Chapter 66 : Shika Vs Sasuke 6

Shika desperately was trying to hold off the attacks; he just needed a little time to do something, anything. But to his utter frustration, Sasuke wasn't giving him that time. The boy, as if losing all reasoning and hearing, just kept on hitting him.

If not for his CE enhancement on defence and reverse curse energy working hard in the background, he wouldn't have lasted this long. Shika gritted his teeth as he tried to fend off the relentless attacks from the half-demonized Sasuke, but nothing was working.

Sasuke, with his Sharingan, knew exactly where to hit him. Others on the side, after seeing this one-sided beating, were ready to stop the match.

And that was exactly what Shika feared. To prove himself, he had to beat Sasuke. The stronger Sasuke he defeated, the more chance he had to become a Chunin.

'Focus,' he muttered to himself while feeling the pain all over his body and tanking a powerful kick to his midsection.

'Stay focused. Losing your cool right now won't do...' he told himself as he tried to concentrate, but it was hard.

Another punch landed on his side. Fortunately, this one was a lighter attack, so he could endure it.

'Focus.'

'If you want to be a Chunin, then you have to beat this bastard. Find a gap and summon any of the shadow…

'Eight-Handed Sword Divergent... Sila Divine General...

Tch, if only.'

Thud.

Sasuke kicked him right in the head while pretending to go after his legs.

For a second, the light went out for Shika. He felt dizzy. Standing straight suddenly became hard for him. That was still a light attack from Sasuke considering the tricky angle he attacked Shika, but the blow to the head shook him up.

But Sasuke didn't end there. Now, finally seeing a breach in the defense, he went for a heavy attack, punching Shika right in the chest and sending him back. Shika was barely standing on his feet now, coughing up blood as it leaked from his nose.

"Okay, that's enough. Stop this fight." Finally, Hokage said, and that was the only thing holding the Jonin back from taking action.

Kurenai, Kakashi, Guy, and Asuma were the closest, so they simultaneously took action. But unfortunately for them, they weren't fast enough. Sasuke was not that slow now, thanks to all that buff from the curse seal. And Sasuke wasn't stopping.

He rushed at Shika with his fist ready to land a definitive attack. Other Jonin, seeing this, frowned. They clearly wouldn't make it in time.

They were only halfway there when suddenly something strange happened. It felt like the light dimmed for a second.

BAM...

All four of them, already at the training ground, were taken aback. Something just went past them. Instinctively, they turned their heads back. But upon seeing this, they were shocked. Even Hokage and others who were watching from further away were shocked.

Sasuke was planted into the wall and then dropped down while coughing up blood, much like how Shika did earlier.

"What the hell are you all doing? The match isn't done yet." Suddenly, a deep voice came, and the four Jonin turned back only to see Shika staring at them.

"BUTT OFF."

They were taken aback because all of them saw something different in Shika's eyes right now. A strange look made them instinctively on their guard, as if they sensed danger. Though they couldn't tell what had changed, there was something different about him.

Shika, after telling them off, didn't bother with them. He looked at Sasuke, who was trying to get up, and then he looked at his own hands.

'Black flash, a phenomenon which occurs when Curse Energy is released at one millionth of a second after landing a hit. It breaks space itself, increasing the power of the attack by 2.5.

Not a 2.5x boost, it powers up to 2.5.

But more than that, the person who has landed a black flash, their understanding of curse energy and Jujutsu compared to an ordinary sorcerer is like heaven and earth.

And now I can feel it too. I am way past my 100%.

My chakra is working at 120 per cent of its original power now.

And this feeling. Is this the right time to say that I am the only one...'

"HAHAHAHAHAHA." Shika ended up laughing, making others confused. They looked at him like Sasuke really hit him hard on the head.

"Shika, we are stopping..." Kakashi was about to say something, but before he could complete his sentence, Shika responded.

"I said, butt off." Shika glared at Kakashi, and for some reason, they all felt something strange, a pressure they couldn't understand. At this moment, they didn't know what to do, so they looked back at the Hokage.

Hiruzen sighed. It would be unfair to stop the fight when Shika suddenly got the upper hand. So he just nodded for them to move out and let the match continue.

"Kakashi, what was that?" Guy asked.

"I don't know, some sort of black lightning," Kakashi replied, a little confused.

"Why are we even letting this match continue?" Kurenai complained. She wanted to stop the match the first time Sasuke used the curse mark. This was already way too unfair for Shika. She and Kakashi both.

"It's too late for that. There will be lingering resentment if we interfere now. So as long as their lives are not at risk, we shouldn't interfere," Asuma said, taking out a cigarette to smoke.

Orochimaru, on the side, was fascinated. He honestly thought the match was over and was about to leave. He was too impatient and missed the black lightning others saw.

The only thing he saw was Sasuke being blasted into the wall. Now he was even more interested in Shika, which wasn't a good thing, to be honest.

But Shika didn't care right now. Just as he thought earlier, he wasn't thinking rationally anymore. Now he just wanted to beat that Uchiha.

Sasuke was barely able to get up after that punch. The punch was so strong that it broke many of his ribs.

"You want a fight, Sasuke? Fine... I will give you one." Shika smiled and shouted. Something wasn't right.

Others felt it in how he was behaving.

He quickly took out a scroll and opened it, manifesting four barrels of water. He had them in case he ended up fighting Gaara.

With his increased power, he kicked all of them, making the water flow onto the floor. If this had been outside, the ground would have absorbed the water, but the fight was happening inside a building with a cement floor.

"I agree that I can't beat you right now the way I am," Shika said as the water spread all over the floor, even coming out to Sasuke, who was trying hard to shake off the effects of that last attack.

"I don't have a handy power booster like you do or those magic eyes. But I'm not done yet.

This is not done yet. I have not mastered this yet, but what the hell.

I'm gonna do it anyway." Shika shouted, making others look at him like he had lost it. Nara people usually don't talk this much.

But then something happened that silenced all of them.

Lightning started to crackle around Shika.

'This is my own Nue's lightning cloak.

It hurts like a bitch, what does one expect with lightning running through their body? I have no control over this. I'm doing this all raw.

But…

I don't give a shit anymore. My reverse curse technique will ensure I'm not dead. Right now, I just want to put that Uchiha in his place.'

"You cheating bastard, it's payback time." Shika had a big smile on his face as lightning crackled around him and even made the water below him electrically charged.

Both Sasuke and Shika stood in front of each other, an intense glare-down happening right now. Sasuke could feel that there was something different about Shika, but he couldn't figure out what.

'What was that punch?' Sasuke thought to himself. It still hurt him even after using this much of the curse seal power. And then there was this sudden change in Shika.

Sasuke couldn't say what was really different, but he could feel something had changed in him. He looked...

A little crazy and too excited for some reason.

But then Shika ended up flooding the floor with water, and Sasuke's Sharingan caught sight of electricity.

'What is he planning?…

Never mind, I will end this with my next attack,' Sasuke told himself as both he and Shika seemed to get the signal at the same time and rushed at each other.

With a flash of lightning trailing behind, Shika almost disappeared from his place, making Sasuke and others watching gasp in surprise.

'He is fast.' Sasuke was surprised, but his earlier speed advantage was nowhere to be seen. Both instantly appeared in the middle of the fighting ring.

Bammm...

Their punches collided, powerful chakra flaring out and making the water beneath them ripple.

'What!' Sasuke's eyes widened just a tiny bit; not only was speed equal, but also physical power was now the same.

How?

Shika gritted his teeth as the lightning made him faster but was also damaging his body too much. He felt the pain resonate inside him as their fists collided. If not for the reverse curse technique, he would have been in a hospital bed by now.

"HAA." The pain made him even more enraged as Shika swung his fist at Sasuke, starting a close combat match.

This punch was powerful, but Sasuke's Sharingan predicted the attack, and he quickly moved out of the way. Dodging the attacks, Shika used the punching motion and twisted his body again to land a powerful roundhouse kick at Sasuke, but the Uchiha saw that coming as well.

He ducked and attacked Shika's leg. Though both of them were now equal in speed, Sasuke's Sharingan gave him an advantage.

Shika winced in pain as he tried to guard against Sasuke's next kick, but that was a false attack from the raven-haired boy. Sasuke actually stopped his kick mid-air and punched Shika, making him stagger back.

Shika gritted his teeth; even now, he wasn't able to land a hit on this bastard. He blocked as he saw another punch coming right at him and then moved to kick Sasuke. It was a light attack to create a little distance, but Sasuke calculated the kick and dodged it almost effortlessly, making Shika complain internally in frustration.

Sasuke then threw a kick of his own, landing right on Shika's side. Sasuke, who was very focused on avoiding Shika's attacks and landing as many attacks on him as possible, didn't even notice that Shika let him land that attack.

Shika grabbed onto Sasuke's leg, not letting the nimble son of a bitch move around anymore.

Seeing this, Sasuke threw a punch right at Shika's gut, intending to make him guard that attack and let go of his leg. But what Sasuke failed to understand was that Shika wasn't being rational right now.

The curse energy overdose and all that frustration from before piled up and made him a little...

Crazy.

Shika didn't dodge or block; he just tanked the attack and let out a soft muffled moan of pain before using his other arm to grab onto Sasuke's hand.

"Got you now, bitch." Shika gritted his teeth but then smiled crazily at Sasuke, making Sasuke, for the first time, believe that maybe continuing this fight might not be the best idea.

Shika pulled a Naruto on Sasuke and knocked back his head, giving the emo bastard the meanest headbutt of all time.

Bam...

The sound was loud enough to make others in the audience wince. Both of their heads bled, and for a second, both of them felt like they had lost their vision, with unstable footing and staggering back while clutching their heads.

But while Sasuke was in pain, Shika exploited the RCT of a round deer and quickly healed the dent on his head.

Sasuke, on the other hand, gritted his teeth in pain and quickly formed hand signs to launch a fire jutsu to create some distance. His footing was all out of order right now. Not only was he running out of chakra slowly, but he also wasn't able to heal like Shika.

Shika noticed the hand signs and quickly took a very peculiar stance.

Both Hinata and Neji knew this stance very well.

"That..." Neji's white eyes widened. While Hinata didn't have that big of a reaction—after all, she trained with Shika—she knew what Shika was doing when he flooded the floor with water.

'Do it, Shika-kun…' Hinata cheered in her mind.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu."

'Water style? Revolving Heaven.'

As the fireball rushed at Shika, the water on the ground seemed to be attracted to Shika like he was a magnet and started to rotate around him as he himself was rotating.

In a split second, a majestic dome of water was rotating on the fighting ground, making others who were watching with their mouths agape, especially Neji.

The rotating water protected Shika inside as the fireball was absorbed and disappeared before it could even land on the target.

Seeing this, Sasuke gritted his teeth. But he didn't have enough time; Shika quickly came out of the dome and rushed at him to deliver a powerful punch. The speed was faster than before; apparently, he used the momentum of the rotation to propel himself out of the dome before it could collapse.

Sasuke quickly reacted and dodged the upcoming punch by jumping back. But Shika was having none of it.

As soon as his punch failed, Shika moved his hand and the water below him formed a whip that shot out from his hand and wrapped around Sasuke's leg, who was in mid-air. His eyes widened.

"Not so quick." Shika still had that maniac look on his face. He tugged hard on the whip, pulling Sasuke right into another punch waiting for him.

'Focus, nail the timing.'

The punch was so fast that even Sasuke's Sharingan had trouble seeing it. As soon as the punch landed on Sasuke's body, again that strange lightning appeared.

A black lightning that distorted space itself. Sasuke felt his chest shatter from the punch as Shika's strike launched him into the wall with so much power that normal eyes couldn't follow the flying boy.

Sasuke crashed into the wall and coughed up buckets of blood. He felt he wasn't able to breathe anymore; that punch was too powerful.

But unfortunately for Sasuke, his troubles were just beginning. His Sharingan saw something big coming right at him, and his eyes widened. A feeling of death overwhelmed him, and he hurriedly moved out of the way.

The next second, a huge sword with a blade bigger than Sasuke's own body came flying and dug two inches deep where he had been.

Sasuke's eyes widened; just a few seconds more and he would have been dead.

"Bastard, is he trying to kill me?" Sasuke muttered, but again he felt danger and moved out of the way. The next second, he saw Shika was right where he had previously been and was about to punch out.

"Oh, guess I can't land more than two black flashes. Pity."

"And you, don't start talking sense now, just when the shit was getting fun. Come on, let's kill each other." Shika smiled, sending goosebumps down Sasuke's spine as Shika reached out for the Kubikiribōchō, which was dug into the wall. With one mighty pull, he yanked it out and swung it at Sasuke.

Sasuke's eyes widened. "Too fast."

He was still stuck to the wall and could only move sideways to avoid the giant sword and Shika's last punch. He neither had the time nor the stance to move out of the way.

"That sword?" Kurenai saw the sword and muttered.

"Stop, Sasuke will die if that hits."

But it was too late; Shika had already swung the great sword. At the last moment, Sasuke performed a Replacement Jutsu and escaped the reach of the giant sword.

"Tch," Shika clicked his tongue, wanting to summon any of his Shikigami to hunt Sasuke down, but he wasn't irrational enough to reveal his ace right now.

He quickly looked at Sasuke, who appeared on the other side of the ground and fighting ring, huffing and trying to regain control of his breathing.

But Shika didn't plan to give him any more time. He quickly threw the Kubikiribōchō again at Sasuke.

Sasuke saw the gigantic sword coming and got ready to dodge the attack.

"See if you can dodge this," Shika shouted back and formed hand signs.

Hokage, watching the fight with a complicated expression, saw what Shika was doing and his eyes widened.

"That…"

'Shadow Shuriken Jutsu.' Shika grinned as he formed the hand signs. And as soon as the handsign ended, the Kobikiribocho Shika throw multiplied into hundreds. Rushing at Sauke with great velocity.

Sasuke's eyes shank, even his sharingan wasn't able to see any loop holes ton avoid this attack. 

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