[Sparks! Part -1]

'Why is it so difficult for you to understand why Guy-san saved his student...' Gaara was in denial at not getting his kill…

'Maybe I should let my Iron sand stay mixed up in there, I don't wanna know who he will attack next...He seems pretty unstable...'

Guy-san landed next to the medic nin's and after a brief scan, they quickly took Lee to the Konoha hospital… The atmosphere cooled down a bit as Hayate-sensei once again commanded everyone's attention towards the screen…

'Well, this is awkward...dammit I wanted to fight catsuit...'

[Hinata Hyuga vs Tobi Shou]

I and Hinata looked at each other confused at what to do… Kurenai-Sensei said, "Don't worry, just treat it as a normal spar… no lethal blows and best of luck both of you..." even though Kurenai-sensei sounded calm I could feel she was glad that Hinata didn't have to face either Neji or the last Suna-nin…

I nodded, patted Hinata on the shoulders, and started to make my way towards the arena… I stood in front of Hayate-sensei…

"How have you been, Sensei!"

"Pretty good, been busy with missions and stuff!"

"Oh! I know about the stuff! Say Hi! For Yugai-san for me..."

I gave him a cheeky grin… realization dawned on him that I probably know about the baby due… a little pink graced his face so he deliberately coughed and turned away…

'It's been a while… I'll check up on him later...'

Hinata-chan made her way to the center of the arena... she looked a little nervous so I decided to help her out…

"It's okay Hinata-chan, you need to show everyone how you have improved right… cheer up, you'll do fine..."

She hesitated for a bit before standing a little bit straighter…

"Alright, are you ready!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Begin!"

Hinata bent her legs a little bit, drags her left leg backward, and extended her arms one towards me and the other one away… I could feel her chakra gathering in her eyes as veins started appearing around them…

'Byakugan'

'Hmm, her chakra control has come a long way...' I let my Iron sand armor retract and placed it back in my inventory… Hinata gave me a surprised look as I took a neutral stance, I placed my right foot forwards tilted my body, and did a quick hand seal…

'Chakra scalpel'

"Let's do it then, Hinata-chan!"

Much like Sakura, Hinata has also learned how to manipulate chakra effectively, she stimulated her muscles and dashed towards me with a jab towards my right shoulder… I opened my body towards her with a little footwork before striking at her outstretched forearm with my left hand… she saw me moving towards her arm so she spun and ducked to avoid the blow…

We just exchanged taijutsu blows with one another but without anyone actually hitting the mark… by experience, she knows not to let my hand touch her because it will not only cause a lot of pain but also disable her limb…

'So fascinating...' I started incorporating Shurikens into the battle and even if I manage to get one to bounce against each other, so that it is aimed at her back, she could always lean out of the way…

'Senbon's again? Ino-chan and Hinata-chan are spending too much time together...'

I had to let go of my shuriken's and started dodging because she was a little too accurate with her senbons…

'Byakugan plus Senbons equals bad… I wonder what Sharingan with senbon can do…*sigh* Sasuke will probably never try it...'

My vision was not as accurate as a Byakugan probably because some of the senbons were way too close to hitting me and I had to utilize magnet release to detect and dodge them… She decided that with just senbon she won't be able to do anything so she did the only thing she could do and dashed once again towards me…

I was using pure taijutsu and sometimes magnet release to detect hidden senbons in her attacks… she was started to get tired so I increased my speed just a bit to disable some of her forearms muscles…

"That was a good show, Hinata-chan!" She smiled and nodded before saying…

"I forfeit"

"Winner: Tobi Shou"

I started healing her as we made our way back…

"You need to get used to the battle a little bit quicker than that Hinata-chan, you were a little stiff in the beginning..."

We exchanged pointers as we arrive back in front of Kurenai-sensei, she gave us a proud smile and said, "good job out there, Tobi-kun, Hinata-chan"

'This feels nice and warm… totally not a substitute for war Hokage-sama'

"Thank You Sensei!"

'...'

'Well, I feel bad for Chouji!'

The fight if you could call it that lasted barely a second before Neji smashed a rotating Chouji into the wall with an air palm…

'That was quite an interesting use of chakra though! I wonder if I can buy it… shop'

I browsed the shop for a bit but I didn't find it anywhere but I did find all the Yamanaka clans secret jutsus… 'Maybe I have to buy the Hyuga clan bloodline for that...wait is that...'

[S-Rank: The Eight Gates]

[BUY - 100 SP]

'... yeah I am buying that next...wait, there is only catsuit left to fight right?'

"*cough**cough* now as there is only one person left, the second person will be selected randomly from all the initial participants..."

The screen started once again and we waited for the name to show us…

'Well ain't this an amazing coincidence...hehe'

[Kunkaro of the sand vs Tobi Shou]

I was about to jump down from the railings when Kurenai-Sensei stopped me by saying, "Don't kill him..."

'That was out of the blue...'

I turn a questioning look towards Kurenai-Sensei…

"He is the son of the current Kagekaze… if you kill him here will be diplomatic pressure on us to hand you over for revenge..."

'Right, I am just another shinobi...'

"So anything short of killing him is fine right?"

"..."

"Yeah!"

'Looks like Kurenai-sensei didn't expect such a dark side to be present in me… anyway I got the consent...'