~Chapter 18~

The Spoon and Duck-butt was late. On the bright side, Naruto punched that douche-bag Hyuga for me.

I was leaning against the wall of one of the sections of stands. I could see Sakura and Ino from here and Sakura was looking kinda depressed. Probably because of Duck-butt….sigh.

I lit a cigarette, staring at the fight again with a smirk. This Neji brat….I’ve really taken a disliking to him. First off, he’s a Hyuga. Second, he calls Naruto a failure.

And that’s all you need for you to earn my hatred.

Stupid brat.

I will admit, I was worried when he pressed all of Naruto’s Tenketsu but amazingly Naruto drew on the strength of the fox without losing control this time. Then he beat Neji’s ass.

After him, they postponed Sasuke’s battle with Gaara. Then Kankuro quit like a pansy and now Shikamaru just forfeited. People were getting rowdy, waiting for the idiots to show up and begin.

I sighed, shaking my head. Kakashi….why are you always so late?

I pulled out Make-Out Paradise, pushing my back off the wall and walking down to where Ino and Sakura were. Oh, and Choji. When’d he get here? Oh well.

“Oh, Hokori-sensei!” Sakura said, turning her head to look at me. Ino and Choji followed before all three sweat-dropped at the sight of what I was reading.

“Hey. By the way, don’t worry about Duck-butt and the Spoon, they’re almost here.” I said, catching her worried look. As soon as I said that leaves started swirling in the middle of the arena, Sasuke and Kakashi appearing. I smirked, nodding as the Sakura looked at the field with relief.

“See? Told you.” I muttered. I glanced over the two, taking into account that Duck-butt’s new hair style made him look like a wet dog.

“hey….isn’t that….” Ino muttered, Choji looking shocked.

“It’s Sasuke, all right!” Lee said, stepping beside me along with Guy.

“Whee! Sasuke!” Ino suddenly shrieked. I winced, rubbing at my ear with my pinkie. Ow….sheesh that pig’s loud….

“Hey, Sakura! Your team’s kinda pretty awesome~!” Ino said, smiling at the pinkette.

“Huh?”

“I mean I never imagined Naruto would beat up Hyuga Neji….and Sasuke’s an Uchiha elite….with everyone itching to watch his match!” I looked down at Lee, seeing him looking down in thought. I glanced at Guy who was watching him also and sighed. As Lee started shaking I tossed my cigarette on the ground, stomping on it. I then proceeded to wrap an arm around Lee’s shoulders, making him look up at me in surprise in confusion. I grinned, smiling brightly down at him.

“Don’t worry, kid. Don’t be jealous. Those brats got lucky. When it comes to Taijutsu, you beat both their asses. You’re a prodigy at it.” He stared at me in shock for a moment before smiling back and nodding.

I kept my arm around his shoulder, staring down at the field. Shikamaru and Naruto had disappeared up the stairs and now Gaara was standing across from Sasuke. There was suddenly a flash of black and Kakashi appeared beside me.

“Yo, Guy! Hokori!” He said, scratching his head, “And you too, Lee….are you all right now?”

“Kakashi!” Guy said as he turned to him and Lee leaned forward, looking around me.

“Master Kakashi!” Sakura said.

“Oh! Sorry, sorry. You were worried, weren’t you….? Sorry I didn’t keep in touch….” He said, looking sheepish. Sakura glared while Ino looked like she was expecting the pinkette to start yelling.

“….it’s all right.” She said, looking down at the field and looking kinda depressed.

“….Master Kakashi….,” She said, gaining his attention, “That mark….on Sasuke’s neck….it’s still….”

“It’s nothing to worry about.” He interrupted. She looked at him in surprise, earning a smile in return. She returned her attention to the field as Kakashi looked around.

“Only eight Black Ops for this huge stadium? Two platoon aren’t enough….what is Lord Hokage thinking….?” He muttered to Guy and I.

“Well….not knowing how the enemy is going to act….the Black Ops have probably also been dispersed and stationed around the key parts of the village.” Guy replied to which I nodded.

“Begin!” Genma announced down on the field. I missed Hayate, even if his voice was annoying.

Gaara’s sand came out of his gourd, Sasuke’s jumping away from him. I furrowed my eyebrows as Gaara grabbed his head. What the hell’s up with him?

“Please….don’t be so angry….mother....,” The hell? Who the fuck is he talking too? And why’d his voice get creepier? Fuck…., “I….gave you bad-tasting blood earlier, didn’t I….? I’m sorry….but….don’t worry….this time….I’m sure it’ll be really tasty….”

“Alright….I’m freaked.” I mumbled to myself, raising an eyebrow as I put Kakashi’s book in my weapons pouch. He watched as I did, narrowing his eye at me. I shrugged, turning my attention to the fight.

Gaara flinched, grabbing his head again before he froze. He raised his head up after a moment, encouraging Sasuke to attack him. This was followed by a barrage of shuriken and taijutsu, which surprised me given Sasuke’s speed had been increased considerably. After Sasuke got past a sand clone of Gaara, he went to punch him. Both Lee and I flinched in surprise as he appeared behind Gaara, landing a blow to his cheek and slamming him to the ground.

“Kid….ain’t that your fighting style?” I mumbled to which Lee nodded at. I glared over at Kakashi who shrugged. Stupid Sharingan….

“Is that your sand armor?” Duck-butt asked as Gaara looked at him, sand chipping off his skin.

“Come.” Duck-butt said, motioning with his hand. I held back any perverted thoughts, rolling my eyes. Arrogance.

After a few seconds, I think Sasuke got impatient.

“If you’re not going to come to me, I’ll go to you!” With that, rounds of sand-dodging and quick speed commenced. Gaara got kicked before he was slammed into a wall.

“What’s the matter….that all you can do?” Sasuke asked.

Sasuke started running around Gaara in circles once they got more near the center of the field again, looking a lot like Lee after he had taken off his weights. Suddenly Duck-butt rushed forward, kicking and kneeing Gaara in sequence.

Gaara was on the ground, Sasuke panting ten feet away. Even though he had increased his speed so highly, it probably took a lot out of him.

“Exactly what kind of training did you put him through….to hone him to that extent in just one month?!” Guy asked, making Kakashi’s attention snap to him.

“Sasuke mimicked Lee’s taijutsu using the Sharingan once before….so during his taijutsu training, I had him visualize Lee’s movements,” I felt Lee flinch in shock, “Because Sasuke knew Lee….he was able to master those moves. Of course, it was still extremely difficult.”

“Wait….Spoon, it was a success, wasn’t it?” I asked, looking at the silver-haired man. He gave me a closed-eye smile as Guy look at me in question.

“Wait and see.”

With that, I turned back to the field, watching as Gaara formed a sphere of sand around him, having it almost closed as Sasuke rushed towards him. Just as it closed, Sasuke’s fist reached it.

And he was stabbed.

The sand had formed spikes, stopping Sasuke’s fist and cutting him up. Duck-butt stepped back, staring at the sphere with calculating eyes.

“Master Kakashi! Master Hokori!” Kakashi, Guy, Lee, Sakura, Ino, Choji and I looked behind us, seeing Naruto and Shikamaru panting at the top of the stairs.

“Naruto!” Lee exclaimed.

“Yo! What’s up?” Kakashi asked.

“Master! Please stop this match!” I blinked, tilting my head.

“He’s completely different from the rest of us! He’s not normal!” He shouted, gaining some other people’s attention and I raised an eyebrow. We’re normal?

“Naruto….what are you talking about?” Ino asked.

“He lives to kill others! And if they keep going, Sasuke’ll die!! Master Kakashi!!”

Kakashi sighed, closing his eye calmly. “Well! Don’t worry about it!”

I felt my eye twitch, shaking my head. Stupid Spoon.

“There was a reason….why we were so late getting here!”

“This time….” I muttered under my breath, making him sweatdrop at me. I turned my attention to the field, seeing Sasuke rubbing his cheek. There was an eye floating next to the sphere, for some reason, too.

Sasuke suddenly kicked the sphere, bouncing off of it. Well….that worked…. I thought, sweatdropping.

Sasuke pulled up his left arm, unclipping the black thing around his arm.

“Master….what do you mean by ‘there was a reason we were so late getting here’?!” Sakura asked incredulously.

“Hm….? You really want to know?” He asked looking at her lazily.

“I’m telling you, this isn’t the time to be chatting!!” Naruto yelled.

“Just be quiet and watch him….” Kakashi interrupted, surprising them.

“You’ll be surprised.”

I watched Sasuke as he jumped back to a wall, climbing at least twenty feet up it and sticking. He grabbed his left wrist with his right hand after making some hand signs, blue electricity forming.

“D-don’t tell me that’s….” Guy mumbled, looking back at Kakashi who was smiling.

“The reason I took Sasuke under my wing….is because he’s….very similar to me.” He stated, just as the Chidori fully formed in Sasuke’s hand. The blue light was reflecting off the Duck-butt’s face, revealing a smirk as he charged down the wall, ripping away at it with the power of the attack.

“Flesh activation?! I see, so that’s why you had him focus on taijutsu and increase his speed so much!”

“Yup!” Kakashi said chirpily.

“W-wow….I can totally see his chakra….what in the world is that about?!” Sakura muttered.

Sasuke was on the ground now, rushing at the sphere.

“What move is that?! And that incredible noise….” Sakura asked, as the sound of chirping resonated in the arena.

“It’s just a hand chop….” Guy answered.

“Huh?”

“However, it’s a unique original move….crafted by Konoha’s Top Jutsu Master, Copy Ninja Kakashi.” He finished. Kakashi looked at him lazily as he continued.

“It’s a move reserved for assassination….the secret is in the speed of the thrust and the immense chakra produced by super activating one’s flesh. By narrowly focusing massive amounts of chakra from the dominant hand, a pulsing fluctuation forms in the thrust. Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp….resulting in a unique attack sound that resembles the crying of a thousand birds. Accordingly, that move is called….,” He paused as Sasuke’s arm struck through the sphere of sand. Once everyone had quieted from shock, he finished.

“Chidori. Also known as Raikiri – Lightning Blade.”

“Lightning Blade….?” Sakura questioned.

“The Lightning Blade….is its nickname, because Kakashi once sliced lightning using this jutsu,” I snickered under my breath at Choji, Ino and Sakura’s expressions. Mostly Ino’s since she looked disbelieving.

“Its formal jutsu name is Chidori. And its secrets lie in the almost impossible speed of its stroke and the immense chakra focused in the arm that transforms it into a blade that can cut through anything. But….how could you have taught him such a reckless move….?” Guy finished by crossing his arms and directing that question to Kakashi.

“Like you really have the right to criticize me….right, Lee?!” Spoon asked, leaning around Guy to ask the boy my arm was still wrapped around.

I zoned in on the fight when I heard Gaara screaming. “Aaah….waaah!! Blood….I’m bleeding!!”

Sasuke tried pulling his arm out, having to create another Chidori just to do that. But when he done that….something was attached to his arm. He jumped away, the arm like thing coiling back into the sand and leaving a hole in its place.

“What is that?!” Guy muttered, Kakashi and I having matching shocked looks.

The sphere of sand suddenly cracked before it lost its shape, pooling around Gaara who was clutching his bleedin shoulder.

My head suddenly snapped up, looking around as feathers started falling from the sky. Genjutsu!

I put my hands together, releasing myself from its hold as I disrupted my chakra network. Guy, Kakashi and Sakura did the same. There was suddenly a plume of smoke at the Kage watching tower and my eyes snapped to it, narrowing. Next thing I knew, the Kazekage had a kunai to the Hokage’s throat, standing on top of the watching tower. Four other ninjas jumped up and created a barrier which roasted one of the ANBU trying to get through.

I turned my attention to Lee, lowering him gently to the ground see as he was unconscious as mostly everyone else.

“Orochimaru!!” Kakashi suddenly gasped and my attention went back to the barrier, seeing the snake wearing the Kazekage robes. So he had disguised himself….fuck.

“Sasuke….!” Sakura gasped, looking down towards the field. My eyes narrowed, appearing back to back with Kakashi, stabbing a kunai into one Sound ninja’s head as he did the same with the other. We both looked down at Sakura as she covered her head.

“Sakura, stay there for a little while….we’ll go thin out the enemy ranks.” Kakashi said, giving her a closed-eye smile. I gave a thumbs up, nodding.

“It’s time for some bloodshed.” I stated, smirking. She looked at me incrediously. I nodded towards Kakashi and he winked.

“Good luck.”

I grinned, disappearing.

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Authors Note

Hello all! I know, it’s been so long T.T but I’m back! and I’m glad to say, I will only be writing this until I finish. I believe there’s seven chapters left….aproximately. Maybe more. I’m just so stressed out given that I have my English and Science final coming up. And think, they fired my science teacher. So how the fuck am I supposed to pass?!
Sigh. Anyway, I won’t bore you with my rant of stuff you don’t care about. Peace!
~Mew