"No fair!" She whined, pouting before she went into her pack and grabbed a few senbons. Itachi recognized them as the senbons she used in her previous match that had some kind of venom on them. 'Can't get hit by those.' He thought as Anko made her way towards him with three senbons gripped in each of her hands.
She got closer towards him and swung at him but Itachi easily maneuvered out of the way. When she did though Itachi swept her feet and went to hit her in the gut but noticed his legs went through her.
'An illusion.' He thought to himself as he turned around to see a senbon implanted in his shoulder.
"Sometimes you have to go back to basics right?" Anko said as Itachi chuckled.
"Very true and it seems your poison managed to get me. I am guessing my arm will be out of commission for a little while?" He asked as she nodded. "Then I guess I better get rid of it before it spread too far." He said.
As he said that he grabbed a kunai with his other hand and drove it into the wound where the senbon went in; effectively getting the poison out of his system.
Many in the audience were surprised to see him do such an act, but the shinobi saw it as dedication since not many would willingly injure themselves in order to get rid of the poison.
"That should be enough…" He said before he quickly hit Anko in her stomach as she looked at him in surprise at what he had just done.
Anko hit the ground but quickly got up. "Sen'eijashu" She said as two snakes shot out of her sleeve and headed straight towards Itachi. To her surprise they hit but a moment later a poof was heard and a log was now in his place.
"You're not the only one who can go back to basics." He said as Anko turned around to try and stop him but instead felt a thud hit the back of neck. Her eyes went dreary and her vision went black before she collapsed to the ground knocked out. Itachi looked towards Pakura who nodded. "The winner of the match is Itachi Uchiha of Konoha!"
The crowd cheered and clapped at the two genin who gave them another good performance as Itachi's siblings once again cheered loudly for their big brother.
Itachi looked down at Anko and quickly picked her and carried her over to the medic pay where they would take a quickly look over her and check her vitals were all fine.
"You did good Anko-san. You pushed me quite a bit. I look forward to any future battles we should have!" He said as he patted his friend's shoulders before he made his way back the contestant's box.
In the stands, Mikoto gave both her son and her female student a loud round of applause knowing that they both deserved it and that she was very proud of both of them. "Good fight. Anko put you through the ringer." He said as Itachi winced a little from the cut on his shoulder.
"Yes well as tough as that was it is now your turn to fight against some feminine fury." He said as they looked over to see Kurotsuchi move on to the field.
"Looks like it is my turn again." Naruto said as he cracked his shoulders and followed after.
When they both walked onto the field the Konoha and the Iwa side all erupted into cheers no doubt having been waiting to see this match happen for some time. It was essentially the family of Iwa vs. the family of Konoha. And it was time to see which one was better.
Naruto and Kurotsuchi stood apart from one another as the two looked across from one another.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at her calm demeanor and noticed she was not listening to the shouting of the crowds. "You're different from the rest." He said as Kurotsuchi raised an eyebrow.
"Different how?"
"For starters you are not insulting me because of who I'm related to. I know my dad can be an ass at times, but you don't need to take it out on me." He said as many in the crowd snickered at his words.
In the Hokage box Minato coughed and looked a little uncomfortable as the other kages laughed in their seats, no doubt finding it funny that the man's son called him what they all thought he was.
"Not that it's any of your business, but I don't hold that petty grudge that others in Iwa carry. While I don't really like you all the same, I don't hold a grudge over what happened in the third war. It was war and casualties and deaths were bound to happen. Even though I agree, your dad can be an ass." Now Minato just wanted to crawl away as the kages laughed even harder as did Tsunade, Shizune and others in their section.
"What about those times where you just looked at me? Like you hated me?"
"Just observing you; wanting to see what your strengths were, any weak points, what made you tick?"
"And did you get any answers?" He asked as Kurotsuchi smirked at him.
"Well I guess you will just have to find out." She said making Naruto back in return.
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