A little 3rd person pov:
The pink-headed ghost girl clocks in her adoptive father's invisibility jutsu.
It's a forbidden jutsu. And it's so secret, nobody even knows its name.
A jutsu as potent as this shouldn't be in the hands of a child. Yet here we have a petite, pink head using sunscreen.
She should be proud, that she can use a forbidden jutsu so flawlessly, as if the girl was born to use it. Instead, often thought to herself, how out of place and wired her teammates would feel.
If they feel jealous, hate her for it.
Worst case scenario, be scared of her.
But she ended up in a team, that uses Kage bunshin like kunais and summons death gods to scare Lagendary sanin to death.
She has a teammate who relies on her in any situation, and trust her with their lives.
For them, she is willing to do anything. That's what she promised to herself after the wave mission.
She will never disappoint her teammates.
Sakura walks up to Jabuja. Unveiled her jutsu.
The man in front of her was shocked for a moment.
Someone like Jabuja should be able to trace her, given that he faced her father.
"Maybe it's because he is on edge?", she thought. He is guarding the Mizukage after all.
"Jabuja san..jabuja san..!", she whispers to his side.
"What is it pink head", he asks.
"I need your help, please..!", she requests.
He looks around, then at the Mizukage. She nods.
"What can I do for you, lady?", he asks.
"I need you to distract the guys in the control room", she whispers.
"Ooo...rigging the match huh? What do I get in return?" He asks.
Sakura thought of it already.
"Sasuke kun will give you the best booze He has", she replies.
"Good deal, but I need more than that ", he says.
Of course, it's an on-the-spot hire, so it won't be cheap. Sakura wracks her pretty little head for an answer.
What would Naruto Chan do? He is good at convincing people.
"How about he has to be my servant for a month ?", he suggests.
Sakura wonders how will someone like Jabuja make use of Sasuke.
"I hope he won't mind", Sakura thought.
"Deal!", she agrees.
The fact that she sold out her beloved teammate to a ninja, to acquire her goals didn't even cross her mind.
All that mattered was the mission at hand. Failure is not an option.
"I will do anything for them", she thought. Even if it means sacrificing them.
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She enters the room since Jabuja kept his end of the bargain and cleared it.
"I'm in ", she informs.
"Aatta girl...I almost wet my pants", Says the earbuds.
It felt strange to hear Sasuke Kun's voice so close.
As if he is taking close her neck.
Kinda ticklish.
"Why would Sasuke kun wet his pants? Did he drink too much water?", she wonders.
The boys can't be left alone for even a second.
"The Pendrive is a hacking module", Sasuke says.
She doesn't know what a [hacking module] is but nods anyway.
"Where do I put it?", she asks.
"Just put it in any hole that it fits. It will do its magic once you press ctrl", Sasuke says.
"Ctrl.? Where is it?", she asks.
"Just look at the keyboard".
"Keyboard?".
"There is a rectangular thing with buttons and letters on it. On the far left, downwards there is a button with ctrl. Press it and wait 15 seconds", he replies.
"What is he going to do, if he can't be in here", she wonders.
Sasuke doesn't have a similar machine sealed in his scrolls right?
But the magic was true. The screen on the strange machine that it has, started to move things around on its own.
After 15 seconds passed she got out safely and headed towards his team. With the drive.
Outside the room, she sees a blue-clad woman flirting with the guard.
She sweetly smiles at her.
Wow, Jabuja can even seduce a man.
"A resourceful ninja", she praises in her mind.
Sakura puts on her jutsu and makes her marry way.
"All in a day's work", Sakura chuckles to herself.
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Sasuke pov:
"So, you kind of hired Jabuja on the spot to help you out?", I ask as another firework is kicked away by guy sensei.
Naruto's blasts are all over the place.
Sakura nods.
"What did he want?", I ask.
"Oh...I said you will give him your best booze?", she says hesitantly.
I guess delivering a set of bottles from the Uchiha sellers won't be too hard. I heard Mizukage liked wine best.
"He also wanted you to be his servant for 1 month", she says nonchalantly.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Did you agree?", I ask.
"Well, I had to", she replies. "It was for the mission", she adds.
So, I have to serve Mei Sama for a month.
"What did he mean by serve?", I ask.
"Oh....he didn't say anything specific", she tries to remember.
Hmm....what will a goddamn kage make use of an Uchiha?
Probably some dirty work inside the village. Maybe she wants a spy?
I do have a reputation for crossing a few lines here and there.
But for a whole month? That's a bit excessive?
Well, the next exams gonna be 1 month from now, so I will keep myself busy.
Doesn't matter. I'm just happy Sakura came back safe.
I would've been happy even if she asked for lifelong servitude.
Swear to god, I will think at least a hundred times before sending people to do my dirty work.
"What we're going to do now?", Sakura asks.
I shrug while putting my hands under my armpits.
It's feely chilly for some reason.
"For now, let's just enjoy the show. Naruto should be done with him soon", I change the subject.
Gas bombs, kunai, smoke, fireworks, paints, not to mention clones
Akamaru is there somewhere with a foaming mouth. Kiba is already running low on chakra so he ate a chakra pill.
He looked like a wet rabid dog.
Hmm....he didn't use this much clone in the canon.
Maybe it's because he hardly had to fight in the forest?
Kiba growls at him. Naruto's eyes wonder at me.
I wave dismissively. Knock him out or whatever.
"Yo...dude. I know don't wanna quit. But you sure your buddy wants the same?", Naruto clones speak in unison.
Kiba flinched. Before his eyes Akamaru twitches while whining.
"I...this isn't over Naruto", Kiba swears.
"I forfeit", Kiba is about to cry.
He ends the fight with a simple psychological attack.
I look at the board.
[Sasuke uhiha vs Karin]
Oo...they got my name spelling wrong.
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I see Karin walking down to the ring.
Sakura holds my hands and shakes them.
"Best of luck".
I kiss her hand.
And lean backward on the railing.
Flip over and fall on the ring.
Gotta do it with style.
Karin twists her mouth at my antics.
"Done showing off?", she asks.
I point towards her legs.
"There is a Roch on your pants", I point out.
"Hah... I'm not falling for your tricks. Don't fucking underestimate me just cause of what happened in the forest!", she spins a kunai on her finger and takes a stance.
"Nee-chan... I'm serious. Look at your pants. It's right there", I tell her with genuine concern.
She furrows her eyebrows and slowly moves her eyeballs.
A very plump and chocolate color cockroach glees its teeth at her. It climbs inside her torso.
Karin shrieks loudly and starts jumping around.
"Kiaaaaaaa!!!! Get it out! Get it out....iyaaaaaa!!!!!", Karin screams.
"Wait wait!! Girl, calm down. Let me get it for ya' ", I slowly approach.
"No ...stay away. Iiiiiii...!!! ", Karin has tears in her eyes.
"You want that thing out or what? It might crawl into a hole!", I say with a sigh.
Poor girl is confused. Which one is more disgusting, my words or the cockroach?
She gets into her position while enduring the crawling cockroach.
"It's a genjutsu...You Uchiha scum!", she curses.
I click my tongue. Looks like it will have to be the hard way.
"See....this is what the world has come to. Just because I'm an uchiha ...doesn't mean I use Genjutsu. THAT IS RACIST!", I say while slapping the air. [I hear someone saying, "You are using it though"].... huh....Sakura Chan can be so blunt sometimes.
"Yeah....I am racist", Karin says with a calm voice.
"What are you gonna do about it?", she asks with a deep voice.
Okay.....that was hot.
Forget about getting the first hit, she is hot on her trails with her kunai out.
Oh boy !...here she comes. The red-headed princess with her spiky hair all over the place.
Will it hurt her to hide that other kunai she has in her thigh?
She strikes first. I step to the side and grab it with my fingertips.
Oo....she oiled it. It slipped right out my finger, cutting my palm.
She jumps back as she throws the other kunai.
It hits me in the thigh.
I see her smirking. Hmm.....
I feel a familiar sweet metallic taste and the urge to vomit.
Ooo....she used poison. And I know this one. Some strand of Kapibara.
It's not a deadly one, but it might knock me out.
Good thing I have resistance buildup.
I see her getting restless as she circles me slowly.
Just for her pleasure, I vomited a bit.
The smirk on her face comes back.
"Hah...got ya' Uchiha! It's a deadly poison! ", she says with a grin.
"Is that so?", I say with a smile.
"And I have the antidot", she says.
"Forfiet or you will die within 5 minutes", she says.
That's the lousiest bluff I've ever heard.
I laugh as I heal the wound with mystical arts. The slow and wheezing loughs resound around the silent hallroom.
Karin catches on. She kind of gives up as she relaxes her pose.
"So.....you know poisons too?", she says with a sigh.
"Well, I don't major in that...", I say while chuckling and pulling the kunai out of my thigh.
"But yeah, I know a lot about poisons", I say with a raised nose.
Karin sighs again.
"You have a pretty face.....but one nasty smile", she says as she raises her hand to surrender.
"You know....", I interrupt her.
"You never called me by my name", I mention.
"Monsters like us don't have names", she suddenly says with a blank face.
"Eh?", I'm confused.
"Uchiha....you think they see you as anything other than that?", she asks me.
"They don't ", I answered flatly.
Karin is taken aback by my sudden answer.
"Then why do you even want to be something else....if that is all you worth?", she asks.
"Because I love myself", I say with a shrug.
"What?", it's her turn to be confused.
"Because I love myself enough to not care about what others think", I say.
Karin silently stares at me for a few seconds.
It's her turn to laugh.
"You are a funny guy", she says.
"I will take that as a compliment ", I nod."So, I know this pretty good place we can hang out at", I add.
I hear a few girly gasps, even the Mizukage had raised eyebrows. I ignore them.
"I will consider it, as long you keep your mug clean off that eerie smile", she says while pointing.
"Aaaaahhh....no. It comes with the package, you see", I say with a frown.
"No deal then!", she shrugs.
"I guess that's it then", I shrug too.
She raises her hand.
"I surrender", she declared.
"See you around, Sasuke ", she waves.
Hayate-san smokes in on the ring.
"Winner Sasuke Uchiha", he declared.
I stare at Karin as she walks away.
Suddenly there is a tap on my back.
"You will get over it", Hayate san says.
"Oh...no. It's my second time", I say with a chuckle.
"Oooo....that must've hurt more ", he sympathizes.
"It didn't, actually", I say while scratching my cheek.
"Hmm....I can see that", he nods as he coughs.
I get back to my platform.
"Did you do....what you wanted to do?", Sakura asks.
I open my mouth for an explanation.
"Dude. Should've told me you were hurt this much", Naruto chimes in.
He grabes my shoulder before I can explain.
"Next time you will get her for sure, believe it!", he says.
"Well...I already beat her though", I say as I slip the ring out of my finger. The red ring with a bloody eye on it.
Sakura notices it.
"Ooo...I see what you did!", she says. Does she recognize it?
Naruto sees the ring too.
"That's a one weird wedding ring", he wonders.
Did he think I was gonna propose to Karin?
"It's not a wedding ring silly", Sakura lightly pats Naruto.
"It's a ninja tool. Puts people in genjutsu the moment they look at it", I explain. Naruto nods thoughtfully.
Quite the handy tool I kept from Onee san's things.
"Eddi has them. It's like a super secret thing in Anbu", Sakura says while nodding.
I can guess the follow-up question.
"Itachi nee was the leader of Anbu", I answered as I put it away.
"Aa....that explains it", Sakura nods.
Guess you are not the only kid with an Anbu member.
Not like it's a competition.
With a sigh, I cast a single sign. The genjutsu should activate and Karin should be heading towards the toilet right about now.
All in a day's work.
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Next up is Shikamaru vs the Bigboobs flute girl.
It went canon.
Yeah...boring.
Then it's Shino Aburame vs Kaido Takamichi.
Hmm...a mist ninja.
Welp....Shino lost. His bugs couldn't find a way out of the thick fog he made. Not to mention, the fog had some kind of poison in it.
So, his bugs got ...drunk.
Poison mist....not bad.
Then it's Choji vs Kabuto. Kabuto quite.
Choji then again got paired up with another Mist ninja. Is it fog, playing hide and seek again?
I didn't know the mist shinobi were all one trick pony.
Kakashi comes in and leans beside me on the railing.
" Good timing. Sakura should be up next", I say.
"Oo..... I see", I don't know what he sees though. I guess he guessed it.
He has one eye and it's closed.
I guess he is smiling.
"She ....is gonna be okay, right?", I ask.
"Like it never happened", Kakashi says deadpan.
"Wow....I'm never gonna mess with a Yamnaka", I huff with sweat.
"Why would you do that?", Kakashi asks. He has a genuine concern in his voice. Or, is he just being sarcastic?
"Emm....I'm just sayin' it for the sake of it. Like how you see a hive of bees and think to yourself the same", I say with half-closed eyes.
"Oo....", Kakashi again just doesn't express what is going through his mind.
"I'm still a genin, sensei", I state. Even though I'm a versatile guy, I'm still very much "Killable" and "expendable".
"Don't count on it", he slaps my shoulder as he goes towards Sakura.
Don't count on what? In what context did he say that?
"Yosh! Pink flower. Do you know who you will be fighting?", Kakashi asks.
"I don't", Sakura says. Kakashi has raised eyebrows as he looks at me. Sakura didn't want to spoil her surprise.
"Yo sensei, I beat Kiba's ass so hard...that he cried!", Naruto falls on him. Kakashi kind of pries him off of him.
Along with the lines of "Good job," he is looking for someone.
]Buummmm!] Choji just cracked one of the walls with his giant body.
Well, if he bounces around the ring like a ping-pong like this he will get him eventually.
So....he just ran out of juice.
And he fell down and out of the match.
The fog cleared.
The mist shinobi is smeared on the cracked wall. Let's hope he ain't dead.
Both of them are out.
Next up.
Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka.
Hmm... I'm kinda worried though. Ino is canon as far as I know. But seeing Sakura, things might be different.
I don't see eye to eye with most of the girls in our class, but Ino outright resorts to violence when I'm around.
Oh yeah... I used to steal Ino san's bento.
Her mom made the best fish cutlets. My mouth waters when I think about it. But as the asshole I am, I lost control and ended up stealing them for a whole week. Was not proud of it.
Iruka sensei was furious when he caught me red-handed.
To top it off, Ino's mother wanted to meet me at the school gate.
I remember being embarrassed and scared as fuck.
Instead, she gave me a bento filled with cutlets. That day I apologised to Ino and her mother while crying through my eyes and nose.
How is it possible for such a sweet person to exist in this godforsaken world? I guess, you just gotta let them help you a bit.
Inoiki san even invited me to their house for a meal.
I accepted the invitation.
Then I didn't show up.
Ino's mother barged into my house.
Ooooh....that was one hell of a mess.
"What's wrong?", Kakashi asks.
"Oh...nothing. Just remembered some embarrassing things", I say with a wry smile.
"You should learn to control your expressions properly ", Kakashi advises.
"Yes, sensei", I agree robotically. Says the person who wears a mask.
"Let's just focus on the fight", he suggests as Sakura and Ino face each other in the ring.
"What do you think will happen?", Kakashi asks.
??? Isn't the talkative one today?
"You want my opinion?", I ask in disbelief.
"Since she has been your classmate, I thought you would know?", Kakashi explains.
"Ino is bad news", I say while sighing.
"How?", Naruto asks.
"How?! You dumb fuck, just look at her. Ino san has bigger muscles than you do! ", I point my finger at Naruto's forehead.
"Wha...no way...dude!", Naruto says in disbelief. Then he looks with squinting eyes.
"Nah!", Naruto confirms his point.
"Look at her thighs", I help him see reason.
Naruto has wide eyes. Ino has thighs like Chun Lee!
"You gotta be shitting me", he scoffs. "She will break a skull with her kicks", he adds.
"Yeah, she has more weight than our girl, in a contest of raw strength she is way ahead of Sakura", I say while shaking my head.
Kakashi takes a deep breath. I hope he motivated Sakura enough.
I have no doubt Sakura will win. Just it won't be an easy one.
I see them talking it out.
From their conversation, I would assume Ino has substantial knowledge regarding Sakura's jutsu.
It's a nameless jutsu and of course a forbidden one.
I used it a few times since Sakura was kind enough to let me copy it.
It was not a pretty feeling. Simply put, it stops the circulating Chakra in the user's skin. Rendering it ....out of reality? It felt eerie to use it. It's like my Sharingan knows how it works, but I don't.
Essentially, making me unable to teach it to anyone else.
Anyhow, they are done talking.
I see Ino making a rock sign. Wait, that's not the sign of Mind transfer. Her forehead has a few veins popping.
She is using .....the wide broadcasting jutsu.
Is she going to use brainwaves to flush Sakura out?
Sakura goes invisible and she is already on her way to Ino.
But Ino just snaps her head like a COD player and instantly changes signs. She instantly switches jutsu and Sakura is caught in it.
I turn my Sharingan up.
Sakura is under mind transfer. She is done for.
Should've given her a chakra disrupt tag.
No, that would've flushed her out as well.
Fuck.
I see a faint shadow raising its hand. Ino is going to make Sakura surrender. Okay, Ino can't break Sakura's invisibility even after possession. But she can still declare surrender.
No.....not like this.
Wait, there is no voice.
The instant transmission breaks. Ino violently coughs while grabbing her throat.
A .....silence jutsu. Sakura has a restriction jutsu on her voice. Like the root agents.
"I can't say the word", Sakura admits.
Ino looks at her crazy friend with a smile.
"That was smart, not gonna lie", she praises.
Okay, so if they can't see you or hear you surrender it doesn't count. And Sakura ....she ..... put a restriction on herself from ever surrendering.
I can feel Kakashi's chakra flare up.
Even under that mask, I can feel what face he is making. He is angry.
"I guess I'm gonna have to kick you out of the ring", Ino says as she again casts the broadcast jutsu.
Is she.....going to use the Jutsu while fighting close range? I can only imagine the strain it will put on her mind and body.
The blond and pink engage in vicious chains of taijutsu.
I have never seen Sakura this serious.
And Ino, as if she has eyes on her back, solely uses her legs to counter, block, and attack while using her hands to maintain the jutsu.
Ino grabes Sakura's Katana with her heel, presses it down to the floor, and follows up with a roundhouse kick. Sakura loses a bit of control of her jutsu and becomes visible as she dodges it by bending back words.
Ino flips mid-air and delivers an axe kick.
Sakura rolls out of the way as her previous position becomes a small crater.
Both girls .....no....both warriors take a second to breathe as they gain distance.
Ino pulls her leg out of the floor and slams it down with force. The ground shakes a bit as I can see faint traces of chakra emitting from her back like some kind of aura.
"What is that?", Kakashi blurts out.
"That's.....a Sumo technique ", I can't hide my excitement.
The jutsu forces the user's inner chakra to come to the periphery, revitalizing Stamina and endurance.
Ino Yamanaka, air to the Yamanaka uses a Sumo technique in a ninja battle.
Now I can see why Ino and Sakura became best friends....they are both crazy.
Sakura again goes invisible.
So isn't using the broadcast technique anymore, gathering a hefty amount of chakra in her arms.
And she clasps.
The golden wave of force emits and pushes debris away, along with Sakura.
That's .....isn't that a temple jutsu?
I see her going back into the broadcast seal, she emits a strong brain wave then she lets go.
Instantly snaps in the direction Sakura is.
Ino with her muscular legs jumps up and falls on Sakura like a tigress.
She is going to drive a knee in her chest.
And she did. Sakura coughs up blood as she falls backward.
I reflexively grabbed the railing and it snapped.
Oh....I have to keep calm. Sakura is strong.
She won't be beaten with a single kick matter how strong it is.
Ino pulls Sakura by pulling her collar up.
And she drives another knee to her stomach.
Sakura again gasps in pain.
What the fuck...does she wanna kill Sakura?
I almost jumped out of the railing before I heard a distinct metallic sound.
Sakura pulls the Hidden wrist blade out of Ino's stomach.
Ino staggers backward while holding onto the wound. It bleeds profusely.
She can't stop the bleeding, since I made the wrist blade with sarration.
Sakura gasps for air as she pulls herself together and goes back into invisibility.
She can't do anything but watch in horror.
She gets beaten black and blue defenselessly.
I swear I saw teeth flying.
A gaping wound, a black eye, and a depleted chakra reserve. Ino is still standing there while gasping.
Sakura comes out of her jutsu.
"Ready to give up?", she asks.
Ino stands straight. Pulls her disheveled bangs backward with blood in her hands. Her torn lips curved into a smile.
"What do you think?", she asks.
Pulls one leg in the air. The snake stance.
Ready to fight.
I....forgot to breathe for a second.
She.....Into looked so.....
"Fucking cool!", Naruto speaks my mind.
Yeah....Ino Yamanaka is cool and badass.
But our girl isn't far behind.
She spits the blood out as she lets go of the katana and punches her palm with the other fist.
That sounded heavy. I guess it's a good old fistfight.
I wonder what happened to Ino and Sakura in the past that they.....ended up like this.
Not that I mind though...I dig it. Ino and Sakura look fucking hot as they beat each other to death. But the question remains. And where did she learn monk jutsus? I don't even know if I'm calling them by the correct name.
There are so many things that I don't know.
"Eeerrrmmmmm!!!", I hear Ino growling.
Sakura put her finger right in that wound.
Ino caught the finger and [snap].... snapped it.
Sakura doesn't make a sound as she punches her jaw with the same broken finger.
The staggers Ino is then grabbed into a chock hold.
She thrashes around like a mad bull, stabs Sakura in the flank with a kunai, and smashes herself on the floor along with Sakura.
But Sakura doesn't let go.
In the end, Ino passes out.
Sakura lets go....slowly crowls out of her unconscious enemy.
Sits with her legs spread. Gently pulls Ino's head on her lap. She is checking if Ino is breathing.
She has that smile....that strange motherly smile.
Sakura looks around.
"Satisfied with the show?", as if her eyes ask.
Hayate appears in the arena and declares Sakura the winner.
There was no cheer, there was no clap.
Only heavy sighs and people wondering what the hell happened to the blond princess.