[[Loyalty]] A Kiba Inuzuka Story [1]

[[Chapter 16]]

"Atleast we made it.." Akio smiled, looking at Kagami's hung-over face on the bench. She looked at him and just stared at him absent-mindly. She looked back at her other teammate who was just sulking and looking at his injured hand. She quickly looked back at Akio and gave a soft smile.

"Giroshiki-san, I never did thank you for helping both me and Giroshiki-sama." Saying this made Akio blush by being praised by Kagami. He only glanced at where her wound was (that was just recently healed by a professional by the way) and his eyes softened.

"You don't have to, I was just being a good friend." At this Kagami just nodded, not bothering to say anymore. But she couldn't help but look at Ryou again. His pride must have been badly bruised for him to sulk this long. It was common for the boy to sulk everytime his pride was hurt or bruised in almost any way, Tsume often used it to shut him up about something. But this was a first.

Kagami sighed from the railing of the stadium. This was growing awfully tiring. Sasuke was just being carried away from over-using his chalkra…or something like that. Kagami couldn't bear to even look at her cousin's team. Even a glance at him would scare the living daylights out of her. He had cold brown eyes. The same hair color even. But like the Hyuuga's there was a strain. Even if he was the heir, she had something he didn't. The ability to unlock the third version of the Chirosu. Most likely he hated her for it. Hated her Father and her. Those very differences and the fact that no matter what. She had to defend him. Even if he hated her with very fiber of his being. She had to defend family. She had to obey family. She had to live for family. It was just basic law.

"Something wrong Kagami-chan?" Akio asked, noticing the fear in Kagami's eyes again. Her eyes widened from waking up from her daze and she looked at Akio.

"Giroshiki-san.. Can I tell you something?" She asked. Akio raised an eyebrow but nodded. Kagami had a serious look on her face, it was almost deathly. She leaned in a spoke with a small voice.

"If you are paired up with anyone on my cousin's team, or even my cousin…Give up immediately." She warned. Akio's eyes widened with shock and he leaned back. Her eyes were shaking slightly; she feared facing any of them as well. Akio's eyes averted to her cousin's team down the railing. All males. He immediately was able to detect the Chousei male. His headband tilted to the side and a small lock of hair tied into a tiny ponytail. Blank tank top as well, but with a dark green jacket with the Chousei crest on the back. Next to him was another boy. His headband around his arm and he had short blonde hair. And then the last one had complete black hair and light purple eyes. Akio looked back at Kagami who looked as determined as ever. But why would she tell him to drop out?

"If you face them they can kill you in an instant. I know them, my cousin…" Her eyes drifted to the side remembering the pain she felt when 'play' fighting him. Sometimes she would end up with bruises instead of weak points or torn muscles her cousin caused her. But only if she was lucky and he trained to hard already that day and didn't feel like training with her.

"I'm begging, please don’t stand up to him!" she pleaded. Akio's neon eyes looked down at hers. She actually was scared. He put on a smirk and laughed.

"Kagami-chan you don't have to worry about me! I can take them on any day!" Akio boasted. Kagami's mouth opened slightly. Who did he think he was? She had a major fearful and worried look. Ryou only glanced at his brother, then at Kagami's cousin's team. They didn't look so strong. But then again, looks weren't everything. Ryuumaru (Kagami's cousin..I think…) was the scariest-looking though. Same eyes. Same hair color. Except more fearsome.

"You don't understand.." Kagami tried again. She didn't want her teammates to get hurt at all. Akio looked at the screen where names were mixing again. She bit her lip softly and looked at the screen as well. Kiba glanced to the side of his eyes and saw Kagami practically trembling. Why was she so scared? He looked down the railing even further and saw a boy with the same eye and hair color as Kagami. He looked closer and recognized the crest on his jacket. Is this a relative of Kagami-chan's? He raised an eyebrow and just looked at the screen again. His eyes widened at what was set on the screen. Naruto looked down the railing.

"Looks like I'm up.." Akio muttered trying to smile. Kagami held her breath for a second and grasped the cloth on Akio's arm.

"Drop out. Please, I-I don't want to see you get hurt.." She begged once more, hoping he might listen to her this time and actually drop out. He only shook his head.

"Sorry Kagami-chan, I can’t do that." He gently pushed her hand back to her and jumped down. Ryuumaru scowled at the boy taking him so lightly and walked down the stairs to meet face-to-face with Akio. Naruto grumbled something like 'When am I next?' and crossed his arms. Hinata brought her hand to her mouth like Kagami did and looked at her. Kagami-chan must be taking this very hard… She has to support her family… but she wants to support Akio-kun as well..Hinata thought.

"You're an idiot for not following Kagami-san's words." Ryuumaru spat coldly. Akio only glared. Hayate (the proctor) glanced in-between the two boys and nodded while stepping back.

"Begin!" Hayate yelled and Akio jumped back already grabbing the handle to his blades. Ryuumaru only chuckled.

"Chirosu!" Ryuumaru whispered and opened his eyes. Kagami felt her breathe hitch. T-There's no way Giroshiki-san can win… Kagami thought, and then mentally scolding herself for not having as much confidence in Akio as she should have. But she knew how ruthless Ryuumaru was. She experienced first hand. And he certainly didn't go easy on her because she was younger than him either. Although they only had a year-age difference, it seemed more like a 50-year difference.

"Gin Kaze!!" Akio yelled and swung the over-sized blades at Ryuumaru. He only smirked and ran to the side while getting a few kunai's. Kagami harshly bit down on her finger, trying to keep from gasping everytime Akio got hit with a quick punch or a kunai. And then everytime Ryuumaru took a hit. Ryou glanced to the side and had a concerned look.

"Don't worry so much." He stated. Kagami looked at him. Ryou kept his eyes on the fight, trying to resist the urge to wince when Akio was struck. Kagami turned to the fight and nodded. Ryuumaru smirked as he skidded backwards, with one hand on the ground.

"You should have followed Kagami-san's warnings and backed out. You're already out of breathe and this is just like a warm-up for me." Ryuumaru smirked, looking at the panting Akio. Akio growled and got something out of his kunai pouch. Ryuumaru's eyes strained to see at such a far distance (take note, this is a disadvantage of the Chirosu) but he managed to see Akio take out a smoke bomb. He lowered his eyes and chuckled.

"That's no use, even if you use a smoke-bomb; I can locate you by your chalkra core." Ryuumaru made the tiger handsign.

"Just give up." Ryuumaru smirked. Akio clenched his teeth and threw the smoke bomb.

"Shadow Clone!" Akio used the technique and the two Akio's split apart and ran on opposite sides of Ryuumaru. Ryuumaru scowled and gave a disgusted look. Damn, he knows my Chirosu can't see past my sides.. He reached and managed to grab one Akio roughly by the sleeve and threw him over his shoulder with a grunt. The 'Akio' skidded in the ground and flipped himself over to crouch down, reaching for his blade. That Gin Kaze trick again.. Ryuumaru got out a kunai. The 'Akio' got out a kunai as well and Ryuumaru smirked and quickly turned around, hitting the clone with the kunai.

"I can tell which one of you is the real one; the chalkra in this one was less than the one in front of me. The least you could do was transfer the chalkra equally." Ryuumaru turned to the shocked Akio. Naruto leaned on the railing and 'oo'ed. He turned his head to the silver-haired ninja.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, how does he do that?!" Naruto asked excitedly. Kakashi looked up from his book and then at the two boys in the stadium. He first took not of the crest on the jacket.

"Ah, a Chousei, well I haven't seen one of them in some time." Sakura looked at Kakashi with interest.

"Chousei? I've never heard of them." Sakura stated. Though, this only made Kakashi groan mentally.

"That's because they used to be a secret clan they are well known for their Chirosu." He looked down at him book and decided to put it away for now. Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Well what does the Chirosu do anyway? It doesn't seem so amazing to me." Lee heard and gasped. Naruto only looked at the boy and Lee just pointed at Naruto.

"You don't know!? Their clan in extraordinary! Perhaps even better than the Uchiha's!" Lee raised his hands in the air trying to make a point. Sakura raised an eyebrow and her eyes widened, No way, this guy can't be better than Sasuke… Could he..? She looked down at Ryuumaru. Lee closed his eyes and raised a finger.

"They use their eyes and my taijutsu, the ferocious fist to take down the enemy. Their eyes can see raw chalkra like the Sharingan, but can also see muscles, like the Byakugan." Lee explained. Naruto raised his head.

"So like a mix between the two?" Sakura asked. Lee shook his head pathetically.

"No, unlike the Sharingan, they can only see chalkra. And that's it. And unlike the Byakugan, they can't see past object, only muscles and they can't see the chalkra network. They also can't see very far, and sometime they can go blind if they use it too much.." Sakura looked back at the two boys. This was going to take some time