New Soul (Naruto Various! x Reader)

Ch. 74: Bushy Brow's Jutsu: Sasuke's Style!

3rd POV

"All right, the rules for this match are the same as in the preliminaries. The match continues until one of you dies, or admits defeat. However, I can stop the match, but that's solely my decision." Genma informed them.

Gaara in return laughs evilly under his breath making Sasuke scoff at him with a raised brow. Within the audience where Lee, Guy, Sakura, Ino, and Choji are; another person walks down the steps to them. Sakura turns her head first, then Guy next to see the gray haired male Kakashi.

"Hello Guy." He greeted him with a hidden smile. "How are you feeling Lee? Are you alright?" He touches his gravity hair.

Guy grins. "Kakashi."

"Kakashi sensei!" The pinkett's face becomes worried.

The one eyed man sheepishly chuckles. "Oh right, sorry about that. You must have been worried. Sorry for not keeping in touch."

His female student scrunches her thin pink brows at him, not saying a word.

Ino pursed her lips together, side-eyeing her rival. 'Uh oh, Sakura's gonna get really mad~'

Surprisingly, the minty eyed girl didn't get mad.

She faces the other way, telling him in a forlorn tone, "I don't mind. That's okay." In reaction to that, the pale blonde quietly gasps.

Gazing down to her teammate/crush crestfallen, Sakura's eyes are focused on his neck where the curse mark is hidden. 'It's too hard to see from here.' Her pale green eyes went downcast. 'Sasuke...' Not looking back at them, "Listen, Sensei."

"Hm?" Kakashi raises his brow at her.

"You know that there was a mark on Sasuke's neck, right?" Kakashi stays unresponsive, waiting for her to continue. "Well, is it...?"

The jonin moves his head, calmly answering, "It's nothing to worry about."

Sakura gasps at him, appalled that he knew about the mark too.

Ino stares at Sakura, also feeling concerned. 'A mark?' She glances at Kakashi and goes back to Sakura.

The Haruno sighs, feeling like there's nothing more to say from her teacher.

"So, that's that." He concluded, which formed a relieved smile on her face and made her nod.

Sensing something out of the ordinary, the Hatake discreetly scouts around the arena with his eye.

He found some Anbu Black Ops scattered within the audience. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight of them." He narrows his eye at them, not liking this one bit. "Eight members of the Anbu Black Ops in an arena this size? That's nowhere near enough. What could Lord Hokage be thinking?" He whispered to Guy.

"Well, not knowing how the enemy's going to act; the Anbu Black Ops have probably been dispersed and stationed around the key parts of the village." He said.

"Huh?"

The crowd started to cheer loudly, and Guy became more serious. "It's starting, we can't afford to let our guard down. But for now, at least, we need to watch this match."

Kakashi's ears pick up on a civilian's excited comment. "This is gonna be awesome!"

Guy bows his head and closes his eyes. "Kakashi, I'm gonna be carefully watching your pupil. To see if your training was any good." He sends his comrade a side grin. "After all, I'm still your rival." He beams with a twinkle from his shiny teeth.