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章節 63: Chapter 63 : Shika Vs Sasuke 3

With a thud, Shika fell to the ground, his arms numb, and he was cursing internally at both Kakashi and the Hokage.

'He is too fast. I can barely cope, even if I remove my weight, but he won't let me. I need to buy some time.' Shika thought as he quickly tried to form a plan. Knowing that he couldn't handle Sasuke the way he was right now, he needed to come up with a plan quickly.

He tried to feel his numb hands again; to cast jutsu, he needed them. 'Need to buy some time.'

"What the hell, what did you do? How did you suddenly get this strong?" Shika shouted out, making Sasuke, who was ready to attack him again, stop as he looked at his own hands and just smirked.

"Hahaha… you don't need to know. Just understand this much: you can't beat me." Sasuke, getting his ego stroked and hearing that he was strong, chuckled and instead of attacking directly, responded back.

Shika, behind his back, was working really hard to recover his numb hands and circulate blood again in them with his reverse curse technique.

"Why were you holding back until now?" Shika asked. Technically, he wasn't supposed to know anything about Sasuke having the curse mark, so he could ask this question.

It's fine even if Sasuke doesn't answer; he was just buying time.

Sasuke, on the other hand, after hearing this question, didn't answer. What could he tell? But then, being the shameless boy he was, he finally opened his mouth.

"Ah, you're not even worth me using my full power."

'What the fuck?' Shika couldn't help but curse after hearing this. Hell, he might even believe this bastard if he didn't know better.

His eyes twitched with frustration, and a smile appeared on his face.

"I see. Then I believe there is no reason for me to hold back either. Kid gloves are off now," Shika replied as he instantly moved his hands. His hands already had their blood flow back and, within a split second, formed multiple hand signs.

Of course, to prevent Sasuke from copying this particular jutsu, he threw a smoke bomb to hide his hand signs.

Though he personally didn't believe that the following jutsu was something Sasuke, who heavily relied on his eyes, would copy, still, prevention is better than cure.

Sasuke, seeing this, thought that Shika was trying to hide or use his shadow against him again. So he keenly watched the area with his Sharingan.

But the next second, the area started to fill with mist.

Other shinobi seeing this was a little taken aback.

'Hiding in the mist Jutsu' Shika smiled as he formed and hid in the smoke quickly and cast the jutsu.

"Hmm hindering his sight, good choice." Hiruzen smiled a little after seeing what jutsu Shika was using because Kurenai even he knew that Shika had recreated this jutsu from the hidden mist. 

Sasuke seeing the mist was taken aback, he currently doesn't have any jutsu to handle the mist. And inside the mist, his Sharingan is useless. Not to mention his Sharingan is not completely developed like Kakashi's three tomoe Sharingan.

After the mist over the area, Shika quickly changed his place and the first thing he did was to remove the weight he was wearing to even out the speed a little bit.

And while both Sasuke and Shika were blinded by the mist, people outside the mist as the mist was only covering the fighting ring right now, people were getting excited.

"Hey, what is going on? Why did the mist suddenly come up?" Naruto asked.

"Idiot Naruto, this is, of course, Shika's jutsu. He did something," Sakura shouted back.

Kakashi, who was beside them, narrowed his eyes as he knew what technique this was. It was from the Hidden Mist. Now he was wondering how Shika learned this technique.

And more than anything, why use this? This technique is useful for hiding, but the user too will lose their sight.

After all, not everyone is like Zabuza, who can, even after getting practically blind, land hits on the target.

Which is true; not even people in the Hidden Mist can do what Zabuza casually does. They don't call him a demon for nothing.

But what Kakashi didn't know was that right now Shika had the same skills and talents as Zabuza. And in the last three months of training, he had learned how to use Zabuza's skills.

Meaning that now he didn't need his dogs to help him in the mist. He still wasn't as good as Zabuza, but he could navigate his way around the mist now.

"What's going on?" Tenten asked, and Neji, beside her, used his Byakugan to see through the mist.

That was one problem with the mist; Byakugan could see through it. And right now, Shika had no way to handle that.

Hinata stiffened on seeing the mist as she remembered the last time Shika used that mist technique. It was a massacre.

The other members of Team 8 were also the same. They all learned later on what Shika did in Waves. Now, upon seeing the jutsu again, they couldn't help but frown.

Both Hinata and Neji saw that Shika was at the edge of the fighting ring and was taking off the weights he was wearing on his legs and waist.

Seeing this, both of them had their eyes widen a little. Neji, because he knew what kind of difference weights can make, and Hinata, because all this time she had been training with Shika but still hadn't noticed he was using weights.

Inside the mist, Sasuke was on defence. He found that he too was running out of time. After all, he couldn't keep the curse seal open as he pleased.

So he had to end this fight quickly, but the only problem was that his Sharingan was useless in this mist.

Seeing that he couldn't do anything by just standing there and also internally thinking that there shouldn't be any particular way for Shika to see him in this mist either.

"You know, the person from whom I copied this jutsu was called the Demon of the Mist. Let's see how effective his technique was," the voice came, and Sasuke again took a defensive position.

The next second, a kunai came flying at him from the mist, making Sasuke quickly react to dodge the upcoming attack, but that was only a decoy.

From the entirely opposite side, Shika appeared, targeting Sasuke's blind spot.

And this was all possible for only one reason. He learned from Zabuza how to move quietly so the enemy can't sense your movements.

Sasuke blocked the kunai, but due to that, he couldn't see Shika coming at him from the other side. This was another good technique he learned from Zabuza's arsenal.

Shika directly landed a punch at Sasuke's side, making him wince in pain as he used his curse Energy in that punch to buff it up. 

Shika has learned that when it comes to physical power, Curse energy gives a better buff to him instead of Chakra, not taking Tsunade's chakra infuse power in this case of course.

But still Shika by no means was a physical powerhouse or he want to hurt Sasuke too much and he didn't use kunai and thus Sasuke wasn't that hurt.

And before Sasuke can get back to him, he was again gone in the mist like he was never there in the first place.

Seeing this Sasuke gritted his teeth. He truly didn't have any way to hurt Shika now.

Shika continued his normal attack on Sasuke, but there was a problem. Though this technique was good for getting a punch or two, it was really designed for killing people, which he couldn't do, of course.

'I need to land a powerful attack on him,' Shika thought after harassing Sasuke for a while. He noticed that the mist was clearing.

Maintaining mist in this place where no water is available is not only hard but also consumes too much chakra.

Shika was always conscious of his chakra. For someone who can make three shadow clones, he wasn't that bad, as long as he didn't compare himself to someone like Naruto.

There are many kids his age who don't have as much chakra as he does right now, but due to always being chakra-conscious, he was always calculating his chakra and finding ways to use it more efficiently.

He started to put his Nara brain to work and quickly came up with a good idea.

'Hmm… won't that be a little too much?' Shika pondered as he thought about his own plan but then just shook his head. Anything besides what he planned would require him to reveal more of his cards and attract more attention than he wanted right now.

He quickly took out the kunai he had and all the special explosive tags he made himself. They were extra explosive for times like this when he needed more firepower.

It's beneficial to be a Seal Master, after all.

---

Outside the mist, others were getting quite worried. It had been a little while since Shika used the mist, and now no one besides the two Hyuga could see what was happening inside.

"Asuma-sensei, what is going on? Why is there mist all of a sudden?" Ino asked, not being able to see her Sasuke-kun and glaring at Shikamaru as if he were the reason behind this.

'Troublesome.'

"This is a technique used by shinobi from the Hidden Mist. They are all excellent at concealing themselves in the mist and fighting in low visibility. Shika somehow is using their technique," Asuma replied, taking a puff on his cigarette.

"Huh…? But how did he learn that in the first place?" Ino asked in confusion.

"Well, you'll have to ask him yourself."

"Huff…"

"Tenten, you never told me that your friend was so good at hiding?" Neji, who had long deactivated his Byakugan as he was bored with how both Sasuke and Shika were fighting, asked. After all, he was a Hyuga, and a jutsu like this was completely useless to him, so he pretty much looked down on Shika.

But not Sasuke, though. In fact, Sasuke's condition kind of interested him. He saw with his Byakugan that Sasuke's chakra was tinted dark and had become much stronger after those markings appeared on him.

Tenten didn't reply. The way Neji talked kind of made her angry.

Others were thinking along the same lines. They wanted to know what was going on in the mist but couldn't see.

Unknown to all of them, Orochimaru was also there, and he was intently watching Sasuke's fight. Actually, he didn't even care about other fights; he was only here for Sasuke's fight. But now he was a little interested in Shika Nara.

The kid was in Kabuto's team and was said to be somewhat strong for a solo genin.

Orochimaru anticipated that this boy could give Sasuke a good fight, at least make him open the curse seal.

Which he did, and that was all he was anticipating from Shika Nara. But that wasn't the case. The boy was supposed to get beaten by Sasuke, but surprisingly he had a technique like the Hidden Mist under his belt.

Orochimaru was very interested in the Sharingan, so it was also normal for him to understand the limitations of the Sharingan.

The mist technique was arguably the worst matchup for someone with a Sharingan. Even Orochimaru had to accept that, in this regard, the Byakugan was much superior.

He was here to see how strong Sasuke was, but now, due to the mist, he couldn't see anything. He was getting a little angry now.

So he planned to act. Though the Hokage was right there, he still planned to take a little risk and use Wind Style to remove the mist so that he could at least see what was going on.

So, when Shika was ready to activate his plan, setting up the trap while still attacking Sasuke to make him busy, something strange happened.

A strong wind suddenly originated, and the mist was blown away, making Shika suddenly visible to Sasuke.

"What in the…" Shika was taken aback, both surprised and confused at the same time.

He didn't understand what had happened just now; after all, he knew that Sasuke couldn't use Wind Style jutsu.

Some of the good Jonin and the Hokage noticed that the wind didn't originate from the fighting ring but from elsewhere.

But Orochimaru's clone, which did this while hiding, was long gone.

They now couldn't find who did it and surely couldn't stop the fight in the middle. But still, the Hokage gave a signal for a Jonin to investigate.

Once the mist was lifted, everyone was able to see what was going on again in the fighting ring.

Sasuke, who had suffered a one-sided beating from Shika, was very angry. Though maybe his emotions were also influenced by the curse seal.

"Hmph… can you wait a little longer? I seem to be facing a technical issue with my technique right now," Shika asked nicely, hoping it might work.

Well, people in the real world don't play nice, let alone in the ninja world.

Sasuke rushed at Shika with all his speed, moving away from the targeted location where Shika had prepared the trap for him.

"Tch."

Shika muttered under his breath. Now he had to bring Sasuke back to that spot.

"Troublesome," Shika muttered, his Nara gene acting up as he rushed at Sasuke at the same time. Now that he had his weights off, he wasn't that different in speed from Sasuke.

Well, at least he believed so. He was still slower.

 

xxx

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章節 64: Chapter 64 : Shika Vs Sasuke 4

Sasuke all but vanished from his place, rushing right at Shika with all his speed. 

Before Shika could react, a mighty punch came right into his face. It was so fast that he barely managed to dodge it, but Sasuke was ready with another attack. Due to being so close this time, Shika wasn't able to dodge the next attack.

The punch hit Shika like a hammer striking his stomach, making all the air rush out of his lungs and causing him to stumble backwards.

'Fu…'

But he didn't have time to rest because Sasuke was going for a combo. He raised his leg and aimed right at Shika's head, trying to end the fight with one good combo.

Shika, on the other hand, anticipated the attack. All that Taijutsu training with Hinata had drilled instincts into him, allowing him to expect incoming attacks. He ducked down just in time to dodge the initial attack, but he couldn't outsmart someone with the Sharingan.

Sasuke noticed Shika's body movements and realized that he would most likely duck and dodge the attack. So right after the kick, he continued his assault by spinning his body and turning his high kick into a spinning low kick.

The spinning low kick hit Shika's back, and since Shika was barely holding himself up, he was thrown off balance and fell.

This gave Sasuke an excellent opportunity to start forming hand signs for a jutsu that Shika knew very well.

"Is that…" Kakashi was the first to notice thanks to his Sharingan. He was able to see what Sasuke was doing and stiffened. He wanted to stop Sasuke but wasn't sure if he should. The Hokage had told him to continue the fight, and there had to be a reason for that, right?

He was sure that the Hokage would act if something went wrong, so he wasn't too worried. Little did he know that the Hokage was thinking the same thing.

Hiruzen had allowed the match to continue because he wanted to see what Shika was capable of. Without a formal Jonin sensei, getting a good grasp of Shika's powers was difficult for the Hokage.

This was why Hiruzen Sarutobi had been holding back on assigning a Jonin sensei to Shika. He wanted to test the boy out. And so far, what Shika had shown was indeed worthy of getting a Jonin sensei. Being able to use a Hidden Mist Technique and receiving high praise from Kurenai was impressive.

But now, Hiruzen finally saw a chance to evaluate Shika in a one-on-one fight. When Shika used the Hidden Mist Jutsu, Hiruzen thought the match was over, but the wind ruined the boy's plan.

He felt a little sorry for Shika, but in the ninja world, luck also plays a significant role. Hiruzen was not just a strong shinobi; he was extremely lucky as well.

Still, he knew that Shika was a promising young ninja and was ready to act to save him if necessary, but not until he deemed it essential.

Shika, who was on the ground, saw the hand signs and cursed internally. This was a Fire Style Jutsu if he wasn't mistaken. He didn't know the hand signs very well, but technically, that was the only jutsu Sasuke could perform right now.

'Good thing this bastard doesn't know Chidori right now,' he thought and gritted his teeth to dodge the upcoming attack.

Sasuke wasn't that far from him, so dodging this attack would be challenging. He knew that, and that's why he didn't try to dodge. Instead, he drew on his chakra and the power of Max Elephant directly into his palm.

'This technique is not finished yet, but if I increase the amount of chakra and don't worry about building up the pressure…' Shika thought, bringing both of his hands together and clapping, with the tips of his fingers aimed at Sasuke.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted and let out a huge fireball toward Shika.

'Calling off your moves, seriously! And here I thought you were supposed to be the cool character,' Shika smiled a little as he prepared himself.

'Water Convergence,' he thought internally. At the tip of his clasped hands, a jet of water stream emerged.

This was supposed to be a special power of the Kumo clan, where they could manipulate their blood to create a powerful stream capable of cutting through almost anything. In the manga, Sukuna used something similar with Megumi's body, employing Max Elephant's water like the Kumo clan's convergence.

Over the last three months, Shika had been practising to achieve the same effect, but he couldn't maintain enough pressure to produce a powerful stream of water.

The technique wasn't complete yet; otherwise, he could have finished the match long ago. He needed more time.

But he could still use this technique in another way. What if he just increased the water volume and didn't worry as much about building pressure?

Yes, it wouldn't cut anything, but it was more than enough to handle a mere fireball. Shika thought, and the next moment, when the fireball came at him, a wave of water shot from his hands, immediately extinguishing the fireball.

This all happened within seconds, but those who witnessed it were surprised. They clearly saw Shika using a Water Escape Jutsu not from his mouth but from his hands, and more importantly, he didn't use any hand signs.

'That much water without any hand signs? Was Kurenai telling the truth about the boy's talent in Genjutsu, or is he more of a specialist in Water Jutsu?' Hiruzen pondered. But seeing Shika back on his feet and ready to handle the next attack made him smile. To him, this was a clear sign that the next generation was progressing well.

His red eyes narrowed, and somehow his anger was rising for some reason. His Sharingan noticed that Shika didn't have any chakra build-up at that time, so the real question was how he was able to use this attack so fast.

Even with fire-style jutsu, he has to convert his chakra to fire, which takes some time and a full set of hand signs. Water-style jutsu requires even more chakra and control.

He couldn't understand, and right now he didn't have the time. He felt a pang of pain in his neck, making him feel that he was running out of time.

'Okay... think, think... I need to bring him back to that position somehow. How do I do that?' Shika pondered and instantly came up with two answers to that question.

One is to fight him in close combat and draw him near the mark...

'Yeah, I'm not that desperate to break a few bones just to bring that bastard back to the target spot.' Shika couldn't help but frown.

The second option is to snipe at him from a long distance. Though the attacks might not connect, maybe I can bring him back to that position if I plan well, like how Shikamaru did to Temari in the anime.

He was earlier pretty much equal to Sasuke in close combat, but after using his Sharingan and activating that curse seal, Sasuke was overwhelmingly dominating him in the match.

'Genjutsu won't work... all thanks to Sharingan.'

'Can't use Ten Shadows for obvious reasons.' That was still the last card if he has nothing else in his arsenal. He had to use it but not before that, maybe he could summon his dogs.

'That trap is the only choice I have to bring him down without revealing some of my other cards.' Shika gritted his teeth and got ready.

But then he suddenly realized something. He quickly looked around and noticed many of the shuriken and kunai had shattered.

'He is not throwing those kunai at me anymore. Is he out of them?' Shika pondered.

Right now he only has a close combat method to handle with me. Meaning he has to come to me if he wants to end this match?

I can use that.

Now I can determine where the fight will happen. Seeing him as aggressive as he is, either that seal is messing with his mind already or he is running out of time. Whatever the case is, I can use it. Shika thought all this in the split second before finally making a plan.

Earlier he was planning on somehow bringing Sasuke to the target spot, but now he himself went to that spot and lured Sasuke there.

"At least this way I will suffer fewer broken bones," Shika mutters with a little irritation on his face as he gets ready to tank a powerful attack and simultaneously heal himself.

The small smoke screen created by the collision of both the water and the fireball gives him enough time to formulate a plan.

Shika acted like he was making distance from Sasuke while heading to the spot, and also formed hands to throw water bullets at Sasuke rushing at him.

Sasuke's Sharingan started to rotate as he saw the trajectory of the water bullets and dodged them effectively.

Still rushing at Shika at full speed.

---

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, what are those markings on Sasuke's body?" Naruto asked with confusion. He was not the sharpest kunai out there, but the boy wasn't an idiot. He knew that after Sasuke got those markings, he suddenly became a lot stronger—strong enough to crush Shika all over.

He wanted to ask earlier but didn't feel like it. Now he just couldn't control himself.

Naruto, like in the anime, was knocked out by Orochimaru, so he didn't know about the curse seal on Sasuke.

Sakura, on the other hand, knew. After Naruto asked this, she stiffened. She remembered how dangerous and violent Sasuke was upon first getting those markings. She was honestly worried about Sasuke right now.

If only Shika could hear what she was thinking, he would leave his match halfway and slap this bitch.

After all, she should be worried about the person he is fighting, and not about Sasuke himself.

"You'll know. Just keep watching," Kakashi replied with one eye closed as if asking Naruto to figure it out himself. But honestly, he didn't want to say it to Naruto.

He knew how competitive both boys were, and this would be another troublesome thing if Naruto also decided to get a mark of his own.

Teams 8, 9, and 10 were also thinking the same thing. Some were asking their Jonin sensei about those markings and how Sasuke suddenly became this strong, while those who already knew were frowning.

In the ring, Sasuke dodged all the attacks Shika threw at him and was almost upon him. Shika thought Sasuke was out of kunai—not completely, he still should have one or two just in case, but those are mostly for close combat fighting, and he wouldn't throw them away. At least he hoped so.

Just as Sasuke was near him, Shika formed the hand sign at the right moment and his shadow spread out towards Sasuke to capture him again.

Sasuke's Sharingan accurately saw the trajectory. Suddenly an idea came to his mind that Shika was trying to draw him in for this exact move. A little smirk played at his lips, and just when the shadow was about to touch him, he jumped high.

Shika was taken aback. He was expecting Sasuke to dodge, but he was still coming at him.

The jump was powerful enough for Sasuke to cover the last bit of distance. Shika, seeing Sasuke coming in, gritted his teeth and brought his hands in front to block the upcoming attack.

BAM...

Sasuke performed some sort of kung-fu move mid-air, twisting his body and kicking right at Shika's torso. Good thing that Shika was expecting a powerful attack coming his way; otherwise, that attack might have hit him directly in the chest and shattered his ribs.

But even though he blocked with his hands, the attack was too much. A sudden sound of bone breaking came from his hands, and pain ran through him.

The flying kick was so strong it sent Shika flying back into the wall, and with a bang, he was slammed against it.

Boom...

---

Others grasped the power of that last kick. Internally, they knew that the match was over now. Even the Hokage knew that he had to step in or Shika would be in trouble. On his side, Orochimaru smirked, seeing his perfect weapon using the power he gave him.

"That is like one of your kicks, Guy-sensei," Lee said, looking intently at Sasuke. He remembered how easily he had beaten Sasuke before the exam, and now Sasuke had gotten this strong. And he knew that the power was granted, not his own, but still, power is power.

Guy and Neji were looking at this with serious faces while Tenten was worried sick for Shika.

Other Genin and Jonin were the same. Even Gaara gave up on the match, knowing what the result was going to be.

Shika in the ring felt like someone had run a truck over him. The pain he felt in the last 5 seconds was more pain than he had ever experienced in both of his lives combined.

He was barely sitting with the support of the wall, with a big dent and cracks in it thanks to that emo bastard turning into Might Guy and kicking him like he was Madara Uchiha himself.

Even with padded clothes and reinforcing himself with CE, he broke many ribs and was working hard to recover with reverse curse energy.

"Give up... you can't win," Sasuke said as he looked down on Shika, who was coughing up blood by now. It seemed like his mind hadn't been entirely corrupted yet.

The proctor on the side also saw Shika's condition and was about to say something, but before that, Shika started to move.

Shika struggled to stand up on his feet, his healing working overtime to fix him internally.

"NAH, I'll win."

Shika, even with blood trailing down from the side of his mouth, smirked. As others, including Sasuke, registered his words, a silence fell in the hall, only to be broken by a loud explosion.

'Surprise, bitch.'

 

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