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Saturday, November 4, 2006


   Bizarre Love Triangle, Chapter 19!!!
Haha, wow, it's been a while since I've updated the ficcies! Hopefully, if I keep getting off homework free, I'll probably keep doing this every week! BTW, if I use OOC, it means out of character... like the character isn't acting how they're supposed to. ^_^ BTW this ficcie ends in one more chapter after this! I may do an epilogue after as well, but you never know. ~_^

Chapter 19

The two shinobi engaged in fierce combat, fists meeting palms as Tataku and Hinata clashed. Moroi fiddled with her okobo sandals as she watched them fight. Taking careful note of the Jyuuken ability, she began working out ways to escape the ability’s effects. Her friend didn’t look like he was faring too well; her instinct told her to jump in, and she might obey it if her friend began to get hurt even more. Tataku glanced her way briefly, just as Hinata finally landed a hit to his stomach. Crying out in surprise, he coughed up blood and sailed across the arena. Moroi leapt down instinctually, preventing the Hyuuga clan member from advancing any further.

“He will no longer be fighting you. I shall be taking his place and facing those of you who remain.” Moroi said harshly, telling Tataku to go. He nodded in compliance, although his expression showed he didn’t want to leave. Sighing, Moroi turned to face Hinata, Naruto and Hihana, the three Konoha shinobi facing her. Summing up all her courage, she prepared to fight, glancing around at all the candles that lit the arena. ‘Rei-sensei, you know me well.’ She thought, needles slipping out of her sleeves and into her hands. Expertly, she threw the needles and snapped every candle, the light taken instantly. Grinning, she began the next maneuver, stringing razor wire behind her as she moved around the arena. All the others could hear were the clopping footsteps the okobo produced as Moroi moved at lightning speed.

Hinata tensed up, holding her hand as she reached out into the darkness. She’d brushed up against something sharp, and noticed the razor wire now strung around them. Then, she looked up at the arena’s closed ceiling, shocked to see a pair of glowing slits peering down at her. Clearly, the shinobi had excellent night-vision.

“Don’t move, Naruto-kun!” Hinata said, forgetting to mention Hihana as she looked at the blob she thought was Naruto, “the arena’s covered in razor wire!” Hihana laughed and the other shinobi heard a slice as one of the wires came into her hands. She yelled her fire jutsu loudly, the fire coursing along the wire and lighting the arena. Moroi dropped the wires and leapt down into the arena again, through a noticeable circular gap in the wire. It was conveniently placed between the three shinobi, and she kicked at Hihana, ending the fireball. The wires had all burned away, and now the arena was completely dark.

“I can see you all perfectly in the dark, where everything is inky blackness for you.” Moroi said calmly, a hint of remorse in “his” voice, “if you just gave up, I wouldn’t have to kill you.” Naruto frowned, but understood his opponent’s position. It reminded him of Haku, another shinobi from the Hidden Mist. Sighing, he switched his thought from the sad one that had arisen, and focused on finding the cat-like ninja. He moved very quickly; it was surprising a human could move at that speed. Then, of course, he remembered Rock Lee, and decided that very little was truly impossible.

At that point, whistling needles began striking the three shinobi. Naruto cried out in surprise as a needle stuck him in the shin. He heard the two girls cry out in surprise as well, and knew that Moroi was closing in on them. Naruto thought about activating the Kyuubi’s power, but he didn’t want to risk harming his friends by doing so. Then, the dome overhead began to open, and the moon bathed the arena. Moroi looked up to see Rei-sensei by the switch, smiling at his protégé.

“Go on, Moroi. If you can’t defeat them in the light, you won’t be ready to kill the other Kage.” Reikoku said, his arms crossed over his chest. The cat-ninja nodded, gazing at her opponents through the mask. Unfortunately, she looked just in time to be punched in the face by Hihana. Grunting in pain, she skidded away from the three shinobi, clutching her now cracked mask to her face. In her head, she cursed the cheap shot, but got even by kicking Hihana (hard) in the stomach twice. At this point, Kiba and Akamaru were beginning to stir, seeing his friends and the enemy clashing against one another. Grinning, he activated the Jujin Bunshin no Jutsu, or the Art of the Beast Human clone. In an instant, Akamaru became an exact copy of himself. The two shinobi rushed in at Moroi, using Gatsuuga as they went. She cried out in surprise, using Kawarimi no Jutsu to swap herself with Naruto, who took the hit. Grinning behind the mask, she grunted in pain once more when Hihana punched her a second time.

“Stop beating on Naruto!” Hihana shouted protectively, glancing at Naruto. In that instant, Moroi tossed a flurry of needles at the kunoichi, hitting a few vital spots. Hihana’s eyes went wide as she stared at Naruto, meeting his gaze as she fell down. The needles were sticking out of her in odd angles, and she lay motionless on the ground. Hinata rushed over and checked her pulse; when she found none, she looked back at Naruto with tears in her eyes.

At this point, Naruto had lost it, accidentally tapping into the power of the Kyuubi. In his rage, he ran up to Moroi and punching her into the stands. There was a gigantic cloud of dust as Moroi hit the stone stands, crying out in pain as she hit them. When she opened her eyes, she saw Naruto running at her, and realized she’d failed. ‘Rei-sensei’s going to hate me now…’ Moroi thought, tearing up, ‘he’ll leave me alone to die and find a new protégé…’ When the tear finally left her eye, it was unobstructed. Her mask had fallen off, and Naruto stood before her, back to normal as he saw the girl crying.

“You… you’re that girl from the forest!” Naruto pointed, Hinata and Kiba gasping in surprise as they saw Moroi’s face. Reikoku’s laughter rang through the arena as he appeared next to his student, a hand on “his” shoulder.

“Moroi is very skilled at Henge.” Reikoku said, grinning, “don’t worry, Moroi-kun. I’ll take care of these kids and we’ll go kill the Hokage together.” Moroi’s face lit up and she hugged him, wiping blood away from her mouth. She knew that Rei-sensei was mad because Yuki had deserted them, but to see he wasn’t angry with her made her glad to see him smile. He was about to attack Naruto and the others, the large, glass jug of water on his back sloshing as he approached, when a kunai landed right in front of him.

The ANBU Black Ops were in the arena, standing all around it. One in a snake-mask grinned, his laughter sounding much more like a hiss. Reikoku recognized it immediately, and knew exactly why he’d come.

“Akuihebi.” Reikoku spat, looking at the man angrily, “so, you were waiting for this to happen, eh?” The snake-like shinobi chuckled again, the hissing laughter unnerving the Konoha shinobi. Kiba instinctively hugged Hinata close to him, not noticing her blush. Naruto picked up Hihana’s body, surprised to feel her breathing. It seemed Moroi had put her into a temporary death state. He grinned slightly; this Moroi kid probably wasn’t so bad after all.

“That’s right. Unfortunately, your useless protégé couldn’t kill the Hokage, so I’ll have to kill her and everyone else in the arena not in league with me… it’s going to be a very bloody night tonight.” Akuihebi grinned, his snaky laughter going through the air again. Reikoku tensed and bared his teeth, holding Moroi back.

“I won’t let you kill Moroi, or these kids.” Reikoku said, surprising Naruto and the others, “I’ll make sure you scum are wiped clean off the earth.” Moroi looked at her teacher, surprised at his comment. She’d assumed that he would say something like, ‘not if I kill you first!’ or something. The look in his eyes told her he no longer cared about his strange goal, and was only intent on keeping them alive.

“Well, it’ll be hard to do if you’re dead.” Akuihebi hissed, tossing two kunai at the leader of the Kage no Jinchu.

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