Chapter 19 (1/2)

”The match is over! Shikamaru Nara is the winner.”

Shikamaru stopped his jutsu.

”Your fate was really kind to you today. You better go and pray for him every day.”

”You bastard!”

”The match is over. Get out of the battlefield.”

They got out of the field.

”Congratulations Shikamaru-kun.”

”Yeah, you did pretty great. Poor guy, you completely crushed him. But you were trained by me so it's only natural that you'd be able to beat him.”

”What a drag.”

”Next match, Gaara vs Sasuke Uchiha.”

'Poor Sasuke.'

”Ready?”

They nodded.

”Start!”

Sasuke immediately jumped back.

'He feels dangerous.'

<Sharingan>

His eyes turned red with 2 tomoes in each one. He started with taijutsu, but when he was about to touch him a shield of sand appeared. He appeared behind him, but before he could touch him another sand shield appeared.

'Damn, he didn't even look at me and the shield appeared.'

Gaara started taking out sand from his gourd. Seeing this Sasuke started to do hand seals.

<Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique>

A huge fireball came flying at Gaara, but it was easily stopped by his sand. His sand started to chase after Sasuke. While running, the curse seal started to act up making it even harder for him to do anything. But after 1 minute of running, he got captured. Sand started to cover his entire body.

<Sand Coffin>

'He is really about to kill Sasuke.'

<Sand Burial>

He crushed Sasuke. Or that is what everyone thought. A couple of meters away from the sand coffin appeared Kakashi with Sasuke under his arm.

'That guy really has something for Uchiha's. But he is his student I guess.'

”Kakashi sensei?”

He let Sasuke down.

”You did your best but you're not his match.”

'I'm still not strong enough. I got beaten so easily and everyone witnessed it. Maybe that power that I got in the forest will help me become stronger. Should I really search for her?'

”The winner of this match is Gaara.”

They left the field. Kakashi took Sasuke with him somewhere.

”Next match, Misumi Tsurugi vs Ino Yamanaka.”

You could see that Ino was scared. But who would blame her, after what happened to Sakura. She knows that she isn't any better physically than Sakura.

'Can I really do this?'

She looked at his eyes and flinched.

”Ready?”

Misumi nodded.

”No. I give up.”

”It's good not to overestimate yourself. Ino Yamanaka has given up. Misumi Tsurugi is the winner.”

”You're boring.”

They left the field. Ino's team tried to cheer her up. Choji gave her his chips and Shino gave her some motivational words that don't really sound that motivating coming out from his mouth.

”Next match, Hinata Hyuga vs Choji Akimichi.”

”Don't hurt him too much Hinata.”

”Don't worry Naruto-kun.”

The stood opposite to each other. Choji looked scared.