Benevolent (Discontinued)

Sakura vs. Ino: A *Friendly* Battle!

Sasuke stood at the railing with help from Akira since he was too stubborn to miss this match. He wanted to see Sakura's potential. This was his team mate after all, and he had always been too cold and distant with Sakura. He wanted to make amends, be a better person for himself and his family, and be someone to be proud to call their friend.

"Oh fuck they 'ave to fight-"
"Akira-"
"I don't give a shit! OW, YOU FUCKER-" Sasuke had "softly" punched her arm twice to shut her up to no prevail. She just scowled at him now. He gave her a soft smirk of his. Unknown to them, Kakashi had appeared behind them both with an irked look on his features: Zabuza snorted at this as he slammed his fist into their heads. "Shut your traps and watch your comrade's battle."

As the signal told them to start, Sakura started off by attacking head strong by trying to knock Ino back as much as possible, to formulate a plan on how to deal a finishing blow. Sakura threw three kunai knives, which missed. No one seemed to realise their hidden potential, or how far they had come: Sakura was from a clan that did not have relatively strong abilities. She felt weak, and she knew she would have to become stronger. She just needed that potential to be brought from within.

"...I'm going to help Sakura with her strength and abilities until she can find a proper mentor."
Team 7 and everyone else looked at Yukiya strangely, unaware she cared so much for the pink-haired female. Akira smirked at her enthusiasm, placing her hands in her pockets and eating some pocky. "Am gonna as well." Kakashi felt himself smile at his students. He was definitely proud. Even though they had not been ninja for a long time, they had grown as people: they showed a strong bond, compassion, empathy and honour.

Ino and Sakura tried to start hand to hand combat: Ino readied a punch but ended up drawing back and the end result was funnier than anyone realised. She slapped her which resulted in the pair having an intense stare off. Confused at this, Naruto asked why their looks were so intense, and they were not, in fact, fighting instead. Kakashj explained about rivalries, and how theirs was in fact, now, about who was the strongest ninja between the two. They were friends, yes, yet rivals as well.

"Much like you and Gai for Zabuza's heart." The shorter female gave an evil smile of hers, eyes glinting with hidden purpose.
Kakashi stared at her in confusion, until realisation hit like a ton of bricks. "You...!"
Her smile widened like a Cheshire cat. Akira laughed at his confusion, whilst Gaara, on the other hand, became a bit wary of the smile he had never seen before.
"I am the mastermind-" Zabuza slammed his fist into her head. "Ow!" Small tears built up in her eyes at the harsh contact. Everyone sweat dropped at this action: and sweat dropped even more, if it was humanly possible, due to the evil smile Yukiya had a moment ago turning to one of a playful scowl.
"What did I tell ya about doing that?"
She gave an innocent smile as Gaara patted her head in "comfort" (as you can tell he had no idea how to do that but he was given a soft smile from Yukiya got trying and being a softie.)
"Finding a fella for me."
"Akira helped too-"
"-hey don't fucking bring me into this." She was simply standing beside Sasuke, being the neutral aspect of the group. He had been pestering her with affection for the last ten minutes of Ino and Sakura glaring at each other.

With that, they did not talk about Yukiya and Akira being masterminds all along over the idea of bringing Gai or Kakashi together with Zabuza.

Both girls placed their headbands over their heads and tied them tightly, fists colliding once again. The intensity of how serious this was becoming was something else entirely. Deciding that perhaps this continuous cycle was pointless, Ino pulled out a kunai knife and sliced off large portions of her hair.   She created the appropriate hand signs. "I'm going to put this to an end right now. Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Jutsu. Sakura, however, moved out of the way as she spoke these words. Ino's body became limp.

"You're done, Ino." Sakura charged and was about to strike the finishing blow until she was caught by a string. This was Ino's plan all along. She formulated the real hand signs which performed it once again, hitting Sakura fir real this time. Ino, in Sakura's body, rose her hand to forfeit, until Naruto decided to shout something.
"No! Sakura! Don't!" He yelled. "You worked hard to get here, find it in you to fight c'mon!" Naruto's words of encouragement seemed to strike true. Sakura started to try and take her mind back, whilst Ino was unable to hold onto her using her jutsu. In the end they knocked each other out.

Kakashi and Akuma placed them down side by side: they, for definite, looked peaceful. They had come so far. They were, for sure, going to become stronger.

As this was happening, the next match was called.

"Tenten vs. Temari!"

Lee started to cheer for his team mate, whilst Gai was simply shouting about how youthful she is. This was quite loud, and Naruto ended up plugging his ears. Tenten was one to specialise in "weaponry", which were stored within scrolls for quick access. Temari, however, was able to infuse her chakra to control wind. She had a gigantic fan that could simply swipe anything away. It seemed pointless each attack. This was quite the line up.

"Moon number three, it's over: Wind Scythe Jutsu!" A gust of wind flew towards Tenten, which sliced through her skin and clothes. The female fell from the sky and she ruthlessly  collided with the fan.

"The winner of the seventh match, Temari."

Temari refused to look Yukiya in the eye as she returned to her seat. Lee had managed to catch TenTen before she fell on the ground thankfully.

The next match was about to be chosen.

"Alright! This one's mine!" Naruto exclaimed.
"No way, it's my turn!" Lee shouted.

"Shikamaru Nara vs. Tsuchi Kin!"

All that could be heard from the male was "what a drag".

"Begin." Hayate, the one who seriously needs a cough mint, spoke.

This battle seemed to focus more so on bells, intelligence and senbons. This female was definitely intelligent for a start. She had managed to trick Shikamaru for one. He started to hallucinate, which caused the vibrations: he was paralyzed as she attacked him with more senbons.
"Face it you're cooked little man." Kin managed to smirk.
"You think it's that easy?" Shikamaru replied. She smirked again as she prepared for another attack, yet Shikamaru got there first, stretching his shadow along her thread. He pulled out a shuriken as she did the exact same time. He dodged his, whilst she collided against the wall.

"Winner of the eighth match is Shikamaru Naru!" Everyone started to cheer for the lazy male.

As he returned back to his seat, the board was ready to announce its next opponents.

"Naruto Uzumaki vs Kiba Inuzuka."

This was going to be quite the battle.