NOVEL NEXT Chapter 25: chapter 25
yumiko and her team went back to the hidden stone village after six week of training, finally the last portion will begin
what made it more exciting is that the Third Tsuchikage will be watching along with the earth daimyo
as always the proctors of the exams were all tokubetsu jonin, so there wasn't a person from the show, and if there was, yumiko wasn't able to identify them
for now her main priority is showing off, since winning wasn't her main purpose
"Seiza, yumiko, Natsuki if your opponent was stronger than you, please don't hesitate to surrender, your life matter to our village don't forget that" Hayate said seriously then coughed
they were just outside the arena were tournament battles be held.
the three genin nodded at him in understanding which reassured him
Hayate was concerned, especially for Seiza, since the boy is prideful and won't give up easley even in life threatening situation.
after finishing his coughing fit he wished them good luck then flicker to the stadium
"Guys let's show those weakling how strong konoha genin is!" said Seiza after Hayate left them, he put his both arms in yumiko and Natsuki shoulders, bringing them closer.
yumiko raised her eyebrow at his unusual behavior, it was clear that he was nervous but she didn't point it out and instead nodded while smiling
Natsuki only sighed, but smiled nonetheless
"we should probably go to the stadium or we'll be late" Seiza sighed dramatically at Natsuki remark as he replayed "strict as always tsuki-chan" he teased her with a grin "but you're right! we don't want to be left behind, let's go!"
the three of them shunshin to the main stadium were a tokubetsu jonin was standing with others genin
there was four teams being from the hidden stone, the village who is holding the chunin exam.
and two teams from the hidden cloud
lastly Hayate team from the hidden leaf village
soon after Hayate team arrived, another team joined the arena, them being from the hidden sand, aka sunagakure
so all in all, there were eight teams who passed the second stage, but not every team has three members.
the stadium was full of different people, cheering in excitement for the upcoming individual battles.
Curious, yumiko glance on where the Tsuchikage was supposed to sit, and there, the feared Onoki was sitting with the earth Daimyo
they were surrounded by many samurai, and hidden Anbu, Samurai being for the Daimyo and Anbu for the third Tsuchikage who also has Akatsuchi beside him
yumiko smirked remembering something from the show as she thought
'Oniki was humiliated because of Madara, that science was cold... I wonder if he will remember it after seeing my Gunbai' she
snickered
oh how she loves missing with people, of course she would not dare cross the line yet
since she is but a mere genin
yumiko averted her eyes away from the Third Tsuchikage with a wary smile on her face.
After the eight teams gathered the tokubetsu jonin started speaking
"Today we are going to do individual battle, killing is allowed unless you surrender"
he looked at the genin ahead of him with narrowed eyes
"the board will show the first individual battle" he added
names of the different genin appeared and disappeared quickly only to stop in the end
at that moment, yumiko face paled as she thought bitterly 'why am I the first one?'
she was snapped out of her thoughts by Seiza smacking her shoulder in encouragement "your the first one yumiko! good luck!"
she forced a smile and nodded both at Natsuki and Seiza
the good news is they had putted her against a sand ninja.
and something she is sure about; he was twice her age.
"everyone except the ones who's name on the board go to the waiting room" said the proctor.
although the sand ninja face was covered, yumiko can tell he was grinning madly, no doubt.
after it was cleared the sand ninja spoke mockingly "seems like konoha has shortage in genin to sent a kid like you, I advice you to surrender brat, I really don't want to beat you up"
yumiko didn't pay any mind to his words, instead she observed him like a hawk.
after doing so, shw decided that the only safe way to defeat him is by fighting in long distance using either her Gunbai or wind jutsus
since suna is Well known for it's poison and puppetry
so the answer is obvious
both
yumiko smirked narrowing her eyes at him
the ninja ahead of her frowned at being ignored by a kid, so he slowly unwraped the puppets behind his back while replying slowly "so that's what you want. very well"
the proctor looked at both of them before signalling to begin "begin!"
quickly yumiko jumped away, adding some distance between them
and while doing so, she took a scroll out of her pocket opening it and adding chakra to it
she was greeted by a puff of smoke then after it cleared a Gunbai was seen in her hand
the time yumiko landed on the ground, the sand ninja has already took out his twins puppets who are at both sides of him.
'this won't be easy' yumiko thought seriously after seeing two puppet as she watched his very move
With a flick of his fingers the two puppets mouths suddenly opened spitting many senbon who has a purple liquid at the end of them
yumiko quickly put some chakra in her Gunbai turning the chakra into wind, then swiftly waves her Gunbai
all the senbon scattered on the ground as the genin she is facing was caught off guard
yumiko used this moment of distraction to her own advantage, performed a hand sign for fire ball jutsu in her right hand
after taking a deep breath she quickly spit the fire ball
the sand ninja knowing his mistake, quickly flickered away
'damn I look like Madara right now, with the fire jutsu and Gunbai' yumiko grinned as she avoided the kunais thrown at her
'he's not bad, but also not good, I should be careful to not be scratched by his senbons or else I'll be poisoned'
being tired of dodging kunais and senbon,
yumiko finally decided to attack
with making four wind clones who can be
dispelled easley than shadow clone.
she made them go to the ninja and throws kunais and shuriken at him
they were easily dodged by the two puppets
but that gave her time as she took out five kunais with her right hand, throwing them at the sand ninja
then she used the great Breakthrough jutsu to fasten their speed
after the clones served their purpose, which is distracting him
they stopped dodging the puppets and dispelled themselves.
the ninja moved his fingers to dodge the coming kunais with his puppets
seeing the opportunity, yumiko shunshin while adding extra speed that she was holding it back to catch the ninja off guard
she appeared behind him, then in a swift motion she held a kunai against his neck
the sand ninja was speechless and the arena was quite
'seems like konoha have another prodigy' Onoki frowned as he thought bitterly 'and that Gunbai..'
the silence was cut short by the proctor announcement "winner is yumiko of the leaf!" he said loudly
after that, people started cheering loudly, replacing the silence that was moments ago
yumiko moved away from the ninja facing him
"if you didn't underestimate me the battle would probably last longer" she said calmly while smiling and eyes closed
the ninja eye twitched as he cursed her "fucking brat" yumiko smile widen, then without wasting time, she shunshin to the waiting room
"that was crazy! did you see the silence in the arena? seems like many had lost their bet on the sand ninja!" Seiza laughed
"you did well yumiko" said Natsuki calmly with her stoic face "it seems like they didn't expect you to win" she smirked
"thanks..." yumiko chuckled
unfortunately, team Hayate was in their own world, unaware of the wary looks yumiko was receiving
well she herself feel somewhat exposed, since she lost one of her secret cards;
age gap, since people tends to underestimate her because of her age, which always result in her winning