Appearing in the audience with his hands in his pockets, Yamato watched Toru's fight against Gaara.
With narrowed eyes, he watched every corner of the battlefield as he tried to look for something, but found nothing. In fact, the reason he was late had to do with what Yamato was looking for right now.
A few hours ago at night, two lifeless bodies were found in different parts of Konoha. One of the bodies was recognized as Kinuta Dosu, one of the participants of the final exam and the remaining corpse was recognized as Gekko Hayate, the judge of the preliminary exam.
The reason for their deaths is still unknown, so Yamato now has the mission to observe everything quietly and wait for something important to happen.
(Hm... so Orochimaru, eh...)
-On the battlefield
(Where is he?)
Looking around, Gaara was nervous, as it was the second time such a swift enemy appeared in front of him. Again and again, it was as if Toru's body turned into air, materializing again in a different place.
The edge of the daggers was getting closer and closer to his throat and Gaara didn't like this, Toru was too dangerous and his eyes made him feel disgusted, as if he was seeing the eyes of death.
(Not again...)
Grimacing a little, Gaara raised his hand, instantly all the sand began to surround the battlefield, spraying on the ground and covering everything.
The spectators looked on in silence.
Toru's feet still didn't touch the ground, but he knew that if his toes ever caressed the sand, very bad things would happen, but this was good, as he came up with something interesting.
Landing on the ground, Toru disappeared before the sand managed to catch him. Gaara watched this with wide eyes, as Toru began to run around him at an inhuman speed, kicking up the sand due to the air current that formed.
-What the hell...
-Hey, I can't see it.
-Where did that kid come from? He's too fast.
-I guess it's because of his poor talent for ninjutsu, he was forced to strengthen his taijutsu, or so I think.
The astonished opinions began to come one after another. Everyone was amazed at the taijutsu skill that the Asahi clan boy possesses. But still, they had yet to see anything, as Toru always has something up his sleeve.
So, increasing the speed, the sand rose even higher in the air, forming a sand tornado.
The sand covered the entire battlefield, preventing everyone from being able to see. At the same time, Gaara looked to his sides, but there was no one, Toru disappeared once again.
At the same moment, the sand fell to the ground with a strange sound similar to waves in the ocean.
"Where is Nii-san? I don't see him!"
"I can't see him either..."
Searching with their eyes, Hanabi and Hinata couldn't find Toru, moreover, it's as if the boy's presence had completely disappeared, leaving no trace.
"No matter how strong I become, there will always be someone stronger."
Clenching his fists tightly, Rock Lee felt a little frustrated, since right now someone better than him had appeared. But a second later he looked up at the sky and raised his hand.
"I have found a new rival."
With a defiant smile, Lee's frustration vanished into thin air, giving way once again to inner peace.
"There he is!"
With the Byakugan activated, Hanabi could see that Toru was swooping down, holding the daggers tightly and glaring at Gaara.
"Dansu gyakusatsu: Raifusutoraiku [Dancing Massacre: Vital Strike]"
Gaara looked at Toru and had a strange feeling run down his spine. Still, he lowered his gaze and tried to think of something.
*Boom!*
A loud boom was heard, followed by a gigantic cloud of dust that made it impossible to see what was happening. Everyone got up from their seats to be able to see something, but it was still impossible, the dust cloud was too big.
After a second, the dust settled, revealing Gaara, who had covered himself with a sphere of sand, which was crumbling due to the heavy blow he received. Toru on the other hand, stood in front of him with a neutral expression on his face, holding the two daggers in his hands, while his eyes continued to shine brightly.
"Bastard..."
With his hands shaking, Gaara felt a lot of pain, as he not only had to use the sand sphere to protect himself, but he had to hold it with his bare hands in order not to be crushed by Toru's strength.
"Damn..."
The expression on Gaara's face was grim, right now, something inside him wanted to wake up and needed blood. He was trying to stay calm, but it was almost impossible, the anger and bloodlust increased.
At the same time, Toru tightened his grip on the daggers and sighed, now this was about to get rough, so he was thinking about his next move.
"Blood... I need blood..."
Muttering a few words as he looked down at the ground, Gaara touched his head and raised his hand. Almost instantly, as if the sand had a consciousness of its own, it began to move filling the ground once again, but this time it was different, as the sand changed shape, transforming into different thorns that came out of the ground with the intention of killing Toru, but he was faster, as he took a leap rising into the air.
"You're not going to escape this..."
Clenching his fist, the sand thorns grew larger, covering the entire battlefield.
Toru had no escape, as falling he will be pierced by the thorns, still, he knew what he was doing, so, taking the large scroll in his hand, Toru threw it upwards, at the same time he took off his cloak, revealing two strange rectangular machines that were strapped to his wrists. After that the scroll fell down and, using the strap, he fastened it to his back again.
-At the highest part of the stadium.
Watching Toru carefully, Yamato sighed and folded his arms, after all he already knew what those strange machines were, since it was his own student who revealed and used the artifacts in his training.
(I still don't understand how they work...)
-Battlefield-
(Observe, a small fragment of my intelligence)
Still in the air, Toru looked at the ground and stretched out his hands, almost instantly, he disappeared leaving residual images where he was.
Everyone watched this with attention, since it was impossible to be able to move in the air unless you use ninjutsu, but here was the detail, Toru did not use ninjutsu, but the artifacts tied to his wrists.
Appearing quickly, Toru was a few inches away from Gaara, so, taking advantage of this, he kicked him in the stomach, making him retreat a few meters while rolling on the ground to a stop.
"It can't be..."
"The same thing again."
Kankuro and Temari couldn't believe anything that was happening. Toru was able to take Gaara down, even Naruto looked at this with a frown on his face, as after seeing the Asahi clan boy in action, he thought he had a long way to go to be able to overcome him.
(Again, this feeling, I hate it, I hate this).
Touching his abdomen, Gaara stood up. The blow he received had hurt, and pain is something this boy doesn't like at all, as the only thing he provoked is uncontrollable anger.
As for Toru, strange wires had come out of the devices on his wrists, this helped him to move in the air, clinging to the walls like a hook. The structure of this tool, although it is hard to believe, is simple, but it is still a prototype, so it still has small flaws to be fixed.
These devices, as Toru calls them 'triggers' have an internal structure made with different gears that facilitate the exit of the cable, which has a small hook at the end to be able to cling to surfaces. The triggers are powered with a chakra battery that Toru himself made from scratch, this battery can store a large amount of chakra, although for the cable to come out at a high speed, a large cost of chakra is needed, so the batteries can last up to two hours of continuous use at most.
(I must kill him... I have to kill him, I need to kill him).
Looking at Toru with a grim expression on his face, Gaara couldn't take this anymore, after all he was being humiliated.
"Die..."
Raising his palm, the sand obeyed Gaara's will, turning into a giant hand of sand. The hand moved about the place, with only one goal, to crush Toru.
(It's the same as with Rock Lee, but this time I can move freely. I haven't used everything I have yet, so I can say that this fight will last a little longer).
Adopting his strange fighting stance, Toru prepared for the attack.
At the same time, the sand hand closed in at great speed, rising like a great wave of sand, but Toru's eyes glowed and the lines of death showed.
In one place, a large golden line shone through all the sand, causing Toru to throw himself against this attack of great magnitude.
Taking a 180-degree turn, the dagger cut the golden line, this made the whole sand crumble, leaving the calm sound of waves in the sea.
(No, no, no, no, no! It's not enough!)
Touching his head with both hands, the sand began to swirl around Gaara, until at last, two large hands of sand formed behind him.
-among the audience-
"This doesn't look good..."
Gritting her teeth, Ino was nervous. She knew what Gaara is capable of, but she also knew about Toru, so it wouldn't be that big of a problem, but still, to her Toru is a mystery to be discovered.
"Two sand hands, huh... Toru is very fast, but I don't think that's any good when something giant is coming at you and you don't have a chance to dodge it."
Looking at his little canine friend, Kiba more or less understood what was going on with Gaara, he looked desperate, as if he had no options. Still, he also understood that the two of them are hiding their true power, so he couldn't wait to see who would reveal himself as the most powerful first.
-Battlefield
"I need blood..."
Walking slowly against Toru, the sandy hands followed Gaara, but this made the Asahi clan boy shake his head.
"Die!"
Letting out a shout that echoed throughout the stadium, the two sand hands launched themselves at Toru. The latter jumped so that he could dodge them, but the hands split into smaller hands, completely surrounding him.
(Shit!)
Toru made a mistake by jumping, now the hands had him surrounded, he couldn't use the triggers due to the same reason, and he couldn't hit the hundreds of hands that appeared, plus his eyes continued to expend chakra, so this at last started to get problematic.
At the same time, the hands held Toru and then Gaara spoke.
"Give me your blood..."
With a smirk, Gaara ordered the hands to attack, they obeyed and threw Toru against the ground, causing a large crater and kicking up dust, but when it vanished, Toru was not where he was supposed to be.
"Liberate!"
Up in the sky, Toru opened the scroll and with one hand made the hand stamp of the ram, the instant, the symbols painted on the paper glowed brightly, to a second later give way to a large cloud of smoke that spread around Toru.
Gaara opened his eyes because in the sky there were ten identical copies of Toru.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Rising from his seat, Naruto slapped the palms of his hands on Kiba's back as he looked at the clones in the sky.
-Fuinjutsu?! No, more importantly. ninjutsu sealed in a scroll?!
-What the hell, this kid is on another level.
-No doubt he can become a chunin.
-Is this the true glory of the Asahi clan?
Rising from their seats, everyone was amazed by Toru's ability. Not only because that boy is able to handle taijutsu very well, but he was talented enough to seal a Jounin level jutsu on a scroll.
And, oddly enough, Kazekage was drooling inside his veil. Strength, agility, the mentality to think quickly in a battle were the qualities of a perfect ninja, of that there was no doubt.
(He is better, he is much, much better than Sasuke).
With his hands on the metal bars, the Kazekage is about to show his true self, but he remembered that at that moment he was next to the Hokage, so acting that way would ruin everything.
A second after the audience's reactions, Toru's clones swooped down on Gaara.
One after another, moving at high speed, the clones used Gaara as a punching bag. Hitting him in the face, the abdomen, the back, it seemed as if the clones were playing volleyball with Gaara's body as they sent him flying into every corner of the battlefield.
Still, after a few seconds, the clones disappeared, after all the chakra used on them was very little, but this attack was destructive enough to leave Gaara lying on the ground with a poker face, no, it was not as easy as it seemed, as Gaara's body began to break, as if it was an empty shell.
Toru narrowed his eyes at the sight, after all it was something that was already expected.
"I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you..."
Whispering some words that were unintelligible, the sand began to gather in one place, taking the shape of a human body, until in the end this body turned out to be Gaara, who had a disturbing smile on his mouth as the sand rebuilt his armor.
(The time has come...)
Holding the daggers in his hands, Toru adopted his combat stance and then....
"Imbuir: Shakuton..."
Saying that, the daggers glowed with a blinding light, while the all-destroying flames burned brightly.
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Author's note: If we reach 60 power stones, I will post the next chapter faster!