Chapter 37: "Forfeit and I'll let that Dynamic Marking Bullshit pass..."
Naruto and Kiba stepped forward and faced each other. Each one of them with their respective companions. "So... Naruto huh?" Kiba muttered. "Don't underestimate me Naruto! I am more powerful than I look."
"YOSH!!!" Naruto yelled. "Don't underestimate me too Kiba! We're gonna have an awesome match!!!" He exclaimed.
Gekko Hayate stood between them. "Naruto vs Kiba... Is there any objection?" He asked them.
"NO!" They all yelled in a perfect sync.
"Then we will begin the first match... For those who aren't fighting please move up there." He pointed at the platform above the arena.
I grinned a little after hearing that. "Come on everyone! Stairs are for amateurs!" I snapped my finger and every single genins suddenly floated up into the air. Those who aren't from Rookie Nine starts flailing around in panic the second I lift them up.
Not wanting to make them panic too much, I put gently put them on top of the platform. The only one who doesn't seem to be disturbed by anything aside from Rookie Nine is Garra. I mean, who else?
"Be sure to watch the match and learn from your opponents." Hayate added. "Learning from ones experience is common sense, but learning from other's experience is wisdom." He explained
Good quote. Seriously, those are good quotes. Yeah I'm talking to you readers. Take notes! Learn from not only your experience but also other people's experience! Take notes, I want you to jot it down a piece of paper and put it on your fridge. DO IT!!!
"Ready?" Naruto with a Two Tailed Fox sitting on his head faces against Kiba with a Puppy sitting on his head. "Set..." The animals jumped to the ground and the boys started to arm themselves. "GO!"
Kiba took out a couple of pills from his pocket. "Sorry Naruto, but I ain't holding back!" He exclaimed while feeding the pill to Akamaru. The dog's fur turned bright red and he grew significantly larger. "Akamaru! Human Beast Clone!!!"
Akamaru transformed into a perfect copy of Kiba. They stood side by side with a feral look on their faces. "Your move Uzumaki..." Kiba muttered.
Naruto grinned and looked at the Fox. "Come on Fox!" He exclaimed while the fox just rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Let's show them what we can do!"
The fox made some hand seal. "Transform." He muttered before transforming into a copy of Naruto with two fox tails. "Make this quick brat. I need to get some shut eye..." The Kyubi said in annoyance.
Naruto sighed a little. "Have some motivation fox, we just defeated a Sannin!" He exclaimed making whispers and mutterings came from the spectator. "Come on, let's have some good match."
With that, they all charged at each other; Naruto against Kiba and Kyubi against Akamaru. They fought in a fierce Taijutsu match, Naruto and Kyubi with their quick and unpredictable strike, Kiba and Akamaru with their Inuzuka clan Taijutsu.
Then, Kiba managed to land a hit on Naruto's face. Creating a pretty painful scar on his left cheek. "Ouch! That hurts you idiot!" Naruto exclaimed as he took out a Kunai out of his pocket. He lunged at Kiba who swiftly dodged his strike and blocked it with his claws.
"Heh, is that all you can do?" Kiba lunged at Naruto and start sending swipes after swipes of claws to his opponent. His claws are powerful enough to even block a kunai. "Come on Naruto! Is that all you can do?" He ducked down and sent out a very painful strike at Naruto's torso.
"Gyah!" Naruto exclaimed before leaping back to regain his composure. He took out a kunai and threw it at Kiba. "Take this!"
Of course, Kiba already know that the kunai is either an explosive or a transformed Shadow Clone. So he decided to dodge the Kunai completely just to be safe. Then he threw a bunch of shuriken towards where the kunai is about to land.
'Clang' The Kunai transformed into Naruto who deflected it using his Kunai. Then, Naruto threw a demon wind shuriken straight at Kiba. From the corner of my eyes however, I can see Naruto kicking a pebble away towards Kiba.
The Inuzuka jumped away to dodge the Demon Wind Shuriken. The second he landed however, the pebble from earlier turned into a shadow clone and lunged at Kiba from behind. "GOTCHA!!!" Naruto exclaimed while sending a powerful punch.
'Crack' Naruto punch a log into smithereens while Kiba just substituted away to the other side of the arena. "Not a chance Naruto!"
Meanwhile, Akamaru and Kyubi in their respective human form face one another. The dog turned human's moves are quick and furious. He sent out blow after blow towards the Kyubi in human form. It even tried to bite the Kyubi whenever it gets close.
Kyubi however seemed to be too lazy to raise his fist. He just looked at the dog running towards him with both hands in his pocket and a bored look on his face. "Look... Just stop..." He sidestepped an uppercut and ducked under a high kick. "Seriously, you're embarrassing your kin..." Akamaru tried to scratch Kyubi, but the fox just leaned a little to the side. "Naruto, you done already?" He glanced at Naruto while jumping over a roundhouse kick from the dog.
Naruto glanced at the Kyubi. "Just a sec!" He exclaimed before creating an army of clones. The clones are all armed with shields and spears. "CHARGE!!!" He exclaimed followed by a war cry from the rest of the clones.
Kiba sighed a little after seeing the army of clones coming at his direction. He readied his claws and run towards them. Like a savage beast he destroy clone after clone with every swipe of his claws until only one clone remaining.
He jumped away from the particular clone and threw a kunai at it. 'BOOM' The clone exploded, revealing that it's an Exploding Clone all alone. "Naruto! We're inside a tower! Don't blow up the building!!!"
Naruto smiled sheepishly after hearing that. "Sorry, sorry..." Then he glanced at Kyubi who is dodging Akamaru's strike without looking. He just read a book in his hand without even glancing at the dog. Reminds me of Kakashi in some way...
Wait a second... "HEY! THAT'S MY JOURNAL!!!" I yelled out the second I saw the familiar cover. "Don't read it in public!!!" I can hear the spectators laughing after hearing that.
The Kyubi glanced at me while back flipping a dangerous strike from Akamaru. "You told me I can read it." He landed gracefully on the floor and sidestepped a strike from Kiba who joined the fight. "So I read it, because this match is boring..." He added.
"Akamaru, Dynamic Marking!" Kiba exclaimed. Suddenly, Akamaru turned back into a dog and growled at the Kyubi. He leapt into the air and start... Urinating all over the place... Naruto and the Kyubi got hit, I took the liberty of only protecting my journal.
A visible tick mark appeared on the Kyubi's face. His expression turned from bored and lazy into pissed off beyond all recognition in a split second. "Oh you little mortals..." He made a hand seal and a sword appeared in his hand. "You are so dead..."
Kiba gulped a little in fear. But he didn't waver. Instead he and Akamaru looked at each other and leapt into the air. "FANG PASSING FANG!!!" He yelled out as they both turned into a literal torpedo of claws and fangs soaring towards the Kyubi and Naruto.
Naruto created a clone and it transformed into a shield. He tried to block off the strike but the shield was dispelled a second later. "Uhh, fox?" Naruto exclaimed while jumping away to dodge the whirlwind of claws. "Any ideas?"
The Kyubi growled under his breath. He flickered away from existence in flash of red. In a split second, The Kyubi managed to grab Akamaru in midair and held him by his neck. Kiba stopped his technique the second he sees that and froze.
"All right, that's enough you mutts..." The Kyubi growled in anger. He lifted Akamaru up by his neck threateningly. "Forfeit and I'll let that Dynamic Marking Bullshit pass..."
Kiba sighed a little and looked down. "I forfeit." He muttered.
"The Winner is Naruto Uzumaki!!!" I yelled out, followed by a cheer from the rest of the genin.
Naruto looked at Kiba with a sheepish look on his face. "Sorry Kiba..." He muttered.
Kiba smirked at him. "It's okay Naruto, I won't be here if it weren't for you..."
The Kyubi turned back into normal and hopped on to Naruto's head. "Come on... I need some sleep.
[LINE BREAK]
"Next Match, Sasuke Uchiha vs Yoroi Akido!"
Sasuke and Yoroi faced against one another. They all prepared their battle stances, waiting for my command. "Ready..." Sasuke took out his weapon. "Set..." Yoroi opened his hands with a grin on his face. "Go!!!"
What follows was the most boring match I've ever seen. It happens in just three steps.
1. Yoroi threw some shuriken at Sasuke.
2. The Shuriken passes through Sasuke revealing he's just a bunshin all along.
3. Sasuke reappeared behind Yoroi, holding a Kunai on his neck.
"Sasuke wins!" I exclaimed followed by a cheer and laughter from the audience. "By the way, try to make it more interesting Sasuke." I told him.
"OI! TEME!!! Don't think you'll win that easily when you fight against me!!" Naruto yelled out from his seat.
Sasuke grunted and put a hand in his pocket. "I know..." Then he smirked at his rival. "Cause you're much weaker, dobe."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?!?" The blonde was about to lunge at Sasuke, only to be stopped by Haku who sat beside him.
[LINE BREAK]
"Next match, Ino Yamanaka vs Haku." I exclaimed.
Ino gazed at the ice cold look on Haku's face and shuddered a little. "Look Haku, I know I don't have much chance against you..." She muttered nervously. "But please don't hurt me that much."
Haku nodded a little. "Understand..." She made a hand sign and thick fog suddenly covered the whole arena. Ino tried to pinpoint Haku's location, but Haku is nowhere to be seen. All she could see was white.
Ino groaned in frustration. "Are you kidding me!?!? How am I supposed to..." Her words were cut short when she felt a kunai being held against her throat. "SERIOUSLY?!!?" She yelled out in frustration. "You didn't even give me a chance!!"
"This doesn't hurt you isn't it?" Haku replied with an innocent smile on her face.
"YOU HURT MY PRIDE AND MY DIGNITY!!!" Ino retorted in outrage.
I chuckled a little and use the force to clear up the fog. When the fog cleared, everyone can finally see what happens and Team Seven cheered in victory. "YEAH! GO HAKU CHAN!!!" Naruto yelled out from the spectator seat.