The Merciless Fox Child

Chapter 28: CEP10 - Tenten v. Hinata

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"Hinata and Tenten, please make your way down!"

Hinata blushed, "N-Naruto-kun..."

"C'mon," Tenten said, grabbing her arm and pulling her along, "So, you're a Hyuuga, right?"

"E-eh? Ah, yes—"

"Thought so, you got the eyes. You know I got a Hyuuga on my team, actually, his name's Neji—"

"—stop flirting and get on stage!" Naruto interrupted, yelling from the second level viewing deck (where he was flirting with Gaara).

"You're not really one to talk, are ya blondie?"

Naruto stuttered, "y-you—teme—"

Ignoring him, Tenten continued on, "Just so you know, I won't go easy on ya—so do the same for me, ne? I want a good fight."

"A-ah, okay. I-I'll try my...my best..."

"Good!" Patting Hinata on the back, Tenten went to stand across from her and began waiting for the match to commence.

"..."

"Um...Proctor-san?"

"..."

"Hello?"

"..."

"Um," Hayate began, coughing nervously, "does anyone know where Uzumaki went?"

Everyone looked around, noticing that Naruto had at some point gone missing.

"Hey, that creepy kid's gone, too!" Kiba called out.

"Y-you don't think...Naruto...?"

"Find Naruto!" The Third shouted. "Someone find him and figure out what the hell he's doing with the Sand's jin—er, junior...boy scout...anyway just find him! Before he gets into anymore trouble than he already has!"

It was at that moment that Sasuke chose to walk in. Great timing, Sasuke.

Sakura screamed in horror while Ino fainted. All the boys in the room went into shock, and hardly anyone was breathing. The Third just stared for a while before muttering something about "millennials" and leaving, Hayate chasing behind him with a fresh cappuccino.

"The match will resume momentarily—as soon as we can find Naruto..." The Third said as he walked out.

"Oi, Uchiha..."

Sasuke turned to look at Kiba, "What."

"Ah, well..."

"What. You got a problem?"

"N-no, no...nevermind...please, c-carry on..."

"Che. That's what I thought." He looked around for moment. "Where's Naruto? What's that dobe up to now?"

"SASUKE!"

Sasuke suddenly screamed as he was attacked by something heavy and breathing. "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

Naruto gasped, "Sasuke-chan! Watch your language!"

"N-Naruto?! What the hell?!"

"Sasuke-chan, what did I just say?"

Sasuke twitched.

"Hm?"

"What. Are you doing." Sasuke asked, gritting his teeth.

Naruto smiled, "heh, heh. Sorry, I got a little overexcited. Sasuke-chan just looks so kawaii!"

In, out. In, out. Breathe, Sasuke...Breathe. Stay calm... don't react... "Fuck you." Dammit...

Naruto loudly gasped dramatically. "Sasuke-chan! Am I going to have to call your parents—ah. Uh..."

Sasuke froze.

"A-ah, well, if it makes you feel any better, I don't have any parents, either—Sasuke-chan, wait!"

Sasuke-chan did not, in fact, wait, but rather stormed out of the hall rather quickly without looking back, his skirt fluttering majestically in the wind.

Kiba, ever the voice of reason, asked, "What...what just happened?"

Sakura answered dazily, staring blankly into the distance. "Sasuke came back wearing a skirt, then Naruto came back and attack-glomped him, then Naruto started acting really weirdly, then Naruto brought up Sasuke's parents, and then Sasuke stormed out."

"Oh. Right. Okay. Not a stress-induced hallucination, then."

"Um...are we ever gonna get on with this match?"

"..."

"...no? Okay..."

Naruto sighed, "Whatever. Match, go."

Suddenly Hinata stood at attention—this was her chance to prove herself in front of Naruto. Her one and only shot to impress him.

With this thought in mind, she immediately threw her Naruto-duckie past Tenten to divert her attention, and as soon as Tenten turned to see what had just flown past her, Hinata attacked.

She skipped any Hyuuga-style moves and went straight for something she felt would impress the famous knuckle-headed ninja, Uzumaki Naruto—she punched Tenten in the teeth so hard she felt her bones crack.

Naruto watched on in shock, as did everyone else as soon as they noticed what she'd done.

Choking on her own blood, Tenten spat some of it onto the floor. Naruto was shocked to see tiny shards of broken teeth scattered about in the puddle.

"N-not bad," Tenten choked, wincing.

"A-ah! I'm sorry!" Hinata said, running up to her and bowing repeatedly, "I didn't mean to hit you that hard! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry—"

"—It's fine, don't worry about it," Tenten interupted, "You did good, kid, but the match is still on, so—"

CRACK.

As soon as Tenten had started to lift her arm, Hinata swung around and delivered a spinning hook kick to the side of her head. She was out on impact.

Slow clapping from the entrance, "Very good, Hinata," said the Third, "I'm impressed."

Hayate stepped forward. "Tenten is disqualified, and Hyuuga Hinata will be continuing on to the next round," he coughed, "Congratulations."

Naruto was still staring while Hinata went to go pick up her Naruto-duckie, and Rock Lee and Neji went to pick up their teammate. Neji had this strange look on his face as he passed his cousin. He looked almost...frightened. Hm.

Cough. "Next up, is Kiba versus Chouji. Contestants, prepare yourselves."

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To be Continued...

End of Chapter 28.

Ja ne!

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EDIT: Fixed some mistakes.

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This chapter is dedicated to @Yuesarutobi for being the first to vote—thank you. :)