Ways to become a Hokage

~CHAPTER 03: Kekkai Genkai~

Sarada reached the fields right as the sun was setting, the wind was cold and soft against her skin, and it felt like the perfect weather to spar under.

Everyone else had already arrived ahead of her and were apparently waiting for Konohamaru sensei.

"Oh, finally she shows up," Cho-Cho said, grinning at Sarada's arrival. "What took you so long, miss Uchiha?"

"Ha-ha, I took a nap and woke a little later than usual," she said. "I see everyone is here"

"Not everyone, Daiki has yet to come" Cho-Cho replied, sighing. "Konohamaru sensei went to Lord Seventh for giving him the signed paper used for the war permissions thing"

"I see" Sarada placed a finger on her chin, "it's surprising though, don't you think? How all of our parents allowed us to participate?"

Cho-Cho shrugged; her face tired. "I guess the olders all realized they have to depend on us teenagers too, besides their power will reduce immensely if they don't allow us to fight."

"That's true," Sarada remarked as smoke billowed in front of them and Konohamaru sensei emerged.

Every shinobi under his captainship stopped their chatting and stared as he pulled out yet another scroll. "So, since everyone has finally arrived now—" Daiki could be seen sprinting toward them breathlessly as Konohamaru continued, "—I'll inform you, all of your teams are no more, kore. At this point, you're all on your own, none of you has teams, there's no Team 15, no Team 7—" he sighed, "I will observe all of your skills in this sparring match, then appoint you in new teams I find suitable, so please prepare yourselves!"

Sarada nodded sternly along with everyone else. "Yes sir!" Daiki shouted, and everybody turned to look at him awkwardly as he panted for breath. "What?"

"Oh, nothing" Inojin muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Then stop staring" Daiki whispered.

"We're ogling at that fly behind you, idiot. Don't worry, nobody would want to damage their eyesight staring at you..."

"Say that again! Teme!"

"Inojin, Daiki, shut up" Konohamaru sensei ordered, frowning at the two boys. "Moving on, I don't want to waste too much time. Shall we begin?"

"Yes sensei!" They chanted in unison.

"Alright then, all of you sound very enthusiastic, that's good. So, the first match will be Shikadai vs Morie" he gestured with his arm where the pair were to take positions and stand across each other. "Everyone, keep distance and watch. Get ready, and begin!"

Just as she'd expected, the beginning of the match started with Taijutsu. Morie seemed like the long-ranged type, but he did surprisingly well in Taijutsu. Their kunai clashed and shuriken battles were drawn out in the air, and at last, they began using Jutsu. "Smoke style: gas diffusion!" Morie's body turned to a grey cloud and flew toward Shikadai who made hand signs for, "wind style: gale palm!" the wind pushed Morie's smoke body back but it didn't stop it.

Morie appeared behind Shikadai and swung his dagger, which Shikadai ducked and counterattacked by kicking backwards, his hands touching the ground. Morie's body disappeared in gas again, it must be his Kekkai Genkai... Shikadai looked around cautiously as vapour began circling him. "Shadow style: shadow stitching Jutsu!" sharp needle-like shadows sprang from the ground and attempted pricking at the smoke, but like anticipated, the shadows just passed through, unaffecting the gas.

"So, you can separate your body to a molecular level to the point of transforming them to a gaseous state? Impressive" Shikadai said, smirking.

And even though Sarada had beef with him, it was hard for her to hope Morie would win rather than Shikadai.