Memories of the Blossom Heart

Chapter 12: Competition

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"Argh! Aww, nuts!" Kiba growled and stomped his foot frustratingly after his team lost.

Sai closed his eyes and puffed out the air from his mouth in tiresome.

"I swear I knew I bumped the ball! How could it not score a point?!" Kiba questioned exaggeratingly.

"You were passing it closest to the net, but it bounced backwards," Sai muttered.

"Fuck this..." Kiba muttered.

"Team 4 is the winner! Congratulations to Choji and Shino!" Temari declared loudly, whereas Sakura and the others were cheering.

Contrarily, Ino was not satisfied with the result since she wanted her boyfriend to win. Although, she still acknowledged her friends and supports them equally. Plus, they all know that Choji has a massive amount of strength to pulverize things, despite the fact that he's slightly a bit bigger than the others. However, it didn't matter to him if he was called fat as long as he loves himself. He's gotten over his sensitivity and has been maturing each day.

"That surely felt like five seconds already," Tenten said.

"More like five minutes," Ino mumbled.

"Yosh! It's our turn! The last group of people! Let's go!" Naruto said enthusiastically.

"Okay. Team 5; Gaara and Lee. Team 6; Naruto and Sasuke. You guys are up!" Temari announced.

Lee turned to look at his friends, grinning in excitement. "Are you all ready for this?"

"Who isn't?" Naruto scoffed rhetorically.

Sasuke glanced at the red-haired Kazekage, saying. "I don't see the reason to back out. Let's make a pact. You and I can win in a tie. What do you say?"

"It's impossible for both teams to conquer victory. There can only be one team, just like only one person belongs to the other," Gaara stated lightly.

"I don't know what you mean, but it sounds like you haven't gotten over the fact that I almost beat you in our last fight," Sasuke smirked.

"Does it matter?" Gaara questioned in a calm tone of his voice.

"Certainly," Sasuke answered rapidly.

"Um, guys... Can we talk about this later? We have a game to play," Naruto pointed out, laughing in awkwardness.

The red-haired Kazekage and the dark-haired ninja were staring coldly at one another and began to walk towards the field.

"I hope these two doesn't go overboard. Thank goodness, it's only sports. Otherwise if it's ninja spar, I don't know how I'm able to watch them battle," Temari thought in her mind, then she cleared her throat. "Alright. Match can start now."

Lee grabbed the ball and prepared himself in the position. As soon as he held it firmly, he swung his fist before serving it. The ball was flying across the air and Naruto bumped it forward.

Gaara hit it back towards Sasuke, who smacked the ball driftly. But he struck it, which startled the dark-haired ninja. Everyone else was applauding for them.

"15 points goes to Team 5!" Temari declared and grimaced a little bit in her mind. "Gee, my brother seems to be capricious..."

On the other hand, Sasuke scoffed a little and said lightly. "I see you're very keen into this sport. It doesn't look like you're having fun."

"Believe me, I am. I tend to have durability," Gaara stated.

"Oh? I didn't know that you've been working out. A round of applause for sir Kazekage," The dark-haired ninja chuckled slightly. "I have gained more muscles these past couple of weeks."