"Next match, Yuki Haku against Nara Shikamaru!!!" I exclaimed above the audience. To be honest, I'm kinda curious of how this fight will turn out. I mean, an ice user against a literal genius. It makes me wonder what Shikamaru has under his sleeves.
An ice mirror formed in the arena and Haku stepped out of it. Shikamaru jumped down from the seat with that lazy look on his face. "Troublesome," the latter muttered while staring at his opponent. "Well at least I'm not fighting that blonde…"
Haku looked at me from the arena and I sighed a little. "Alright, every fighters ready? I want a nice clean match! So please do your best, both of you," I looked at Haku as I said that and she took that as an order to do her best for a nice clean match. "Ready? Start!"
Shikamaru sighed a little before rushing in towards Haku. It's really an unorthodox strategy for the shadow user. Since I can't imagine Shikamaru winning against Haku in a taijutsu match. He didn't even say anything, he just went straight into action.
Haku blocked a kunai from Shikamaru and easily held off his attack. Then she jumped back and threw a hail of senbon straight at Shikamaru. The guy managed to dodge and block some of them, but he still got a bunch sticking all over his body.
The shadow user's movement turned jittery as more and more senbon stabbed his appendage. But he held on and keep throwing strikes at Haku. Of course, so far, Shikamaru hasn't done anything to hurt the ice user.
Then, just when everyone thought that Shikamaru is about to drop, he lunged straight at faster than humanely possible. Taken aback by the sudden lunge, Haku could do nothing when the shadow user pulled her tightly into a hug. "Sorry Haku…" he muttered towards her.
Sizzling sound appeared from Shikamaru's vest and Haku's eyes widened in disbelief. A bright flash of light and a powerful shockwave shook the entire arena. When it dies down, the only thing left is Haku lying down unconscious in the arena. On top of her is a worn out vest and a pair of reinforced arm protector.
The entire stadium went silent. I looked around the arena for a moment, looking for the lazy bastard. But there doesn't seem to be any sign of him anywhere. "If Shikamaru doesn't show up, I will assume that Shikamaru Nara has been disintegrated by his own technique and thus this fight is a tie!" I exclaimed.
"I'm up, I'm up," a voice came from the spectator's seat. There, sitting among all the merchants and feudal lord is a certain lazy bastard. "Geez, can't I get a rest? Shadow clones are such a chore, dammit…"
The audience looked at Shikamaru and shouted at him like he just performed the greatest magic tricks of all time. Everyone cheered at him as he walked down towards his seat next to Choji and Ino. Nevermind the fact that this guy just fought Haku and WON by literally sleeping through the whole match.
"No, it's a tie!" Shikamaru yelled from his seat. "I wasn't in the arena the entire fight so it counts as escaping," he added. "Just make it a tie, I rather be a genin for life than having to fight Naruto or Sasuke anyway…"
I exhaled a breath of frustration before looking back at all the audience. "It's a tie everyone!" I exclaimed and everyone just applauded in response.
Then I soared back down and gently lifted Haku up. I can imagine her waking up to a splitting headache. A sound technique and those explosive tags were no joke. "You did great Haku, take a rest now," I told her before gently carrying her to the medical room.
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"Next match is the one you've been waiting for…" I said and the entire arena went silent. "Uzumaki Naruto vs Uchiha Sasuke!!! It is the battle between the two strongest genin in Konoha ladies and gentlemen!!!" I yelled followed by a roar from the audience.
"Now, will both contestant please step into the arena?"
At first, nothing happened. But then, in a flash of light followed by a deafening roar of thunder, Sasuke appeared in the middle of the arena. He has his hands inside his pocket as he gazed at the empty spot in front of him with a cool expression on his face. The scorched ground below him formed the symbol of the Uchiha family.
Then, a huge plume of smoke exploded at the other side the arena. It soon dies down, revealing a five feet tall toad just chilling at the other side of the arena. Standing right on top of it is Naruto, with his arms folded on his chest and huge grin on his face.
"I hope you're ready to lose bastard!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Bring it on deadlast," Sasuke said calmly.
I thought that they will start off easy with cool taijutsu match and what not. But no, they are going all out on this one.
"Gamaken, get ready!" he exclaimed and the toad lowered itself. Then it jumped high in the air and brought Naruto along with it up above. When it's high enough the toad dispelled into smoke, concealing Naruto in midair.
Down below, Sasuke already opened the first gate and is now preparing for the Thousand Chirping Birds. The ball of electricity in his hand grew larger and brighter than the one in his fight against Gaara. Then he flickered away from existence.
From the cloud of smoke, Naruto dived down like a friggin comet with a huge Spiralling Sphere in his hand. It impacted Sasuke's Chidori who suddenly appeared in front of him and the two powerhouse clashed off against one another.
A blinding flash of light appeared from the forces followed by a deafening explosion. The shockwave rippled through the arena and it was only thanks to my forcefield that the audience weren't actually deafened by the explosion alone.
When the light disappeared, the two of them are still at it. Chidori and Rasengan pressing against each other for dominance. Nevermind Laws of Physics, those can go the bin. This is a hundred percent law of awesome.
After what seems like a light show for the audience, another explosion appeared and they were thrown to the ground. They both landed on their feet and doesn't look remotely exhausted at all. I mean, Naruto is already making a dozen clones and Sasuke is already charging with Kunai at the ready.
The Uchiha was a blur as he shred through the army of clones. His kunai crackles with electricity, leaving beautiful lines of blue light along the arena as he destroyed one clones after another. He was then stopped by the original Naruto with his own kunai that glows red.
"Not bad dead last…" Sasuke whispered.
"You too bastard…" Naruto replied.
Then they jumped back. Naruto threw a demon wind shuriken and Sasuke threw a volley of shuriken. The two of them dodged the respective weapon. The demon wind shuriken exploded on contact and the shurikens formed a lightning chain with one another.
Naruto started making some hand seals. "Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!" he exclaimed before slamming his palms to the ground. Sasuke who saw it coming jumped up and threw another volley of shurikens at Naruto.
The ground below them turned muddy and turned into a literal bottomless swamp. Naruto then summoned another toad for him to stand on while Sasuke started falling from the sky. "Haha! No escape for you!" Naruto exclaimed.
Sasuke scoffed and made a very familiar hand sign. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!!!" he exclaimed before shooting out a gigantic fire ball towards the swamp. The fire burned through the swamp and created a hot, dry, platform for Sasuke to stand on. "Is that all you got?"
Then Sasuke made a long string of handseal. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon!!!" he yelled out before he literally spews out a fire dragon out of his mouth. The dragon soared through the sky before descending down to bring down hell upon the blonde.
Naruto quickly formed a hundred clones and have them form a shield formation to the sky. Of course, the clones are no match for the dragon. Then one of the clones turned into a winged jacket and Naruto quickly put it on before soaring into the sky.
Down below, Sasuke took a katana from his sleeves. I recognized that weapon as the one used by Orochimaru himself, the Grass Cutter. Up above, Naruto already formed a blade using the kyubi's corrosive chakra and soared down to Sasuke's level.
Then, Naruto sent out crimson flying blade strike in quick succession. Sasuke counteracted it by sending out his own lighting flying blade strike. They all dispels each other before the two of them decided to get up close and personal.
Sasuke enhanced with the first gate and Naruto enhanced with the kyubi chakra started to fight in an epic kenjutsu match. Sasuke's moves are faster and more refined while Naruto's move are unpredictable and much more powerful.
The two traded blow after blow against one another, sending out sparks of lightning and corrosive chakra. Flashes of red and blue exploded from the arena like a spectacular laser and light show. It all went on for about twenty minutes before the two of them jumped back.
Naruto then formed a dozen flying copies of himself and summoned two katana-wielding toads to back him up. Sasuke on the other hand started to open the gates all the way to the fourth, making his skin turn slightly red and the air around him boiling. Judging by the tactics, it seems that Naruto is trying to prolong the match while Sasuke needs to end it quick.
It's kinda make sense because Naruto has virtually limitless chakra but has no attack powerful enough to defeat Sasuke while Sasuke is skilled enough to defeat Naruto but doesn't have enough chakra to keep up with his pace.
All in all, this match will be over in no time.
Sasuke vanished from existence and all of Naruto's clone exploded into smokes. Two katanas wielded by giant toads stopped Sasuke in his tracks, sending shock waves in its wake. Then Naruto appeared behind him with his crimson blade held high.
Sasuke used the toad's giant katana as a leverage to jump and twist in midair. He blocked Naruto's strike and managed to send a lightning blast right at the blonde. But then the toads retaliated and struck Sasuke to the swamp using the blunt of their swords.
Before he was caught in the swamp, Sasuke seemingly vanished from existence and appeared beside Naruto. "Dynamic Entry!!!" he exclaimed while delivering a very, very painful kick straight at the blonde's rib.
Naruto was thrown all the way to the other side of the arena and slammed on to the wall, leaving a small crater. He then dropped on the solid ground below him a distance away from the swamp. "That was Bushy Brow's move bastard!" he exclaimed before raising his blade.
His blade impacted Sasuke's grass cutter, sending another shock wave. They traded blows for a bit before Sasuke started to overwhelm the blonde with his gate enhanced speed and power. I almost thought that Naruto is going to lose until I realized something very chilling.
Throughout this match, Naruto hasn't been utilizing his explosive artillery save for the one demon wind shuriken earlier. Sasuke also hasn't activated his sharingan and has been fighting the blonde with pure instinct alone.
So when Naruto suddenly exploded and Sasuke's eyes flashes red for the first time, I almost wanted to start evacuating the entire arena. "Guys… Please don't blow up the stadium…" I muttered, hoping in vain that they won't destroy the entire stadium.
No sooner after I said that, Sasuke started making another hand seal. "Fire Style: Phoenix Falling Gale!!!" he exclaimed before he started carpet bombing the entire swamp with hundreds of fireballs. At the other side of the arena, Naruto just created a shadow clone of a five tailed fox.
Judging by some of the mutterings coming from the audience, I think it's save to say that it is not far off from Kurama's real form. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!!!" Naruto exclaimed before slamming his hand on to the fox.
The fox opened its mouth and shoots out a column of air with the same power of a category five hurricane. The hurricane swept through the arena and started to douse off Sasuke's fire. But then, the fire burns through the air, turning the arena into a burning hellscape. Anyone who is not an over powered shinobi would just leave the area, but not them apparently. The two of them still stood defiantly against one another, unwavering against the burning flames.
I mean, there's a freaking FIRE TORNADO just chilling around at the side of the arena!
Just what in the name of HECK did they do during the month break? I thought Naruto was lazing around with Jiraiya? I thought Sasuke was having anger management class with Kyubi? I thought for damn sure they're not a Kage Level Shinobi!!!
After that, Naruto took out a handful of kunai. He threw them to the sky and made a hand seal. "Kunai Explosive Shadow Clone Technique!!!" he exclaimed and the handful of kunai turned into a hail of explosive blade that blots out the sunlight.
The ground shook as the explosion rocked the entire arena. Sending plumes of fire and flaming rocks all over the place. However, a midst the hellscape they clashed off again and again. Sending flashes and shock waves all over the place.
After like half an hour, the flashes of light finally stopped. The fires of hell slowly dies out and the swamp has dried off into a regular dirt land. I dared myself to fly closer and immediately regretted that decision.
Naruto stood in one side of the arena. A crimson red spiraling sphere spinning on his palm. Beside him is about three clones growing the sphere with corrosive chakra.
On the other side of the arena, Sasuke just opened the fifth gate and is now creating a gigantic ball of lightning that makes an actual thunder look like fire crackers.
Then I looked back and saw that everyone is at the edge of their seat, watching the spectacle.
I am going to give these knuckleheads some very stern talking after this…
I erected the thickest, most powerful force field I can muster in the perimeter where I think the two is going to clash. Then I simply floated there and braced myself for the clash of power unlike anything I've seen before in my life.
The two of them vanished and I was just getting a glimpse of them clashing against one another before my vision turned white.