Naruko had to admit her head felt weirdly light. She didn't like it. Her hair wasn't a mess anymore since Ino had kindly offered to help her cut her hair into something more acceptable, but it was so short, Hina-chan had only allowed the other girl to do so because fashion was her specialty. Her hair, which had previously grown down to her calves, was now a little shorter than shoulder length. Oddly Ino had thought to leave some of the singed hair. She had said with some good use of conditioner and chakra it could be saved, though it would more or less remain black until she cut it off. She asked Hina-chan about what she thought about her keeping the tips black and the other girl seemed to like it.
Naruko was surprised her girlfriend didn't seem to care too much about the hair being shortened, but the other girl had said she was more worried about the redhead's life. Though Naruko was a little upset at the loss of her hair senbon. It's not like they had been destroyed, though the charms would have, but they were lost when the hair they had been holding up was burned away. And with them cooped up in the tower for these past few days they've been unable to go and look for them.
The redhead had recovered pretty well from the burns, though her Shinobi clothes were ash. She had four healing factors working in her favor so her recovery speed was amazing. Her clothes on the other hand had no such advantage. She's actually in Hina-chan's pajamas that she keeps for easy missions. They weren't racy but they were baggy and only really served to cover her modesty, they were also too big for her in general. Not that Naruko really cared that much, she's pretty sure she'd have an advantage if her opponent was distracted by nudity. Naruko would have worn her own, but along with her clothes being destroyed so were all of the spare things she kept in her mission scroll as it too had been destroyed.
Hina-chan seemed weirdly pleased by Naruko being dressed in her clothes. Naruko didn't really understand why, but if Hina-chan seemed to like it maybe she'd do it more often. She had to admit even though her clothes were too big on her, especially around the chest and length of the legs, they were comfortable and smelled of lavender, just like her girlfriend, and Naruko found some comfort in that. She had gotten a few weird looks from the other people who finished the exams when she was spotted wearing this but she shrugged, she didn't really care what they thought.
She was receiving more than a few odd looks at the moment, and two of desire, as she and the rest of the genin were gathered in the main room of the tower. The Hokage was up at the front of the room and was giving some speech about war or something like that. She noticed the Konoha jonin were standing behind him. When she looked at Kurenai-sensei she found the older woman giving her a curious look that also seemed to mix with a deadpan, probably at her hair and state of dress. Looking around the room she spots the teams who passed. Five of them were from Konoha, then there was one from each major village and then Fuu's team from Ame. Fuu seemed pleased when she made eye contact with the green haired girl and mouthed something but she couldn't tell what (Hina-chan was the one who could read lips, not her).
"Now then, are there any of you who would like to forfeit? As of this stage you will be going on alone, so if you forfeit your team is not subject to the same." The other two genin from Ame raise their hands, if Naruko had to guess it's cause they only needed Fuu to make it this far. Likewise Kabuto raised his hand. The final person to raise their hand was one of the genin from Kiri, leaving just Haku and a nervous looking boy. "Right then, since so many of you have stayed, we'll be having preliminary matches to decide who can advance to the finals." The Hokage was going to continue speaking when a sickly looking man interrupted.
"If I may Hokage-sama, I'd like to take it from here." The Hokage nods and the man coughs as he is starting to speak again. He clears his throat and then continues, "I'll be you proctor for the preliminaries and the finals. The matches will be one on one. You win if you—" The man was interrupted by a fit of coughing, "incapacitate your opponent, they surrender, or I call the match. Killing is permitted, though if I tell you to stop and you don't you'll be disqualified." He started coughing again. "Now then if you'll head up to the balconies we can get started. Names will appear randomly on the screen to decide the matches." The genin head up the balconies, with Konoha mostly taking the one to the left of the Hokage. The Hokage lifts a hand and the jonin quickly join their genin teams. The screen changes and two names appear. "Would Fuu of Ame and Omoi of Kumo please come down." The green haired girl had been approaching Naruko but pouts upon hearing her name, nonetheless she happily jumps down. The boy seemed to be contemplating forfeiting and Naruko recognized him from the first phase. This time he seemed to be spouting some nonsense about angering the ruler of Ame who sees himself a god and it led to the destruction of Kumo. He didn't get to continue as a girl with dark skin and red hair pushes him over the railings.
"Just get down there you idiot!" Naruko is pulled from her thoughts as her sensei approaches.
"So what happened?" Kurenai said, gesturing to Naruko.
Hinata speaks up, "We encountered Orochimaru in the forest, which I'm sure you already know about." Kurenai actually only knew a genin team had encountered him, all of the jonin were made aware of it within an hour of it happening. Her team seemed fine so she wasn't terribly concerned, she really figured it would be just like them to fight an S-rank nin when they shouldn't have to. "In the process Naru-chan got burned, including her clothes and mission scroll." Well that explains the state of dress. "We can't really say the rest here, so we'll tell you later." Kurenai nodded in understanding, everyone else could be a potential enemy so telling it here would be bad, whatever it was.
Naruko turned her attention back to the ground below just in time to see Fuu deliver a powerful punch to Omoi. She was sporting a few cuts but they were all surface level. Naruko kind of figured that would be the case since Fuu was closer to Jonin in strength. The match hadn't even lasted long as she ruthlessly knocked the boy out. Naruko shrugged, it figured, that was just his shitty luck. She was declared the victor and Omoi was dragged off by some medics who wanted to make sure he was fine. The screen changed again. "Temari of Suna and Tenten of Konoha please come down." Naruko didn't have time to focus on the match as she heard a cry from Fuu.
"Naruko-chan!" The redhead turned to see what the other girl wanted only to find the green haired girl pulling her into a kiss. She had almost forgotten that Fuu was interested in her. She couldn't maintain that train of thought, as she was distracted by the feeling of the other girl's hand traveling quickly down her back and squeezing her ass. Naruko didn't have time to think about that as she was suddenly yanked back by her girlfriend. Much to her surprise Hina-chan seemed to want to cop a feel in response as she cups one of Naruko's breasts, small as they are.
"Hina-chan?!" Naruko didn't mind but her girlfriend had always avoided doing stuff like this before. She must be pretty jealous this time around.
"She's mine, bitch! From her beautiful red hair, to her cute face, to her perfect ass, every part of her is mine. Don't touch my wife." Naruko wasn't sure how to feel about the possessiveness, but she didn't mind too much, she understood the other girl just felt a bit threatened, and it probably didn't help that Naruko could have died a few days ago.
Fuu didn't seem intimidated as she walked up to them once more. Naruko had to resist a squeak as Fuu seemed to pull her in once more. The redhead wasn't sure how to react to all of this, it was just so weird. "But she's so cute, and I can practically feel her skin through these thin clothes. And I don't see a ring on her fingers, which means she's still in the market." This was getting weird. Naruko had dealt with other people crushing on her before, but no one had been like this and never had they made Hina-chan so touchy. "So then Naruko-chan my offer from Wave still stands."
"No thanks Fuu, I still love Hina-chan." The other girl shrugs, before smiling.
"Maybe that can change someday. Just remember, if you want a good time, or she breaks your heart, then you can always come find me." Of course Fuu didn't back off. She seemed pretty happy being only inches away from the redhead.
"Temari of Suna is the victor, would Uzumaki Naruko of Konoha and Akado Yoroi of Konoha please come down." Naruko doesn't hesitate to break free of both girls and head down. She had started to feel weird from Hina-chan having a hand on her chest, and she could have sworn Fuu was going to put a hand on her ass again. It's not like the contact felt bad, but she didn't expect it and thought the place was a little weird. And if she thought it was a little weird then it must have been really weird. She was distracted by these thoughts and missed the proctor calling for the match to start. She was knocked from her thoughts as she was shoved to the ground and the other genin started draining her chakra.
"Oh you can drain chakra? What kind of Jutsu is that, is it a kekkei genkai?" If it was, she may have stumbled upon a family, but she knew there were some techniques that absorbed chakra, like an earth dome technique she had heard about from Jiraiya.
"No, this technique took years for me to perfect and allows me to drain chakra through contact with my hands." He was a little concerned, most genin would already be feeling tired by now.
"So then can you drain it from Jutsu or even the environment?"
He looked at her oddly before answering, "No." She sighs, so whatever this is it's not the same.
"Then let me show you how it's done." She didn't even move as she started to drain the chakra out of him. Her rate was much faster and the man fell unconscious within seconds. She pushes him off of her and stretches. If he had been a foreign nin she would have probably just killed him, but killing a Konoha nin could get her in trouble.
"Uzumaki Naruko wins! Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino please come down."
She was a little curious as to why Fuu was wolf whistling but then realized her stretching had shown off a decent amount of her stomach, and probably made her breasts pop up a bit, despite the bagginess of the clothes. Oops. She quickly stops and heads up, as the proctor calls her the victor. She didn't even get a chance to talk before her girlfriend rushed forward and pulled her into a hug. Oh god not again. Though this time at least she wasn't grabbing her breast. "Good job Naru-chan. I knew my wife would win."
"Hina-chan you still haven't proposed you know."
"I know, but it doesn't change the fact that you're going to be my wife and basically already are."
"Maybe I should be your mistress, if you're marrying into a noble clan then you could have a mistress." And of course Fuu took her spot again, completing this Naruko sandwich.
"Fuu, can you please stop squeezing my ass?" Hina-chan's aggressive strategy wasn't working so maybe a different approach would work for the redhead.
"Sure." And the other girl backed off as easy as that. She stayed close, but she wasn't being so touchy feely. "By the way Hinata was right, you do have a perfect ass. Like I've seen a lot of ass in my day, but you already have an amazing one, I can't wait until you're older." The redhead was petite but she was just Fuu's type. When the girl filled out a little more the green haired girl was sure the small redhead would be even cuter. Sure Fuu might not have been much taller than her, only a few inches, but she had to say the small redhead was adorable. "You know Hinata, we could always share her, it'd be one more person to shower her in love and protect her."
"I'm not sharing her, she's mine. I found her first and no one else can have her."
"Am I a stray cat or something? I didn't think finders keepers applied here." Also Naruko was the one who found Hina-chan, not the other way around.
"Are you saying you want us to share you?" Hinata raised an eyebrow at that. She doubted it, especially after the conversation in the alleyway about being able to love more than one person.
"No, I still only want to be with you, I'm just pointing out I'm not a possession."
"Yeah Hinata, keep treating her like that and she might just come to me anyways."
"Naru-cha, I would never consider you a possession." Hinata certainly never wanted her girlfriend to feel like that.
"I know, you love me too much for that, but saying I'm yours makes it sound like I'm a belonging. Also could you two try and get along, Fuu is sort of a friend." Despite Fuu feeling her up whenever she gets a chance the other girl was funny, as far as she could tell from the few interactions they had, and didn't seem intent on harming her. Wait, is that seriously all it takes for her to consider someone a friend? Damn Naruko didn't realize how low her standards really are.
"I'll try my best, but she's got to keep her hands to herself."
"Hey, as long as Naruko-chan is the one to tell me to stop, I will." What could she say, that ass practically begged her to feel it.
"Can you not start in the first place?" Naruko somehow always managed to be surprised by it and the other girl kept getting opportunities because of it. She should have expected it after her first encounter with the girl.
"No promises. So do you really consider me a friend?" Naruko nods. "I can get behind that, though I'd rather get behind you, but how come?"
"You knew about me and saw what happened on the bridge and still you seemed interested." It wasn't often something like that would happen, this girl seemed to completely accept her so she wanted to be her friend. "Also I have a weird habit of befriending people who have a crush on me or have had one." She had done so with both Sasuke and Konohamaru.
"Wow no offense but you have a low bar, but of course I'd accept you, if anything it just made you hotter." Hinata rolled her eyes, if nothing else she hadn't thought about it like her girlfriend had, no wonder she didn't seem to hate Fuu. The other girl was, if nothing else, an earnest person. She'd have to make sure to keep an eye on her nonetheless.
"Winner Yamanaka Ino! Uchiha Sasuke and Chojuro of Kiri please come down."
"Finally, I couldn't stand to watch the three of them any longer." Oh yeah, Sasuke had seen all of that hadn't he? Well if nothing else he got to see two cute girls cop a feel of a third cute girl. If anything he should be thanking them. At least that's what Hinata and Fuu thought.
"Sorry Sasuke, good luck in your match." He was her best friend and of course Naruko wanted him to win. She didn't really care about the fact that he had to watch, but it bothers him and so if nothing else she'd apologize to make him feel better. "You know maybe you should get a girlfriend, I think it'd do you some good." Hina-chan and Fuu nod their heads.
"Yeah, maybe then you'd appreciate it when three hotties are having hot lesbian action in front of you."
"Fuu knock it off, the only lesbian action will be between Naruko and me, you're not involved."
"And you three are already back at it." Kurenai was quietly stifling a laugh, Sasuke won't ever catch a break around these three. "Why don't you tease Sensei or something."
"But she isn't as fun to tease as you. Well most of the time."
"Yeah but you know who's the most fun to tease, Naruko-chan?"
"Naru-chan, don't answer that."
It was too late, "Who?"
Fuu quickly pulled Naruko into a hug and said, "Hinata of course." She got to play with Naruko and tease Hinata by doing this, two birds with one stone as they say.
Sasuke had decided to ignore them on his way down. He might just go insane if he continues to watch them. When he reached the ground he looked at his opponent. The boy seemed overwhelmed and extremely nervous. But Sasuke wasn't about to underestimate him, especially since the boy had a zanbato strapped to his back. From how he understood it the only nin in Kiri that did so were the ones who were training to be one of the Seven Swordsmen. He activates his Sharingan as the proctor calls for the match to begin. The two lock eyes and he instantly casts his Genjutsu. He uses his sensei's favorite Magen: Jubaku Satsu (Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death). The boy's eyes glaze over and Sasuke rushes forward. The boy breaks the Illusion and jumps away from Sasuke's kunai but still gets lightly cut across the chest.
"Go Sasuke! Kick his ass! Show him why you can handle being our boyfriend!" He has to resist the urge to turn back and glare at Naruko as she collectively messes with him and his two fangirls present.
Hinata joins in. "We'll be sure to give you a nice reward if you win." He hates them. He hates them so much. Judging by Ino's squawk, so does she.
"I'm not normally into boys but you're feminine enough that I wouldn't mind joining in." It seemed Fuu had quickly picked up on what they were doing. At least Kurenai-sensei wasn't joining in, though that was likely just because she was in front of the Hokage. He's distracted from his thoughts as a bullet of water comes flying at him. He dodges fairly easily, having not bothered activating his resistance seals for the preliminaries. He knew he was at a small disadvantage in this fight. The other nin used water which would counter his fire, and he had already shown he knew Genjutsu. And getting in close seemed like a death wish. Well he had prepared a seal, but he didn't want to show the rest he could use seals quite yet.
Watching the blue haired boy he quickly mimics the other boy's hand seals and fires back with an equally powerful water bullet. The boy hadn't spoken the true name of the jutsu so he couldn't shout it out. He was a little disappointed, that's part of the fun, even if it isn't very ninja like. The boy suddenly rushes forward and tries to slash the Uchiha with his sword. Sasuke easily ducks under the blade and retaliates with a kick to the temple. He may or may not have taken that from Naruko by accident.
Chojuro seemed dazed and Sasuke takes advantage of the fact. He quickly performs his newly copied jutsu and it hits the Kiri nin in the chest. The boy is knocked off his feet. Sasuke rushes forward and pins him, placing a kunai at his neck.
"Uchiha Sasuke wins! Inuzuka Kiba vs Kamizuru Kurotsuchi." The Uchiha stands up and starts to head up the stairs, he pointedly ignores all of the cheering girls. Ino and Sakura, who had returned for the end of the fight, were the most shrill. Meanwhile his friends were busy teasing him and congratulating him at the same time.
"You must have really wanted that reward, Sa-su-ke-kun." God, he hated Hinata so much right now.
"If I say I'm gay will you knock it off?"
"That depends, are you?"
"No, but you are and so is Naruko. What would you do if I actually accepted this nonsense?"
"Probably make you choke on your eyes for trying to get with my girlfriend."
"Speaking of, why aren't you attacking Fuu? She was blatantly fondling Naruko in front of you."
"I'm already planning her execution, but for now I must wait since I know she's stronger than me." Fuu was jonin level, Hinata on the other hand was only mid to high chunin level.
"Naruko-chan your girlfriend is scary! Protect me!" Fuu cried against the redhead.
"Well that depends, will you let go of my tits?"
"But they're so soft and their small size makes them nice and perky!"
"Yeah but it's starting to get weird, I wouldn't care if we were dating but I'm in love with Hina-chan." Hinata and Sasuke stare at Naruko a little weirdly. The redhead is only starting to think what Fuu has been doing is weird?
"So then if you started dating me would you let me have my way with you?"
"Well that would require breaking up with Hina-chan which I don't see happening. But if I was in love with you like I am Hina-chan then I probably would." She's been waiting for Hina-chan to finally decide they're ready. In all honesty Naruko didn't really care and would have been fine if they took each other's virginity the night they started dating. Of course Naruko's pretty sure that part of the reason the white eyed Hyuuga is waiting, to make sure the redhead is absolutely sure she's not getting used.
"Great, then all I have to do is seduce you!"
"I'd wish you good luck but I'd rather you fail and I stay with Hina-chan. Now once again, will you let go of my tits?"
"Fine, but only because my future girlfriend is asking."
"Fuu, she is not your future girlfriend, she's my future wife."
"Can you two not start this again?"
"Okay." The two girls chorused. Fuu smiles deviously upon hearing it while Hinata glowered.
"Kamizuru Kurotsuchi wins! Will Hyuuga Hinata and Karui of Kumo please come down!"
Naruko leans in and gives Hinata a quick kiss. "Good luck, Hina-chan."
Hinata nods and heads down. She had to admit, it's kind of funny she's up against a nin from Kumo. They had tried to kidnap her when she was a child, hell it was part of the reason she's as close to Naruko as she is now. Though Naruko's involvement is a secret that only the Hokage, her father, the Anbu present and of course the two girls knew. Her eyes flick to her cousin who is scowling angrily. Well two objects of his hate are gathered in one place. Those being the Hyuuga main branch who sacrificed his father and Kumo who created the ordeal in the first place.
"You know you have very pretty hair, though it'd be better if it were a shade darker." Looking at the Kumo nin across from her she couldn't help but note the red hair. If it were darker it would look just like Naru-chan's. The girl had dark skin, a little darker than Fuu actually, and golden eyes. The girl was beautiful, that much she was certain of. Of course Hinata would never think anyone could match Naru-chan's ethereal beauty.
"Thanks, I guess." The Kumo nin didn't really care to be complimented by some nin from Konoha. The Hyuuga seemed to be more Samui's type. Of course everybody with breasts was Samui's type.
The proctor calls for them to begin and Karui moves forward drawing her sword in the process. She circles to the Hyuuga's right, always keeping the handless side in front of her. She waits for what seems to be an opening in the Hyuuga's guard and then lunges forward, fully intending on running her through. Much to her surprise the white eyed girl uses her stump to bat the sword away while connecting a Jyuken strike to the redhead's shoulder.
Hinata might not be able to fight directly without the hand but she can still use it in combat. Looking at the girl from Kumo she couldn't help but feel this idea had paid off. She had managed to disable the girls right shoulder, though by the looks of it she's left handed much like Hinata. Still one less arm is still good for the heiress.
It would seem the redhead didn't know how to deal with this and lunged at her wildly, this time Hinata deftly moves around the strike and, much to the surprise of those who knew how Hyuuga fought, lashes out with a kick, this one connecting with the ribs on Karui's right side. "It's over, I've disabled one of your lungs, if I don't undue it soon you will die."
Most of the genin from Konoha were shocked, how could one of their classmates be so brutal? The jonin on the other hand nodded in approval, the girl was quick and efficient. The proctor decided it was enough and called out. "Hyuuga Hinata wins! Now please restore her lung." Hinata nods and quickly opens the tenketsu.
"She should still be taken to a medic, even that brief time will have damaged her lungs." The proctor nods and calls one in. Hinata idly notes that Kakashi slipped Kurenai-sensei several thousand ryo. Whatever, that's none of her business. She walks up the stairs and is forced to brace herself as her girlfriend flies into her arms and kisses her. She couldn't help but wrap her arms around the smaller girl and lean into the kiss.
"Will Hyuuga Neji and Kankuro of Suna please come down?"
Hinata quickly raises a hand to block the shove from her cousin. She and Naruko had been in the way and he saw it fit to try and shove them. "Move failure. You too deadlast."
"Remember the seal is one handed, insult my girlfriend again and I will use it on you Neji-niisan." She didn't hate him, but she was ruthless when it came to those who harmed her girlfriend in any way.
"Fate has already decreed you two will be separated." He was aware of the deal with the elders, it was hard not to be when they wanted him to defeat her in the finals so she would lose the deal.
"It's a good thing I forge my own fate then." The boy simply sneers and walks down.
"You know you'd think after he lost to our team he would have calmed down."
Hinata pecks her girlfriend on the lips before responding. "He had started to, but then I lost my hand and it reaffirmed his notion that we're failures."
"It's dumb."
"True, I hope he understands one day why he's wrong. He's still my cousin, and I do want him to learn to be happy." Hinata didn't hate him, not like she did the elders. He, perhaps more than anyone else in the clan, was the victim of circumstance. Hinata also knew he can never be allowed to know the truth of that night, for he would probably try to kill her, her father, and her girlfriend. His father had died in place of her own when neither of them committed any wrong.
Looking down at the arena she watches as he decimates Kankuro, the boy was at a disadvantage. All Neji had to do was play along with his ruse and then attack the puppeteer at the last moment. "Winner Hyuuga Neji! Will Gaara of Suna and Rock Lee of Konoha please come down."
"Yosh!" Well Lee was exuberant as always. He's probably been itching for a fight this entire time. The Suna nin seemed much more subdued, though he smiled at them as he went down.
The fight was surprisingly long, and Lee was unsurprisingly fast. If not for Gaara's ability to use his sand as a defense it would have been extremely lopsided. The fight had been in Gaara's favor up until Lee dropped the weights. Naruko and Sasuke thought that Lee seemed to be moving about as fast as Naruko when she undid her seals. Though not when she was in Sage Mode. That changed when he unleashed the first, second and third gate, the fight ended quickly after that. Lee had taken the win fairly easily from there as Gaara was just unable to keep up.
"Winner Rock Lee! Will Aburame Shino and Yuki Haku please come down."
"I forfeit." Well that was quick. "Why? Because the Yuki posses a natural advantage against my hive that could devastate it." Not surprising, Hyoton would kill most of the insects within seconds just from the freezing temperatures.
"Winner by forfeit Yuki Haku! Will Nara Shikamaru and Tsurugi Misumi please come down." Shikamaru was about to surrender, much like the Aburame heir, but Ino yells at him and with a sigh he heads down.
The fight was likely one of the few that would always be in the Nara's favor. Misumi had used a strange body stretching jutsu that allowed him to wrap around Shikamaru, and with an easy use of Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique) he had disabled the other boy (he was already connected to his shadow). From there it was a matter of untangling himself and then using the man's own kunai to make him surrender (He had insured his kunai were drawn with the opposite hand).
"Winner Nara Shikamaru! Will Samui of Kumo and Akimichi Choji please come down." The two girls of Team 7 pointedly ignore the kiss Samui blows them. Fuu however didn't.
"I see now, you two aren't into me because I don't have huge boobs like her!"
"Fuu that's not it at all. I might like big boobs," Naruko points a thumb to her girlfriend's chest, "But I'm not into you because you're not Hina-chan."
"I didn't know you liked them big."
"You've never asked. Hina-chan, everything about you is my type. I couldn't imagine a single thing that would make you more beautiful to me." The only person she could think of that could match is Kaguya. And that's only because the woman truly had an unparalleled beauty that no mortal could ever hope to match.
"So you're not attracted to me at all?'
"Well you're certainly attractive, but you're too short."
"I'm taller than you."
"Barely, I like that Hina-chan is taller than me, it makes it more fun when we cuddle." It was like she was enveloped in Hina-chan's warmth and she liked that. "But make no mistake, you are very pretty Fuu."
"Winner Samui of Kumo! Akatsuchi of Iwa gets a bye." Iwa was unique in that it was the only ninja village to use partnerships instead of teams. Because of that their genin were allowed to compete with teams of two instead of three. They didn't always use partnerships but that was generally what they did. "Now then with thirteen moving on to the next round we need to assign the matches. Please come down and draw from this box." Samui went first since she was already standing there. Following that the genin from the other major villages went down and grabbed the sheets of paper from the box. Finally the seven winners from Konoha went down, along with Fuu, and grabbed theirs. "Now then simply call yours out in order, Number 1 goes first and pairs will be matched."
"One." Hinata said, holding up the card. The proctor nods and writes it down.
"Two." Hinata grins maliciously as her cousin sneers at her. It would seem she would have a chance to correct his views and put him in his place in one go.
"Three." Kurotsuchi looked bored and annoyed. It suited her.
"Yosh! I am number Four." Lee looked exuberant as ever. He would get to fight a strong Kunoichi from Iwa, his rival village, of course he was excited to engage in a most youthful bout.
"Five." Temari had a blank expression, she was still reeling from the fact that her brother lost. He was a prodigy and was expected to win it all.
"Six, troublesome." Shikamaru looked annoyed. Whether it was because he was up against a girl or because he simply didn't want to fight was anyone's guess.
"Seven." Sasuke wanted to get an earlier fight but nothing can be done.
"Eight." Fuu grinned viciously as she stared down her friend's teammate.
"Nine." Ino called out wondering just who she'll get. She couldn't help but thank whatever god made Asuma-sensei suddenly focus on his team. She certainly would have lost to or tied with Sakura otherwise.
"Ten." Ino blanched at hearing that, Naruko was a tough fight when she was exhausted, being the first fight for the girl would be rough. The redhead couldn't help but wonder if it was purely by coincidence that she would get number ten. Maybe it's just that thing when she becomes aware of something new, like a new word for example, and suddenly it pops up everywhere.
"Eleven." Samui seemed bored and annoyed that she was at the end again. Though she was always bored when not with a pretty girl.
"Twelve." Akatsuchi looked relieved that he would actually be getting to fight rather than getting another bye.
"Thirteen." Looks like Haku was last, that's fine it means he gets the most time to observe his opponents and rest.
"Yuki Haku will fight the winner between eleven and twelve in the second round. Well then, you have a month until the third stage begins. It will take place at the Konoha Colosseum at nine o'clock."