simply stare. The two landed on another tree branch a few meters away from the clearing close to the lake and nodded to each other.
The plan was simple but with many steps, the most emphasized was the fact they could not hold back from anything. Lee had his target, he could not afford to play games. Hinata had defeated Neji much easier than he did so his only option was to start big and end with a bang.
"Third Gate of Life!!" Lee bellowed as his skin gained a pink tint to it due to the rush of blood in his body and a green aura began rising from his body while he took a running position.
"Yosh, here I goooo..!" Lee vanished from his position and traveled at blinding speeds to cross the distance between the forest and the lake to reach Hinata in record times.
Lee moved his right fist forward to clock Hinata in the face, she had no time to block but she did not look worried as his fists were nearly inches from her face.
Lee on arriving in Hinata's face received a meeting with a brick wall as Naruto reached him first and clocked him on the cheek with a right hook. Lee spat blood and screamed in pain as he was blasted away from the Hyūga Heiress before landing on the grassy ground unceremoniously and spinning backward for 10 meters like a ball creating a trench in his wake before colliding against a sturdy tree and knocking the back of his head against it.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke's voice sounded out in Lee's ringing ear as he got back up quickly and weaved his head to the side just in time to dodge the shorter Hyūga girl's forward palm strike. Shino must have started his attack because Lee also caught the scent of burning insects.
"The sand siblings are above us, 700 meters in the air on a platform of sand! Shikamaru is coming from behind to sneak up on Sasuke-Kun." Lee grimaced because of the accuracy of the princess's words, they were unsure of her range so they estimated and it seemed they were wrong.
'How far can she see?' Lee wondered feeling surprised because he knew Neji's range was 50 meters.
"They are planning an areal attack!!" Lee stopped dodging Hinata's attacks and moved in to return the favor. He couldn't let her coordinate with her teammates, Like Shikamaru said. Team 7's biggest asset is their scouter, without Hinata in the picture the element of surprise would return to them.
'We won't win unless we surprise them.' Lee remembered Shikamaru's words and jumped up, swinging his right leg to the left with great force to strike Hinata. She turned on her feet with some fancy footwork while moving a step back to dodge the attack.
Lee grimaced when Hinata revealed her blade when she completed her spin aiming to cut him from the hip. The martial artist brought his left hand to his right side, using his palm to strike the sword downward before bringing his left leg over and up to his right side to bring his foot on Hinata's crown.
Hinata leaned back and Lee's leg missed her by inches. He landed on the same foot he used to attack and Hinata was already in the process of her next attack as she swapped her Katana to her right hand from behind and swung the blade at Lee from his right.
Lee dashed forward, dodging the attack with a hair's breadth glad he landed with his back to Hinata. When Lee's legs landed out of Hinata's reach he turned around and began moving at high speeds circling her, raising sand and grass as he moved at high speeds with his leg muscles and the help of Chakra manipulation even in his minuscule level.
Hinata stood still while keeping track of Lee with her eyes and sensing ability. He was fast but her eyes had him in her sights at a 360-degree angle and a bird eye view as well as the two siblings in the sky. Lee attacked and she felt that he would do it from his emotions.
She dodged by ducking low with a spin and when she was facing forward again, Lee was flying over her, Hinata shot her palm forward as Lee flew over her head and called out her jutsu.
"Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm." She shot out an invisible chakra force that landed directly on Lee's back and sent him smacking against a tree. The tree tilted sideways before falling with Lee on top of it. Rock placed his hands on the tree and rolled forward just in time to dodge Hinata's blade that sliced the tree cleanly like butter as she held her blade with both hands and looked to her left at Lee, the veins in her eyes pulsing.
Lee made more space between himself and the Hyūga now thinking he had to push even further. He also knew he could not use the higher gates now or he would be out of commission later. They were teaming up to defeat team 7 but once they won, they would become enemies, he needed to save energy for the final leg.
Lee touched his pouch and wondered if he should try out that new fighting style he has been working on. He has never used it with the gates before but there was a time for everything and it seemed now would have to do. Hinata dashed at him with her blade to her pointing horizontally to the side and her piercing black Byakugan eyes locked onto his.
"For youth!!" Lee jumped up and high, pulling out what looked to be a 5 litter bottle of translucent colorless liquid before gulping it down in seconds. Hinata looked up and felt Lee's emotions become intoxicated as he burped loudly and began free-falling toward her while he snoozed. The heiress narrowed her eyes and held her blade with both hands to her left pointing diagonally down waiting for her opponent to enter her range.
The heiress swung her sword when Lee was in her katana's reach and Lee did an impossible maneuver to dodge her and find himself in the air behind her. Rock kicked his legs out and they landed on Hinata's back with great force shooting her 12 meters away and into the forest while Lee fell face-first on the ground eating dirt.
"Did that kid just consume a 5-litter bottle of sake on his own before fighting with someone holding a freaking Katana? I don't know what they teach these kids in that academy." A random civilian commented to the side While Lee quickly stood up clumsily and followed after the heiress thrown into the forest.
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"Sand Hail!" Gaara used the platform of sand they stood on to form compressed balls of sand as big as tennis balls and prepared to send them down. He looked to Temari who finally released his hand after laughing at him when he smiled due to his missing tooth that was already starting to grow back.
The technique Gaara used is a much more powerful version of the sand drizzle technique. Temari held her giant fan with an iron grip and swung it while calling out her technique aimed at the compressed balls of falling sand.
"Wind Release: Air Current Wild Dance!" Temari formed a gust of wind from swinging her fan and took control of the air currents to aim them at Gaara's jutsu boosting its already tremendous speed and making them fall even faster toward their blonde enemy.
Boom!!!
Temari heard an explosion below them and was shocked to find that their combined efforts were stopped by a clone getting in the way and exploding.
"Is that a bird?" Temari wondered when she looked above her and saw something descending towards them from even higher up. Her confusion was quickly forgotten when Gaara grabbed her by the waist and summoned a dome of hardened sand to protect them.
Boom!!!
"Uh, thanks." She said a little awkwardly not quite used to Gaara doing things for her and even protecting her.
"Y-you are, older sister, I must protect." Gaara himself was new to this whole new him, or old him that had returned from somewhere so Temari smiled softly and nodded to her youngest brother.
Boom!!!
The two siblings were broken out of their little moment of siblingship and realized they were still in a fight before getting serious. Gaara formed his third eye technique to scout out how the Uzumaki was getting to them and he grimaced when he found out Naruto was swinging his clones around before throwing them up with great force.
The clone reached their position in a matter of seconds before changing into a bird to stay airborne and that is when Gaara noticed the three other birds surrounding his dome of sand.
"We are going down." Was the only warning Temari got as Gaara parted the sand platform they stood on and they began free-falling. Temari quickly placed her fan under her and used it to glide down while Gaara fell below.
Boom!!!
Temari grimaced when there was a giant explosion that went off in the sky above them. If they stayed put they would have suffered injuries or at least she would have seeing as the sand dome Gaara had created was now no more. The blonde acted like a goofball but he was skilled, dangerous, and resourceful just like the Nara mentioned.
Gaara landed a few feet away from the blonde with a crash as he cratered the ground below him with his feet. Temari kept her guard up as she glided down and landed next to Gaara. Naruto was looking at them with a small smile that almost seemed nostalgic.
"You guys seem to be getting along nicely." He said conversationally as he placed his hands behind his head and took a relaxed exterior.
"You are strong Uzumaki Naruto." Gaara stated and although he had none of that murderous instincts going haywire his voice still sounded grave and hoarse.
"Thanks, you are not so shabby yourself." The blonde said with a grin forming on his visage and Gaara found himself forming a small smile at the thought of a powerful individual acknowledging his strength. Temari did not know the blonde in front of them was the Jinchuriki of the nine tails so she did not understand the familiarity he shared with her brother as they spoke.
"How's the raccoon, I'm sure he got a nice surprise kukukukukuk." The blonde inquired of Gaara while giggling mischievously and making Gatō shiver in his seat. Gaara looked down trying to find the right words to explain himself and nodded a few patient seconds later.
"Sleep is peaceful." He instead said after looking up at the blonde once more. Naruto nodded hands still behind his back before getting serious.
"The fans are waiting, I don't think they want to see us talking unless they could get some gossip out of it." Naruto said with a wink and formed the cross seal behind his head out of their sight. There was a puff of smoke and Gaara got blasted away by a strong hook to the same cheek.
As he flew back, Gaara threw his arm forward sending his sand to attack the clone that was about to attack Temari next, and succeeded in dispelling it.
Naruto took out a tag and placed it on the ground in front of him. The tag formed a red barrier in front of him and tanked the force of the second sand tentacle that could break bones and destroy boulders easily.
When Temari finally got the memo that the battle had begun she drew her fan and did her part of the plan. Which would be to obscure the blonde's vision. She looked to the forest where trees fell hoping that the spandex-wearing boy was faring well or else the plan won't work.
"Wind Release: Air Current Wild Dance." She swung her fan creating and controlling the air currents produced to whip up loose dust in the area and create a controllable dust storm. In this new environment, Gaara had an advantage and she could offer him support by keeping the dust storm up.
Temari leaped backward trying to leave the dust storm since it also hindered her sight but that is when she bumped into somebody's chest with her back. She quickly turned around expecting a punch to the face but she instead got a body shot to her stomach making her spit saliva and lose the air in her lungs.
Temari fell to her knees while grabbing her stomach as she took ragged breaths trying to get the air back in her lungs. In front of her was Naruto Uzumaki with a hand coming down, ready to chop her neck and send her to sleep.
Temari saw a sand tentacle rise from her position and try to impale the blonde but to her eyes, it looked like it went right through him while his hand continued to descend. Temari received the chop and felt pain as well as met the dirt from the force behind it but she did not go unconscious, in her surprise she leaped back and away from the blonde.
The dust storm unraveled quickly since Temari could not concentrate on it while she got assaulted and It revealed the end game of their plan to the blonde enigma who whistles at the sight of it. Temari rubbed the back of her neck and found it was sandy meaning Gaara must have done something, The older sister did not know her brother was so overprotective.
Gaara was forming a 70-foot-tall ball of hardened sand above the unraveling dust storm. The sphere had sharp sand spikes coming out of it in all places making it look like a spiked-up giant wrecking ball.
Temari gritted her teeth feeling like a failure when she could not complete her part of the plan. The blonde already saw what they planned to do, with the Hyūga occupied they believed they could surprise him but he was too strong and fast.
'Plan A, at least is going according to plan.' Temari thought as she watched Gaara cancel out his technique, there was no point completing it and attacking now, the blonde would dodge it and...
Temari's eyes widened when Naruto threw a tag up and onto the sand sphere about to break down and return to Gaara. The tag began glowing red before it had a whole barrier surrounding the sand and restricting Gaara's control over it.
"Did I mention I am a seal master?" Naruto asked them with a grin as the barrier fell to the ground with a crash and formed a crater still maintaining its shape.
Temari grimaced, forgetting the Chunin exams this boy should be taking the Jōnin exams, he was toying with Gaara!!
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Sasuke was not in the best of moods as he caught glimpses of Naruto fighting the sand siblings with ease. He was not struggling but taking on a mid-range fighter like Shikamaru and a long-range combatant like Shino left him on the defensive. When he attacked one of them another would deter him.
Sasuke performed consecutive backflips to escape the range of Shikamaru's Shadow possession technique before leaping to the left to dodge a hammer of bugs from above and landing in a roll. The Uchiha turned on his heel and threw a Kunai with great speed aimed at the Nara's squatting form, Shikamaru dodged by rolling left while dropping a flash bomb on the ground before jumping away.
Sasuke saw all of that with his active dojutsu and gave the flash of light his back consequently facing Shino behind him and running after the Aburama. Sasuke got five feet in front of Shino and the bug boy's leg twitched making Sasuke suspect something so he jumped high performing a flip over his enemy.
There was a flash of light when Sasuke gave the ground his back during his flip and he landed on a roll. He placed chakra on the soles of his feet and dashed with great speed to reach Shino's back, dodging the bugs he sent and instead swiping the shades from him to reveal the bug boy's black eyes.
"Do you think a light show can help you defeat me?" Sasuke asked in front of Shino while twirling the shades in his hands. "But the weak do like to be in a crowd." Sasuke finished and placed the shades over his Sharingan eyes before pulling out two Kunais. Under his new shades, he scanned his surroundings before jumping and doing a twist.
He let loose the first Kunai at Shikamaru behind him who prepared to send his shadow to capture him and the other at Shino who was sending his bugs at him from his sleeves.
Boom!!
Boom!!
Two explosions went off at the same time from the explosive tags Sasuke had on his Kunais. Shino lost more insects to heat and fire while Shikamaru was sent sprawling away from the force of the barely escaped Kunai.
The situation was troublesome but Shikamaru was glad he had a partner to help him take on Sasuke Uchiha. The point of the flash bangs was to deter Sasuke from using his dojutsu but having him wear shades worked too because now they did not have to worry about getting captured In genjutsu.
The Nara quickly rolled to a stop with his clothes already roughed up from the meeting with the ground and dropped a smoke screen grenade. Shikamaru quickly went into hiding to catch Sasuke off guard at an opportune time.
Sasuke did not bother with the cowardly and lazy Nara, so he instead faced Shino Aburama and attacked.
Shikamaru scanned the battlefield to find that step 1 for better words was going exactly as planned. Team 7 were monsters, Shikamaru knew they were a pick above the rest even back in the academy but their growth 3 months after getting the forehead protector was exponential.
Gaara was struggling, Lee was struggling and Shino was struggling. He and Temari were playing the support role and honestly speaking they were useless.
"Step 1, separating team 7 is a success." Shikamaru mumbled while observing Sasuke Uchiha intensely. "Plan B, getting Sasuke to betray his team." Shikamaru knew exactly what buttons to press, his only hope was that it did not backfire on them.
"Here goes nothing." Shikamaru mumbled before coming out of hiding and putting on his most confident smirk. "Shino! Their biggest hitter is Naruto, we should forget Sasuke for now and gang up on Naruto instead!" Shikamaru shouted to his partner who was doing his best to stay out of Sasuke's reach at the cost of his bugs.
At Shikamaru's words, Sasuke got angry but did not stop his advances. Shino at Shikamaru's words got the signal to proceed with plan B and sent a swarm of bugs at Sasuke.
"Yes, Naruto-San will be a problem to handle. Gaara is Sunagakure's strongest Genin and even with the help of his sister he seems to be on the back ropes and losing. I believe Sasuke Uchiha-San was no match for him earlier." Shino said as he moved back but spoke loud enough for Sasuke to hear making him push even further as he blasted Shino's bugs with a fire jutsu and advanced again in a sprint.
"I think it might be best you go help them, I can fend off Sasuke until you are done." Shikamaru said and smirked when Sasuke stopped between him and Shino. Sasuke turned around to face Shikamaru with clear anger on his face.
"Do you believe what you are saying?." Sasuke grounded out with pure hate as he faced Shikamaru. His eyes spun wildly behind the shades he wore and two new features were added to the pair.
"Let's dance." Sasuke Charged Shikamaru with great speed, his eyes only seeing how he wanted the encounter to end.
Shikamaru drew a Kunai knowing at the speed Sasuke moved he would not be able to build enough momentum to jump far and away before the Uchiha reached him. Shikamaru drew a Kunai and made it like a survivor, performing an overhead swing to bring the Kunai in Sasuke's path or even lend a fatal blow if it came to it.
Sasuke's Sharingan understood the plan in the matter of microseconds it took for Shikamaru to take action. Sasuke moved even faster to counter it using the Uchiha's taijutsu style, the interceptor fist.
Shikamaru's eyes widened and he showed fear in his eyes. Sasuke smirked knowing they would have this moment ingrained in both their memories for life. Nobody ever forgets their first taste of death and Sasuke's Sharingan was special like that.
Sasuke raised his left hand and knocked Shikamaru's elbow with his elbow. His arm straightened and he was quick to have Shikamaru's weapon in his hand.
Sasuke's other hand was not sitting ideally by as it had its mission and that was to grab ahold of Shikamaru so he did not escape condemnation.
Sasuke held onto Shikamaru's waist with a vice grip, making the Nara freeze in place with a cringe of pain. Sasuke's left hand snaked back into position with a new accessory and he stabbed Shikamaru in the side twice, twirled to get behind Shikamaru, and stab him two times in the back before finally aiming for his neck.
Shikamaru barely leaned his head away and missed a kill shot, instead getting a shallow cut on his neck.
Sasuke tsk'd and jumped back to dodge a spear of insects and leaped back three more times. Sasuke simply moved his head away from the Kunai that almost pierced his head and looked to the culprit.
"What the fuck Sasuke are you crazy!! Shit man, dammit you almost killed the guy!!" Naruto shouted at his teammate comically looking like a person who wanted to understand what the fuck was up with his teammate and killing his opponents.
"Hn, whatever dope. He is not even worth the effort but for you, I will put in that effort." Sasuke promised while he smirked and Naruto grinned menacingly showing his own little side of questionable behavior. The smile looked almost fox-like, never reaching his narrowed eye that carried a mischievous hint of curiosity in it, the whiskers only made it that much more menacing.
"How about wager?." Naruto proposed as he took a relaxed stance while he pulled out a tag and unsealed a throne and sat down surprising the spectators and driving them into a frenzy of absolute unbelief of the act.
"THAT GAKI IS CRAZZZYYYYYYYY!!!!!" The crowd chorused in unison as they stood from their seats and leaned forward eyes bulging out of their sockets comically. On the far left a woman fainted, it was too much to think of that her son was going to be having such a person as a comrade. Who does that during a death battle for status?
"Hn name your deal." Sasuke could feel it, he was at the next level. Even as he stood there he could study Naruto so intently that he could see the eagerness Naruto felt at the prospect of a no-holds-bar match.
While Hinata fought Rock in the forest, unable to control the boys. The two strong-headed Genins/ rivals became mischievous and daring. The breeze blew as Naruto sat on his luxurious king-like throne with his left leg folded over his right. His right elbow was located on the armrest with his fist against his cheeks as he smirked with his spiky mane of blond hair blowing forward.
Sasuke got serious and took to pulling his cool frown on his visage twirling the bloody kunai belonging to Shikamaru. The boy was being healed by Temari of the sand while he stared at the scene in front of him.
'Step two, complete." Shikamaru looked to the skies and found that it was a cloudless day and he sighed.
'Step three, Eliminate Hinata Hyūga.' Shikamaru thought as he looked to the last position of Gaara and then to the distance where Rock Lee still fought the Hyūga Heiress keeping her away from the two boys.
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To he continued…..