Chapter no.95

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"Will Inuzuka Hana and Chojuro of Kiri please make your way down to the arena floor!" Genma yelled from the middle of the repaired battlefield.

Hana looked over to her teammates and saw Naruto give a slight nod and a smile to her. Satsuki was a bit more animate as usual and was cheering for her loudly. Hana wasn't really paying attention to her female teammate's words because she was so wrapped up in her own thoughts. She bean to walk and before she even realized it, she was standing in the middle of the arena with her opponent right across from her.

'This is it. This is what I've been preparing all this time for. Let's see if all of my training was worth it!" She got into a stance with the three Haimaru brothers by her side as Chojuro withdrew Hiramekarei from its place on his back.

"Are both combatants ready?" Genma asked the two genin to which he received nods from both of them. "Then the fourth match, Inuzuka Hana vs. Chojuro of Kiri, may now begin!"

Hana immediately jumped back and formed a single hand seal, her ninken also began channeling chakra. "Jujin Bunshin (Man Beast Clone)!" The three wolf-sized ninken disappeared in a puff of smoke and were replaced with identical copies of Hana, albiet much more feral. Hana's eyes became more fierce and her finger nails elongated into claws as well.

Chojuro was a shy boy and not a very confident one at that, so seeing four viscous looking girls wasn't exactly inviting for him. He knew that this would be a tough match, so he would not hold back. Chojuro released a burst f chakra to unravel the bandages wrapped around his sword. What they revealed was an oddly shaped dual-handle sword with a wide, flat blade. The sword looked somewhat reminiscent of a flounder fish in shape.

Chojuro knew that he was the weakest among the seven swordsman. He had aspired to be a member of the seven swordsmen every since he was a child. He had managed to finally become one shortly after becoming a genin and his countless hours of training himself in Kenjutsu. This was only supported by the fact that he had managed to master Hiramekarei at such a young age.

However, Hiramekarei was a very chakra intensive sword and required chakra to constantly be stored and channeled into the blade for its ability to activate. He was still a genin, so his chakra reserves weren't large enough to wield Hiramekarei for extended periods of time. He couldn't let this battle draw out if he wanted to make it to the next round.

Hana leaped of of the ground with her ninken and began to spin there bodies into one of the Inuzuka clan's favored jutsus. "Gatsūga (Man-Beast Ultimate Taijutsu: Fang Over Fang)!" They began to spin at ferocious speeds and began to deliver countless beast-like attacks to Chojuro. Much to Hana's dismay however, the glasses-wearing boy managed to block every strike with his sword and divert them in a different direction. This wasn't what she had planned at all.

She needed to switch her tactics. She remembered that the boy probably remembered this jutsu from when Kiba had used it during the preliminary rounds. She wanted to save the majority of what she learned for the next match, but she would need to step up the intensity a bit to deal with her current opponent.

Hana was pushed back when she made contact with Chojuro's sword and they became locked in a duel of dominance. Hana's Gatsūga was losing power because she had lost her momentum once Chojuro managed to stop her. She was at a large disadvantage at the moment.

Chojuro released his chakra from Hiramekarei and transformed it into a giant hammer. As soon as he did, he gained the upper hand in their stalemate and sent Hana flying across the battlefield. This victory was short lived however, as he had to acrobatically dodge the large oncoming drills that were the ninken.

Hana slowly stood up from her spot on the ground as she watched her ninken put Chojuro on the defensive. She saw what that sword could do and would need to be careful around it. 'So that sword has the ability to shape his chakra into weapons...that's going to be a problem...though it doesn't seem like he'll be able to use that technique too many times, I sensed him pour a lot of chakra into that last attack...'

Hana was busy coming up with alternative strategies while Chojuro continued to fend of the niken. He may not have been using chakra at the moment, but they were damn hard to get rid of. He knew he was getting tired from dodging their barrage of attacks, if this kept going he wouldn't even have enough strength to wield Hiramekarei properly anymore.

Chojuro began to focus even more chakra into the blade before he had gathered the required amount. As the three drill-like attacks came at him once more, he shaped Hiramekarei into a massive longsword and simultaneously slashed all three ninken across the chest as he spun around to create the torque needed to finish them all off at once.

He sighed as he finally had some breathing room for the first time since the match began. Unfortunately for him, he forgot about Hana and let his guard down. It was only when his vision became clouded with the smoke from several smoke bombs did he realize his mistake.

Once again he channeled chakra into Hiramekarei, this time to create a giant fan similar to Temari's. He knew that this would be the last time that he would be able to create such a large weapon out of chakra, but he wasn't left with a choice at the moment. He waved the fan forwards, creating a large gust of wind which blew all of the smoke in front of him away. What it revealed was Hana only inches away from his chest with a kunai.

With incredible reflexes, Chojuro swung his sword as fast as he could and slammed it into Hana's side before she could pierce him with the kunai. He sighed once more as he made it in time, but his eyes widened when he saw her disappear in a puff of smoke as if she was never there in the first place. The real Hana erupted out of the smoke behind him with a Chakura no Mesu (Chakra Scalpel) active on each hand. The swordsman screamed in pain as he felt her cut the muscle tissue in his arms and legs, rendering him immobile.

Chojuro collapsed onto the ground as he no longer had his muscles fully connected to stand. Hana walked up to the Kiri-nin's downed form and placed a kunai to his neck. "Forfeit." She told him, not really giving him a choice in the matter.