The Taki Games 1 [Hayabusa]

Hayabusa had finally made it to Taki Village. He had read up on the legends of the next few villages in which he were going to go to obtain more power or certain items. He had marked the map to make a straight run. He eyed the map to see Taki was right above Fire Country, and two countries over was Oto. More over across seas, there was the land of Mist… when people say all the ‘bad’ people come from. But, he would worry about all of this when he finished his mission here in Taki first of all.
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He looked at the gate of Taki. This place was relatively small… not too heavily guard neither. Hayabusa slowly approached the village. When he stepped in, he looked around. There was no guard here neither.
“What the hell… did they not get the memo… peace is being disrupted. They needn’t leave their village open like this…” Hayabusa said. He step in once more and still there was no reaction. He would have to scope somebody else himself and ask about this ‘legend’ of the Hero’s water. He jumped up on top of the roof and looked around. It seemed deserted.
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Finally, he could see one person running… and he seemed to be running fast as if he could. Hayabusa’s speed seemed to have over power his, though. So Hayabusa easily caught up with him through roof tops. When he finally caught up to him, he jumped down next to him and slowed his pace down in order to stay steady with him. The teenage boy looked at him with a quick glance, then once more.
“Where is everybody?” Hayabusa asked him. “The village isn’t under attack or anything is it?”
“No… no no nothing like that… you don’t need a head band to show you’re not from around here.”
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“Could you perhaps… tell me a little more about the games?” Hayabusa asked.
“Well… what do you know about Taki’s Hero Water at all?” the boy asked. Hayabusa kind of shrugged his arms.
“From what I researched, it is a water that, when drank, it can increase your chakra greatly, depending on how much you drink. That’s pretty much it…”
“Jeez… you’ll get yourself killed man… you can drink no more than three goblets. Even though you gain a hell of a lot of chakra, you lose half of your health. After the third time… your body will self deteriorate.”
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“Wow… so now… that I can fully understand that simple idea… drink three times, no more… explain to me a little more about this so called… game…”Hayabusa said to him.
“Well… the monks who are sworn to protect the water does this once a year… they issue a competition between anybody who wants to enter. Three goblets, three games. There has never been anybody to win all three, though. But, they capped it off at three, just in case somebody was that good.”
He turned the corner and Hayabusa began to follow. There before them, down the block, was a temple.
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“All in all… there are three games… all different from the last year. Each game won will have gained a goblet. It is up to the winner on whether they want to drink it then and there, or wait until after the games… you know… so they well have good health to be able to compete. A lot of people try their luck… but then again, majority of the people become cocky and drink it to impress and gloat about their winnings… comes back to bite them I the ass… then again… some times that next task requires more chakra… so it’s a gamble.
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“Oh well… if you are joining, you have approximately one minute to make it in there and sign up before the books close…” he said. “I just want to make sure I am there for the action… it is exciting to see where these games go…” he said.
“One minute? That’s… more than enough time…” Hayabusa said, as he sped up and out ran the teenage boy by almost twice his speed. He entered the temple that turned out to be more than just that… it was more like a meeting hall. But, it was rather attractive in architecture. Now… for the book…
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He zipped in and out of people’s way as he made it to the central. He even had to jump over some little kids to make it in time. And so he did. The monk that had seemed to be there to watch over the book looked up at him.
“Ah… an outsider… what a surprise. You have made it here just in time, my friend.” he gave Hayabusa a pen and Hayabusa wrote down his name. The name faded away into the book. He smiled at Hayabusa.
“Good luck out there, Konoha ninja…” he said, as he closed the book and walked away.
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‘Was that it?’ Hayabusa sat there, thinking to himself. Was that all he had to do? Sign the book. Do preterm briefing or anything like that? What about the details of each game? Maybe he was in time enough that they didn’t even start the briefing yet. Luckily, his question was just about to be answered, as a middle aged monk stood up at the stand at the emphasis of the room. He looked young… but wise. Maybe it was just his attire? Whatever it was, it was working for this man… but Hayabusa was gonna find out how wise he really was through speech.
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“Oh yea… is that so? How might that be?” Hayabusa asked, now curious.
“Yea… just because you asked a stupid ass question like that. The Hero Water Games are about the start… you know… Taki Village’s legacy?” he said. Hayabusa became more interested. This is what he came here for. And, luckily Hayabusa liked games. This could not come to be any easier than what it was already getting. If getting this water that was so special was as easy as this, Hayabusa would be in luck. That meant he wouldn’t have to spend as much time around in Taki.
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To him, the wiser you are, the more respected you are. Maybe that is why he wanted to increase all the knowledge he could hold. This man before him had to be highly respected to do what it is he was about to do.
In this hall, it was highly loud. The volume sky rocketed in this confined area. The man stood at the stand and looked over all of the people, who were conversating. He said nothing… he just rose his hand, and within ten seconds, the sound gradually dropped down to nothing. Hayabusa smirked. He wish he had the power and respect to do such things.
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“WELCOME… to the Taki’s Hero Water Tournament!” he yelled, and everyone cheered. He put his hand up once again and it all died down. “Now… most of you should know the rules… win… period. You first task should be a easy one. It is a race… each of you will have your own path in which you need to get by… a maze perhaps. And the first one to the goblet wins… no matter how you get there, as long as you get there first. You all have ten minutes to look through the maze and try to come up with a strategy to get through your path.”
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“Nothing harder than that?” Hayabusa thought to himself. He smirked. But, the man was not finished.
“AFTERWARDS!! Your opponents have 10 minutes to sabotage your maze… placing booby traps… Genjutsu… Rip down dome leaves and change the path to a dead end. ANYTHING GOES!!!” he yelled. They all cheered. “All contestants, pick one path and stand there until the ten minutes are begun. Do you guys think you can handle that?” That’s not too hard to understand, now, is it?” he asked all of them. Hayabusa shrugged. He began to follow the moving crowd to where they we meant to go.
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They all went outside and into the middle of field with 10 feet high bushes. Hayabusa looked around. No more Konoha ninja were here. He shook his head as he picked a random path.
“If only Nythya was here for this one. He would be perfect for getting this one done.” Hayabusa said to himself. A Senju with wood control can open a path for himself, or close off other paths. Hayabusa looked around at his opponents. It seemed to be about thirty people in this small village up to this test of Taki Water. Thirty people would be a breeze. Soon all have made their positions.
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Hayabusa was now glad of one of the new techniques he had learned. Back when him and Nythyia trained, he had thought of making a solid clone, much like his Mokuton clones. Hayabusa performed a few hand seals.
“Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!” he said out loud. There before him stood 19 clones, including himself made 20. “Ok… find the end and summon me if you find it…” he said. They all nodded and dispersed, two into each corridor. Hayabusa went with the remaining one, running through the maze. All turns looked the same, so it was smart to mark direction… but he had a better plan in mind.
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They both ran, and they repeatedly ran into dead ends. But, after about a good four minutes, Hayabusa had once been at a dead end, that had just as quickly turned into the end. He was staring at the goblet. It was just out in the open… someone could steal it… unless…
Hayabusa looked at it and looked at his clone. He looked back and activated his Sharingan. He could see a barrier protecting the whole space.
“Nice…” Hayabusa said. He looked at the clone. “GO ahead and run back to the start, and summon me when you get there…” Hayabusa said.
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The clone nodded. He began to walk until Hayabusa performed one seal. All of the other clones vanished, giving the both of them knowledge of exactly how to get out of here. Hayabusa looked around. He took a tag out of his pocket. On it was his Sand Uchiha note.
“Ok…” Hayabusa looked around more for a good spot to put the tag. He went down to the ground and placed the tag upside down and some what under a bush, so it would look as though it blended in. He then stood up and waited for his clone to summon him.
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A few moments later, Hayabusa had instantly appeared back where he started. He looked at his clone before it dispersed. Hayabusa sat Indian style in front of the beginning line and smirked at himself.
“This game is as good as mine…” Hayabusa said. There was no doubt in his mind that he was going to win this with his Forbidden technique. He looked around and there seemed to be nobody there. He looked at the time keeper.
“Hey bud… how much more time?” he asked him.
“Four more minutes… you seem confident in knowing your path, hmmm?” he said. Hayabusa nodded.
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He sat and awaited for the long boring four minutes to be up. Soon enough, the four minutes would be up, and the sabotage part of the session would begin, and he would sit another ten minutes.
In the end, when the race has begun… it would end thirty seconds later… just as fast as it would begin, thanks to Hiraishin No Jutsu. He would be at the goblet in seconds, no matter how somebody had sabotaged his path. And then, people will begin to take this Konoha Ninja serious in this game.
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“Ok… BEGIN!” the man yelled. It seemed as though everybody sped off. Hayabusa look confused. 10 minutes seemed like more than enough time just to look through the maze. Then again, people could make markings to give directions or something. Hayabusa stepped in and began casually walking through the maze. It didn’t seem that all bad yet. Until he got to a certain point .The maze split off into many different corridors.
“Well… I see why they all ran…” Hayabusa said to himself. One of him… ten corridors. “We’ll just have to change that then?” Hayabusa said to himself, smirking.
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