"You sure like to run off your mouth!" Kin said as she threw several senbon needles.
"If you think I run off my mouth then you should be glad you're not facing Naruto," Shikamaru said.
"I heard that you lazy bastard!" Naruto shouted.
"Troublesome blond…" Shikamaru said and he was about to dodge when he heard a bell ring, only to realize at the last second that she was using the string to ring the bells behind her.
"Now I've got you!" Kin shouted as she threw her senbon at Shikamaru. Unable to dodge the attack the lazy Nara genius raised his arms to block it, getting several senbon stuck in his arms.
Shikamaru was about to make his move after that, when he found himself losing balance. "What the-" he looked over at Kin and saw that there were now three of her.
"You like?" Kin asked with a smirk, "This is my genjutsu. I utilize sound waves and direct them inside your body to knock your equilibrium off, you're likely seeing several of me by now."
"Damn it…" Shikamaru muttered as he watched the three Kins walk closer to his position, each one taking out several senbon.
"Hah! Not so tough now are yo-" She stopped when she felt herself freeze, "Nu ugh…m-my body!"
"Heh, Kage Mane No Jutsu success," Shikamaru smirked as he shook of the effects of her sound based genjutsu.
"Interesting. So that's how he did it?" Naruto said as he spotted what really happened.
"What do you mean Naruto?" asked Sakura, looking up from the battle towards her blond teammate, "How did he do what?"
"How he caught her," Naruto said as he gestured over to the battle. "I almost didn't see it, in fact if my eyesight wasn't as good as it was I doubt I would have seen it."
"So how did he get her?" asked Tenten as she leaned over the railing.
"I guess you two haven't noticed yet, but the shadows for the strings attached to that chick's senbon are far thicker than they should be." Naruto grinned as he watched Shikamaru take out a shuriken and launch it at the girl, who had been forced to do the same thing. At last the minute Shikamaru dodged the attack by bending backwards and forming a bridge. Kin had no such luck; Shikamaru had maneuvered her so that when she bent over she ended up smacking the back of her head on the wall, knocking her unconscious.
"Yeah! Go Shikamaru!" Ino cheered, pleased to see one of her teammates had made it.
"Tch, this is so troublesome," Shikamaru muttered as Hayate announced him as the winner.
Aburame Shino vs. Abume Zaku
"This sucks, I wanted to get some pay back on that Uchiha for what he did to my arms," Zaku said, getting a snort from the raven-haired Genin who decided the fight was not even worth watching.
When the battle started Shino decided to speak, shocking those who had thought him mute, "You do not have use of your arms, I would suggest you forfeit."
"Hmph, forfeit this!" Zaku took out his left arm from its sling and thrust it towards Shino, "Zankuuha!" A blast of air shot towards Shino who did nothing to dodge. As soon as it did Shino was sliced through before he dissolved into bugs, "What!"
Shino appeared right next to Zaku and punched him in the face. The Oto Genin stumbled back a bit before righting himself and growling, "Zankuuha!"
He sent another sonic airwave at Shino but the Konoha Genin dissolved into bugs again. "Damn it! Quit hiding behind your insects!"
"I am not hiding behind anything."
Zaku turned to see Shino standing behind him, "Hah! I got you now!"
"I do not think so," Shino said as he pointed behind Zaku. Said Genin turned around to see a swarm of bugs behind him, "You see, while you were so focused on me and my Kikai Bunshin (Bug Clones), I had been letting my bugs amass themselves. And since you have only one arm to fight with, you can only hit one us. It is always good to have an ace in the hole."
Rather than forfeit Zaku looked smug, "An ace in the hole huh? Then how about this!"
Zaku brought his other cast out of its sling and aimed it at the bugs, while the other went to Shino. "Zankuuha!"
Everyone had expected that to be the end for Shino. However they became surprised when rather than shoot out those powerful airwaves, Zaku's arms expanded as if something was stuck inside of them.
Zaku watched in horror as his arms began to get larger and larger. A scream tore through his throat as the pressure on his arms became so great that they were both ripped off at the elbow. It wasn't long before Zaku passed out from the pain of losing his arms, making Shino the winner.
"An ace in the hole is all well and good, but two aces are better," Shino said and walked back up the stairs as Hayate announced him the winner.
Sakura shuddered at the gruesome sight of seeing someone's arms getting ripped clean off, "I don't understand, how did Shino do that?"
"He hid his bugs inside of that Zaku guy's air plugs," Naruto answered as he reviewed the fight in his mind. "While Zaku was looking between Shino and the army of bugs, he had more bugs slip inside of those wind pipes on his hand to seal them up. The pressure from the air that was inside of his arms became so great that they were simply ripped off from the force."
"You are correct Uzumaki-san," Shino said as he came up the stairs.
Naruto grinned, "Good match Shino."
Shino nodded and walked back to his team.
"Man, those bugs were just creepy." Ayako said with a shiver, "I wonder where he got them."
Yugito frowned as she answered, "He's a member of the Aburame clan, they apparently allow those insects they use to live inside them and feast on their chakra, in return they are granted the ability to use them to communicate and fight for them."
Akayo gagged, "So they're like parasites? Gross."
"Hn. Seems Konoha's filled with a bunch of freaks," Daisuke grunted.
Yugito just shook her head at the bratty Genin's stupidity.
Ukiso Daisuke vs. Rock Lee
"YES! YES! I finally get my turn!" Lee shouted as he began to jump up and down, "I used reverse psychology by thinking that I didn't want to go and now it's my turn! Yes! WHOO HOO!"
"Lee." Gai said, trying to get the Genin's attention as he began to dance.
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