Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 62

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Chapter 62

[Kurotsuchi]

'I'll show them Princess,' She thought, her eye twitching occasionally. Not only because of the annoying Satou and his equally irritating friend, but also because her opponent was proving to be more tricky than she had initially thought. He moved fast enough to avoid her attacks, even when she tried some of her larger techniques, evidenced by the now cooling pools of lava around them.

However, she had prepared for opponents specifically like this.

Sending another rain of molten rock towards the white-haired man, Kurotsuchi turned to regard her 'ally' and her other opponent's fight. The boy fought much like the Satou, but there were clear differences even when they used similar techniques. It seemed that he was having trouble though, because while fast, he didn't have enough strength to pierce through the woman's crystals.

Still...

"Was that series of seals a bluff?"

"It wasn't, I think. But this was a better outcome, if I'm right."

Maybe he had an ace up his sleeve. 'I better not need to help him out,' Kurotsuchi thought to herself with a snarl. 'He's the one supposed to help me here, isn't he?'

With a long wave of her hand, almost from the ground and moving up, she sent another wave of lava towards the white-haired ninja, who jumped over it as if it were nothing. 'Ok, that's it,' She thought then, with a victorious grin. With another gesture, she sent a spray of the melted stone at him. Predictably, he couldn't dodge mid air.

What he could do, however, was form a shield with the bones of his very own arm, blocking it, even as smoke started coming out of the improvised barrier. Kurotsuchi clicked her tongue, even more frustrated by the fact that the lavender-clad man looked perfectly fine even after doing that.

'Ok, let's change tactics...'

With that decision taken, she put her hands in front of her face and spat out the same quicklime she had used during the Preliminaries. It was most probable that her opponent knew what it did, but that didn't mean that she couldn't use it. Besides, it wasn't like the guy had come even close to touching her, so she had the time to set up some schemes. The last thing she wanted was to spend all her chakra trying to hit him, after all.

Suddenly, the sound of lightning, now almost familiar to her with the battle raging beside her between the Konoha nin and the woman, reached her ears much louder, much closer. She tensed up at that, her body readying itself for an attack of some kind to come her way. Instead of that, all that followed was the sound of something hitting metal a few times.

When she turned, she saw the Uchiha right there, holding a kunai in his hand and a bunch of crystal projectiles on the ground. Evidently, the woman had grown tired of her opponent and decided to go for her. That, or she thought that Kurotsuchi's opponent wouldn't win. An accurate assumption, if anyone asked the Iwa nin.

"Having trouble?" The girl asked the now red-eyed boy. 'Huh, almost like the Satou's,' She noted idly. She didn't spare him another glance though. She had a battle to fight, and it wouldn't do to get distracted. "Maybe I should help you?" She added.

Good thing she had turned around again, because her opponent was already rushing at her.

"Any chance you have a name?" She asked at the same time as she pushed him back with another Lava Release technique. She almost smirked when the boy paused for a split second, probably surprised by the sudden question.