Blarg lets hop in im currently brushing up the old chapters im so tiredddddddd

The trip from Kumonwqs long and boring. Coming from a girl lived nearly isolated at the top of a mountain with the rest if her family. But like the great Tenko before her Aoi was resourceful. She used her time on the journey to sharpen her skills and her freedom from her mother's watchful eye to break away from the visage she'd kept up back home. Much to her annoyance there were little to no actual fights.

Going on missions and training with her contracted angels she had so much fun. She wasn't afraid to admit she was impressed by some of the genin in Konoha. They were another top village so it shouldn't have been a surpris. Rumors flew as she got closer to the land of fire and the confirmed ones really got her hyped for the exams. But then the tedt came and it was bore after bore. Her techniques allowed her to easily make it through yhe trials but it was the fighting she was hungering for. A good fight eould do her fine win or lose but she hadn't even gotten that yet!

"This better be a kickass fight with one of those Uzumaki freaks like Asuka got." Aoi murmured to herself. The lucky bastard got everything and he didn't even earn it. She thought angrily. He got to be a dick because at least he was a righteous one that had decent social skills and brought patrons to their temple. He got to have the less taxing chores without a team full if attendants stalking him. He was free of all the clan responsibilities despite being the elder sibling. He got to be himself. All because he was a boy.

"Hey are you ready?"

"Eh-What? Oh! Yeah Touji I'm ready." She was so cuaght up in her shit that she almost forgot about the match! Well it was time to get this over with it, she still hoped for a nice fight this time in the last strech she was starting to doubt it. No way no! I just have to stick it out long enough to GET a real fight out of this! Yeahh thats what I'll do blitz my way to the finalsand put in a show. Aoi thought in combat with her slowly declining mood. She hopped down to the arena with a smile in her face and a fire ain her eyes. Please be an interesting fight! Even just a tiny bit! She begged god.

When Yakumo Kurama stepped into the arena she knew she was heard. The yellow orbs met red ones and Yakumo made her own challenging smirk. That is if you could call it that; it reallylooked like she was about to burst out laughing and couldn't hold it in.

"Hajime!"

Aoi watched the girl take out her mini paint kit. She quickly drew up something and moved on. Aoi not wanting to waste the fight in a few moves went fir her weapons pouch, aiming to stop the other girl before she could cast her strange genjutsu.

The pouch was gone.

She went for the pouch like shed done so many times beforeonly to catch air she looked down briefly. She could see it dematerializing in front of her. Vanisging out if existince entirely! Aoi scoffed, no this wasn't all that right? Just some genjutsu like before, thats all it was, plain old tricks. She bet the weapons were still there! All she had to do was throw some to prove it and try breaking the genjutsu. It was that simple!

...At least thats what she thought.

Three atempts later and Aoi accepted she was wrong. In fact she was in the receiving end of the blade as kunai flew towards her with deadly precision. If Asuka were in this fight he'd ask her if all that painting got her the skill. Jokes aside he'd be correct in the assessment, she was tempted to use light speed so she wouldn't need to keep dodging.

"God Im actually going to try! Yes!"

Yakumo was running out of weaponry and to be frank her library of combative ninjutsu was barebones at best and her kekkei genkai took way too much out of her. This was her first match she needed to be sparring with her chakra.

"Why don't you send me on her? I bet she'd quit moving around then, the little bug! How bout it huh?" She heard.

"No Id you've goota trust me on this she's nit so easily scared. But I do have something in mind..."

The crowd was happy to see the change in tempo for the fight. The Hikaru girl was finally able to breath and rushed the other kunoichi with her naginata to her suprise and theirs the smaller girl cuaght the blade with her bare hands. The girl went to jump back her shirt was grabbed up by a noticeably pale hand. The stands gasped seeing as the white haired girl was thrown into the wall. Dents and cracks were born on impact and alarmingly the Kurama princess didn't let up. Her form contorted and unrecognizable to those who knew nothing of her she wailed on the Lightning nin. Her face was twisted into a mad grin with large tusk like teeth jutting out of her mouth her golden orbs were now ghostly white and empty yet looking at them you could tell exactly what was on her mind. The rage unleashed was mirrored in her suddenly messy hair sticking out here and there as if it hadn't been maintained for months. Her clothes were darker to reflect the shift in personality. The most jarring change to her physical appearance were the horns jumping out if her hair on either side of her head. She was monstrous, a true beast, and the crowd was eating it up.

"Wow look at her go!"

"Man these Konoha ninja are something else. It's like they can't be beat!"

"I know where I'll be going when I need shinobi."

"Incredible!"

The genin knew this was kind of the point of this whole exam but some of them were definitely put off by the manic shouting they heard. Only some though. The Uzumaki quartet was busy adding some cheers of their own, somehow rivaling a stadium full of people. They were very pleased to see a meber of the Hikaru clan getting their ass kicked and boiced as much. That said the display had a different effect on team 13. The other two ice princesses looking at eachother with a knowing look.

"She can handle this right? Paint brain has definitely built up some stamina or she wouldn't have considered this at all right?" Rio asked Hinata.

Hinata could only guess at her thought process. She knew the limits of her teammates but she knew not of all their abilities, clan secrets and such. Whatever she was doing down their she had no choice but leave it to Yakumo. With that in mind she responded calmly, "Shes spontaneous not stupid. Im sure shes got some sorta plan. I just can't say that she'll pull it off."

"What makes you doubt?" Rio asked

Hinata sighed. "From what she told us she's taking a back seat right now." When she was met with a blank stare Hinata continued. "That means whatever strategy she had might as well go out the window. This part of her is hard head and brasher than even you."

"Hey!"

"Im just saying that she's not Yakumo right now. Look at how she's fighting. The girl we know is nearly hopeless in taijutsu and would never go this long without tryimg to trip up her opponent." Said Hinata.

Rio nodded "So basically even though she's go this significant increase in ability things are still up in the air."

"Unfortunately yes."

You get one chance to breath, take it easy, turn the tables and then BAM your on your ASS fighting off what you can and should most definitely assume is a fully possessed girl. All the while the audience you have is cheering her on like true maniacs. Despite her possessed state the girl seems to be encouraged by it and fought even harder!

That was the position Aoi Hikaru found herslf in at the moment. Naginata in her hands trying anything even her sage arts but not gaining ground against the girl. The fight was everything she'd hoped for except the Uzumaki bit. But looking at her now, maybe she was part Uzumaki. Aoi thought briefly. Yakumo definitely had something demonic going on with her in Aoi's opinion.

"Poor girl I'll help you." She said before blurring behind her. The speed may have done little since Yakumos transformation but Aoi was sure it was doing something. With lightning fast speed she dashed around Yakumo and went to attack her blind spots. Having made a fee clean hits this was the startegy for the time being. The longer it went in the slower Yakumo got and the less her features screamd evil incarnate.

In the end Yakumo was on the ground throat to blade and under a winded Aoi Hikaru, the proclaimed victor as of three seconds ago. Hearts racing and mixed opinions in the crowd let out didn't affect the girls visibly. Each used to putting on a mask, they were sportsmanlike, cordial even(despite Aoi's lingering belief that Yakumo was part Uzumaki).

"Thanks for the fight next time I hope we can go a little longer." Aoi said as Yakumo was carried away.

"Man that was really something even if it was just a girls fight!" Kiba luaghed.

"You really shouldn't say stuff like that you know. If word gets back to Anko phew you're gonna have one hell of a day." Mizu said before he was yolked up by the canine like boy. Kiba snarld in his face Akamaru yipping and growling alkng with him from his perch kn th Inuzukas haed. "And who's gonna tell her? You? Well lets just make sure you stay quiet then!" Before he had the chance to really do anything Kiba was being restrained by a bunch of bugs on his arms.

"You know he's right and you definitely shouldn't be worried about him ratingon you. You shoukd be worried about me. We know Anko's favor leans towards whos made the most proud or given her the most sweets for the day and by my count I have the best chance if sicking her on you without a catch." Said Shino.

"You think she'll realy be bothered by this? Sh-she'd probably just kick your ass for wasting her time!" Kiba said obviously scared shitless because his temates were right.

"Oh she definitely will, especially by this sort of thing and you know it."

Kiba blnached at the very real possibility Anko would kick his ass over any and all misogynistic comments he let slip. It didn't take him long to see reason with that sort of thinking so he dropped Mizu. "Let's just forget about this. I think the next march is tarting and I dont want to miss it." He said changing the subject.

Sure enough the next match was starting and in favor of the silence he rarely found on team 8 Shino turned to the arena floor and watch the start if the battle. It wasn't exactly a long fight but ot hadn't been nearly as fast paced or action packed as the one before. Sakura Haruno vs Kankuro of the Sand village faught for maybe ten or so minutes. Knowing the puppet was practically a walking trap Sakura did her best to avoid close combat. Her strategy was to set off as many traps as possible at a distance, making the puppet nearly useless once its more effective traps couldn't be used anymore. She used her hatchets in quick movments imploring a similar technique to the puppet user having strings attached to them. She hacked away at the puppet before sending a volley of flash bangs to Kankuro. When that didn't break his concentration enough to make the puppet fall Sakura sent a similar attack with bombs in the mix. Puppet about to be destroyed and life held at the mercy of the green eyed girl he declared his defeat.

"Winner Sakura Haruno!"

The crowd seemed a little energy deprived after their showing for the last match so when they didn't give her enough love Naruto made sure to cover the difference. Not only did Sakura notice but she cried a little. Of course this only made his cheers grow louder.