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Sabaku no Kitsune: Chapter 27

Kiri arena: With Kurumi, Karin and Lee

Kurumi, Karin and Lee were staring down their opponents, the Iwa team with a spring member; Kurumi was flexing her fingers as she waited for the signal to start.

'Ok Kurumi; you can do this' Kurumi thought as she looked to her side; Lee was smiling in anticipation and Karin was focusing on her chosen opponent.

"Ok everyone" Katsu's voice boomed "let the third round of the chunin exam finals… BEGIN" she shouted as a bang went off signaling the start of the battle.

As soon as the signal sounded Kurumi began to go through hand signs 'Fire style: Dragon flame bomb' Kurumi fired a medium strength fire jutsu at the enemy team. As soon as she stopped, she took out her small fan and charged up her wind chakra 'here goes nothing' she thought.

Kurumi launched a weak wind jutsu towards her fire jutsu in order to strengthen her fire jutsu; as the 2 jutsu's combined it resulted in a massive inferno heading towards the enemy team. The spring ninja on the enemy team jumped forward and was weaving through hand signs before stopping "Ice Style: Ice glacier" he shouted.

The water from the pools rose up and formed into a wall of chakra reinforced ice; Kurumi's jutsu slammed into the ice jutsu and dissipated as the glacier.

"Crap" Kurumi said in frustration "ok you 2 let's go in" she said as both Lee and Karin nodded; all 3 ran forward in order to meet their opponents.

With Kurumi

Kurumi was running along one of the walkways closing in to engage her opponent; as Kurumi ran, she saw her target, the spring shinobi. Kurumi activated her sharingan from behind her colored contacts and took out several kunai; Kurumi threw the kunai at the spring shinobi.

The spring shinobi jumped as the kunai neared him and all of the kunai passed him as he landed on a pool of water; the spring shinobi began to go through hand signs before stopping.

"Ice Style: Ice Sparrows" the spring shinobi shouted; out of the water came a dozen ice sparrows all heading towards Kurumi. Kurumi seeing the ice sparrows heading towards her took out her sword and gripped it tight.

Kurumi using her sharingan began to slash the ice sparrows out of the air; however, Kurumi wasn't fast enough as an ice sparrow hit her on the shoulder. Kurumi felt the jolt but her chakra armor protected her from any serious wound.

The spring shinobi seeing this put his hands into the water; as he pulled his hands out, he created 2 ice daggers and held them in each hand. Kurumi seeing this got into her kenjutsu stance and glared at him.

"I won't lose, ya here" Kurumi said with determination.

With Karin

Karin activated her chakra chains and began launching attacks towards the Iwa shinobi she was fighting; as she did the Iwa ninja went through hand signs.

"Earth Style: Earth scatter shot" the Iwa ninja shouted as he punched the ground; as he did the earth rose up and broke shattering the ground and launched the shards of earth towards Karin. Karin seeing the earth shards coming towards her recalled her chains and began swatting the projectiles out of the air.

Despite her defensive posture Karin was hit on her hip by a shard of earth "Gah crap" Karin shouted as she fell to a knee holding her him; the Iwa ninja ran towards the downed Karin in order to take her out.

"You're in for it now red" the Iwa ninja shouted as he ran towards Karin; Karin sent her chakra chain towards the Iwa ninja who dodged to the side avoiding her attack. Karin cursed as she tried to hit the Iwa ninja who was closing the distance and avoiding her chains "got you now" he shouted as cocked back his fist.

The Iwa ninja threw a punch towards Karin but Karin was ready; Karin lunged forward clearing the fist and performed a takedown. Despite her being lighter and smaller than the Iwa ninja Karin aimed for his knees with her full body weight; Karin knocked down the Iwa ninja making him fall on his face.

"You bi- "The Iwa shinobi shouted before he got slugged across the face by Karin; Karin wearing her knuckle dusters slugged the Iwa ninja across the face making him spit up blood and teeth. Karin proceeded to hit him again with her knuckle dusters making him spit up more blood; Karin mounted the Iwa ninja and began to rapidly punch the Iwa ninja.

As Karin brought back her fist again, she was hit on her side by the Iwa ninja on her already injured him; Karin was knocked into the water and clutching her side. However, she bit down her pain and began to swim away; Karin swam to another walk way and climbed up.

Karin turned around and saw the Iwa ninja kneeling; the Iwa ninja slammed his fists into the ground shattering it. The crushed earth began to encase his hands until they were completely covered in the shattered earth "ok girl, you asked for it" he said as he stood up and spat out some blood from his mouth.

Karin got up as well and adjusted her glasses and knuckle dusters "bring it" Karin said as she got into her taijutsu stance.

With Lee

"Hyaah" Lee shouted as he kicked his opponent in the stomach before pulling back his foot and jumping up and spinning around "leaf hurricane" he shouted as he kicked his opponent on the side of the head. Lee's kick sent his opponent flying and skipping across the water before he landed on a walkway and got up; the Iwa ninja shook his head and began to go through hand signs.

"Earth Style: Mud Slide" the Iwa ninja shouted; the Iwa ninja then began to shoot a stream of mud from his mouth towards Lee. The river of mud covered the entire pool between Lee and the Iwa ninja; Lee jumped up as the mud washed over the spot he was just at. As Lee fell down, he landed on the mud ready to use the water walking technique in order to stand on top of the mud; however, Lee just sunk calf deep into the mud.

Lee tried to pull his feet out but realized he couldn't, Lee then heard swishing and looked up; the Iwa ninja was skating across the mud heading towards Lee. Lee tried to dodge to the side but could barely move; the Iwa ninja was able to get close enough to Lee and he was able to attack.

The Iwa ninja punched Lee in the face making his head cock back as the Iwa ninja skated past him on the mud 'heh jack ass, can't move in this mud; this is my specialty' he thought. However when the Iwa ninja stopped he looked at Lee who was ripping off his leg warmers.

'This mud is too thick for me to move in' Lee thought 'maybe if I drop these' he thought as he exposed his weights. Lee unclicked his weights and they fell off sinking into the mud; Lee then took off in a sprint at half his max speed through the think mud "I'm a lot slower but at least I can move" Lee said with a smile.

The Iwa ninja was stunned as someone was able to move in his mud jutsu "how the hell can you still move" he shouted and Lee stopped getting into his taijutsu stance.

"With the power of youth" Lee said with determination "now let's fight; I do not wish to fall behind my temporary comrades" he said as he rushed towards the Iwa ninja.

In the VIP booth

Tsunade, Mei, Gaara and Koyuki were looking down at the battle below and were closely watching.

"That Kurumi girl is using combination jutsu even though wind jutsu isn't her forte" Mei said studying Kurumi.

"And Lee's using his superior physical prowess to overcome his opponents jutsu" Gaara said "he hasn't changed a bit since we last battled" he said and Tsunade chuckled.

"You of all people should know what he's capable of" Tsunade said and Gaara nodded "but I must say Karin is doing well; she's not a taijutsu specialist bus she's doing very well, those weapons on her knuckles are quite interesting" she said.

"A gift from the land of snow" Koyuki said "as an apology for her and her team getting attacked by those terrorists" she said and the others nodded.

With Naruto and Temari

"Yeah, go get em girls" Naruto cheered at the tv "lets go bushy brows; kick his ass six ways to Sunday" he cheered.

Temari seeing her boyfriend cheering at the tv rolled her eyes and giggled 'he's such a dork…in a cute way' she thought.

With Obito and Sango

"Yeah, go baby girl; kick his ass" Sango shouted as she pounded back another can beer; Sango finished it and tossed it on the ground next to a pile of other beer cans "hey, bartender; I'll try that orange IPA now" she said and the bar tender nodded.

Kakashi was looking at her wide eyed "you are like 13 beers in" Kakashi said and Sango waved him off; Kakashi looked over to Obito and spoke "is she ok" he asked.

Obito using his Tobi voice only laughed "Sango is fine; she can drink at least 20 beers before she's satisfied" he said "isn't that right my angel" he said as he wrapped his arm around his wife.

"You betcha honey" Sango said her words slurring slightly.

'Mother of Kami' Kakashi thought in astonishment.

With Kurumi

Kurumi was fighting the spring ninja using her sword to counter the 2 ice daggers; Kurumi went in for a horizontal slash which was blocked by the snow ninja. The snow ninja twisted his blade and made Kurumi's sword go to the side and he launched an attack.

The snow ninja slashed at Kurumi scoring a cut across her chest damaging her chest plate before going low; he cut Kurumi across her leg where she wasn't protected. Kurumi flinched from the pain and brought her leg back and performed an overhead chop trying to hit her opponent.

Before the blade could connect the spring ninja jumped away and got some distance away from Kurumi; Kurumi limped as she tried to keep pressure off her leg.

"Damn bastard" Kurumi said as she glared at her opponent "ok buddy; you asked for it" she said as she got into a high ready stance. 'Come to me and get some' Kurumi thought; she wasn't let down as the spring shinobi charged towards her with both ice daggers at his side.

Kurumi took in a slow breath as she tracked her enemy with her sharingan 'just a little more' she thought as he got closer 'almost there' she thought gripping her sword in anticipation. The Spring shinobi was now inches away from Kurumi and she launched her attack 'now' she thought.

Kurumi quickly side-stepped dodging a slash from the spring shinobi; Kurumi spun around raising her sword before quickly bringing it down on the snow shinobi's neck. Kurumi hit the spring shinobi with the blunt side of her sword on his neck where his brain stem was at sending a shock through his nervous system; his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fell to the ground unconscious.

"Oh shit" Kurumi cursed as she fell on her butt and grabbed where she was cut '" the blade was cold so why does it burn so bad" she thought as she took out a roll of bandages and began to wrap her wound. 'Hopefully Karin will let me bite her when this is done' Kurumi thought before she paused 'wow I want to bite my friend, never had that thought before' she thought.

With Karin

Karin ducked under a punch from her opponent and countered with a punch to the gut knocking the wind out of her opponent; Karin then delivered a kick to her opponents' ribs but soon after had her leg grabbed.

The Iwa ninja grabbed onto Karin's leg and pulled her in closer; he drove his fist into Karin's stomach making her vomit. The Iwa ninja proceeded to wrap his arms around Karin's waist pinning her arms against her body; with all of his might he began to squeeze Karin.

Karin felt the air leave her body and began to feel her ribs begin to constrict; Karin struggled against the Iwa ninja's grip but couldn't break free.

"You better give up girl" the Iwa ninja said "or else your world is gonna go dark" he said and Karin choked.

"F-F-uck you" Karin strained to sat; Karin brought her head back and brought it forward. Karin hit the Iwa ninja in the eye with her chin making him yelp and let go of Karin; Karin fell to the ground coughing to regain her breath.

Karin looked up and saw that her opponent was still recovering from her attack and decided to strike; Karin ran in and cocked back her fist. She drove a full force punch into the mans groin with he knuckle dusters making him howl in pain and making every man in the audience wince; Karin followed up with and uppercut nailing him under the jaw making him spit up more blood.

Karin finished with a final punch to the side of her opponent's jaw dislocating it and making it cock to its side; Karin's opponent crumpled to the ground unconscious and Karin was breathing heavily.

"Holy shit" Karin said as she fell onto her butt "that sucked" she said as she winced at her injuries. "Oh man I hope we get a chance to patch ourselves up after the match" Karin said as she took out her medical kit.

With Lee

Lee was running through the mud avoiding the attacks from his Iwa adversary; Lee felt like he was running through frozen peanut butter but kept his leg moving. Lee saw his opponent coming at him from the side and he got ready to defend himself.

The Iwa shinobi skated towards Lee jumping up and throwing a kick at Lee; Lee raised up his arm and blocked the kick with his forearm. Not dissuaded by the failed attack the Iwa ninja made a single hand sign; Lee was caught off guard when the mud around his feet began to rise up his body.

Soon the mud reached Lee's thighs as the Iwa ninja jumped away as the mud began to encase Lee; the Iwa ninja smirked as the mud moved up to Lee's stomach. "You better give up buddy" the Iwa ninja said "otherwise you're going to drown and I don't think- "he began until he saw Lee cross his arms.

"First gate… Gate of opening… open" Lee said as his muscles began to bulge "second gate…gate of healing… open" he shouted as he swung both of his arms to his side. The mud surrounding Lee was throw back shocking the Iwa ninja; Lee in a burst of speed rushed forward and kicked the Iwa ninja under the chin sending him into the air.

Lee proceeded to jump up and got behind the Iwa ninja; Lee's bandages began to wrap around the Iwa ninja and pulled him closer to Lee who wrapped his arms around him. Lee aimed for the ground and began to spin as they descended at a fast rate "Forward Lotus" Lee shouted as they neared the ground.

Lee jumped off as the Iwa ninja was slammed headfirst into the thick mud; Lee landed on a nearby walk way and saw the Iwa ninja fall onto his back and he began to roll around.

"Ow my neck" the Iwa ninja whined.

"You are lucky I aimed for the mud; otherwise, that would've been a lot worse" Lee said; just then Lee's inner gates closed and Lee began to feel his muscles begin to ache "I guess I went a little overboard" Lee said as he began to stiffly walk away.

"And that concludes out third match" Katsu's voice said booming over the speakers "Winners of the third match; Rock Lee of Konoha along Karin and Kurumi of Suna" she announced. The entire stadium erupted into a loud applause as Lee, Kurumi and Karin began to walk out of the arena "Hold up" Katsu said stopping Kurumi and the others "I just got word from the spring team that they forfeit due to their teammate being wounded; so, the next round will be Team Kakashi of Konoha vs Team Tobi of Suna" she announced.

15 Minutes later: With Naruto, Temari, Kurumi, Karin and Obito

"Ah" Karin yelped in a sexy way as Kurumi bit down on her shoulder.

"I'm not going to lie Karin" Naruto said "when ever you do that it sounds really sexy" he said; Karin had a disgusted look on her face as she turned to Temari for support. However, Temari was looking away from Karin's gaze.

"Well… it is kind of cute" Temari said and Karin got red faced.

"Jerks" Karin said as Kurumi let go.

"Oh man; thanks Karin" Kurumi said "my leg wound is all healed up now" she said.

"Ok you 3, you have about 45 minutes to come up with a plan" Obito said as he looked at his 2 students and his daughter "so Naruto; what do you recommend" he said as he looked to Naruto.

Naruto rubbed his chin and 'hmm'd' for a few seconds "I say… me vs Lee, Karin vs Hinata and Kurumi vs Sakura" he said. "Kurumi can counter Sakura's genjutsu and can handle her in taijutsu" Naruto said "Karin can handle Hinata since Hinata is a close-range fighter; so, using your chains will give you and advantage" Naruto continued "Lee is going to be the hardest due to his use of the 8 gates and his speed; so if I use both taijutsu and wind jutsu, I stand a chance" he said. Temari leaned back in her chair and spoke.

"What do you say is your chance of winning" Temari asked Naruto "from seeing what they could do; what do you think are your chances" she asked.

"I say fifty-fifty" Naruto said "but hey, I've worked with worse odds and won with less" he said with a shrug and Temari giggled.

"Yeah, I know" Temari said "I remember your fight with Kiba during the chunin exams; winning by farting in his face, it was pretty funny" she said. As soon as she said that Kurumi, Karin and Obito looked at Naruto who was rubbing the back of his head while grinning awkwardly.

"Heh… yeah… not my best moment" Naruto said with a chuckle.

'So gross' Karin and Kurumi thought.

"Haha, you have to tell me that story" Obito said.

45 Minutes later

Naruto, Karin and Kurumi were walking through the entrance tunnel to the arena; before they reached the entrance Naruto stopped and spoke.

"Guys, I just want to say" Naruto said looking at Karin and Kurumi "win or lose, I'm so happy you are my teammates, and I love you guys" Kurumi and Karin smiled as they walked up to Naruto and gave him a hug.

"We love you to Naruto, we wouldn't have made it this far if it wasn't for you" Karin said "same with you Kurumi; you're my best friend" she said.

"I wouldn't want anyone else here with me" Kurumi said with a smile "ok enough sappy shit, lets win this bitch" she said with vigor which both Naruto and Karin nodded with determination. As they walked out into the arena they stood across from Sakura, Lee and Hinata looking at them.

"Hey Menma, Karin, Kurumi" Sakura shouted from the other side from the arena "good luck" she said.

"Let's have a youthful battle" Lee shouted.

"Good luck you three" Hinata said; Naruto, Kurumi and Karin all smiled and gave them a thumbs up.

"Same to you guys" Naruto said.

"Ok everyone, it's time to begin the main event" Katsu's voice boomed "Team Tobi of Suna vs Team Kakashi of Konoha… get ready" Katsu said; Naruto and his team got into their stance whiel Sakura and her team got into their stance. "Now then… let the final match of the chunin exam… begin" Katsu said as a bang went off signaling the beginning of the match.

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