Chapter 6 The Preliminaries Part 1
The Hokage and the Kazekage looked across the room seeing over at least 32 participants in the room.
'Hard to believe so many survived this far and many of them are rookies.' Hiruzen said before looking at the foreigners. 'I suspect these three might be responsible for this. King Leonidas did say they could inspire greatness in almost anyone.' Hiruzen thought.
"You've all done well in passing the second part of the exam. However before we move further I'm afraid we must hold a preliminary round." Hiruzen said surprising them all.
"Wait what?" Sean asked.
"Sir forgive me if this sounds rude but what the hell?" Reznov said.
"The thing is that never has there been this many participants left during the exams. According to the rules there can only be half of you participating in the final round. So a preliminary round will shorten the number of people participating in the final rounds." Hiruzen explained.
"I guess that makes sense." Sean said getting a few others to agree.
"Still that means only 16 of us will make it to the finals or less depending on the matches." Sasuke said.
"True." Sean said before grinning. "Still I'm always up for a fight." Sean said making him smirk.
"Now then for the first round." Hiruzen said as the board lite up randomly selecting the names before finally one was selected.
Kabuto vs Reznov
"Oh Russians rule you all suck." Reznov said proud before Sean and Julia hit him upside the head making the others laugh.
"Oh shut the fuck up and win this you stupid drunk." Julia said.
"I am not a drunk." Reznov said annoyed.
"You're right you're a Russian Alcoholic." Sean said making Reznov roll his eyes.
"Whatever." Reznov said as everyone else cleared the floor.
"This should be interesting." Sasuke said.
"Hmm? Oh right you only saw one of my abilities. Believe me Reznov is a lot stronger than he looks. Trust me from personal experience. Especially with whats he's hiding on his left arm." Sean said.
"Meaning?" Kakashi asked in interest.
"You'll see." Sean said.
"I was hoping to fight someone else but I guess you'll do. Don't take it to bad if I win." Kabuto said charging at him with a Kunai but Reznov blocked it with his left arm and it didn't even puncture his arm instead made a scraping sound that hurt the others ears.
"OW WHAT THE!" Naruko yelled in pain holding her ears.
"Now whats this?" Kabuto said adding Chakra to his blade and in an instant ripped off the skin on his left arm only for him to widen his eyes seeing his arm was mechanical and had the Russian Flag symbol on the top shoulder. "What the?" Kabuto said in shock before Reznov blasted him with lightning making him groan in pain before Reznov grabbed him and punched him so hard he went flying to a wall knocked out cold.
"Winer of the first Match Reznov." Hayate said before the medics came in and picked up Kabuto and took him away.
"What the?" Sasuke said in surprise looking at his metal arm. (Picture it as the one The Winter soldier has in the movies)
"Surprised?" Sean said amused.
"What happened to his arm?" Kakashi asked.
"When he was a kid he was in a labor camp called Vorkuta. One day the mine collapsed and his arm was crushed. Reznov's godfather led a small search party to look for any survivors and found him barley alive. They had his arm amputated and replaced with that. It's made from perfectly refined Titanium." Sean said.
"Yikes." Sakura said not wanting that to happen to her.
"His power of lightning powers the arm. It's painted with a special skin like substance to make it look like his arm is normal." Julia said.
"And the lightning?" Sasuke asked.
"Thats not for me to tell." Sean said before the next match started.
Gaara vs Lee
"Uh oh." Sean said while Lee looked extremely excited and started cheering.
"Dude is like a happy child who just got free candy." Reznov said.
"Hey buddy." Sean said getting his attention. "Try to be careful since he's lot stronger than he looks." Sean said getting him to smile.
"Yes sir." Lee said before jumping down.
"You know something don't you?" Sasuke said.
"Temari explained to me that something happened to him as a child and he snapped. Thats all I'm going to say since it's not my place to say." Sean said making him shrug.
"Begin." Hayate said as Lee charged at Gaara with great speed about to land a blow only for a wall of sand to block him and tried to grab him but Lee jumped back.
"Sand?" Reznov said.
"Thats an unusual ability." Dilios said.
'If only you knew.' Sean thought as Lee tried to land some blows using his speed but it wasn't enough.
"I don't get it why doesn't he get some distance and use Ninjutsu?" Sakura asked.
"Because he can't. Lee has neither Ninjutsu or Genjutsu at all." Guy said.
"How?" Sean asked.
"It's extremely rare for someone not to be able to do Nin or Gen." Guy said.
Lee was trying desperately to land a blow on Gaara but couldn't even with his speed before he was forced to jump on the statue above them.
"Lee take them off." Guy said.
"Huh?" Sean said before Lee took off some weights wrapped around his legs.
"Weights?" Sasuke asked before he dropped them.
"Does he really expect to be able to move faster just by dropping a couple of pounds of weight?" Reznov asked only as they landed they made large impacts. "WHAT THE FUCK!" Reznov yelled in shock while everyone else minus Lee's teammates looked in shock.
'Guy you are to much.' Kakashi thought before Lee disappeared in a great burst of Speed.
"Damn." Sean said impressed.
"I could see Lee had no skills for Ninjutsu or Genjutuse so he skipped them and turned his disadvantage into a blessing by turning him into a Tiajutsu specialist." Guy said before Lee was finally able to land a blow on Gaara.
"Holy shit." Reznov said. Sean however had his eyes glow sickly yellow and slitted and sighed.
"Don't get excited just yet." Sean said.
"Huh?" Julia said.
"Look." Sean said pointing at Gaara before they saw he had a shell made of sand like armor where he got hit by Lee.
"What the? Is he made of Sand?" Reznov said in surprise.
"He must have placed that armor on before the match began." Baki said.
'I knew it. Seeing all that blood Sean used during the forest awakened his inner demon.' Temari thought in concern.
Lee narrowed his eyes before he unwrapped the bandages around his arms and circled around Gaara fast.
"What is he doing now?" Kankuro asked.
"I think I see what he's doing. I'm no ninja but I can see tactics easily." Sean said as Lee quickly kicked Gaara into the air and continued to do so.
'What an impressive series of kicks.' Kakashi thought.
"The hell is he doing?" Julia asked before Lee wrapped Gaara up in a cocoon and quickly dashed back.
"Primary Lotus!" Lee yelled as on the way down he crashed and made a large crater.
"Did he win?" Reznov asked.
"No." Sean said narrowing his eyes at the field before Lee was seen as the cloud of dust vanished. As for Gaara he looked out of it till he started to come apart like a broken statue.
"What?" Lee said in shock before Gaara reappeared behind him with an insane look on his face before he used his sand to chase him. Lee was trying to avoid it but for some reason he wasn't as fast as before.
"I don't get it why isn't he moving as fast as before?" Sakura asked.
"The Hidden Lotus puts an enormous strain on the body thats why its a forbidden Jutsu. Right now Lee is in so much pain he can hardly move." Kakashi said.
"You sure about that?" Reznov asked as Lee started to move fast again.
"What did he do? Take some kind of booster?" Julia asked.
"Not that I noticed." Sean said.
"The Leaf Village Lotus blooms twice." Guy said making Kakashi widen his eye.
"But that...No...Guy you didn't." Kakashi said in alarm.
"Oh yes Kakashi I did." Guy said making him narrow his eye at him.
"So that boy that Genin knows the hidden Lotus?" Kakashi asked.
"Hidden Lotus?" Reznov asked.
"Yes." Guy said.
"Oy speak english. What the hell is the hidden Lotus?" Julia asked.
"Inside the body are Chakra limiters that are like valves. However the Hidden Lotus forces them to open and releases an enormous amount of Chakra." Guy said.
"So whats the problem?" Reznov asked.
"Reznov think of them like locks that need to be sealed. The human body is one of the most fragile things on the planet. These locks keep to much Chakra from entering the body. How many are there?" Sean asked.
"At least eight and your right those locks need to remain sealed unless of a life or death situation. If a person opened up all eight locks they could be the most powerful ninja in the lands. The only draw back is..." Kakashi tried to say.
"Death." Dilios said.
"I doubt Lee can open all eight gates and even if he could he wouldn't do it just for some exam." Sean said. "How many can he open now?" Sean asked Guy.
"Five gates." Guy said before they looked down seeing Lee opened up the third gate and his skin started turning Red.
"Holy shit." Reznov said before Lee went even further and opened the fourth gate and went at Gaara with insane speed.
"WHOA!" Sean and Sasuke yelled seeing the insane amount of speed Lee was using against Gaara. "By the gods of Olympus that is insane. No human is that fast." Sean said as Lee was kicking the living hell out of Gaara before Sean noticed his muscles were tearing apart.
"He isn't going to last much longer if he keeps this up." Dilios said before Lee opened the fifth gate and punched Gaara down hard before they both landed hard. Lee rolled on the floor in pain before looking at Gaara and widened his eyes seeing he was still awake and tried to use his sand to attack him and would have had someone not gotten in the way. Once the sand cleared everyone saw Sean in the way with his blades in hand.
"Enough!" Sean said narrowing his eyes at Gaara who glared at him.
"Why do you interfere? You don't even know him." Gaara said.
"I don't have to know him to save his career from being destroyed. You won the match let it go." Sean said prepared to fight as both stood there for a minute before Gaara walked away.
"As I said in the forest your weak." Gaara said making Sean snort in amusement.
"Keep telling yourself that." Sean said as the Medics came and inspected Lee who was out cold. Thankfully since he intervened just in time his life wasn't in danger but he would be facing a long time to recover.
"Lee." Tenten said sadly.
"I'm sure the little guy will be back on his feet in no time." Reznov said.
"Yup." Julia said.
"Alright now for the next match." Hayate said as the board lit up randomly selecting the next fighters.
Sean vs Dosu and Zaku
"Two on one hardly seems fair...for them." Sean said with a grin as he jumped down.
Dosu and Zaku jumped down with grins on their faces.
"After we get done with you weakling perhaps we'll go to your home and take some women with us as prizes." Zaku said making Sean frown before he pulled out a neckless with an Olympian symbol before he started whispering in Greek.
"What's he doing?" Temari asked.
"Praying." Reznov said.
"For what?" Kin asked.
"Let's just say he does this every time he kills. To get rid of any bad Karma." Reznov said.
"Begin." Hayate said.
"YOUR MINE!" Zaku yelled charging at him planing on ending this in one swift move only for him to widen his eyes when.
SLICE!
Zaku gasped in shock as his arms were cut off from the shoulders making him whimper in fear before Sean shoved his right fist into his stomach making him cough up blood before Sean wrapped his hand around his spinal column.
"Wha...What...What are you doing?" Zaku asked.
"Now you die for Olympus." Sean said in Greek before with a vicious pull he pulled out his entire skull and spine making Blood splatter all over the ground while others looked on in shock and horror.
Dosu looked on in shock as Zaku's skull was thrown on the ground before Sean stomped on it before glaring at him with inhuman eyes.
"Your next." Sean said dashing over to him before cutting off his arms and legs making Dosu scream in pain.
"Please don't kill me!" Dosu begged before Sean placed his right foot on his throat making Dosu gasp for air.
"No. Now like your idiot friend you will die for Olympus. You will rot in the depths of Hades." Sean said before stomping his foot on his head making his brains and blood splatter everywhere.
"Winer of the third match. Sean Ashburn Kruger." Hayate said. Sean walked back to the others but Gaara appeared next to him.
"I was wrong about you. You have enough hatred to turn this world into ash." Gaara said.
"Your point?" Sean asked.
"Why do you not use it all the time?" Gaara asked.
"Well the answer is rather simple. I have reason to keep that anger in check. Those are important to me give me the strength I need to hold back all that anger and rage and power. I only unleashed it on those fools since they threatened my country. Gaara believe me that anger will eventually destroy you." Sean said.
"I could kill you and give your blood to mother." Gaara said.
"That thing inside you isn't your mother. Shukaku is just using you for his own entertainment." Sean said.
"You have your path and I have mine and I don't recognize your's." Gaara said coldly.
"Than I'll beat you during the exams and prove my way is better." Sean said.
"Fool." Gaara said about to walk away.
"Do me a favor." Sean said making him stop and look at him. "Save all that anger and rage on me. I don't want you wasting it on anyone else." Sean said.
"I will wait till the finals and everyone will see what we are." Gaara said before walking away. Sean smirked before jumping back to his team.
"The hell was that about?" Reznov asked.
"Oh nothing. Just making a little bet." Sean said grinning.
"Speaking of Bets." Anko said from behind him.
"After the matches are over." Sean said making her grin.
"What did you two bet on?" Julia asked narrowing her eyes at him.
"Oh nothing." Sean said innocently making her roll her eyes.
The Kazekage who had watched the interaction between Sean and Gaara grew interested seeing that this may finally be a chance to have Gaara return to a sane mind and come back to his family.
"Now for the next match." Hayate said as the board lit up showing the next fighters.
Julia vs Shino
"Good luck" Reznov said making her smirk before jumping down.
Authors Note: And I'll leave it at that as a little teaser. Pretty good match up so far right. Reaper did a great job with the matches. Now Next chapter will continue the preliminaries. Also The next list of people in the Harem.
Anko
Pakura
Kurenai
Tsunade
Shizune
Tayuya
Guren
Mabui
Yugito
Mei
Shizuka
And thats pretty much it for now. Also I was wondering something. Should I perhaps including Oh I don't know a call of duty Arc in this story^^. Your choice my loyal friends. Read, Review, Fav and Follow. Please Review please. See ya.