Chapter 50 - 47

Next fight was between Kiba and Azumi.

They both went down to the stage to faced each other.

"Give up, dog boy. You'll just humiliate yourself." Azumi said with a smirk.

"Grr, you better not underestimate me! You were just a deadlast back in the academy!" Kiba yelled and Akamaru barked.

"Whatever you say, dog boy. Don't say I didn't warn you." Azumi said.

"Get ready, the both of you. Three, two, one, start!" The proctor announced before retreating back as to not to disturb them.

Azumi did not want to use the new sword that her Darling gave her, partly because she did not want it to get dirty, instead she brought the Corvian Claws.

Azumi smiled sadistically as she brought the two dangerous claws together before infusing them with her Futon element, giving them even more sharpness.

"Let's see how you pair against my claws. Will you die or will you survive? Let's find out!" Azumi yelled crazily as she appeared in front of Kiba with a sudden burst of speed.

"What!?" Kiba couldn't react in just the right time but still managed to dodge due to pure instinct, resulting him almost being pierced by her claws.

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" Slash after slash of her claws wounded Kiba, he did not had enough speed. Normally, an Inuzuka could've dodge this kinds of attacks, that is if Azumi was normal. Hikaru trained her speed more than anything in the past, that's why she's able to use the claws so efficiently.

"Where's your previous courage, huh!?" Azumi taunted as she continued swounding him with her claws. Akamaru couldn't even help him, if he does, he will get caught up in her barrage of claw attacks, maybe resulting him to being mincemeat.

Up on the stand.

When Kurenai saw this, she couldn't help but look at Kakashi and yelled, "Stop her, Kakashi! She'll kill him!"

Kakashi scratched his face nervously and said, "Uh, yeah, about that. Only Hikaru can control her, so maybe you should go talk to him?"

"What!? What are you doing then!? Go talk to him!" Kurenai screamed.

'God, so overbearing.' Kakashi thought as he opened his book to ignore her.

Seeing that Kakashi would likely do nothing, she turned her head towards Hikaru, who had his back against the wall with his arms crossed.

Hikaru sensed her looking at him, and he knew that she will ask him to stop Azumi from killing her student. He looks down on the stage, and Kiba was getting his butt kicked by her. There were deep cuts everywhere in his body, and seeing that he will likely die soon, Hikaru decided to intervene.

"Azumi, that's enough." He told her and his voice reverberated throughout the hall.

Hearing her beloved's voice, Azumi stopped torturing Kiba and left the stage. Her opponent was barely conscious and his back had already touched the ground. Hayate decided to stop it here and announce her victory when Kiba suddenly slowly rose up.

"Who... said... that you... could leave? I will beat you!" Kiba yelled with his last battle cry as he swallowed a pill along with Akamaru.

Akamaru transformed into him as they got ready to use his jutsu.

"Do you really want to die that badly? Then I'll give you a beating you will never forget!" Azumi said as she charged with her claws ready to pierce him.

"Beast Human Taijutsu Art: Fang Over Fang!" Kiba yelled one last time as he and his dog became drills. They rotated in mid-air so fast that they became like cyclones as they rushed towards Azumi.

"Futon: Kazakama!" Imbued with her wind element, she slashed her claws towards the cyclones and multiple gigantic wind scythes came out rushing towards the duo.

As both jutsus were about to clash, someone suddenly intervened.

"Didn't I say to stop fighting?" A very apathetic Hikaru suddenly appeared in the middle of the jutsus, and just as they were about reach him, they were both stopped by an invisible barrier, resulting Kiba and Akamaru to crash towards it.

When he fell to the ground, Kiba was knocked out. Akamaru was somewhat conscious.

Azumi removed her claws as she scratched the back of her head sheepishly and said, "Gomen, gomen."

"You've already won, let's go up. The proctor should be announcing it soon." Hikaru said as he held Azumi's hand and went towards the stairs.

Hayate narrowed his eyes at Hikaru and said, "Young man, if you intervene in a fight again, I'll have to disqualify you. Consider this a warning."

Hikaru did not look back, he only nodded his head before continuing towards the stairs.

Kurenai already went down to pick up Kiba and bring him to the medics. He was badly wounded all over his body, he would have to stay in the hospital for several weeks before he's able to fight again.

Winner, Uzumaki Azumi!

Next fight was between Hinata and Neji.

As soon as the proctor started their match, they charged towards each other to fight in taijutsu. For awhile, they were even, that was until Hinata used Katon jutsus.

Surprisingly, Hinata had affinity for fire and lightning elements. They were pretty strong, too.

But she only used one Katon jutsu before using Hakke Hyakunijuuhachishou. (Eight Divination Signs: 128 Palms of the Hand). Sealing all of his tenketsu points.

But that disadvantage did not stop Neji from expressing his hatred towards the main family of the Hyuga Clan. Going as far as showing the seal on his forehead. With one last struggle, he unblocked all of his tenketsu points with his chakra. He was weakened and could no longer fight that well.

In the end, he was defeated by Hinata as she used her taijutsu.

Winner, Hyuga Hinata!

Up on the stands.

"I didn't think Neji would reveal his deepest secret." Rock Lee muttered to himself. Gai and Tenten were not here. Gai carried Neji to the medics and Tenten's still unconscious.

The board then flashed two other names again.

This time, it's Hikaru and Haru.

"Hikaru Hiroaki and Uzumaki Haru. Please come down." Hayate said.

They both went down, and Hikaru seems more eager this time.

'Finally, I could relieve some stress. Let's see how he can fair against me. Since they could defeat my clone, he must be pretty strong. But an Uzumaki in Kumo? That's a surprise.' Hikaru thought as prepared some fire spells he's going to use against this guy.

They faced each other while 10 meters away from each other. They both stared at each other's eyes.

"So, you and your team managed to defeat my clone." Hikaru said.

Haru widened his eyes before it went back to normal and said, "You were the one who created that clone? Tch, just my luck." He cursed under his breath.

"Though, it's a surprise that there's an Uzumaki in Kumo. I think you've seen my partner earlier, the one with the blonde hair." Hikaru kept on talking.

"Yeah, another Uzumaki, I thought me and my sister were the only ones left. Apparently not. Are you gonna battle or are you just going to babble?" Haru said annoyed. Truthfully, inside, he's feeling a little scared at his opponent in front of him. He's a natural sensor, and so is his sister, so he could sense the amount of chakra this guy has. And man, it's huge. It's almost half of a tailed beast's entire chakra storage.

(Note: 200 Chakra in stats is around one tailed beast chakra. Though some of it were different but it's still like that.)

"No, no, don't worry. The battle will start soon. Just try to not get burned alive later." Keeping it vague, he smiled an actor's smile.

'Must be some Katon jutsu, I should prepare myself. I should probably use Suiton to counter his Katon.' Haru said inside his thoughts.

"Remember, even though killing is allowed, it's still frowned upon by the village. Now, ready for a clean and clear fight, Begin!" The then proctor jumps back.

As soon as the fight started, Haru threw three explosive kunais towards Hikaru.

But Hikaru just caught it easily before throwing it back to Haru shortly after.

Seeing this, Haru widened his eyes before he dodged it, albeit barely.

Haru then weaved several hand signs before throwing a suiton jutsu.

"Suiton: Water Ball Jutsu!" Water balls came out of his mouth and rushed at Hikaru in great speed.

"Sigh, I should've known." With one wave of his right hand, he made a fire wall that evaporated the water balls.

"Wha...? How can that be?" Haru said in shock as he saw his opponent create a katon jutsu without any hand signs.

"Weak, you are weak. I should just end this as soon as possible." Hikaru said in disappointment.

"Hey, what do you mean by that!?" Haru asked in anger.

"You'll see." Hikaru slowly rose up through the air, shocking everyone in the hall.

"I'll show you one of my greatest creations, you should be honored." Hikaru looked down at Haru as he said that. He brought his hand up in the air.

Suddenly, a huge fireball the size of the entire stadium appeared on top of Hikaru hand and the fireball melted the ceilings to create more space. Not a single thing were left in the ceilings. Almost all of it were melted by the huge fireball before the very fireball was suddenly compressed into the size of an a.d.u.l.t's hand.

All of the people in the stand were in awe, and some of them were terrified. The heat radiating from that fireball was unbearable. It was as if they were near the sun itself.

"Oh, don't be surprised by just that. I'll show you even more flashier moves." With that being said, he created dozens of huge fireballs in the sky, now that the ceilings were gone, before compressing them into the same size as the previous fireball.

"Now, to gather them." Hikaru said. The hot fireballs gathered behind him like the truth seeking orbs in the anime.

"Haru, was it? If you can survive this fireballs of mine, you may live. I was contemplating whether to end this soon but I just decided to play with you. Try not to die, okay?" Hikaru said while smiling sadistically. His eyes were getting redder and redder, as if madness was concealed behind those eyes.

For Haru, he feels like this is going to be his grave if he doesn't forfeit. But his Uzumaki pride won't just give up. If he gives up now, how could he avenge his parents? No, to avenge his parents, he first need to be alive!

"Proctor, I forf- holy!" The fireball behind Hikaru was already speeding in mid-air towards him threateningly.

"Shit! Proctor, I forfeit!" He shouted with every last of his strength but the fireball didn't stopped. It continued as mini fireballs, too, shot from it.

"Hiroaki! Stop!" Hayate shouted in alarm when he saw him not stopping even after his opponent forfeited.

It went out of his plans that his opponent would actually forfeit. He forgot about it, and that made him even more mad.

"Tch, fine." Hikaru took out a pure blue bottle and drank it. It was the Hidden Blessing. He felt his mana regenerate at a much more fast phase after drinking the thing. He canceled his pyromancy after regenerating all of his mana back.

Hikaru flew towards the stand and landed between the Konoha teams.

Haru, while nearly dodging the hot fireball, was left with some burnt marks on his body.

"Are you okay, Haru?" Yugito jumped down from the stands as she picked up Haru worriedly.

"Yeah, I almost died though. That crazy son of a bitch really wanted to kill me, and I couldn't even do anything." Haru said bitterly as he punched the ground.

Yugito stared at him worriedly.