Sunday, June 18, 2006

Bizarre Love Triangle, Chapter 18!!!
It seems as though I've shifted into adding the ficcies on Sundays, although I really would like to put them up on Saturdays. I'll have them up sometime during the weekend, I can guarantee that. Anyway, for the latest chapter! Enjoi.

Chapter 18

“My name is Takatobi, and this is Tataku.” The blonde grinned, gesturing to the young man standing next to her. He folded his arms across his chest, grinning as his exposed arms tensed and showed off his muscle. It was painstakingly obvious he was the group’s strongest member, despite his age. After a few moments of eying the opposing shinobi, he gestured at Kiba and Hinata.

“We’ll fight you two lovebirds now.” Tataku shrugged, “then if you beat us, you all can fight the next person in line… then if he doesn’t get you, Rei-sensei will.” Kiba and Hinata blushed in unison, as they both shouted that they weren’t a couple. Takatobi just chuckled and got into a fighting stance as Naruto and Hihana moved out of the arena. Akamaru strode in next to Kiba, which inspired a few strange looks. After a few moments of decision, it seemed that Tataku would be facing Kiba and Akamaru, while the girls would be fighting each other.

Hinata had a bit of a difficulty in actually landing a hit on her opponent; Takatobi was a very slippery young lady. She’d managed to weave around all of the Hyuuga clan leader’s moves, and land a few blows herself. Fortunately for Hinata, the girl was surprisingly weak. After a few moments, the fight began to get interesting. Takatobi began using jutsu, creating a whip out of water molecules in the air.

“Mizu no muchi! Whip of water!” Takatobi yelled, flailing the aquatic weapon at the white eyed young woman. Hinata was able to dodge it easily, and had decided to begin using Jyuuken, the Gentle Fist technique. It was easy to get in and begin sealing the keirakukei, the little ports on the body that exude chakra. Since she possessed the Byakugan, it was easy to find them and seal them; no other bloodline was capable of doing so.

“What’s happening?” Takatobi yelled in frustration, her whip having dissolved from her hand and turning into a puddle. Then, she noticed her sealed keirakukei, much to her horror. Hinata grinned, but didn’t bother to explain; it seemed unnecessary. Then, she began an internal assault on her foe, the Jyuuken sending chakra to Takatobi’s vital organs on each strike. However, the final blow hit Takatobi in the head, much to Hinata’s surprise; the girl seemed to have moved into the strike, as she was aiming for her stomach.

Takatobi’s eyes seemed to dull, and small amounts of blood began to trickle out of her ears. Then, she fell to the ground, lifeless. Hinata felt terrible, but then reminded herself that it was for the good of Konoha, and turned around to see Kiba being beaten senseless by Tataku. Akamaru had already been knocked out; it seemed the younger teen had as much compassion for dogs as her fellow shinobi.

Kiba was starting to get fed up with taking the beating, so he punched Tataku in the gut. However, he ended up hurting his own hand and shuffled away from his opponent, shaking his hand in pain. Then, he began using his favorite technique- Gatsuuga, the Piercing Fang. It surprised Tataku that the dog boy moved so fast, but he managed to find a flaw in the technique, and held out his arm, clotheslining Kiba. In the moment he took to grin down at his foe, Tataku was kicked in the head (Rather hard, by the way) by Hinata.

“Hey, what do you think you’re doing?” Tataku asked, standing up and wiping his mouth. Hinata helped up her friend, then took a fighting stance next to Kiba. He grinned and got posed as well, waiting on Hinata for her next move. This was probably the only time he wouldn’t mind playing second fiddle to a girl.

“You never said we couldn’t step in for each other.” Hinata grinned at him, giggling when she saw his frustration surface. No one seemed to notice Moroi-wearing her cat mask- sitting in a dark corner and noting all of her opponents’ battle styles. She grinned beneath the mask; it would make for an interesting battle, having to face all of them at once. All she was really hoping for was not to let Rei-sensei down.

Tataku scoffed at Hinata and Kiba, then took the first move, swinging at both shinobi in an odd sort of punching move. Kiba grinned and punched him in the armpit, dislocating the joint and eliciting a sharp cry of pain from the shinobi. However, his limbs moved faster than expected, and the dog-like shinobi was sprawled on the ground in an instant. Tataku grinned, his left arm hanging limp from where Kiba had hit it.

“So, I guess it’s just me and you now, miss.” Tataku said politely, smiling at Hinata, “I’ll go easy on you.” He chuckled, not feeling at all worried by Hinata’s miffed expression. However, he wound up on the floor quite quickly soon after he uttered the sentence, her foot on his chest.

“Don’t.”

Hinata seems a bit OOC, but she's gotten more confident in herself as the years went by, so it's all okay. ^___^ Anyways, read and review, please!
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