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Chapter 10: The Fight in the End

Tsuki POV
After two days of waiting, everyone finally arrived. All the rookies, the sand siblings, the sound team, and Kabuto's team are all that are left. We all line up with our teams and see all our sensei's on the platform in front of us along with the procters and the Hokage. They told us that there's going to be a preliminary exam before we move to the final part of the exams.

"So if *cough* anyone feels *cough* under the weather *cough* raise your hand and you'll be excused *cough*" Hayate says.

Maybe you should be excused. I mean you are the one who's coughing.

My interest peaks when Sakura whispers to Sasuke. I see them both argue, but I can't hear a thing because of all the noise around me. I narrow my eyes at them and read their lips. Its basic training to know how to read lips.

"Sasuke you should raise you're hand. Ever since you got that curse mark, you've been out of it" Sakura says full of concern for the boy she loves.

"Hn, I'm not going to back out now, I need to see if I'm strong enough" Sasuke says as he glares at Sakura.

"But Sasuke you're hurt and I'm worried" Sakura pleads.

"Then stop worrying, it's got nothing to do with you" he shouts in a whisper making her tear up.

"But-" she gets cut off.

"But nothing. I don't care if I don't make chunin. All I want is to see if I'm strong enough. I want to be able to beat the strongest oppenents" Sasuke informs the crying girl besides him.

"Hey!!! Don't you see that she cares about you!!! You don't have to b-" Naruto shouts only to be cut off.

"Naruto your the one I want to fight" Sasuke says making Naruto's eyes widen.

"Fine, you caught me" Kabuto Yukushi raises his hand while making some of the leaf genin gasp in surprise.

"Kabuto, WHY?!" Naruto exclaims.

How does he know him? Did I miss something?

"Sorry Naruto, ever since that attack with the Sound ninja, I've lost hearing in my left ear and going through the forest, I just can't take it. I'm we'll see each other again" he says as He walks out of the large room.

"Very well if that's all, we shall begin" Hayate says.

"Bring out the electrical board" Anko says into her earpiece.

Not a second later a electrical board comes out from the walls panel. It turns on and it quickly shuffles through the names as if they were a deck of cards. The shuffle stops and shows two names. My eyes widen along with the rest of my team.

I guess Sasuke's first against that one person on Kabuto's team.

"Now if everyone except the two participants go up to the stands on the upper floor" Hayate informs the rest.

I follow his instructions and go up the stairs, giving Sasuke a nod of saying good luck. I just wonder Who I'm going to fight and when I'm going to fight. I lean against the rail and put my full attention on Sasuke's match.

"Any objections" Hayate says as the genins and sensei's clear the arena.

"Not here" Sasuke answers.

"No" the other guy answers.

"Very well, let the match begin" Hayate says before he jumps out of the way.

I watch, but not really watching because of a certain red head. Gaara. He's not doing anything but looking at the fight before us, but him being here gets me distracted. So yeah I like him. He doesn't acknowledge me. I guess I could only have a crush on him since he seems to not be a relation type of guy. I stare at the handsome guy that captured my heart. I like everything about him. The pale skin, the teal eyes, the crimson red hair, the love kanji, even his murder aura. Even if it makes me weird.

I gasp as he notices me. I could feel the blush creep onto my cheeks. My heart races as if it's about to explode out of my chest. Also my stomach flips as there's a flurry of butterflies swarming inside me. He smirks at my reaction. HE SMIRKS!!! My face flushes red making me seem like a fresh tomato. Is he toying with me? Ahhhh!!! I don't care, at least he noticed me.

"The winner is Sasuke Uchiha" Hayate cuts me off.

Wow, I missed the whole fight? I really am a bad friend.

I calm down and sigh. I look up to the board and see the next pair of names flash on. I sighed again as I didn't see my name. I sit down on the floor not really interested in the fight.

I look down at my former broken hand. Its all swollen and bruised. I grit my teeth and grab a pair of bandages from my pouch and tightly wrap it around my arm and hand. Its healed, but it's still weak and it still hurts a ton. I look down at my self and notice that my once clean white sweater is now drenched in dry blood. My body still has several scratches from the forest.

-_-_-_-

It seems like the exams don't want me to fight. I mean almost everybody went. Well they did. The ones fighting right now are the last ones except me. I have to fight one of the few who already won. I mean it could be anyone. Its Sasuke, Shuno, Kankuro, Temari, Neji, Naruto, Shikamaru, Gaara, or one of those two, Chouji or Dosu.

I watch as Chouji gets angry with the Sound ninja and expands his body. Chouji turns into a moving boulder and rolls toward Dosu. I watch as Dosu easily dodges the attack since Chouji doesn't move fast, making the sound ninja have an advantage. Dosu punches Chouji in the stomach with his sound wave weapon.

"Its no use I can't hear you" Chouji exclaims.

"Wrong. Even though you covered your ears, the sound can still effect you. You see the body is made mostly of water, so I can hit you any where and the waves will eventually reach you" He finishes and right on time Chouji ceases his jutsu and collapses to floor dizzy.

"The winner if this match is Dosu" Hayate says, "Okay now for the last battle" he finishes

We all look to the panel as it reads my name on the top and shuffles through a list of names on the bottom. My heart stops. Why him? I listen to a chorus of gasps.

"Tsu-chan" Naruto says in concern.

"Tsuki, give up, he's too dangerous" Sakura exclaims.

"Be careful" Kakashi sensei says as he pats my head.

I turn and see all the Leaf genin look at me in worry or in pity. I sigh and step down from the balcony. I stand in front of my oppenents with my twin fans in hand. I take a defensive stance and stand guard.

"Any *cough*objections" Hayate says as he has a coughing fit.

"None here" I answer.

"No" Gaara replies.

"Very well, seeing as Gaara won his last match, he can still participate in the exams if he loses. You can begin" Hayate explains.

What?!

I sigh and get ready for an attack. I wait and see that he's not attacking, I make the first move.

"Wind Style: Wind Scythe Jutsu" I exclaim while I thrust my fans foward as I dance.

My chakra manipulates the air around me to create sharp currents that race towards Gaara. When they're about to make the hit, his sand shield gets in the way. I'm really starting to hate his defense. He raises his hand to hit me with his sand, But I move quickly. I do multiple back flips and put a distance in between us. I can't let that that sand hit me or else I'll be a goner. As I thought that a blob of sand race towards me, I could actually feel the bloodlust in him.

"Wind Style: Wind Vortex" I say quickly as I dodge the wave of sand.

I safely get out of the way. Or so I thought. I feel sand crawl up my leg. My eyes widen in surprise. I throw my fans to the floor behind my and make fast hand signs.

"Water Style: Raging River Force" I exclaim.

I build my chakra up and let transform into a massive wave of water. The water rushes out and turn the sand into a gooey substance of mud.

I jump back to put more distance between us. I bend down and grab a hold of my fans from the floor. I sigh in relief, knowing that I got away from the sand. If I hadn't my leg would now have been useless.

So his sand allows him to fight in close combat, mid range, and long distance. So basically there's no way around.

I look at the pile of mush on the floor that was once sand.

That's it, if I use water jutsu instead of wind, I'm sure I could beat him.

I sigh once more, but this time it's in satisfaction. I place my fans in the holsters along my legs.

"Whoo!!! Go Tsuki-chan!!!" Naruto cheers, "you can beat him" he finishes.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Naruto.

I perform the mandatory hand signs for my jutsu and yell, "Water Release: Water Shuriken Technique" I exclaim.

Shuriken form from the water that's on the floor and spin dangerously in the air. I thrust my hand forward and they shoot in speed towards Gaara. Once again his sand shield gets in the way, but that's what I wanted to happen. The shuriken hit the shield and explode in a splash. The water slowly slumps the sand into mud. Sooner or later he's going to run out of sand and he'll become defenseless.

My victory becomes short lived as I watch a stream of sand race at me in incredible speed. Its too fast for me to make a move. The sand hits me straight in the chest. The impact causes me to lose my special need of oxygen. I bend over and cough, trying to inhale as much air as I could. In the the corner of my eye I see another barrage of sand coming towards me in the same speed. I dodge, but it still hits me. The sand was moving fast when it impacted on my skin so now I have a flesh wound on my upper arm. I wince at the sudden pain in my arm, but I choose to ignore it.

As I forget about the red head, I didn't see the sand aim at me again. This time I was too late to notice, so the hit was directed at my face. The pain isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but the impact of the sand shower knocked my glasses off. I gasp in fright. The thin rimmed glasses hit the floor of the arena and break. I hear the lenses break and all hopes of victory washes down the drain.

I squint trying to see as much as I can, but its useless I could only see his figure and blobs of color indicating his clothes. The sand I can't see and that the problem.

I hear a movement of air beside me and I dodge to the other side. But I dodge horribly. The sand stabs me in the side, making a new wound, and deeply. I cry in pain and fall to my knees clutching my side as it bleeds red. I could feel the blood slip through my fingers and drip to the water covering the floor. I listen to the raindrops of red hit the once beautiful blue water painting it red. My legs become soaked in water, but I don't care. I quickly stand a and jump to the side.

I let chakra flow to my hands and make my hands glow in the mint green of medical Ninjutsu. I can't do much, but I'll try to close the wound. As I heal, I feel the shift in the air behind me. My eyes widen in surprise. The sand hits me in the back, knocking me down to the floor, face planting.

I groan in pain. I shakily stand back up and place my hand back to the wound. I try to heal it again, but sand develops my arm making it useless.

No!!!

"Sand coffin" I hear his soft harsh voice mutter.

The next thing I know is that the sand hardens and crushes my arm to oblivion. I scream in pain as I feel the bone break in several places. The muscles tear apart as my skin rips, making me bleed. I scream as the pain doesn't stop. I feel tears brim my eyes, I let them fall not caring how I look. I only care about the pain in my arm and wanting it to come to an end. I sob as the sand retreats back to it's rightful owner, but my arm burns. I try to move a finger, but it sends a shock of needle like pain all over my arm and hand. I yelp at the horrendous pain.

"TSUKI!!!" both Naruto and Sakura shout in concern.

I stand up once again and get back to a defensive position. I wipe my tears with my bandaged arm change my face back to it's stoic state. I feel my surroundings and try to locate the sand as it moves through the air so I can dodge.

I feel the air move slightly to my left. I jump right and back flip. I keep dodging as I feel the sand come from all sides. I quickly unstrap a fan from my leg's holster and thrust forward.

"Wind Style: Wind Blade" I exclaim.

The sudden air makes the sand change course. I listen as it hits the wall beside me. I move again, not wanting to be near that sand. I run to the other side, but I end up tripping as the sand holds my leg in place. I could feel the animated sand crawl up my leg, shin, and up to my knee. I can't get out, I thought as I feel the sand envelope my boot.

My boot! MY BOOT!!!

I quickly take off my boot just as I hear him.

"Sand Coffin" he yells.

I feel the sand brush my leg, I barely escaped that death trap. I hear a chorus of gasps. I tale off my other boot so I won't be uneven in my step and fall over.

I think I'm safe, but that ends when I feel sand around my neck. I gasp in surprise, shock, and in fright. I feel the grip tighten around my neck making me lose my breath even quicker. I struggle against the choke hold as I try to pry it off, but to no anvil the sand's too strong.

"I will see that you won't escape this time" Gaara says as he tightens the sand around my neck.

Black dots dance in my vision as my lungs burn for its rightful need. My eyes burn as tears seep down my bruised face.

I really am going to die by the man I adore. Was my feelings so forbidden that fate brought me here? Is this how I was meant to go, by the hands of someone so astonishing yet so evil.

"STOP!!! The winner is Subaku no Gaara because Tsuki Haruno is no longer able to fight" Hayate informs.

Gaara POV A few moments earlier...
I saw that the girl escaped my Sand Coffin. She's useless and broken apart, she's barely standing. I glare at her direction, tired of her always escaping my clutches. I also noticed that she's temporarily blind due to the fact that she doesn't have her glasses on. I smirk at the new intel.

What's taking so long? Kill her already, she's nothing but useless right now, its the perfect time to do it.

'Shut up, I don't need you telling me what I already know' I scold the demon.

I move my sand behind her hunched form and quickly grasp her neck in a choke hold. I raise her off the ground while my sand choke the life out of her. I tighten the grip making sure there's no way for her to escape.

"I will see that you won't escape this time" I say as I smile menacingly filled with bloodlust.

I stare up at her and watch as many pitiful tears wash down her beaten face. I ignore the sight before me and await for it's outcome.

Ha!! Look at her she's pitiful, crying on her last moments what a weak girl.

'Shut up' I snarl at the demon inside me.

I look in her fuchsia tear fill eyes and stop. I feel an ache in my chest. I see that her eyes are filled with loneliness and hurt, but they seem cold as well.

She has the same eyes as me.

Why is my chest hurting? Why do I feel so empty and disgusted as I watch my actions? Why do I feel comfort when I look into her eyes? What is this feeling?

"STOP!!! The winner Is Subaku no Gaara because Tsuki Haruno is longer able to fight" the procter announces.

I scoff and retreat my sand making the girl drop harshly on the tiled floor.

Tsuki POV
Gaara dropped me making me land harshly on the tiled floor. I lay there gasping as much oxygen as I can. I could hear multiple set of foot falls coming towards me. I saw the medical Corp and they lifted me up to a gurney so they would take me to the infirmary. As they lifted me up, pain shot through my hand and I let out a whimper.

Everything's a blurry rush. White. That's all I see when they brought me. Everything felt numb. But sooner or later I passed out due to the pain in my arm.

Well that was Chapter 10. I hope you liked it. Anyways comment your likes, dislikes, opinions, or just your criticism, I take no offence. Well thanks for reading and I hoped you enjoyed the chapters. Also don't forget to

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