Sakura Steals Tenten's Screen Time

INUZUKA KIBA V.S. TSURUGI MISUMI

All right!" Kiba yelled. "It's finally our time to shine, eh, Akamaru?"

Kiba's dog Akamaru, who was sitting on his head, barked in approval.

'Aww,' said Inner Sakura. 'What a cute little pupper… How can Kiba stand to make him fight?'

"Combatants, take your positions," said Gekko Hayate. "We don't have all day; there's still four matches to get through after you…"

Kiba and Akamaru leapt down into the arena, with Misumi quickly following suit. Unlike some of the previous unbalanced matches, Sakura wasn't actually quite sure who would win in this matchup. On one hand, you had a supporting character to a supporting character, and on the other, you had Kiba…

All jokes aside, despite being known as the man who lost to one of Naruto's farts, Kiba and Akamaru had some fairly destructive attacks… as long as they could hit their target.

"The fifth match… begins now! Cough…"

"I'm warning you right now, boy," said Misumi extremely seriously. "You don't stand a chance against me, so you'd better give up now…"

The eyeglasses-wearing masked man was a great deal taller than Kiba, even with Akamaru sitting on his head giving him a few extra centimetres of height.

"Keep barking, old man," Kiba scoffed.

"Old man?" said Misumi in disbelief. "I'm only in my early twenties!"

"Like I said, old."

Tsurugi Misumi felt like had given his young opponent enough opportunities to give up, so he darted forward, aiming a punch at Kiba's chest. Akamaru barked, warning its master about the sudden attack, and Kiba raised both of his arms to block the punch, just in time… or so he thought.

Misumi's arm suddenly snaked around Kiba's guard, and in a flash, he had moved behind Kiba's back and trapped him in a full nelson. But it was more than a simple hold; every single one of Misumi's limbs had elongated and looped many times around Kiba's; it was as if all of his bones had disappeared, leaving his limbs extremely malleable and limber…

"I warned you that you weren't my opponent," Misumi whispered in Kiba's ear. "I've undergone surgery to soften up my body; I can dislocate my joints and manipulate my entire body with chakra. I won't kill you, since you're from Konoha just like me, but unless you give up right now, I'll keep constricting your body until all of your bones shatter…"

"Oh really?" Kiba managed to wheeze through Misumi's chokehold. "But aren't you forgetting something important about us Inuzuka clan members?"

"And what is that?" said Misumi disdainfully, and then he realized that he had, in fact, forgotten something.

"THE DOGS, YOU IDIOT!" Kiba roared. "Bite his ass, Akamaru!"

At some point during their fight, Akamaru had jumped off Kiba's head; and upon receiving the order to attack, it scarpered behind Misumi's back and sank its teeth right into his gluteus maximus.

That is, Misumi's ass.

"YEEOWCH!" Misumi yelped in pain.

But instead of letting go, Misumi's hold on Kiba reflexively tightened, snapping Kiba's humerus in both of his arms, his tibia and femur in multiple places in his right leg, and cracking his ribcage in an uncountable number of places; resulting in an instant K.O., and a trip to Konoha Hospital for Kiba.

And with Kiba's defeat concluding the fifth match, the letters on the LCD panel once again began changing…

HARUNO SAKURA V.S. TEMARI

Sakura literally had to stop herself from crying out, 'yippee!' and jumping for joy. This would be a hard-fought match, but at least she wouldn't be facing Gaara!

Regrettably, Sakura would have to leave her sword behind for this match, since she didn't intend on increasing her bustline further than she already had until her body had matured some more, because the twins were already throwing off her movements.

Furthermore, Sakura couldn't trust herself not to steal Temari's breasts while relying on Kenjutsu, and besides, Temari would become an ally later. Things would get awkward when she learned that Sakura wouldn't be able to return her breasts yet...

Lastly, Sakura still wanted to keep her Kekkei Genkai cheat as her ace in the hole; in the grand scheme of things, stealing a few measly cup sizes from Temari would only net her a bit more chakra for her reserves.

Basically, until Sakura either grew taller and stronger, learned Tsunade-style Eternal Transformation Jutsu (which would most likely require the mastery of the Strength of a Hundred Seal as a prerequisite), or learned some sort of sealing Jutsu that could reduce the size and weight of her breasts, Sakura wouldn't be stealing any more breasts haphazardly.

'My breast-hunting days are over. Unless something exceptionally good comes up,' rationalized Inner Sakura. 'Like someone with Senjutsu chakra, or a nice Kekkei Genkai.'

Incidentally, Orochimaru's mental imprint within her chest knew of multiple ways to achieve any of those three things, but he refused to share any more information on non-Ninjutsu related information with Sakura until she accomplished a certain task for him…

"Here, hold this for me," said Sakura, untying the Manyuu blade's sheath from her waist and tossing her sword to Sasuke. "I won't be needing this for my match."

"Sakura, these matches are no-holds barred," said Kakashi dully. "I realize that you've never killed anyone before, but if you look down on your opponent, you're the one who might end up killed at the end of the day..."

Naturally, Sakura understood that very well. Even if the Leaf's and the Sand's alliance hadn't been a total sham, the five great shinobi villages were still natural enemies; one village's loss would be another's gain. While the Chūnin exams were a way for Genin to demonstrate their prowess and stand out from the crowd, the Chūnin exams were also a way to extinguish a rival prodigy's flame before it turned into an uncontrollable blaze.

As the Japanese saying goes, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down…

"I can win without the sword and my Kenjutsu," said Sakura confidently. "I've come up with a few tricks that might surprise you, Kakashi-sensei."

"Are you going to use that move!?" said Naruto excitedly.

While they had been locked on their floor on the tower waiting for the last three days of the second exams to elapse, Sakura had come up with a few tricks of her own…