Sasuke saw the barrage of deadly great swords flying at him and frowned, gritting his teeth he internally knew now that there was no way but to take some damage to get out of this attack, he couldn't do anything the attack was way too widespread for him to dodge it.
With all this power he used the last of this Chakra and his Sharingan flare. His body was battered by now and many of these rips were broken, he was almost out of chakra but still, he moved and using his Sharingan tried to find the most optimal way to avoid most of the swords.
Ducking, jumping, side-stepping he dodged most of them, but he didn't come out of it unharmed, there were many cuts on his body but he avoided most of the lethal attacks.
But it wasn't done yet, he saw just one more sword was flying towards him, Sasuke waited and when the time was right ducked to avoid that last sword.
He thought that the fight was finally over but then suddenly a voice came. "Finally got you now." Shika's voice came making Sasuke's heart sink even more.
Turns out that the last sword wasn't just a shadow clone of the Kobikiribocho, as soon as it passed Sasuke, the sword turned into Shika.
To be more exact a copy of Shika as humans can't change their shape that much but shadow clones can.
Sasuke felt a looking presence behind him, his heart beating fast, if only he look behind him he might see a demon holding a huge ass sword trying to cut off his head right now to take him to the afterlife.
Shika was holding the big Kobikiribocho, which he swung at Sasuke and finally caught him off guard.
But Shika wasn't planning on killing Sasuke, what he was planning was to trap Sasuke by his neck at the one curvature of the great sword. He targeted Sasuke just right, hitting right at his neck and then digging the sword into the ground, making Sasuke bend over and lay flat on the ground, his head now stuck at the ground.
"Finally got you." Shika sigh. He was about out sit on Sasuke so that he wouldn't move anymore and try to escape. But that was when Sasuke who was in front of him Vanish with a puff of smoke.
"What…"
Shika was flabbergasted, 'Since when he started playing clones. That's Naruto's Copy Right.'
But he didn't have the time to think about this as he saw someone appearing right beneath him, It was Sasuke.
Sasuke pulls a Lee on Shika and kicks him up. But that wasn't enough so he kicked him even further in the air and jumped high enough to lastly send a powerful kick at Shika.
"Lions Barrage." Sasuke put everyone's last bit of his power into that attack and kicked Sasuke back to the ground with a kick.
Thud…
Shika's body fell to the ground with a thud, and Sasuke too followed as he no longer had enough power to fight anymore.
After that silence fell in the hall. Waiting for something to happen, anything. But nothing happened.
"Is this even a genin fight anymore? Are you sure those guys are already not chunin' if not Jonin?" Someone asked with disbelief.
"Is this finally ending?"
"Did, Sasuke win?"
"Hah, I knew that Sasuke would win, he is the best."
Others talked and discussed about the fight and now it ended. They were expecting a good fight from Sasuke but not Shika.
"I…I won." Sasuke finally muttered as he was not completely out of chakra, that clone took all of it and that last attack pretty much exhausted him. Now he was even having a hard time staying conscious.
His transformation already retreating back as he went back to his base form like he never turned into a half-demon teenager before.
Sasuke looked at the proctor like asking him to announce the result, but the proctor didn't.
"I Won," Sasuke said to the proctor but before he could get any response he heard this.
"Nah, I Won."
Sasuke's eyes widen, he is barely able to turn his neck enough to only see who is standing behind him before his body stiffens.
Now he was only able to move his eyes, he with struggle looked down only to see a shadow holding him and not only that the shadow was creeping up to him and…
'Shadow Strangle Jutsu.'
"H..how?
I beat you, that last was can't be a clone." Sasuke was looking out of mind right now. Frantically trying to look back to the Shika who he just kick.
There was no way that the last one was a clone. No clone can handle even the first kick from him let alone an entire lion's barrage.
"Here I will let you." Shika sighed and lost his hold on Sasuke's head as the shadow which was strangling all over his body started to retreat Sasuke was able to move his head now.
When he looked back, he saw Shika's body was still lying on the ground. Which confuse him.
"This…" Sasuke looks confused.
"The one you kicked was the real me. I am the shadow clone." The clone replied with a smile as he took out a kunai and placed it at Sasuke's neck.
Sasukes eyes stook at this ?
"I lost ?" Sasuke's say, not announcing but more like asking.
"Who knows? You got me first. Technically I lost as my main body is already out for the count" Shika just replied and shrugged. Making Sasuke and Others quiet down.
By now everyone around was just quiet, just wanting to hear what both of them had to say. None made any noise.
"Then… then why ?"
"Why I'm holding you like this at the edge of the Kunai's tips? Hahaha." Shika just laughed.
Shika now had a calm smile as he was praising himself for hiding his shadow clone in his shadow and making the clone come out at the last moment.
"You see… in the shinobi world it's not how one lives, but how we die…" Shika replied with a smile on his face.
Making him and others who were listening to him confused. Even the Hokage and Orochimaru who was by now having multiple orgasms after seeing the fight listened intently.
"Being able to live in this world is a luxury which not many can afford just like being able to die in peace.
As a Shinobi you will die protecting your country and your loved ones, that is the only relief you have.
There are times when the odds are too much against us, so we end up dying. That is. Pretty much the end of the story, But being a Shinobi you are not allowed to die alone.
If you are going to die then you better take the enemy with you. Because when you dont, the same people you die for, get killed." Shika replied making others shinobi understand exactly what Shika was talking about.
"If you don't kill your enemy before you die, then your comrades die, I will never allow that to happen," Shika replied with a firm tone. Making a certain one-eyed scarecrow to lower his head, but if he wasn't wearing his usual mask then others could have seen a small smile forming on his face.
"That is my Nindo, my will of fire." Shika was nailing for the politically correct words right now.
"So you can kill me, but you better bet on your ass that I'll gonna take you down in the process. I might die but I will not lose or let anyone precious to me die either." Shika replies as he removes the kunai from Shika's neck and lets go of Sasuke as he removes his Shadow blinding.
Sasuke was even sitting still thanks to Shika's shadow was supporting him, the moment he removed that Sasuke fell to the ground.
"To me, a ninja is someone who endures, protects and stands true to his value till the very end.
Even after death.
That's when you can call yourself a Shinobi." Shika said as he turned back to the proctor.
"Do whatever you want to with the match. It's on you who won. I'll be taking my main body to the hospital now." Clone replied, reminding others that he was still a clone. And then moved towards the real body who was by now was unconscious and took him up.
He didn't wait for the result, the clone soon ran out of chakra which could be dangerous for the main body, though in Konoha it's mostly safe but after showing what he was capable of, at last to a certain degree, there are many people in the village who can make a move on him.
He just looked back once and looked at Hinata, saying something which Hinata didn't hear as he only whispered but Hinata understood.
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"That was… actually very cool." Ino who was earlier cheering on for Sasuke muttered as she recalled what Shika said.
Even Sakura had to agree that that was cool.
Naruto on the side had star marks on his eyes while he shouted with excitement.
"Gosh, that's youth," Lee called out and Tenten was smiling ear to ear right now.
Karin on the side was the same, earlier she was cheering for Shika while most of the girls were cheering for Sasuke. Her Uzumaki blood almost seemed boiling at the incredible fight she just witnessed.
"Maybe, saying here with him won't be that bad after all." Karin smiled and muttered slowly.
Gaara on the side remains calm, earlier he wanted to fight with Sasuke but he no longer, he now wants to fight with Shika now.
"Now that some shinobi alright," Temari smirked as he saw Shika taking his body out.
The adults were the same, they had a smiles on their faces. Almost all of them knew that the fight was unfair but still that boy fought till the very end.
"His strategies to were on point and he had the power to back up his beliefs."
"He never stops planning while fighting an enemy much stronger than him."
"He always had a plan ready and if not he was quick to come up with one."
"He is a Nara alright, his backup plan had a backup plan."
"If this were a real fight then he did exactly what a Shinobi is supposed to do."
The Jonin all chatted among themselves as a smile was playing at all of their faces. Even the Hokage was smiling a little as he puffed a smoke.
"Gekko announce the result." Hokage rely while looking at Gekko Hayate who was looking at him for an answer all this time.
Technically it was Shika who became unconscious first but there are many things which could already disqualified Sasuke's let along thinking of who won.
But more than that, Gekko wanted Shika to win, because the boy really had all the qualifications of a Chunin.
But seeing the final outcome and the identity of Sasuke he waited for Hokage's response.
Though the Hokage didn't say to Gekko who he was supposed to announce as the winner but he understood by the smile Hokage had on his face.
"The Winner is Shika Nara."
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