Chap. 12: Chunin Finals

Sasuke, Shikamaru, Kyoto, Sana, Sakura, Touka, Naruto, Hinami, Tenno, Temari, Gaara, Kankuro, Shino, Neji stood in front of Genma, who was to be the new proctor. Hayate having been killed by the hidden Grass. Dosu having been killed by other hidden sound genin when he challenged them to a deathmatch. Genma sighed a moment looking at the genin, while Hinami paled, looking at the stadium. 'Is it too late to go home?' she wondered in her mind as she looked towards the stands, they were completely full, practically overfilled at this point. Cheering for the finalists, Hinami wanted to hide under a rock, a barren rock, in the middle of the ocean, underneath and island. Yeah, that sounded good to her.

"Welcome! Finalists! each of you have earned your spot in the finals." Genma said calmly, looking towards the genin in front of him. 'Most of the village is here, but there is still extra patrols being handled by lord 4th' Minato thought looking out at the stadium, Orochimaru had delivered an ultimatum from the forest of death, for the exams to continue. He didn't like it but there was no choice. Hiruzen sat up next to Minato as the sat in the kage booth next to Rasa. 'what are you planning. Anko.' Orochimaru thought as he stood overlooking the stadium, he was one of the jonin assigned to guard that sector, jonin from the leaf and sand spread out among the audience and village for patrols and so on. Nawaki patrolling the village with Minato sitting up near the kage, looking out on the stadium, a conflicted look on his face. All of the jonin were placed on high alert, as were the chunin, spread through the audience with the AnBu black ops. The Uchiha police force patrolling the leaf village during the exams. 

The first match was Kyoto against Sasuke, the two Uchiha's stood across from eachother with their sharingan activated. As their match was called to start, Kyoto ran towards Sasuke, the boy doing the same, the two avoiding the weapons thrown at eachother, ducking under the other weapons sent their way. Sending fireball jutsu's forwards as a cover, Kyoto ran forwards aiming a kunai towards Sasuke, the boy dodging up before his chest was kicked by Kyoto, sending him sprawling across the ground. The boy coughing a moment, before he rolled to avoid Kyoto's leg coming down. Kyoto sending more of a barrage of attacks before dining an earth dome, as a shelter from Sasuke's attacks as he went for lions barrage. Sasuke flipped away from the dome, before running forwards once more, moving his hands for jutsu signs, running forwards as lightning gathered in his palm. 

"Lightning style, chidori." Sasuke said hitting the dome with his hand and reaching Kyoto's shoulder, blood dripping slowly from the wound. The dome being blasted apart by Kyoto who moved his arms out, Sasuke avoiding the earth as it moved. Twisting to kick Kyoto across the ground, his leg was met with Kyoto's arm. The two sliding back against the grass and dirt of the arena floor. 

"Earthstyle, mudwave!" Kyoto said, placing his hands down, the entire ground surging like a wave, knocking Sasuke off of his feet. The boy sending shuriken forwards, using the shuriken shadowclone jutsu. The weapons multiplying, as Kyoto was busy deflecting that, Sasuke slid behind him, forcing Kyoto to conced the match as he held a kunai to the boys neck, not moving it until he did so, his arms blocked from reaching up and removing the kunai, pissing Kyoto off. But he conceeded the match either way, as there was no way he'd win at that point. 

The second match was Shikamaru against Temari, with the girl winning by default after Shikamaru forfeited the match. Being backed into a corner by the girl. After he'd trapped her in the shadow possession he announced as such, shocking the entire stadium, as well as his opponent. After Shikamaru and Temari, Shino was up fighting against Kankuro. The two seeming to be evenly matched as they went head to head, but it wasn't long before Shino's bugs infected Kankuro's puppets, as the blade stopped a mere cm from his face, traveling up the chakra threads and swarming Kankuro, the boy yelling before falling to the ground. Shino being named the winner of the third round. The fated match between Neji and Naruto came, the Namikaze pulling out a win over the hyuga bully. Winning the match and leaving Neji with much to think about, in regards to destiny and fate. Hiashi going to his hospital room to apologize for the death of his father and explain what happened that night. 

"Hinami Senju of the hidden leaf versus Gaara of the hidden sand!" Genma called the two standing across from eachother, Gaara wearing a shortsleeve black shirt with fishnetting underneath, paired with black pants and a white cloth diagonally over his body, wearing a shuriken holster on his right thigh with a gord on his back for his sand. The two stood ready to fight. 

"Let's go all out." Gaara said, looking towards Hinami. His red hair parted over his love tattoo on his forehead as he wore a black short sleeve shirt with black pants, his gord on his back with a white wrapping diagonally over ihis chest, his sand headband on the tan strap going to his gord. His arms crossed as he looked at the girl and Hinami nodded, 'I wanna go home…' she thought as she did, 

"Right!" She said in return, her black hair was in two ponytails behind her head, her headband tied around her forehead, her hair reaching her waist, wearing a seafoam green sleeveless top with a black skirt, with a cropped tan jacket overtop with the hyuga clan symbol on either arm with the Senju clan symbol on the back in black. Wearing a shuriken holster on her right thigh with a kunai pouch on her back. Their match was called to begin and Gaara opened with throwing sand towards Hinami who dodged and blocking the sand with her trees. Jumping up as Gaara sent a sand Tsunami, sliding on one of the branches that followed her direction, blocking the sand as a shockwave fell over the crowd, the wood cracking loudly. As Hinami took out six kunai and threw them towards Gaara, the boy batting them out of the way, though as he did that Hinami disappeared from the tree she had been standing on. By the time Gaara realized she was behind him it was too late, her leg came down harshly, breaking through his sands defense and sending them both to the ground, a large crater forming underneath his body, the cracks traveling up towards the stands. 

"You're faster than I expected." Gaara said in return, looking over at Hinami who was still over his body before he sent her flying back with his sand. Hinami flipping and sliding on the ground, as the two avoided their hits, Hinami sending forwards branches as Gaara did the same with Sand. as Hinami jumped for a hit with gentle fist she stopped in midair twisting to look towards the stadium, sliding on the ground next to Gaara, the boy looking towards her in question, her byakugan was active as she looked towards the stadium. Gaara instantly sensing the different emotion the girl was emitting, paired with the look on her face. Something… happened. 

"Somethings wrong." She said, using her byakugan to look towards the stadium, looking around, people all around the stadium were collapsing, passing out on the spot. 

"What do you mean?" Gaara asked, looking concerned as he met her gaze a moment

"Everyone's asleep, well, non-ninja. And a few ninja," Hinami said before putting her hands behind her head as a sound ninja jumped down, aiming an attack for her, Gaara sending sand through the ninja and sending him careening the other direction. 

"Hinata's in trouble." Hinami said and Gaara glanced over, 

"Go." Genma said he and Gaara would handle the arena, Minato and Nawaki handling the attack in the village, in which Anko summoned a three headed snake as well as a few others to keep them distracted. Sasuke jumping to the village with Naruto to help with evacuations of civilians. Fighting against some of the hidden rain and sound on the way. Anko had her leaf spys join in with the fighting against the leaf, alongside the rain, and grass. They opted to try and crush the leaf. Kiyoka was working on evacuations, offering first aid to the civilains and ninja who needed it. Ikumi had been evacuated with the academy, the Sand jonin in the village were helping fend off the attack on the village, the academy kids and many of the civilains looked out of the shelter terrified at what was occurring. Ikumi just praying that Hinami, his father, mother, and cousins would all be okay. Since he couldn't help fight yet, he still was only an academy student.

Hinami jumped up to where Hinata was, using gentle fist on one of the shinobi, who held an unconscious Hinata. One of the ninja throwing something towards Hinami which she went to avoid, before it unlocked, revealing specialized cloth that wrapped around the girls body and sending her flying into the wall.

"We're not interested in any halfling." He said and Hinami tried to break through, ending up electrocuted, she yelled for them to release Hinata. A third assailant came up her blindspot, hitting her with a genjutsu and sending the girl crashing to the ground. Jumping out of the window as Tenten, Neji, and Kiba approached. 

"Hinami!" Neji said as they ran forwards, breaking through the cloth around her body before placing a hand on her forehead breaking through the genjutsu placed on her 

"Brother Neji? They took Hinata, we need to go after her." Hinami said, blinking a moment in confusion, looking towards the boy who nodded in response, 

"Alright, let's go." He said in response, helping her to her feet.

"Hold on, we're coming to, Hinata's our teammate." Kiba said referring to himself and Akamaru, 

"I'm coming to, this is too much for you two alone." Tenten said looking towards them as they stood at the back of the arena near a window, Hinami looked over towards Neji, before looking back towards Tenten and Kiba, 

"Let's go. The more time we waste the further they get, come on." Hinami said in response, and Neji's resolve hardened as he looked towards them nodding in response, 

"Let's go." Neji said offering a hand up towards her and Hinami nodded, 

"We're going to." Tenten said

"This is a Hyuga matter." Neji said in return, 

"Even so, it's too much for us alone." Hinami said and Neji sighed, 

"Let's move quickly." He said in return the four going after Hinata, Hinami staying behind with one of the goons, to keep them occupied, Tenten doing the same, leaving the rescue up to Kiba and Neji. 

"Isn't this so interesting." Anko said holding a kunai to Hiruzen's neck and forcing him to move to the middle of the roof where a barrier was placed by Anko Mitarashi's sound 4. Blocking the anbu from interfering in the fight. The two went hand to hand in combat, Hiruzen stronger than Anko, though, when Anko summoned the first and second hokage from the grave using the reanimation jutsu, she turned the tide in her favor. The two hokage being forced to fight Hiruzen at the same time, used like puppets for Anko's amusement much to everyone's annoyment. Hiruzen was forced to jump over and dodge the majority of attacks while also using taijutsu against his teachers. 

"Brother Neji, Kiba, Tenten, keep going. I'll stop our followers here." Hinami said and Neji nodded towards the girl, his face hard as he looked forwards

"You sure?" Tenten said in response looking towards her and Hinami nodded in response, 

"Yes. In forests I have the advantage, I've got this. Go get her." She said placing a hand on Neji's shoulder a moment, and the group nodded, jumping off as Hinami moved the trees from the side to block the kunai sent forwards by the sound ninja, flinging two of them to the side. 

"Bad luck. You're not getting past me." She said jumping from the tree as she became surrounded by hidden sound ninja, who laughed, each wearing a similar outfit of pants with cow print with a black top and headbands secured to various parts of their bodies. One jumped forwards with a kunai, Hinami disappearing and reappearing back on the branch, causing the one who ran at her to run right into his friend. 

"What the hell?" He said Hinami sitting on the branch as she waved towards them. 

"Like I said you're not getting past me." She said in response, 

"Those eyes. So, you've got the byakugan, huh? Well, we just have to keep our distance from you and we're safe." One of the goons said and Hinami jumped over his jutsu attack, in which he used a flute to send forth powerful bursts of air which snapped the branch behind her. The others displaying ranged jutsu movements, Hinami sending her hands out, wrapping them in vines squeezing her hands closed, the five sound ninja in front of her dropped dead to the forest floor. The girl panting a moment before dodging to the right as another attack rained down, '5… theres still 4 missing from here. *gasp*' she thought as she turned before performing rotation as dozens of shuriken and kunai rained down on her using her byakugan she grabbed a kunai from her pouch, this one had a paper bomb attached, sending it towards the sound ninja hiding in the trees, forcing him to the ground, 

"Firestyle majestic flames." another said to the right, and Hinami jumped over the attack, landing behind the girl who'd been sending the fire towards her, before looking around in confusion for the girl who'd been right in front of her. 

"Who're you looking for?" Hinami asked before smirking, and hitting the girl with gentle fist, sending her into her friend, knocking down a large oak tree in the process. Before Hinami blocked an attack to her head, the man sending his fist towards her the girl blocking with her own, 'his strength…' she thought as a shockwave fell over the forest, snapping twigs off the trees as it went. 

"We'll have the byakugan." He said and Hinami hummed a moment, before melting into wood which held onto the guys wrist before forcing him to the ground. Where he was quickly swallowed by the tree. 'Three down, there's one more.' she thought grabbing a kunai that was tossed towards her blindspot, looking behind her, she dodged kunai left and right as she jumped over the weapons, jumping to the ground. Forcing the guy into the light, she placed her hand on the ground which forced the man forwards once more, charging chakra into her fist she sent her fully powered fist into the guys forehead and forced him into the ground where a crater formed. 

"I came to see if you needed help, but, it looks like you took care of it." Kiyoka said as she jumped down, looking at the enemy which were all on the ground around her, and Hinami took a panting breath, giving a thumbs up. As she noted the 9 dead sound shinobi around Hinami, they'd challenged her to a fight to the death, and lost.

"The least they could do is put up an actual fight. Eh, big sister Kiyoka?" Hinami said in response, panting from the fight as she looked towards her cousin, giving a small smirk, before turning back towards where Neji and the others headed towards to get Hinata.

"Lets go. They're going to need help." she said and Kiyoka nodded, the two splitting, Hinami going towards Neji with Kiyoka going towards Tenten, to help her in her fight against 5 of the enemy.

"Uncle Hiashi. You came too?" Hinami asked as she caught up with Neji. The guy who'd been threatening Neji was sent flying back with an air-palm attack from Hiashi. He walked out from the bushes looking at Neji and Hinami and nodded, sighing a sigh of relief as they didn't appear to be injured in the slightest, just a little worn down from the fighting they were just in. 

"She's my daughter, of course I came. Are you two hurt?." Hiashi asked looking at the two, who looked at him a moment before Hinami shook her head, 

"Nah, these guys are more bark than they are bite. What about Hinata?" Hinami said and Hiashi nodded in turn, 

"I've already sent someone after her." Hiashi said as Neji also denied any injuries, 

"The Hyuga is lucky to have the four of you." He said and Hinami looked over, before turning bright red, she'd never felt truly accepted in the Hyuga due to her heritage in the Senju clan as well. 

"Yeah… thanks." Hinami said in return, giving a thumbs up, 

There were numerous deaths on both sides, including the third hokage, who used the reaper death seal to seal Anko's arms and the 2nd and 1st hokage and stop the attack. and the hidden grass's leader. While Hinami had gone after Hinata, she'd also grown plants all over the leaf to protect civilians from falling rubble, performing search and rescue at the same time as the other shinobi. The sand helping in the search and rescue efforts, clearing the rubble from the main streets.