In the Arena
You could see how Shino had his hands in his jacket pockets, he was in front of the one called Mizuru who was a boy with gray hair along with brown eyes, he wore the same regulation uniform except that he had two long sleeves instead of one covering his arms, apart from that he had brown gloves on his hands, with his ninja band on his forehead.
You could see how Iwa-Nin had a smile on his face while he was in front of Shino, which was even a little in the form of respect. "Let's have a good fight, Takai-san," Shino said as he rolled onto his side, still with his hands in his pockets. "This won't be a fight, because I'll crush you," said Mizuru, and then Hayate started the fight.
Shino quickly took distance to avoid a blow from his opponent. Shino took one of his hands out of his jacket, and from it came a small swarm of flying insects which headed towards where Mizuru was. He dodged the wave of insects, but when he was about to attack, he saw how the mass of insects spun in the air and attacked him again. Grumbling to herself, Mizuru quickly draws some seals and hits the floor where he was.
"Earth Style: Rock Dome," he said as he watched Shino's bugs approach him. The insects collided with the dome, which the Aburame insects surrounded. "Earth Style," everyone heard Mizuru's voice coming from the dome, but a few seconds later, they saw hands appear under Shino and grab him. " Headhunter," Mizuru's voice was heard.
Immediately afterward, Shino was planted in the ground, leaving only his head uncovered. Everyone saw how some flagstones in front of Shino broke, and the next second, Mizuru appeared. "Let's finish this," Mizuru said as she began to make some seals.
" Earth Style: Earth Spear," said the Iwa genin as a sharp point formed at his feet and shot out towards where the Aburame was. The spear had pierced Shino's head, which made the Iwa genin smile a little. All the jonin were silent, even Kurenai, since they all knew that it wasn't uncommon for people to die in these fights.
But Mizuru's smile disappeared when he and others saw how Shino's 'corpse' began to move a little, then turned black and broke up into several insects that flew towards where the Iwa-Nin was, who easily dodged them.
"Ha, that was your attack, how pathetic," said the Iwa genin as he looked at his opponent in front of him. Shino had some bruises and scratches on his clothes, but still had an impassive face. "Then why don't you show me what an attack is like, since the attack you threw at me was very predictable?" said Shino to see how his opponent got angry.
"SHUT UP!!! You want to see a real attack? Well, here it is," said the Iwa-Nin as he closed the distance between himself and Shino and started throwing punches. Shino defended himself as best he could, but still took quite a bit of damage from his opponent.
The Iwa genin jumped back to put some distance between them and then started making hand seals. " Earth Style: Mud Bullets," the Iwa-Nin fired four mud projectiles from his mouth, two of which managed to hit Shino.
Seeing how his opponent seemed finished, the Iwa-Nin smiled to himself. "Well, let's get this over with," he said to go back to tracing seals. " Earth Style: Fangs of Earth," "you better say goodbye," said the Iwa genin, putting his hands on the ground to end this match.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven seconds passed, and nothing happened. "He… Earth Style, Earth Fangs. Mizuru looked in disbelief as her technique wasn't working, so she traced the seal with her hands again and then placed it on the ground, obtaining the same result.
After doing it three more times, the Iwa-Nin looked at his hands, wondering what was happening. "But what-" he said when he saw that under one of his sleeves there was a slight black dot sticking out.
Pulling up his sleeve, he saw several insects on his arm, which made him open his eyes wide.
Mizuru panicked and quickly tried to take them off, only to feel how little by little he began to see blurry and feel dizzy. Mizuru could then only feel how his body stiffened. "But what did you do?" asked the Iwa native with the little strength he had, getting on his knees and beginning to pant.
"Those insects are a species that only the Aburame clan creates. We call them Kikaichu. These are capable of absorbing the chakra of any person slowly or quickly, depending on the control the user has and the situation," said Shino as he approached his opponent, who was struggling to stay standing.
"While you were dodging the swarms I threw at you, a few bugs scurried through your blind spot. I had to anger you so you wouldn't feel my bugs getting on your skin. And when you grabbed my legs, I sent as many bugs at you as I could," Shino said, adjusting her sunglasses.
"What's happening in your body is a combination of chakra extraction and a slight paralyzing poison. Don't worry, it's not lethal," said Shino while Mizuru was getting more and more pissed off. "This is my Nimpo: Paralyzing Insects," said Shino, watching as his opponent struggled to move.
"Give up, there's no point in continuing this fight; otherwise, my insects will devour all your chakra, and you'll be unconscious in a few seconds. Either way, I win," the Aburame simply said as his opponent stared at him.
"Rock you," said the Iwa genin and then fell to the ground. Hayate appeared and checked Iwa-Nin's pulse; he quickly nodded.
"Winner of the fifth fight, by knockout, Shino Aburame of Konoha," he said as a group of doctors took Mizuru's body to the infirmary. The screen drew the names again and then stopped. "Ino Yamanaka de Konoha y Kurotsuchi Kazan de Iwa, a la arena" dijo Hayate.
On the balconies
Kurotsuchi had a smile on her face.
"Finally!" exclaimed the Kunoichi of Iwa with some relief. "I was already getting bored here," said the black-haired girl, and then looked at her other teammate, who was a slightly chubby boy with black hair like his eyes and a chubby nose.
The boy was wearing the standard Iwa shinobi attire, except he had a yellow scarf around his neck. The boy was currently devouring a dango, and Kurotsuchi simply looked at him. "Akatsuchi, how many times do I have to tell you not to eat?" said Kurotsuchi as he snatched a dango from his friend.
"Sorry, sorry, but they are very delicious," said the now-identified Akatsuchi, who simply put away the dangos, seeing Kurotsuchi jump towards the arena. "Well, it looks like it's my turn," Ino said as she stretched a little with her hands in the air. "Good luck, Ino/troublesome blonde," said Shikamaru and Asum, supporting Ino in their way, while the former gave a lazy greeting to the Yamanaka, who simply snorted at Nara's attitude.
Ino looked towards Team 8. "Good luck, Ino, I hope you win," said Hinata.
"Good luck, Ino-san," said Shino from behind the Yamanaka, who almost scared him to death after recovering from the small scare, grateful for his support, looking towards Team 7, Sakura was the first to speak. "You better not lose, I want to be the one who kicks your ass, pig," Sakura said with a smile, while Ino simply smiled at the challenge.
"OHH, we'll see in front," said Ino, the Yamanaka, looking towards where the Uzumaki was, who simply smiled at her.
"Come on, Ino-chan," said the Hanyou, while Ino had a smile and a slight blush on her cheeks. With a nod, Ino jumped into the arena to then be face-to-face against her opponents.
"Sixth fight, Ino Yamanaka vs. Kurotsuchi Kazan," Hayate said to see how both competitors got into position. "Hajime," he said to step back.
Ino quickly took out several shurikens and threw them towards where Kurotsuchi was. She jumped to dodge them while using a kunai to deflect some that approached her face, Kurotsuchi, after blocking the last Shuriken.
The Kunoichi of Iwa headed towards where Ino was, who began to defend herself from Kurotsuchi's blows. Ino was on the defensive and barely continued avoiding the blows she was throwing at her; one of those blows hit her in the face.
Ino decided to put some distance, wiping some blood that came out of her lip. She saw how Kurotsuchi was smiling.
"Come on, don't tell me that's all," said Kurotsuchi, and then saw how Ino simply smiled and threw herself at her again. Both kunoichis were in a Taijutsu fight, and although it could be seen that Kurotsuchi had greater strength and technique than Ino.
The Yamanaka demonstrated greater speed and flexibility, managing to land a few hits on her opponent, who returned the favor.
' Damn, if I keep going like this, I won't be able to defeat her,' Ino thought as she ducked under a kick that was going to her face. Ino quickly saw a drop of blood on Kurotsuchi's fists, and something occurred to her. Ino quickly swept it, causing Kurotsuchi to step back.
Only to see how Yamanaka had her thumb and index, and middle fingers of both hands forming a circle while the ring and pinky fingers pointed upwards, while Ino had a smile.
" Nimpo: Mind Transfer," Ino said and then lowered her head. Kurotsuchi's eyes went out for a moment, and then he lowered his head and remained motionless for a moment.
It was seen how Kurotsuchi's body began to move little by little, while she opened her eyes, which were dull, but showed a small smile.
"I…" Kurotsuchi said in a muffled voice, "I lose the" Kurotsuchi's voice stopped.
Then Kurotsuchi's body began to shake and move a little while she grabbed her head and screamed a little until she stopped. Everyone saw how the bodies of both Kunoichis began to move again, and they stepped back a little.
"Damn, and I wanted to end this quickly," said Ino as she raised her head to try to relieve some of the migraine she had, seeing Kurotsuchi doing the same. "Damn, I was so close, it seems he does have good mental strength, " Ino thought as she looked at her opponent.
For her part, Kurotsuchi was a little disoriented while she had a headache. 'Damn, that's what I didn't expect,' she thought as she felt the pain slowly disappear and then looked at Ino. 'I'd better take this more seriously,' she said while joining her hands.
' Otherwise I'll lose if I fall for another one of her tricks ' Kurotsuchi thought as she began to make some hand seals " Lava Style: Volcanic Mantle," Kurotsuchi said, and then shot out of her mouth a huge mass of lava that rushed towards Ino, who, like everyone else, was surprised by the skill of the Kunoichi of Iwa.
'Lave Style'
'What's that?'
'Incredible'
'At such a young age'
'Awesome'
These were the thoughts of several of those present who were watching the fight. Ino got rid of those thoughts to run as fast as she could to avoid the jutsu. Using chakra, she stuck to a wall, while she saw how the fence covered a part of the arena.
Ino felt the heat of all the magma that was beneath her, but then she saw how Kurotsuchi began to run on the molten rock to get closer and closer to her, trying to do the same. Ino quickly created a Bushin.
Moving away, Ino managed to jump to a place on the floor where it was not covered in lava, passing through Yamanaka's clone. Kurotsuchi looked back at her opponent.
Ino started making some hand seals.
" Water Style: Raging Waves," said Ino, shooting a large amount of water towards Kurotsuchi and jumping to avoid the blow of the shot. Kurotsuchi managed to dodge the jutsu, so she smiled.
But her smile disappeared when she saw the smoke formed when the water contacted the lava, which hardened and released a little steam, causing a curtain of steam that covered Ino.
Kurotsuchi quickly had to jump to avoid a kunai that was stuck in the place where she was, and then she saw how Ino appeared in front of her. Kurotsuchi quickly used a Shuriken and threw it at Ino; the Shuriken impacted against her.
But she turned into a smoke, a second Ino came out of the smoke, and taking advantage of her clone's surprise, Ino managed to hit Kurotsuchi in her stomach with a kick, which took the wind out of her and made her spit some saliva at the Kunoichi of Iwa.
Kurotsuchi rolled on the ground to quickly get back on her feet and squinted her eyes. "Well, that hurt," said Kurotsuchi with an amused face while wiping the saliva off her face. " Earth Style: Rock Destruction," said the Iwa Kunoichi.
Several rocks came out of the ground and headed towards Ino, who tried to dodge them, but one managed to reach her, sending her back until she hit the wall. Ino spat out a little blood as she felt herself beginning to lose consciousness.
' Damn,' Ino thought as she tried to get up, then looked up and saw the Uzumaki, who had a worried look on his face, while she watched him unconsciously bend the metal railing a little.
Ino smiled to herself before returning to the match ' If I'm not going to be able to win, at least I won't lose alone ' Ino said to herself as she saw Kurotsuchi standing in front of her. She wiped some blood from her mouth.
The Yamanaka reached for her ninja bag on her back, Kurotsuchi prepared herself for another trick, Ino touched the scroll that had her jutsu, only to frown 'I don't have enough chakra for my jutsu' she said, sighing a little.
' So I'll use this one,' she said, taking another scroll and then putting it in front of her, looking at her opponent, who was preparing herself. ' This is going to cost a lot of chakra, but... ' she said, looking again at Naruto, who had a look of surprise upon recognizing the scroll.
' It's worth it ' Ino said to herself, while Naruto could see her look and smiled at her with a nod, Ino put her hands in front of her in a seal "Kai" she said so that a lot of water began to come out of the scroll that little by little began to flood the place wetting Ino and Kurotsuchi a little.
"But what?" said Kurotsuchi as he saw his opponent making seals again while having a smile on his face. Kurotsuchi smiled at the same time. "This is fun," said Kurotsuchi as she began to make seals with his hands.
Both Kunoichis finished with their seals and then shouted "Water Style: Great Waterfall!!/ Lava Style: Lava Geyser!!!! ".
The water in the place created a large wall of water that headed towards Kurotsuchi. In front of the Iwa-Nin's place, a large mass of lava shot out towards the front and then collided with the immense wall that was heading towards her. Everyone saw how both jutsu collided with each other.
But soon after, it could be seen how the lava geyser was quickly overtaken by the mass of water and was approaching Kurotsuchi, who, seeing this, in desperation, made some seals, but seeing how the wave was getting closer and closer, tried to cover herself with her arms.
"Naruto-kun," Ino said tiredly as she watched the Uzumaki carry her bridal style. "That was amazing, Ino-chan, you've gotten stronger since the last time I saw you," Naruto said with a smile, making the Yamanaka blush a little. "But I lost," said the blonde, a little discouraged.
"Yes, but you can still improve and become stronger, I'm sure of that," said Naruto, lifting the Yamanaka's spirits a little. "Also…" said Naruto, making Ino look at him. "Purple bra, hey, I like it," Naruto whispered to Ino, who looked down at her clothes and saw how the water made a bit of underwear visible, which caused the Yamanaka to blush like an apple.
"Baka," Ino said as she tried to look away from the blonde, since she didn't have the strength to do anything except enjoy the warmth of the blonde's body. "Hey Uzumaki," Naruto looked back to see Kurotsuchi standing with her arms crossed. "You better not lose, I want to see how strong you are in the last exam," Kazan said with a tired smile, to which Naruto simply nodded.
Kurotsuchi saw the blonde standing next to her. "So they are black, perfect for you, Kuro-chan," Naruto said and then walked away.
Kurotsuchi didn't understand at first and looked down and saw how her underwear was a little visible, having a marked blush on her face. She tried to cover herself, but before she managed to cover herself, she felt a warm gust of wind and then saw that her clothes were dry.
"See you later, Kuro-chan," said Naruto with his back turned while the girl continued to have a marked blush on her face, watching as the Uzumaki took the Yamanaka to the infirmary, while Hayate declared Kurotsuchi as the winner, with everyone present applauding for the match.
"Okay, the seventh fight will be," said Hayate as the screen began to spin until it stopped on two more names: "Kankuro vs. Tsurugi Misumi," said Hayate.
Root base
"Report," said Danzo as he looked at his kneeling Subordinate."Danzo-sama, we have managed to finish the diagrams for the Project Resurrection, " said the Root-Nin. The veteran shinobi looked at his minion for a moment with his one eye, which was slightly open as a smile appeared on his face for a second, then returned to his stoic face.
The veteran shinobi looked at his minion for a moment with his one eye, which was slightly open as a smile appeared on his face for a second, then returned to his stoic face.
"Excellent, stand and follow me," said the Warhawk as he began walking down the halls with his cane, while being followed by one of his human puppets. "How long will it take to put this into practice?" asked the member of the council of elders.
"It will take a month, maybe even a little longer. " The Root-Nin informed his leader, who looked at him over his shoulder, causing the man to stop as his leader watched him.
"You have until the third phase of the Chunin Exams, not a day more," Danzo said curtly as he resumed his pace. "How much chakra will be needed to carry out the Project?" Danzo asked. "Danzo-sama, the amount of chakra needed to carry out the Project is abysmal," said the Root-Nin. "We still don't know how we're going to solve this," said the Root while Danzo simply continued.
"That is very easy to answer, Root," said the War Falcon to his subordinate, Naruto Uzumaki Cooperate with this," he said while Root remained silent, not understanding why his leader was doing this. For the first time in several years, the Root-Nin raised his voice without his leader asking him a question. "But Danzo-sama, Naruto Uzumaki has shown that he has no intentions of working for you. How can you make him cooperate?" said the Root-Nin with an emotionless voice.
Danzo looked at his subordinate and narrowed his eyes. "Did I ask you a question, Root?" said the veteran shinobi as the Root Ninja quickly bowed to his leader. "No, Danzo-sam, a it was my mistake, allow me to redeem myself," said the Root ninja to take his back from his back and stick it in his heart without thinking twice. Danzo looked indifferently at the suicide of his minion while he dropped his blood on the floor, and then his body caught fire and turned into ash.
"Useless," said Danzo as he looked towards the corpse of his human puppet, Naruto Uzumaki would come because, like several others, he would listen to his feelings, and it would be easier to use him, and both as his father was, Uzumaki would be a valuable asset, thought Danzo as he then looked ahead and continued walking. "Clean this up," said Danzo, so that two other Root-Nin appeared and began to clean up what was left by the corpse of the Root who asked too much.
Sealing chambers
The place was dark, where you could see several pillars in the place, and the center was Sasuke (who did not have his shirt at this moment), along with Kakashi, who was writing some seals with his blood. Sasuke was in the middle of three circles, which were connected by some Kunai from one side to the other.
"Very well, that should do it," said Kakashi while wiping some of the sweat from his forehead, as he finished engraving some seals on the Uchiha's body and the ground. "Curse Containment Seal," said Kakashi, placing his hands on Sasuke's mark.
Who began to writhe and grit his teeth in pain, trying to prevent a scream of pain from escaping him, the seals began to swirl around Orochimaru's mark. Sasuke then fainted, with Kakashi looking at the result.
"KUKUKU Wow, you've grown so much since the last time Kakashi-kun saw you," said a voice that made Kakashi have goosebumps and look around while he unsheathed a kunai, which he coated with electricity, while he had a fixed and nervous look.
Kakashi was sweating as he felt the presence of this person, feeling it getting stronger. He looked to the side and then saw a silhouette coming out of the ground. "Orochimaru," Kakashi said as he revealed his Sharingan with all the courage he could muster to stare at the Snake Sannin, who was smiling.
"KUKUKU Wow, I had almost forgotten how beautiful those eyes are, wow, how envious I am of you, Kakashi Hatake, or do you prefer Kakashi no Sharingan?" said Orochimaru.
Kakashi trembled a little at this, which made Orochimaru simply laugh. "You have no reason to be nervous, my little Kakashi, because after all, I prefer the originals to simple imitators," Orochimaru said mockingly. Kakashi unconsciously relaxed when he saw that he was not the Sannin's target for now, but Kakashi quickly understood why the traitor was here.
The Sannin looked at Kakashi for a moment and then looked at Sasuke and saw that he had a seal on his mark. "KUKUKU It seems you managed to seal my little gift for Sasuke-kun, not bad, Kakashi, not bad," said Orochimaru with false joy.
"What are you doing here, Orochimaru?" Kakashi asked as some cold sweat fell from his forehead, while he tensed up even more, waiting for any movement from the Sannin.
"KUKUKU I just wanted to be able to admire those beautiful eyes of the Uchiha Clan again, since after all it is a pleasure that is very difficult to see these days," said Orochimaru while Kakashi simply became more nervous.
"But I also wanted to see how the new generation was developing, and I have to say that a certain blonde left me speechless." Then Kakashi was speechless.
"You dare?" Kakashi said as he felt his strength begin to overcome his fear, and he gripped his kunai tighter as the electricity in it grew and became more erratic, only to see the snake summoner begin to sink back into the ground.
"KUKUKUKU not bad, not ba.d I hope to see if you can show that courage when we meet again, Kakashi Hayate," said Orochimaru as he disappeared from the place with a smile on his face.
When Kakashi stopped feeling Orochimaru's presence, the silver-haired man quickly fell to the ground while holding himself on one knee, releasing and locking a lot of oxygen. Kakashi then looked to where Sasuke was and then made a Shadow clone to take Sasuke to the infirmary to see if there was nothing wrong with the sealing of the mark.
With the clone leaving the place, the original Kakashi simply looks up at what appeared to be the ceiling and then sighs again, "Damn... this one felt close," he said as he saw a note fall from his pocket.
Picking it up, he recognized it. "Damn, I had forgotten," he said while putting away the note 'I'd better finish this now or Hanare-chan will bother me with this all day ' Kakashi stops for a moment and then stops dead in his tracks.
And look at the note again and laugh a little, while calming down. "How did I end up like this?" said Kakashi while he read the note again, while he had a smile under his mask, while his mind left the scene of the Sannin of the snakes.
He saw the note, which turned out to be a list of the things he had to go buy.
Cheese
Milk
Eggs
Fruits: Apples, Oranges, Grapes, etc.
Vegetables: Lettuce, Onion, Celery, etc.
Hanare
"Kami, how troublesome," said Kakashi with a smile of eyes seeing the place where Orochimaru was, narrowing his eyes, and then sighing.
"How did it end up like this?" said the silver-haired jonin as he looked ahead. "Okay, here we go," said Kakashi as he disappeared in a shushin of leaves from the place.
Nursing
Naruto was looking at Ino, who was lying on a bed in the infirmary with a white blanket over the kunoichi, you could see how she was a little better, looking at the rest of the room, Naruto saw how some of the exam participants who had lost were in the place, he could even catch Kiba's scent, which, although he was not close, the Uzumaki knew was nearby.
He also saw how there were some Anbu in the place to avoid any confrontations between genins from other villages or between the leaf teams, things that he thought were not very strange due to the history of other villages. "If you stay here, you'll miss the rest of the fights," Ino said, looking at Naruto.
"You don't have to worry about that," said the Uzumaki, smiling at Ino. "I left a shadow clone so that he is aware of everything that happens," said the blonde. Ino just stared back at the ceiling. "Hey, Naruto-kun," said Ino, seeing how the blonde continued to look at her. "How was my fight?" asked the Yamanaka while the Hanyou snorted.
"How do you think you were?" asked the jinchuriki, seeing how the Yamanaka seemed confused. "Ino-chan, never seek the approval of others, not even from me," said Naruto, taking the Yamanaka's cheeks so that they could both look into each other's eyes.
"If you did everything you could, only you can say if you did it right or wrong," said the Hanyou while caressing the blonde's cheek, who smiled and had a slight blush on her cheeks "But if you ask me I'll just say...", Naruto brought his face closer to Ino's causi, ng her blush to increase.
"You were fantastic, you looked like a princess of war, danger, and at the same time very beautiful," said the Uzumaki, causing smoke to start coming out of the Yamanaka's ears while she continued to look into Naruto's blue eyes. She quickly covered her face with the blanket to prevent the blonde from seeing her blush.
"MM-You'd better come back, y-they should have already finished." Ino stuttered while the blonde simply chuckled, standing up from the chair. Naruto approached to kiss Ino's head.
"See you, Ino-chan," said Naruto as they started to leave, while Ino's face was competing with the Uzumaki's hair, the Hanyou, leaving two bags of dried meat where Chouji was resting with a note, left the room and headed towards the arena. Putting her face against the bed, Ino began to kick the mattress with her feet.
"MMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMM," the Anbus could hear as the Yamanaka girl screamed into her pillow in a mixture of happiness, embarrassment, and excitement. Some of the Anbus who saw the scene could only remain in their places, while you could see how some of them were laughing slightly at the spectacle of the Uzumaki and the Yamanaka.
Back in the arena
Naruto returned to the arena, headed towards where the Konoha group was, quickly dispelling the shadow clone of the blonde who was hiding, then looked towards the arena to watch the fight.
Kankuro was currently immobilized by Yoroi's partner, Misumi, who had his entire body wrapped around the Suna ninja, but Naruto quickly looked to where the 'mummy' that Kankuro had before was.
But he just decided to keep looking. "You'd better give up, or I'll break your neck," Misumi said while Kankuro had one eye closed and just smiled. "Goo," Misumi said as he began to apply more pressure on Kankuro's body until something cracked. "Idiot," Misumi said as she dropped Kankuro's body to the ground.
But without warning, Kankuro's body hugged Misumi quite firmly. "What the fuck," Misumi said as she saw Kankuro's face crumble to reveal an eye that had some sand around it, and then it dissolved. To then show an empty socket, where only one eye was shown, which seemed to be made of wood.
"Wow, you fell faster than I thought." Everyone saw how the bundle that was wrapped began to move, and then the bandages fell off to reveal Kankuro. "But how?" Misumi said as the Kankuro who was immobilizing him grew four more arms, and then the entire face and suit of the 'Kankuro' who had Misumi began to turn into sand, and then revealed a puppet.
"HEHE, it's very simple if you think about it," said Kankuro as he moved his fingers, causing the puppet to turn around and Misumi to see the sand ninja. "I am a master puppeteer," said the Suna shinobi as he moved his fingers, causing Misumi to scream as she felt the puppet's grip tighten.
"You wanted to strangle me to death, so how about a little hug from my black ant, hey?" Kankuro said, moving two fingers so that Kankuro's puppet quickly raised its arms, and blades appeared on the puppet's inner forearms that then stabbed into Misumi's body.
"AAARRRRGGHHH," Misumi screamed and then fell to the ground. Hayate quickly entered the arena, and looking at the damage on Misumi's body, he was surprised that the guy was barely breathing. Hayate quickly declared Kankuro the winner of the seventh fight and then had the medical staff take Misumi away.
With that done, the screen turns back on, "Temari of Suna vs. Sakura Haruno of Konoha," Hayate said. "Finally," Temari said as she jumped and landed on the sand.
"Good luck, Sakura-chan, show them what you can do," said Naruto, leaning in to kiss her, the pink-haired girl next to him, who simply smiled, a light blush on her cheeks. "Thank you, Naruto-kun," said Sakura and then jumped to head to the arena.
In the sand
Sakura was in front of Temari, who was staring at her while having a hand on her hips.
"The eighth match *cough*, Sakura Haruno vs. Temari, both *cough* fighters ready," said Hayate as Sakura got into a fighting stance and Temari bent her knees a little. "Hajime," said Hayate, backing away.
Both Temari and Sakura were staring at each other until Sakura wanted to be the first to act, so she took out two kunai and threw them at Temari, who simply smiled, while a wave of wind collided with the kunai, making them fall to the ground.
But Temari's smile disappeared when she felt her entire body being held by some plants that were growing around her and holding her arms. Looking ahead, she saw how Sakura began to melt into the ground.
"Genjutsu," Temari said to herself and then sent a wave of chakra undoing the Genjutsu, just in time to avoid a kick from Sakura that was going towards her face. Temari quickly sent a punch to Sakura, Haruno had to cover herself with her hands, and Sakura had to step back to get some distance.
"You didn't expect it to be so easy to take me down, did you?" Temari said, crossing her arms.
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't want that to be the case, but" Sakura said as she began to make some hand seals. "Life isn't like that. " Earth style: Well, Earthlings, " Sakura said as several projectiles came out of the ground and launched themselves at Temari.
The Suna Kunoichi simply began to dodge the spikes that were coming at her, but she was quickly overwhelmed by the number of spikes heading towards her. Some of the spikes managed to tear her clothes and draw some blood.
She quickly took out her large fan to cover herself from some of the spikes that were being shot at her. Temari saw how Sakura was preparing to charge at her again, so she simply opened her fan and sent a strong wave of wind that hit Haruno and sent her back.
Sakura hit the ground and then started rolling. She quickly did her best to get up and saw how Temari sent a wave of wind at her again with her fan. Sakura began to make seals again.
" Earth style: Earth Wall," Sakura said and then placed both hands on the ground.
A wall of earth rose, which received the blow from Temari's wind wave, which quickly moved to try to hit Haruno again with her gusts of wind, but Sakura quickly created another wall to avoid the blow.
Temari narrowed her eyes and then jumped and sent another gust of wind at Haruno, which retreated a little and created another wall of earth.
On the Balconies
"It seems the match is decided," said Kankuro, who was next to the Konoha team. "DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT!! Sakura-chan can get through this, I'm sure of it," Lee said, pointing at Kankuro.
"I'm sorry to say it, Lee, but Kankuro-san seems to be right about this," said Shino as he adjusted his glasses and continued watching the match. Lee looked at Shino for a moment and then looked at Naruto for support. The blonde saw the Ninja's gaze with expanders and just sighed.
"Sakura-chan has Earth and Water elements, while Temari-chan has a Wind, but due to Sakura-chan only learning elemental chakra manipulation for a few months, she's not as proficient as many. This leaves both of them unable to release their full potential," Naruto explained as Sakura jumped off another of her earth walls that was destroyed by another gust of wind.
Sakura created another Earth wall while Temari launched another gust of wind. "Naturally, Earth is more resistant than the Wind element, but in terms of attack, Wind has a greater advantage because, depending on how refined it is, it can cut various surfaces, and it seems that Temari has a good mastery of her element, probably has years of training," said Naruto, making Lee clench her fists in anger.
"Are you saying that she, your teammate, can't do anything and is going to lose!! That's not at all youthful of you!!" Lee said as Naruto looked at him for a moment out of the corner of his eye, before going back to looking at the match. As everyone eavesdrops on their conversation.
"Lee, don't put words in my mouth," said Naruto, looking at Lee, who seemed to be about to speak again. "I believe in her and her skill, but I also know how ruthless this world is and what it can do," said Naruto. "How troublesome," said Shikamaru, who was a little far from the place of the conversation while closing his eyes to try to sleep on the railing.
"Don't tell me you already saw who's going to win the match, Shika," Naruto said, making the jonins see the black-haired man with a pineapple hairstyle, who simply opened one of his eyes to look at the Uzumaki and then closed it again, trying to relax.
"It would be very troublesome to say, after all, Sakura has grown from the weakest of our class," Shikamaru said as everyone had a blank look at the Nara's words, but they returned to the fight.
With Sakura and Temari
"This was getting boring," Temari said as she threw another gust of wind at her. Sakura created an earth wall to cover herself again, but Temari saw how this wall seemed to be wider and stronger than the others.
When the gust of wind hit the wall, she saw how it didn't collapse instantly ' So that's what you're up to ' Temari thought as she stood in front of the earth wall. "You know, I'm starting to think you're just wasting your time," Temari said.
"We'll see about that." Sakura then jumped forward while Temari threw another gust of wind at her, which this time hit the pink-haired girl, who hit the ground, but Temari saw how Sakura dissipated into smoke, which quickly put her on alert. But then she felt herself being grabbed by the feet. "Earth Style Headhunter," she heard, and then felt herself being pulled down. Temari was trapped on the ground with only her head sticking out.
Sakura emerged by making a hole in the ground and advancing towards the Suna-Nin. "Give up," said Sakura while Temari simply looked at her, but Sakura was alerted when she saw Temari smile. Sakura saw how Temari began to crumble into sand. "A sand clone," Haruno said to herself. Looking back, he saw Temari finishing making some seals.
" Wind Style: Ascending Vortex." Sakura tried to dodge, but then felt herself being lifted upwards as some cuts appeared on her arms and legs, and she began to fall to the ground, where Temari was preparing to deliver the final blow.
Sakura managed to turn around even with the pain she had all over her body. Looking at Temari, she barely managed to cast a small but subtle Genjutsu. Temari threw a punch, but missed due to the Genjutsu. Temari saw how Sakura was standing in front of her while panting in pain. Temari simply decided to end this, but she saw how Sakura was about to collapse, so she put away her fan.
And looked at Haruno's face. "It was a good fight, but I won," said Temari as she watched Sakura about to fall to the ground from the pain of her wounds, but she was stopped by a clump of blonde hair. Sakura looked up and saw Naruto standing there holding her by the waist. "Did you see, Naruto-kun? " Sakura said as the blonde looked at her and smiled gently. "I…"
"Don't worry, Sakura-chan," said the Uzumaki, interrupting Haruno. "You did better than you expected. Now rest, your reward comes later," said Naruto while the pink-haired Kunoichi simply smiled, a blush on her cheeks at the "reward" he talked about, and rested in the Uzumaki's arms.
"The winner of the *cough* eighth match, Temari from *cough* Suna," Hayate said as Naruto started to leave the arena along with Sakura. Hayate looked at the screen and simply stared straight ahead. "Samui from Kumo and Tenten *cough* from Konoha," said Hayate as he saw the screen with both names, before everyone present heard, this time, two people scream.
"Oh yes, go my young student and show them how bright your young lamas can be!!!" said Gai. "COME ON TENTEN!!! You can do it!!!" Lee shouted, yelling almost as loudly as his master. "Please stop," Tenten pleaded as she headed to the arena, praying the ground would swallow her up for the things both her teammate and Jonin sensei were doing.
With the Kumo team
Samui was calm, well, that was what she wanted to appear, while you could see how she had a tremor in one of her eyebrows while she listened to how the jinchuriki of the 8 tails and jonin sensei was rapping, various nonsensical things as he continued.
"I wasn't going to come and crush them!!!, she's strong and fast like that, you'll see Bakayaro Konoyaru WWHHHHHEEEEEEEEE!!!" said Bee while doing some dance steps.
"Tsk," said Karui, seeing her sensei's attitude. "You follow Samui, I would say good luck, but I know you don't need it," said the redhead with a smile, while Omoi nodded at the words of her redhead companion, while the entire Kumo team tried to ignore their sensei's rhymes as best they could.
"Thank you," Samui said as she continued listening to Killer Bee's rhymes, although she had a slight smile at the way her team supported her, well, in their way.
Samui looked ahead and then jumped and landed in front of her opponent. Samui quickly saw her opponent, who was standing in front of her, with a fixed gaze. The Kunoichi of Kumo took out her sword and got into position just like the Kunoichi of Team 9.
"Ninth fight *cough* Samui of Kumo vs *cough* Tenten of Konoha," said Hayate. "Hajime," He said, starting the match, to see how Tenten took out a pair of kunai and threw them towards the blonde from Kumo, who simply blocked them with her sword.
Tenten had to frown as she watched the Kumo Kunoichi easily block her first attack with her sword. "That's a good sword," Tenten said as she took out a scroll from one of her pockets. "I can keep it when I defeat you," Tenten said with a smile.
Samui had a flat look as she looked at the panda-haired girl. "If you want her, come and take her off my hands," Samui said as she watched Tente hold out the scroll and then place her hand on it.
Tenten pulled out a large battle hammer and looked at her opponent before launching herself at her.
With Temari
Temari left the arena to head towards where her brothers' team was, but as she was about to go up the stairs, she felt a slight pain in her stomach.
Looking with a grimace of pain, she looked at her side, where she could see how a part of her side was coming out with a lot of blood. Leaning against the wall, she brought her hand to his side to try to mitigate the pain.
"Damn, looks like you did manage to hit me," Temari said as she tried to endure the pain and stop the bleeding, while her eyes were closed ' I got too confident ' Temari thought as she gritted her teeth in frustration and pain.
But then she felt the pain begin to subside. Temari quickly opened her eyes and saw how the Uzumaki had his hands on her wound and began to heal, or stop the bleeding. "Naruto-san," Temari said as she moved away a little, but she felt a sting of pain again.
"What are you doing here?" Temari asked. "Isn't it obvious? I'm healing you," said Naruto. "When I grabbed my mate, I saw that some blood was starting to come out of one of your sides. It was subtle, but to make sure it was nothing, I decided to come, and it was the right decision," explained the Hanyou.
"I thought you were with your mate?" Temari asked as she felt the pain slowly subside. "What makes you think I'm not with her right now?" asked the blonde Uzumaki, while Temari moved a little, but in doing so, she opened the wound a little.
"You'd better not move until I'm done. I'm not very good with medicinal ninjutsu at the moment," Naruto said, while Temari saw that she didn't have many options, since if she moved, she would reopen the wound, and she could faint from blood loss, so she simply nodded.
"Why are you helping me right now? We're practically in a competition; we're rivals. If someone dies or is disabled, it would make it easier for you to reach the finals," Temari asked, while the blonde simply continued to concentrate on healing his wound.
"I know," said the Uzumaki, causing Temari to stare at him with even more doubt. "Then why are you helping me?" Temari asked. "I don't know..." said Naruto looking at Temari who didn't seem satisfied with that answer "I just can't help it, besides if this helps me to be able to talk to a pretty girl like you again it's better to take advantage of it don't you think" said Naruto while receiving a light blow to the head from Temari.
"Idiot," Temari said, looking away to prevent the Hanyou from seeing the blush on her cheeks. "Sorry, sorry," Naruto said between laughs as he removed his hands from the Kunoichi of Suna. "Well, that should do it, but just in case, I recommend you get checked out," Naruto said, extending his hand to Temari to get her to stand up.
The blonde with pigtails simply accepted the gesture. "You know this won't give you any advantage against me, right?" Temari said, looking into the blonde's blue eyes. "If we face each other, I will face you and I will beat you," Temari said with conviction.
Naruto simply smiled. "I couldn't ask for anything more, because after all," he said as he brought his lips closer to Temari's ears, who was surprised by the act. "I like strong women," Naruto said, making Temari blush more.
But before the Kunoichi of Suna could retaliate against the Uzumaki, he had turned away from her and was starting to walk up the stairs to watch the fight. "See you later, Temari-chan," Naruto said, greeting the Kunoichi of Suna.
To then go up the stairs while leaving a blushing Temari behind. For a moment, Temari had to hold her heart to try to calm down, then look at the place where the Uzumaki had left, and then look at the ceiling. "Idiot, you make this more difficult," said Temari as she began to climb the stairs that the blonde had climbed.
Temari had to avoid looking towards where the Hanyou was while she still had traces of the blush from a while ago. Seeing where her group was, she saw how Kankuro was leaning against the wall,
She saw her sensei, Baki, who was a man in his 30s to 40s, wearing a uniform consisting of a light brown bulletproof vest over a dark gray suit. His head was wrapped in bandages, the left side of his face was covered with cloth, while the right side had red paint marks.
Baki was watching the match with an analytical look, so Temari passed him by and then looked at her last brother, but when she looked at her second youngest brother, Temari only had concern in her eyes, seeing how Gaara had a slight frown on his face.
While some grains of sand seemed to begin to move around him.
With Gaara
The redhead from Suna had his arms crossed as he watched the game with a look of indifference, but even then, you could see how he had a slight tremor in one of his eyes as well as in his shoulders.
The boy looked like he was about to explode.
' Blood, Death, Massacre, where are they? ' said a voice in Gaara's mind, which made the trembling in Gaara's eyes increase. 'Where are they? I need them because I don't have them!!!'
"Soon, Mother, soon I will give you the blood you desire," whispered Gaara, watching the match, "So that my existence is recognized."
' Give them to me, kill me, make the blood run on the ground, give me her blood, I want that idiot's blood, she is not more powerful than me, and when he dies, she will die,' said the voice while Gaara directed his gaze towards the Uzumaki.
Who looked at him out of the corner of his eye, both gazes met, then narrowed at each other, almost seeming like they could read what the other was thinking. "I understand, Mother," whispered Gaara. Breaking eye contact with the Uzumaki, he continued watching the fight unfold.
Back to the arena
You could see how the entire ground of the place was covered in several medium-sized craters. Looking ahead, you could see Tenten, who was charging towards Samui with her battle hammer over her head. Tenten hit the ground hard, trying to hit Samui, who jumped back to avoid the hammer blow that left another medium-sized crater when it hit the ground.
Samui, when she touched the ground, jumped with her sword in hand towards where Tenten was trying to recover her hammer. Samui throws a slash at her with her sword. Tenten quickly jumps back to avoid the slash and takes out two kunai to avoid another slash from the Kumo Kunoichi.
"Damn," Tenten said as she deflected several slashes that the panda-haired girl could barely block, but then Tenten saw Samui jump back, then stick her sword into the ground and start making seals with her hands.
" Lightning Style: Electric Blades," said Samui as her hands were covered in electricity. Then she ran to where Tenten was, who, seeing this, threw some shurikens, but Samui dodged them easily, then she saw how Samui threw several blows at the girl.
Samui began to throw several punches at Tenten, who tried to protect herself as best she could by dodging some of the blows, but at the slight contact with the Kumo Kunoichi's fists and blows, the weapons girl could feel how, even though dodging the Kumo Kunoichi's blows, some electricity still managed to reach her.
But then Tenten felt her body slowly begin to stiffen, and then she received a punch from Samui in her stomach. "AHAHAHA," Tenten shouted as she felt electricity run through her body.
Samui quickly sent a paw to the right side of her abdomen, sending her a few meters away from where the Kumo blonde was, watching as her opponent got on her knees. The Kunoichi of Kumo quickly recovered her sword and then saw how the Kunoichi of Konoha had slight tremors due to the electricity.
Samui looked at her opponent for a moment with a mixture of disappointment. Tenten seemed to be trying to get up from her position, even though it seemed to be difficult for her. "You'd better give up, the blow I gave you has enough electricity to paralyze your body, it will be better…"
The blonde couldn't finish when she had to dodge some kunai that Tenten threw at her, and then saw with surprise how her opponent launched himself at her again, but this time with two kunai in each hand. "I'm not done yet," said Tenten while she and Samui threw several cuts at each other, where Tenten sometimes threw her kunai, then took out another one and tried to attack Samui again.
On the balconies
Everyone was watching the confrontation between the two Kunoichis. On Konoha's side, they were all silent, even the eccentric Gai. Lee, on his part, continued to shout support for his partner, and Neji was silent, looking at the place.
"How beautiful," said Naruto, attracting the attention of everyone present, who saw how he had a look of admiration on his face. "What thing?" Asuma asked everyone who had heard the blonde's words. "The Kenjutsu style of the Kunoichi of Kumo and Tenten's weapon arsenal," said Kurenai, answering for the Uzumaki. "What's so interesting about a Kenjutsu style?" asked Asuma.
"Her movements, her stance, the fluidity of the sword, the balance and equilibrium are…" said the Hanyou as he watched Samui deflect and attack Tenten. "Magnificent, it's almost as if she's dancing in the fight," he said as he continued to admire the fight. Looking out of the corner of his eye, he saw Asuma trying to see the fight from different angles to try to see what the Hanyou was talking about, since for him it seemed that the movements of the blonde from Kumo were movements to attack or defend herself.