Third Person POV

Kruno smirked slightly as she heard the words begin, and she flipped up the opening of the pouch that was placed on her left thigh, and she pulled out a kunai. The rain nin carefully watched her every move, as he knew that she was strong due to their fight earlier in the week. Kruno glanced around the room, using her senses to figure out about how big the room was, and once she had the measurements down, she smirked at the nin and began to charge at him, her kunai held high in the air. Yamo simply smirked, and dodged the 'attack' as easily as Kruno had charged at him.

Kruno smirked slightly as she had her back turned to the nin, she quickly wrapped the invisible string to the end of the Kunai, and turned back to her opponent who was now running at her with his hands placed together, and he quickly began to make hand signs. Kruno stood in place, not moving, and this caused everyone around her to begin to worry. Shikamaru was on the edge of the bar, and so was Kiba. The rain nin smirked, and attacked Kruno with a water style Jutsu. But, just before he attacked her, she sent the kunai flying into the air.

Yamo smirked slightly as the girl fell to her knees, the attack being a fairly strong one. But, one thing that no one had taken into consideration is the fact that Watamote was not in the girls' jacket as she had been just moments ago. Yamo looked down at Kruno, and used his foot to kick her in the face. The kick sent her flying back into a wall, but as soon as her body hit the wall, she disappeared into a block of wood. Yamo began to look around the room furiously, because he had no idea when she had had the time to even perform a clone jutsu.

"Scared yet?" Kruno whispered in the nin's ear from behind him, before she used her foot to deliever a swift kick to his back. Yamo went flying forward, rolling around in a slight ball before he laid on the ground for a moment. The rain ninja then used his feet to push himself up, and he looked straight at Kruno, who had removed her small dog from her jacket, placing her on the ground. Watamote sniffed the air and began to growl as she remembered this man, the same man who had attacked her and Kruno earlier.

Kruno looked down at Watamote, who was looking back at her with her teeth bared. Kruno simply nodded her head and Watamote charged at the man. This seemed like a silly move, but it was all part of her plan. Her eyes quickly glanced at the kunai that she had thrown before she performed her Clone Jutsu and a small smile went on her lips as she saw that it had landed exactly where she wanted it. She performed a few hand signs before she dropped down on all fours and growled out the words.

"Four Legs Technique." This is when a blue chakra began to grow around her, and she began to look like an animal. Her nails grew out and she scrapped them along the ground slightly, and she gave the rain nin a smile when her canine teeth grew out larger. She gave him a snarl, and her nose crinkled up slightly. Strangely, from the stands, Shikamaru couldn't help but smile. She was really adorable when she crinkled up her nose...

Watamote growled at Yamo, and he rolled his eyes as he went to kick the pup to the side, but obviously Watamote was not having that. She bit down on his leg, and refused to let go until she saw that Kruno has finished setting up the attack she had been planning. Kruno had an invisible wire that ran between two kunais that were lodged into the wall on either side of the arena. This was caused Yamo to run into the wire, and the two paper bombs she had set up to explode. She made sure to put them in places that they could not cause real damage to anyone but her opponent, and also without ruining the exam area.

Watamote was kicked roughly off of Yamo's leg, who grabbed a kunai from his pouch. As the ninja was preoccupied, Watamote landed on Kruno's back, and the same blue Chakra surrounded the pup as well. Slowly a cloud of smoke surrounded them, and when it disappeared, it was nearly impossible to tell which one was Watamote, and which one was Kruno. They looked at each other with a large grin, and began to run at Yamo on all fours at speeds that he could barely see the two Krunos. Infact, he couldn't see them until they were right under his feet. Kruno used her leg to kick his feet out from underneath him, and Watamote used her legs to kick him in the stomach, sending him flying backwards with no chance of catching himself.

Kruno once again ran at the man, her eyes showing just how much she hated this man who she had barely ever had any contact with, but anyone who knew Kruno knew that she could hold a grudge if she really wished too. And it was clear to all of her friends that she had chosen to hold a grudge against the poor soul. Both Kiba and Shikamaru looked at each other, and just slightly nodded their heads as they realized that both of them had realized that Kruno was pissed, rather beyond pissed actually.

The man happened to notice Kruno just in time, and he shot a kunai at her. It handed deep in her side, and she winced slightly but continued to move against the man. She threw her arm out, and hit the man hard enough to send him flying back, but not far enough to get him into the trap she had set for him. She cursed under her breath, but placed her hand on her side, taking a deep inhale before she yanked the kunai from her side. She bit down roughly on her lip so that she would not scream out, and she began to advance on the rain ninja.

From the top layer, Shikamaru grasped as the bars as his nerves began to eat him alive. He was already scared because of the ass whooping that Kruno had taken prior to this, but now as he looked down and saw the blood of his best friend fall to the ground, he began to bit down on his lip roughly. Kiba, on the other hand, was leaning over the bars and cheering his sister on. "You got this Kruno!" He would scream, or "You're kicking major ass, Kruno!"

Kruno chuckled slightly as she looked up at Kiba for a split second before she looked around the arena, locking eyes with Watamote. Watamote nodded her head back at Kruno, before the two both took off running towards the opponent. This was her only chance to get the man in the trap she had sent, so she had to take it even if it meant that she would get harmed in the process. She smirked and shouted out "Fang over fang!" Before both her and Watamote turned into spinning bullets of just movement. They began to hit the ground over and over again, bouncing off of it and hitting Yamo multiple times. They finally got him into the trap, and that's when the explosion happened.

It was like time stood still, and not a single person even dared to breathe. Kruno was thrown to one side of Arena, and her back hit the wall with a dangerous crack. Watamote slid along the ground, now back in her dog form. Slowly, the smoke begin to clear out of the way, and it showed the opponent was lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood. Kruno coughed loudly, causing everyone to look in her direction. She slowly stood up, and wiped away the trail of blood that hung off of her lower lip. She coughed again, and sprayed blood on the ground, but she continued to walk forward to the man.

The proctor looked at Yamo, and nodded his head slightly. "Since Yamo is no longer able to fight, the winner of the first round is Kruno." Hataye said, and Kruno smiled to herself before she fell to her knees, and coughed up more blood, she then fell face forward onto the concrete floor, and this caused people to gasp loudly.

"Kruno!" Kiba and Shikamaru screamed at the same time, and both of them hopped over the edge of the railing and ran over to the girl who was surrounded by medics, so was her opponent. Shikamaru was the first to reach Kruno, and he had to cover his mouth in an attempt not to let out a dangerous scream at the medics to hurry up and help her.

Her once beautifully pale skin was now littered with even more cuts and scrapes than before. Her hair was going insane, and where she had been attacked by the rain ninjas' kunai. She had blood forming behind her head, Kiba assumed that this was from when she was thrown into the wall. Tears welled up in Kiba's eyes as he looked at his sister. She looked so fragile, and broken, and it was more than he could handle. He had to turn away when the medics carried her small body away on a stretcher.

Shikamaru watched as they carried her away, though. And this caused him to feel a feeling in the pit of his stomach like he needed to follow after her and just make sure that she was okay, because if she wasn't, he would never forgive himself for not making her drop out when she began to show signs of how bad she had really gotten hurt before the preliminaries.

Kruno's Pov

I felt like I was floating. I felt like everything around me was water, or just not there. This was a feeling that I had never experienced before, but it was quite peaceful. It was like as if nothing could possibly bother me while I was here, because I was nowhere. I glanced around me, and I smiled slightly as I saw my hair floating around me, and my body felt so light. This was the easiest I had moved since I began the second part of the exams. Before I fought with those damn sound ninjas.

I closed my eyes, and continued to feel like I was floating for a few moments before I was dropped onto a hard wooden floor. I groaned loudly and looked around the room, before realizing that I was inside my living room, but something was different about it... I sighed slightly as I stood up, and I scratched my head slightly as I glanced around the room. That's when I noticed all of Kiba and my toys from when we were six were laying on the couch, and I gulped loudly.

I walked into the kitchen, and checked the calendar on the wall. It was November 25th, the day I was taken from my family. I turned on my heel and began to walk around the house, taking in all of the small features the room had to offer. I placed my hand on the wall, and dragged my fingertips along the wooden wall, until I arrived at the first door on my right, which was Kiba's room. I pushed the door open, and smiled slightly as I saw Kiba and myself sitting his floor, playing with some random toys. Kiba was smiling at me, and I was smiling back.

"Sissy, you know what we should do? We should go outside and race!" He screamed, and the small toddler version of me began to nod her head frantically. They both stood up, and ran out of the room, and I followed them. I knew what was going to happen, but I didn't remember all the details of that day. I didn't remember Kiba and I going outside to race, but this could be the reason why I was taken.

Anyways, I followed after the young twins as the raced through the town, shoving each other down every once in a while, and this caused me to chuckle loudly. We were still like that, and it was something that I would never be able to replace, even if I tried. The six year old version of me took a right turn, and headed towards the training ground, and of course Kiba followed, and so did I. I watched as the two children disappeared into the trees, and this is when I began to remember everything.

I watched as Kruno began to climb a tree in an attempt to hide for Kiba, and Kiba began to search around on the ground, sniffling in the air until he found my scent. He ran over to the tree, and began to kick it slightly until the small version of me fell out of tree. She was screaming, but my brother didn't let me hit the ground. He placed both of his arms out and caught me just before I smacked the ground, and I wrapped my arms around him tightly.

"Oh thank you Kiba!" Little Kruno said, before she kissed her brother cheek. He smiled proudly at her before he placed her down on the ground. This is when I looked up at the tree, and noticed the snake like man who had himself perched in the tree. I quickly began to freak out, and I tried to scream at the twins, but my voice did not come out. I continue to wale, throwing my arms in the air, anything to get them to see me but sadly it failed.

I watched as the snake like man jumped down from the tree, grabbed me by my waist and threw me over his shoulder. He looked at Kiba with an evil grin before he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Kiba was screaming and crying, looking around frantically for me but it was no use. I was gone.

It only took a few minutes for a Jonin to find the terrified little boy, running through the forest, crying and screaming for his sister. I had tears in my eyes as I watched the man crouch down to Kiba's height, and ask what had happened. Kiba explained the story very quickly, but I didn't get to catch all of what he said because it felt as if my body had been thrown roughly back onto the ground. I had closed my eyes when I first felt my body being thrown, and when I opened them, I was laying back in my living room floor.

I looked around for only a second before I saw my mother sitting on the couch, starring off into space. Kiba was standing beside her, screaming her name but she didn't answer him. She just stared at the ceiling, not noticing the tears that ran down her sons' cheeks. Kiba crawled up beside our mother and wrapped his small arms around her, sobbing into her shoulder.

"Don't worry, mommy. I'll get Kruno back. No matter what..." The boy said, and our mother did not reply.

Once again, I felt like my body was thrown forward, but this time when I opened my eyes, I was sitting in Kiba's room, and he was sitting on his bed with his head in his hands. Akamaru was sitting beside him, attempting to nuzzle against him, but Kiba didn't pay much attention. Silent sobs racked the boys' body, and it made me want to cry. I never knew just how much pain that Kiba went through without me, I always thought that he would be fine without me, but how wrong I was.

Kiba wiped his eyes fiercely, and he looked into the corner of his room. That was when I noticed that it was the same corner where the picture of him, mom and I was. He got up, and he walked over to the picture. He picked it up, and held it close to his chest. He went back to his bed, still crying as he held the picture close to him. "I miss you, Kruno." He mumbled quietly, still gently holding the picture close to his chest. "And I will get you back... I swear it.... Maybe if I was stronger, you wouldn't have been taken..." He trailed off, and that was the last thing that I noticed before I was transferred back to the floating experience that I had felt at first.

My eyes were closed, and when I opened them, I was blinded by a bright white light, and I had to blink a few times before I realized that I was staring up at white ceiling. I let out a small breath and looked around slightly, and that's when I noticed I was in the hospital. Beside me was Shikamaru, his hand was laced with mine and he was fast asleep. I looked around for Kiba, and I sighed when I didn't see him.

I gently squeezed Shikamaru's hand, and his eyes shot open as he looked at me. He leaned over my body, and hugged me gently, but enough to show me that he had been worried about me. I used my weak arms to hug him back, and I held him close. When he pulled back, he pressed his lips against my forehead and I smiled lightly, a bright blush flushing over my pale cheeks.

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SO I TRIED REALLY HARD ON THAT FIGHT SCENE I AM NOT GREAT AT FIGHT SCENES BUT I TRIED SO LOVE ME <3

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