Back to the Arena
Samui watched as Tenten took out another scroll. The blonde watched as Tenten, this time, took out a black Bo staff with some intricate silver bird feathers, and the ends were covered in equally silver metal.
"MMM, that's cool," said Samui, looking at the weapon. "Can I ask you something?" asked Samui, seeing how Tenten gave her a slight nod. "How is it that you can still move the electricity in that hit I gave you was enough to leave you stunned for longer?"
Tenten had a slight smile. "Well, when you have a sensei who is obsessed with Taijutsu, you learn a thing or two to strengthen your body and move forward," said Tenten, so that the next second, she had a drop of sweat when she heard Gai and Lee shouting things about the flames of youth again. "Plus Naruto-kun is a great training buddy," said Tenten more softly.
"Please don't laugh," Tenten said with a pleading face to Samui.
"Don't worry, I understand you," said Samui, looking at her team for a moment and returning to the game. Quickly, both Samui and Tenten begin to throw several punches, with Tenten being the one who goes on the defensive this time.
Samui was relentless, launching several slashes towards Tenten, who was gradually overwhelmed by the constant slashes, even when she blocked them with her Bo. Tenten saw how the blonde's sword was wrapped in lightning.
Tenten quickly had to block a vertical slash from the Kumo Kunoichi with her Bo; both were in a fight of strength, with each trying to dominate the other. Samui opened her eyes slightly when she saw how the Raiton who had her sword did not appreciate affecting the Konoha shinobi.
"That Bo," said Samui, making Tenten look at her. "What is it made of?" asked the Kunoichi of Kumo with a fixed gaze on her opponent.
Tenten just smiled.
"It's made of an insulating material," said the Kunoichi of Team 9, slightly surprising Samui, causing Tenten to stare as a drop of sweat ran down her cheek. "I'm not very skilled with jutsus and my Taijutsu is average, but…" said Tenten as she managed to move to the side to get some distance from the blonde.
"I'm very good with weapons," said the brunette after making her Bo split into two medium-sized sticks, and then launching herself at Samui again.
Tenten was throwing, moving from one side to the other. Samui went on the defensive, seeing how even though her weapons were not as lethal and firm as hers, they still had the advantage of mobility.
Samui quickly moved and dodged one of Tenten's blows, then sent a cut to her, which caused a cut in Tenten's stomach, who quickly had to put both parts of the Bo to block another cut from the blonde.
Samui's sword pierced between Tenten's two Bos, leaving them face to face. "Damn," Tenten said as she tried to break free and push Samui back, but she was feeling the stinging pain from the cut she had making a pained face, but still maintaining her grip.
"That's a superficial cut, so you're not in danger," Samui said as she tried to apply more force to her sword. "But that doesn't mean you shouldn't check it out."
Tenten was annoyed as she continued to look at the neutral face of the Kumo Kunoichi, who simply continued to apply force. Tenten felt herself beginning to give in to the strength of the Kumo blonde.
Which began to lean forward to apply more force ' Not yet, I can't continue ' Tenten said to herself as she loosened her grip on her weapons a little. Samui saw how one of the boats broke while the other fell to the side.
This made Samui move forward to end this match, but the blonde quickly saw how Tente took the Bo stick that fell and grabbed it in an inverted grip, and then felt how Tenten managed to connect a blow to the side of Samui's stomach.
"Tsk," Samui said with a grimace of pain, feeling a little air escape from her lungs, seeing another blow from Tenten headed towards her face, Samui dodged it and then stepped back and took a little distance.
Tenten did the same as she tried to catch her breath and felt the cuts she received begin to sting with pain.
Samui touched the spot and grimaced in pain, then looked towards where Tenten was, then gripped her sword tighter and looked at the brunette. "You have skill, I recognize that," said Samui, making Tenten have a slight smile on her face.
"But I'm not going to let you win," the blonde said, taking a stance. "So how about we get this over with?" Samui said.
"Let's go," Tenten said as she threw the piece of Bo she had to the side and then took out two scrolls ' I wanted to save this for the finals, but I think it's worth using here ' Tenten thought as she watched as Samui's sword began to emanate electricity.
Tenten had a smile. "Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained," she said with fire in her eyes.
On the balconies
"Looks like Samui is going to use it," Omoi said as he sucked on his lollipop, while Karui simply nodded at his words.
"Here it comes," said Killer Bee without rhyming, which surprised his other two students, who, when they looked at their sensei, saw that he had a smile on his face, so they simply turned back to look at the game.
"She's going to use it, I didn't think she'd use it so soon," Gai said, seeing his student's look and beginning to tremble in his place with a darkened gaze.
"That seems like Gai-sensei," said Lee in the same state as his teacher. This made some of those present look with some concern at the always lively and strange pair of teacher and student.
"THAT'S OUR TENTEN!!!" Well, at least at first. "THAT'S THE WAY TENTEN, SHOW THE WORLD YOUR BRIGHT FLAMES OF YOUTH!!!" teacher and student shouted at the same time-
Neji, for his part, watched the game with some admiration while ignoring his strange sensei and teammate.
With Tenten and Samui
Samui had her sword completely covered in electricity and some rays coming out of her body while she held her sword, which was diagonally with both hands, with her knees bent. Samui saw how Tenten unwrapped both scrolls. " Roar of Twin Dragons… " Tenten said as a huge cloud of smoke appeared throughout the arena, Samui still standing in place.
Samui saw two dragon heads shoot upwards to then show what the scrolls were like, which had several seals written inside. Tenten jumped in the air and, placing both hands on the scrolls, the brunette sent a wave of chakra throughout the scroll that caused thousands of weapons to come out.
All the weapons were held by ninja cables that made them begin to swirl in two whirlwinds of weapons. " Double Tempest," said Tenten while sending both whirlwinds towards Samui, who opened her eyes a little. Tenten was still moving her fingers in a kind of circle, so that her attack against Samui could be maintained, who had quickly returned to her calm and cold expression.
Everyone present saw this with surprise as they could assure that the attack of the genin of team 9 almost seemed like a wall of weapons in a certain sense, but they saw how Samui, who was calm, was watching how the wall of weapons was heading towards her.
" Kumo Kenjutsu Style," Samui said as she leaned forward a little. " Electric Field ." CLANCK
It was the sound that was heard throughout the arena.
CLANCK
CLANCK
Everyone was shocked as they watched what was happening.
CLACNK
CLANCK
Everyone, including Tenten, looked on in surprise as each of the weapons the brunette threw fell to the ground, split in half. "B-but w-how," said an incredulous Tenten, but that ended with her spitting out a little blood as she felt her breath run out, and her vision began to darken more and more. Tenten saw how Samui had the handle of her sword embedded in the pit of her stomach.
' Damn ' was the last thing the brunette thought as she slowly began to lose consciousness from the blow until she fell unconscious to the ground. "That last attack…was cool," said Samui as sheathed her sword and looked at her opponent on the ground. "Thanks for the fight," said Samui, bowing a little as she grabbed the side that Tenten had hit her.
"The winner *cough* of the ninth is Samui from *cough* Kumo," Hayate said, and then heard Killer Bee scream into the air again, while the doctors took Tenten to the infirmary. While with Samui, he was returning to his team, trying not to frown upon hearing his sensei's bad rhymes.
When everything was calmer, Hayate looked back at the screen where the new names that appeared were displayed. "Hinata Hyuga from *cough* Konoha and Akatsuchi from *cough* Iwa to the arena," Hayate said.
With Hinata
The Hyuga heiress simply snorted a little at her match. "Okay, here I go," the blue-haired girl said. "Good luck, Hinata-chan, I know you can do it," said Kurenai, encouraging her student. "Good luck in your match, Hinata-san," Shino said as he adjusted his glasses.
"Thank you, Kurenai-sensei, thank you, Shino-san," said Hinata as her gaze shifted towards the Uzumaki. The Hyuga heiress approached the Hanyou, who kissed her on her cheek, which made her have a slight blush on her cheeks. "Crush it, Hina-chan," Naruto said, making Hinata nod with a smile. "Consider it Naruto-ku,n" said Hinata, heading towards the arena.
In the Arena
Both opponents were face-to-face. "I'm not going to go easy on you just because you're a girl," Akatsuchi said, looking at his opponent.
Hinata just smiled a little. "Thank you," said Hinata while Hayate stood between them both. "Tenth fight *cough* Akatsuchi of Iwa vs Hinata Hyuga *cough* of Konoha," said Hayate as he watched Akatsuchi take a fighting stance while Hinata took the famous Hyuga stance. "Hajime," said the jonin.
Hinata quickly ran towards where her opponent was with her palms extended to try to hit her opponent. Akatsuchi quickly tried to outclass the Hyuga in terms of Taijutsu.
That is, until he received four blows to his chest. ' Idiot,' Akatsuchi said to himself and then received another blow from Hinata, who did not seem to want to back down from her assault. The Iwa shinobi remembered what his sensei told him in the past while training him.
' Never fight a Hyuga in Taijutsu, as it is not very advisable in itself. ' The Iwa Ninja managed to jump back and saw how the Hyuga was going to finish him off. Unless you have a way to counter his blows, Akatsuchi opened his eyes at the idea those words gave him.
He continued to back away so that he could begin to form seals with his hands, while Hinata got closer and closer to him. "MMHHHHMM," said Hinata, feeling the moment she threw another punch at her opponent, as her hands hit something harder. "I didn't expect this," said the Hyuga heiress when she saw her opponent.
" Earth Style: Rock Armor," said Akatsuchi, making several slabs form around his body. He quickly headed towards where the Hyuga was, although it seemed that, because of the rocks, Akatsuchi was not going to be able to move very fast. Everyone saw how the Iwa Shinobi headed towards where Hinata was at a good speed.
Hinata stepped back to dodge her opponent's attack, but was surprised when Akatsuchi began to make other seals with his hands, surprising the Hyuga. ' He'll launch another jutsu even though he already has another one in use, ' Hinata thought to herself in surprise as Akatsuchi finished his seals.
" Earth Style: Slippery Wolf." On either side of Akatsuchi, two masses of mud formed, which soon took the form of a wolf and launched themselves at Hinata. She quickly dodged the attacks of the mud wolves, to see how Akatsuchi launched itself at her again, in a moment of carelessness, Hinata received a blow from the Iwa Shinobi that sent her backwards.
Hinata had to recover quickly to prevent the mud wolves from attacking her, but she saw that they seemed a little slower than when they launched their first attack. " Byakugan," said the blue-haired girl, making the veins around her eyes become more prominent. Hinata narrowed her eyes at the flow of her opponent's chakra. "That's it," she said simply with a smile, having an idea. The Hyuga heiress landed on the ground and then pulled her bow out of her seal.
And without thinking twice, she shoots two chakra arrows while moving to avoid the bites and scratches of the mud dogs. Quickly, the Hyuga shot two arrows that pierced the heads of the dogs, which dissolved into a puddle of mud.
' To keep his armor on all this time, he has to constantly send chakra, which will make all his attacks weaker than they should be, ' thought the Hyuga as she watched the mud wolves fall with a single shot. But everyone saw how Akatsuchi headed towards his opponent from behind the Hyuga and smiled a little at his opportunity. "I got you," the Iwa Shinobi whispered so as not to ruin the surprise attack.
But Akatsuchi quickly had to cover his face with one of his arms when he saw Hinata shoot an arrow heading towards his face without looking at him, said arrow stuck in the Iwa Genin's armor, almost reaching his skin.
Akatsuchi quickly came out of his surprise when he saw how more arrows began to stick into his armor, some managing to draw a little blood. Akatsuchi jumped in the air to try to get away from Hinata and be able to counterattack.
The Hyuga heiress quickly had to jump back to avoid the blow, leaving her a few meters away from her opponent. Hinata jumped from one side to the other while shooting an arrow or two at the last member of the Iwa team, who could barely dodge the Hyuga's arrows that, little by little, destroyed his armor and caused more injuries.
But Akatsuchi was more surprised when an arrow passed by his head and blew off a whole piece of Stone armor, and at the same time left a cut on the cheek of the Rock shinobi, who looked at the Hyuga in a state of astonishment.
" Wind Style… " said Hinata as he pulled his bow again, while the arrow that was forming had another white color and had a kind of vortex at its tip. " 4 Gales," said Hinata, shooting his arrow. Which split into wind vortices that went against Akatsuchi, who saw how the four attacks passed to his left, right, above, and below him, thinking that he missed the shot. Akatsuchi felt a little relieved.
But that ended when he felt large parts of his armor fall to the ground, split in half. Since you could see how Akatsuchi had quite a few cuts on his suit from the arrows that Hinata was shooting at him, who didn't seem to be too badly hurt. "Earth Style: Mud Bullets," said Akatsuchi as he shot a few mud bullets from his mouth.
Hinata saw the attack of the Iwa shinobi and decided to change strategy. She kept her bow in her seal and then dodged some bullets from the Iwa shinobi, showing off her good flexibility and reflexes. Hinata, while dodging her enemy's blasts, began to draw seals.
" Wind Style: Vacuum Pressure," Hinata shouted as she launched her attack against her opponent's mud bullets, which were stopped and destroyed by the wind jutsu. Quickly, Hinata, seeing how the attack took effect, ran towards where her opponent was to begin a Taijutsu fight.
Akatsuchi tried to counter the situation by throwing blows with considerable force against the Hyuga, but Akatsuchi was quickly overwhelmed by the girl's superiority in terms of hand-to-hand combat. Taking distance, the Iwa ninja began to make seals with his hands.
" Earth Style: Tectonic Fault," said Akatsuchi as he placed his hands on the ground, causing the entire ground in front of him to crack and fall a little. Hinata, seeing this, quickly had to jump in the air to avoid the collapse.
Hinata quickly saw how Akatsuchi was preparing to throw another punch. "Curse," said the Hyuga as she saw how Akatsuchi finished performing the seals.
" Earth Style: Great Stalagmite " at the feet of Akatsuchi, a huge pointed stone is shot, which is heading towards Hinata, intending to pierce her. Everyone, especially the members of Team 8, was holding their breath at what was going to happen.
Kurenai was about to jump to help her student, but she was quickly stopped by Naruto, who took her by the shoulder firmly. Yuhi looked at the Uzumaki in confusion, and before she could complain, Naruto quickly put a finger to her lips, stopping her in her tracks. The Uzumaki nodded towards Hinata. A half-blushing Kurenai looks towards where her student was and is surprised to see how her student has chakra in his hands.
Hinata narrowed her eyes as she watched the stalagmite get closer and closer to her ' I hope this works ' she said to herself as chakra began to build up in her hands. The chakra began to take the shape of a lion's head in each hand.
" Jukken: Twin Lions Fist," Hinata shouted as she sent both forms of chakra against the stalagmite. When both attacks made contact, everyone was surprised to see how the two Chakra lions were destroying the stalactite.
The two lions continued advancing quickly towards where Akatsuchi was, who simply opened his mouth in surprise, but quickly jumped to the side to avoid Hinata's blow.
Both lions crashed into the ground, raising a cloud of dust that covered Akatsuchi. "That was close," he said to himself as he prepared for his next move. Akatsuchi jumped out of the smoke screen to search for his opponent. "Now where-"
"Jukken," Akatsuchi heard a voice coming from behind him, turning as fast as he could just to look at Hinata, who had her Byakugan activated.
"That's it…" said Neji as he recognized the technique. "Impossible," said Neji, attracting the attention of Gai and Lee, who looked at him.
"What… what's wrong, Neji?" asked Gai as he watched his student, who was upset about something, while everyone watched Hinata hit some points on his chest and stomach. "2 palms," said Hinata as he launched his punches at Akatsuchi again. "4 palms,"
"8 palms," the more points Hinata hit, Akatsuchi let out a few moans of pain, while slowly backing away as Hinata advanced. "16 palms,"
"32 palms," at this point, Neji could only look at his cousin with a mixture of confusion, anger, and disbelief, but trying to calm his mind, he sighed to regain his composure. "64 palms," said Hinata, landing the final blow on Akatsuchi, who was sent against one of the walls, leaving him unconscious.
Hinata was looking at her unconscious opponent with a calm and serene gaze, while her mind was in a jumble. ' Damn it, Damn it, Damn it, I wanted to keep Leon's twin fists as a surprise for the finals, ' Hinata said to herself. ' Well, I haven't yet shown my control over Suiton, much less Hyoton, I can take advantage of that, ' Hinata thought, a little calmer.
The Hyuga sighed as she watched Hayate appear and check the Iwa-Nin's condition until an idea occurred to her. ' Though I could use this as an excuse to train with Naruto-kun on a new technique and maybe… ' Hinata said to herself.
While she had a dreamy smile as a small trickle of blood came out of her nose while a blush garter was placed on her cheeks, realizing where she was quickly got rid of those thoughts and then wiped as fast as she could clean the blood coming out of her nose. "The winner of the tenth *cough* match is Hinata Hyuga," said Hayate as Akatsuchi was taken to the infirmary. The screen drew the names again, "Shikamaru Nara and Kaichi *cough* Misako of the Rain to the arena."
"How troublesome," Shikamaru said as he opened his eyes and yawned, with laziness on his face. He looked ahead and simply sighed, "This is a pain, it would be better if I gave up," Shikamaru said, then sighed and looked ahead.
"*Yawn*, but if I do that, my mother won't let me see the clouds and relax for a month," said the Nara to jump from the place while he began to head towards the arena, just like his opponent.
Hinata quickly left the arena and went with her team. Kurenai congratulated her, while Shino, well, it was Shino. "Very good, the eleventh match, Shikamaru Nara vs Kaichi Misako, Hajime," said Hayate.
Everyone could hear how the fight was about to start, but Hinata approached where Naruto was and hugged her while no one saw them, since the fight had started. "That was amazing, Hinata-chan," said Naruto as Hinata reciprocated the hug, while most of the people were distracted by the fight between Shikamaru, the Rain genin, where you could see how the Nara was dodging an attack from his opponent, who used shurikens.
But everyone saw how some shurikens changed their trajectories to head towards the Nara, who was dodging as best he could each Shuriken that was coming at him, while Hinata gave the Uzumaki a kiss, who reciprocated the gesture while everyone was focused on the fight.
But the team 8 teacher, Kurenai, saw them. Yuhi was stunned to see her student kiss Naruto. The black-haired girl frowned and, at the same time, felt a slight pang in her heart, realizing what she was thinking. She quickly tried to deny them. Kurenai watched as the Uzumaki and the Hyuga separated, with Hinata having a pretty blush adorning her cheeks, while the blonde had a loving gaze directed at the Hyuga heiress.
Yuhi quickly turns her gaze towards where the fight was, but she sent a glance at the Hanyou, or more specifically towards his lips, causing a blush to appear on her cheeks, while unconsciously biting her lip with a look that seemed to be conflicted.
Returning to the Arena
You could see how Shikamaru dodged it and was somewhat battered by the attacks that Yoroi's partner was providing him while he threw a kick at his opponent, who easily dodged it.
The Naara quickly took out a Kunai to block another barrage of shurikens from his opponent, being able to deflect several projectiles that were heading towards him. Shikamaru charged at his opponent.
Kaichi had to dodge some cuts that the Naara threw at him, and then saw how he threw his Kunai at him, but Kaichi didn't even look away when he saw the Kunai pass over his head.
The Kunai embedded itself into the wall that was a few meters away from Kaichi, but Misako was surprised when she saw Shikamaru jump to stand behind her, watching as Naara pulled out another kunai.
Kaichi jumped away, only to see Shikamaru throw his kunai at him again, but Kaichi just sneered as the kunai flew over his head again.
"Oh, come on, that's a very pathetic demonstration of Kunai throwing," he said, charging at the Naara and sending him a kick to the stomach that made him spit out a little saliva, and then he was sent back a few meters. Kaichi looked at this and laughed, seeing how his opponent simply got up.
Kaichi simply mocked him, "What's wrong, brat? Maybe you can't take it anymore, or have you run out of all your brilliant ideas?" said Kaichi, watching as the Naara got up, and then simply wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"I'll save you some embarrassment with my next attack, so-," Kaichi stopped in his tracks as he felt unable to move his body. For the first few seconds, Kaichi tried to move as he fell more and more into panic.
"What the hell did you do to me?" Kaichi said with a face between anguish and fear, while trying to understand why he couldn't move his body.
Shikamaru simply looked at his opponent in boredom as he let out a sigh. "It's troublesome to explain, but what does it matter?" said the Naara, moving his eyes down to see his opponent looking at his shadow, which seemed to have a black arm stuck to the ground that was sticking out.
Seeing how his opponent still didn't seem to understand him, Shikamaru began to move his hand, causing Kaichi to do the same, but with his other hand as a mirror.
Shikamaru raised his hand high above his head and then made a motion as if touching a string. Kaichi was surprised when he felt the sensation of touching a string, revealing a thin shadow on the ground, which surprised everyone.
Shikamaru moved his head back a little so that his opponent could see behind him, where he could see that his shadow was connected to some kind of dark arm that was on the ground, but it was not connected to anything.
" Nimpo: Shadow Possession," Shikamaru said, causing Kaichi's eyes to widen in resolution and look at the Naara.
"When you threw those kunai, they were attached to a ninja wire, which created a shadow that allowed you to connect with mine from my blind spot," Kaichi said while Shikamaru remained silent, but then Kaichi smiled.
"Well, what are you planning to do now? Since we both move as one, you won't be able to attack me without me imitating your movements. Unless you release your jutsu, we'd be at a standstill," Kaichi said as he tried to plan a new strategy when the Naara released him from his shadows to attack.
But then he felt himself start to walk forward and saw Shikamaru do the same, both of them stopped about a meter and a half from each other, then Shikamaru pulled out a Kunai, making Kaichi do the same. "Wait, what are you-"
"You know I had more than 30 ways to end this match," said Shikamaru, making Kaichi open his eyes. "All simpler than these, but all were more troublesome than this," said the Nara, moving his hand to throw the Kunai and make him look up at the
"Wait, wait… Don't you realize that when we throw the kunai, we could both die?" Kaichi said as his words fell on deaf ears to the Naara.
"Then you'd better get ready," said Shikamaru while Kaichi told him other things that Shikamaru ignored. "Okay, here I go," said Shikamaru while continuing to look at the ceiling.
Kaichi felt his body move, but he opened his eyes when he felt him throw his kunai upwards and saw how the kunai was ascending in the air for a few seconds, in he felt his body relax for a moment.
And he realized he could move his body again, he moved his head forward only to open his eyes, seeing Shikamaru in front of him, where the Naara threw a horizontal kick at him.
Shikamaru kicked Kaichi in the head, sending him to the side. When Kaichi's body fell to the ground, the Naara saw that he was unconscious. "Don't get distracted," said Shikamaru, watching as Hayate approached and checked Kaichi. "Winner of the eleventh match, Shikamaru Naara," Hayate said as the unconscious Kaichi was once again carried away.
"How troublesome now I have to participate in the finals," Shikamaru said with a huff, turning to return to his sensei and the remaining Konoha rookies. The screen drew the names again and then showed two names, "Karui from Kumo and *cough* Iwashi Tatami from Konoha," said Hayate.
"YEEEEAAAAH!" Like deja vu, everyone heard the scream again, the same jonin from Kumo, while the aforementioned Karui could be seen, who looked as if she wanted the earth to swallow her.
"She will fight and win, the fire girl, Karui, will be her enemy, who will eliminate Bakayaro Konoyaru OH YEAH!!!" said Killer Bee as he continued making other bad rhymes. Karui was trying to act calm, but she was shaking and her face was red, either from anger or embarrassment. "Calm down, Karui, calm down." She told herself while trying not to get carried away, but the vein popping out on her forehead and the fact that she was clenching her fists in anger were not a good sign.
Although it got worse when she heard another one of her sensei's rhymes, causing her brow to furrow, she had an impassive look.
"Oh man," said Omoi, who was next to his sensei as he looked at his teammate, while Samui turned to look at her white-haired partner. "What's up, Omoi?" asked the blonde from Kumo. "Karui is upset," said the white-haired man from Kumo as Samui looked at her partner and then nodded. "Kami have mercy on his opponent," Samui said in a simple voice that didn't fit the situation.
In the center of the Arena
"The twelfth match *cough* Karui vs Iwashi Tatami, both *cough* competitors ready," said Hayate as Karui was seen taking out her sword while she had a smile, even with the vein on her forehead. She said while looking at her opponent, who got somewhat nervous.
"Sorry, but wait a minute, I'm in a bad mood," Karui said, causing Tatami to raise an eyebrow, then break out in a cold sweat when he saw how Karui had a dark aura surrounding her, making the Konoha genin even more nervous.
"Hajime," Hayate said. So Karui quickly launched herself to attack his Tatami, which gulped.
5 minutes later
A battered but still alive Tatami could be seen, while Karui could be seen panting a little with her gaze downcast, then raising her head to show a sweet smile.
The redhead from Kumo was seen taking a deep breath and then letting out a big sigh. "AH, I feel better now," Karui said as she began to leave the combat arena, but Hayate spoke up.
"Wait *cough* I haven't-", Hayate stopped when he saw the death glare Karui was giving him.
"It's over," said Karui while Hayate gulped, seeing the girl's look, and nodding made the Kumo Kunoichi withdraw. Hayate quickly checked Tatami and declared Karui the winner of the eleventh match.
Karui returned to her team as Killer Bee continued rapping a congratulatory song, while the rest of her team congratulated her in their own way, with Samui giving her a simple congratulations with a small smile, while Omoi made some hypothetical scenarios between the positive and negative aspects of her winning.
Karui sighed while having an annoyed face, but quickly changed it to a smile when she saw her peculiar team.
In the sand
Hayate was watching Tatami being taken to the infirmary. He quickly looked at the board until he stopped at the last names of the participants.
"Rock Lee from Konoha *cough* and Gaara from Suna to the arena," said Hayate. Not a second after saying that, Gaara disappeared in a shushin of sand to appear in the middle of the arena. Gaara had a slight frown on his face and looked like he was going to kill someone at any moment.
On the Balconies
"Come on, my young pupil, go and let your flames of youth light up this match!" said Gai with two thumbs up, looking at his student. "HAI GAI-SENSEI!!! YOU WILL SEE HOW MY FLAMES OF YOUTH HAVE GROWN THANKS TO YOU," Lee shouted, making Gai begin to shed a sea of tears from his eyes.
"LEEE-KUN"
"GAI-SENSEI"
"LEE-KUN"
"GAI-SENSEI"
"LEE-KUN"
"GAI-SENSEI," everyone trembled in fear as they saw how much the strange duo was about to hug each other again.
BOOOOMMM
Both Lee and Gai stopped when they saw a huge black Zanbato, very similar to Zabuza's, stuck in the wall in front of them. Both the student and the students looked at where the weapon had come from. Turning to see Naruto, who was bored, looking somewhere else. As if reacting to all eyes on him, and in a lazy voice. "Hmph, did you say something, Lee?" asked Naruto, his lazy eye rolling towards Guy and Lee, his tone exactly like Kakashi, making them freeze before "DAMN YOU AND YOUR HIP AND COOL ATTITUDE," both yelled, completely forgetting about what they were going to do.
While everyone had a blank face while silently thanking the blonde for his intervention while others seemingly peeked at Naruto. Lee quickly returned to the present and, jumping from her place, did a few spins in the air.
In the sand
"DYNAMIC ENTRY!!!" said Lee as he landed a few meters in front of Gaara. Lee looked at his opponent. "Let's have a good fight, Gaara-san," said Lee, bowing a little. "The thirteenth match *cough* between Rock Lee of Konoha *cough* and Gaara of Suna," said Hayate. "You're wrong…" Gaara said, his arms crossed as he stared at Lee. "This won't be a fight, and you won't be my opponent…"
"Both competitors ready?" asked Hayate, making Lee get into a "Hajime" stance. Hayate stepped back and then saw how Lee quickly threw a punch towards Gaara at great speed. Which didn't even move from its place, while a wall of sand formed in front of him, Lee was surprised to see how his blow was absorbed by the wall of sand, then Lee saw how Gaara's eyes shone for a moment.
"You will be..." said Gaara and looked at Lee. "My entertainment," said Gaara and then threw a mass of sand towards the Taijutsu user, who looked surprised as the attack of the redhead from Suna approached him.
Lee quickly had to jump back, avoiding the mass of sand that rushed at him. Lee did several back flips, avoiding Gaara's sand, which began to chase him as if a predator were pouncing on its prey. Gaara was watching in boredom as Lee took out a kunai and quickly launched a slash at Gaara's sand, splitting it in half, causing Lee to start running towards his opponent, managing to get behind the redhead.
" Hurricane of the Leaf," said Lee, launching a kick towards Gaara's face, but the Shinobi with large eyebrows saw how his kick was stopped by a wall of sand, which made Lee open his eyes a little. ' Sand defense… but since he didn't even turn around to look at the blow,' Lee thought as he quickly overcame his surprise and pulled his foot back before his opponent's sand caught him.
Lee threw another punch, but was stopped by the same sand wall. The green expander ninja quickly had to cut off some sand appendages that were heading towards him, and then threw several kicks that, like the first one, were stopped by his opponent's sand.
Lee had to use his kunai again to cut the sand that was heading towards him, throwing two slashes quickly. He had to step back, seeing how the sand was easily going to overwhelm him, so he jumped back to avoid being held by his legs.
When Lee landed on the ground, the sand wall launched itself towards him, intending to catch him and crush him, which made Lee take distance while he saw how the sand returned to chase him. Lee jumped in the air and then threw his kunai, seeing how the same sand wall caught the kunai.
Lee quickly looked ahead, seeing how Gaara's sand was returning to the gourd on his back. ' But how... he's not even moving a finger,' thought the genin from Team 9. "And that's not all," said Gaara while he had his eyes closed and looked at the ground. "I hope that's not all," he said while opening his eyes that had some red veins in them. "Still... we still haven't had enough Blood," said Gaara in a psychopathic tone.
As he finished saying that, several sand appendages launched themselves at Lee, who began to retreat with a somersault, but when he was about to jump again, his leg was grabbed by the sand. Lee was lifted, and the sand began to move him through the air. "AHAHAHAHA", Lee screamed, and then was thrown forcefully towards a wall when Lee's body collided with the wall, causing it to crack. Lee had to recover quickly to avoid being crushed by another mass of sand.
On the balconies
"HHHM Poor boy," said Kankuro, who stood up from his place to be able to see the fight better. "It seems that he won't be able to last long…*sigh* he was unlucky that it was Gaara," said the puppeteer while he saw how Lee could barely dodge some of the attacks that Gaara threw at him.
"It seems so," said Temari, closing her eyes. "That boy can't use ninjutsu or Genjutsu against Gaara; what remains is Taijutsu, something that Gaara can easily deal with," said Temari. "Well, I have to admit that Temari-san would be right, but unfortunately, that is not the case," said Gai while crossing his arms.
"Lee must have a trick up his sleeve, doesn't he, Gai-sensei?" said Naruto while looking somewhere else. "What do you think, Kakashi-nii?" said Naruto, making everyone in Konoha look at him strangely. "Knowing Gai, it will be something no one expects," said Kakashi, appearing in the place next to the green expandex Jonin. Needless to say, everyone was surprised.
"Are you okay, Kakashi-sensei? It seems as if one of your precious books had been taken away from you…" Naruto stopped and opened his eyes slightly as he saw how the silver-haired man's expression seemed to worsen.
"Don't say it... just don't say it," said Kakashi, trying to hide his pain. This made Naruto understand the reason for his sensei's mood, and at the same time, he wondered who could cause that to one of the strongest ninjas in Konoha. The blonde simply nodded and looked back at the fight.
Gai saw this and could only feel how his eternal rival seemed to have gone through terrible agony, mentally deciding that he would help him lift his spirits afterwards, the jonin sensei of team 9 saw how his student dodged an attack from Gaara with a great jump to land on top of the statue that, towards the symbol of the ram, which made Gai smile.
"Lee, take them off!" Gai said, making everyone look at him with doubt in their heads. Lee, for his part, seemed surprised. "But Gai-sensei, you told me to only take them off if someone important was in danger," Lee said, shocked by his sensei's words.
"I know, but this is a special occasion!" Gai said with a thumbs up, making Lee smile, before he began removing the leg warmers he had on his legs, making all the spectators except Gaara look on in interest. ' This is going to get interesting, ' Kakashi thought as he revealed his Sharingan eye.' Let's see what you've got in store, Gai '
Back to the arena.
"Good to be able to move more freely with these," Lee said as he showed two bands that appeared to be. "Weights," Temari said incredulously, smiling as she watched Lee drop both weights. " If you think you can get past Gaara's defense by removing some weights, these- "
BOOOOOMM
Everyone fell silent when they saw the large cloud of smoke that had formed when the weights touched the ground. This caused even Kasumi to wake up from her sleep and blink a little, only to yawn and go back to sleep. "You're going too far, Gai, seriously," Kakashi said to his self-proclaimed rival, who simply smiled.
"NOW GO, Lee!!!" said Gai. "YES SIR!!," Lee said, disappearing from the scene in a blur of speed, causing Gaara to widen his eyes in surprise.
BOOOOM
Gaara looked back to see how his sand wall had received a slight explosion.
BOOOOM
Gaara heard it again, then heard more and more explosions around him, but then he looked ahead and felt something pass by his side and make a slight cut on his cheek, leaving a slight burn that accompanied the cut.
"Hey over here," Gaara heard a voice to his right, and instinctively turned his head towards the voice, only to receive a blow to the face that sent him several meters back, being caught by its sand before touching the ground.
Everyone, including Gaara, who looked forward only to seeing the leaf shinobi standing in the spot where he was before, "I hope you're not getting bored because I'm just getting started," Lee said with a slight smile as he bowed once more in his Taijutsu stance. Lee quickly disappeared from his place again, disappearing from several of those present.
BOOOOMMM
Gaara moved his head towards where he heard the explosions caused by Lee's blows, but he also managed to see how his sand began to form small white grains. Which made him open his eyes in surprise, but the redhead from Suna quickly came out of his thoughts when he felt Lee manage to connect another blow to his face, sending him back a few steps.
Lee landed a few meters in front of Gaara, while he resumed his fighting stance with a smile at the results he had obtained, jumping again to continue his assault against the Suna Ninja.
On the balconies
"Wow, wow, that is interesting," Kakashi said, looking at Gai. "I'm surprised you managed to find someone who could keep up with your training regime," the Hatake said. "Well, my dear Kakashi, saying that Lee can't use chakra is a bit of an exaggeration. Lee can use his chakra, but unfortunately, his chakra coils are very small, which makes it difficult for him to use any jutsu," said Gai with a serious voice.
"He barely has enough to perform E-rank Ninjutsu and even then he wouldn't be able to maintain them for long," Gai explained to his companions and the genin who could hear him. "He looks like you in more ways than one," Kakashi said sympathetically towards his rival. "He even has that look of not wanting to give up even when he's cornered, not bad, Gai, not bad," Kakashi said, making Gai smile.
"Lee not being able to use chakra anymore to pass the exam… that of course can be seen as a disability to be a ninja, but…" Gai stopped and showed a solemn smile. "Having the determination and courage to overcome himself, Lee managed to turn his disability into an advantage," said Gai calmly.
With Lee and Gaara
BOOOOMMM
You could see Gaara keep trying to see where the blows the green expander ninja was making were coming from, but it was useless.
BOOOOMMM
"Take this." Gaara just looked ahead and then felt Lee land a kick in his face that sent him back to the center of the arena, where his sand moved, even though the sand cushioned his fall. Gaara was in pain from the blow he received. Lee soon got into his fighting stance, standing a few meters away from the redhead from Suna.
"MMMM HAHA HAHA HA" Lee heard a light laugh coming from Gaara, who had his gaze lowered and shaded by his hair. Lee saw some pieces of Gaara's face fall to the ground, which confused some. "This… this is really… interesting," Gaara said with a crazy smile, making Lee unconsciously step back. "I thought that killing him would prove my existence, but I think this… will do as well."
Almost no one noticed, but for a second, Gaara's eyes glowed a bright yellow. ' The one he's referring to,' Lee questioned, seeing Gaara look up, which made a drop of sweat run down Lee's cheek. Seeing how Gaara had a psychopathic smile on his face, along with dilated eyes that gave him the impression that Gaara was about to explode, which in a way was not far from reality.
But what surprised Lee the most was that almost his entire face had cracks that seemed to be made of sand, which began to fall little by little from his face. Lee, like everyone else, was surprised by such an image. "A sand body shield," Lee said out loud as she saw how the sand on Gaara's face began to cover his entire body, then showing a Gaara who didn't have a single scratch, and with the same look he had at the beginning of the fight.
Crossing his arms, Gaara simply looked back at Lee ' Well, that's no good ' was the thought of the Team 9 Ninja.
With the Suna team
' It seems that Gaara is going to use it,' thought Kankuro as he looked at his brother, sighing a little. "Who would have thought that Gaara would use it against a Genin?" said Kankuro, making several look at him for his words. "What do you mean, Kankuro-san?" Shino said, looking at the Suna ninja.
"Naturally, the sand is enough to avoid any attack, but if he feels threatened, Gaara can create a more resistant armor with the sand from the pumpkin, making it more resistant," said Kankuro as if he were talking about the weather. ' But unfortunately, it costs him chakra to keep it on his skin, although Gaara has that problem solved, unfortunately,' Temari thought, letting out a sigh at her younger brother's condition.
Returning to the Arena
The sand was swirling around Gaara as he continued to stare at Lee, who still stood in his position with sweat running down his face, disappearing again in a blur of speed.
The explosions were heard again, causing Lee to manage to embed a blow to Gaara's face again, but Lee had to open his eyes when he saw how his opponent just looked to the side with his fist embedded in his face.
Lee watched as Gaara opened his eyes and looked at him. "My turn." The next thing Lee knew was that he was grabbed by one of Gaara's sand appendages, lifted off the ground, and then slammed into one of the walls of the arena.
"AAHAHAHAHAH" was Lee's scream as his body hit the hard wall, causing him to spit out a little blood. "Magnet Release: Desert Fangs," said Gaara, making several pointed pillars resembling spears, which were made of good-sized sand, emerge from the ground and head towards where Lee was. By pure instinct, he managed to recover from his daze. ' Shit,' Lee thought as he jumped to the side, watching as the huge 'spears' embedded themselves deeply into the wall behind him. "TTTSSSKKK" Lee felt one of the thorns graze one of his legs, cutting.
Spinning around on the ground, Lee managed to get away from his opponent. ' Damn, ' Lee thought as he felt his wound open. ' That's going to be a problem,' he thought, then looked ahead to measure his options and saw Gaara's sand swirling around him. Feeling a slight pain where his wound was, Lee had to force himself to focus and look straight ahead.' I have to end this as quickly as possible ' thought Lee as he looked at his opponent's arena.' If I could just get him out of the arena, I could… '
Lee opened his eyes and clenched his fists ' I was saving it for my rematch with Neji, but nothing ventured, nothing won ' Lee looked at Gaara and then mentally nodded. 'But it's worth using now,' he whispered to himself as he began to unwrap the bandages on his arms. Gaara stood still in his place, watching what his prey was doing, as the sand began to move more aggressively.
' Gai-sensei, forgive me for using you so lightly, but I want you to know that… ' Lee raised his gaze that almost seemed to be emanating fire. Lee looked at his teacher and saw him nod, which made him close his eyes while a smile formed on his lips. ' Thank you, Gai-sensei,' Lee said, then opened his eyes and looked ahead.
"Here we go," Lee said as he ran towards his opponent, only to start circling Gaara, managing to raise a curtain of dust behind him.
"What are you doing?" asked Gaara as he remained still with his arms crossed, with a bored look. "This is somewhat exasperating, you," said Gaara, closing his eyes with some irritation. " Magnet Release: Sand Tsunami," said Gaara, causing the sand to begin to rise and shoot out towards where Lee was spinning.
But Gaara was surprised when he saw how Lee's entire body had managed to pass through his attack, but he stopped thinking about that when he felt the bushy-browed genin connect a kick to his stomach that lifted him into the air.
"Now… take this," Lee said, placing his hands and feet on the ground as he watched Gaara's sand rise and try to reach him. Lee quickly jumped up to intercept his opponent.
Gaara opened his eyes as he felt Lee once again kick him in the chest, which lifted him even higher in the air. Lee quickly continued to lift Gaara one kick after another. Gaara's shield began to crack, revealing some cracks.
But Gaara let that go when he saw how Lee's bandages began to wrap him firmly. "Here we go," said Lee as his bandages began to wrap the redhead from Suna. Lee hugged him from behind and began to spin in the air.
Everyone looked on in surprise as they watched Lee and Gaara spinning in the air, " Primary Lotus ".
BOOOOMMMMM
It was all the sound that was heard in the arena as a good amount of dust rose when Lee threw Gaara against the ground at high speed. When the dust cleared, you could see how Gaara was lying in the middle of a huge crater with his entire body that was cracked.
While Lee was lying a few meters in front, where you could see how he was panting while he had a smile on his face, watching as his opponent did not move, "I... I did it," Lee said with a smile, trying to keep the pain from showing on his face.
Lee tried to get up, but felt like his legs were shaking a little from all the effort he had put in.