"Kamizuru Retsudo from Iwagakure" vs "Aburane Torune from Konohagakure."
Both of them stood 4 feet away from each other, looking at each other's faces. Torune had a look of excitement while Retsudo had nothing but hatred in his eyes. Kisuke, who was the match official, could see the hatred and his calm eyes narrowed. Torune was someone Kisuke was very fond of because he was one of the best students he had ever had since coming to this world.
Torune learned Hakuda the earliest with Naruto. Naruto was a natural in it as he had huge amounts of chakra and his body was more resilient, but Torune didn't have that advantage. His body wasn't meant for Hakuda, but he had forced himself to be healthy and perform it.
And his struggle was something Kisuke always acknowledged and tried to show him more love. He had even been searching and researching for medicines which would help someone have more chakra than their conventional body. He had researched one, but he didn't get any subjects to perform the experiment.
"Aburame... I have been waiting for you for such a long time," Retsudo said, through gritted teeth. One could hear the grinding too. Torune, who was excited, looked deeply into him and replied.
"Do I know you? I don't remember meeting anyone like you. Have you mistaken me for some other person?" He was baffled by the hatred.
"No. I have found the right person. It's because of you my life is in shambles, and I will make you pay the price for it," Retsudo said. Retsudo looked just like any other Iwagakure ninja, so even Aoto was confused about what was going on. He looked at Shikuro who was in the distance, and he just shrugged his shoulders in ignorance.
"Let the match begin."
Retsudo made the first move, forming a series of hand signs.
"Bee Bomb Technique."
A swarm of bees burst forth from his sleeves, each carrying a tiny explosive payload. The bees streaked toward Torune, buzzing furiously.
Torune remained calm, raising his hands and summoning a dark cloud of kikaichū, his signature poisonous insects.
"Insect Shield!"
The kikaichū formed a dense barrier around him, intercepting the bee bombs. Explosions erupted in mid-air, but the kikaichū absorbed the shock, protecting their master. This made Aoto and others who were watching the match become increasingly alert, so much so that Shikuro was ready to perform magic and save his son at any given moment. At first, the audience didn't understand why someone from Iwagakure had hatred for Torune, the one guy who was balanced and neutral with everyone, and made great friends over time.
"Someone with insects? I thought the Aburame clan were the only ones who could use insects," Naruto asked as he had never heard of anyone else being able to use insects. Like him, Sakura and others also had that same notion.
"Aburame clan is known for their control of various kinds of insects since the establishment of Konoha, and they had been one of our major pillars. But there was also another clan, a clan that was in contention with the Aburame clan for a long time," Kakashi slowly said, and was heard by everyone.
"But that clan in the previous wars had been defeated so badly multiple times by the Aburame clan that they are said to have vanished from Iwagakure," Kurenai, who was nearby, added to Kakashi's words.
"Seems like it is not true," Asuma said as he smoked a cigarette.
"What was the name of that clan?" Sasuke asked as he was sensitive to the word 'clan'.
"Kamizuru Clan," Kakashi said as everyone now looked at the two fighting each other.
"Bees? I have heard my father speak of that once," Torune finally understood the gist of the situation.
"Yeah? Did he mention how your clan massacred my clan?" Retsudo said as he stopped his subsequent attack and asked Torune.
"He did mention your clan," Torune replied. There was no hatred or sympathy in his voice as he said that.
"And did he mention how he massacred and killed my parents in cold blood?"
"I don't know of cold blood, as I can't speak for all of my clan. But what I can say is that in war, you can't expect the other person to be merciful. It is either kill or be killed, so if you are expecting and hoping to rile me up with murder stories, I will ask you to do better," Torune said. This made everyone around have a sense of appreciation for Torune.
Even the genins from other villages had a sense of respect for Torune for not getting affected by the words of his opponent at all.
"You bastard," Retsudo, lost in anger, extended his hands, and a golden liquid began to drip from his fingers.
"Bee Honey Technique!"
The honey quickly solidified into a sticky web, spreading across the arena floor toward Torune. Torune smirked as he summoned fire in his hand. This made everyone who was watching the arena surprised. Fire being summoned on the hand was not a jutsu that was easily attainable. Almost all the ninjas who used fire would proceed to eject it out of the body almost immediately in fear that the fire would burn their body down.
Only water and rock were used close to the body. The other jutsu was lightning, which was used on the body, and that jutsu was very exclusive and needed massive strength to counterbalance the lightning that flows through the outer part of the whole body. Aoto smirked as he saw Torune summon fire.
With a flick of his wrist, he hurled it at the approaching honey web. The fireball exploded on impact, causing the honey to ignite and burn away. It burnt away all of the honey that was being thrown over, and Retsudo had to jump back in order to get away from the fire.
"How... How is that possible? Honey can never burn so easily. What kind of fire do you use?" Retsudo asked.
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