Gai, in spite of this, maintained an optimistic and very enthusiastic spirit, and Lee simply followed his example. Neji stood quietly, wondering how the match between his teammate and Naruto was going to turn out. Sasuke was contemplating on what jutsus Naruto was planning on using and if any were powerful he'd find some way of acquiring them for himself to increase his own abilities and use them against Itachi.
This ought to be interesting, Kakashi thought as he looked up from his orange book, Though I'm sure Naruto will hold back some, I'm curious as to what methods Naruto will use in this match and if any will be like Anko's.
Kurenai looked at Anko questionably after noticing her disturbing smile. The genjutsu mistress was wondering what tactics the Elite Genin had up his sleeves and if it was as brutal as Anko's methods.
So I'm to face off against Tsunade-sama's son, Tenten thought a bit nervously, This was quite unexpected. I wonder how I'll do against him seeing that his mother is the great Slug Sannin and now a Hokage.
"Fighters ready? (Cough)…," Hayate asked. Tenten and Naruto nodded. Hayate jumped away to a safe distance.
"The only rule is that when I (cough) say the match is over, it's over. (Cough) Also no endangering the audience. (Cough) Alright, begin!," Hayate explained before starting the match. Naruto and Tenten jumped back, putting some distance between each other.
"Do your best Naruto-kun!," Hinata cheered.
"COME ON! YOU CAN DO IT, NARUTO-KUN!," Ino yelled.
"GO TENTEN! SHOW EVERYONE YOUR BURNING FLAMES OF YOUTH!," Gai yelled, and everyone else wondered who was louder.
"YES TENTEN! LET YOUR YOUTHFUL FLAMES SHINE BRIGHTLY IN THIS MATCH!," Lee yelled joining the list of whose louder than the other.
"Geez, our cheerleaders are really loud," Tenten commented. Naruto simply nodded as he remained calm and reserved. Silence filled the arena as the two combatants stood staring at each other.
Tenten's distance from me is neither too far nor too close, Naruto noted, This way she can deal with defense and offense without much problem. Clever…
Naruto grinned towards Tenten, who got slightly uneasy because of that grin.
He has something planned. Can't let him pull off whatever it is he's planning, Tenten thought and threw four shurikens towards Naruto who easily dodged the weapons as though they were mere toys. Tenten was impressed.
So, he can dodge weapons with his speed. Let's test how many weapons he can dodge, Tenten thought before she started running around Naruto. Going in a perfect half-circle she took out two scrolls and threw them into the air before leaping with them into the air. Using her Kuchiyose No Jutsu, Sōshōryū (Twin Rising Dragons), she unrolled the scrolls and started spinning speedily. Picking up speed she became a blur. Naruto narrowed his eyes as Tenten rapidly summoned dozens of weapons so that she could throw them at him in quick succession. Weapons, lots and lots of weapons started flying out of the spinning blur that Tenten became.
Acknowledging the danger he was in…
"Kage Bushin No Jutsu," Naruto said as many clones encircled around him forming a shield for him as the weapons came raining down on them causing them to puff out of existence resulting in a white smoke cloud to form around Naruto, temporarily concealing him from sight. All the while Naruto and the clones were being bombarded with many katanas, kunais, shurikens, needles, throwing knives. All sorts of weapons were sent flying at the blonde. Suddenly spiked balls were sent flying down upon Naruto and his clones.
Soon, Tenten's assault halted as the smoke cloud cleared away, revealing Naruto standing alone clutching his bleeding and wounded left arm which sustained multiple injuries, as did a few other parts of his body. Tenten landed and smirked at Naruto, her scrolls floating down beside her with all of her weapons scattered and littered all over the arena floor.
"I must admit Naruto that I'm a bit disappointed," Tenten spoke, "From all the things I've seen and heard about you, I thought you'd be more of a challenge."
"Don't be too quick to misjudge me," Naruto rebuked calmly, "I warn you, things aren't always as they seem and you'd do well to look underneath the underneath."
"You're quite the philosopher," Tenten smiled confidently, "But my days at the academy are over."
Tenten leaped high into the air again before her weapons were tied to her fingers with thin, nearly-invisible strings, allowing her to raise them off the ground and aimed them all at Naruto.
"…," Naruto was silent as he saw at the situation he was in with lots and lots of weapons hovering over him.
"Any last words," Tenten asked while air-borne as she prepared to throw her weapons at him again, this time all at once.
"Just one," Naruto said before releasing his wounded arm and standing up straight as he pointed his finger directly at her with his right hand in the form of a pistol. Looking up at Tenten, he said, "Boom."
That was when a series of explosions occurred around the weapons Tenten was carrying. The fourteen year old found herself surrounded by explosions, which resulted in several of her own weapons being blown and shot and batted right back at her. Unprepared for Naruto's surprise attack, Tenten was lost in the confusion while being assaulted by explosions and many of her own weapons in the air.
"What the hell," Kiba yelled, who like the other Genins, were caught off guard by the shocking turnaround of the battle.
"Tenten!," Lee yelled out from the stand he and the other Genins were at. Anko just smiled proudly at Naruto's brutal efficiency and execution of tactics. Gai was worried and hoped that Naruto wasn't excessive and killed his student.
A moment later Tenten fell from the smoke cloud in the air and crashed down onto the unforgiving ground on her back with an audible thud with her weapons, many of them damaged, raining down to the floor and some on her thus resulting in collateral damage. As of now, her body and face had sustained a series of cuts, slashes, bruises and burns and her clothes were ragged, burned and damaged in several places and stained in her blood in a couple of places on her ruined clothes. She coughed out some blood from her mouth painfully. It went without say that she was in a lot of pain all over. The question in everyone's minds was: What the hell just happened?
Naruto, after healing his injuries, walked over to the wounded and heavily battered girl and knelt down on one knee at her right side. She turned her head and looked up at him and asked weakly, "Ho…How…were you…"
"Able to beat you with your own weapons," Naruto finished for her before he explained, "During the moments were you bombarding me and my clones with all of your weapons, I created Daibakuretsu Kage Bushins (Exploding Shadow Clones) and used henge to disguised them as one of your different weapons before strategically scattering them among your real weapons that were already on the floor. I allowed myself to be struck by a couple of your weapons to throw you off. My body was the decoy, your weapons was the bait.
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