𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

The Preliminaries, Pt. 1

Last time:

The screen went through a bunch of names, too fast for Hanara to see. The screen then stopped with a beep, revealing the first match up.

Akado Yoroi vs Uchiha Sasuke

Now:

Hanara looked at the boy who stepped forward from Kabuto's team. He had black glasses that looked a lot like Shino's and wore a mask that covered most of the rest of his face. He carried himself with an air of arrogance, seeming quite confident in his abilities against Sasuke.

"Okay, those whose names have just been called, please go to the middle of this room. The rest of you may go to the viewing area," Hayate said, coughing right after.

'Is he sick? He should get that cough checked out...'

Asuma walked to his team and led them to the stairs on the side that every Leaf team, save Kabuto's, were standing. The Sand, Sound, and Kabuto's team were on the other side, wearing some unpleasant looks on their faces.

"So, how are you guys?" Asuma asked as they made their way in-between Kurenai's and Kakashi's teams, "Had some time to heal up?"

"Yeah, I think our chakra levels are back to normal. I don't think Ino got a concussion from her fall so we should be okay," Hanara responded.

"Look! The match is starting!" Ino exclaimed.

"Any objections?" Hayate asked.

"None here," Sasuke said.

"No."

Though Sasuke was smaller than his opponent by a lot, he didn't seem very worried. Hopefully, that meant whatever Orochimaru had done to him was no longer a problem.

"Uh, okay then, the match may begin," Hayate said, stepping back.

Yoroi wasted no time, lunging at Sasuke as his hands turned blue.

'Chakra,' Hanara thought, turning on her Byakugan, 'He steals chakra from his opponents... being bigger than Sasuke isn't as ideal for him as it would have been for someone else.'

He forced Sasuke to the ground and landed on top of him as Sasuke screamed. Yoroi laughed as Sasuke squirmed and attempted to pull his hand off him.

'I take it back, being larger gave him an advantage.' she thought, deactivating her Byakugan.

Sasuke went limp and his arms fell to his side, "What the- My chakra! What are you doing?"

Yoroi laughed, "You're just noticing it now? I'm taking away every drop of your chakra, and you seem to have quite a lot of it."

Sasuke screamed and started to thrash once more.

Suddenly, he forced his hands into fists and mustered up the strength to kick Yoroi off.

"Get. Off. ME!" Sasuke screamed.

"So, you've got some strength left, huh? Impressive. For a guinea pig," Yoroi snarled as he got up.

Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Don't worry, little man, I'll make it short and sweet," Yoroi said, moving to attack.

His hands lit up with chakra again and he tried to connect with Sasuke's shoulder. This time though, Sasuke was prepared and dodged. This was soon followed with fast swipes at Sasuke, all of which were dodged. A bit of the blue chakra hit Sasuke's hair, however, and Sasuke staggered under Yoroi's arms and tried to move closer to the wall under the right side of the room.