Chapter 62 : Shika Vs Sasuke 8

Sasuke knew for sure that one attack would do the trick and end the fight right there. But he wasn't expecting Shika to use a powerful water-style jutsu without even hand signs.

His red eyes narrowed, and somehow his anger was rising for some reason. His Sharingan noticed that Shika didn't have any chakra build-up at that time, so the real question was how he was able to use this attack so fast.

Even with fire-style jutsu, he has to convert his chakra to fire, which takes some time and a full set of hand signs. Water-style jutsu requires even more chakra and control.

He couldn't understand, and right now he didn't have the time. He felt a pang of pain in his neck, making him feel that he was running out of time.

After handling that giant fireball with his half-baked water convergence technique, Shika immediately made some distance from Sasuke, who looked madder than ever.

'Okay... think, think... I need to bring him back to that position somehow. How do I do that?' Shika pondered and instantly came up with two answers to that question.

One is to fight him in close combat and draw him near the mark...

'Yeah, I'm not that desperate to break a few bones just to bring that bastard back to the target spot.' Shika couldn't help but frown.

The second option is to snipe at him from a long distance. Though the attacks might not connect, maybe I can bring him back to that position if I plan well, like how Shikamaru did to Temari in the anime.

He was earlier pretty much equal to Sasuke in close combat, but after using his Sharingan and activating that curse seal, Sasuke was overwhelmingly dominating him in the match.

'Genjutsu won't work... all thanks to Sharingan.'

'Can't use Ten Shadows for obvious reasons.'

'That trap is the only choice I have to bring him down without revealing some of my other cards.' Shika gritted his teeth and got ready.

But then he suddenly realized something. He quickly looked around and noticed many of the shuriken and kunai had shattered.

'He is not throwing those kunai at me anymore. Is he out of them?' Shika pondered.

Right now he only has a close combat method to handle with me. Meaning he has to come to me if he wants to end this match?

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I can use that.

Now I can determine where the fight will happen. Seeing him as aggressive as he is, either that seal is messing with his mind already or he is running out of time. Whatever the case is, I can use it. Shika thought all this in the split second before finally making a plan.

Earlier he was planning on somehow bringing Sasuke to the target spot, but now he himself went to that spot and lured Sasuke there.

"At least this way I will suffer fewer broken bones," Shika mutters with a little irritation on his face as he gets ready to tank a powerful attack and simultaneously heal himself.

The small smoke screen created by the collision of both the water and fireball gives him enough time to formulate a plan.

Shika acted like he was making distance from Sasuke while heading to the spot, and also formed hands to throw water bullets at Sasuke rushing at him.

Sasuke's Sharingan started to rotate as he saw the trajectory of the water bullets and dodged them effectively.

Still rushing at Shika at full speed.

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"Hey Kakashi-sensei, what are those markings on Sasuke's body?" Naruto asked with confusion. He was not the sharpest kunai out there, but the boy wasn't an idiot. He knew that after Sasuke got those markings, he suddenly became a lot stronger—strong enough to crush Shika all over.

He wanted to ask earlier but didn't feel like it. Now he just couldn't control himself.

Naruto, like in the anime, was knocked out by Orochimaru, so he didn't know about the curse seal on Sasuke.

Sakura, on the other hand, knew. After Naruto asked this, she stiffened. She remembered how dangerous and violent Sasuke was upon first getting those markings. She was honestly worried about Sasuke right now.

If only Shika could hear what she was thinking, he would leave his match halfway and slap this bitch.

After all, she should be worried about the person he is fighting, and not about Sasuke himself.

"You'll know. Just keep watching," Kakashi replied with one eye closed, as if asking Naruto to figure it out himself. But honestly, he didn't want to say it to Naruto.

He knew how competitive both boys were, and this would be another troublesome thing if Naruto also decided to get a mark of his own.

Teams 8, 9, and 10 were also thinking the same thing. Some were asking their Jonin sensei about those markings and how Sasuke suddenly became this strong, while those who already knew were frowning.

In the ring, Sasuke dodged all the attacks Shika threw at him and was almost upon him. Shika thought Sasuke was out of kunai—not completely, he still should have one or two just in case, but those are mostly for close combat fighting, and he wouldn't throw them away. At least he hoped so.

Just as Sasuke was near him, Shika formed the hand sign at the right moment and his shadow spread out towards Sasuke to capture him again.

Sasuke's Sharingan accurately saw the trajectory. Suddenly an idea came to his mind that Shika was trying to draw him in for this exact move. A little smirk played at his lips, and just when the shadow was about to touch him, he jumped high.

Shika was taken aback. He was expecting Sasuke to dodge, but he was still coming at him.

The jump was powerful enough for Sasuke to cover the last bit of distance. Shika, seeing Sasuke coming in, gritted his teeth and brought his hands in front to block the upcoming attack.

BAM...

Sasuke performed some sort of kung-fu move mid-air, twisting his body and kicking right at Shika's torso. Good thing that Shika was expecting a powerful attack coming his way; otherwise, that attack might have hit him directly in the chest and shattered his ribs.

But even though he blocked with his hands, the attack was too much. A sudden sound of bone breaking came from his hands, and pain ran through him.

The flying kick was so strong it sent Shika flying back into the wall, and with a bang, he was slammed against it.

Boom...

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Others grasped the power of that last kick. Internally, they knew that the match was over now. Even the Hokage knew that he had to step in or Shika would be in trouble. On his side, Orochimaru smirked, seeing his perfect weapon using the power he gave him.

"That is like one of your kicks, Guy-sensei," Lee said, looking intently at Sasuke. He remembered how easily he had beaten Sasuke before the exam, and now Sasuke had gotten this strong. And he knew that the power was granted, not his own, but still, power is power.

Guy and Neji were looking at this with serious faces while Tenten was worried sick for Shika.

Other Genin and Jonin were the same. Even Gaara gave up on the match, knowing what the result was going to be.

Shika in the ring felt like someone had run a truck over him. The pain he felt in the last 5 seconds was more pain than he had ever experienced in both of his lives combined.

He was barely sitting with the support of the wall, with a big dent and cracks in it thanks to that emo bastard turning into Might Guy and kicking him like he was Madara Uchiha himself.

Even with padded clothes and reinforcing himself with CE, he broke many ribs and was working hard to recover with reverse curse energy.

"Give up... you can't win," Sasuke said as he looked down on Shika, who was coughing up blood by now. It seemed like his mind hadn't been entirely corrupted yet.

The proctor on the side also saw Shika's condition and was about to say something, but before that, Shika started to move.

Shika struggled to stand up on his feet, his healing working overtime to fix him internally.

"NAH, I'll win."

Shika, even with blood trailing down from the side of his mouth, smirked. As others, including Sasuke, registered his words, a silence fell in the hall, only to be broken by a loud explosion.

'Surprise, bitch.'

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